Fierce Fighting Unabated In Philippines As U S Holds Japs
Japanese air raids on Olongapo base near Manila were light. Manila stayed quiet as U S airmen and ground forces held Japanese forces at three Luzon coastal points. Army HQ said bombers damaged two transports off Legaspi while reports spoke of a foothold at Vigan with patrols abroad. MacArthur urged flag flying as the Philippines began its second week of war.
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Manila
Olongapo
Army
Nichols Field
U. S
Luzon
Legaspi
Vigan
Aparri
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Roosevelt vows U S will defend liberty on Bill of Rights anniversary
President Roosevelt radioed a Dec 15 address marking the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights stating the nation faces a great upsurge against human liberty. He warned against surrendering liberty guarantees and said the world rejects tyranny and forced obedience. He asserted no power can erase the rights guaranteed by the first ten amendments.
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Washinton
Roosevelt
Defense Bill Approved by Congress Expands Wartime Powers
Congress quickly passed a $10,077,005 defense bill authorizing equipment for an army of 2,000,000 and supplies for 1,200,000, plus a $500,000,000 naval plane program. It also lets the War Department proceed with production of guns, tanks, planes and ammunition and clears the way for wartime draft expansion.
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Washington
Congress
President Roosevelt
Senate
House
War Department
House Military Committee
Russians Retake Klin in Drive on Moscow Front
Soviet forces recaptured Klin 60 miles northwest of Moscow as part of a broader counter offensive, killing thousands of German troops and seizing dozens of tanks. Russian units also overran Porovary and Bogoroditsk while restoring Leningrad Moscow railway service amid harsh winter conditions.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Klin
Kalinin
Russia
Germany
Leningrad
Communist Party
Pravda
Boone rescinds resignation as state highway safety director
C. W. Boone withdrew his resignation today after saying it was filed last Friday amid differences with former Superintendent John W. Bosworth. Boone claimed Bosworth accused him and State Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler of conspiring to have Bosworth removed. Governor Neely had named Boone as the state police representative at hearings on charges by United Mine Workers.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. W. Boone
John W. Bosworth
Boone
Bosworth
Charles J. F. Sattler
Neely
United Mine Workers
Gary
CIO
H. Clare Hess
Mannington
Elkin
Hess
Washington
Tomor
Young Ketchum
West Virginia University and Marshall College
Raleigh
Mercer
Kanawhe
Wood Counties
Metz
Ketchum
Gibson
Charles Fowler
Kahawha County
Claude
Supreme Court upholds coal division ruling
The Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision sustains the Interior Department’s Bituminous Coal Division ruling. The decision defers to administrative interpretation of the act limiting penalties and exemptions, with Justice Reed leading the majority and Chief Justice Stone Justice Roberts and Byrnes dissenting on limits of judicial review. The case concerns coal used by Seaboard Airline Railway and whether leased mines qualify for exemption, with review focusing on fair hearings and just application of the statute.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interior Department
Bituminous Coal Division
Labor Board
Stone
Roberts
Byrnes
Sea- Board Airline Railway
Coal Division
Justice Reed
Congress
AFL Proposes No Strike Policy In Defense Industry
The AFL executive council urges a no strike policy in defense industries for the war while maintaining the 40 hour week as the wage baseline. It vows that labor will support wartime goals and defeat Japan and its allies, with mediation and conciliation to be pursued when refusals occur.
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AFL
Washington
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Japan
Japanese drive into Kedah and Malaya front continues
Japanese mechanized troops with dive bombers breached into southern Kedah in Malaya as British Indian forces retreat after five days of combat. Air sweeps and Dutch submarine work halted further sea reinforcements, while Penang and Ipoh faced heavy bombing and fighting extended into Kelantan.
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Japan
Kedda
Singapore
Kedah
Thailland
Straits Settlements
Wellesley
Penang
Kota Bharu
Singora
Thailand
Ooe
Instea
Malaya
Ipoh
Kelantan
Christmas Tree Show Sets Record Donations in Bluefield
The WHIS Radio Christmas Show at Granada Theatre drew hundreds of local performers for a fourteen hour telethon to fund a Merry Christmas for every child in Bluefield and Princeton. The annual broadcast topped thirteen years of history with a sweeping donation surge lasting past 4 a.m. after the Little Jimmy skit by Norma Lee Alley and Lindsey Alley helped push contributions over the top.
