Marriage loans aimed at increasing Hly's war-time weddings were made to 2345 couples in November and totalled 347,000. lire, it was nounced yesterday,—United Press, Surprising Success Vichy, Dee. 12, 'The fall of the strongly forthed base of Sidi Barrani after only a fow hours' resistance is regarded in mfitary circles as somewhat surprising.
was thought that the Italians would make great efforts to hold the Post, since It formed the "base of Holy's laboriously acquired foothold fu. the wester desert.
The Halians, who announced their cecuipation of the empty shell of Sidi Burrani a (ow months ago as a great victory, are trying to minimize its Importance now that it has. fallen, with all its stores, to the British force ug Services Loyal is given in London today" W the sratexy whiely has made the Tritish successes in the Western Desert possible, especially the loyal ce-operation between the three Mghting In a move designed to help arrest the downward curve of the national birth rate, the Government Tuesday Mr. Churchill Say 3 Divisions Trapped
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