Retail Trade and Industry See New Highs Ahead of 1941
New York reports brisk Christmas buying across steel motor textile and other sectors fueled by defense payroll gains. Commerce estimates predict a record Christmas season with holiday turnover rising in many cities. Industrial activity including autos textiles and electricity use shows strength as construction and defense spending surge.
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New York
U. S. Commerce
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Mercantile Agency
John W. Hanes
the Treasury
Congress of American Industry
Associated Press
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co
Mauch Chunk
Engineering News-Record
Washington
Wilmington
British Navy Drives Egyptian Battle Rush
The piece highlights British naval actions blocking Italian supply lines along the desert warfront in Egypt and Libya. It cites destroyers ramming mine fields and bombarding shore batteries to aid advancing infantry, stressing naval power as decisive in sustaining British advances.
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Royal Air Force
Egypt
Libya
Larry Allen
Associated Press
England
Britain
FDR Endorses Base Plan With Conditions for Bahamas Locations
President Roosevelt indicated readiness to follow White House direction on basing, but delays persist for Bahamas sites due to Mayaguana anchorage and other concerns. He cited Little San Salvador Long and Eleuthera as less than ideal, stressing further study. Jamaica offers harbor and strategic value with dredging and nets. St Lucia and Antigua deemed satisfactory for sea and air operations with caveats.
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Bahamas
Mayaguana Island
San Salvador
Long
Eleuthera Islands
Roosevelt
Jamaica
Panama Canal
Central America
Colombia
St. Lucia
Antigua
McFarland Names Balance of Staff for Senate Office
Florence December 14 The staff of senator elect Ernest W McFarland is completed with the appointment of Mrs John White Florence and A O Jones Buckeye as assistant secretaries Mrs White previously served as office secretary during his term as final county superior court judge Jones is on staff with Senator Henry F Ashurst whom McFarland will succeed next month Wyly Parsons Florence has been named McFarland s secretary
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Florence
Ernest W. McFarland
U. S
John White
A. O. Jones
Buckeye
Administration Plans $500 Million Taxable Notes Offering
Plans call for a 500 million dollar taxable notes offering as part of a program to end tax exempt privileges on future government issues. Buyers paid more for outstanding tax exempt issues. British and Greek war successes buoyed sentiment briefly, but many Wall Street figures waited for the next German move.
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Wall
Red Cross Seeks 180 Nurses For National Defense
Tucson Red Cross chapter says national headquarters asks local offices to enroll nurses for armed forces service. Volunteers may serve a year as second lieutenants at about 125 to 140 dollars monthly with maintenance and other benefits.
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Tucson
American Red Cross
National Organization
Red Cross
Laval Ousts Laval From French Government
Petain declares Laval no longer part of the government while insisting the national revolution continues. Reports say Petain and Laval returned from a trip to German occupied Paris and that Laval had fostered post armistice collaboration with Germany.
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Hitler
Petain
Flandin
Laval
Bern
Europe
Mussolini
Berlin
Vichy
Paris
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Germany
France
Greeks Push To Enclose Key Albanian Passes
A Greek maneuver aims to seal retreat routes toward Valona and Berat by surrounding Tepelini and Klisura. Troops advancing from Argyrokastron along the Drinos river spread east and west, while forces from Premeti move around Klisura. A dispatch claims new positions captured may boost anticipated successes.
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Valona
Berat
Argyrokastron
Drinos River
Tepelini
Premeti
Klisura
Fire in Romania Rumored Oil Tank Explosion
A Romanian fire burned for hours before Romanian and German firemen extinguished it. An explosion of gasoline awaiting export was blamed on a workman who lit a cigarette near the tank. Curuntul reported a 14.56 percent drop in Romania's oil output for the first nine months.
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Curuntul
Iron Guard
Romania
British tally of Italian prisoners grows as frontier batter continues
Reports say Italian captives mount hourly with estimates uncertain. British forces push along the Libyan frontier toward Salum and Tobruk as Salum fires illuminate the line and Italian Tenth Army HQ withdraws near Bardia. Observers expect a pause to regroup before a broad westward thrust.
