Show ‘27--- -- -' - ' ''' - '": n ' ' ' s ' - - - - ' : ' "'' ' - w ' : s I ' - i ' Russ Forces' Jap Embassy' Portugal Displays Skill Faces 'Dry In Parrying Hitler Peril Yule Holiday ' World)—If Hitler's armies NEW march into Portugal they will put an end to the cleverest exhibition of tight-rop- e walking on vicw in Europe for years Dr Antonio de Oliveira Salazar Portuguese leader and ruler of a large part of the remaining neutral Atlantic coastline in Europe has held off trouble for more than two years and maintained his government as one of three independent ' states in Europe He has done it from a seclusion deeper than that of Spain's Franco and with few of the gaudy trappings which government usually accompany a one-ma-n on his government With all the stresses and strains the of warring powers Salaby diplomatic pressure experts zar has managed to steer straiglIt down the middles and maintain his country as an oasis of peace amid death and ' misery If the Germans do move into Portugal to secure her ' ports for a move into Africa it is difficult to see how there could be little more than token resistance from the Portuguese army What Salazar would do is obscured in the deep silence he matntains but it would be dictated by Salazar and not by one of the belligerents The possibilities of course would be to throw in the country's lot with the axis and thus strengthen S growing European front accept the fate of France or move into the Azores and establish his governmént there' throwing in his lot with the allies - win towards men was conspicueusly absent in the Japanese embassy on this Christmas eve as a score or more of little brown men under guard since December 7 finished the last ot 40 cases of Scotch svhisky—and were unable to order more The federal bureau of investigation and police guards placed around the embassy since the Japs blasted Pearl Harbor have noted : awesomely through windows dur- coning the last 18 days a sumption of highballs The representatives of the Son of Heaven have battled John Barleycorn on a wale comparable to the vigor wtth which the marines defended Wake 24-ho- ur - hearts" Norwegians not only hops with their American friends for a Dec 24 UP) — The rnited States will never again be isolationist in the opinion of the bLiihop of London In a diocesan leaflet he wrote: "When the time comes to reconstruct America will take its full share and responsibility with- out question" It will be easier to deal with a defeated Japan than a Japan bought -off by appeasement he added I speedy victory over aggression - he said but are proud that the United States and Norway now are not only friends but "for the first time in history also comrades in arms" Haakon's message was brought to the United States by Crown Prince Olav who telegraphed it to Washington when he arrived in New York from London President Roosevelt in a reply messaged to King Haakon Wednesday thanked him for his friend"We are especially ly message "for grateful" the president said comthe inestimable aid in our mon fight which is being given by the intrepid Norwegian seamen on whose skill and courage greatly depends the steady flow of otup 1 ' 1 --- fr I I 41 04 '' ) -: - c :''' i - 1 - t 0 ' '' -- ' c'''' ! v i fl ) iF'' 1 i - ' '''' - ty 1 ' : ' "' ''''‘' " i i -- A''''' ' '''' t: -- - e i di : t th ? - - I -- 1 it '11'' i '' ' - ' — al I : 3 10:7- i' -- til 7 '4 t I ' g IJ"" :z :' 5 4' - TtTi- V- i'if- t t :it 1 Imperials Trap Italians in Bengasl Battle 0 l - ii - 1 - - )0t 1 -- 1 r4 A - '' A f 4 s insrtructon New 1 Soviegs Estate ituol lesuronco 1 we gratefully 1 Safety Qlog ' int t - VIL -- - PiS' IN Li 13AN FL U ( kv - -- Main at Broadway g EstablIsholL 11117 - 7 -- - L 1 1 t 1 1 f I I 1 ( 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I ' 1 0 1 'a i 4 t 0 i11 sTmit t 77 B ii - : r4 4010006- - 14:wit ' — ' iI : ' I "tr !I '"'''' 1 ‘ I 1 0 f 4-- r --- c I: t a 'a 4:3 akl a A ' 1 - t ts - but Happy t4 ! : ' U ) I I miles to the northeast was taken 171' by a central India horse regiment These units and others then sped on to Bengast On the Antelat-Agedabroad 14 which dips south of Bengasi to- 11 ward Tripoli the retreating Ger- 24 mans and Italians were pursued by one of Britain's most famous J regiments the Coldstream guards t The royal armored corps and 4 South African armored cars also LI 11161 were in action there Near the Tripolitania border anotherBritish unit inflicted more e casualties on the routed Germans and destroyed a batch of axis ' 2 trucks and gasoline wagons Another unit swept sleep into jIt Tripolitarda to destroy a number tz) of enemy aircraft at Magrun I 3 te 1 ' 14 - And come what may though every sort of trial beset us the indomitable will of the American courageous people—the will to GIVE—the will to do RIGHT will carry this great nation on and on to greater achievements and Merrier Christmases! 