Yule Shopping Reaches Peak Early Across Nation
United Press reports Christmas shoppers hit peak sales early amid a 20 to 35 percent rise from 1929 and last year. Prices lagged 1929 levels 125 percent. defense spending boosted payrolls and farm prices. Shortages fears prompted earlier buying, with New York retailers noting possible department shortages and luxury items holding near 1940 levels. Washington expected a 60 million dollar holiday total, up 30 percent from 1940 as San Diego noted population gains and earlier, higher spending on quality goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Times
New York
Washington
San Diego
Calif
Japanese diplomacy and wartime rhetoric struggle in Washington
The article recounts misinterpretations of a Japanese official's statements regarding anti aggression and a proxy speech for Tojo, plus U S political figures like Senator Wheeler and Representative May weighing war risks and American responses as Hull letters seek a path to restoring trade. Kurusu asserts a fighting chance in talks, while officials hint at the urgency of a Japan policy shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tojo
Kurusu
United States
Washington
Nomura
Hull
Japan
China
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
South Asia
Wheeler
Sen
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Congress
May
Far East
Hitler
Burma Road
Tokyo
Hi Union
X Rays Offer Hope Against Infections New Findings
Dr. James F. Kelly reports that combining X rays with general treatment cut mortality in advanced peritonitis to about half of that seen with sulfonamides. Dr. Rousseau notes X rays cured some pneumonia cases after drug failure, and Dr. Fricke adds X rays and radium help treat postoperative surgical mumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
North American Radiological Society
James F. Kelly
Omaha
Kelly
J. P. Rousseau
Winston-Salem, N. C
Rousseau
Robert E. Fricke
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Italian Destroyer Sunk by British during Mediterranean Raid
The British fleet led by the cruiser Aurora sank the Italian destroyer Alv ise da Mosto along with the tanker Mantovani and supply ship Adriatco while attacking a Libya bound convoy. The Aurora group reported no British casualties as survivors were rescued.
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London
Admiralty
Aurora
Alvise da Mosto
Mantovani
Adriatco
W. G. Agnew
Taranto
High Command
Tobruk
Funeral services for Joe Maseeh held at San Agustin
Funeral services for Joe Maseeh 72 who died Sunday will be at 2 pm tomorrow in San Agustin cathedral. Burial follows at Holy Hope Cemetery. The body lies in state at the family home 73 West Council Street from 5 pm today until the service. Arrangements by Bring's Funeral Home.
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Joe Maseeh
San Agustin Cathedral
Holy Hope Cemetery
West Council Street
Bring
Nevada Copper Labor Dispute to Be Heard
The national defense mediation board scheduled a hearing for December 15 on the dispute at Nevada Consolidated Copper Corp. and two railroad brotherhoods. A threatened strike over union action was postponed yesterday by labor groups. About 2,300 workers are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPR
National Defense Mediation Board
Nevada Consolidated Copper Corp
China Metal Or Council
AFL
Germany Uses All Continental Waterways in War Effort
Germany mobilizes major rivers and canals across Europe to support its military campaign. The move leverages Danube Rhine Elbe and other waterways for troop movement and logistics, signaling a widescale strategic use of inland passages.
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Germany
Europe
Japan and United States on alert for possible conflict
Administration officials monitor Far East dispatches for signs Japan may act militarily in response to a recently handed document. They warn of a powder keg situation and expect action could come as military moves rather than formal diplomacy.
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Lieve
Japan
United States
Far East
Soviet claims of German losses near Rostov and Moscow front
Soviet sources report heavy German casualties and equipment losses in a Rostov region offensive. They say Soviet forces captured tanks and guns and shot down planes while German troops retreated toward Mariupol. Cossacks reportedly disrupted a German armored force, freeing and capturing prisoners.
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Moscow
Karelia
Sea of Azov
London
Mariupol
Rostov
Red Army
Ewald von Kleist
Moscow Radio
Germans Reach Doorstep of Moscow as War Moves
Berlin dispatch reports German forces deep inside the Moscow defense arc while the southern front sees Russian counterattacks near Rostov on the Black Sea. Leningrad reports claim German troops repelled renewed Soviet breaks, with heavy artillery prelude.
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Berlin
Moscow
High Command
Rostov
Black Sea
Taganrog
Leningrad
Florida TB Death Rate in 1939 Tops Fifty Four Per Hundred Thousand
In 1939 Florida reported a tuberculosis death rate of 54.4 per 100000 people, reflecting a high health burden for the state during that year.
