U S Forces Close On Manila as Japs Mass Near Front
Japanese forces push toward Manila with tanks and cavalry as Corregidor endures air attacks. Filipino civilians express anger, vow to defend, while Sayre urges calm. Reports indicate resistance strengthening in Lingayen gulf area and Pampanga, with prisoners attempting to join front lines.
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Sayre
Hish
Francis B. Sayre
Manila
Foonesel
Luzon
Ass Gallant
Tayug
Lingayen Gulf
U.S
Bald
Ignacio Javier
Bilibid
Calumait
Bulacan
RAF Bombs Ruhr Valley and North Coast Area Attacked
RAF bombers hit the Ruhr valley and western Germany targets with extensive fires starting at Emden and Wilhelmshaven where many blazes lit up the night. British planes claimed nine bombers shot down as raids struck rail yards, aerodromes, and shipping along the north coast and Rhineland.
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Emden
Wilhelmshaven
High Command
Germany
North German
Rhineland
Bethune
Gernan-held
Air Ministry
Eden Praises Russian Army on Return From Moscow
On returning to London Eden lauded the Russian army as magnificent after viewing Kalinin and Iset during a major counter-offensive. He said he was lucky to witness military performance of the Russians. He traveled with a British trade union delegation and Soviet trade union leaders on the Moscow LDN trip.
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Kalinin
Iset
London
Whch
Eden
Moscow-London
Moscow
FDR Approves TNT Plant at Point Pleasant
President Roosevelt sanctioned a large TNT production facility to be built near Point Pleasant on the Ohio River, with the project described as potentially among the world's largest. The War Department and U S engineers reported key conferences in Washington and Hopewell, with a planned tour to the Point Pleasant site and the South Point ammonia works about 40 miles downstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Huntington
Mss
B. H. Falkner
U. S
Washington
Hopewell
Point Pleasant
South Point
Ohie River
Congress Session Put Off Until Jan Sth
Congress plans to start the new session on January 9 with a broad war agenda. Leaders expect President Roosevelt to outline wartime strategy and tax measures as Congress eyes defense spending cuts and a push for price controls. The Senate weighs Langer expulsion amid ethics allegations, while the House prepares tax legislation after hearings in mid January.
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Congress
Winston Churchill
Price Couirs
Byrd
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Banking
Senate Committee
House
Privileges and Elections Committee
Sen
William Langer
Langer
Ways and Means
Robbery at Vanderbilt wedding and plant seizure report
A chaotic Beverly Hills wedding weekend is described with a staged robbery during a party where a man posed as a chauffeur stole items from Gloria Vanderbilt and guests. The report also notes a tied labor dispute and seizure of a plant by army authorities and subsequent return to private management after CIO pact.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
Beverly Hills
Cal
CNS
Glotai Morgan Vandebilt
Wid Patrit Creen
Ummigren
Waellington D.C
Palm Beard
Te Tolly- Swood
Miss Vanderbilt
di Cigno
Prince Miki Rumannli
Prince Davie Mdivani
Santi Barbara Mission
di Ciceran
Twenty
di Ciera
Bentix
Fred G. Coburn
Air Associites
Inn
Roy M. Genes
Sincw
Inca
Coburn
War Department
Army
CIO Pact
Privale
Clo Umenshei United Automobile Workers of America
CIO
F. Leroy Til
National Defense
Hill
Navy
Federal Ships Building
Oro Dor
Kearny
N. J
Julius Solof Rites To Be Held Today
Julius Solof, proprietor of the Hat Box, will receive funeral rites at 3 p.m. from his residence in Charleston. He is survived by his wife Virginia Ann, a son Richard, a daughter Janet, a brother Abe, two sisters Dela Solaf and Rebe Bush, and several relatives. Burial follows at Spring Hill cemetery with Owen and Barth Funeral Home in charge, active pallbearers named among local community members.