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In spite of war clouds—in the midst of international gangsterism that knows 1 141 '' I it t ' a i 44 i) r ' I v 11 104 Again the question is answered! Again the wistful little eyes have lost their doubtful gleam Again the little face is con tent and confident in the fact that daddy WAS right! There IS a Santa Claus! Yes and WHAT a Santa Claus! I I 'ill h4 IF 4 ( cupanteddbyBathmezeyro t 1 t: to 1 i2 ) l'k 1 par- - Christmas Eve in America! 1114 t ti i 1101 "14 r - After Another Banner 1 Ili BpuoltikthaehtserelIaPecthtere I IS ‘ - to e I j 'a Santars Tired ' - Far to the rear of the British :4 near the Egyptian border small axis garrison—s still were holding III out at Salum and Sardis- - The I 2 ' p ' ! - 044 !!'1 VI 1 k it I t e 40oltolke0eeth01‘orfosolasentr t t: - Ts i - f - - il Deposit ! 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Itself the big axis African base :44 as a knockout blow to Premier Mussolini's empire) Hundreds of WWI prisoners and I great quantities of abandoned warequipment were seized in the British onrush The communique announcing these successes dropped all mili- - f '4 1941 i C CHRISTMAS rrittil trx:rmrtr!rm:ntttivmnzTartirr:annu X ' - s t rAr1" 4114141-z411- E IVIERRY - 1''"F! ' '- 4- - T I 11 - 9 VN't 'vtr i'- Th i‘ 7 1 1 r hnoernsegLtrullwaseryoe- As I t k ' 1 - '- Trom an ervice I : - FosEJ1 of Charactii and Noteworthy -- - from the ''' ' I i t f ! i1 4 i 1 1 7 - - the 4 ' ' i - rftr icrv : - 1 - 16-4- 7i- : ''i i t LONDON "ermany'li --- r - i : Copyright Chicago Tribune - livenly " :st: ) - ri et : I 11 i '' I el e a - '- ' 4 British—(Unofficial) By Associated Press s i- i I - I lib ' !" ' -- (1!-::-::---- -' : fM Holiday Finds France Still In Toiliof War -1-- - ' i ' - - ' 1 i es-- 1- ''----' ' 4'' - al) - - - : a Dec 24—Dominating world news Wednesday in roads littered with hundreds upon the Evening Preu in London was the report that "the Germans hundreds of German vehicles the Lonclori" red army Warmed down WednesAdolf Hitler as generalluimo of are moving coward Spain" "Authoritative circles in the German armed forces is pre- admitted rumors to this effect adding that Gibraltar was aaid to day night on Orel 200 miles below Moscow and on the ragged rem- ' paring to strike in a new direction be the axis objective but they stated they could find no eonnants of Colonel General Heinz BOOM Guderian's Second tank division The messages received from the firmation of such plans or preparations Guderiart himself --7- accounted Tass news agency- representative It is suggested that the rumors In Istanbul describe these developGermany's wizard in armored warfare-4--was have their origin in the attempt fraught with implications it overments: reported to have been miliI War measures taken by Bul- to account for Adolf Hitler's dra- shadowed actual reports of pulled back to Germany from the Pacific Bulon on eastern front in the German high the garia and the Germans matic action in assuming the su- tary operations command shake-u- p which has seen garian soil close to the Turkish- - : preme military command Some Mediterranean and eastern fronts the nazi commander in chief Field Thracian frontier The intensification of attacks on Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch 2 The reported arrival of large believe that the German rumor is Malta second only to Gibraltar as at inspired numbers of German seamen a base for British naval operareplaced by Adolf Hitler and the ' Copyright New York Times Moscow front commander Field Varna on the Black sea ' tions in the Mediterranean suga rumors Other that Suggest VICHY France Dec 24—The Marshal Fedor von Bock reported 3 The alleged discovery of segests to some observers that- - the is attack planned gigantic being succeeded by Field Marshal Sieg third Christmas of the war and cret instructions to German Amaxis forces supported by of mund Wilhelm List the second of the armistice finds