Axis Air Bases In Latin Lands Reported By House Panel
Secretary Hull said US Latin American cooperation against Nazi activities is gathering momentum. A House committee report details Axis air bases fuel depots and shortwave stations across Guatemala Brazil Colombia Argentina and Mexico, with Gestapo influence in Guatemala and plans to sabotage Buenos Aires utilities. The panel urged immediate State Department countermeasures.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Special House
Germany
Atlantic
Mexico City
Boa Vista
Buenos Aires
Diese’s
South America
Jack Nichols
Okla
Richard M. Kelberg
Tex
Herron Pearson
Tenn
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Carl Hinshaw
Calif
State Department
MacArthur Seen as Chief of Allied Staff in Far East War
Washington reports floated that General Douglas MacArthur could be appointed to command all Allied forces in the Far East. Observers foresee his move from the Philippines to Singapore within 60 days to direct operations as part of a broader Allied war council plan.
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Washington
America
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
MacArthur
U.S. Army of the Philippines
Swift
Senate
London
Inter- Allied War Council
Far East
Supreme Allied War Council
Singapore
Hongkong
Philippines
Near
Middle East
Josef Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Berlin Prepares for Bitter War as Axis Recedes in Russia
Goebbels warned of a long hard war and possible reverses while reporting German losses from two weeks of retreat in Russia. British advances pressed Derna and Mekili as Cairo and Mussolini officials note battles west of Derna and efforts to reinforce exhausted North African troops.
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Adolf Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Goebbels
CBS
NBC
Hitler
North Africa
Cairo
Mediterranean
Derna
Mekili
Mussolini
Iowa City Youth Named for Valor in World War II
Gen. Douglas MacArthur awarded Distinguished Service Crosses to 13 men and officers for heroism in the Philippines and at Hawaii. Among the recipients were Second Lieutenants George S. Welch and Kenneth M. Taylor for shooting down enemy planes during the December 7 attack, and Capt. Colin P. Kelly Jr. for sacrificing his life to destroy the Japanese battleship Haruna. Private Greeley B. Williams of Iowa City died defending his aircraft on December 8, with his bravery cited as a vivid example of duty. Williams, born January 24, 1918, had served since 1940 and was stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines. He is survived by his father Arthur Williams and his mother and a brother.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Far East
Philippines
Army
Washington
George S. Welch
Wilmington
Del
Kenneth M. Taylor
Hominy
Okla
Hawaii
Welch
Taylor
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Army Air Force
Haruna
Luzon
Williams
Arthur Williams
Iowa City
Great Falls
Mont
Army Air Corps
Clarkfield
St. Patrick’s High School
Spring Weather Brightens Yuletide Shoppers in Cedar Rapids
Shoppers flocked to Cedar Rapids for the last Christmas weekend as temperatures climbed to 45 degrees by 1:45 am and reached 54 earlier Friday. A frost night preceded sunny, mild conditions with a 50 percent humidity reading at 1:45 pm and temperatures ranging from the high 20s to mid 50s during the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers- Inskeep
Colombia cuts diplomatic ties with Germany and Italy
Colombia announced it broke off diplomatic relations with Germany and Italy on Saturday in a major shift of foreign policy. The action leaves Bogotá and the two European nations without formal diplomatic channels amid growing tensions.
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Bogota
Colombia
Germany
Italy
Pickpockets Operate In Cedar Rapids Ten Cent Store
In a Cedar Rapids shopping crowd on Friday afternoon pickpockets victimized at least three people in a ten cent store. Alois Rozinek of Solon lost $26, and T H Wesenberg lost $5 plus receipts. An unidentified woman reported a stolen coin purse found later with missing money. Police described a two thief tactic with a front distraction and rear jostle to lift wallets.
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Cedar Rapids
Alois Rozinek
Solon
Rozinek
T. H. Wesenberg
Eighteenth Street
Wesenberg
Japanese Planes Sink Soviet Freighter Perekop
The 4200 ton Russian freighter Perekop was bombed and sunk by seventeen Japanese planes between Vladivostok and Sourabaya. Eight crew members were killed and 32 saved including the captain and three women. The incident comes amid wartime tensions with the Soviet Union, described by Ambassador Litvinoff as axis gangsters.
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Batavia
D. E I
Vladivostok
Siberia
Sourabaya
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Aneta
Anda
American Flyers Beat Japanese Bomber Fleet Near Kunming
American volunteer aviators with the Chinese air force shot down four Japanese medium bombers Saturday 31 miles south of Burma road near Kunming in Yunnan province. They met a squadron of ten Japanese bombers with no American losses reported.
