Fall Of Bases In Albania Is Claimed Near Fall Of Bases
Greek forces push toward Elbasan on the north front while advancing on Porto Edda and Argirocastro in Albania. Reported rapid Italian defenses crumble with capture of the two southern ports expected, as Greek units near Elbasan and Tirana in a snowbound campaign.
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Albania
Belgrade
Gopesh
Elbasan
Argyrokastron
Porto Edda
Athens
Argirocastro
Elbasani
Tirana
Ostrovitza
Berati
Valona
Shkumbi
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Tremeti
Libohovo
High Command
Pogradetz
Nazis Launch Sub Packs On British Ships
Berlin reports a new sea warfare plan using 100 U boats in packs with long range planes to guide them and dive bombers to target British convoys. The strategy aims to offset U.S. destroyers and to cripple British industry through concentrated air raids.
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Berlin
U.P
Germany
Great Britain
U. S
Britain
United States
Atlantic
England
Major Decision On Policy Is Expected Soon For Britain Loans
Treasury secretary Morgenthau announced Sir Frederick Phillips would arrive to present British finances to the U S treasury. Secretary Hull noted shipping aid discussions and said no decisions had been reached. Jones called Britain a good risk for loans but refused to pledge future support or repeal the Johnson Act.
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Washington
Treasury
Morgenthau
Frederick Phillips
British Treasury
United States
United States Treasury
Commerce Jones
Sir Frederick
State Department
Hull
Britain
Jones
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Eccles
New York Herald Tribune
National Industrial Conference Board
FDR At Sea Veils Trip With Secrecy
President Roosevelt sails from Miami aboard the Tuscaloosa with two destroyers, the Mayrant and Trippe, heading into the Caribbean without disclosing course or destination. Officials suggest possible U S air and naval base sites in the Caribbean as the voyage unfolds.
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U.S. S
Caribbean
U. S
England
Prosperity Of State Livestock Market Pays Dividend
Prosperity of the Arizona Livestock Production Credit association leads to a five percent dividend for stockholders. Secretary treasurer W Smith Pickrell announced the Farm Credit Administration sponsored cooperative, with about 100 members, reserves and surpluses near 150 000 dollars and capital stock around 185 000 dollars.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Arizona Livestock Production Credit Association
W. Smith Pickrell
Farm Credit Administration
Pickrell
Nitrogen Price Plot Charged In Bidinsentin
Twenty nine corporations and 66 individuals were named in six anti trust indictments opened in federal court charging a worldwide conspiracy to control price and production of nitrogen and derivatives used in national defense. Defendants include E I Dupont De Nemours Allied Chemical Solvay Process Barrett Chilean Nitrate Sales and Synthetic Nitrogen Products with others named as co conspirators. The cases allege restrictive contracts with producers and marketers across the United States and abroad including Norway England Switzerland Germany Canada Sweden Poland Belgium Japan and Chile. Indictments span nitrogen nitrate of soda sulphate of ammonia and related products used in agriculture steel mills gas plants and water works. The proceedings were held before Judge William Bondy with about 30 foreign firms and 60 executives named as nondefendant co conspirators. One indictment accuses Rudolph Ilgner of ordering books and records.
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New York
U.P
E. I. Dupont de Nemours Company
Delaware
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp
Synthetic Nitrogen Products Corp
Barrett Company
Solvay Process Company
Syracuse
N. Y
United States
Norway
England
Switzerland
Germany
Canada
Sweden
Poland
Belgium
Japan
Chile
William Bondy
British Raids Cut Off Nazi Coal Supplies
The air ministry said British raids on Ruhr communications cut Germany s mined coal in half and idled French factories needed for war materials. It cited explosions and fires at Mannheim Ludwigshaven Essen and the Dunkerque port with daylight bombings on northern France airdromes and damage to Berlin rail terminals and oil plants.
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London
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Germany
R.A.F
Mannheim
Ludwigshaven
Upper Rhine
Essen
Dunkerque
France
Berlin
Weather Helps England Shielded From Nazi Assaults
Weather across Britain blunted Luftwaffe power as German bombers attacked the Midlands and London. RAF fighter cannons and possible Bell Airacobra deliveries are cited as improving Britain’s defense, with limited damage reported despite nocturnal raids.
