Soviets Not To Ease Pressure On German Forces In Russia
Adolf Hitlers invasion armies, halted near Moscow, withdraw to winter lines across sectors. Soviet London views Berlin claim as possible feint while preparing a 500,000 strong field army for sub zero warfare. Germans reportedly fall back up to 100 miles west of Moscow toward a line through Rzhev Vyazma Mechorsk and Orel. In North Africa, Tobruk garrison links with El Adem. Gambut recaptured though Axis forces remain near Tobruk. Axis holds Bardia Halfaya and Ghirba as Egyptians predict imminent defeat.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Hitler
Berlin
London
Rzhev
Vyazma
Mechosk
Orel
Tobruk
el Adem
Cairo
Gambut
Bardia
Halfaya
Ghirba
Libya
New Units for Local Defense Are Organized
Ohio prepares instructions to organize auxiliary police and fire squads and nursing assistants corps for nearly 300 local defense councils. Civilians enroll to aid in air raids or sabotage. Aeronautics chief proposes concentrating Ohio’s 1 340 private airplanes at 62 ports. Schools may substitute military training for physical education with local decisions on objections.
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Columbus
Ohio
Earle L. Johnson
Aeronautics
Civilian Air Patrol
O. E. Hill
Department of Education
Dutch Battle Japs in Asia
Singapore reports Dutch reinforcements of warships and warplanes joining British Australian and New Zealand air units as they oppose Japanese advances in northern Malaya and southern Thailand. Dutch bombers fighters fly with Allied air forces to contest Japan's efforts for air mastery.
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Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Asia
Malaya
Thailand
Japan
Ane
Eumenane
Avrueneilioy
Nielson
Iba
Clark Air Field
Philippine Constabulary
Vigan
Manila
Dutch Indies
Britain
Prince of Wales
Berlin Radio Reports Bombing of Hong Kong
Berlin radio says Hong Kong was attacked again by Japanese planes with heavy damage at Kailung Dock, a major shipbuilding yard in the British colony.
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Berlin
Hong Kong
London
Kailung Dock
Bigley Funeral Services Set for Thursday
Reed Bigley is to be laid to rest Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Finsterwald Funeral Home in Pomeroy. Burial follows at Beech Grove Cemetery. He was killed Monday in Charlestown.
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Pomeroy
Reed Bigley
Charleston
Finsterwald
Beech Grove
Stabilize Market for Imported Food Products
The Office of Price Administration announced action to stabilize markets for imported food commodities fats and oils and certain related dairy products.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Japanese Troops Reported on Guam Island by DNB
Berlin based DNB reports Japanese imperial headquarters landed on Guam with naval support. The agency also cites Japanese naval headquarters claiming a U S submarine was sunk off Palau Island on Monday.
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DNB
Guam Island
Berlin
Pacific
Guam
Palau Island
2,303 Seized In Raids on Enemy Aliens
Attorney General Biddle announced 2,308 Germans Italians and Japanese had been seized by the FBI and held by immigration officials. Aliens would be given into army custody after civilian boards of review determine status in communities nationwide. Includes 865 Germans 147 Italians and 1,291 Japanese.
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Washington
Biddle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boards of Review
Expansion of Naval Work Is Expected Soon
Washington reports a substantial expansion of the naval construction program, described as history's biggest, with a seven day week in munitions promised to speed wartime output. Navy lawmakers say legislation will authorize more combat ships to begin as soon as new or existing facilities permit. Currently about 345 ships are under construction across battleships carriers cruisers destroyers and submarines, with 346 in service on Navy Day.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Navy
United States
Believe Japs Using New Aerial Torpedo
London reports possibility that Japan has developed a new and more powerful aerial torpedo than earlier versions. Observers cite air attacks on Pearl Harbor and off Malaya as supporting evidence of this advance.
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London
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Malaya
Phony Tip Sparks New York Air Raid Alarms
A phony tip about enemy bombers triggered 8:41 am alarms in New York and Long Island, with Mitchel Field sending planes aloft. Officials disputed the alert, noting no hostile aircraft were reported and wrong orders may have sparked the scare.
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New York
Long Island
First Air Force
Mitchel Field
War Department
First Army
Governors Island
N. Y
Washington
Army
Associated Press
Transports Hit by U S Bombs in Pacific War Drive
US army and navy forces repelled a Japanese assault on Luzon while U S transports near Manila Harbor were struck in noon bombing. MacArthur reported a decisive air battle, with heavy losses on both sides and American pilots confident of future success.
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United States Army
Luzon
Philippines
War Department
U. S. Army
Navy
United States
Manila
Philippine
Vigan
Japan
Pacific
Department
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Aparri
Davao
Mindanao
Nichols Air Depot
Bart William MoaWinwlaw Ane
Cincinnati Plans Cab Service To Drive Drunk Home
The Queen City proposes a taxi program during the holidays with an extra driver who will take the passenger and their car home. A F Sommer, president of the Metropolitan Safety Council, urged city officials to provide cabs for tipsy motorists leaving downtown night spots.
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Cincinnati
Queen City
A. F. Sommer
Metropolitan Safety Council
Woman Fatally Struck Near Cleveland Church
Mrs Helen Bonbaliski aged 66 was killed while walking to a church service when struck by an automobile that did not stop. Police reported the hit and run incident occurred last night near a church.
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Cleveland
Helen Bonbaliski
Hong Kong Consul Reed Family Arrive Safely in Manila
The State Department announced that Hong Kong Consul Charles S. Reed of Sandusky Ohio and Consul and Mrs M Abbot with their children have arrived safely in Manila.
