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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-11-26
Focus Cats

The Focus Cats are pilots who
carry no guns and whose speciality
is photo reconnaissance in the
European theater of operations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-11-26

lseo, Presidents Right
The President of the United
States may order the official rec
ognition of a foreign government
without recourse to congress.
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IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
CUNDAy 4
ccHOOL Lesson

BY HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, d. d.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
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LESSON TEXT-Exodus 2o:16: 1871, Z:
Matthew 5:33-37: John 8:42-45.
GOLDEN TEXT-Wherefore putting away
lying speak every man truth with his
neighbor: for we are members one Of an.
other.-Ephesians AIS.
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per Secre-
tary Stain
nnade.There
definitely is
one similar
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ity. Hull was born in log cabin,
actually. That starts him at least
even with Stain. But whereas
Stain still looks the part, Hull has
for years looked like a man to the
manor born.
When he comes into the shah
by conference room Of the shah
by state department building to
face Washington correspondents
he couldn't be more assured il
he were backed up by a dozen
generations Of transferring an
cestors. He looks like the de-
scendant of such, too. At ",
he is still one Of the handsOnest
men at either end Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue. s4 la ass &
On his record he always had as
surance.. He helped elect COVER
nor when he was seventeen; prac-
ticed law at nineteen; was a Ten
nessee legislator at twenty-one, and
in the Spanish American war was his
regiments best poker player. An
ex-iudge, ex-representative and ex-
senator, he is one of the New Deals
most durable administrators. He
has been in the cabinet since 1888
and around Washington the notion
prevails that whoever fights him will
lose. Sumner Welles probably never
had as much chance as a SNOWFALL
in the Sahara.
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liver since the Moscow confer
- ence, reporters, have been talk
ing their heads off about the con-
trast Cordell Hull and Russia's SUI
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bunctlOuS
care er OF
young Maj.
Gen. Robert
Laycock.He
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-28
BeIIemore, McGi|ion
Seek New Terms
Shores Commissioners
Stand on Record

ST CLAIR SHORES r.
Howard McGilton. as. and En-
erson Bellemore, 33. incumbent
ST. Clair Shores village COM
miSsioners. today appealed TO
the voters of the municipality
10 return them 10 new terms of
public service.
Neither man voiced criticism
Of his opponents in the political
race. but each stressed his ia
miliarity with public affairs and
his readiness 10 stand ION the
record" in seeking reelection.
Bellemore. who ir married and
lives az 225ll Thirteen Mile
road, has lived in ST Clair
Shores for 20 years. He is en-
ployed in Detroit war plant
and is the father of four chill
dren. He has served on the viii
laee commission continuously
since 1887. He is commissioner
or public works,
McGilton. who Is married and
makes his home at 218l6 Max
inc avenue. has resided in st
Clair Shores for 81 years and
operates cafe the village
He has four children. two of
whom are now serving in the u.
s Navy. For five years prior
10 his election 4 village COM
missioner. in 1871, he occupied
the post of constable.
He now serves as commission
er of public health.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-10-28
Civilians Get Sheepskins
Now that Flyers are Snug

WASHINGTON - Civilians
will be in Sleeps clothing
soon. Shearlings which have
, been commandeered for avia-
tors jackets are now being re
leased. so sheepskin jackets and
Innings should be plentiful this
winter.
Other good intentions for
civilians include WPB's an
nounced one of allocating a
sufficient supply of leather 10
answer essential civilian de
msnds on a 1899 level, More
hairpins are being worked into
allotment plans. Some electric
refrigerators will be made for
the most crying civilian needs.
SUN STORAGE
Dude gardeners who don't
have the old-fashioned root-cel-
lar can use their sun-porch for
winter storage. Your bushels Of
potatoes. carrots. or beets can
be put In q basket inside
newspaper lined carton. with a
newspaper cover and be well in
sulated. II you have neither
sun-porch nor root-cellar, the
room you are shutting off for
the winter 10 save fuel is sug-
gested for storage space. II you
have any such space you can
buy q bushel of potatoes or car
rots for storage with no qualms
about boarding The carrot and
potato crops are overwhelming
warehouses.
ODDS AND ENDS
No more three-quarter coats
will be made except for official
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uniforms, or for persons with
physical deformities Bad
m atom shuttlecocks escaped
the order taking over all feath-
ers for military use. You will
see a MAKEUP of about l cent
per No. 2 can on figs Price
ceilings on domestic rice have
been extended 10 include i'm
ported rice,
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TEMPERATURE TRICKS