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Florida
Hearing reveals grazing permit issues and gunnery range use
Senators on the Truman committee hear allegations about land unsuitable for cattle, a gunnery range for Luke Field cadets, and preferential grazing permits. George Crosby of Greer and J A Scott of Albuquerque discuss a resigned employee, CCC work, and restored springs on leased forest land amid forest service staffing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallgren
D-Wash
Truman Committee
National Defense Program
McFarland
D-Ariz
Luke Field
United States
Murdock
Dutah
Forest Service
White Mountains
George Crosby
Greer
J. A. Scott
Albuquerque
N. M
Wild Life and Range Management
Civilian Conservation Corps
R. B. Ewing
Apache National Forest
CCC
Frank Pooler
Pooler
Fleet sightings rumor stirs Pacific tensions
Officials in Johore deny Manila reports of a Japanese fleet near the Guam area. They question the fleet’s nationality and believe Japan’s main force stays in home waters. Some suggest ships of friendly nations may be refueling at Borneo during a lull before a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johore
Manila
South Pacific
United States
Guam
Borneo
British orders move all China coast ships to Hongkong port
Shanghai reports that the British admiralty ordered all China coast shipping to Hongkong. Four British companies, dominating trade between Tientsin Tsingtao Shanghai Chefoo and Amoy, must shift. No more American steamers call, isolating Shanghai from sea routes as Dutch line cancels and only sparse French and Japanese traffic remain.
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Shanghai
Hongkong
Tientsin
Tsingtao
Chefoo
Amoy
Souers, County Official, Dies. Survived by Family
Souers served on the county social security and welfare board eight years, was secretary of a Red Cross chapter and secretary of the Cochise County Anti Tuberculosis association. He is survived by his wife, a son William of Bisbee, and a daughter Mrs Bradford Duncan of Tucson.
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The
County Social Security and Welfare Board
Red Cross
Cochise County
Watch Returned After 39 Years Here in Seattle
Justice of the Peace Guy B. Knott, once a Madison Minnesota printer, left his watch at a jewelry store 39 years ago and forgot it. A Madison friend recently advised him he could reclaim the watch by paying the repair bill, which he did.
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Seattle
Wash. U.P
Justice of the Peace
Guy B. Knott
Madison, Minn
Madison
British hold near Tobruk as German relief succeeds
German forces reported to have relieved trapped enemy units and isolated Tobruk, with British positions north of Rezegh between Ed Duda and Tobruk still holding. Overland links to Tobruk had been reestablished only last week after seven months of siege.
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Rezegh
Ed Duda
Tobruk
Britain rushes troops to Libya as Rommel counters
British forces send tank and troop reinforcements into the Libya fighting to halt a major Axis armored breakout. Rommel’s Afrika Korps appears to have broken through near Sidi Rezegh and Bir El Hamid, with fighting continuing across a 1600 square mile area in three zones.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Libya
Sidi Rezegh
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Sidi Rezegh-Bir el Hamid-Zaaran
Tobruk
Sidi Omar
Rommel
Bullitt May Seek Turkish Tilt Against Axis In War Effort
Observers weigh whether William C Bullitt newly assigned to the Near and Middle East could persuade Turkey to join the Allied cause. His diplomacy would face Count von Papen, while Britain hopes Ankara stays pro British under Kemal Ataturk legacy. Ambassador Mac Murray’s trusted stance could aid Bullitt’s mission if Turks trust his backing.
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Herr Hitler
Turkey
Washington
William C. Bullitt
Near
Middle East
Bullitt
Britain
England
Churchill
Franz von Papen
Hellespont
von Papen
Ankara
Kemal Ataturk
John Vantwerp MacMurray
MacMurray
Sailor and bride wed during Christmas leave rush
Ensign Roland Kamp and Thelma Rickels wed in Richmond after Kamp rushed from Florida to California to keep his leave. He married within two hours and departed with his bride to report next Friday at his new duty station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Roland Kamp
Thelma Rickels
Florida
Kamp
California
Babies Credited With Population Rise In U S Census
The census bureau reports the U S population grew to 132 818 005 in the year ending April 1 1941 from 131 669 275, boosted by births and higher marriages. Net immigration also rose while emigration slightly increased, with ongoing questions about fertility trends.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U. S
Bureau
Churchill Warns World Fate Rests On Britain Readiness
Churchill declares Britain must keep a strong, ready army at home and in the East to repel any invasion by sea or air. He praises Soviet bravery, pledges continued resistance, and foresees Britain meeting Axis forces on equal terms with improved equipment. He hints at possible Turkish or Caucasus threats requiring force redeployment.
