Russians and Japanese Crisis Deepens in War News
In a roundup of war events, Russia reports gains on the eastern front against Nazi forces as winter tightens its grip, while Germany endures frostbite and fatigue. The Vichy regime edges closer to aligning with the Axis, following the Huntziger crash and strategic shifts. In Washington, Kurusu’s arrival signals tense pacific diplomacy as Japan seeks restraint in China while the United States demands noninterference.
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Russia
Kurusu
Pacific
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Japan
United States
State Department
Secretary Knox
Navy
Ark Royal Sunk After Terror in the Mediter ranean
Berlin and London dispatches report the Ark Royal, Britain's largest carrier launched in 1938, sunk off Gibraltar after a torpedo cratered her side. Only a handful of crew remain to tend towing lines as the ship sinks, with many planes possibly reaching shore. Turkey’s Axis flirtation and three possible paths loom amid war news and reports from Life on Serbia after Nazi advances.
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Ark Royal
Berlin
London
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Britain
Serbia
Jugoslav
Simovic
Restive British Pursue Action on a Second Front
Britain faces internal pressure from Labour critics demanding a new front in North Africa as Churchill insists on maintaining the status quo. He pledges continued aid to Stalin and U.S. policy toward Japan, while Axis reports describe German oil shortages and Russian offensives. Italy reshuffles air command amid ongoing Allied raids.
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House
Churchill
England
North Africa
United States
Libya
Stalin
Britain
Japan
Mixed war notes from London to New York
Miscellany reports border on wartime predictions and oddities. Arthur Greenwood says US neutrality revision guarantees British American victory in the Atlantic. Dutch equal rights after the war promised by Reich official. A German plan for a Ostend to Dardanelles road and Rhine Main Danube canal is floated. A German priest mocks the cross for a statue of an athlete. Ambassador Steinhardt’s flight from Kubyshev to Iran lands safely but forced. New York mock air raid thrills Union Square as sirens flare and crowds run.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
United States
Cologne
Germany
Reich
Netherlands
Europe
New York
Ostend
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Philadelphia
Damascus Winzin
Washington
Steinhardt
Kuibyshev
Iran
Pahlevi
Union Square
Washington Intruder Nazi smuggler operation near Caribbean coast
A German smuggler vessel, once the 800 ton yacht of A Atwater Kent, now under Panama flag from Vera Cruz, reportedly transports high test gasoline and mercury to Caribbean islands. U S authorities track the ship but cannot act unless she enters American waters as investigations reveal German and Spanish ownership.
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Caribbean
Mexico
Coast Guard
Navy
U. S
A. Atwater Kent
Philadelphia
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
United States
Radio Vox Pop Originator to Lead National Calisthenics
Parke Johnson, once a World War captain and Houston advertising pioneer, created Vox Pop in a theater lobby, later joining Butterworth and expanding to a national network. The piece also highlights The Inquiring Reporter in newspapers and profiles Jack Kelly, Olympic rowing champion and head of national physical preparedness, plus the eminent Kelly brothers in arts and public service.
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Houston
Texas
Johnson
Mr. Kelly
Philadelphia
Democratic Committee
National Defense
Jack’ Kelly
America
Amsterdam
Roosevelt
Handsome Jack
Physical Culture
George
Walter
Virginia
Patrick H
Notes on James W Barretts Joseph Pulitzer portrait
A curio of wartime media minds and куп notes lampooning public figures. The piece recalls James W Barrett’s portrait of Joseph Pulitzer, labeling him a statesman and writer who used relentless questioning to mold public opinion while pursuing progress. It then shifts to witty, half-serious quips about politicians, judges, and reporters, mixing pop culture with newsroom satire.
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James W. Barrett
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
America
De Gee General Quiz The De Gee I Am General Quiz
Questions cover sport with animal types moon diameter Ty Cobb batting average stamp act 1785 duty items used in colonies animal with bull father cow mother pup city called Pittsburgh of the South record speed in Indianapolis 500 and year pigs first arrived in America.
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Ty Cobb
Pittsburgh
South
Piga
America
Answers Quiz Retrieved Fact List
Fox hunting involves the fox, horses and hounds. The moon’s diameter is 2160 miles. Ty Cobb’s career average stands at .367. Paper vellum and parchment are listed writing materials. A fur seal is described. Birmingham Alabama is noted. The record speed is 117.2 mph by Floyd Roberts in 1938. DeSoto brought thirteen pigs to Tampa with 600 soldiers while planning a Florida colony.
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Birmingham
Ala
Floyd Roberts
Tampa
DeSoto
Florida
Camel Cigarettes Christmas Gift Package Arrives in Stores
Camel Cigarettes debut a holiday gift package with a festive Christmas wrapper and a gift card on the wrapper. Also shown is a four pack of two hundred cigarettes packaged in a snow covered Christmas house, promoted as an ideal gift for smokers including service members.
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America
Ady
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