War Frays as Pacific Front Weighs Heavy Japanese Push
Observers warn U S forces face dire odds in the Philippines with Japanese landings at multiple points. Analysts note hidden naval movements pace the broader war, while labor leaders agree to a wartime board to curb strikes. A World War era prophecy by St Odile is discussed and critiqued.
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War Labor Board
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Davenport Times
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Danube
Adolf Hitler
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Odile
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Hohenburg
Jap Supply Fleet Wiped Out in Borneo Action
Dutch East Indies forces report sinking three Japanese transports and a tanker off Borneo and inflicting heavy losses on the enemy supply fleet after attacks on Miri. British and American air forces shoot down Japanese bombers near Rangoon and Hongkong.
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Miri
Sarawak
British North Borneo
London
Hongkong Island
Repulse Bay
Hongkong
Singapore
Kowloon
British Far East
Rangoon
Burma
Allies Must Whip Axis By Knockout, Churchill Asserts
Churchill told a joint press conference with Roosevelt that the Allies must defeat the Axis with external knockout blows not rely on internal collapse. He outlined unity plans to coordinate Allied war effort and warned against depending on Axis disintegration.
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Churchill
Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Democracy
United States
Henry L. Stimson
We Need Planes Ships At Once Admiral King
Admiral Ernest J. King, new commander in chief of the U S fleet, warned Wednesday that the United States must have more planes and ships at once. He said the path to victory will be long and hard, but the United States will strike when ready and win in time.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Yule Eve Shelling of English Coast
German heavy guns shelled the Kentish coast on Christmas Eve night, striking Folkestone and surrounding areas as the war intensified. Royal Navy and British defenses responded amid intense bombardment and a tense Christmas atmosphere.
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Folkestone
England
Germany
Kentish
Pope Pius XII Outlines Five Point Peace Plan
Vatican City Pope Pius XII outlines a five point peace program broadcast on Christmas Eve. The plan calls for no aggression and no oppression of minorities, curbing armaments races and banning total war, plus protecting religious freedom as a fundamental human right. He stresses the crisis stems from abandoning true Christianity rather than Christianity itself.
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Pius XI
Vatican Radio
Ninety Men Apply for Pearl Harbor Jobs in Iowa
Cedar Rapids reports a surge at the civil service office as more than 80 skilled workers inquire about Pearl Harbor employment. The public listing seeks machinists boilermakers electricians instrument makers riveters ironworkers and ordnancemen with government paid transportation.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Japan
Federal Building
Walter C. Anawalt
Secretary of
Civil Service Examiners
Wake Island siege ends with Japanese capture likely
U S Navy reports Wake Island may now be in Japanese hands after a lone Marine garrison fought off fourteen attacks and claimed two enemy destroyers sunk. Palmyra and Johnston islands shelled with no losses, while S S Larry Doheny damaged but reached port.
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Navy Department
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far-Pacific
Marine Corps
Tokio
Palmyra Island
Johnston Island
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Navy
S. S
Larry Doheny
Eastern Pacific
Department
Atlantic
Far Eastern
Hawaiian
Honolulu
Japanese Defense Chieftain Named Supreme Commander
General Kotaro Nakamura was appointed supreme commander of Japanese defense headquarters on Wednesday, announced by official Japanese wireless. The move places Nakamura at the top of Japan's defense leadership amid ongoing regional concerns.
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Tokio
Japanese Wireless
INS
Kotaro Nakamura
Nazi Troops Move On Spain In Mediterranean Crisis
London reports confirm German troop movements through France toward Spain as Malta looms in possible first strike. Rumors swirl Petain may resign in protest to German pressure with Darlan as replacement, while Abetz and Italian envoy Puti shift positions amid escalating North Africa tensions and tensions with Vichy France.
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France
Spain
French North Africa
Europe
Henri Philippe Petain
Vichy
Jean Francois Darlan
Italy
Greece
Crete
Mediterranean
Adolf Hitler
Malta
Britain
mid-Mediterranean
Petain
Bern
Switzerland
Otto Abetz
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Gino Puti
Germany
Hitler
Tunisia
Libya
Bizerte
Island
Bethlehem Christmas Eve Blackout Amid World War
Bells of peace rang from the Church of the Nativity as a wartime blackout covered Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. Pilgrims from Jerusalem and travelers from Allied nations, including Americans, prepared for midnight mass amid olive groves and monastery shadows. The event featured Msgr. Luigi Barlassina and a procession to reveal the Christ Child, with shepherds tending flocks on the surrounding hills and a global message of peace.
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Judea
Christ
Prince of Peace
Jerusalem
Church of the Nativity
Middle East
United States
Palestine
Msgr
Luigi Barlassina
The
Holy Land
Manila Battle Opens As MacArthur Commands Pacific Stand
General Douglas MacArthur assumes personal command of American Filipino forces as Japan initiates a major Luzon assault. Reports detail landings at Lingayen Gulf Atimonan and Batangas with Mindanao activity and aerial raids on Manila.
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Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
America
Philippines
MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Valles
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