Water freezes every night of
the year at Alto Curcerim, in
Bolivia. while al noon there the
sun is hot enough 10 blister the
skin.
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A typical division OF $4,000
men uses aboue 1000 motor
driven vehicles.
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ODDS AND ENDS

No more three-quarter coats
will be made except for official
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January

January
l6-Carole Lombard, screen actress. her
mother and 10 others killed in transport
plane crash near Las Vegas, New: IS
U. 5. aViators among dead.
28-ColoradO's worst coal mine disaster In
25 years occurred at Mount Harris when
mile underground explosion snuffs out
"a miners lives.
February
6-Tornadoes in Arkansas. Mississippi. Ala.
bama, Tennessee Georgia kill IS per-
sons four persons killed when food and
mud avalanches roll down In northern
California.
March
4-Burlington. Iowa. ordnance plant explo.
sion kills U.s., Injuries 81. Explosion here
Dec. II. 1871. killed 10.
l6-Tornsdoes again sweep southern and
central states killing $50 persons and
leaving 50 900 900 damage. Ten army
hiers killed when bomber crashes into
mountain peak near Pcndlet0n. Ore
-Four others killed near Boise, Idaho.
April
l2-Near Livermore. Calf. IA aiers killed
when two navy bombers crash.
26-High speed Hudson & Manhattan rail
road train wrecked In tube al Jersey
City, N. ]. Five killed. 222 injured
27-Tornadoes roar through Oklahoma. Min
nesota. killing 50-lO0; $1,000, 900 damage.
May
l-Eastbound airliner crashes into noun.
tain peak near salt Lake City, Utah. dur.
ing rain storm, II killed During past
eight years 81 persons killed In air
crashes In this area.
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December
si2 z
January

January
l--Football results. Rose Bowl. Durham,
N C.--Oregon State 20, Duke Is; Sugar
so,,ri a. Ne,S VI YorEI cbicsgo Rcsrs a5
National Football League All.Stars "a.
7-Heavyweight champ Joe Louis knocks
out Buddy Baer, first round, Madison
Square Garden.
i4-Joe DiMageio. Yankee outhelder, named
PLAYER Of the year" for 1871 baseball
season.
23-Wilio Hoppe wins third straight world
three-cUshion billiard Championship al
Chicago. beating Welker Cochran 50-3l
In 90 innings.
February
5-Pole vaulter Cornelius Warmerdam sets
new record Is feet 20 inches. Madison
Square Garden.
27-Grcgory Rice Of New York A C. sets
rev world indoor three.milc record e.
National A. A. Y. meet with time Of
13.45.7.
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December
& JzT.|;z;i1iZzla
January


