Greeks Enter Porto Edda After Pushing Through Albania
Greek Evzones captured Porto Edda after fighting through a rear-guard Italian defense and advancing from Konispolis along the coast. Greek forces then shelled the city from a high position overlooking Porto Edda as fires burned in the streets. On the northern front, Greek troops broke through ice and snow toward Elbasan, ten miles from Tirana.
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Porto Edda
Santa Quaranti
Albania
Galeazzo Ciano
Konispolis
Corfu
United Press
Butrino
Oshtsuka
Elbasan
Tirana
Badoglio’s rise and return under Mussolini in Ethiopia
The article traces Pietro Badoglio’s career from early battle service in Ethiopia and Turkey to World War I leadership, his role with the Fascists, and his eventual recall to command in Ethiopia where he secured victory and earned the title Duke of Addis Ababa and viceroyal authority before honors returned to Rome.
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Fascist Party
Haile Selassie
Rome
Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Brazil
Italy
Emilio de Bono
Addas Ababa
Ethiopia
Germans and British clash with raider off South Atlantic
The German auxiliary cruiser engaged a British auxiliary cruiser in the South Atlantic. The Carnarvon Castle, a 20,122 ton liner built in 1926 and homeported in London, sustained some casualties as it chased the raider, which was heavily armed and disguised as a merchant ship. The German vessel steamed northward after the battle.
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Berlin
High Command
South Atlantic
Admiralty
Carnarvon Castle
Union Castle Mail and Steamship Company
Pima County Coordinating Council to Meet Tonight
The Pima County Coordinating Council will convene at 8 o clock this evening in Superior Court Room No. 1 to discuss local planning matters.
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Pima County Coordinating Council
Superior Court Room No. 1
Britain Aid Debate Shapes New Congress Agenda
The looming question of aid to Britain dominates talks as Congress opens January 3. Taft calls claims Britain is a good risk nonsense while Clark demands a survey of British assets first. Nye foresees possible convoys but experts doubt the idea. a shift to Irish ports faces German total blockade risk.
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Britain
Congress
Senate
Taft
R-O
Clark
D-Mo
Secretary of Commerce
Jones
Morgenthau
Jesse Jones
Missouri
Canada
Twe
England
Nye
British Shipping Administration
Eire
Ireland
Germany
Berlin
Mrs Deegan Reported Not at Paris Embassy Work
A clerk received a message from an unspecified source saying Mrs Deegan was comfortably lodged and could not attend embassy work on December 2 but would likely report December 3. She did not report and the embassy authorities in Paris are taking appropriate action. Mrs Deegan is believed to be a granddaughter of the late Senator Jeter C. Pritchard.
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Paris
France
Thomas Cooke & Sons Travel Agency
Paramount Pictur
Biltmore
N. C
St. Genevieve’s
Asheville
Narcotics to Be Subject of Talk Monodrama
Henry B. Hall will present a monodrama titled Judge and Dope Peddler at the First Methodist church Tuesday evening. The event is sponsored by the Methodist Men's Brotherhood across four churches with a prelecture dinner at 6 30 p m. The talk will address narcotics including marijuana used in the Southwest and organizers urge early dinner reservations.
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First Methodist
Henry B. Hall
Methodist Men’s Brotherhood of the First Methodist
University Methodist
St. John’s Methodist
Menlo Park
Southwest
P. Laffer
Robert Jones
The
Men’s Brotherhood
Reappointment Debate Among Local Contractors
A contractors association urges reappointing a deputy registrar with mechanical construction knowledge, arguing labor affiliation should not block qualified candidates. They criticize past clerical limits and call for full‑time, well‑staffed office operations. The letter, signed by leaders of Pima County Electrical, Paint, Roofing, General, Plumbing, and Plaster associations, cites economic and organizational changes.
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Roberts
Osborn
F. G. Priser
Pima County Electrical Contractors Association
J. Vease
Pima County Paint Contractors Association
S. A. Schwenn
Pima County Roofing Contractors Association
J. S. Sundt
Pima County General Contractors Association
C. H. McCarty
Pima County Plumbing Contractors Association
W. A. West
Tucson Building Trades Council
Martin Baldwin
Tucson Plaster Contractors Association
Night Raid Tragedy Hits City Areas Theater Tragedy
Raiders struck reprisal raids causing heavy damage in working class zones. A bomb near a movie theater trapped 50 of 200 inside until rescue. The operator died. An incendiary hit a nurses home and hospital flames were smothered by nurses. Three bodies recovered from the theater, a 12 year old girl survived after 14 hours. her mother and three sisters perished.
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Page One
Towns Lose Legislators in New Hampshire
Secretary of State Enoch D. Fuller reports 53 towns lack required population to be represented in the 1941 New Hampshire state legislature. Disqualified towns span all counties and reflect statewide population thresholds.
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Concord
N. H. WP
Enoch D. Fuller
Chile Marks 130th Anniversary of Independence
Chile celebrated the 130th anniversary of its independence, marking a milestone in the nation’s history with ceremonies and national pride across major cities.