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Ter
Britain
East
Hitler
Russia
Far East
Turkey
Russian
Caucasus
Sydney sinks after battle with raider. crew missing
Survivors recount the action as the Sydney struggles with a heavily armed merchant raider. Australian authorities presume the 6,830 ton cruiser lost with 645 missing from the crew of 42 officers and 603 men after an air and sea search fails to find survivors. The Sydney had earlier sunk the Italian light cruiser Bar- tolomeo Colleoni on July 19 1940 during Mediterranean service.
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Steiermark
Sydney
John Curtin
Australia
Mediterranean
Bartolomeo Colleoni
Naval Board
H.M.S. Sydney
Ministry of Information
Hard Winter Predicted at Alburys Station
Goose-bone weather prophet Willoughby H. Troxel, 71, declares a harsh winter after studying Thanksgiving bones. He warns of heavy snow by Christmas and New Year and urges residents to stockpile wood.
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Alburys Station
Willoughby H. Troxel
Railroads settle furlough talks with wage increases agreed
After two days of negotiations the railroad brotherhoods and carriers reached a settlement mediated by the President's board. The plan includes a 7% retroactive increase for operating personnel from September 1 to December 1, plus a 9 cents an hour raise, with non-operating workers to gain 9 cents an hour for September 1 to December 1 and 11 cents thereafter. Vacations for non-operating staff would range from 6 to 12 days for clerks and telegraphers, and six days for all other non-operating classifications.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Weather Disturbance Near West Coast With Mixed Temperatures
Weather forecast from Phoenix reports an intense disturbance approaching the Washington Oregon coast bringing cloudiness into the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain regions. Temperatures across major locations show varied readings with highs around the 70s in coastal California and the 60s in Arizona and New Mexico while Nevada and Utah see mid 50s to 60s. The outlook notes increasing cloudiness and light rain for Southern California and West Texas with little overall temperature change in New Mexico and Arizona.
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Phoenix
Washington-Oregon Coast
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
U. S. Weather Bureau
Albuquerque
Cricaro
St. -Lodi
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Tucson
Ccceeerceesereree
Washington
Winslow
Arizona
New Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Pecos Valley
California
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Big Bend-El Paso
Want Ads Directory and Classified Rates
A partial page shows an early 20th century want ad index with rate per word and a long list of classified categories. It includes auto sales and rentals, real estate, help wanted, apartments, livestock, pets, and various property listings, highlighting a broad local classifieds section.
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Hi Siepes
Wdeneee OO
Local Awnings and Beauty Parlors Listed in City
TAFP AWNING SHOP 427 Ninth Venetian Blinds Ph 787. Awnings made repaired. Gil Tent & Awning Co Pd 2594 4478 Stone. BEAUTY PARLORS ROSELENE BEAUTY SALON Open evenings by appointment. Mar tin Drug No 8 Phone 2443. JOSEPHINE'S BEAUTY open events. Permanents 445 S 6th Ph 1998. Lula's Beauty Salon appts 131 N Stone. De Lix Beauty SSE 216 E Congress. Oil perm 375 Mon Tue Web Vogue Beauty Salon 4412 1839 E 6th.
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TAFP
Venetian Blinds
Gil Tent & Awning Co
Roselene
Mar
Josephine
LULA
Congress
Vogue Beauty Salon
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Oklahoma
Phillips Petroleum Company
Maseeh
Nevada
Lozovsky
Souers
BY Robert Dowson
Tures
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson Daily Citizen
Star
Citizen
Renee Male
Business Directory
Steinfeld’s. Ph
Associated Garage
Stone
Robbins Body & Fender Works
6Th Ave
Manly’s
DON Rogers
Guar
Gall Frank
Battery Service
Willard Battery Service
Beauty
Ee Chenault
Hester Hunter
Speedway
Broadway
Priser’s
Frank W Ganz
Lewis Collection Agency
W. Alameda
William Schulmeyer
W &. Eck
Blacklidge Drive
Milgrim
Santa Rita
Probasco’s
Young’s Fuel Co
Florists Rosers Florists
Stone Ave
N. Stone
Vilm del
Monarch
P O. Box
Womens Exchange
Unusua Antiques & Gifts
Lisitzky—Hatter Estate
Scott
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