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Granada
WHIS
Tery
Bluefield
Princeton
Little Jimmy
Little Sister
Jimmy
Norma Lee Alley
Alleta Jo Nash
Lindsey Alley
Louise Phillips
Axis Forces Pressed in Libya as Allied Drive Tightens
British and Indian troops close on Rommel in a major engagement near Gazala to Tunini and Trigh el Abd. The Eighth Army claims 16 Axis tanks and six planes destroyed, plus 70,000 gallons of fuel captured and 500 prisoners. Small detachments are cut off or fleeing toward Derna, with mop up across Tobruk Salum and Halfaya. Auchinlek congratulates Ritchie on early success.
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Cairo
Libya
Edwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Gazala
Tunini
Trigh el Abd
Rommel
Gazal
Tobruk
Derna
Saafares
Salum
Bardia
Halfaya
Claude J. E. Auchinleck
Middle East
Neil M. Ritchie
Desert Forces
Britain Reveals Hong Kong Withdrawal To Defend Island
London reports Britain withdrawing forces from Kowloon to strengthen Hongkong island against a presumed Japanese assault across its water barrier. Reuters from Singapore says Kowloon is in Japanese hands while Hongkong front news dries up.
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London
Britain
Kowloon
Hongkong
Reuters
Singapore
Tokyo
CBS
New York
Kowloon Heights
Hongkong Island
Chungking
Convict Hangs Self in Cell After Killing Warden's Son
Brown Gibson 28, accused of killing State Prison Warden M E Ketchum's son near Proctor, WV, hanged himself in solitary at the prison. Coroner ruled death by self-inflicted hanging. Guard wounded in escape bid. Ketchum killed en route to the penitentiary.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Brown Gibson
M. E. Ketchum
H. B. Ashworth
Gibson
Phil Ketchum
Proctor
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Sissonville
Young Ketchum
Ashworth
Bowie
Hsv
Newes
Orville Meta
Six Warships Lost in Pearl Harbor Attack Revealed
Secretary Knox announced at Pearl Harbor that the United States lost six warships the battleship Arizona and four destroyers plus the mine layer Oglala with Oklahoma damaged and 91 officers and 2638 men killed or wounded. He said the entire Pacific fleet remained at sea and that Japan used submarines and a fifth column in the surprise assault.
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Washington
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
Knox
Uni
Arizona
Cassin
Downes
Shaw
Utah
Oglala
Oklahoma
Japan
Roosevelt
Ships reported lost at Pearl Harbor
The navy lists losses including the battleship Arizona launched 1915 at New York yard with 12 14 inch guns and 12 5 inch guns. Destroyers Cassin Shaw Downes each around 1500 tons with 5 inch and torpedo tubes. Target Utah training ship and mine layer Ogolala also noted with crew complements.
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Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
New York Navy Yard
Cassin
Shaw
Downes
Egacoed
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Utah
New York Shipbuilding Company
Fall River Line
Philippine division halts Japanese push as ships suffer losses
The 29,000 ton battleship Haruna was sunk and a Kongo class battleship plus five transports were damaged. A Philippine division crushed a Japanese landing force at Lingayen, 100 miles northwest of Manila. Aguinaldo rejected Tokyo’s attempt to rally revolt with him as leader. Japanese propaganda continued via Tokyo radio with little effect.
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Lingayen
Manila
Tokyo
Emilio Aguinaldo
United States
Tiny Two-Man Submersibles Used In Pearl Harbor Attack
Washington reports reveal two man submarines used in the Pearl Harbor raid. Secretary Knox says one sub approached a sea plane tender before being sunk by depth charges. details on prior knowledge and range remain undisclosed.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Rests Harbor
Knox
Maine
Ses
Stroyer
Naval
Joppness
Pearl
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