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December 3, 1941

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TOBRUK LINE IS CUT; Germans Seize Rezegh in Manoeuvre Joining Tank Divisions BRITISH ADMIT A SETBACK But Declare It Will Not Affect Outcome -- London and Rome Each Claim a Warship TOBRUK LINE IS CUT BY NAZIS IN LIBYA

By Joseph M. Levyspecial Cable To the New York Times

Germans capture Rezegh, Bir el-Hamed and join Axis force in Zaafran region; Brit admit setback; Punjab regiment halts Axis resistance in Omar region; Brit Navy lands reinforcements; Brit rept on prisoners taken in Gondar area; map

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O'DWYER BREAKS WITH CITY POLICE OVER HIS RECORDS; Refuses Request for a Daily Report on Activities of the Detectives Assigned to Him FILES ORDERED LOCKED Prosecutor Said to Fear the Disclosure of Data Involving High Official, Labor Chief O'DWYER BREAKS WITH CITY POLICE

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Dist Atty O'Dwyer refuses police request for all records; says disclosures would endanger pending inquiries; order seen as result of feud with LaGuardia; Acting Capt F C Bals, atty's aide, resigns

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Presents Big Stick To the President

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Presents walking stick to Roosevelt

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2 Capital Ships Lead Armada Into British Base in Far East; BIG BRITISH FLEET IS AT SINGAPORE IMPORTANT CENTERS IN FAR EAST ON TIP TOE

By F. Tillman Durdinwireless To the New York Times

Brit Fleet to aid U S and Australian forces in hunting down German and Jap raiders in event of Pacific war

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1941Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (born 1883)^[†]

Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov was a Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and poet.

Headlines from December 3, 1941

TOBRUK LINE IS CUT; Germans Seize Rezegh in Manoeuvre Joining Tank Divisions BRITISH ADMIT A SETBACK But Declare It Will Not Affect Outcome -- London and Rome Each Claim a Warship TOBRUK LINE IS CUT BY NAZIS IN LIBYA

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O'DWYER BREAKS WITH CITY POLICE OVER HIS RECORDS; Refuses Request for a Daily Report on Activities of the Detectives Assigned to Him FILES ORDERED LOCKED Prosecutor Said to Fear the Disclosure of Data Involving High Official, Labor Chief O'DWYER BREAKS WITH CITY POLICE

Presents Big Stick To the President

2 Capital Ships Lead Armada Into British Base in Far East; BIG BRITISH FLEET IS AT SINGAPORE IMPORTANT CENTERS IN FAR EAST ON TIP TOE

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