l-sales Of new cars banned pending ration.
S-Congress reconvenes. tackles war prob
s-War draft Of 2o-44 announced.
ll-OPM orders halt In private home build.
ing
l4-Donald Nelson. Chicago, now chief of all
le-Weles asks Pan.American Anti.Axis
front az Rio.
fs-Roosevelt asks congress for another 2sla
2l-OPM abolished by Donald Nelson.
22-South American anti-Axis compact com
2s-Sstion told 80 Nazi U.boats of East
so-Price control bill passes; Presidents
eoth birthday.
February
+congress working on loans to China
S-Giant Jap spy ring disclosed on West
lo-House kills so.called "frivolty" in ocD
le-U. s registers nine million more for
25-Two waves Of planes over Los Angeles
immediate blackout.
March
Auto rationing begins.
3-Army air force now an equal branch Of
e-AI new. used typewriter sales halted
5-Supreme command Of all U S naval
-. operations given TO Admiral King.
ILL. 8 fixes used tire prices.
l2-House farm bloc kills sub.parity bill.
i8-First wartime lottery since 1918
~ 5. takes, over strike bound Toledo.
25-Lindbergh offered position in Cords
TT S, uhides command to end U.boat
menace.
April
l-seuate defeats ban on 40 hour week.
closed shop upheld
2-AU bicycle sales halted.
7-Plan to halt production Of most durable
23-sugar for restaurants and other food
services cut 50 per cent
2+U. s. opens scdition quiz Of suspects
7-Thirteen million sign 1865 labor cues.
tionnaire.
Nav
l-Plans TO draft women for war service
temporarily abandoned.
2-Drector Of Defense Transportation East.
mar announces restriction Of competing
train and bus service.
4-National sugar registration for ration
books begins. first Of four days.
i2-House passes tl0240) increase in pay 10
$50 for army and marine privstes. navy
and coast guard apprentice seamen.
l6-Earl Browder, former secretary Of the
American Communist party, has four.
year. federal sentence commuted TO IA
months already served.
i9-East coast gas rationing 20 be put on
national scale. Roosevelt hints
N-Total Of Is 500 women apply as candi.
dates for officers training school Of the
Women's Army Auxiliary corps: WAACs
29-On the grounds he Is a Communist party
member. Harry Bridges. Australian born
West coast Go leader, ordered deported
BY Attorney General Francis Biddle.
June
7-Virtually entire japanese population OF
West coast t99 770l moved inland
81 FHHFH Dali
dicted BY Indianapolis. Ind, grand jury
l5-Prime Minister Churchill makes third
visit with the President Of the United
States, az Capitol.
26-Naval expansion bin Of over sis billion
dollars. passed by senate for 1900 .OOO
tons Of ships
T-EIGHT HIGHLY TRAINED NAzI sABo.
THURS CAUGHT BY FBL -FOUR
LANDED ON BEACH IN FLORIDA
OTHER -FOUR LANDED ON LONG rs.
LAND. FAZI SUB USED IN OPERA.
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Republican gains in Novem-
Der elections.
Germany's failure to destroy
Russian army.
Tokyo bombed by u. 5. air
force.
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The year dreu 10 a close Nth
these important eueutS:
December
15-U. S. troops capture Buna in
New Guinea.
lG-Adm. Jean Darlan, high COM
missioner of French Africa.
declares French feet will
join Allied naval units.
17-Leon Henderson, director OF
the ONCE Of Price Admins
tratiOn. announces his resig-
nation because Of "a recur-
rent physical difficulty"
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4-Dean OF American stage. Otis Skinner.
9-Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford. 70.
founder and head of Jehovah's Witness
February
s-Composer of song. Back Home in In.
-, diana" James F. Hanley. 40.
l2-Famous Midwestern artist. Grant Wood,
on eve of 50th birthday
7-Frank Lucius Packard, IS, author of
Jimmie Dale" stories.
2J-Double suicide: Stefan Zweig, go. world
famous Austrian.born author, and wife.
Elizabeth, 80, Of poison, Petropolis, Bra
I'll.
March
4-Dr. George Washington Klrchwey. 81.
dean Of Columbia Law school G90l19lO),
warden Of Sing Sing l9l5-l9l6). Grim
Is-Francis Irenee Du Pont. SO. research
chemist on smokeless powder.
April
12-Dr. John Elliott. 70, advocate Of better
, housing 9 1nfrL public g h sal 1.or
during l933-34
l7-Dr. Alfred Hertz, SO. conductor Of San
Eraneiseo symphony orchestra from
May
s-Graham McNamee. So. MICS famous
sports and commercial announcer.
l0-Member Of the classic Dutch stage com
edy twosome. Joseph NJ. C'Joe') Weber
2e-Dr. John R Brinkley. S. widely known
29-Radio. stage and screen star. John
Blythe Barrymore, so. Greatest per-
formances in role Of Hamlet from %
TO %.
June
s-Brian Bell. So head OF Associated Press
Washington bureau for three years
22-Actress Anne Sutherland, IS.
July
2O-Moses L. Annenberg. ga publisher Of
Philadelphia Inquirer and former holder
Of monopoly IN race horse information
25-George John Murdoch. 81. inventor Of
World War l sel'sealing gas tank.
August
veteran screen director. James cruze,
cred I'' WagoI 70! 9 old sur frorsides Real
name was James Cruze Boson.
2o-Alice Duer Miller, 90. author Of The
White Cliffs"
September
l-Baron Alphonse de Rothschild 81. at
Bar Harbor. Maine.
10" Father Of blind flying" Col. william c.
Ockcr. 66. US A. inventor and aviator
kidnapped in 1888 for 100000 ransom.
October
li-wlbur Glenn voliva. u. overseer Of the
religious sect known as the Christian
Catholic Apostolic Church of Zion since
1907
20-May Robson. rs, American stage and
screen actress. Beverly Hills.
DR.. Frederick A. Stock. 50. director OF
Chicago Symphony orchestra since 'o5.
November
5-GeorFe NJ Cohan. 81. actor. producer.
playwright and song writer New York
city.
9-Edna May Oliver. &c. stage and screen
character Coincidence in HOLLYWOOD
ii-William Morgan C'Billy') DeBcck. 81.
cartoonist. creator Of Barney Google.
Spark Plug. Snuffy Smith
29-W. S. Parish. 81, president Of Standard
OIL company IN. j..
December
7-orlsnd S. Loomis. governor.elect OF Wis
Cunsin.
s-Albcrt Kahn. architect and engineer. IN
Detroit.
ie-Walier Patton Murphy, 90. Chicaro
philauAhropist donor Of Northwestern
university Psychological Institute.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-01