bassador Franz von Papen for cre- against Egypt by way in Syria Italian navy may attempt a sea an incident between Russia against Turkey or again north air and parachute onslaught simiRuss Push westward France struggling with difficulties ating the sinking of Africa and lar to that in Crete but conceivthrough Turkey et of all kinds marked by restric- a Turkish merchantman by a GerThe Russians now in control-Speculation on conflicting re- ably on a larger scale and one the railway that Chief of Additional plausibility was tionk dearth of food and rising man submarine in soviet disguise ports including Orel were State Marshal Henri Philippe Pe- given to the Malta attack by rehighway system above west in line Housewives stand prices Significant uighly after outside stores and there is no fire tain was resigning and turning cent reports that a large proporpushing the Germans It is highly significant that the over the government at Vichy to tion of the luftwaffe (German air occupying Odoev CO miles north of onmany a hearth And in Paris the Orel and were threatening to cut German censors who though of- Vice Premier Francois Jean Dar- force) has been withdrawnfrom Occupation announces the Turkish ' their rear nonexistent nevertheleu lan nqtorious here as an Anglo- the Russian' front and moved to of three more French- ficially Other red army forces pushed execution dissemi- phobe was so persistent and Sicily and Greece are at effective stopping men the for either enemy nation of news abetting toward Orel strategically impor- or for to harm Turlikely arms possessing tant communications center midy ev r1rIticrvelionvf ymorr In addition there are In German key's delicately poised relations VL 11 ) f 4414 IVixW 011101 way between Moscow and Ithar- camps 1500000 Men in the eight- with the reich should have permit- IA : couna kovAn recent of these ted transmission developing steadily of :1 eenth month their captivity: ' teroffensive i4 Marshal Henri Petain broadcast a messages Scarcely less meaningChicago Tribune Wire 53 Second was nazi of the left What in ful is it that the Russian press NEW YORK Dec 24—The 612- - tank division had fled to Orel after message to them of of criticism 14 chary 226000 light cruiser Atlanta was leaving at least 1000 vehicles on which he expressed the conviction generally has 1it printed them now commissioned Wednesday at the the roads These nazi armored rem- - that "someday" the Germans will Bulgaria same connection it is the In Adwill "some 'that Germans the I Rear in day" navy yard Brooklyn rA of command were under nants the note in that to its miral Adolphus Andrews corn- -' Guderian's chief aide it was re- French prisoners" The chief of interestingmade to the Greek reply — 1 govtr1 state promised to do all In his recently note mandant of the third naval district' - r4 1 detailing atrocities to hasten the coming event ernment's i-- f' described her as a Christmas pres- ported i above Orel the soviet power area In the of the Bulgarian occupiers ent to the navy—a lethal present troops were reported to have re- —but there seems to be an impli- - by Greek Macedonia the soviet goy Le confrom America to the axis powers taken 94 populated places l In two cation that liberation rnfy be indignaby "collaboration" Margaret Mitchell author of At Gorbachev° rail junction ditioned tion and declared its keen interest comes a The time at "Gone With the Wind" sponsor of days message 'Tuesday ' they seized two when rumors are many and tione in the facts about the behavior r4 the new cruiser brought greetings occupied trainloads of German ammunition ' from Atlanta for officers and crew and material and capture a fuel of them confirmable or even of of the speedy warship which can plausible It comes also at a time Won't Be Surprised eA10 when the Paris press rails at Vichy breast the sea at some 50 land depot 4 command Hitler's Herr Should 47 i for Its alleged policy of "wait and miles an hour Cavalry Starts Maneuver : cam4 Balkan another set moving which always makes the press The Atlanta third warship to This whole tide of counterassault see" on the desolate hills : fought paign mouth the at foam name was launched Sep- south of Moscow it was revealed bear the of Thrace—that narrow neck along tember 6 the first to take the Wednesday by the cavalry general which Alexander the Great led his Federal the at ways Shipbuilding P lire lov was begun by his comarmies to