RAF Hits Airdrome At Italian Port Valona
Athens December 25 British RAF says a low level dive bombing raid hit Valona Albania targeting the Italian airfield. Planes on the runway hangars and buildings were bombed and machine gunned. Greek forces report gains near the Adriatic with captured material and prisoners.
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Athens
Valona
Albania
Royal Air Force
Italy
RAF
Friis
Adriatic
Chimara
Premet
Thai Premier vows retaliation over French attacks
Bangkok reports Premier Luang Bipul Songgram stating Thailand will retaliate against French Indo-China attacks. He blames French authorities for hostilities, vows peace but warns Thailand’s future depends on French conduct. He says Britain relations are smooth after Burma frontier readjustment.
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Bangkok
Luang Bipul Songgram
Thailand
Great Britain
Burma
Max Cottrell Funeral Held At Douglas Today
Funeral services were to be held in Douglas today for Max B. Cottrell 57 an Arizona resident since 1907 who died in a Los Angeles hospital Monday night Survivors include a son B P Cottrell West Los Angeles and a daughter Mrs Russell Hennes Tempe
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Max B. Cottrell
Arizona
Los Angeles
Cottrell
New York State
Salt River Valley
Naco
Ariz
B. P. Cottrell
West Los Angeles
Russell Hennes
Tempe
Lineman Electrocuted While Making Repairs
In San Diego California Robert E Lovin 38 a power line lineman died while repairing a 4000 volt line damaged by a storm. Lovin had moved from Phoenix three months earlier and left a wife and son in the area.
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San Diego
Calif
Robert E. Lovin
Electric Company
Phoenix
Ariz
David Bone
Lovin
War Mars Birthday Of Prince Of Peace War Mars Birthday Of Prince Of Peace
British planes dropped propaganda leaflets and incendiary bombs on Naples in a noon raid. They bombed Tripoli Libyan base and attempted to raid Valona Albania. Italian high command said Cirenaican frontier situation unchanged and blamed bad weather for Albanian front delays.
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Rome
Naples
Tripoli
Valona
High Command
Cirenaican
North Africa
Rains End Drought in Maricopa County With Heavy Storms
Associated Press reports large inflows into Roosevelt dam signaling relief from drought. Roosevelt Lake rises to 114000 acre feet, total reservoir likely over 250000 acre feet. Snow falls in higher elevations, and showers hit Phoenix with 0.57 inch on Christmas Eve, plus varied rainfall in Kingman Ash Fork Winslow Tucson and Yuma.
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Roosevelt Dam
Roosevelt Lake
U. S. Weather Bureau
Mogollon Rim
Pleasant Valley
Sierra Ancha Mountains
McNary
Verde
Bartlett Dam
Phoenix
Kingman
Ash Fork
Winslow
Tucson
Yuma
Christmas Is Traditional For Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and family hosted a quiet Christmas at the White House with two grandchildren and eight-year-old Diana Hopkins amid church services and a family dinner. The president also dedicated the nation’s Christmas tree, urging Americans to “set our hearts against fear” and to be merry for the little children.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Diana Hopkins
Terry Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Scottie
Olav
Martha
Norway
Christmas News Across Frontlines and Home Front
War reports from multiple capitals mark a tense Christmas Day as London Berlin and Rome reflect strategic moves while the United States and Britain enjoy quiet in the air raid era. Dispatches describe truces threats and retreats amid ongoing global conflict.
Christmas Traffic Death Toll Reaches Nationwide Total
Christmas Day records show 131 people killed nationwide with 97 dying on Christmas Eve and early Christmas. Ohio leads with 14 traffic fatalities followed by Texas with 13 and California with 10. One man in a Santa suit died in an automobile collision in Ohio. The Safety Council notes normal December Wednesday deaths around 90.
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Associated Press
United States
Ohio
Texas
California
National Safety Council
Force Peace In Europe Is Plea Of U.S. Senator
U S Senator Wheeler urges President Roosevelt to use every means to force a peace in Europe and says leasing arms to Great Britain evades neutrality law. He criticizes officials who evade laws and argues for a determined effort to bring warring factions to a just settlement.
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Europe
U.S
Washington
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Harold R. Stark
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Christmas Bombardment Pause Noted by German High Command
BERLIN December 25 The German high command noted a Christmas cessation of British and German bombardment while reporting a German speed boat sank a 2500 ton British ship December 23. Two other ships were credited to the speedboat attack, amid hopes of a bombing truce as long as British planes stayed home.
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Berlin
Pius XII
Britons Envisage Xmas Truce Amid Invasion Fears
London reports a brief Christmas lull with no enemy air activity over Britain. Authorities cited weather for the pause though invasion threats linger. Some fear a ruse to lower vigilance as RAF raids on German-occupied ports intensify and Churchill rejects a general truce.
