Roosevelt Probes Japanese Moves in French Indo China
President Roosevelt said the United States inquired of Japan about the purpose of its growing armed forces in French Indo China. Undersecretary Sumner Welles met Japanese diplomats for about 35 minutes to seek an early answer to American principles and the pace of discussions toward Pacific peace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Japan
Indo-China
Pacific
U.P
United States
Sumner Welles
Department
German rout from Rostov heightens as Soviets press
Soviet broadcasts say the rout of German forces near Rostov is at its peak with Red Army cavalry and guerrillas widening German confusion in the Donets basin and southwest. Izvestia notes heavy snow halting Germans near Stalinogorsk while Soviet guards recapture villages southeast of Moscow. Pravda reports three German divisions repulsed near Klin and Volokolamsk, though German advances persist. British tanks join the assault as the campaign tightens around Moscow.
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Moscow
Rostov
Red Army
Donets
Stalinogorsk
Izvestia
Barabanovo
Pravda
Klin
Volokolamsk
Kuiev
S. A
von Kleist
Churchill Urges Full Mobilization of Man and Woman Power
Prime Minister Winston Churchill called for maximum mobilization of British man and woman power to expand the war effort, urging conscription of all who can aid production. He proposed raising the compulsory service age, enlisting 1.62 million unmarried women, and emphasized staffing new plants while maintaining a mobile navy for home defense and expeditions.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
Russia
British Isles
Britain
Uniformed Auxiliary Services
United States
Germany
Libyan Front Shifts as German Panzer Divisions Link
German forces linked the 15th and 21st panzer divisions cutting through the British corridor to Tobruk. British losses include Rezegh and Bir El Hamed while air superiority remains with Britain. Berlin reports 9000 British prisoners and losses of 814 tanks and 127 planes.
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Egypt
Tobruk
Rezegh
Bir el Hamed
Erwin Rommel
London
Berlin
Libya
Salam Front
Sidi Barrani
Matruh
Connally declares US Navy ready for war if Japan attacks
Senator Connally warns Japan that the United States will not be bluffed and will fight if war comes. He says the Navy in the Pacific can shoot straight and asserts America will defend its rights even if Japan or Germany choose conflict.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Pacific
Hideki Tojo
Sen. Connally
Connally
United States and Loan League
Senate
Germany
America
Japanese Envoys See War Avoidance In Short Conference
Admiral Nomura and Saburo Kurusu stated Japan aims to avoid war and seeks a diplomatic settlement to the issues raised by Secretary Hull. Nomura refused to reveal details, noting Welles prompted questions for the president. The envoys disputed press reports of Tojo's speech as mistranslated in Tokyo.
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Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo Kurusu
Nomura
Welles
Japan
Cordell Hull
Tojo
Tokyo
Pro Axis Leader Urges Sink American Transports
Japanese pro Axis leader Seigo Nakano urged sinking American transports if U S terms for peace fail. He attacked the government for sending Saburo Kurusu to the United States and warned of Japan's downfall from any compromise. The Tojo cabinet met as Tatuta Maru sailed for Los Angeles to repatriate Japanese nationals.
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Tokyo
WUP
Seigo Nakano
Tohokai
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Japan
Hibiya
Nakano
Far East
China
Hideki Tojo
Washington
Los Angeles
Strike Ends Over Railroad Wage Talks Averted
A presidential fact finding board reports a compromise on wages for railroad workers securing rises of 76 cents a day for operating and 80 cents for non operating workers. The nationwide strike planned for December 7 is off. Wayne Morse led the emergency board as terms await Roosevelt's approval.
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Washington
Presidential
Roosevelt
Wayne L. Morse
Morse
Forest worker grazing permit sparks McCarran inquiry
Phoenix hearing reveals testimony that a U S forest service employee held a grazing permit in Apache national forest. Senator McCarran demands records for Senate subcommittee investigation and questions administration of public land affecting stockmen. A second complaint cites War Department action expelling ranchers from a million acre aerial gunnery range near Ajo.
