New Propaganda Scheme Revealed
San Francisco was falsely claimed to be attacked by Japanese bombers in a December broadcast panic attempt. The Public relations office of the 12th district reported that Manila listeners heard a hoax about fires and destruction. Naval intelligence noted intrusions on the KGEI San Francisco program by a Japanese station, warning listeners to doubt such reports.
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San Francisco
Manila
Qames
12Th District
Golden Gate
KGEI
Zach
British Troops Raid Norway Return Safely
British forces conducted a large coastal assault on the Norwegian mainland, landing inland along a deeply indented coast while bombers and destroyers attacked. Reports say several German controlled Norwegian ships were sunk and air attacks targeted Sole airfield. The operation follows prior raids on Lofoten and Spitzbergen with prisoners and miners returned.
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Admiralty
Ap Cariier Air Ministry
Sole
Bole
Stavanger
Fit Rain de Mainsend
Norway
Lofoten Islands
Spitzbergen
Arctic
Draft Charges Against Film Singer Mistake
Los Angeles report says attorney William Fleet Palmer will seek dismissal of Tony Martin's draft complaint for failing to report for a medical examination. Palmer contends the charge arose from a mistake of fact after learning Martin was to take the exam in Chicago. Palmer says the office regrets any temporary inconvenience to Martin.
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Los Angeles
Atty
William Fleet
Palmer
Boori
Tony Martiniz Cwth
Martin
Chicago
Twenty five NYA youths sent to Norfolk shipyards
Twenty five youths from the NYA work experience project in South Gent were sent to Norfolk to work in the U S navy. Glenn S Callaghan said the contingent was the first group from West Virginia and that 25 youths would be sent weekly, with 100 more to follow to other defense industries in Connecticut and surrounding areas.
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NYA
South
Norfolk
Charleston
U. S. Navy
Connecticut
Glenn S. Callaghan
West Virginia
Red Cross War Fund Appeal Seeks Public Help
The American Red Cross War Fund asks for contributions to the Chapter Office at 201 Duffy St or to the Chapter Treasurer. Donations are urged via Kanawha Banking and Trust Company in Charleston West Virginia. Name and address fields noted.
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The
American Red Cross War Fund
Duffy St
Kanawha Banking and Trust Company
Charleston
W. Va
Ihereby
Plan to Stabilize Exchange Advised Memo on new session and wartime policy goals
Congressional leaders plan to begin the second session of the 77th Congress on January 5 with a delay expected. Major fiscal talks include a new tax bill and wartime appropriations, while the Senate tackles price control, Langer disqualification, and strike legislation. A war labor board idea may avoid new laws. Alvin Jones of Elk River Ford was shot in a Goose Creek fight. bank and jail records mention buckshot and injuries.
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First House
Senate
House
Sen. Langer
Senate Banking Committee
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Langer
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
War Labor Board
Alvin Jones
Elk River Ford
Goose Creek
Staate Hospital
Jones
Rumors of Nazi Gen Brauchitsch Landing in Kerry Denied
Dublin reports that rumors of two Nazi generals landing in Ireland are false. In fact a German plane did crash near Waterville in Kerry, but the four occupants were mere airmen none above sergeant rank and none aged over 28.
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Dublin
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitseh
County Kerry
Frieday
Waterville
Eiie
Jap Paratroops Invade Dutch Isle of Sumatra
Japanese forces launched an invasion of Sumatra from a central Malayan base, attacking Medan by air with 17 planes. The bombardment killed 20 and wounded 40 at the airport, with a direct hit on the Royal Dutch Indies satellite office and a plane burned. Other raids hit Sorong and Minahasa, causing fires and casualties, as part of broader Dutch East Indies operations.
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Pacific
Medan
Batavia
Royal Netherlands Indies Satline
Sumatra
Singapore
Indies
Sorong
Minahassa
Celebes
New Guinea
Netherlands
East Indies
Sarawak
North Borneo
Charles Vyner Brooke
Miri
Jtra
Malaya
Java
Great Sunda Islands
Malay Archipelago
Emmons Thanks Public For Aid in Hawaii Raid
Lt Gen Delos C Emmons commander of the Hawaiian department thanks Honolulu civilians for genuine spontaneous kindness in caring for women and children evacuated after the December 7 attack. He says the assistance gave relief comfort and a sense of security to evacuees and strengthened the morale of soldiers at their posts.
