Italians trapped in Africa as German reinforcements fly in
German transport planes shuttle Italian reinforcements across the Adriatic to Albania to stem the Greek counter invasion. Each Junkers carries 20 troops and flights occur multiple times daily, landing Alpine troops near the front. Greeks report hundreds of frozen Italian bodies and cold weather forces halting reliefs and prompting white sheets to mask positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struga
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Mussolini
Junkers
Tepeleni
Britons Set To Place 3 Billion War Orders In 1940
British officials completed a master list of 3 billion dollars in new war orders to be placed soon, including 12 000 combat planes costing about 1.2 billion. President Roosevelt authorized the plan and told Britain to delay contracts until Congress is consulted on funding and taking over British commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Itc
White House
Henry L. Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
James V. Forrestal
Defense Council
Stimson
Knox
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Commission
Defense Commission
Mr. Knudsen
Defense
Ajo Miners Are Given Big Rebate
A $54 000 Christmas gift represents an eight and a half per cent rebate on 1940 purchases and will be distributed to 1200 customers tomorrow by the New Cornelia Co-Operative Mercantile company. Eligible participants are employees of the New Cornelia branch, Phelps Dodge corporation. Checks will average 45.16 dollars, ranging from 0.10 to 142.19. Since 1917 Ajl mine employees have received rebates totaling 1 072 256.24 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AJO
New Cornelia Co-Operative Mercantile Company
New Cornelia
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Ajl
Tucson Police Captain Wollard Health Declines
Dr Charles S Kibler reported to the Tucson civil service commission that Wollard is in not very favorable condition after examination initiated on his reinstatement bid as Tucson police department captain. City Manager Seeley noted no vacancy in the captain rank in the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Kibler
Tucson Civil Service Commission
C. A
Gus) Wollard
Wollard
Civil Service Commission
Kibler
L. H. Howard
Tucson
George W. Seeley
Harold C. Wheeler
Reds Blamed For Major Work Stoppages In UK Plants
London December 19 The British government points to a Communist influenced policy behind work stoppages in munitions factories. Bevin says unions could handle disputes but adds some shop stewards are responsible. Official figures show about 850000 working hours lost in the first ten months of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Britain
Britain Seeks To Cut Lines Between Axis
London reports three nights of RAF raids on Mannheim aiming to disrupt axis communications with Italy. Also targeted Milan docks Genoa docks and a northern Italian airfield while troops press Italy in Libya and aid Greece in Albania. Four large fires started in Mannheim as raids continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mannheim
Germany
Italy
Milan
Genoa
Air Ministry
Libya
Albania
Rhine
Neckar
Ruhr
Saar
Nrazi
England
RAF
Benina
Western Desert
Metemma
Ethiopian- Sudan
Jebel Serobatib
Sudan-Eritrea
Must Union Pass On Army Buglers
Representative Hoffman questions whether Army officers must consult union leaders to sound battle orders. He cites Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians allegedly blocking a radio broadcast and argues the Army might need direct bugle calls without union approval in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoffman
R-Mich
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
104Th Engineers
Fort Dix
N. J
Petrillo
U S Asked To Keep From War By Jap Chief
Tokyo dispatch reports Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka urging the United States to stay out of war to avoid Armageddon. U S Ambassador Joseph C. Grew challenged Matsuoka’s claim that the fate of China is largely American sentiment, stressing Americans’ obligations and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Tokyo
Yosuke Matsuoka
United States
Joseph C. Grew
China
Matsuoka
Kichisaburo Nomura
Grew
Adjournment Of Congress Is Almonsd
Washington December 19 administration leaders abandon hopes to adjourn the 76th Congress today and plan three day recesses over the holidays. House leaders face a possible Republican bid to block unanimous consent, making sine die adjournment unlikely. Speaker Sam Rayburn had hoped to end the session today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Congress
British tanks break perimeter at Bardia drives Italians west
British tank units secretly sent to Egypt attacked Bardia perimeter forts and breached them as the fall of the Italian base seemed imminent. Thousands of Italians were trapped or fleeing along the coast under continuous air and naval bombardment. The British described the tanks as among the best in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Perrimeter
