British seize Sidi Barrani in western Egypt drive
British forces captured the Italian held town of Sidi Barrani 70 miles from the Libyan frontier in a major Western Desert operation. The Cairo communique cited large prisoner numbers including three Italian generals and six thousand prisoners as persistent air and naval bombardment backed the land advance led by Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson.
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Sidi Barrani
Ministry of Information
Cairo
Rodolfo Graziani
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R.A.F
Libya
Bardia
Salam
Egypt
Maktila
Nibeiwa
Henry Maitland Wilson
Wilson
Marshal Graziani
Mediterranean
Graziani
Two Towns Evacuated as Greek Offensive Rolls Forward
Athens dispatch reports a Greek blitzkrieg across a 20 mile front in south Albania. Italian Tepelini and Kilisura are said to be evacuated as Greeks push from Argyrokastron toward the Viosa river with surrounding action near Tepelini.
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Athens
Greece
Blitzkrieg
Albania
Argyrokastron
Tepelini
Kilisura
Viosa
U S Insists On Selecting Trinidad Base Sites
The United States presses to place its new air and naval bases in Trinidad despite objections from local authorities. Secretary Hull says negotiations with Britain progress normally. Trinidad Governor Sir Hubert Young visited Washington to argue positions.
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Washington
United States
Trinidad
Caribbean
Hull
Sir Hubert Young
Atlantic
Britain
Crete Fighters Lead Greek Front Line Assault
Crete knife wielders, famed for toughness, join Greece’s front line against retreating Italy. A government spokesman says important moves are in full development with advances on all fronts. RAF hits Valona port in Albania amid Italian resistance.
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Athens
Crete
Greece
Royal Air Force
Valona
Albania
Greeks Gain Ground on Albanian Front as Italians Retreat
A United Press report notes Greeks advancing along a 150 mile Albanian front with rapid movement and a panicked Italian retreat near Tepelini. Greek forces reportedly captured heights near Pogradec and found 180 preserved Italian bodies in snow.
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United Press
Tepelini
Pogradec
Pradini
Elbasan
State refuses removal of price liquor permit
PHOENIX December 11. The state liquor licenses and control department refused Cedric E. Price, operator of a tavern at 103 East Broadway Tuc son, permission to move his business to a new location. Supt. John A. Duncan ruled that public interest would not be served if Price moved to another location on East Broadway.
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Phoenix
State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Cedric E. Price
East Broadway
Tucson
John A. Duncan
Price
Grim Food Situation in Britain Warned by Minister
London December 11 R S Hudson minister of agriculture declared Britain faces a food crisis "just as grim" as in 1917. He told a farmers club that naval counter blockade efforts are now doubly difficult and urged increased home production to feed the people and support the armed services. He said farm labor must rise, with more female workers unless conscientious objectors are sent to farms.
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London
R. S. Hudson
Britain
Hudson
Farmers’ Club
Lloyd George
Armed Services
Germanys World War Sink at Sight Campaign Opens
In February 1917 Germany launched a sink at sight campaign backed by 111 sea going submarines. That month British Allied and neutral ship losses reached 260 ships totaling 469000 tons. The peak came in April with one quarter of vessels sunk.
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Germany
Navy orders 19 organized reserves to active duty
The Navy today ordered 19 fleet divisions of organized reserves to active duty aboard ships. The mobilized units total 65 officers and 1540 men and include Naval and Marine reserves except merchant marine reserves. Units from the middlewest and east were mobilized and mostly assigned to destroyers on neutrality patrol.
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Washington
Navy
Naval
Marine Corps
Merchant Marine
Middlewest
East
Argentina Wins Large U S Export-Import Financing Package
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones announced a new 60 million dollar Export-Import Bank loan to Argentina to aid trade, bringing total benefits to 110 million dollars when combined with a 50 million stabilization fund allocation. A 7.5 million loan was also set for Uruguay with discussions underway for Peru.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
United States
Argentina
Republic
Treasury
Jones
Uruguay
Peru
Rumanian Army Seizes Control Across State
In Bucharest on December 11 General Ion Antonescu issued emergency decrees giving the army control over nearly all branches of Rumanian life by nightfall. The move appeared aimed at sidelining the Iron Guardists amid reports of Balkan tension and hopes of restoring order.
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Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Antonescu
Balkan
Rumania
Financial Aid To Britain Awaiting Roosevelt Return
Secretary Jones said a Britain loan decision must await President Roosevelt’s Washington return from a Caribbean cruise. He noted Congressional approval would be needed and declined to discuss the Phillips British treasury briefing or any RCFC lending authority without new legislation.
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Washington
Jones
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Commerce
Congress
Caribbean
Treasury
Sir Frederick Phillips
British Treasury
Phillips
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Rains General Over Arizona Aid Stockmen Face Cold
Rainfall covered nearly all of Arizona up to 2 15 oclock this afternoon with 58 inches total since 4 am. Continuous soaking rains revived hopes for a bumper 1941 for stockmen and ranchers. snow fell at McNary and along US 66 from Seligman to the state line.
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Arizona
McNary
U. S. Highway 66
Seligman
Arizona-New Mexico
Flagstaff
State Highway Department
Salt River Valley
Salt River
FDR Sets Noncombatant Roles for Objectors Under Draft
President Roosevelt issued an executive order allowing conscientious objectors under the selective service act to perform civilian service in national importance. The order lists noncombatant roles including unarmed units, medical departments, and units whose primary function excludes arms use.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill to outline war aims next week in public statement
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill plans a general principles address on Great Britain's war aims next week. The move aims to counter Hitler's new order and reassure occupied European peoples while seeking broad support from dominions and allies. A cabinet committee led by Neville Chamberlain has guided the aims study with Prof Arnold Toynbee advising.
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London
U.pr
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Maj
Clement Attlee
Chamberlain
Arnold Joseph Toynbee
University of London
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Nazis Refuse Visa to U S Envoy in Rome
Rome December 11 The German government refused a visa to Edward L Reed counselor at the United States embassy in Rome who wished to return to the United States via Germany He was told at the German embassy that the Nazi government preferred that he not go through Germany Reed has been transferred to Washington and was to travel by way of Germany if possible
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Rome
Edward L. Reed
United States
Germany
Reed
Washington
Desert battle to hinge on Sidi Barrani base
J W T Mason outlines Allied air offensives aimed at disrupting the Italian base at Sidi Barrani in North Africa. The article notes the base’s growth since September 16, the British aim to pin in the Italian right flank, and Graziani’s challenge in facing naval threat and supply lines as fighting unfolds in desert conditions.
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Libya
Sidi Barrani
Graziani
Preparations for Drive on Italian Main Force in Egypt
British forces have trapped parts of two Italian divisions in the Egyptian desert and attack forts as they prepare a drive against the main Fascist army in the Libyan frontier zone between Sidi Barrani and Sollum. Empire motorized units have punched a wedge through the Italian lines.
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London
Sidi Barrani
Sollum
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