Churchill says British army strikes into Libya with aid from US arms
London reports Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain, equipped with American tanks and planes, has smashed into Libya on a broad front. He said the offensive aims to destroy German armored forces under Rommel and that positions of marked advantage have been gained.
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London
U.P
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Libya
Churchill
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Derna
Egypt
Red Sea
Maryland
Auchinleck
Cunningham
Lewis Blocks Settlement Of Coal Mine Row
President Roosevelt proposed a peace plan to end the coal strike but John L. Lewis refused to budge, insisting on a union shop. Congress watched for action while debates on defense strike curb legislation intensified. Federal seizure of mines and arbitration possibilities loomed. Lewis asserted union prerogatives while U S Steel signaled support for the White House formula.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Roosevelt
CIO
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Connally
D-Tex
Congress
Bridges
UMW
J. Roosevelt
U. S. Steel Corporation
White House
Copper funds set for Castle Dome project in Miami
A 9 million dollar Defense Plant Corporation fund will back Castle Dome Copper Company in Miami Arizona to develop low grade ore deposits. The Miami Copper Company subsidiary will mine 46 million pounds of electrolytic copper annually under a 15 year lease with the defense agency aimed at boosting defense material production.
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Washington
Defense Plant Corporation
Castle Dome Copper Company
Miami
Ariz
Miami Copper Company
Castle Dome
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Weygand Retired as Vichy North Africa Leader
The Vichy radio announced General Maxime Weygand has retired as proconsul and commander in Chief in North Africa. General Barra is named French military commander in West Africa amid shifts that US officials call ominous for Franco American relations and may affect economic aid.
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London
Vichy
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Vichy Radio Tonight
Barrau
West Africa
Washington
State Department
United States
France
French North Africa
Department
Weygand
CIO Approves Mediation In Grave Crisis
Detroit reports the CIO convention endorsing mediation to resolve industrial disputes amid a grave crisis. Delegates pledged cooperation with industry and government to defend production, with leaders urging strong mediation and restraint to keep factories running. Jacob Potofsky backed the call for government mediation machinery.
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CIO
Detroit
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Jacob Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Committee On Officers
Six Injured In Nogales Theater Fire
A Nogales Arizona theater fire last night injured six people including a mother and her baby in the balcony and a truck driver. The blaze costing about 50000 drew aid from Nogales Sonora and local fire crews and lasted over three hours before the building was controlled. Fireman William Lowe suffered an arm burn from a falling roof while George Foster the janitor also sustained facial and hand burns.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Border Club
William Lowe
William Lytle
Railway Express Company
Lowe
George Foster
Raymond Kennedy
Building delays threaten Tuscon jobs and housing project
Army orders may slow new Tucson air base buildings and Fort Huachuca work while copper shortages blanket the area. Tucson Housing Authority plans 192 units for an $817,000 slum clearance, with hopes for a January start and a six month pace once federal go ahead is given.
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U. S. Army Quickl
Tucson Air Base
Fort Huachuca
Tucson Housing Authority
Uncle Sam
Old Pueblo
Tucson
C. Edgar Goyette
Chamber of Commerce
Army
Warren A. Grossetta
Federal Housing Authority
U S and Mexico Move Toward Wider Collaborative State
The United States and Mexico sign agreements to deepen hemispheric defense ties and settle the 1938 oil expropriation dispute. Mexico gains currency stabilization, highway funds, and oil claims settlement while economic and military cooperation plans proceed, with experts to set fair valuations and seven months for diplomatic settlement if needed.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Cordell Hull
Japan Envoys Meet Hull Over Pacific Tensions
Japan's two envoys had a late morning conference with Secretary of State Hull at the state department amid the tense Pacific situation. The meeting followed Tokyo's warnings of bombing in case of war.
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Washington
Japan
State Department
Cordell Hull
Pacific
Japanese war fears rise as Tokyo warns of city bombings
Maj. Gen. K Sato told a parliamentary committee that war in the Pacific would bring enemy air raids on Japanese cities. He warned that planes would set wooden neighborhoods ablaze to break morale and urged a fighting spirit among the people. Emperor Hirohito summoned Foreign Minister Togo and Tojo testified before a peers committee amid reports from Washington negotiations.
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U.P
Pacific
Gen
K. Sato
War Office
Military Affairs Bureau
Japan
Hirohito
Shigenori Togo
Hideki Tojo
House of Peers
Tojo
Imperial Palace
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Sato
Britain
United States
China
Netherlands East Indies
Japanese hopes rise on settlement with United States
In Shanghai a Japanese delegation signaled optimism over improved ties with the United States. They claimed Japan offered to stay out of Europe and guarantee Siberia while seeking relief from American British freezing policies. Negotiations in Washington reportedly included promises to curb southward expansion and US mediation toward peace with China.
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Shanghai
U.P
Japan
Siberia
Washington
Saburo Kurusu
Kurusu
20000 German Troops Killed In Kerch Fight
Soviet information bureau communique reports Russian forces annihilated more than 20 000 Germans in the Kerch battle and withdrew in order to take up more advantageous positions. It denounces German claims of prisoners and materiel as a usual lie.
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Kerch
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Crimean
Moscow Radio
German offensive pushes toward Moscow and Rostov
German troops press a new drive against Moscow with fierce battles reported at Volokolamsk fifty miles west of the capital and at Rostov on the Don. The Russian communique described heavy fighting as the push aims to break toward the Caucasus.
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London
Moscow
Rostov
Don River
Caucasus
Volokolamsk
University Beats Stanford 11 to 4 in Polo Match
The University of Arizona poloists opened a two game series by routing Stanford 11 to 4. Dee Wooddell scored four goals and Captain Johnny Donaldson added three as Arizona led from the first period. Ben Saure led Stanford with three goals.
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University of Arizona
Stanford University
Californians
Dee Wooddell
Wildcat Riders
Johnny Donaldson
Arizona
Ben Saure
Stanford
Mike Gates
British African Drive Aims to Drive Axis From Africa
British forces launch a Libya offensive to push Axis troops out of Africa rather than seize towns or relieve Tobruk. Supported by air and sea power, the operation uses American tanks and modern equipment after months of preparation. Churchill boosts morale as Britain tests mechanized warfare against Germany and Italy.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Libya
Tobruk
Africa
Churchill Reac
Britain
Hitler
Flanders
Virgil M. Pinkley
Cairo
U.P
Royal Air Force
British War Drive Penetrates Eastern Libya With Navy Support
British and American aided assault drives into eastern Libya as RAF heavy and light bombers strike Axis air bases and supply lines. Naval bombardment by cruisers and destroyers targets Salum and Halfaya Pass, while the fleet shells disrupt Axis troop concentrations along the coast to aid the army’s advance toward Tobruk.
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Larry Allen
Libya
Britain
Stalin
Salum
Halfaya Pass
Halfaya
Middle East
Cyrenaica
Sollum
Egypt-Libya
Giara-Ut
Alan Cunninghan
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Italy
Arthur Cunningham
RAF
Sidi Omar
Andrew Browne Cunninghan
Hell Fire Pass
Alan Cunningham
Arthur Coningham
Giarabub
Cunningham
Singapore
FDR Observes Thanksgiving Amid War and Coal Strife
President Roosevelt marks a Thanksgiving observed by two thirds of states while coal strike and international tensions shape a somber holiday. Cabinet members dine quietly as U.S. war efforts and Allied offensives in North Africa unfold with weathered resilience.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
James Roosevelt
Hull
War Stimson
Interior
Sckies
Commerce Jones
Labor
Perkins
Biddle
Navy
Knox
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