Young Japanese Go Gravely To Their Death In Attack
Clark Lee reports from Lingayen front in the Philippines describing 15 to 16 year old Japanese attackers in poor uniforms armed with 25 caliber rifles and submachine guns. He notes American and Filipino forces repelled the assault as artillery duels raged at dawn and backcountry skirmishes continued toward Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Linga
Lingayen
Pozorrubio
Binalonan
Manila
Local Christmas and New Year Visits Noted
Mr and Mrs Edward Chapman visit relatives in Mobile over the holidays. Mr and Mrs James Tyler are Yuletide guests of friends in Birmingham. W H Snyder of the District WPA office returns from Mobile. Stanley Harrison will be New Year weekend guest in Do. W Martin district employment officer WPA spends Christmas in Lauderdale County. He Brown spends the season with friends in fondle. Mrs Norman Lovelady resumes WPA duties here Tuesday morning. The Lovelady couple expected home this weekend from a wedding trip to Tennessee and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Edward Chapman
Mobile
James Tyler
Birmingham
W. H. Snyder
WPA
Stanley Harrison
Do. W. Martin
Lauderdale County
Norman Lovelady
Mrs. Lovelady
Tennessee
Kentucky
Scrap drive aims to fuel 1942 steel output
The Institute of Scrap Iron and Metal announced plans to scour the nation for scrap to support a record 1942 steel output. Barringer said cooperation with the Office of Production Management aims to collect 28 million tons, including 1.5 million from farms, 4 million from graveyards, and 1 million from obsolete machinery, to surpass world totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Institute of Scrap Iron & Metal Today
Barringer
Institute
Office Mae Production Management
Chalk artist Phil Saint to speak at Central Baptist Church
Phil Saint, Wheaton College artist and evangelist, will speak at Central Baptist Church on Sunday December 28 during morning and evening services. He uses chalk and electrical effects to present illustrated gospel messages and has toured the South East and Midwest. Saint, color blind, has built a chalk system to overcome his handicap and has worked with Christian publications including Revelation and Young People Today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Saint
Wheaton College
Central Baptist Church
Saint
South
East
Middle West
Phil
Lawrence B. Saint
Christian Service
Revelation
Young People Today
Cartoorn
Eaton College
Wheaton
Open City Declared for Philippine Capital and War Bullets
A war bulletin notes a fire thwarted, two hours later Manila was declared an open city. London reports a 1941 census showing 396 Americans in Hong Kong with later withdrawals reducing that number. Rubber tire production data show 58.3 million tires with 49.0 million for passenger cars and 8.18 million for trucks and buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine
London
Hongkong
Genius Bureau
Rubber Tire Industry
Infant Mortality Rates Compared in 1940 Census
Census Bureau records show 47 infant deaths per 1000 births in 1940, less than half of the 915 per 1000 deaths reported for the period. This indicates a severe decline in infant mortality over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Bureau
Sunday School Lesson on Faith and Charity Through Christ
Newman Campbell relays the International Uniform Lesson for Dec 28 focusing on Matthew 25 31-46 John 14 1-6 II Corinthians 5 1-10 II Timothy 4 6-8 I Peter 1 3-9 Rev 22 1-5 and the title text In My Fathers house are many mansions The piece discusses Jesus teaching about the final judgment the righteous as sheep and the command to feed clothe visit and aid the needy and how faith and works prepare for the afterlife The article closes with Johns Revelation vision and the Christian hope of eternal light and residence in mansions prepared by Christ for believers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Campbell
Peter
Jesus
Christ Himoe Rae Ee
Paul
Timothy
St. John
Isle of
Patmos
Churchill Addresses U S Senate During War Era Visit
The British Prime Minister praises American resolve and democratic faith as he outlines wartime collaboration with President Roosevelt and top U S officers. He warns of tough days ahead, cites vast enemy forces, and notes shared purpose across democracies. The historic session draws senators, diplomats, and security detail in a rare broadcast setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Britain
United States
Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Cabinet
Senate
British and Allied Plans Amidzing Siege Developments
British troops held a line near Singapore as garrison water supplies were cut. Churchill to speak in Washington while the Free French seizure of St Pierre and Miquelon tests neutrality pacts. State Department warns the move endangers West Atlantic gains and Vichy alignment with Germany. Winston Churchill and MacKenzie King see no prior Canadian knowledge of the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Washington
Senate
Churchill
State Department
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
U. S. State Department
Vichy
Hitler
Berlin
Jean Darlan
Toulon
Germany
MacKenzie King
Canada
Harmon Named Head of Army Air Forces Command
Major General Millard F Harmon, veteran flier, was reported to have been chosen to head the army air force combat command and serve as general field director of army air fighting operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Millard F. Harmon
Tow
Army Air Force Combat Command
Army Air Fighting Operations
Capitol Deadlock Delays Senate Amid Brief House Session
The House met only briefly at noon and members moved to the Senate end of the Capitol. Since Churchill last addressed Parliament, the allied position has worsened in the Orient but improved in Africa, signaling limited progress for lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
General LaFayette
House
King George
Queen Elizabeth
