Greeks Seize Tepelini and Chimara Bases in Albania Front
Greek forces push into Tepelini on the central Albanian front and occupy Chimara on the Adriatic coast after house to house fighting. Italians retreat northward along a Trebesina road as Tirana reports a bombing killing two officers. Revolts erupt in Piskopeja district with 170 rebels joining the forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struga
Jugoslavia
U.P
Tepelini
United Press
Adriatic
Chimara
Trebesina
Tirana
Piskopeja
Albania
Bloom And May Seek All-Out Aid To Britain
The British government formally requested financial assistance from the United States as Bloom and May push for rapid aid to Britain. Bloom calls for removing obstacles to fast aid and possibly repealing the Johnson Act to allow loans and even a repeal of the neutrality act to enable American ships to supply Britain.
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Bloom
Washington
United States
Great Britain
D.-N.y
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
Lord Lothian
Britain
May
D.ky
England
Traffic Death Toll Reaches 205 For Year
Two women deaths in 72 hours push Arizona automobile fatalities to 205 since January 1. Mrs. B H Button 81 was killed crossing a downtown street and the driver was cleared. Mrs. Emily W Shilba 55 of Spring Lake New Jersey died from injuries after a Duncan collision on December 8. A blood clot on the heart was cited as the fatal immediate cause.
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Associated Press
Arizona
B. H. Button
Emily W. Shilba
Spring Lake
N. J
Duncan
New Jersey
London reporter begins war life series from bombed home
Milo M. Thompson chief of the London AP bureau starts a 12 part series on life in England during the European war. He has lived under air raids since the conflict began and his reports draw on personal experience.
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The
Citizen
England
Milo M. Thompson
London
Associated Press
Budget Increases Asked In Arizona Budget Increases Asked In Arizona
Chamber of Commerce board re elected Karl Barfield as president and named C. Edgar Goyette secretary. William S. Walsh became first vice president and Alex Jacome second vice president. Valley National Bank chosen as depository. George Biddle named treasurer. New directors Don Young James C. Grant FE B Carmack W R Mathews H H d Autremont J M Procter take office.
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Chamber of Commerce
Karl Barfield
C. Edgar Goyette
William S. Walsh
Alex Jacome
The
Valley National Bank
George Biddle
Don Young
James C. Grant
FE. B.*carmack
W. R. Mathews
H. H. d’Autremont
J. M. Procter
Deportation Of Bridges Sought By FBI Chief
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover said evidence indicts Harry Bridges for deportation and urges outlawing the Communist party in the United States. He noted the 2500 page report was sent to Attorney General Robert H Jackson and action rests with Jackson and the courts.
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Miami Beach
Fila
U.P
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
United States
Flamingo Hotel
FBI
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Hoover
Martin Dies
Tex
House Committee
American Activities
Congress
Committee
G-men
Dies
GOP Leaders Against Talk Of 1944 Plan
Two former Republican presidential hopefuls Taft and Vandenberg urged delaying 1944 planning until after the 1942 elections. They argued the party should focus on building congressional majorities and not engage in early candidate debates. Capper endorsed a moratorium on presidential politics amid shifting domestic and foreign conditions.
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Washington
Taft
Rohio
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Capper
R-Kan
Midwest Party
GOP
State agencies seek nine million biennial budget hike
Officials disclose unofficial tabulations showing state departments asking roughly 2 million more for the next two years. The total would approach 9 million excluding pensions and school apportionments, with higher education and state services proposing notable increases.
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Phoenix
Vec
Sidney P. Osborn
University of Arizona
Arizona State Teachers College At
Flagstaff
Arizona State Teachers College
Tempe
Thatcher
Superior Court
Streamliner Arizona Limited due into Tucson with dignitaries
The Southern Pacific streamlined train the Arizona Limited nears Tucson for its maiden run carrying Gov. R. T. Jones Miss Betty Proctor and W. W. Hale. Southern Pacific officials plan a welcome as the City of Tucson hosts the arrival and the Vigilantes join in a western welcome. The train runs Chicago to Phoenix daily until April 1 cutting ten hours off the trip.