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Honolulu
Delos C. Emmons
Hawaiian Department
Thi
Hield
Births for Mr and Mrs Walker and Mr Perrow
Birth announcements report a son Danny Ler born December 20 at the family home in North Charleston to Mr and Mrs PLB Walker. Another baby girl born to Mr and Mrs William Perrow at Charleston General Hospital on a Saturday at 1617 O'Dell Avenue was listed.
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Plb. Walker
Danny Ler
North Charleston
William Perrow
O'Dell Avenue
Charleston General
Father of Nitro Man Dies From Auto Crash Injuries
Lewis F. Hartrantt, Sr., father of L. F. Hartrantt of Nitro, died Saturday in Curlon Springs New York sanatorium from a broken neck suffered in an automobile crash Wednesday night. Services at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Waterloo, New York, tomorrow morning. New Zealanders have donated and loaned over 10,000,000 dollars interest free to the government war expenses fund. Twelve hundred acres in the Bowles home tract near South Charleston are expected to produce over 4,000,000 pounds of tomatoes in the 1941-42 season.
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Lewis F. Hartrantt
L. F. Hartrantt
Curlon Springs
N.Y
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Waterloo
Tle New
Thomas B. Bowleshome
South Charleston
Dunn Hospital
One Killed Five Hurt In Route 60 Collision West Of Rainelle
One woman died and five people were injured in an automobile crash on U S Route 60 about eight miles west of Rainelle. Injured were Mr and Mrs Lee Gately of Charleston and Mae Kyle of Ansted plus a six month old baby. The Neal car struck the Gately vehicle which was parked across the road. Relatives said the Gatelys were returning from North Carolina and Mrs Gately is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Droddy.
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Charleston
Rainelle
W. O. Neal
Ansted
East Rainelle General Hospital
Lee Gately
Dixie Street
East Rainelle Hospital
Margaret Dreddy Gately
Mae Kyle
Neal
Eest Rainelle
Gately
North Carolina
German Youth Flee as Red Drive Advances on Kalinin
German youths retreat in panic before Soviet counteroffensive near Kalinin. Germans pull back west from Kaluga toward Smolensk, about 220 miles west of Moscow. Russian forces claim heavy losses to German units near Kursk on the Moscow Kharkov railway. Stalin issues decree naming six new lieutenant generals and twenty four new generals.
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Red
Kaluga
Smolensk
Moscow
Tim
Kursk
Moscow-Kharkov
Fremer Joseph Stalin
Yanks at Hawaii Hope Japs Repeat First Visit
A naval commander describes Japanese air attacks on Hawaii, noting early bombing of hangars and planes, salvage efforts, and a second wave that disabled most aircraft. He recalls a downed Japanese pilot buried by Americans and expresses a wish for their return.
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Yanks
Hawaii
Hope Japs
Mander
U. S
Hawaiian Islands
Defense Map wall chart offered by Washington Service Bureau
A navy coast and air defense map titled Defense Map 22 by 32 inches is advertised. It shows U S naval air and coast defense bases, range of sea and air patrols, and distances between Atlantic and Pacific points with illustrated current planes and naval units. Readers are urged to send fifteen cents and a coupon to obtain the chart.
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Washington Service Bureau
United States
Atlante
Pacific
Filipino Mayor Dies in Heroic Stand at San Manuel
Manila dispatch reports Mayor Nicomedea Suiller of San Manuel in Pangasinan province made a last stand atop a Japanese tank. He emptied his revolver through a porthole before being killed as Japanese forces pressed inland from Lingayen. Governor Estrada relayed the incident.
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Manila
Nicomedea Suiller
San Manuel
Pangasinan
Santiago Estrada
Lingayen
Civiliang
Buller
U S Planes Challenge Nippon Air Supremacy
A communique from Gen Douglas MacArthur's command says American planes engaged Japanese air forces over the Philippine theater. Bombers sank a Japanese troop transport and damaged others in a Christmas night attack on a transport fleet near Davao Mindanao, while anti aircraft batteries on Luzon claimed at least three enemy bombers.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Far Eastern
Philippine War
America
Bulletin
Davao
Suaport
Mindanao
Luzon
Philippine
Philippine Situation Said Well in Hand
An American officer arriving from the northern Luzon front told the Manila Bulletin that the Japanese appeared to be falling back in places and that the overall situation was well in hand. Filipino troops were described as fighting marvelously with high morale and spirit on the Lingayen front as anti aircraft guns on the northern front knocked down nine Japanese planes yesterday.
