Hitler takes command of German Army amid Pacific and Philippine action
Reports describe Adolf Hitler assuming command as Japanese landings push toward Mindanao and Luzon, with about 4000 troops at Davao. U S Navy battles subs off the California coast while Wake Island endures another Marine attack. Russian and African fronts show gains as Soviet forces recapture Volokolamsk and push west. Hong Kong garrison holds. British forces counter Nipponese aggression in Malaya.
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Davao
Mindanao
Luzon
Manila
Deast
War Department
Philippines
Aanes
Sad
Loney Aigen Gespi
Vigan
Aparri
U. S. Navy
mid-Pacific
Wake Island
Navy
U. S Navy
Army
California
General Petroleum Company
Emidio
Cape Mendocino
San Francisco
Agwiworld
Cypress Point
Monterey
Treasure Island
Neil Ritchie
Tripolitania
Moscow
Volokolamsk
Lake Ladoga
Periherement
Hongkong
Moelaya
Lengong
Orok
Upper
Perak
Offin Tokyo Wireless
Japanese claim seized territories across Malay provinces
The new British line now sits on the south bank of the Krian river, which marks the boundary between Perak and the provinces of St Zoe, Kedah, and Wellesley. The Japanese assert control over all these provinces.
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Krian
Perak
St. Zoe
Kedah
Wellesley
U S Ship Escapes Sub Off California
A tanker crew reports a half hour chase by a hostile submarine off the California coast. First Mate Edward Crabtree and Third Mate D F Gosney describe warning to the navy, halted pursuit in rough seas, and near misses as the submarine fired on the Agwiworld at close range before submerging and the tanker seeking safety ashore.
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Edward Crabtree
Navy
Ian
Abm
D. F. Gosney
U. S. Navy
Agwiworld
Plot to Overthrow Mussolini Shapes Resistance Message
The committee accuses Mussolini of selling Italy to foreigners to stay in power and reveals a northern Italy spy saboteur case. It calls on soldiers sailors workers and farmers to act, but details of its operations remain undisclosed.
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Mussolini
Italy
Baby dies in fire in mining town home tragedy
Beckley reports a fatal blaze in Stanf or d near Beckley claiming the life of 14 month old Lannie Maddox, son of Mr and Mrs J R Maddox, as their home burned last night in the mining community.
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Beckley
Lannie Maddox
J. R. Maddox
Stanaford
Maddox
Hongkong Fight Forces Delay Japanese Victory Time-table
British and Chinese reports indicate Hongkong defenders still resist as Japanese advance stalls. London and Chungking dispatches describe heavy fighting around Victoria Peak Mt Cameron and Mt Kellet, with outer defenses damaged and relief efforts hindered. The Malayan front shows reinforcements moving toward Singapore after Penang loss as naval losses are noted in Malayan waters.
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Hongkong
Sir Mark Young
London
Victoria Peak
Victoria City
Mt. Cameron
Mt. Kel Jett
Victoria
South China Coast
Chungking
Canton
Canton-Kowloon
Japan
Crown Colony
Shumchun
Singapore
Penang Island
Krian River
Grik
Wellesley
Banka
Malayan
Atlantic War Update Sinking Submarines And Patrols
The report states that U S naval forces have probably sunk or damaged at least 14 enemy submarines in the Atlantic. It notes winter weather aiding convoy security and mentions enemy submarine activity near American shores. Secretary Hull warned of possible Axis naval marauders during the Christmas period and urged vigilance at sea.
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U. S
North Atlantic
Pacific
Atlantic
U.S
America
Knox
American
Hull
British Malaya force reports attack halted near Leggong area
A Singapore communique says six rescued, four European officers and 40 Malayan sailors believed dead, amid countered enemy attack near Grik in Leggong area. Earlier reports note little activity in North Perak and bomber raids on Kuantan, where early landing attempts were defeated.
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Singapore
Leggong
Grik
Perak
Kuantan
Malayan
Japan
Prompt Joint War Plans Good Sign
Washington and London envision expanded joint plans to include Russia and China as a step toward broader alliance leadership. Unanswered questions linger on an Allied general staff or a supreme war council, with Washington possibly the war capital and Roosevelt the dominant voice. The piece also notes military notes on Philippines Davao air base possibilities and coastal submarine raids amid broader wartime coordination.
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Washington
London
Russia
China
Staf
Supreme War Council
Hitler
Churchill
Unity
Moscow
Mr. Roosevelt
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Dutch East Indies
Borneo
Manila
Philippine
Pacific
U. S
Atlantic
San Diego
Obituary for Mary Agnes McDonald and Mack Pauley
Mrs. Mary Agnes McDonald aged 87 died at her Clothier home after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at Clothier Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with burial in Miglin cemetery. Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home of Madison in charge. Surviving: two sons Roscoe and Earl, daughter Mrs Ezra Lane, and brother James Oliver. Mack Pauley, 75, died last night at his Woodville home after a long illness. Funeral at Julien Church at 10 a.m. Wednesday with Rev. Leonard Priestly and Rev. Fred Black officiating. Burial in Pauley Cemetery. Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home of Madison in charge. Surviving: his wife and 14 children, 5 brothers, and a sister.
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Mary Agnes McDonald
Clothier
Clothier Presbyterian Church
Miglin
Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home
Madison
Roscoe and
Earl McDonald
Ezra Lane
Montcoal
James Oliver
Mooseheart
Mack Pauley
Woodville
Julien Church
Leonard Priestly
Fred Black
Burcal
Pauley Cemetery
Hunter and Hunter Feneral
Two Decades Of Japanese Naval Power Examined
The piece details Japan's harboring of German submarine methods, training by German officers, and a large fleet of subs ready to cross the Pacific. It notes American submarines in action, vast Pacific theater constraints, and estimates Japan maintaining an expeditionary force of about 200,000 to seize the Southwest Pacific citadel, with supply lines stretched 2000 miles from home.
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Minnesota
Japan
Pacific
Far East
Singapore
Southwest
Soviets Press Ahead on All Fronts in War Drive
Soviet forces pushed the German army back 43 miles beyond Tikhvin and advanced along the Lake Ladoga region after routing Nazis from the southern shores. The battle left about 5,400 German dead near Voibakalo, as Soviet reports claimed several divisions were routed and that pursuit continued from Volokolamsk toward Moscow.
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Tikhvin
Moscow Information Bureau
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Lake Kadoga
Lake Onega
Voibakalo
Information Bureau
Eastern
Red
Volokolamsk
Moscow
Golo
Soviet Advances Reported Across Western Front
A communique says Bey last night broke through Guener defenses in region M and that men are developing those gains toward region B. Across the western front Soviet troops reportedly traversed 228 inhabited points and captured quantities of booty. Ia Smart Apparel
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Bey
Guener
Region M
Quantiti
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