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Chungking
Kunming
Yunnan
Burma
Army Renews Enrollment Drive After Draft Plan Fails
Washington reports the army will rescind orders against volunteer enlistments and begin recruiting younger men after Congress blocked the plan to draft men under 20. Senator Reynolds says the army will mobilize men 18 through 64, with 20-44 liable for service, affecting about 40 million males. Officials say registration will be staggered by age and not finish before April.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Reynolds
N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Senate-House
Hong Kong Still Held By British Garrison Despite Japanese Advance
British garrison including Western Canadian, British, and Indian troops repulse a Japanese assault on Hong Kong. Sir Mark Young confirms the island remains unconquered as Tokyo admits hard fighting continues. Naval and civilian volunteers bolster defenses amid fears of a last stand on Victoria Peak.
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London
India
IM Hongkong
Britain
Far East
South China
Hongkong
Reuters
Domei
Mark Young
Empire
Mark
Japan
Victoria
Capital Sees New Invasion of Philippines
Washington reports renewed Japanese invasion thrust against the Philippines as Quezon urges urgent US aid for materials and defenses. A sweeping reorganization places civilian production under Knudsen and Hillman to accelerate war output and curb nonessential civilian goods.
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Philippines
Quezon
Washington
Office of Production Management
William S Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Defense
Knudsen-Hillman
Fire destroys Newark defense plant. sabotage hinted
A spectacular fire Saturday destroyed four buildings of the Steel and Alloy Tank company in Newark. Officials hinted at sabotage as the plant, part of a $500,000 government contract, made steel drums for gunpowder.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Steel and Alloy Tank Company
Strict Enlistment Rules for Cedar Rapids Iowa Guard Unit
Cedar Rapids volunteers form Company L of the Iowa State Guard under Capt. Charles Penningroth to train, drill weekly, serve without pay, and be ready to defend the city and state. Eligible ages 18 to 50, with selective service class I B, I A, IV A or IV B. Local enlistment drive next Monday and Tuesday in Memorial Building lobby with civilian defense registrants assisting.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Guard
Charles Penningroth
Armed Forces
United States
Selective Service System
Memorial Building
Company L
Penningroth
Central German Army Driven Back as Russians Close Trap West of Moscow
Moscow reports the Red Army advancing across hundreds of villages along the Moscow front. German center crumbles with tens of thousands at risk of encirclement as Russian tanks and cavalry push flanks. Hitler's 134th division is destroyed with heavy German casualties reported over ten days.
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Moscow
Red Army
Mozhaisk
Napoleon
Warsaw
Moscow Radio
Norway Lumber Yard Destroyed by Fire
Spectalto The Gazette reports a fire destroyed the Denniston Partridge lumber yard and office in Norway Iowa Saturday noon discovered about 11 30 am under the cement and roofing bin. Firemen from Fairfax Newhall aided local volunteers and flames also touched nearby buildings but were quickly checked. Manager Henry Trosky could not yet estimate the loss as insurance covers the damage. By 12 30 pm the blaze was under control though coal and lumber continued burning.
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Spectalto the Gazette
Norway
Denniston-Partridge
Fairfax and
Newhall
Henry Trosky
Second Jap Transport Is Hit by Sub
Navy report confirms enemy submarines operating off the Atlantic coast. An additional Japanese transport was sunk by U S submarines near the Philippines, possibly Mindanao, as Manila and Tokio report heavy fighting over Mindanao and Luzon. Davao holds after clashes. Manila bombs fall on Nichols Field. Dutch planes sink or damage Japanese cruisers off Borneo’s Sarawak coast while Malaya massed for a west coast push.
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Washington
Navy Department
Atlantic
Navy
U. S
Philippines
Mindanao
Manila
Tokio
Davao Tay
Luzon
East Indies Islands
Singapore
Batavia
Sarawak
Borneo
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Latin Lands
Guatemala
Panama Canal
Brazil
Africa
Amazon River
Cali
Pacific
Andes Mountains
Guatemala City
Gestapo
Latin America
Argentina
Allied Staff
The
Associated Press
England
Libya
Samuel II, Marett
Atlanta
Pvt
Air Corps
Greeley B. Williams
Greeley Williams
D.S.C
Wa Wi
Maxim Litvinoff
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
South China Sea
Malaya
Cedar Rapids News
United States Army
Citizens Military Training Camp
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Norway Lumber Yard
Bulletin
Davao
Cavite
Manila Bay
Nichols Field
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