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Manila
Luzon
Manila Bulletin
Lingayan
Japanese Air Attacks Press Manila Front Amid Luzon Battles
Allied lines hold firm in Luzon as American and Philippine troops resist waves of Japanese air attacks. MacArthur reports growing enemy pressure from the southeast and limited activity in the north while Manila ends its blackout after weekend bombings. Japanese reinforcements land along Lingayen gulf as two thrusts threaten Manila from Atimonan and Laguna de Bay. Bermuda taps Azores workers to ease labor shortages.
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Luzon
MacArthur
Manila
U. S
War Department
Washington
Lingayen Gulf
Philippine
Lamon Bay
Atimonat
Atimonan
Luzon Island
Lucena
Laguna de Bay
Britain and Soviet Union Agree on New Axis War Strategy
A London report outlines Eden and Churchill coordinating Moscow talks with Roosevelt in Washington. The discussions target a united anti Axis front, with Russia’s role in Europe and the Far East examined and future contingencies planned. Eden’s Moscow visit included front-line observation and high level military and diplomatic talks.
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Europe
Moscow
Ussr
Great Britain
Japan
Russig
Maxim Litvinov
Washington
Germany
Tiwan
Eden
London
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
China
Chiang Karabek
Moscow War Front
Red Army
Frater Atep
Russia
Churchill
Britain
Stalin
Litvinov
Estes
Ing
Sinsys
Chamberlain
Italy
Nye
Molotov
Imperial General Staff
Alexander Cadogan
Ivan M
Retired Miner Joe Shafer Ends Life in Carbondale
Joe Shafer 72 a retired mine foreman of Carbondale committed suicide at his home Saturday night state police reported yesterday He shot himself in the head with a revolver authorities said
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Joe Shafer
Carbondale
Manila Bombing Deepens Open City Claim
Japan denies recognition of Manila as an open city while air raids hit Rizal province towns centering on the old walled city. Explosives struck the treasury, Fort Santiago, Deletran College, Santa Domingo Church, and the Manila News plant, with fires and heavy property damage reported. General MacArthur calls Manila undefended as Filipinos agree to the open city stance.
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Bhan
Japan
Rizal
Manila
Treasury
Pasig
Deletran College
Santa Domingo Church
Lees
Bert Silen
NBC
Atlas
Tokyo
U. S
Douglas MacArthurse
MacArthur
Japanese Death Blow In Malaya
British Far East forces prepare for a decisive Singapore battle as Gen Henry Pownall arrives to lead. RAF raids hit Patani airdrome, while British units ambush and repel Japanese along the Perak front near Ipoh. Allies push back with Indian warfare tactics and snipers picking off retreating troops.
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Henry R. Pownall
Britain
Far East
Imperial General Staff
Singapore
Malaya
RAF
Patani
Chemor
Ipoh
Perak i
Perak
Philippines
Japan
China
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Fair Jain
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G. W. Loar
Fairplain
Mays Funeral Home
Ripley
Warren
Wayne Harpold
Velma Seymour
Mary Winbush
Ruth Jackson
Mount Carbon
Joe Carter
Thomas Carter, Jr
Montgomery
William Catter
Washington and Coleman Funeral Home
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Mahan
Blair Morton
Paintsville
Faminy
Gay and Kittenger Funeral Home
D. M. Watson
W. L Byrene
Ashland
J.W. Webb
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Pratt
J. C. Beirne
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H. H. Walker
Elkridge
Raymond Walker
Roy Lett
Poca
Icie Whittington
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Antioch Cemetery
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Republic
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Burlet
Republic Cemetery
Downs Jean Turley
Donna Jean Turley
Frazier Turley
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Horace Duke
Bromland
Noble Long Funeral Home
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Billie Turley
Sable Davis
Maria Cash
Ruth
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Charles Morgan
Merlene
Genevive Morgan
Pryor Funeral
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James Clayton
Calloway
Warfield Pierce
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Beckley
Preston-Lawson Funeral Home
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Hernshaw
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Ross Streets
Hernshaw Baptist Church
Bruce Cooper
Hawks Cemetery
Mary Rucker
Lkening
Kanawha County
Court Istreet
Marple Memorial Church
Mr. Durst
Spring Hill Cemetery
Barlow Funeral Home
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Jack Rucker
Margaret,Slack
Thomas Carter
Mount Car
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Sorresreteen
Chadd
Eire
von Brauchitsch
Dutch
Isle of
Emmons
Nitro
Hurton
M. Kerby
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Iola Thirteenth Street
Washington, D.C
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Liead
U.S
Bermuda
Azores
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
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