Dykstra Plans Civilian Service Aid After Training
Washington expert C A Dykstra outlines how the selective service system should support conscripts after their year of training. He envisions ongoing citizen education, returning to jobs and education, and potential shifts in when and how youths enter service. He emphasizes aligning training with post service work, expanding civilian options, and broader national defense readiness.
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British Offense in Africa and Sidi Barrani Victory Report
British forces shifted to the offensive in Africa capturing Sidi Barrani and driving Italian troops back toward Libya. The campaign, including Wavell's flank maneuver, forced Italian collapse in Egypt and Albania, signaling a turning point in Allied strategy. Observers note Mussolini’s diminishing Axis influence as Laval and other French leaders face political fallout in Vichy France.
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Defense Delay and Production Strains Amid War Mobilization
War Secretary Stimson revised callup schedules as contractor delays strain National Guard deployment. Knudsen warns of lag in production with 50 percent output seen. Sundsen urges full cooperation to avert serious risk. Navy Secretary’s wife sponsors the Hornet launch at Newport News, a 83 plane carrier costing 31.2 million. A Day of Seizure movement seeks refugee aid amid harbors, amid munition supply threats.
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Spanish Popular Washington Ly Going South American Way
A quick read notes a craze for Spanish language and greetings spreading in Washington and beyond. The Office of Education cites a surge in students studying Spanish, with seven colleges in North and South Carolina showing a 771 percent increase.
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Aid to England debated in Roosevelt address
Congress will hear Roosevelt’s plan during the first week of January. The president is expected to discuss aid to Britain and possible loans or armament shipments. Opinions vary on a direct loan versus sending material with U S title and postwar return.
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England
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Atlantic
Triplets Born Then Twins Raise Fellmeier Family
A year after the Fellmeier couple welcomed triplets the mother bore twins to Mr and Mrs John Fellmeier expanding the family to fourteen children. In Cushing Oklahoma a baby weighing one pound four ounces survived in a home made incubator built by Mr and Mrs RE Parker.
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RE Parker
Rumors of Discontent Spread Across Allied Lands
Across Germany and occupied territories rumors of discontent spread while officials offered little optimism. In Italy whispers described reverses in Albania and Egypt, with calls for peace. Antwerpians wore white armbands, Danes protested Nazism, Norwegians whistled at German troops, and snipers targeted Germans as sabotage and bond refusals rose. A Bohemian cinema advertised The 1000 Year Reich with audiences cheering the title.
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Draft fuels debate on taxi drivers in military draft
A provocative column mocks using New York taxi drivers as wartime assets. Elmer Twitchell argues the blind spot of military reliance on urban cabbies and criticizes conscription decisions and radio copyright battles while mixing playful mixed commentary on politics, culture, and wartime mobilization.
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Ite
Incentive payments for farmers to grow imports proposed
Wheeler McMillen editor of Farm Journal urges a plan to pay farmers for producing imported commodities like castor beans and other crops to reduce dependence on foreign imports. The proposal includes soil improvements and industry applications, arguing it would boost farm income and reduce government costs while avoiding farm regulation.
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Ibis Mab When He Take of Terme and Farthing
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