Defense bill funds huge Army expansion to 2,000,000
The House Appropriations Committee approved an 8.243billion dollar supplemental defense measure to expand the Army to 2,000,000 men and broaden spending to 67.99billion, funding Navy, lend-lease, housing, highways, flood control and defense projects. The plan also includes secret testimony from Army and Navy officials about long war readiness and two new armored divisions. Separately, Fort Huachuca in Arizona would receive 11.591million dollars to add 11,309 soldiers and housing for a two-regiment component, with completion projected in about five and a half months.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
House
The
Congress
Fort Huachuca
Arizona
Brehon
B. Somervell
War Department
Russian counteroffensive recaptures Taganrog from Germans
Soviet dispatches report Taganrog on the Sea of Azov again in Russian hands after a Red Army counteroffensive pushed German forces back from Rostov toward Mariupol. Marshal Semyon Timoshenko’s forces pursue retreating units, tightening the sweep toward the city and beyond.
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Henry Shapiro Kuibyshevv
U.ri
Taganrog
Red Army
Rostov
Mariupol
Sea of Azov
Semyon Timoshenko
Price Control Urged as Living Costs Soar
Federal Price Control Administrator Leon Henderson told the Economic Club of New York that the cost of living has risen 11 percent since the war began and eight percent since last March. He warned a spring level 20 percent above prewar costs would hit those on fixed incomes hardest and likened it to an eight or nine percent income tax. He noted food crops jumped 77 percent, retail food 17 percent, and said wage increases must be tied to lower production costs for real relief.
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New York
U.P
Leon Henderson
Economic Club of
Germans Retreat Toward Mariupol as Russians Press
German southern forces flee toward Mariupol with rear guards delaying near Taganrog. Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist and staff are reported to have left Taganrog as the Red Army retakes surrounding villages and closes the chase toward the Sea of Azov.
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London
Germany
Mariupol
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Moscow
Lershal Ewald von Kleist
Red Army Circles Taganrog as German Forces Holdout
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army may have surrounded Taganrog temporarily leaving some enemy units in retreat. Four German divisions, about sixty thousand men, were said destroyed militarily with six more crippled in the counteroffensive. German detachments using automatic rifles and some armor offered sporadic resistance along the retreat line. Russian air forces continued harassment.
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Red Army
Taganrog
Douglas Labor Parley Set in Washington
Orville Larson of the Douglas Mill and Smeltermen's union CIO will join a specially appointed panel in Washington to continue negotiations with Phelps Dodge on December 10 at 10:10 a.m. The wire notes prior talks in Douglas were unsuccessful and it is unclear if other Douglas union officers will attend.
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Douglas
Daily Citizen
Orville Larson
Douglas Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
CIO
Carl R. Schedler
Washington, D. C
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Larson
Britain Faces Serious Split On Draft Bill
In London a large bloc of Labour MPs met behind locked doors to debate the government draft bill. Prime Minister Churchill sought Commons authority to draft eight million men and to compel women to join uniformed war service branches. King George VI issued a proclamation approving the first step.
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London
Labor
Churchill
House of Commons
George VI
Britain
Tokyo Papers Renew Attack Against U S
Japanese newspapers intensified denunciations of the United States as hopes faded that Roosevelt and Hull would curb Japan. They warned that American stance would determine the Washington negotiations and accused the U S of surrounding Japan and pressuring Thailand. Asahi led with criticism of Allied moves and calls for peace efforts.
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Robert Bellaire
Tokyo
United States
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Washington
Workman Injured In Scaffold Fall At Porter's Addition
W. E. Greaber about 50 a bricklayer of 2245 East Eighth Street was seriously hurt today after falling from a scaffold on the Pioneer hotel addition in Porter's. Doctors report fractures of the hip and shoulder and a brain concussion.
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W. E. Greaber
East Eighth Street
Pioneer
Porter’s
Greaber
British battle in Libya slows as forces regroup
Cairo report says empire troops withdraw and reorganize for a new test against a strongly held Axis triangle around Rezegh Bir El Hamada and Zaarran. Patrols and skirmishes continue as Axis supply efforts by sea are intercepted and Libyan front gains are held or mopped up. Captured prisoners arrive in Egypt, including a notable intake.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Rezegh
Bir el
Hamed
Zaarran
Tobruka
Tobruk
Ed’ Duda
Salam
Halfaya Pass
Sidi Omar
Salam- Halfaya
Pacific Crisis Looms As Japan Mulls Reply
Secretary Hull said a general Pacific settlement hinges on Japanese acceptance of non aggression policies. President Roosevelt asked Tokyo for an explanation of Japan’s intentions, signaling a possible head of crisis within the week. Admirals Nomura and Kurusu were sent to Tokyo with the White House request for information as tension mounts.
