Japan Attacks Allies and Declares War Across Asia
Japan declares war on Britain and the United States and launches air and sea assaults across Asia and the Pacific. Reports say Singapore Hongkong Malaya Thailand Philippines Guam and Manila are attacked while Pearl Harbor Oklahoma and other ships burn. News wires note battleships sunk and widespread bombings as nations declare war.
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Singapore
Hongkong
Tokio
Malaya
Kota Bahru
Pearl Harbour
Hawaii
United Press
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
New York
U.S
Sears Harbor
Manilla
Philippines
Germany
United States
Tokio Radio
Malay Peninsula
Davao Naval Base
Australia on full war footing declared
The Prime Minister Curtin announced that Japan had gone to war with the democracies and Australia is mobilising for total war. War Cabinet meetings defined actions on mobilisation, fuel control, transport and conservation with further sessions planned. The N.E.S. minister urged stronger ARP and NF S service as citizens offer skills.
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Australia
Mr. Curtin
Yesterdday
Japan
Curtin
War Cabinet
Advisory War Council
N.E.S. Organisation
N.E.S
Heffron
A.R.P
N.F.S
Contingent V A Ds Leave Australia for Overseas Service
The first contingent of V A Ds to depart Australia and a large force of Australian soldiers and airmen have arrived safely overseas. Minister for the Army Forde was aboard and examined the quarters while Governor General Gowrie inspected the troops. Crowds gathered at harbor vantage points as ferries carried the men to their ships.
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V.a.s
Australia
ALF
Mr. Forde
Forde
Lord Gowtie
A.lf
R.A.A.F
Russians Gain Ground Near Moscow In Major Push
Soviet counter attacks drive German retreat from Majaisk Moscow highway and push across fronts at Volokalamsk Kalinin Maloyaroslavets Tula sector with heavy Russian assaults. In Libya Allied forces press offensive with mobile columns. Patrol activity high south of Solum and near E Gubbi Tobruk. Britain declares war on Finland Hungary and Romania. 12 Finnish ships seized in US harbours.
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Moscow
Majaisk-Moscow
Volokalamsk
Kalinin
Maloyaroslavets
Tula
Tula-Moscow
Taganrog
Tikhvin
Leningrad-Nologda
Libya
Solum
E Gubbi
Tobruk
Germany
Great Britain
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
Russia
Britain
Canada
New Zealand
United States
U.S
Homebush stock sales report from Sydney
Winchcombe Carson Ltd reports 2142 cattle yarded with prime stock unchanged and other types irregular. best dealers to 56 shillings, steers to 47, heifers to 43, bullocks to 42, cows to 40 per hundred pounds.
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Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
War Savings Groups in Gloucester District
The Gloucester district lists multiple War Savings Certificate Groups with their locations and secretaries, including Bank of New South Wales Group 1 led by E Weekes, Gloucester Post Office Groups 18 and 19 led by F J W Carthew and FL J Carthew, and groups spanning schools, garages, dairies, and businesses with secretaries named. The compilation enumerates group names and contacts to organize savings efforts locally.
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Gloucester
Bank of New South Wales
E. Weekes
Messrs. Street and Parish Pty. Ltd
E. F. Horner
Gloucester District Rural School
W. McGown
Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd
G. E. McGregor
Grahame’s Garage
S. Frost
Pitlochry Public School
B. Hooke
A. R. Paget
Reg. Paget
Les. Stevens
Chapman & Stevens
S. McIntosh
Garner’s Cash
Gloucester Dairy Co
Gordon McGregor
Gloucester Business Block
R. S. Wilson & O
E. Hampton
Gloucester Post Office Group
F. J. W. Carthew
FL J. V. Carthew
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Garner
Toyland
P.O
War IN Pacific
U.S.A
Thailand
Sarawak
British North Borneo
U.S. Naval
Gaum
Pearl Harbour Naval Base
Roosevelt
American Congress
Shanghai
Shanghai Volunteer Corps
Whang Po
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Homebush Stock Sales
Golden Gate Cafe
E. Young
Phone 7
Ieneyee
Myrna Loy
Melvyn Douglas
Raymond Walburn
Bonita Granville
Felix Bressart
Weph Hichard Arlen
Andy Devine
Jeanne Kelly
Pago Pago
Jon Hall
Victor McLagren
Frances Farmer
Olympe Bradma
Gene Lockhart
Bing Crosby
Mary Martin
Basil Rathbone
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