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Stalien
King
Virginia Ann, II
Solof
Richard
Charleston
Janet
Abe
Huntington
Dela Solaf
Rebe Bush
Pittsburgh
Ariel Goldburg
Delaware Avenue
Spring Hill Cemetery
Owen and Barth
Nat Deutsch
Isaac Shulman
R. E. Plot
Frank A. Baer
W. H. Ehman
Sam Lapinsky
Bernard Selove
Charles Grman
Miao- Sor Dawson
W. E. Chilton
Rich
M. Rowisky
H.R. Puch
J. Bull
C. B
Earl H.L. Wehrie
Sam Campell
Bachmann Sets Up The Ration Bureau In West Virginia
Gen Daniel van Voorhis discusses rationing in the Fifth Corps with Bachmann setting up county defense councils and appointing A A Knapp as assistant state coordinator and William Cracraft as public relations officer. A tire rationing board will be chosen by local defense councils to regulate automobile tires.
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Daniel van Voorhis
Arcis
Bachmann
A. A. Knapp
Charleston
Knapp
Infantry Reserve Corps
Tagnager
Social Security Board
William Cracraft
Wheeling
Dorothea Simon
Thelma Coleman
Bach
Germ-Killing Fungii Report Promises Human Use
Discoveries report germ destroying substances from fungi related to gramicidin, less toxic and promising for human treatment. Tests show effectiveness against worms causing contagious skin disease in cattle and its transmission through raw milk. Columbia University’s Dr Whitly L Hobby notes penicillan guar extract from fungi can kill many germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
wGhitly L. Hobby
Columbia University
New York
Malayan Rail Crossings Hold Against Japanese Assault
World War II dispatches report the Perak river area remains intact as Japanese attempts to cross were repulsed with heavy losses. British scorched earth actions around Ipoh destroyed movable tin and wrecked mines to hinder production. Tokyo claims Ipoh and Kuching fell, while British notes indicate operations south of Ipoh and continued fighting on the Perak front. Royal Air Force and Singapore communiques mention bombings of Malay coast targets and strikes on Penang air bases.
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NBC
CBS
Qur
Malaya
China
Russia
Ipoh
Far Eastern
Tokyo
Kuching
Sarawak
Borneo
Britain
Singapore
Far Eastern Command
Perak
Perak River
London
Dutch Airmen Hit Transport Off Miri in Sumatra
Batavia dispatch cites Indies air action as Dutch planes strike a transport off the Miri harbor in Sarawak. Aneta says Manila reports of 12 more Japanese troopships sunk off Davao lack confirmation. Communique credits American built Martin bombers with downing two Japanese fighters. No official word on parachute troops near Medan after Sumatra attack. observers doubt a large landing succeeded.
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Medan
Sumatra
East Indies
Kuching
Sarawak
Borneo
Miri Harbor
Celebes
Spoh
Malaya
Jarrow
Batavia
N. E. T4
Dutch Army Air Force
Indies
Miri
Aneta
Manila
Davao
Philippines
Chutist
NNC
Axis retreat across Libya tightens as forces clash
The Rome wireless claimed a British encirclement attempt near Agee dakin was repulsed by Italian and German counter‑attacks on the flank. Allied losses were alleged, with 58 armored fighting vehicles and many tanks and motorcycles destroyed or captured amid desert fighting.
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Hich
Colum
Lst
Rome
Ageedakin
Local Bluefield man touts World’s Tonic as aid to aging health
A. E. Tabor of Bluefield Va near Bluefield W Va described his long search for a medicine like World’s Tonic. He claimed relief from constipation indigestion gas headaches and kidney pains after using the tonic and said his sleep and energy improved with fewer dizzy spells and better appearance. He urged careful medicine choice after reaching 70.
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Eidos
Bluefield Va
Methodist Church
A. E. Tibor
Brown Ave
Bluefield
W. Va
Ely
Cohen's
A. E. Tabor
19 Survivors Rescued From Torpedoed Manini
SAN FRANCISCO Dec 29 1941 19 more survivors rescued near Oahu after the Japanese submarine attack doomed the Matson freighter Manini on Dec 17 Twelve men endured nine days in two open life boats and Capt George Sidan of San Francisco is among the rescued all were safe The navy did not disclose further rescue details
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San Francisco
Matson
Naval Districts
Oahu
Pacific
Navy
George Sidan
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Lady Furness
Julius Solof
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Kuantan
Royal Air Force
Meawhile
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Penang
Strait of Malacca
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Malayan
Britwin
Kluang
Malava
Libya
Fifth Avenue
Frazer
Brotherton
Washington End
Beauregard Straeia
America
Gram
Century Distilling CO
Peoria, Illinois
Vea. National Bank
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