Senators Decree A Dose Of Their Own Medicine For Japanese Cities
The nation reacts to Japanese attacks on Manila with calls for retaliation yet cautions against rash moves. Officials defend firm action while senators urge measured objectives and warn against harming civilians. Some lawmakers insist on eventual strikes on Tokyo and other targets as readiness grows.
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Iris
Secreof State Hall
Philip
China
Hitler
Pearl Harbor
Manila Harbor
South China Sea
Laon
Archipelago
Manila Bay
Fort Mills
Corregidorsland
Fort Hughes
Fort Drum
Themelves
Austin R
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Congress
George
Mose
Wheeler
Mont
United
Tokyo
Kobe
Thomas
Utah
Manila
Dombing
Uni- States
England
Finnish Continues From Page One
The report notes stages and rising tempo as shipyards exit basic facilities. Land states oceangoing merchant shipyards capacity grew from 10 to 275, an increase of about fivefold, excluding Great yards.
U S Turns Sixth Column On Spies In Brooklyn Trial
A four month Brooklyn trial convicted 14 defendants of conspiring to avoid registering as foreign agents and of delivering U S defense secrets to Germany. The FBI used a Hamburg led sixth column tactic with a Long Island transmitter to expose networks and finance. The ring included mostly naturalized Americans trained abroad, seeking rewards and safe homeland futures.
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New York
United States
Brooklyn
Germany
U. S
America
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aoa
FBI
Long Island
Hamburg
Spipg
Lisbon
Duarte
Berlin
London
Gestapo
PBS
Markets End Week With Narrow Rally Led by Commodities
Disappointing week closes with a Saturday uptick as tobacco and steel shares drive a fractional gains up to 2 points on many favorites. The Associated Press average gains 3/5 point to 36.7, while 1.16 million shares trade, the largest Saturday volume since 1940.
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Bernard
O'Hara O' York
Wabaccas and Steels
Associated Press
Chicago
Cotton futures rise in New York and New Orleans trading
New York cotton futures climbed to around 15 cents with March at 16.96 to 17.00 and December near 17.19 to 17.22 as quiet session support and weekend short covering supported gains. In New Orleans, prices closed steady with three to five point gains across March May July October December contracts.
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N. Y
New York
New Orleans
Average cotton prices and grain market shifts reported
New Orleans shows middling cotton at 17.39 cents per pound with 30 day average 17.01. Chicago grain markets rise as soybeans gain over 3 cents and corn and wheat advance. soybeans settle at May 1.80.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Davies Says USSR Should Not Enter Far Eastern War Now
Former U S ambassador to Russia Joseph E Davies urges delaying Soviet entry to the Far Eastern conflict to avoid a pincers move by Germany and Japan that could knock Russia out. He discusses Stalin purges, dispatches, and a potential peace with Hitler, praising Russia’s winter stamina and Moscow’s leaders as trustworthy.
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New York
Joseph E. Davies
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
Davies
Stalin
Red Army
Moscow
Hell
Hitler
Sumner Welles
Donets
San Francisco
Rostov
Japanese Bet on Uncle Sam From Detained Bank Funds
A group of Japanese detainees at Fort Missoula Montana asked to transfer 22823 in frozen funds to U S Defense bonds. Willard Kelly, director of border patrol, was advised by the alien detention station director to seek guidance. The immigration bureau consulted Treasury foreign funds division on the procedure.
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Washington
Dec
Fort Missoula
Mont
Uncle Sam
Willard Kelly
Border Patrol
Immigration Bureau
Treasury
Foreign Funds
Antiwar Paper Quits Oklahoma City
Oscar Ameringer announced the suspension of the American Guardian next Friday. The semi monthly paper has waged a long antiwar campaign since 1916 from Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Oscar Ameringer
American Guardian
Army Revisions Favor Merit over Seniority for Officers
The War Department orders temporary promotions based on demonstrated merit as land forces expand. Reserve and national guard officers, plus recalled retirees, will be affected with 60 percent of future promotions chosen by field commanders and the rest by the War Department. The change accelerates advancement for capable officers and aligns selectivity with battlefield performance, extending to regulars while permanent promotions remain law-bound by seniority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
National Guard
Regular Army
Reserve Corps
Second Death in Crash Reported in Alabama
In Permingham Alabama a second death from a Christmas morning crash is confirmed. E L Baker and his wife from Ensley and their two children Edgar and Florence were en route to visit friends in Washington DC when their car burned near Washington Georgia. A 17 year old Auburn student Kish Fisvense died from injuries. the Bakers remain hospitalized with non critical injuries.