Establishment of a second
front in North Africa.
The rationing of essential war
materials and foodstuffs.
The fall of Bataan to the Jap
anese.
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March
l5-New York Rangers win National Hockey
league Championship.
l9-Eastern intercollegiate Basketball league
championship won by Dartmouth, de-
feating Princeton 1888 in play-off match
at Philadelphia.
25-West Virginia wins National invitation
basketball tournament, defeating West
ern Kentucky State, 47-45. Madison
Square Garden.
April
4-Yale wins National AL swimming
championship at Yale pool New Haven
with SO points.
ants. rs; Yankees defeat Senator'S. 10.
24-Joe Louis trainer. Jack CChappie'D
Blackburn, So: Negro, dies after appar-
ent recovery from pneumonia.
May
2-shut Out. Wayne Wright up wins ssth
Kentucky. Derby. Wins largest purse in
l9-An New York city night baseball banned
for duration by New York police COM
missioner. SKY glow endahgers ship
ping.
June
2O-New York Athletic club wins National
A.A.U; track and field Championships
27-National intercollegiate tennis singles
Championship won BY Ted Schroeder.
Stanford university. beating team.mate,
Larry Dee. e-3, O-6, 81, SO, at New
Orleans.
July
o-National League AuStars. Leo Durocher.
manager, defeated by American League
All'Stars, Joe Mccarthy. manager. 81.
New York
ll-Bob Faikenburg. Is. Hollywood. wins
National y; S. School tennis champion
22-Byron Nelson Toledo, Ohio wins Tam
o'Shanter Open golf tournament in Chi.
cago with a under par 81; $500 first
prize.
August
with perfect $50. Dr. Leroy W Chnds,
Lake Kerr, Fla, wins l2gauge national
amateur skeet title at Syracuse. N. Y.
23-Breaking his own record for 2.OO0.neter
run in Stockholm, Gunder Haegg, Swed-
ish track star, makes new time of 5:ll8.
23-Professional football champions. Chica-
60 Bears. defeat College AllStars, 2l-0.
before l0l.2O0 fans at Soldier Field, Chi.
cago.
September
7O-Final standings in minor league base
ball: International league. Newark. W.
CITY, ". 81, L. 50; Eastern league; Al
Pany " I g. i 81 SouttaeT Ts sssofiation
league: Sacramento. W. los L. 10
23-Prtor 70 entering the army, Leland STAN
ford l'Larry'l MacPhail, 81, resigns as
president, general manager Of Brooklyn
Dodgers, continuing as director.
October
5-Cardinals beat Yankees, "a at New
York. TO win their fourth straight vic
tory and the World Series title: 69052
fans
24-Whrlaway wins Washington Handicap
at Laurel, Md. Earnings now total $685.
z7-Morton Cecil Cooper, ST. Louis Cardinal
pitcher, voted National leagues most
valuable player for 1912 by Baseball
Writers association.
29-Branch Hickey 81, former business man
aser of st. Louis Cardinals, named pres.
tdent and general manager Of Brooklyn
Dodgers, succeeding Larry MacPhau.
November
3-Basebal Writer'S association committee
names Joe Gordon, Yankee second base
man, as American leagues most valu.
able player.
i9-Lco Durocher signs contract with Branch
Hickey, Brooklyn Baseball club presi-
dent, to manage Dodgers for fifth year
23-Steve ONeill, former Cleveland manag-
er. named manager Of Detroit Tigers.
December
l3-Connie Schwoegler wins national bowl.
ing Championship crown. dethroning Ned
Day.
l7-st Louis Cardinals named Outstanding
team Of the year
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Chronology NhQ Year 1912

