Japan Builds Roaming Pacific Carrier Fleet Says Analyst
Logan Reavis reports that Japan fields a sizable fleet of aircraft carriers and seaplane tenders designed for mobile, far reaching operations in the Pacific. The article notes surface carriers with decked planes and catapulted seaplanes, plus eleven seaplane carriers and several midsize ships. An American officer suggests Japan may favor seaplane carriers over traditional deck ships.
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Jenan
Hawaiian
Oahu
Tokio
Japan
Imperial Navy
Pacific
Britain
America
Miduho
Titose
Tivada
Argentina declares state of siege to curb propaganda
Argentina's cabinet, led by Acting President Ramon Castillo, decreed a nationwide state of siege effective immediately. The move suspends constitutional guarantees including habeas corpus and press freedom to halt Axis propaganda amid wartime posture with the United States. The decree follows Castillo's Monday remarks accusing propaganda of violating recent decrees recognizing the United States as a belligerent. The report also notes a prior wheat penalty policy tied to excess production and acreage limits.
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Buenos Aires
Ramon Castillo
Argentina
United States
Castillo
Congress completes action on changes in wheat penalties
The senate finished congressional action on a bill lifting wheat penalties for farmers with short crops who planted acreage above allotments under the farm program. Senator Thomas of Oklahoma said the measure would eliminate marketing penalties for many western winter wheat growers. he noted some farmers exceeded planting allotments due to shortages.
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Washington
Senate
Congressional Action
Administration
Thomas
Okla
Ames Economists Urge Aid To Lift Crops Of Proteins
Iowa State college economists Warn that protein feeds are short only 65 percent of livestock needs. They urge government action including higher alfalfa and legume payments, conserve legume seed, prioritize phosphate fertilizer, guarantee soybean prices, expand soybean processing, and allow high protein feed purchases to qualify for AAA payments.
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Ames
Greenough Wins Divorce and Plans Marriage to Sally Rand
Rodeo rider Turk Greenough won a divorce from Helen Stuart Greenough and announced plans to wed Sally Rand in January at Glendora California home of Rand's mother. The Montana AP dispatch notes the custody and timing of the remarriage.
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Billings
Mont
Turk Greenough
Helen Stuart Greenough
Sally Rand
Glendora
Calif
Knox Adds to Pearl Harbor Roll of Honor
Secretary Knox reported that four naval reserve ensigns, the only surviving officers aboard a destroyer during the Pearl Harbor raid, took the ship to sea under fire. He described their actions as emergency responses that operated the vessel like veterans while others joined in defending and aiding fleet units.
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Washington
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Naval Reserve
Arizona
DePauw Student Chorus Plans Messiah Broadcast on WHO
DePauw University in Greencastle features a 200 voice chorus and 70 piece orchestra under Wilbur R. Chandler for a Messiah performance to air Wednesday at 10 30 p m on WHO. Soloists include soprano Carmen Silivert and organist Van Denman Thompson.
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Nabeneres University
Greencastle, Inc
WHO
DePauw Chorus
Wilbur R. Chandler
Carmen Silivert
van Denman Thompson
Minute-Men Return To Help Treasury Via Air
The Treasury announces radio minute-men will join the defense bond and stamp drive. They will deliver one minute talks on all treasury programs weekly on national networks and local stations nationwide. The department will recruit nationally known figures for network broadcasts and select city minute-men from prominent local citizens.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Radio
Department
Radio Schedule and Prevailing Programs for December 18 1941
A dense listing of radio programming and personalities across stations WGN WENR WLS WMT and others. It details hourly broadcasts from morning to late night including news hour music drama comedy and talk shows with numerous hosts such as Mr Keen Eddie Canver and Hill Sanders among others. The schedule shows program titles time slots and station identifiers for a broad array of 1941 era broadcasts.
Weather data restricted for war effort and public safety
The weather bureau announces cuts to maps forecasts and warnings, withholding wind and pressure directions, limiting rain data, halting storm lights, and delaying monthly summaries while focusing on wartime needs. Chief F W Reichelderfer says warnings will still reach authorities and public must endure minimal inconvenience.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
F. W. Reichelderfer
Reichelderfer
Radio highlights from Iowa state college listings
Highlights of Educational Institutions of the State of Iowa stations show Ames WO in a Thursday schedule with music blocks and program times noted. The text lists Iowa State College broadcasts from Ames including music slots and times, reflecting campus radio operations and scheduling.
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the Educational Institutions of the
State of
Iowa
No Long Vacation For Yale Students
Yale University will abandon its long summer recess, restructuring schedules to reduce downtime for students. The plan aims to keep academic progress on track while adjusting campus operations and offerings.
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Yale
New Haven, Conn
Yale University
China urges unified Allied war command proposal
Wang Shih-Chieh of Chungking announced that the Chinese government has sent notes to the United States Britain and other Allied powers proposing a unified Allied command, in a move reported by Reuters from London.
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London
Wang Shih- Chieh
Chungking
United States
Britain
Reuters
Weather forecasts barred on Iowa radio stations
Des Moines reports that starting Tuesday no weather forecasts may be broadcast by Iowa radio stations due to defense measures announced by Charles D. Reed senior meteorologist in the Iowa weather bureau in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather Bureau
U. S. To Sell Wheat From Grower Loans
Agriculture department announced it would sell 170 million bushels of wheat from the 1939 and 1940 crops under grower loan programs. The grain will be offered at market price but not less than 15 cents above the 1941 loan value at the storage point. The offer runs until December 31, then prices are set on the middle and last day of each month until disposal or discontinuation.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U S Official Puzzle Answer Key Highlights
The page presents a horizontal and vertical word puzzle with clues and numeric markers. Entries include many government and everyday terms such as United States official harvest ex officio and various abbreviations, with themed answers like price and mystery symbols tied to a crossword style grid.
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U. S
Ladora Girl Killed in Train Car Crash
Miss Lucille Thompson, about 19, of Ladora, died after the Rock Island passenger train struck the car she rode in at a crossing a mile west of Ladora. Virgil Davis of Williamsburg, the driver, was injured but not seriously, and the crossing has only a warning sign with no gates.
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Ladora
Lucille Thompson
Rock Island
Virgil Davis
Williamsburg
Miss Thompson
James Thompson
Davis
German fifth columnists and Libyan prisoners arrive in Sydney
Sydney reports German fifth columnists from Iran and Italian war prisoners from Libya arrived. One guard is assigned for every eight Germans while one guard covers every forty Italians, the war’s manpower details noted on arrival.
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Sydney
Australia
Iran
Libya
Fascist General Reported Killed
Rome radio reported by NBC that General Hugo De Torelli commander of the Toriro division in southern Russia was killed. General Von Kleist sent condolences and expressed confidence of ultimate victory to the Italian high command.
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Rome
NBC
Hugo de Torelli
Toriro
Russia
von Kleist
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