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Permingham
Ala
Ensley
Edgar
Florencé
Charleston
D. C
Washington
Auburn
Fisvense
Kish
Town Honors U S Admiral Nimitz in Fredericksburg Texas
In Fredericksburg Texas a town celebration proclaimed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Day with a community open house. Homes were opened and residents served Pfeffernese and zimtsterne while locals shared stories of the German American ranch boy who rose to command the Pacific fleet.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
Texas
Chester W. Nimitz
Edward Krauskopf
Navy
Zimmit Sterne
Nimits
Charles M. Nimite
Chester
Manila
Town Creek
Nimitz
Admiral Dewey
Naval Academy
William Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
Kerrville
John H. Reagan
Pacific War Updates and Allied Strategy Report
United States Navy reports two destroyers lightly damaged with no casualties amid Japanese bombing near Lamon Bay Atimonan. Submarine activity on the U S West Coast and Hawaii is being countered. Allied talks in Washington between Roosevelt and Churchill map a broad anti Axis strategy as Japan pushes in Malaya and Sarawak while Dutch East Indies forces harry Japanese shipping. Australia vows reliance on the United States with Curtin stressing life and death stakes in the Pacific.
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Lamon Bay
Atimonan
Navy Department
United States
U. S
Hawaii
Japan
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Canada
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
Sarawak
Borneo
Malay
Ammienr
Singapore
Henry Pownall
Par East
War Office
T. J. Hutton
Burma
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Hutton
D. K. McLeod
Australia
Pacific
Europe
John Curtin
Commonwealth
America
Britain
Cuban Senate Ratifies Trade Pact With United States
The Cuban senate ratified a commercial trade treaty with the United States granting tariff concessions on sugar and tobacco and a pledge to safeguard the American market for Cuban sugar.
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Havana
Cuba
Cuban Senate
United States
Paper bag production tied to massive paper use last year
Census Bureau data show American factories used about 670000 tons of paper to manufacture paper bags in the prior year, highlighting the scale of packaging demand and the industry’s material footprint.
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The
Census Bureau
Christmas Notes Bring News From Decatur Area
Dias n als-DIARY E defense measures addressed. Claude McMillan arrived from Nashville to spend holidays with homefolks. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Peterson return to Birmingham after Christmas with relatives. Frank Blankenship and family guest of Ora Blankenship Garnett Dement and Thalcolm Bolton. Masterson grandson of J. P. Masterson saved from the Arizona in Pearl Harbor. Lieut. Commander Masterson is Las Vegas New Mexico, former Decatur resident. Pvt. Norman Lovelady returns to Fort Bragg. Raymond Thornhill to Jackson after holidays with Rowe family. Versin Anderson returns from Gulfport. Myrtle Martin visiting Nashville. Mickey Green home for holidays from Montevallo. Mrs. W. A. Cramer spends Christmas in Birmingham. Bill Littlefield and D. W. Speake visiting Nashville. Hallie Hughey returns from Elkton. Carolyn Beatty returns to Tuscaloosa after visiting Trinity. Mrs. D. C. Sivley Elsie May injured in Christmas Day wreck improving at hospital.
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M. A. Masterson
K. A. Masterson
Arizona
Masterson
J. P. Masterson
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Decatur
Safety Plans for New York Times Square New Year’s Eve
Police commissioner Valentine says 2 102 patrolmen detectives and three emergency squads will guard Times Square for the 1942 New Year’s celebration. Fire apparatus air raid service and wardens will advise on quickest exits with loudspeakers to guide evacuations if alarms sound.
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New York
Times Square
Lewis J. Valentine
Japanese Air Raid Hits Manila Intramuros and Harbor
Waves of seven to twelve planes pummeled Manila’s harbor and Intramuros area causing widespread destruction. The attack sank two freights and four coast guard cutters, scorched the treasury and churches, and disrupted communications as bombs hit the university and convent and nearby government buildings.