2-More tornsdoes sweep Midwest % dead
l2-Coa! mine explosion near Morgantown,
23-"Flash floods" in eastern and central
Pennsylvania kill or drown % persons.
Honesdale Hawley region. with a dead.
hit hardest
June
9-whne on hazardous, experimental mis-,
sion, two U. 6. blimps crash of New Jer.
sey coast, y dead, including five civilian
scientists and techniciaus. Only one sur.
l2-okiahoma City struck by tornado; %
dead, more than so injured.
July
Army air crashes near WEIGH. W. Va
and March Field. Calf, kill 80 army
4-independence day trafac accidents claim
l44 lives. drowning 80 more; 1871 total.
24-Army observation plane crash near
Waynesboro, Tenn, kills Mai. Gen.
Frank Mahin. 81, commanding officer Of
33rd division, Camp Forrest, Tenn. and
August
14-Army plane crashes into Berkshire Hills
near Pittsheld Mass, killing II Of 20 In
crew. Nine more die in army bomber
crash near Hastings. Mich.
September
24-Twenty dead as two washlngton.bound
3. o. passenger trains smash, inVolV-
ing freight train on adjoining track, near
Dickerson, Md
October
III. S. army transport plane crashes in
interior Of Puerto Rico with % deaths.
+-American plane carrying 81 passengers
crashes near BotWood, Newfoundland.
killing H. inJuring eight.
23-American Airline plane collides with
army bomber near Palm Springs, Calf. ::
IL die. Bomber pilot charged by army
with manslaughter.
23-SXteen are killed. more than score IN
Jured when Detroit bus jammed with
school children and war-workers struck
by speeding passenger train.
November
29-Five hundred die when Boston, Mass.
night club burns. Fire started when bus
boy strikes match to replace ceiling
electric bulb removed by prankster.
December
l3-Fire takes ITO lives in St Johns. New
foundland, dance hall. Many service
men present.
l7-Eight soldiers lose lives when army
bomber crashes. explodes at Blythe.
Calf. air base.
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THE YEARS TEN BIGGEST EVENTS
Selected BY: BAUKHACE (WNU Washington Cores
Correspondent.

Eight Nazi saboteurs appre-
hended; six executed.
Japs land on Aleutian islands.
The battle of Midway and
South Pacific.
Eisenhower-Darlan agreement.
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lE2 .7:;!' Z!

The year began toith these i'm
portdnt eUents:
January
l-OPM bans retail sale Of new
cars, trucks.
2-Manila and Cavite naval
bases fall TO Japs.
Sin message to Congress,
President Roosevelt orders
10000 planes, $4,000 tanks in
victory program.
1l-Japs invade Netherlands
East Indies.
26-AEF lands in North Ireland.
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October
I-President Roosevelt ends two.week. Sc.