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London
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
Washington
Germany
Britain
RAF
Winston Churchill
Frye Plans Romantically Inspired Visit To Mrs Vanderbilt
El Paso Texas December 25 Jack Frye 36 year old president of Transcontinental and Western Air said he would visit Mrs Helen Vanderbilt who recently divorced from Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr Frye planned a noon takeoff for Tucson Arizona and would drive to Phoenix to meet her at 5 pm local time headwinds grounded his plane overnight in El Paso
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EL Paso
Tex
Jack Frye
Transcontinental and
Western Air
Helen Vanderbilt
Frye
Tucson
Ariz
Phoenix
Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Labor Claims Fewer Strikes Than In 1917
Labor representatives in the government report far fewer strikes in the last six months of industrial defense effort than in late 1939 or 1917. Final figures come after the new year, but preliminary estimates show a tremendous decline. They foresee expanding conciliators and defense staff to avert work stoppages in 1941 with railway labor act avenues considered for disputes. Only serious strikes in the period affected the defense program at Vultee Aircraft and Aluminum Company of America.
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Washington
Labor Department
Defense Commission
National Defense
Vultee Aircraft Company
California
Aluminum Company of America
Marines Mark Holiday With Brawl In Cafe
Nine U S Marines and three sailors from the U S Gunboat Luzon were injured in a Christmas Eve fracas with Italian marines in a Shanghai cafe. They left hospital in time for turkey dinners as the clash over a table was settled amicably by American and Italian officers.
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Shanghai
United States
U. S
Luzon
King George VI Christmas Broadcast Vows Courage, Victory
London reports King George VI delivered a Christmas Day address praising Allied victories and calling for sober optimism. He thanked United States friends for aid to British children and affirmed unity with all in the front line together.
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London
George VI
United States
Defense Costs Send U.S. Debt Soaring Again
Treasury figures show defense expenditures for the first half of the fiscal year total $1.55 billion, about one third of general fund outlays. Navy led defense spending with 779 million, Army with 754 million, plus 21.75 million from the President's fund and 2.314 million for selective service admin. Work Projects Administration spent 609.701 million in the period, and gross public debt stood near 45 billion with legal limit 49 billion.
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Washington
General Fund
Treasury
Navy
Army
Work Projects Administration
Pope Prays for Return of Peace at Christmas Mass
Pope Pius XII prayed for world peace after celebrating Christmas mass in his private chapel. He then read greetings from sovereigns and chiefs of state and met with his nephews' children for a gifts exchange around a Christmas tree in the papal palace.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Papal Palace
Aid From Navy Gives Greeks Advantage In Albania Front
United Press war expert J W T Mason reports from Athens that warships shelling Italian forces along the Albanian coastal road to Valona could aid the Greeks if the ships are large enough. British admiralty has not confirmed the action. The Greeks face Valona’s outer defenses after pushing from their territory and rely on heavy ships from the Mediterranean fleet if available. Snow and logistics slow Greek supply transport as they seek horses from Yugoslavia to move provisions. The Italians also face winter transport issues.
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J. W. T. Mason
United Press
Athens
Valona
Adriatic
Chimara
Tively
Jugoslavia
Albania
Italian Airplanes Fail To Halt Attacks
Cairo dispatch reports British preparations to assault Bardia push forward despite renewed air activity. RAF bombed airdromes at Tmim and Gazala while Italian raids on Salum caused casualties. Ground forces press siege with reinforcements tanks and artillery as front line troops receive beer and rations for Christmas.
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Bardia
RAF
Tmim
Gazala
Desert
Salum
Italian East Africa
Kassala
Gunna
Burge
Hess
Associated Press
Italian planes aid troops at Bardia
Cairo Dec 25 Italian air force has sent support to beleaguered troops at the Libyan port of Bardia, British general headquarters reported. The communique noted renewed Italian air activity and continued preparations to deal with the situation at Bardia. West of Gallabat Anglo Egyptian Sudan patrols again inflicted casualties on Italian troops based in Ethiopia. No other front reports.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bardia
GHQ
Gallabat
Sudan
Ethiopia
Middle East
France and Germany to resume parley in Paris talks
Admiral Francois Darlan and Otto Abetz prepare for important conversations in Paris on behalf of Petain with no disclosed subject. Darlan left Vichy by special train and will return within 43 hours, marking the first contact since Abetz’s Vichy trip regarding Laval's ousting as vice premier.
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Francois Darlan
Henri Philippe
Petain
Otto Abetz
Adolf Hitler
France
Paris
Darlan
Abetz
Pierre Laval
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Tepelini-Klisura
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