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London
Birmingham
Midlands
Ministries of Air and Home Security
Royal Air Force
Britain
Canada
Rhineland
Cologne
Tucson Man Near Death in Crash
A. E. McKenzie operator of a Tucson music store remained near death today at Yuma General Hospital after a car crash near Wellton. He suffered internal injuries a fractured vertebra and pelvis. Mrs. McKenzie visited him as Patrolman Walter Rose said fatigue may have caused the loss of control.
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Yuma
Yuma General Hospital
A. E. McKenzie
Tucson
Wellton
McKenzie
Walter Rose
Three British Warships Hit by Italian Attacks
Rome reports three British vessels damaged as Italian forces strike at Suda Bay Crete and on the Albanian front. A destroyer was sunk by a submarine in the Atlantic while Axis planes bombed Elbasan near Tirana and inflicted casualties at Alulu on the Gulf of Aden.
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Rome
Suda Bay
Crete
Atlantic
High Command
Mediterranean
Greece
Elbasani
Abbanian
Tirana
Alulu
Gulf of Aden
Cold wave retreats as Midwest warm air spreads east
The nation sees easing chill as sub zero readings give way in the Midwest and Appalachia while warm air from the Rockies raises temperatures nationwide. Chicago reports 23 degrees up from a record five below, with Bangor at 24 below and Albany at 8. New York City endures 12 degrees under clear skies and Buffalo notes three inches of snow.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Appalachians
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Rocky Mountains
U. S
Chicago
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Upper Michigan
Lake Superior
Cleveland
Detroit
Akron
Bangor
Albany
N. Y
Newport
Concord
N. H
New York City
Buffalo
Boston
Britain weighs labor compulsion and ship losses
London reports Britain may need forced labor to rebuild Luftwaffe damaged industry and to curb rising shipping losses. Home Secretary Sir John Anderson calls industrial reconstruction urgent as MPs hear of aid calls to the United States and government vows sovereignty intact for war supplies.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
John Anderson
United States
Ian Campbell Hannah
M. P
Atlantic
America
Hannah
House
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
Johnson predicts US will enter war soon says isolationists mad
U S Senator Johnson arrived in San Francisco and declared there is no doubt the United States will go to war. He urged repeal of the Johnson Act limiting loans to nations that defaulted WW debts and warned that pro war leaders will push when the moment is propitious. He plans to start a fifth Senate term after holidays.
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San Francisco
U. S
Johnson
United States
California
Washington
Senate
Congress
Italian Weakness Is Admitted By J. W. T. Mason
United Press expert Mason notes Mussolini’s 250000 recruits signal a limited Rome push against Greece. Italy’s 1,000,000-man force cannot cover Africa and Yugoslavia, and a new Albanian offensive may be delayed by winter.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Rome
Mussolini
Greece
Italy
Marshal Graziani
North
Africa
Albania
Axis To Use Small Armies For Conquest
The Curentul in Bucharest reports the Axis plans a final war stage starting in April using small European armies. It warns Romania on military aid pledged under the Rome Berlin Tokyo pact and notes a proposed new Axis league with Vienna as headquarters, excluding discussion with other tri partite powers Hungary and Slovakia.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Curentul
Axis
Rome
Germany
League of Nations
Vienna
Hungary
Slovakia
Philippines Would Honor Key Pittman Mausoleum Offered
The Philippine assembly passed a resolution offering to build a mausoleum for late Sen. Key Pittman of Nevada. Mrs. Pittman in Washington had not received official notification and would decide after notice. Pittman long chaired the senate foreign relations committee.
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Washington
U.P
S Lands
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Philippine Assembly
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Durazzio
Delvino
Koritza
Premet
Miles
Philiates
Corfu
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Joseph W. Grigg, JR
Federal Loan
Associated Press
RAF
Midland
West
Philippines
The
Tucson Daily Citizen
Norman O’connel
State Theater
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