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Salam
Fort Capuzzo
Iiot
Egypt
Navy
Bardia
Reuters
Salum
Libya
Tobruk
Tenth Army
Archibald P. Wavell
Marshal Graziani
Bundles For Britain Ships Large Supplies from Local Office
The Bundles for Britain local office reports shipments totaling 1800 dollars of surgical supplies to the New York office for Britain relief. Additional consignments include 669.75 dollars of hospital supplies and 2080 pounds of used clothing valued at 20800 dollars. The group directs all contributions to aid and incurs about 10 dollars in local expenses for postage mimeographing and stationery.
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Britain, Inc
New York
Britain
Tucson Masonic Lodge Names New Officers
Conan Drachman was elected worshipful master of Tucson Lodge No. 4 F and A M at a meeting last night. Other officers chosen include M R McDaniel senior warden John J Johnson junior warden Gordon W Sawyer treasurer Joe E Bentz secretary Sterling Johnson senior deacon Paul Hardwicke junior deacon Dr S J Grauman senior steward Richard Young junior steward Frank Peyton chaplain J D Goulette marshal and G H Schneider tyler.
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Conan Drachman
Tucson Lodge No. 4
A. M
M. R. McDaniel
John J. Johnson
Gordon W. Sawyer
Joe E. Bentz
Sterling Johnson
Paul Hardwicke
Kerr ordered to active duty with 12th Cavalry at Fort Brown
First Lt. Roscoe Kerr is ordered to immediate active duty with the 12th Cavalry at Fort Brown Texas, and Mrs Kerr will accompany him.
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Roscoe Kerr
12Th Cavalry
Fort Brown, Tex
Kerr
Friendship Class Plans Yale Party at First Methodist
Members of the Friendship class of Hedrick chapel at the First Methodist church plan a Christmas party Thursday at 7 30 p m. Gifts may be no more than 15 cents. Mrs. Arthur Roberts and Mrs. Fred Dail lead, with refreshment committee members Mrs. W W Shupp and Mrs. Sid Edminston. L L Lohse teaches the class which meets Sundays at the church.
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Hedrick Chapel
First Methodist Church
Arthur Roberts
Fred Dail
W. W. Shupp
Sid Edminston
L. L. Lohse
First Meth
Talent Scout To See Play At University
Milton Lewis a Paramount studios talent scout from Hollywood will attend the final production of Liliom at the University of Arizona this evening. He will interview promising cast members after the performance, arranged through Gordon Davis. Last night he attended Tucson Little Theatre's Here Today in its second night at the Temple of Music and Art.
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Milton Lewis
Paramount Studios
Hollywood
Liliom
Ferenc Molnar
University of Arizona
Lewis
Gordon Davis
Tucson Little Theatre
George Oppenheimer
Temple of Music and Art
Hungary Expands to Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Five Miles of Trunk Rail
Hungary now operates 7 255 miles of trunk railway lines marking a major expansion in its rail network. The development reflects ongoing investment in national infrastructure and connectivity across regions.
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Hungary
Night RAF raids strike German railways and port targets
The RAF conducted near nightly attacks on Cologne Dunkerque Boulogne Calais Bremen Kiel and other targets. Bombers hit factories oil plants rail yards docks and shipyards with incendiaries and high explosives. many fires lit the skies as crews returned safely.
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Cologne
Channel
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Calais
RAF
Bremen
Kiel
Bomber Command Strikes Kiel Bremen and Bordeaux Targets
Bomber command operated under difficult weather conditions bombing shipyards at Kiel factories and other targets at Bremen docks and airdromes in Holland bombed. Coastal command aircraft attacked a submarine base at Bordeaux with no losses reported.
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Bomber Command
Kiel
Bremen
Holland
Coastal Command
Bordeaux
Defeat raids Crontoni as Mirabba airfield is bombed
Defeat raided the southern Italian city of Crontoni last night damaging one house and two sheds and injuring two persons. Italian planes and the high command said they bombed Mirabba airfield on Malta. Brazil is organizing flying clubs.
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Page One
Crontoni
High Command
Mirabba
Malta
Aid to Britain Ties to Mor genthau Talks and Destroyer Count
The text notes aid to Britain and a fleet of 75 older destroyers, with discussions at high level between Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and Sir Frederick Phillips of Britain's treasury. It places these topics alongside the broader question of financial assistance to Britain as motivation for ongoing talks.
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Hemisphere
Britain
Treasury
Morgenthau
Frederick Phillips
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