US Offers Greece Any Kind Of Help In War Against Italy
Washington officials disclosed a Roosevelt Greece exchange in which the president pledged aid to Greece defending itself against aggression. A Greek official said Athens could buy available war supplies and planes, while relief funds and Red Cross aid were already sent.
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Washington
Legation
United States
Italy
State Department
Roosevelt
Greece
George II
King George
Red Cross
Great Britain
Sumner Welles
Athens
Welles
Cimon Diamantopoulos
Warspite Sails North to Intercept German Raider
Uruguayan cruiser Uruguay reports British battleship Warspite speeding northward in pursuit after the German raider engaged by Carnarvon Castle. Carnarvon Castle arrived with one funnel destroyed. Warspite, built 1913, 24 knot speed, modernized in 1937, carries 15 inch guns and aircraft.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
U.P
Carnarvon Castle
Mussolini reshapes high command as Italian forces falter
Rome reports two top changes in the fascist high command. General Vecchi di Val Cismon resigns, replaced by General Bastico. Marshal Badoglio is replaced by General Cavallero. In Greece and Albania, Italian retreats widen with Greek advances and reports claim 3,000 prisoners and 100 plus howitzers captured, while Tirana looms as a target.
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Albania
Adriatic
Durazzo
Valona
Elbasani
Tirana
Premet
Porto Edda
Argirocastro
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Cesare Maria de Vecchi di
Pietro Badoglio
Ugo Cavallero
British Broadcasting Corporation
Cavallero
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Yugoslavia
Greece
Chimara
Tepelini
Elbasanti
Viosa
Axis
Britain
Germany
Franz von Papen
Ankara
Marshal Badoglio
General de Vecchi
Dodecanese Islands
Bristol Worst Hit in German Raids
London dispatch reports Bristol as Britain’s heaviest damaged west coast port in a German bombing night. Many fires and hospital damage noted, with several killed or injured. RAF claims two Axis bombers shot down. southern England and south Wales saw few bombs. London reported none.
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London
Bristol
Britain
England
South Wales
Franco Reassures French Envoy on Spanish Colonial Aims
In Madrid General Franco, greeting Francois Pietri the French ambassador, spoke of Spain's colonial ambitions and expressed confidence that his goodwill would be shown in acknowledging past injustices. He said Spain's grandeur stems from an undying spirit and that justice will guide peace in a suffering world.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Francois Pietri
Spain
Franco
Strikes Close More Than Forty Lumber Units In West
Western Washington lumber operations faced widespread closures as the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers' union pressed for higher pay from 24 to 70 cents hourly and a paid weekly vacation. About 12 000 workers were affected across Seattle Tacoma Everett and smaller towns with Seattle mills refusing to pass picket lines.
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Seattle
Washington
Oregon
Tacoma
Everett
AFL
Phillips Goes To Work After Details Asked
Secretary Morgenthau pressed Sir Frederick Phillips to detail Britain assets for war costs. The asset inventory could influence future U S loans or aid. Phillips said he would deliver a balance sheet on British resources and wartime purchases.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Frederick Phillips
Germany
Phillips
United States
Treasury
Britain
Nazis Hold U. S. Woman in Hotel in Paris
The State Department said American charge d affaires Maynard B. Barnes reported Mrs. Elizabeth Deegan, an embassy clerk and granddaughter of former North Carolina senator Peter C. Pritchard, is being held in a small private hotel in Paris by German authorities since December 1. She is well treated and in good health, with hopes for release soon.
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Washington
State Department
Maynard B. Barnes
Paris
Elizabeth Deegan
Deegan
U.S. Plans 40 000 Airplanes A Year
National Defense Coordinator William S. Knudsen urged Detroit manufacturers to speed up defense production to deter potential involvement in war. He told a Detroit Aircraft club dinner that better setup, higher quantity, and faster delivery would act as insurance, arguing the nation must show readiness. Attendees included Packard President M. M. Gilman and others from major automakers.
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George A. Stauter
Detroit
National Defense
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Aircraft Club of
M. M. Gilman
Packard Motor Car Co
K. T. Keller
Press
Four New Assembly Plants West Of Mississippi
War department and defense commission plan four new aviation assembly plants west of the Mississippi to boost aircraft output to 40 000 planes a year by 1942. Kansas City Missouri and Omaha Nebraska will host two plants making 2,400 medium two motor bombers annually. two others planned to produce four motor bombers at 1 200 per year, locations not disclosed but Tulsa Oklahoma under consideration. Officials estimate 15 months to reach mass production, adding to existing factories targeting 36 000 planes yearly by early 1942.
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Washington
Defense
Mississippi River
War Department and Defense Commission
Kansas City
Omaha
Neb
Tulsa
Okla
Hull Confirms Spain Seeks Major US Loan
Secretary Cordell Hull confirmed reports that Spain is negotiating a $100,000,000 loan from the United States but said no final agreement exists. He added that any decision would hinge on Spain's continued neutrality in the European conflict. The plan, possibly via the Export Import Bank, aims to buy foodstuffs heat and gasoline.
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Washington
Wu.p
Cordell Hull
Spain
Hull
U. S
Madrid
Alexander W. Weddell
Germany Aims For Italian Greek Armistice Effort
London dispatches report Baron Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey, sought Turkish mediation to arrange an armistice or truce in the Italian Greek hostilities. He discussed with Sukru Saraoglu the potential meeting with Metaxas in Salonika, amid Greek victory notes and Greece repudiating Britain’s defense guarantee as a peace condition.
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London
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Belgrade
Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
John Metaxas
Albania
Germany
Politika Vreme
Berlin
Saracoglu
Metaxas
Salonika
von Papen
Greece
Brittain
70 Reserve Officers Due At Ft Huachuca
Fort Huachuca will welcome 70 reserve officers around December 15 from the eighth and fifth corps areas. They will assist in training conscripts for a year under the defense program. Housing shortages will force officers’ families to reside in Tucson Tombstone Bisbee Nogales and other nearby towns.
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Fort Huachuca
Thomas L. Christian
Tucson
Tombstone
Bisbee
Nogales
Peace Feelers Hint Italian Unrest and German Hesitation
London and Belgrade reports say Turkish mediation on the Italian Greek war signals unrest in Italy. Mussolini may have consented to peace feelers as domestic war doubts rise. Hitler fears expansion into southeast Europe and notes changes in Italian leadership amid a possible peace move.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
London
Belgrade
Italy
Mussolini
Greece
Hitler
Europe
900 Arizona Men Face January Call
Phoenix dispatch reports the selective service will induct 900 white men in January in Arizona to replace the 45th division at Fort Sill. An additional 40 Negro conscripts will be called in February and assigned to Fort Sill or Fort Huachuca. Local draft boards were instructed to have most class 1-A ready by December 24. County quotas include Cochise 67 Maricopa 269 Pima 134 Pinal 67 Yavapai 43 Yuma 31.
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Phoenix
Arizona
A. M.tuthill
Eighth Corps
Fort Sill
Tuthill
349Th Field Artillery
25Th Infantry
Fort Huachuca
Cochise
Maricopa
Pima
Pinal
Yavapai
Yuma
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