Churchill Bars One Supreme War Lord Truce Is Declared on Strikes
Washington reports a wartime truce banning strikes and lockouts across the country’s 10 million unionized workers. A new War Labor Board will hear all disputes, with Roosevelt guiding its formation, as employers and labor spokesmen agree to curb disruptive actions during the national emergency.
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Churchill
Washington
INS
Steanneacas
Prapse
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
New War Labor Board
Emecs
War Labor Board
Davis
Eeep
Thomas
Japs on Wake Island. Navy Holds Slim Hope
Washington dispatch reports a Japanese landing on Wake Island the morning of December 23. Navy officials note Wake could not withstand a full assault, yet refuse to concede loss and cite the Marines’ stubborn defense as a bright wartime morale story despite Guam’s distant fall.
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Wake Isle
Navy
Washington
Ion Sal
Pacific
Wake
Guam
Santa Visits Tots At Marmet Tonight
Santa Claus arrives at Marmet orthopedic hospital to deliver gifts to crippled children injured by infantile paralysis. Belle Post of the American Legion and Fortye and Eight proceed with the annual Christmas project for underprivileged youngsters. Community members invite friends to attend the party.
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Santa Claus
Marmet Orthopedic Hospital
Belle Post
The
American Legion
Gaozette
Marmet Hospital
Japanese Landing Again On Luzon East Coast Atimonan
U S army headquarters reports a new heavy Japanese landing near Atimonan in Tayabas province as fighting continues in Lingayen Gulf. A major attack on bridges and coastal positions is under way with several transports sighted off Batangas and Mindanao reports claiming ships sunk.
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Manila
Atimonan
Luzon
U.S. Army
Tayabas
Douglas MacArthur
Lingayen Gulf
Lingayen
Vilesis
Philippines
Davao
Mintenso
Mindanao
Pernte
Legaspi
Luzon Island
Batangas Province
FBI Guards Jap Attache Shopping in Washington
An embassy attache was escorted by FBI agents during a shopping trip in Washington. He bought undergarments at a fashion shop and a Christmas tree with ornaments, totaling about 6.06 dollars, for Admiral Nomuri of Japan.
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Washington
FBI
Kichisaburo Nomuri
Charleston Holiday Rush Boosts Store Sales in West Virginia
Charleston and Huntington reports show a 10 to 15 percent gain in holiday shopping as postwar plans mix with wartime challenges. Extra Huntington buses ran to sustain late shoppers while Charleston noted a ahead pace over the previous year as about 120000 coal miners prepared for Christmas.
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Charleston
Mountain State
Mortern
Huntington
Pearl Harbor
British Cut Behind Fleeing Axis Units
British tanks moved along the Gulf of Sirte coast inside Libya as Rommel’s retreating forces lag, with reinforcements and mobile columns pressing the Axis line west of Bengasi. Airfield strikes in Agedabis and further advances bring the Eighth Army closer to Tripoli bases, while Axis reinforcements depend on Vichy.
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Rommel
Sirte Gulf
Cairo
Blue Gulf
Sirte
Axia
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Tesort
Guit
Bengesi
Gulf of
Mekili
Agedabis
Agedadia
Benasi
Tripolitarian
Eighth Army
Tripolitania
Six Axis supply ships smashed by British submarines
British Mediterranean Fleet announced that six Axis ships were sunk or damaged as part of a broader tally since November 18. The report details submarine attacks on convoys including large supply ships and a tanker, with防 unclear pursuit toward Libya and Tripolitania.
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London
Mediterranean
Africa
Admiralty
8Th
Desert
Navy
RAF
Libya
Tripolitania
Hub
Trafalgar
Nazis Send New Units Near Spain
Berlin and Rome reports say fresh German troops move from occupied France toward the Spanish border, amid questions if they head for Spain or North Africa. Hitler’s command of land forces follows a statement to secure the front from Norway to the Spanish border and beyond.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Adolf Hitler
Norway
North Africa
Spain
Gibraltar
Italy
Netherlands
Rome
Paris
Tanker Montebello Sunk Off California by Jap Submarine
A Japanese submarine reportedly sank the Union Oil tanker Montebello off the California coast. Four survivors reached shore, with no injuries reported. Other ships, the Larry Doheny and the Idaho, withstood attacks and reached safety after encounters with subs.
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Cal
INS
California
America
Naval District
San Francisco
Richfield Oil Company
Larry Doheny
Texas
Idaho
Los Angeles
Japs Aren't Scaring Yanks on Midway
The San Francisco report quotes Harold Leenberger a Pan American Airways diesel engineer on Midway Island expressing confidence in American defenses. He writes in a December 17 letter to his wife Louise that they are all well and can take care of themselves despite Japanese raids.
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San Francisco
Midway Island
Harold Leenberger
Pan American Airways
mid-Pacific
Louise
Allies vow united drive to crush Axis in Europe and Asia
Soviet forces reported breakthroughs along the Leningrad to Azov front recapturing Gorbachevo and crossing the Volkhov while Moscow claimed gains near Orel. In Washington Roosevelt and Churchill pledged united action to deliver a knockout blow to Hitler and Japan and launched the Anglo American war council.
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London
INS
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
Moscow
Red Army
Donets Basin
Gorbachevo
Here
Volkhov River
Tula
Orel
Moscow-Kharkov
Odoev
Volkhov
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
America
Europe
Japan
Pacific
FC Churchill
Great Britain
Singapore
Ita
Far East
War Council
Russia
China
Netherlands
White House
Dutch Sink Japanese Vessels West of Borneo Off Batavia Report
Dutch Navy reports in Batavia say three Japanese transports and a tanker were sunk west of Borneo by the Netherlands submarine fleet. A British broadcast quoted Batavia sources as saying two transports were sunk and a Dutch torpedo plane sunk a third, with disputed totals. Dutch air forces also attacked Davao harbor to aid American and Filipino troops resisting a Mindanao invasion.
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Batavia
Borneo
New York
Davao Harbor
Mindanao
Petain Ousted as France Faces German Pressure
Reuters dispatch reports Chief of State Petain resigned under German pressure after a rumored agreement with Hermann Goering. Admiral Jean Darlan would assume Petain powers while Nogues and Juin were summoned to Vichy amid intensified German demands. Fresh German forces move toward the Spanish border.
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London
Reuter
Europe
Petain
France
St. Florentin Dee
Hermann Goering
Darlan
Jean Darlan
Goering
North Africa
Libya
Vichy
Reuters
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Alphonse Juin
Bern
Switzerland
U S Woman Killed by Shell Splinters in Hongkong
American consul general in Hongkong reports Miss Florence Webb a U S citizen born in Shanghai June 15 1908 was killed on December 14 by shell splinters. State department records note her father Percy Dickinson Webb was born in Orange New Jersey. Previously the Dec 19 message said no consulate staff were injured.
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Washington
Hongkong
State Department
Florence Webb
U. S
Japs Seek Hitler Aid Amid Doubtful Move
Dutch planes raid Japanese targets in Malayan and Philippine waters as Roosevelt Churchill coordination aims. Dutch bombing of a Nip tanker in Davao harbor could aid American defense of Luzon and hint at a broader Axis strategy pivot via Davao as a base for southern routes to the China sea.
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Kirke L
Simpson
China Sea
Malayan
Philippine
Davao
Philippines
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