Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1941 — Page 41

An official German picture radioed from Berlin shows Adolf Hitler receiving Haj Amin Al-Husseinf, Moslem leader, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and British-hater. Mufti received conversations “important to Arabian nations.”

The Navy Department building, in Washington, is ablaze with lights as the depariment goes on a 24-hour schedule after Japan declares war on the U. 8.

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The Nazi pocket battleship Lutzow, above, is reported raiding off the Argentine coast by an Uruguayan newspaper. The Lutzow is a sister ship of the scuttled Graf Spee. Like the Graf Spee, the Lutzow is a craft carrying extremely heavy guns, but lightly armored. The Graf Spee was crippled by much smaller British vessels which pumped six-inch shells into her sides until she was forced to run for cover.

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As air-raid wardens took their posts in the 12 eastern seaboard states these four Sea Scouts and two Legion members manned their post atop the new Nassau County Court House in Mineola, N. Y. Scénes like this are being re-enacted hourly on the east coasé as defense officials put the air raid crews through constant practice

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