president Roosevelt ends two.week. Sc
cret circle trip of nation.
3Ofice of Economic Sterilization created
by the President TO stabilize farm prices
rents wages and salaries.
limited Mine Workers Cincinnati conven
ton votes TO withdraw its 500, 600 mem
bers from CLIO.
81. S, Britain announce willingness Ia
give up extra-territorial rights in China:
Ethiopia joins United Nations; WPB or
ders all except small gold mines Il
cease operations. Raise In food prices
l2-Department Of Justices petition for in
junction against James c. Petrillos ban
on commercial recording dismissed by
Chicago u. S. District court.
l4-Wendell Willkie arrives In Washington Ia
report 10 President Roosevelt on his 81 &.
000.mile trip. ALL president Green re-
elected at close Of Federations conven.
ton in Toronto. Canada
2l-Army TO furlough 4 900 experienced min,
ers because Of shortages in copper. lead
molybdenum, tungsten.
26-In New York broadcast Wendell Will
kie, reporting on his giObe.C1rCtIng trip,
renews his demand for a second front
in Europe.
27-WMC Director McNutt announces plar
to freeze all necessary skilled dairy
livestock and poultry workers.
29-War Secretary Stimson announces army
trucks now using all Of the 1871 mile
Alcan highway.
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November


on September is; serious fighting con.
tinues on Guadalcanal with heavy Jap
losses.
November
Army troops reinforce marines on Quad
alcanal; Aussies and Yanks push Japs
back on New Guinea: U. S. air force
bombs Japs daily on Aleutian Kiska.
7-U. s. TROOPS LAND IN FRENCH AT.
RIGA FRENCH MOROCCO. ALGERIA
UNDER COMMANDER IN CHIEF
LIEUT.; GEN; DWIGHT D; C,IKE,g
CESSFUL AXIS INVASION WHICH
WOULD ENDANGER AMERICA.
s-Xichy government breaks relations with
u. S. for first time since l778. NaZis
retreat to Libyan border.
lI-Axis forces invade unoccupied France:
Italians also land on Corsica. Under or
ders from Adm. Jean Francois Darlan
French NortheA Africa surrenders to U. S.
troops. Tunisia continues fighting
l2-Second naval battle of the Solomon is
lands begins.
ls-U. S naval authorities announce crush.
ing defeat OF Jap navy IN second naval
battle Of Solomons % ships sunk. dam.
aged, with enemy casualties near the
ls-Marshal Petain appoints Pierre Laval
dictator Of Nazi-occupied France.
2+Russian offensive smashes across Don
Germans lose so. 900 men in pincer drive
27-French scuttle fleet at Toulon. 81 ships
sent TO bottom of harbor to avoid seizure
2a-Prime Minister Churchill appeals. via
radio, to Italian people to overthrow
their dictator. sue for peace.
December
Russia continues 70 advance In two
large-scale offensives: Allied chutists
seize airfeld near Tunis.
S-PEARL HARBOR DISASTER RE-
VIEWED: 10 ships, floating drydock
sunk or damaged; PAT planes destroyed
OF disabled; ISIS casualties.
7-Ofice OF War Information reveals So 307
casualties in first year OF war.
l4-NaZis retreat from stronghold at FL
Agheila in Libya.
i5-U. S. troops capture Buna, following fall
OF Coma in New Guinea.
limits Of Rommers retreating Nazi forces
cut off by British In Libya.
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7 re;
January

Hitler takes command Of retresting NsL
army on Moscow front.
2-Manila falls 10 Japs.
l2-Dutch East Indies invaded by Japanese;
MacArthur's men again hurl enemies
back on LuZOn.
le-Japs take Burma port, Tauoy
23-Australa calls on U. S. for help.
25-Dutch and Yanks take toll of 80 Jap
ships in Macassar strait.
26-U s. AEF lands in North ireland
3l-Malaya faus-Japs drive on for Singa-
pore.
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February

s-Nazis rush air and tank reintorcements
70 southern Russia battlefront.
+AEF speeds aid TO Far East Allies.
6-Key or town in Borneo captured by Japs
l3-Hitler's fleet escapes from BreSt to Kiel
l5-SINGAPORE FALLS TO JAPS.
i5-Dutch destroy -million-doAar oil fields
In Sumatra.
ia-First Jap bombing OF Darwin. Australia
20-NeW cabinet for Churchill. japanese
land on Timor island.
2l-U. S Dutch air fleet sink or damage 10
Jap ships.
2s-British 'chutists and Commands raid
France.