Five Man Board Appointed To Probe Pearl Harbor Action
President Roosevelt names a five member board to determine why U S armed forces were not on alert during Pearl Harbor and to investigate attacks on Johnston and Maui islands The board led by Owen J Roberts will meet in Washington and then travel to Hawaii for on the spot inquiry
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Maui
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Joseph P. McNarney
Air Corps
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Joseph M. Reeves
United States Fleet
White House
Hawaii
Justice Stone
Navy Department
Oahu
Kahului
Censorship Unit to Be Set Up Amid War Powers Debate
Government censorship plans disclosed as Congress nears final approval of war powers. Byron Price to head a new censorship office overseeing press radio cable and mails, with tight control of military information during wartime. Prices likely to start within a week.
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Moccavee
Byron Price
Associated Press
Price
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House
White House
Anne
Roosevelt
Joeneve
Russians Retake Strategic Kalinin But Also Train Crash Report
Mont Joli Quebec six killed and twelve seriously injured when a snow train and a freight train collided near Mont Joli NR yards. About twenty more slightly injured, all aboard a bank car with sixty workers. Crews unharmed. injured taken to hospitals in Mont Joli and Rimouski.
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Japanese Drive In North Malaya Threatens Singapore
An informed source says a powerful Japanese drive in northern Malaya coupled with Britain's naval inferiority threatens Singapore. British and Indian troops push to halt a mechanized penetration into Kedah as Hong Kong braces for siege amid artillery bombardment.
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Malaya
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Singapore
Hongkong
Kedah
Jap Warlord Sought To Dictate Peace In White House
The report quotes Tokyo broadcasts claiming Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto planned to dictate peace to the United States. It cites Yamamoto letters and Yomiuri claims that Japan aimed to seize Guam the Philippines and Hawaii, with a warning against U.S. peace terms. The piece ties this to a White House anti appeasement stance and Pearl Harbor context.
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Hawaii
San Francisco
Local Defense Council Formed and Appointed
A local defense council and advisory commission are created by ordinance. Mayor Snyder will chair. an active director will oversee all defense activities. The council will coordinate with state and national groups and may be enlarged by the city board on recommendation. First meeting set for ten Thursdays hence at 4 PM in the city hall directors room to organize groups and coordinate activities across utilities health education production and more.
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Federal Agents Nab Spanish Ship Nab Spanish Ship
Federal agents seized a Spanish ship off Staten Island under the Trading with the Enemy Act. Officers boarded the vessel before 6 p.m. and found cargo including radio parts airplane silk and lubricating oil awaiting investigation. The Treasury Department announced the seizure was conducted under wartime provisions for the first time since enactment.
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Treasury Department
Bosworth Remains On Police Duty Amid Resignation Turmoil
Charleston West Virginia December 16 State Police Superintendent John W Bosworth announced Saturday he would resign but remains on the job as questions swirl about his departure A state house source indicated his resignation was conditional and under consideration while Bosworth weighs his options in McDowell County.
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Penalties Set For Air Raid Violators
New York city council warns wartime violators face prison or fines for failing to heed air raid alarms or signaling false warnings. The notice outlines penalties for publishing or spreading alarm signals during an enemy attack and reinforces enforcement during air raids.
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New York
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Mexico approves wartime passes for foreign forces
President Manuel Avila Camacho proposed congressional approval of measures to permit foreigner passage and the movement of ships and naval aircraft through Mexican waters and ports. The plan aims to aid allied cooperation during the war and allow transit of military forces of other American republics for urgent cases.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
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Mexico
Lower
California
Avila Camacno
Roosevelt Urges Change to Draft Ages in War Funding
President Roosevelt asked Congress to endorse a new draft age while the house mulled legislation. The senate committee approved a 19 year old active service age with work starting tomorrow, and both chambers moved to finalize their military proposals.
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Senate Military Committee
Senate
Naval actions stall as Japs bomb Johnston and Maui
Allied naval units respond to Japanese bombardments of Johnston Island and Maui while Wake and Midway resist renewed attacks. In the Pacific Luzon defences hold as MacArthur reports Japanese activity with ground operations expected. Soviet forces push from the Arctic toward Moscow reclaim Kalinin and cripple six Nazi divisions.
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Midway
Navy
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Arctic
Moscow
Kalinin
9Th Army
American Pilots Return After Luzon Losses
Several American pilots believed lost in north central Luzon have returned safely to their units. Some bailed out others made forced landings in sparsely populated areas after a weeklong journey on foot and by horseback from a remote region.
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Manila
Luzon
Unica Luron City
Germans Battle in Desert Trap Near Gazala
Cairo reports the British Imperial Eighth Army smashed the center of four Axis divisions 15 miles southwest of Gazala and outflanked reserves 15 miles beyond as they pressed at Alem Hamza and Halegh Olabam. They also seized 1,100 prisoners and captured guns while destroying Axis ammunition at a base 150 miles inside Libya.
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Eighth Army
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London
L. C. M Amery
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Invaders Fought to a Standstill in Luzon Defense
Manila reports Japanese troops halted after initial Luzon thrust. No new beachheads or strengthened positions near Vigan Aparri or Legaspi. Air raid on Sener naval base northwest of MacArthur HQ. four Japanese planes shot down. Awaiting details on next major operation.
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Luzon
Sener
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Douglas MacArthur
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Aparri
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