British Convoy Attacked Off Coast In Atlantic Battle
Distress signals indicate a fierce German drive against British and Allied shipping about 400 miles west of Ireland. Five ships in the convoy were attacked and at least one sunk. vessels named include Lady Granley Goodleigh Victor Ross Loch Raza and other ships reported torpedoed or bombed near the Irish and Scottish coasts.
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New York
U.P
MacKay
Ireland
Atlantic
Lady Granley
Cardiff
Goodleigh
London
Victor Ross
Glasgow
Loch Ranza
Cetvrt
Dubrovnik
Irish
Swansea
Insale Head
Canadian 14 Year Old Proposes Self-Directing Air Bomb
Nelson British Columbia reports a 14 year old inventor Allan Ramsden who proposed a light guided aerial bomb using a photo-electric cell. The plan reached Ottawa with letters from defense officials indicating the idea is under review by the inventions board.
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Nelson, British Columbia
Nelson
Allan Ramsden
Inventions Board
Ottwa
Young Ramsden
C. J. Waters
J. L. Ralston
Defense
S. J. Cook
England admits destroyer loss
The Admiralty announced the destroyer Sturdy, 905 tons, was lost. It was the 33rd British destroyer admitted lost since the war began. The Sturdy, built under the 1918 19 program, carried 98 men. most ships of its class had been sold before the war, with others destined for the Far East.
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London
U.P
Admiralty
Sturdy
Far East
British Vessel GRIF Attacked Near 55N 14W and Victoria Torpedoed
Calls heard by MacKay report a British vessel with the letters GRIF attacked at 11:53 p m EST Sunday at 55 03 N 14 40 W. The Victoria of 1641 tons, owned by Isle of Man Steam Packet Co., torpedoed at 2:55 a m EST today at 56 04 N 13 30 W near the prior location.
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MacKay
GRIF
Victoria
Isle of Man Steam Packet Co
GFIK
New Yorker and Lee Brothers Bag Giant Mexican Tigre
Ernest Lee and in Mexico with Dale and Vincent Lee guided by Michael Axinn bag a giant Mexican tigre after a 13 day hunt at Guirocoba rancho near Alamos. The beast shrank into a 16 foot cave and was shot by Axinn. six dogs were injured and natives praised the kill. Axinn plans return to Tucson soon.
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Tucson
Guirocoba Rancho
C. E. McCarty
Nogales
Gulf of Lower California
Lees
Tigres
Axinn
Lee
Tigre Axinn
Arizona
Lloyd Harris
Bob Kane
Turkey Track
South America
Old Pueblo
Carr Canyon Ranch
Chiricahua Mountains
Here
Four Bodies Of Entombed Miners Found In Cadiz Ohio
Cadiz Ohio December 2 four more of the 31 miners killed by Friday’s explosion at the Nelms mine of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company were recovered bringing total bodies found to 27 with four still missing. Workers dug through 1400 feet of debris to reach the wreckage as officials blamed inadequate inspections for the disaster. Panama’s new constitution bans fiat paper currency.
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Cadiz
U.P
Nelms
Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Company
United Mine Workers Union
CIO
Like Master Senator Holt Dogs To Retire From Congress
Senator Rush D Holt the youngest member of the Senate ends his term in January and his two daily office dogs Old Fellow and Kerry von Reichendorff will retire from the Senate office. Holt notes Old Fellow traveled over 50 000 miles a year and has been by his side for 12 years. His sister Jessie E Taylor also brings a terrier to the office daily.
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Edwin B. Harkinson Washngton
United States
Kerry von Reichendorff
Senate
Rush D. Holt
WVA
Holt
Senator Holt
Kerry
Old Fellow
Kim
Jessie E. Taylor
Busy Week Ahead at Local YMCA Leagues Begin
The YMCA schedules a busy week with senior basketball league games at 7:30 p.m. between S. P. News Service and the Latin Americans and at 8:30 p.m. Standard Oil stations vs First Methodist. Boxing classes begin at 7:30 and run weekly. Junior Hi-Y meetings, films by Standard Oil, and counselor meetings with Elmer Cohle are also on the slate, plus a Tuc-Hi guest debate.
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Ym.c.a
S. P
Standard Oil
Methodist
Louie Barrasso
Mansfield
Safford
Wakefield
Standard Oil Company
Elmer Cohle
Y.M.C.A
Bill Allen
Tucson Y.W.C.A
Italian girl helps Greek relief tag sale in Kansas City
In Cooperation Kansas City a young girl selling war relief tags corrected a passerby saying she is Italian. Several Italian misses joined Greek girls in the tag sale as discussions note Japan may ration telephone calls.
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Kansas City
Greek War Relief Fund
Thomas McGee
McGee
Japan
Mexico City Plans Model Housing Along New Boulevard
Mexico City authorities unveil a scheme to build model houses for workers along a broad, scenic avenue. The project aims to showcase housing concepts and provide affordable living spaces within a grand urban thoroughfare.
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Mexico City
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