Air raid alarms spark alerts on coasts and NYC
AP reports hostile aircraft two hours from New York at noon under Washington warning. Air raid alarms sounded in New York City and Suffolk County. A second alarm followed in NYC minutes after an all clear. Panama reports Japanese planes near coast. civilian warning service active.
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Associated Press
New York City
Washington
United States
San Francisco
Suffolk County
Long Island
Police Department
New York
Boston
Panama
Maseivilian
Operasachusetts
Governor's Island
First Army
Mitchel Field
Air Corps
Globe Carrier Boys Become Salesmen-Soldiers
Globe News carrier Buster Threadgill signs up to sell defense stamps as 76 Amarillo carriers join a national effort. Each carrier book holds 18.70 dollars in 10 cent stamps and a defense bond can be bought with a filled book plus a nickel. Carriers pledge patriotic service to deliver stamps without pay.
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Buster
Buster Threadgill
Uncle Sam
Amarillo
United States
Soldiers of
America
Globe
Japan
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Air Force
Amarillo Globe News
Globe- News
Globe-News
Roosevelt Tonight Will Discuss Nazis
President Roosevelt will dedicate his nationwide address tonight largely to the Nazi pattern of the war and its impact on the United States, focusing more on strategic context than on Pacific operations. Secretary Stephen Early indicated the talk would cover broad wartime conditions, with war against Germany and Italy possible if they join Japan.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Stephen Early
Japan
Pacific
Early
Germany
Italy
First Casualty List Is Released By Army
The War Department published the Army’s first official casualty list of World War II, naming 37 officers and men killed in action from the Japanese attack on Hawaii. The list includes six commissioned officers all from the air forces, plus air corpsmen, with relatives listed in multiple states. The report notes deep regret of the secretary of war and lists next of kin details for each casualty.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Hawaii
Oahu
Jay E. Pietzsch
Otto Pietzsch
Amarillo
Tex
Robert H. Markley
Arthur H. Markley
Mandin
Okio
John S. Greene
Ida H Greene
Colfax
Robert M. Richey
George K. Richey
Wellsburg
W Va
War in Brief shows widening Pacific tensions across nations
Secretary Hull warns the U S to be on guard for a sudden German move aiding Japan. Japanese forces reportedly near the Aleutians and attacking Tokyo era targets including Manila and Lubang Island. Guam and Wake are said captured. Tokyo claims a decisive early success shifts Pacific power. Reports place Japan in Borneo and near Singapore, with Burma Road opened to attack. San Francisco air raid warnings, New York security alerts, and evacuations unfold as U S authorities coordinate responses from Mitchel Field to LaGuardia field amid conflicting official statements.
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Early
Army
Navy
Pacific Coast
New York
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Japan
Atlantic
California
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Siberia
Hull
Vancouver
Manila
Tokyo
Kobe
Formosa
Guam
Wake Islands
U. S
Pacific
London
Germany
Borneo
Singapore
Burma
San Francisco Bay
Lubang
Bangkok
Thailand
Moscow
LaGuardia Field
Coast Guard
Hudson River
Rodney Smith
Fort Totten
Bayside
Associated Press
62Nd Coast Guard
Telegraphic Bureau
New York City
Cold Wave Weather Blitz Across Amarillo and West Texas
The forecast warns of a cold wave with strong northerly winds and intermittent snow. Amarillo should see 9 A.M. arrival Wednesday with 10 to 15 degrees, fair conditions tonight and Wednesday, today’s high near 60 and a low around 36. Temperatures will fall after 9 A.M. tomorrow. West Texas zones expect 10 to 15 in Panhandle, 20 to 25 in South Plains, with other areas fair. New Mexico east of central ranges to 10–15 in northeast and 20–25 in southeast. light rain late Wednesday west of central mountains. 24 hour min 32 max 53. noon temp 53.
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Amarillo
West Texas
North Panhandle
South Panhandle
South Plains
Panhandle
New Mexico
Central Mountain Ranges
Central Mountains
Continental Divide
Russia silent on war as lend-lease looms for Orient theater
Russia maintained official silence on the U S Japanese war while diplomatic circles expect important developments tied to American lend-lease aid for Russia’s strategic role in the Oriental war. No news of Japan’s declaration reached the public. The Soviet Japanese neutrality pact signed last April 13 and reaffirmed recently by spokesman S A Lozovsky underpins policy.
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Kuibhshev
Russia
U.P
Oriental War Theater
Japan
S. A. Lozovsky
Air raid alarms on U S coast called dress rehearsal
Public safety officials said the eastern seaboard alerts were merely a dress rehearsal though Major General Herbert A. Dargue of the First Air Force doubted the alarms were simply rehearsal. He noted that reports of approaching enemy planes were not confirmed.
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New York
Seaboard
Herbert A. Dargue
First Air Force
United States
Senate senator calls for truth on Pacific fleet losses
Washington reports Senator Tobey claimed a large part of the Pacific fleet was wiped out and urged disclosure to the public. Manila notes an unconfirmed rumor of a Japanese carrier sunk off Zambales. Berlin says no change in German American ties expected, though a clarifying statement on the war was anticipated. Attorney General Biddle urged governors to prevent alien disruption as Axis nationals are detained. Manila also logged two air alarms with timing.
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U.P
Charles W. Tobey
New Hampshire
Senate
Manila
Zampales
Luzon
Berlin
Francis Biddle
Justice Department
United States
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Sedalia
Hans C. Christiansen
Peter C. Christiansen
Woodland
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Sarah E. Allen
Sims
Ind
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John J. Burns
Pittsfield
Mass
Robert P. Buss
Robert Buss
Elkhart
Theodore F. Byrd, Jr
Theodore FP. Byrd
Tampa
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John W. Carr
Miamisburg
Ohio
Malachy J. Cashen
Gertrude Cashen
Lamont
Iowa
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Mildred Cebert
Galesburg
Ill
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Violet Chambers
Apollo
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Martha H. Creech
Cumberland
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Laura G. DePolis
Renovo
James H. _ Derthick
Paul Derthick
Ravenna
James Everett
John W. Everett
Jemez Springs
N. M
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John Fletcher
Jonesville
Wis
Joseph E. Good
Ellen Good
Pittsburgh
James E. Guthrie
Claude M. Guthrie
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Joseph C. Herbert
Walter J. Herbert
Clear Springs
Vincent M. Horan
Timothy Horan
Stamford
John G. Mitchell
Clara Mitchell
Hoisington, Kan
Robert R. Niedzwiecki
Peter P. Niedzwiecki
Grand Rapids
Mich
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Mable Plant
Wausau
John A. Price
Leona Price
McComb
Anson E. Robbins
Kelsey Robbins
George R. Schmersal
Edith D. Schmersal
Corona
N. Y
Robert L. Schott
Hazel C. Schott
Robert R. Shattuck
Joseph Shattuck
Blue River
Robert O. Sherman
Ursula Krack
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James H. Stacey
Fairmont
W. Va
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Catherine Walczynski
Duluth
Minn
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Bessie Walker
Zeigler, Til
Adolphus Andrews
Third Naval District
North Atlantic Coastal Frontier
Control Bureau At
la Guardia Field
Hatteras
State Department
U. S& Navy
Francis B. Wilby
Faneuil Hall
Bob Kesterson
Newby’s
Hitler
Bud
Joby Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Lnnuyance
Philippines
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