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Phoenix
U. S. Forest Service
Apache National Forest
McCarran
Forest Service
Senate
Arizona
Subcommittee
War Department
Ajo
Post Office Sub Station Is Set Here
Postmaster Harold B. Collins announced a new sub post office named Old Pueblo station to open at North Sixth Avenue and Alameda Street. The building will be leased for 10 years from Mrs. Edna Correll, with renovation costs estimated at 12 000 to 15 000 dollars by agent Glenn Harrison. Completion date pending material supply, but operations to begin after repairs and equipment installation. The 6 000 square foot facility will include parking, loading areas, and windows for stamps, money orders, registry, parcel post, and lock boxes. The site aims to relieve eight to nine months of yearly congestion at the main office.
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Old Pueblo
North Sixth Avenue
Alameda Street
Harold B. Collins
Edna Correll
Glenn Harrison
Collins
Equipme N
Giants Name Mel Ott New Playing Manager
In Jacksonville on December 2, the New York Giants named Mel Ott as playing manager and Bill Terry as general manager of farm operations. Each received a two year contract. Terry has managed since mid 1932 and will advise Ott as Horace Stoneham requests. Ott is a longtime Giants star with 16 seasons at bat.
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Jacksonville
Fla
New York Giants
Mel Ott
Bill Terry
Terry
Giants
Ott
Horace Stoneham
Big British Fleet Reaches Singapore
A sizable British fleet including the battleship Prince of Wales appeared off Singapore advancing toward the naval base. The flagship of the Far Eastern fleet led by Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, the 35 000 ton ship with 1500 crew, spurred Malay states into emergency prep as volunteer units were mobilized.
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Singapore
U.R
Straits Times
Tom Phillips
Sydney sinks German raider off Australia in war clash
The Australian cruiser Sydney, a 6 380 ton ship, sank the German raider Steiermark off Australia near the Cocos Islands. The loss is reported as total with 645 lives aboard the Sydney and the raider both lost in the engagement.
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London
Sydney
Germany
Australia
Cocos Islands
Steiermark
Kormoran
Souers Dies in Bisbee Office Leader of Arizona-Texas League
R E Souers, about 50, president of the Arizona Texas baseball league and Bisbee schools superintendent, collapsed in his Bisbee office shortly before noon. A longtime civic figure, he had led the league since 1937 and headed the Coronado private school before joining the district.
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R. E. Souers
Bisbee Schools
Arizona - Texas Baseball League
Bisbee
Arizona-Texas Baseball League
Souers
Coronado School For
Chiricahua Mountains
Cochise County
Sovers
Britain poised to declare war on Finland Romania Hungary
Informed sources report Britain will issue declarations of war against Finland Romania and Hungary by week end. Finland is said to have been given a last chance to stop attacking Russia and allied with the anti Comintern pact, easing Churchill's stance against Finland.
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London
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Russia
Churchill
Hitler
Britain
Soviet Oil Shipment Pivots Turkish Allegiances in War
Dewitt Mackenzie argues Russia's delivery of three oil laden barges to Istanbul marks a strategic shift. Oil supply aims to bind Turkey away from neutrality, giving the winner leverage over the Middle East access through the strategic Bosporus and Dardanelles. The move could shape next spring’s decisive battles and turn Ankara into a bargaining chip in the wider conflict.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rostov
Libyan
Istanbul
Turkey
Caucasus
Middle
Near East
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Hitler
Ankara
Rommel strengthens positions as Tobruk reinforcements arrive
British forces claim numerical superiority in armored units while Rommel commits reserves including the 15th panzer division. Axis efforts focus on breaking British lines near Zaarran and Rezegh as Libyan front actions loom and four hundred prisoners are reported.
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Rommel
Sisi Omar Nuovo
Libyan
Punjab
Sidi Omar
Zaarran
Rezegh
Libya
De Sanchez Rites Scheduled for Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy de Sanchez 51 who died this morning in a local hospital will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 in Parker Mortuary with Rev Francis T Brown officiating. Her body will be sent to Phoenix for cremation. She owned the Dorothy de Sanchez dress shop and came to Tucson about ten years ago with her husband the late J A M de Sanchez. He was formerly with J P Morgan and company and a close associate of the late Senator Dwight Morrow. She is survived by a cousin in the East.
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Dorothy de Sanchez
Parker Mortuary
Francis T. Brown
Grace Episcopal Church
Phoenix
de Sanchez
Tucson
J. A. M. de Sanchez
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