War Fund Bill Set for Swift Passage Across Congress
Congress moves quickly to approve a ten billion dollar war fund to equip the army and sustain Allied aid, with final passage expected tomorrow. A draft extension bill and wartime powers grant to the president follow as committees plan hearings and action.
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Revised Hospital Plans Are Ready for Federal Grant
City officials announce revised hospital plans tied to a $1,000,000 federal grant matching $1,000,000 in local funds. Mayor Dawson notes the Kelly field property transfer is not ready. Amer ican Fork and Hor company owns the land and John Post 20 is involved. American Legion will lease three acres for 95,000 and options the remainder, with title then to NSA near the USO site completed by army engineers yesterday. Initiation of 2 revised gant
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Invasion Seen Turning Into Napoleon Retreat Says Moscow
British radio quotes Moscow saying the siege of Leningrad may lift as Red forces reopen lines to Moscow. Soviet bulletin claims rail stations retaken near Tula and Dubna, 400 villages captured, and the Black Sea fleet active.
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Axis forces retreat in rear guard fighting near Gazala
Cairo reports German and Italian troops stubbornly withdraw and clash in rear guard actions southwest of Gazala. British officials say Axis positions 40 miles of defenses from Gazala to the desert are threatened by a potential encirclement as tanks and infantry press hard in two main centers.
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Mikado Michigan Seeks Rename To End War Symbol
Mikado, Michigan, in Alcona County, asks to change its name after 53 years to distance itself from a symbol of Japan as the United States fought in World War II. Citizens cite wartime ties and recall Berlin town in Otsego County renamed Marne during the first great offensive in France.
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Draft policy keeps 21 to 35 age group as future calls
War department officials said it would be a long time perhaps never before men outside the 21-35 group are drafted despite a proposal to register all aged 18 to 64. Hershey warned against hysteria and outlined phased inductions starting with 21 to 27 and then 28 to 35, with a goal of a 1½ year supply of men.
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Philippines Win Round 1 But Fight Is Just Starting
Edward E. Bomar analyzes early World War II coverage of the Philippines. He notes defenders won the first round but warns against optimism as Japan prepares a heavier assault. American bombers reportedly sink four Japanese troop ships and damage three more, with massing forces seen near Hainan and Fosoma.
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Italians Return All French Captives in War News
France reports that Italy has released all 17 French prisoners of war. The group includes one officer and 16 noncommissioned officers and soldiers who have returned to French soil.
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Protests Over Nazi Plan to Execute 100 Jews in Occupied France
In a Paris communique the Petain government condemns German orders to shoot 100 Jewish communists and anarchists in occupied France as a provocation. It notes arrests of attackers by French police and the large 1.6 billion franc fine on Jews, with further reports of deportations to hard labor.
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Wake Held By Marines In 7 Day Siege At Wake Island
Washington reports the Wake garrison, the so-called devil dogs, held their island outpost after a weeklong siege as Japanese bombers attacked in waves. Marines claimed two bombers shot down and continued counter attacks as submarine activityéJapanese submarines were noted in Hawaiian waters. Midway’s fate remained in doubt with no update on its garrison. Guam’s defense was described as likely fallen to Japanese forces.
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How War Came To America Dec 14 Pearl Harbor Tale
Page Seven recounts the war story from France's fall to Sunday Dec 14 when news broke of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Kendall Vintroux, Gazette cartoonist, is among six nationwide editors honored in this pictorial masterpiece. Che Gazette First in News First in Pictures
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Japanese claim sinking U S submarine and air assaults
Tokyo reports say Japanese forces sunk an American submarine near the Philippines during a raid week. Imperial headquarters and Domei claim onslaughts across Philippines Malaya Burma and Hong Kong with dozens of air bases attacked and hundreds of planes destroyed.
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Roosevelt to mark Bill of Rights anniversary with nationwide broadcast
President Roosevelt will address the nation on a radio program from 10 to 1 p m EST commemorating the Bill of Rights anniversary. The Library of Congress will display the original House Journal for August 21 1788. Virginia figures in the referendum with George Mason drafting the bill and Vice President Wallace to lay a wreath at Mason's tomb.
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Dutch Bay 2 Jap Vessels In New Siam Gulf Attack
Batavia reports two Japanese ships sunk off Java's east coast in a fresh blow to the enemy supply route in the Gulf of Siam. Submarines claimed four more transports sunk off southern Thailand. Dutch air forces join Malaya defense as Allied units shift to strategic zones. Batavia endures sixth raid alert of the evening.
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Four Japanese troopships sunk by U S bombers off northern Luzon
U S bombers damaged three more Japanese transports and hit coastal footholds of landing forces on Luzon as the first week of operations closed. MacArthur said Japanese landings at Lingayen and Aparri were hampered while Filipino troops helped repel new attacks.
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Japs Press Far East Defenses in Malaya Action
Singapore dispatch reports Japanese forces have concentrated air and land strength against British defenses in northern Malaya. Despite air reinforcements from the Netherlands East Indies, the British say they do not yet control the air over Malaya and may withdraw troops from Kedah and Kelantan as the siege risks widen toward Singapore.
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Nine Civen Death Sentence in Italy
Reuters dispatch from London reports nine men in Trieste were sentenced to death by a special tribunal for plotting to overthrow the Italian government. Forty others received prison terms amid charges of sabotage terrorism and an attempted assassination of Mussolini.
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Moscow Little Changed By Ordeal of Long Siege
Moscow stood up to the German pressure with only light damage and a calm, scarred but intact outlook. Henry Cassidy reports Moscow remains largely unchanged after the siege, with Germans retreating on all fronts but not entering the capital, as tension eases and the city appears largely steady.
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Turkey Declares Her Neutrality
The Turkish government notified the United States that it would remain neutral in the new conflict. Turkish ambassador M. M. Ertegun delivered a note to Secretary of State Hull in Washington stating the decision, based on a telegram from Ankara dated December 10, 1941.
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