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Fort Santiago
Treasury and Commonwealth
Ecclesiastic and Cultural
Intramuros Secion
Manila
University of Santo Tomas
Santa Clara Convent
Intramuros
Treasury
Mann
Wall Street
Fifth Avenue
Arca
Philippine Government Coast Guard
Corregidor
Laguna
Santa Crus
Calamba
Los Banos
Laguna Lake
Calauan
Associated Press
NBC
Santa Tomas
MacArthur
Doctor Urges More Rest For War Effort
Dr. R. McFarlane Tilley of Brooklyn and president elect of the American Osteopathic Association urged a voluntary midnight curfew to conserve energy and boost fitness for the war effort. He spoke in Chicago at an association committee meeting stressing that late hours and reveling have no place in a nation striving for victory.
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Chicago
R. McFarlane Tilley
Brooklyn
The
American Osteopathic Association
Association
Southern's Men to Give Day's Pay
In Knoxville Tennessee a group of Southern Railway workers launched a drive for every employee to donate one day's pay to the national treasury. Yardmaster J E Hightower said over 150 had signed up and he hopes all Southern employees participate, possibly spreading to other railroads. About 75 000 workers exist in the system and a full contribution could raise around 600 000 dollars.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
National Treasury
J.E. Hightower
Southern
Transportation Department
Southern System
Hightower
British Warships Attack Norwegian Islands Then Withdraw
Berlin radio reported British warships began operations against several small Norwegian islands and outlying coastal tips but pulled back when German planes and coastal defenses arrived. The actions were said to avoid central coastal defense points.
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Berlin
Norway
Mail Use Urged Instead of Phones Across Nation
Postmaster General Walker urged Americans to use air mail instead of long distance telephone calls to keep wire lines open for emergencies. Telephone companies requested only urgent long-distance calls amid dawn-to-dusk air mail service between coasts.
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Washington
Walker
Pearl Harbor Two Man Raider Salvaged For Study
The second Japanese two man death by own action submarine salvaged after the Dec 7 attack is under Navy technical review in Pearl Harbor. Its conning tower bears a shell hole from an attacking aircraft tender’s gunner. The craft, over 70 feet long, uses a mother ship, carries two 18 inch torpedoes and a 300 pound demolition charge, with a top speed of 24 knots.
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Wendell Webb
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Waimanalo
Hobos Urged to Enter Service in Wartime Rally
Dr J Leon Lazarewitz president of the Rambling Hobo Fellow ship of America arrives in Duluth urging hoboes to enlist. He quotes the movement once large before the war and says the American way of freedom is threatened urging hoboes to grab freight and report to a military reservation or be labeled cowardly.
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Duluth
Minn
J. Leon Lazarewitz
Hobo Fellowship of America
Hobohemia
Equipment Seizure Ordered for Japanese German and Italian Nationals
The Justice Department ordered Japanese German and Italian nationals across seven Pacific coast states to surrender all short wave radio gear and cameras by 11 p.m. Monday. The move aims to curb enemy communications during the wartime period.
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Washington
Justice Department
Pacific Coast
Police radio sets hit about five thousand at census
At the latest census of manufactures the annual production of radios for police use stood around 5,000 sets.
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Islands
Gard
Petective
Bt. Pierre Et Miquelon
U.S
PBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Wilam G. Sebold
ARMY
Mrs. Baker
Luzon
Fred M. Speake, Jr
Hartselle
Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Brooks Field
Fred M. Speake
Dias
Als
Claude McMillan
Nashville
Mrs. H. L. Peterson
Birmingham
Frank Blankenship
Roswell, New Mexico
Ora Blankenship
Garnett Dement
Thalcolm Bolton
Norman Lovelady
Fort Bragg
N. C
Raymond Thornhill
Jackson
R. R. Rowe
Versin Anderson
Anderson Business College
Gulfport
Miss
Myrtle Martin
Mickey Green
Montevallo
Mrs
J. H. Green
W. A. Cramer
Bill Littlefield
D. W. Speake
J. R. Waddell
Rogersville
Hallie Hughey
Elkton
Carolyn Beatty
Tuscaloosa
Sara Neville
Trinity
D. C.sivley
Elsie May
Benevolent Society Hospital
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