England
Capitol
Barney Phillips
Churchill
House of Commons
Orient
Africa
Scattered weak stocks damp market rally in New York
A passages shows scattered weak trading in New York as American Telephone fell sharply dragging declines in other sectors. Lack of war or business news and heavy tax offerings kept the market subdued with fractional changes and slow intervals, volume around 1.3 million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Telephone
Daily Crossword Across Across and Down Clues
Solvable puzzle with numerous across and down clues covering bodies of water, animals, tools, and abstract concepts. Includes a cryptogram quotation APSX SACRX ZT TZLWKO S PSGZC KBMQ ABMCZMVRE-WKYVCSXAP and a past solution quote THE MALICE OF ONE MAN QUICKLY BECOMES THE ILL OF ALL-SYRUS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SYRUS
King Features Syndicate, Inc
New York Stock and Commodity Markets Close Mixed
New York stocks show mixed results as tax selling stirs a tentative recovery. Bonds slide unevenly while rails lead a ragged downturn. foreign exchange remains inactive. Cotton soft and sugar steady amid liquidations. wheat easy with hedging, corn firm on small shipping demand. hogs steady to 10 lower. cattle steady to weak on yearlings and light steers. Chicago market reports steady hogs and mixed cattle. New York cotton futures close 50 to 55 cents per bale lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Butter and Eggs Market Steady in Chicago
Butter receipts 724,881 steady. market unchanged. Eggs receipts 7,980 steady. market unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Daily Press Hits Record Circulation
Editors and Publisher reports US daily newspaper circulation reached a high for the six months ended September 30 with a two percent gain over last year and a 4.29 percent rise for Sunday editions. The survey covers 103 morning, 146 evening, and 142 Sunday papers coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Newspaper Trade Journal
Audit Bureau
Death of Willie Reed After Christmas Eve Shooting
Archie Harwell is sought by police for allegedly killing Willie Reed during a quarrel at 606 Second Ave North. Reed, a twenty year cotton sampler with fifteen years at Union Compress, died this morning at Benevolent Society Hospital. A shotgun was reported used in the affray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Harwell
Willie Reed
Benevolent Society Hospital
Second Ave. North
Reed
Union Compress
Census Finds Beer Filled U S River Stretch
The Census reports that all beer in 766 million cans consumed in the United States in a year would form a river twenty feet deep and one hundred yards wide. The hypothetical river would stretch from Washington, D C to Bridgeport, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Wacington
D. C
Bridgeport
Conn
Auxiliary Society Reports Fine Efforts and Donations
The American Legion Auxiliary held a social meeting at the Elks club on December 23 with a large turnout. Members praised contributions, announced Red Cross garment making results, and listed committee chairmen for various activities while inviting attendance at a birthday party for Mrs. B F Austin on December 27, 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Elks Club
O. J. Shepard
Red Cross
Halkett
Esther Cain
B. F. Austin
Clara Baugh
Mary Campbell
Wessie Allen
Lou Allen Williams
Kathleen MacEntire
Louise Hine
Erin Walker
Aileen West
Gladys Middlebrooks
Kate Coolidge
Bertha Timberlake
Ruby S. Jones
Louise Roan
Esther Yaney
Leda Almon
Ida Timberlake
National Defense
Nell Jolly
Margaret P. Jones
Man Held for Theft of Alabama Flour Mills Truck
Clifford Rothfuss was jailed on grand larceny charges after the theft and destruction of an Alabama Flour Mills truck and flour shipment. The loaded truck vanished around 2:30 am from a mill lot in east Decatur, was found overturned on the Moulton road twelve miles west, and Rothfuss was detained about 3:30 am. He pleaded guilty at a justice hearing and was bound over to the grand jury with bond set at 750 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Rothfuss
Alabama
Decatur
Moulton
Rothfuss
Sixth Avenue
Hunter and
Parker
B. D. Meadows
Reynolds Plant Sabotage Arrest in Louisville
Wandell Virgil Skelton, 22, of Louisville, was arrested for sabotage at a Reynolds Metal Company defense plant. He told FBI agents he placed a steel piece between rollers, damaging a mill. Skelton, native of Warrick County Indiana, had worked at the aluminum sheet rolling mills since January and pleaded guilty before U.S. Commissioner Ray Kirchdorfer, held on 25000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Wandell
Virgil Skelton
Reynolds Metal Company
Herbert K. Moss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Moss
Skelton
FBI
Warrick County
Indiana
The
Reynolds Company
United States
Ray Kirchdorfer
Mussolini Accepts resignations of Serena and Tassinari
Mussolini in Rome accepted the resignations of Fascist party Secretary Adelchi Serena and Agriculture Minister Giuseppe Tassinari. Serena cited a wish to participate in the war as a volunteer and Tassinari cited health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Andi
Fremier Mussolini
Adelchi Serena
Giuseppe Tassinari
Serena
Tassinari
Census figures show Hawaii factory workforce totals
Census Bureau data place Hawaii factory employment at 16 842 wage earners and 2 186 salaried workers, highlighting the state’s industrial labor distribution.
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Clark Lee
Asia
Lingayen Front
Philip~ Lee
Oakland
Land
Newark
Mexico City
Honolulu
Diannes ‘Diars
He Brown
Fondle
House of Ynions
Trip
United Pene
United Stated
Congress
Harmon
Claudette Colbert
Ray Milland
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
Daily Crossword
Viper
Moss Eek
APSX
Charles Starrett
Terry Walker
Medico
Painted Springs
Roxy
Auxiliary
Reynolds
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