Japanese fleet flees U S. ships in Luzon clash
Manila dispatch reports Japanese warships fled to avoid engagement with the U S Asiatic fleet as American defenses on Luzon repel heavy aerial assaults. MacArthur notes bravely fought pilots and a single Japanese ship set ablaze while forces push to seize lodgments amid widespread raids.
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Associated Press
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Batangas
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Olongapo
Clark Field
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Unidentified Craft Brings West Coast City 3rd Blackout
San Francisco endures a wartime blackout as unidentified aircraft roared over the city. Power cuts hit the Chronicle building as police ordered lights out and streets emptied, with reports of flares and searchlights near the Golden Gate.
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Los Angeles
Associated Press
M. A. Kaiser
Chronicle
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Financial District
Russ
San Bruno
Golden Gate Bridge
Marin County
Crews Removed From Normandie As Navy Takes Control
Washington reports crews are being taken off the large liner Normandie and other ships in U S. ports. The Coast Guard, now part of the navy, seized the ship at New York for $60 million, with guards aboard. French crews are withdrawn for protection as the justice department detains Italian and German sailors in separate locations.
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Normandie
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Coast Guard
New York
State Department
Justice Department
Missoula
Mont
Fort Lincoln
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John Baylist
Senate Approves Army Navy Bill With Big Increases
Senate approves defense appropriation measures adding 2.3 billion in increases over prior House figures. The bill expands cash contract authority by 1.57 billion and lease-lend funds to 7.367 billion, with 68 million for new civilian airports and 1.5 million for treasury use tax collection.
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War Department
Senate
House
Chamber
Treasury
Chinese Slain by Headsman Identified After Mystery
Seattle authorities report a 30 year old Chinese man found slain with hands bound. Initial ID as Chow Get Ming proved false when records showed he lived as Pau at the Yeo A organization. Police investigate possible war link in the bizarre case.
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Seattle
Chow Get Ming
Yeo A
Pau
Congress Plans Swift Action On Registration Of New Age Groups
Congress moves fast on a new age group registration bill after talks with House leaders and War Secretary Stimson. Hearings begin tomorrow with a prediction of quick passage, targeting men 19 to 44 for potential military service while those 45 to 64 may register but not be combat eligible.
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Acee House Military Committee
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Stimson
Warriment
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Hoes
Kome B
Hershey
Capitol
Envoys Await Opportunity To Go Home
Washington reports that Sa bur o Kurusu and axis ambassadors Kichisaburo Nomura and Prince Colonna remain in limbo awaiting chances to return home. They are confined to limited outside contact for supplies and face an uncertain timeline as talks hinge on U S embassy staff returns from Tokyo Rome and Berlin.
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Tokyo
Saburo Kurusu
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Kichisaburo Nomura
Italy
Prince Colonna
United States
Tokio
Rome
Berlin
State Department
New British Offensive Pushes Axis in Desert Fight
Cairo reports a new British offensive driving deep into the North African desert. British naval bombardment targets Derna as 1,200 axis troops are said to be destroyed and Italian units partially cut off. Heavy shelling widens the clash at Gazala with ships and port vessels impacted amid sandstorms.
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Cairo
Oorean
Derna
Eighth Army
Knox Pleads for More Ships and Guns
Secretary of the Navy Knox, in a message from Honolulu, urged faster production of ships, guns, planes and aircraft for naval aviation. He demanded “more ships, more guns, more planes” and speed in building and supplying the fleet. The call targets shipyards and war industries to accelerate output for national defense.
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Honolulu
Tor of
Naval Aviation
Blast wrecks Iowa TNT melting unit killing nine workers
A powerful blast at an Iowa TNT melting facility collapsed a three story building and killed nine workers. The blast shattered windows five miles away while a Washington military board of inquiry prepared to inspect the site. The first identified victim was Pearly J Anne Ta.
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Burlington
Washington
Col Adamson
Pearly J Ee A Anne Ta
Hos Ptant
Nations declare war as world conflict widens
AP dispatches from multiple capitals report Germany and Italy declared war on several nations while the United States continues its global confrontation. Romania and Britain’s allied territories issue further war actions as Pacific and Mediterranean theaters intensify.
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Honduras
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Germany
Italy
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Panama
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Romania
United States
Bucharest
San Salvador
el Salvador
Salvadorean Congress
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Elie Lescot
Bern
Switzerland
Axis
U. S
DNB
Slayer of Golf Star Must Die In Chair
In Cernances Kentucky on December 12, Robert H. Anderson 36 faces murder charges after a nightlong inquiry into the slaying of a golf star. A jury was impaneled as prosecutors allege a deadly act occurred in the chair room.
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Malta
Mediterranean
Tripoli
North Africa
Cernaces
Robert H. Anderson
Japan's Guam Claim Fails to Gain Confirmation
U S war and navy departments report no confirmation of Japan occupying Guam as Wake and Midway resist in a broader Luzon defense. Allies push victories against German forces in Russia and Africa while Moscow claims heavy Nazi losses and retreating units. Allied capital notes troops and tax measures to fund victory programs.
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Wake
Midway
U. S. War and Navy Departments
Japan
Russia
Africa
Navy Department
Guam
Washington
Pacific
Philippine
Vigan
Fernando
Russians report costly German rout on Moscow front
A Soviet dispatch claims 85 000 German soldiers killed and 23 of 51 divisions destroyed or scattered as German forces falter on the frozen Moscow plain. Red Cossack detachments slash through lines while German plans to encircle Moscow fail amid severe winter conditions.
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Philippine
Hitler
Soviet Union
Moscow
Crimea
Ppemons
Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
Berlin
Berlin In Order Faim Responsibility. the Ern
Pene
Aosun
Fifth Column Activity Flares In Manila Blackout
In Manila on Saturday night fifth columnists fired red flares and rifles as blackouts were enforced. Sentries and constabulary shot at houses with lights. pedestrians and motorists faced rifle fire for failing to challenge lights. European detainees numbered in the hundreds as Italians and Germans were rounded up.
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Manila
Bay Front
Helen Lee
Axis National
Urge Swift Help for Philippines
Manila reports U S high commissioner Francis B Sayre urged swift aid for the invaded Philippines. He told Americans to avoid delays from red tape and disputes and to act quickly as the front line fights to the death for their cause. Sayre praised Philippine loyalty and called for decisive American support.
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Philippines
Francis B. Sayre
U. 8
Sayre
United States
America
Pilipnos Aening
Simere Meecans
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