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Washington
Hong Kong
Charles S. Reed
Sandusky, O
M. Abbot
Manila
State Department
Californians Reprimanded For Conduct During Alert
San Francisco faces a hard lesson after air raid warnings with Gen Dewitt rebuking locals for lax blackout compliance. He called doubting the alert criminal and urged strict adherence as Alcatraz lights shone and air wardens pressed for darkness.
Author Urges Soil Conserving Plan At Ohio Grange Meet
Columbus report shows Louis Bromfield warning soil erosion will ruin most farm land in 50 years unless a broad soil conservation program is enacted by the Legislature. Bromfield cites his 800 acre Mansfield area farm as proof erosion can be corrected. L. J. Taber voices wartime optimism and patriotism amid talks at the 69th Ohio State Grange convention.
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Columbus
Ohio
Louis Bromfield
Bromfield
Ohio State Grange
Mansfield
L. J. Taber
National Grange
United States
Japan
Japan Seizes 1270 Allied Nationals
Tokyo reports the Home Ministry states 1,270 British American nationals plus Canadians and Australians were taken into custody across Japan since the war began.
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Japan
Tokyo
Home Ministry
New Air Base Planned near Groveport in Franklin County
A $12 million air base will be built near Groveport in Franklin County as part of the Army Air Corps expansion. The site, announced in Washington along with six other major ports, sits in the mid west industrial heartland and near Wright and Patterson Fields. The Groveport base will be about eight miles south of Columbus, bounded by Route 23 and extending to Big Walnut Creek.
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Columbus
Groveport
Franklin County
Army Air Corps
Washington
Mid-West
Army
Dayton
Big Walnut Creek
Cuba Joins Allies as Chile Declares Neutrality War
Cuba joined the Western Hemisphere alliance against Japan. Chile adopted benevolent neutrality and allowed full use of its ports by the United States and allies. Argentina aligned with Chile, and the two nations agreed to fortify the Magellan Straits for protection against threats.
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Washington
Cuba
Japan
Chile
United States
Argentina
Straits of Magellan
Railway Express Co Settles Wage Dispute
Chicago report states 42 000 Railway Express Company employees reached a wage settlement with management and labor after signing an agreement. The deal includes a 10 cents per hour pay increase and ends the dispute.
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Railway Express Co
Chicago
Railway Express Company
Japanese Paratroopers Seize Vigan Move at Aparri Voice
Associated Press reports Japanese parachutists captured Vigan in northwestern Luzon and sea-borne troops landed at Aparri in a bold invasion on American soil not seen since 1812.
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Luzon
Vigan
Aparri
Allies dismiss US correspondents amid Axis spy arrests
United States press conference ends with reporters sent home after Axis newspapermen are arrested in New York. German embassy cites several DNB representatives among those detained. Japanese forces push ashore at Aparri as Manila air depots and airports face bombing. British loss of Prince of Wales and Repulse reported.
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Berlin
United States
Washington
New York
DNB
Dutch Fleet Aids British Against Japanese Threat Near Singapore
Dutch naval units reportedly joined British forces to counter Japan's new threat on the Malay east coast near Kuantan as Manila dispatches note Japanese troop transports attempting landings north of the city. Tokyo claimed the US Pacific fleet had been smashed and warned of a 10 year war, while Chiang Kai-shek's forces attacked Canton and China declared war on Japan and the Axis.
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Malay
Alfred Duff Cooper
Singapore
Prince of Wales
Bismarck
North Atlantic
Hood
Japan
Kuantan
East Indies
Holland
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Manila
Tokyo
Hideo Hiraide
Imperial Headquarters
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Royal Oak
Scapa Flow
Atlantic
Tom Phillips
Chiang Kai-Shek
Canton
China
Germany
Italy
Sweeping Changes Contemplated in Nation's Selective Service
Washington reports the push for full manpower use through legislation to keep fighting forces for the duration and send selectees anywhere. Hershey notes possible reclassification of deferments and a draft-age shift could be discussed as May cites a growing pool of 21 year olds and 1-A qualified men not yet called.
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Washington
United States
May
House Military Committee
Senate
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
General Hershey
Representative May
Army
Kings Mills ordnance plant planned in Ohio
Washington officials announced a future Kings Mills Ohio munitions factory costing several million dollars. The Kings Mills ordnance plant will employ 2500 people with about 60 percent women. Remington Arms Co was given a letter of intent for pre construction planning not to exceed 100000 dollars.
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Washington
Kings Mills
Warren County
War Department
Kings Mills Ordnance Plant
Remington Arms Co
Bridgeport
Mrs. Barbara Wildermuth Dies at Home in Pomeroy
Mrs Barbara Epple Wildermuth 79 died suddenly at the home of her daughter Mrs Sarah Koehler in Pomeroy. Widow of Charles S Wildermuth she is survived by two children George Singer Wildermuth and Mrs Koehler, two sisters in Columbus and Pomeroy, two brothers in Pomeroy and Columbus, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services Friday at 2 pm Finsterwald funeral home Beech Grove Cemetery burial.
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Pomeroy
Barbara Epple Wildermuth
Sarah Koehler
Charles S. Wildermuth
Koehler
George Singer Wildermuth
Emma Lyndon
Columbus
Claude Gillilan
E. D. Epple
Julius Epple
Finsterwald Funeral Home
Beech Grove Cemetery
Cold Wave Forecast for Ohio with Frigid Temps
Forecasters warn a West Coast cold wave will sweep western and southern Ohio tomorrow. Expected low near 10 degrees above zero in western and southern areas with around 15 degrees in northern and eastern parts. No snowfall predicted.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mercury
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Admiralty
Winston Churchill
Russia
THE
Bigley
U.S
Shanghai
Cincy
Seattle
West Coast
San Francisco
John L. Dewitt
Ing
Fourth Army
Dewitt
California
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
R. P. Cronin, SR
Wildermuth
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