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Washington
Hull
Pacific
Roosevelt
Japan
Thailand
Tokyo
China
Kichisaburo Nomura
Saburo
Kurusu
Voys
White ‘House
Sumner Welles
Navy
Ralph A. Bard
Norfolk
Council to Revisit Slum Clearance Housing for Defense Workers
Tucson officials plan another special council session to reconsider the Tucson Housing Authority request that civilian defense workers have first occupancy in a proposed 817 000 dollar slum clearance project. THA chairman H B Wangers said officials seek a national defense category for material priority.
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Tucson Housing Authority
H. O. Jaastad
Halbert W. Miller
H. B. Wangers
THA
Council
House approves sweeping anti strike bill in 229 to 158 vote
The Smith anti strike bill passed the House by roll call 229 to 158, adding a 60 day cooling off period and prohibiting mass picketing and jurisdictional strikes in defense labor disputes. It would require union registration, ban strikes not called by a plant majority, and bar political affiliations of officials. the measure moves to the Senate.
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House
Senate
Washington
U.P
Mediation Board
Bund
Martin J. Kennedy
D.-N
Houston Will Resign Unless Leave Granted
PHOENIX December 3 Industrial Commissioner E T Houston said he will resign his post and return to work with the Southern Pacific if granted additional leave. He cited company refusal to extend leave, due to skilled railroaders shortage amid defense program. Houston, Tucson division engineer, noted both he and railroad brotherhoods request extensions. Governor Osborn may announce his successor. McBride was offered the post but awaits answer. confirmation for Houston’s January 8, 1942 term renewal had not been brought to floor.
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Phoenix
E. T. Houston
Southern Pacific
Houston
Tucson
Railroad Brotherhoods
Osborn
McBride
State Senate
War end possible within a year says LaGuardia
DeWitt MacKenzie notes cautious forecast that the European war could end in about twelve months if U S production and supply delivery meet goals. He cites Mayor LaGuardia and President Roosevelt as voices hinting at peace possibilities amid wartime worries.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
LaGuardia
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Roosevelt Extends Lend-Lease to Turkey
President Roosevelt announced Turkey has been brought under the lend-lease act as vital to U.S. defense. White House said Lend-Lease Administrator Stettinius to ensure Turkey defense needs are met promptly with no further details released.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Turkey
Hoase
United States
Stettinius,”jr
White House
Wife Of Former Mexican Envoy Dies In Tucson
Mrs. Maria Bonillas, 78, wife of Ignacio Bonillas former Mexican ambassador to the United States, died this morning at 811 South Sixth Avenue Tucson. She was born in Vancouver Washington and moved to Tucson at age five. Funeral services will be announced by Reilly Undertaking Co. The Bonillas couple lived in Sonora Mexico before returning to Tucson about 14 years ago. She is survived by her husband and two sons Ignacio Safford Bonillas and Mario Bonillas.
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Maria’ Borton’Bonillas
Ignacio Bonillas
United States
South Sixth Avenue
Reilly Undertaking Company
Bonillas
Vancouver
Wash
Tucson
Arthur Borton
Elizabeth Borton
Mr. Bonillas
San Ignacio
Sonora
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Germany
Mexico City
Carranza
Tlaxcalantongo
Obregon
Nogales
Ignacio Safford Bonillas
Mario Bonil
Souers R B listed as Bisbee school head dies
R B Souers 53 superintendent of schools in the Arizona Texas Baseball League, Bisbee resident, died of a heart attack in his Douglas office. Funeral at Presbyterian church tomorrow with burial in Douglas cemetery. Survived by widow, son William Bisbee and daughter Mrs Bradford Duncan Tucson. Souers taught in the northwest before coming to Douglas in 1915 and led Bisbee schools since 1927 except 1929 to 1931 when he ran a boys school.
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Bisbee
R. EB. Souers
Arizona-Texas
Presbyterian Church
Douglas
Sovers
Public
Renito
Souers
University of Chicago
Northwest
Fort Huachuca Wins Approval for 11 Million Expansion
Fort Huachuca officials announced the house appropriations committee approved an 11 590 720 expansion of the post. The Phoenix firm Headman Ferguson and Carollo has worked with the quartermaster’s office on plans. Maj. Houston L. Gaddy expected further details from Washington D C tomorrow.
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Fort Huachuca
House. Appropriations Committee
Post
Congressional
Phoenix Engineering
Headman, Ferguson and Carollo
Quartermaster
Maj. Houston. L. Gaddy
Washington, D. C
Lettuce Strike Fire Suspect Arrested Near Tolleson
Phoenix reports E. W. Roach says a 26 year old lettuce striker is in custody after a Tolleson shed fire described as incendiary. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars to Goetz Ice Co. Sheriff notes protection for workers returning to duties as strike of about 2000 continues. Arthur Webster Tolleson constable made the arrest near the scene.
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Phoenix
E. W. Roach
Tolleson
Roach
Goetz Ice Company
Terminal Island
Calif
Arthur ‘Webster
State tax commission predicts record 1941 sales tax
Phoenix reports the state tax commission estimated calendar year sales tax collections for 1941 will reach an all time high of 5 000 000 with November totals at 424 659 97 and luxury tax receipts for November at 136 110 24 up from October.
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Phoenix
Commission
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