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Southern Pacific
Southern Arizona
R. T. Jones
Betty Proctor
Tucson
W. W. Hale
Railroad Company
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
la Salle
Arizona
Phoenix
Jones
Illinois
Vichy Cabal Shaken as Laval Ousted and Abetz Arrives
Parley started in Bern as France's Vichy government faces a cabinet upheaval with Pierre Laval ousted from the post of vice premier and foreign minister. Otto Abetz was expected in Vichy to confer with Petain, while Berlin weighs the move and possible wider Nazi occupation.
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Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
France
Vichy
Philippe Petain
Reichsuehrer
Hitler
Paris
Otto Abetz
Petain
Berlin
Pierre Laval
Abetz
Laval
Chateau de Pellevoison
Riem
Pierre Etienne Flandin
Germany
Libya
Greece
Italy
Occupied
Workers Stage Walkout At Two Tucson Firms
About 60 employees from Southwestern Sash and Door and Arizona Sash Door and Glass walked out in sympathy with Phoenix mill unions. Local managers said no grievances were reported and workers refused to cross picket lines. C B Flynn noted the union carpenters and roofers dispute.
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Southwestern Sash and Door Company
Arizona Sash, Door and Glass Company
C. B. Flynn
Arizona State Federation of Labor
Phoenix
Flynn
Associated Press
Greeks Storm Key Italian Position on Southern Front
Athens reports Greeks stormed and occupied a crucial height as Italian general and colonel fell in battle. Italians fled with many dead, while Greeks push toward Valona, one of Albania’s remaining Italian ports. Rebels ordered retreat after the loss.
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Athens
Valona
No Peace Will Be Asked by Italians
Rome reports that A. Virginio Gayda editor of Giornale D Italia denies Italy will seek an armistice in Italo Greek hostilities. He says British propaganda misreads Italian resolve and Italy remains a combatant in the Mediterranean.
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Rome
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
Italy
Athens
Greece
Gayda
Mediterranean
Ians
Signor Gayda
Britain
Europe
Wreck of Italy's Egypt Drive Surfaces at Sidi Barrani
British forces report massive Italian supplies captured at Sidi Barrani in Egypt after three days of combat. The wrecked convoy lines the desert as two seawater distillation plants stand amid miles of roads and fortifications. Key Italian positions fell at Nibeiwa, exposing a failed campaign and the death of General MaLetti.
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Sidi Barrani
Egypt
Benito Mussolini
Nibeiwa
Pietro Maletti
British Western Desert advance drives into Libyan border
Dispatch from Cairo reports vanguards of Britain's army reaching well across the Libyan border in the western desert in the second week of the push. RAF bombers hit Italian bases and Naples harbor while Italian losses are noted. The rain and dust storms slow operations but do not stop the advance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Libya
Salum
Africa
Naples
Italy
Bardia
Derna
Torbruk
Fort Capuzzo
Albania
North Africa
Broad Federal Power Over Streams Rules Dam Project
The Supreme Court ruled that federal authority over streams is broad enough to regulate the Appalachian Electric Power dam project on New River near Radford Virginia. Justice Reed delivered a 6 to 2 decision, stating New River is navigable and federal power extends beyond navigation. The ruling expands federal regulatory reach over watercourses nationwide.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reed
Federal Power Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
New River
Radford
Virginia
Justice Reed
United States
Italian Defeat Presses Axis in Libya and Albania
Allied forces smash Italian lines in Libya and Albania threatening to erase Axis hopes in the Mediterranean. British naval and air actions target ports, bases, and communications while Italian propaganda downgrades the setbacks. Virginio Gayda comments offer a guarded, partisan view of the war's scope.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Libya
Albania
Britain
Mediterranean
British Isles
Africa
Italy
Salum
Ital
Lloyd George May Be Envoy to U S Ambassador Post
Reports floated that Prime Minister Churchill asked David Lloyd George to become Britain's ambassador to the United States. Lloyd George reportedly asked for time to consider. no official confirmation but support for the idea grows across Liberal, Labour and even Conservative ranks.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
David Lloyd George
United States
Lloyd George
Churchill
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State Theater
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