Bardia
Mediterranean Clouds Trigger U S Diplomatic Moves
Mediter ranean weather was linked to a burst of U S diplomacy as Hull sped ambassadors to France Italy and sparked inspections in French African colonies. J William Phillips and William D Leahy would return or depart after the holidays and Robert D Murphy began an inspection trip to North Africa to brief leaders including Mussolini Petain and Weygand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mediterranean
State Department
France
Italy
Hull
J. William Phillips
Rome
Phillips
Mussolini
Leahy
William D. Leahy
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Robert D. Murphy
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Roosevelt
Albania
Egypt
Petain
Laval
Charles de Gaulle
Murphy
Weygand
United
Italians Plan To Make Stand At Naval Base
Italian forces in North Africa plan a last defense at Tobruk 80 miles from the Egyptian frontier if the British push the Libya campaign. The Tobruk defenses are said to be strengthened as anti-British counterattacks in the Bardia sector continue. British reinforcements, including Australian units, are reported at Benghazi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Packard
Rome
Italy
Tobruk
Libya
High Command
Bardia
Benghazi
Palestine
Milan
London
Contin
Churchill
Sidi Omar
Britain must have big army in 1941 declares Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain must field a large well trained army for home defense or abroad with U S aid. He admitted Britain was half armed but optimistic about Libya gains and future prospects. Plans to the war continuing to 1944 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
U.P
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Great Britain
United States
Libya
Churchill
ARMY
Britain Not Invasion Threat Says War Expert
United Press war analyst J W T Mason argues Germany is unlikely to launch a direct invasion of Britain this winter or next spring. He notes German plans lack German backing and emphasizes continued shipping attacks as the main offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Great Britain
Reich
Germany
Herr Hitler
Army Probing Bomber Crash Killing Six
Riverside Calif Dec 19 Army officials launched an inquiry into the deaths of six fliers when a 22 ton B 17 bomber on a routine training flight crashed on the San Jacinto mountains in heavy mist and snow. The Bisbee radio technician James Clyde Sessions was among the dead, his family said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Calif
San Jacinto
Crash hits Marion line in San Bernardino forest search
Wreckage strewn for miles on boulder and tree dotted slopes near Marion mountain in San Bernardino national forest. Dead include Ist Lieut. Harold J. Turner pilot Corning Indiana Ist Lieut. Donald T. Ward co pilot West Los Angeles Ist Lieut. Vernon McCauley navigator Riverside Corp. Frank J. Jirak assistant engineer Salem Oregon Pvt James C Sessions radio operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Mountain
San Bernardino National Forest
Harold J. Turner
Corning
Donald T. Ward
West Los Angeles
Vernon McCauley
Navigator
Riverside. Corp
Frank J. Jirak
Salem
Ore
James C. Sessions
Radicé
Nazi Divisions On Way To Duce Report Sparks Swiss Claim
Basel dispatch cites Le Democrat claiming German divisions move toward Italy via the Brenner line. Rome and Berlin sources could not confirm. Allied war updates report Italian rearguards trapped at Bardia, with RAF raids and bombardments across Libya and East Africa. Prisoners numbered over 31,500 with thousands more captured or to be moved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Switzerland
le Democrat
Delemont
Zurich
Brenner
Italy
Rome
Berlin
State Post Given To Former U A Teacher
L D Klemmedson, former University of Arizona faculty member, will become supervisor of the state teacher trainer program in vocational agriculture when E D Ring takes office January 6 as state superintendent of public instruction. Ring announced the appointment last night. Klemmedson will succeed Arthur G Snyder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
L. D. Klemmedson
University of Arizona
E. D. Ring
Ring
Klemmedson
Arthur G. Snyder
Also Mentioned on This Page
Greece
Reds
UNION
By Max Hill
Japan
GOP
Naval Base
SAN Giovanni ‘di
Medua
Scutari
Juirana
Chimaras
Porto Edda
Iberati
Miles
Dibra
Pogradeti
Koritza
Elisura
Philiates
Bitoli
Noannina
Durazzo
Valona
Adriatic Sea
Pogradetz
San Giovanni di Medua
Fuehrer
March Field
Cairo
Frontier
RAP
Royal Air Force
Italian East Africa
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Sudan
Kassala
Gallabat
GHQ
U. A
The
Tucson Daily Citizen
Mrs
Dick Wilson
Alta Vista Road
Argenaights
Eee Theater
State Theater
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!