Germany Eyes Quick War End With Lightning Offensive
Berlin reports Propaganda Minister Goebbels promises a rapid victory with a great lightning offensive against Britain. In Bucharest a Curentul dispatch from Rome says Hitler Mussolini and Laval will meet soon.
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Berlin
U.P
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Britain
Bucharest
Curentul
P. Seicaru
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Pierre Laval
Greeks Break Through Albanian Front With Bold Desert Style Offensive
Greek forces launched a major offensive along a 150 mile Albanian front aiming to disrupt Italian defenses before 80,000 reinforcements arrive. North of Pogradec Greek columns attacked Italian outposts in the Mokra heights while RAF bombers hit Valona as rains and mountains shape the slow central advance toward Tepelini Elbasan and Porto Edda.
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U.R
Ubaldo
Dvugus Scivuis
Sumicm Lic
Pogradec
Mokra
Lake Ochrida
Elbasan
Argyrokastron
Durazzo
Shkumbi
Tepelini
Himara
Royal Air Force
Albania
RAF
Valona
Epirus
Astrovista Heights
Deboli
Porto Palermo
Khimara
British Forces Reach Mediterranean Coast in Egyptian Offensive
British forces in Egypt report a 75 mile advance in a swift offensive cutting between Italian positions. Four thousand Italians were captured in three days as Churchill announced to the House of Commons that units reached the Mediterranean coast after penetrating lines between Sidi Barrani and Buqbuq inside the Egyptian Libyan frontier.
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London
Egypt
Western
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Mediterranean
Sidi Barrani
Buqbuq
British African Command
British Cut Main Lines Of Italians In Western Desert
British forces reported to have cut Italian communications in the western desert isolating troops in a wide encircling move. They penetrated land approaches to Sidi Barrani and pushed toward the coast while RAF bombers battered Graziani rear positions and supported dawn offensives. Churchill said the air force and navy are fully backing the drive with further news promised.
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Cario
Egypt
Western Desert
Sidi Barrani
London
Churchill
RAF
Rodolfo Graziani
Desert
Libya
Sid Barrani
Bardia
Graziani
Air i
Derna
Africa
Greece
Sir Maitland Wilson
Prime Ministry
Rodolfo
Alexandria
Suez
Royal Air Force
Hitler vows to defeat the entire world in rally for workers
Berlin reports Adolf Hitler rallying 12 000 workers at the Borsig plant and radio audiences across conquered Europe. He casts Germany as champion of labor against the haves and warns against quick peace while pledging boundless fanaticism to his course.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Feuhrer
America
Borsig
Fuehrer
Europe
Italy
Hungary
Slovakia
Hitler
United States
Britain
France
New York
CBS
NBC
Palm Beach
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
20000 More Reserve Officers Facing Call
Washington December 10 The War Department announced that it will order about 20000 reserve officers to extended active duty before June 30 The army expects close to 30000 reserve officers on active duty by month’s end due to the wartime expansion Commanders are directed to give reserve officers as much advance notice as possible
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Washington
War Department
Army
Department
88 Buildings Will Be Put At Airport
The War Department announces a major Tucson airport expansion with 88 buildings and 150 family dwellings for enlisted men. The project covers barracks mess halls administration a hospital and storage facilities. Albuquerque and Tucson serve as primary field bases for flying fortress bombers in the southwest district.
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U. S. Army
Tucson
Army
Army Air Arm
War
Washington
Army Air Corps
Pacific Coast
Albuquerque
Nazi Ship Idarwald Sinks After Fire Onboard
London dispatch reports the 5033 ton German freighter Idarwald sank after a prize crew aboard the British cruiser Diomede failed to prevent her scuttling by her own crew. The 45 German sailors are prisoners aboard the Diomede. Naval circles cite US reports saying the Idarwald was set afire and seacocks opened.
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London
United States
Amendment For National Referendum On War Debated
Republican isolationists in the Senate push a Ludlow amendment requiring a national referendum on any declaration of war. Sen. Gerald Nye and Rep. Louis Ludlow lead the drive, arguing it would shield the nation while opponents say it hamstrings emergency action. The measure stalls before the judiciary committee after House defeat.
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Senate
Congress
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Ludlow
House
Louis Ludlow
Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nye
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain Extends 40 Million Loan to China
In London on December 10, Richard A. Butler announced in the house of commons that Britain will lend China 10 million pounds five million for a stabilization fund and five million in sterling area credits. The deal totals 40 million dollars.
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London
U.P
China
House of Commons
Richard A. Butler
Butler
Britain
Sterling
Italian Troops Evacuated from Porto Palermo
Frontier reports that Italian transports are evacuating Fascist troops from Porto Palermo near Porto Edda due to Albanian guerrilla activity behind the lines making further retreat along the coast difficult.
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Struga
Yugoslavia
U.P
Frontier
Porto Palermo
Porto Edda
Hitler Defends Strategy In Talk To German Workers
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports Hitler spoke to factory workers in a restrained, defensive tone. He explained delays and urged avoiding sacrifices, signaling strain after 15 months of war and defending ammunition orders amid accusations of overproduction.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Herr Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Hitler
U S Experts To Get Facts From Phillips
Washington December 10 high defense and fiscal officials convened to hear a balanced statement of Britain’s financial resources and costs of supply presented by Sir Frederick Phillips undersecretary of the British treasury. Morgenthau and senior officers from War Navy State and Treasury attended in a private two hour discussion at the treasury.
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Washington
Great Britain
Frederick Phillips
Treasury
War
Navy
State
Treasury Departments
National Defense Commission
Morgenthau
Sir Frederick
Nazi bases burn after RAF raids over Boulogne and Lorient
The RAF bombed the Bremen airplane factory, the Lorient naval base, and Boulogne docks last night. A British bomber shot down one German fighter and one British plane is missing. Fires along the French coast burned into midmorning, visible from Kent with crowds gathering on the seashore.
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London
Lorient
France
Boulogne
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Ministry
RAF
Kent
Calais
Channel
Windsors Celebrate Anniversary In Miami Visit
On the fourth anniversary of his abdication the Duke of Windsor and his American-born duchess arrived in the United States aboard the Southern Cross for a dental operation. They stayed on the yacht with hosts Mr and Mrs Alexis Wenner Gren. A police guard of 50 protected the downtown pier during a news conference and reception by authorities.
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Fila
Duke of Windsor
United States
Southern Cross
New York
Prince of Wales
Alexis Wenner-Gren
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