Asia—on the sandy e Plane Offer Workers and Drydock yards after the navy mand which huspired a telesea and coast Black of the by south '11 took them over because of labor phone call from Joseph Stalin ate from the islands of the Greek t trouble Captain Samuel P Jen- tacked the Germans east of Tula Day's Pay for U S 4 archipelago which the German air kins was placed in command Wed- without waiting for the support of :11 despite the NEW 'YORK Dec 24 (A'—The force has reserved nesday tanks to let Italy occupy agreement AirEdo of entire the r4 personnel More Greece he will not be able to use figures were craft plies which in the end under the given out casualty company-1- 000 Itussiaemployes— 41 adthe or take of Wednesday by surprise offered to contribute the element guidance of providence will re- na-1850 Germans slain In two Wedneaday indehis of ° store decency and personal freeopponents' vantage $ one day's pay toward construction a tel I is1 io Wm rINE as in some other of his I days in one sector of the Moscow of navy dom to the world" pontoons or to work with- cision ' front 3000 killed in four days in out 0 11 on neutrals 1161 e pay for one day in the Interest treacherous attacks the bitter fighting below Lenin- of defense ems ts 177-77-7----4 w grad where the nazis have been Tha offer was made in a peti' rolled back to the Volkhov river z4 Dies 107E1 - a Osborne company Surgeon ill ipt In the Crimea the violent batUe tion to Earl D Miss UPI— se 24 Dec RICHMOND Va Edna 1 4 a president by Taylor disfor Sevastopol went on but 44a Sol a secretary representing the em- Dr Robert Coalter Bryan 68 tA Nod Germans said that I patches trying company builds air- Richmond surgeon and member t to break the Russion defense line ployes The floats 1 and pontoons of a prominent Virginia family plane parts sea on a hill dominating the Black died Wednesday 41 '11 LI port had been thrown back to their for the navy original positions mr Vae9 1r7 Behind the lines Russia prepar- rIrr1"1"""Kr-frat141N 441-r vUt w1411bit tIttirs anfor the future the Ebegan ing nual registration of all men be-- 41 ' 1 -i tween the ages of 18 and 50 f 4 tr ' T-1- lr IC I Turkey--(Unoffici- By New York Times MOSCOW Dec 24 UP1—Istanbu1 messages ip Moscow newspapers Wednesday indicated some weight 11 given here to the view that - MOSCOW Dec 24—Over snowy f 111-8- thiing Norway to London after the German invasion of his country has sent to President Roosevelt a message of sympathy with the "deep resentment burning today in American LONDON ' 'By Associated Press- Seek to Create Incident Says Word to Moscow 1 a Leaders Admit hearing Rumors Of Foe Marching Into Spain Slass Attack on Malta Also Talked 1' 24 UPI— King Haakon who went Dec WASHINGTON Bishop Declares U S Sheds Isolationism ! 1 1 REYKJAVIK Iceland 20 (Delayed) UP1— Shadows 'of Europe touched Reykjavik and the surrounding country as the government cooperating with U S and British armed forces staged Iceland's first trial blackout last night Antiaircraft guns fired in puny competition to the northern lights and American soldiers and marines took- tip defensive positions in a realistic drill Dec Nolvay King New Cruiser Goes Into Sends U S SympathyNote Service of V S 1 1 Russian—(Official) Kaluga-Tula-Or- - 1 - - to resuscitate oriental morale rose the wail of Yoskiki Iwamoto 20 years old daughter of the chef of the embassy She had been robbed she told police of six kimonos four housecoats and two sashes worth WO all taken from a oar parked nearbyThere were other gloomy developments as the Japs under guard contemplated a horrible headache Thursday without a pickup Preparations have been made for them to leave for a comfortable hotel at White Sulphur Springs Va where attaches of the German embassy have already been installed but the word did not come and the Jape faced a Christmas without cheer ! ' - I 1 Ulan& Above the tinkle of the ice cubes as the last of the liquor store went i 42- 0- Turks hi War In 'Blackout' Recoil Under Blow k Chicago Tribune Wire WASHINGTON Dec 24—Good - Tank Divisions Nazis Scheme British Strategists Scan To Em1r9i1 Nazi Move on Gibraltar USBritish Shattered German - 7 (1 'Iceland Aids Surge on Toward Oyel NORIC Dec 24 (Wide Envoys Unablç To Replenish Liquor Supplies ' December 25 1911 Zile Dan gukt- Tribune Thursday 3torning r 069t000"q"0N em-- 9 " - "41146 alikON001416""eillit 01 t bra)" APN01Mosq0M Aph114ANO43P00140ga) |