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Chile
Greeks push near Delvino amid Epirus front advances
Reports state Greek forces pushed from Porto Edda toward Delvino on the Epirus front with skirmishes against Italian units near Vrioni. Greek casualties were about 70 dead and 150 wounded, while Italian losses were similar. In Premeti, Greeks captured seven Italian officers, 200 troops, three tanks, two trucks, two light field guns and six machine guns.
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Porto Edda
Epirus
Delvino
Vrioni
Premeti
Alcatraz Fog Strands Convicts in 1937 Disappearance
In heavy fog at Alcatraz the 1937 disappearance of convicts Ralph Roe and Ted Cole remains unresolved. Warden Johnston notes impaired visibility and says prisoners fear sleep is unsafe while fog horns and ship bells echo around the island.
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Ralph Roe
Ted Cole
Alcatraz
San Francisco
Johnston
City Water Usage Increases Again
November water consumption rose to 128,134,196 gallons, up from 127,184,676 in 1939, with five month totals from July 1 reaching 920,366,217 gallons. Purchases by the city and gross charges also climbed for November 1940 and the 1939–40 period.
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City Water Department
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Permits for Cutting Christmas Trees Issued at Mt Lemmon
Forest ranger E L McPhaul of Coronado National Forest will be at Soldiers Camp Mt Lemmon on December 14 and December 21 to 23 to issue permits for free use and sale of Christmas trees. He will designate which trees may be cut and warns that cutting without a permit is trespass.
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E. L. McPhaul
Coronado National Forest
Soldiers Camp
Mt. Lemmon
McPhaul
New Sound Equipment Installed In Rialto Theater
Rialto theater manager Herb Dunn announced the renovation of projection and sound systems. The updated equipment includes a highly modern screen, improving sound clarity and picture depth, and the screen was rearranged to fit the new larger picture.
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Rialto
Rialto Theater
Herb Dunn
Safford Legislator Hospitalized in Phoenix
J. W. Greenhalgh a 65 year old Safford real estate dealer and Graham county representative in the state legislature underwent a major operation at St. Josephs hospital in Phoenix. His condition was reported satisfactory. Mrs Greenhalgh relatives and business partner Spencer Kimball came to be at his bedside.
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Phoenix
J. W. Greenhalgh
Safford
Graham County
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mussolini Maintains Course Amid Regime Shakeup in Italy
The new chief of staff, a political negotiator with pro German leanings, is well received in Germany and Cavallero, an industrial magnate, shifts to a role enhancing German coordination. The change unsettles Italians as Badoglio’s split with Mussolini deepens uncertainty, with outcomes hinging on early military successes or risk of power shifts.
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Mussolini
Germany
Cavallero
Badoglio
Il Duce
Italy
Marshal Petain
France
Romanian Cities and Army Reserves Expanded in War Dispatch
Bucharest dispatches say Romania mobilized a large reserve force as Antonescu gains German backing. Reports claim German divisions in Romanian oil fields will increase by about 60,000 troops. Fleeing Romanians seek Turkey and Hungary as former premiers Juliu Maniu and Alexander Vaida Voevod await entry.
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Tooi
Bucharest
Germany
Antonescu
Turkey
Hungary
Juliu Maniu
Alexander Vaida Voevod
Virgil Seal Heads Tucson Knights of Pythias Lodge
Virgil Seal, a Tucson contractor, is named chancellor commander of the local Knights of Pythias lodge. Officers include Robert B. German as vice chancellor and Earl F. Mead as pre late. Ray Anderson retires as chancellor commander as the lodge prepares to host the Arizona state convention in May.
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Virgil Seal
Tucson
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Robert B. German
Earl F. Mead
James Reed
Walter J. German
J. Carpiiata
Ray D. Andrews
Ray Old
Paul Smith
Robert Ost
J. S. Davis
Ray Anderson
Knights of Phyttas Lodges of
Arizona
Blue Uniforms Considered for Tucson City Workers
A Tucson committee of city employees exploring blue jackets and trousers with gray shirts and hats may adopt blue uniforms for city workers including garbage collectors and inspectors. Monograms reading City of Tucson would appear on jackets front and back.
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City of
Tucson
Classified Advertising Rates and Deadlines
The Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Daily Citizen publish classified ads in both papers except Sunday. Deadlines: 6 pm for classified page, 10 am and 9 pm for Too Late. Rates: 12 lines to the inch, minimums set, 4 cents per word for Sunday insertions, with 25 percent extra for more than one Sunday.
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Arizona
Sua
Tucson Daily Citizen
Star
Citizen
Arizona Daily Star
The
Noade
Tennes
Wichita
Kans
East Texas
Shreveport
E. Speedway
Classified Want Ad Index Preview
A clipped list shows categories in an old classified section with items like Acreage Alcoholism Apartments Autos for Sale Auto Storage Auto Repairing Autos Wanted Auto Courts and other small listings. The text reads as a catalog entry for a newspaper want ad index with page or category numbers.
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Manag Autos
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School of Dance
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Consumers Credit
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Valley Nat
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St. Mary’s Road
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People’s Investment Co
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