Japanese land at Santo Tomas as Luzon drive unfolds
Manila dispatch reports Japanese seaborne troops with air support landing at Santo Tomas on Lingayen Gulf. American tanks and artillery respond between Santo Tomas and Damortis as ground fighting escalates. Uncertain if additional troops reached Mindanao. page 23 continuation referenced.
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Manila
Santo Tomas
Gulf of Lingayen
Here
Douglas MacArthur
Damortis
Union
Sherey
BO Seo Eich
Davao
Mindanao
Wnder
FDR Signs Draft Expansion Into Law
President Roosevelt signed the draft expansion bill allowing a potential army of six million. Congress also boosted the navy to 500000 and the marine corps to 104000 as war officials plan to register about 22500000 men between 18 and 45. Enlistments may end for volunteers as drafts increase.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
U. S
Senate
Navy
Marine Corps
Henry L. Stimson
War Department
Selective Service
Reynolds
D-N. C
Faye
Col
Auto Output Halt Studied by Knudsen and Industry
Washington December 22 William S Knudsen head of the Office of Production Management said civilian automobile production may stop entirely. He told a House committee that a meeting with the auto industry would be held soon to discuss suspending civilian output while January passenger car production is reduced to about one fourth of previous levels.
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Washington
William 5. Knnudsen
OPM
Knudsen
House
Hitler Fights to Bolster Morale as War Strains Grow
The piece notes new German moves as Hitler assumes personal command amid setbacks in Russia and Libya. It mentions the removal of Walther von Brauchitsch from frontline leadership, signaling internal stress and possible signs of impending Axis collapse, while in the Pacific Luzon fights stir anxious American resolve.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Nore
Pacific
Luzon
Irig
Germany
Hitler
Russia
Libya
Axis
Walther von Brauchitsch
Red Cross War Relief Drive Telethon Tonight
Citizens can pledge via 31 411 after 7 p m to support Red Cross war relief, with a Christmas Jubilee singers broadcast from the city auditorium over WGKYV. Before 7 p m call 37 541 or 260 101. Sponsored by the F C Eagles and The Charleston Gazette The State Newspaper.
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Red Cross
City Auditorium
WGKYV
F. C. Eagles
Hongkong Holds Out Against Japanese Assault
CHUNGKING December 23 Chinese central headquarters says parts of Japanese troops landing on Hongkong island have been driven off by British defenders. London reports the Hongkong garrison still stands against superior Japanese forces after five days of bitter close fighting on the main island.
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Chungking
China
Canton Front
Hongkong Island
London
Hongkong
Mark Young
Hitler Held Plotting New War Theater
The Berlin broadcasts suggest Adolf Hitler plans a new theater of war now that he holds supreme command of the German armed forces. The official note says the war nears a decisive stage and outlines Hitler taking over the army to enable greater concentrations. It also claims no rift with Walther von Brauchitsch.
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Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Near East
Berlin
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Russia
DNB
von Brauchitseh
General's Weak Heart Caused Dismissal From Command
Berlin dispatch reports Brauchnach, relieved of command of the Nazi armies by Adolf Hitler, asked to be dismissed due to heart trouble. The order claims the Wehrmacht would still lead Germany to victory, despite his departure.
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Berlin
Walther von Brauchnach
Adolf Hiller
der Fwehrer
Churchill arrives in Washington to unite war plans
Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington after a secret journey and meets with President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss unified war plans aimed at defeating Hitlerism worldwide. Lord Beaverbrook and a technical staff accompany him, with the final leg of travel reportedly by air.
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Winston Churchill
White House
Roosevelt
Beaverbrook
Fdr
Washington
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Air
British Advance Unit Seizes Axis Air Base
Cairo dispatch reports a British mechanized spearhead driving 150 miles into Tripolitania threatening Rommel's retreat. Allied forces pushed along Libya's western coast toward Bengasi while another column aimed south of Bengasi to trap Axis troops. Rommel’s tanks offered no decisive stand.
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Axis
Tripolitania
Rommel
Cairo
INS
Erwin Rommel
Libya
RAF
Ben‘gasi
Mekill
Jebel Akdar
Bengasi
Agedabla
el Agheila
Gulf of
Sirte
Jap Setback Costs Japanese Forces In Malaya
British imperial troops in upper Malaya reportedly inflicted a costly setback on advancing Japanese units moving south from Grik toward Tafia on the Perak river. The Japanese attacked Ipoh, a tin mining center, but the British engaged and inflicted heavy casualties, with no new front updates to report.
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Singapore
INS
Upper
Malaya
Grik
Tafia
Perak
Ipoh
Bitter Cold Vies With Red Army In Killing Nazis
Soviet lines press the German forces along a 1500 mile front. Two Russian columns southeast of Leningrad formed a junction trapping the Germans south of Lake Ladoga in a vast pocket. One Red Army column moved east from Vosbokala along the Leningrad Vologda railroad and claimed two Nazi infantry divisions destroyed, with 5000 German dead on the battlefield. Stalin birthday notes show renewed Soviet offensives as fierce fighting rages on the Leningrad front.
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Moscow
INS
Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Red Army
Vosbokala
Leningrad - Votogda
Nexi
Sith
Soviet Russia
Stalin
FDR Meets Roosevelt at Airport Amid War Talks
In wartime visit, FDR was met near an air port by President Roosevelt and whisked to the White House as conversations opened on unified command and supply for allied armies. The setup aimed for joint planning and broad unity, with further announcements likely after initial talks.
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FDR
Roowevels
Eeepee
Hoosefelt
Hitler
Roosevelt
I. Eure
Waite
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Willie Willis
Holcomb
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