Major battle rages in Kedah Malaya and Pacific theater
War brief reports a major battle in Kedah Kedah a major clash between Japanese invaders and Imperial troops with fighter planes aiding ground forces. Dutch submarines sank four Japanese transports off Thailand, then a supply ship and oil tanker. Churchill era dispatch notes British American air cooperation and Penang evacuation plans.
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Malaya
London
Malayan
Kedah
Thailand
Herald
Chunking
Kelantan River
Penang
Singapore
Military Service Registration Notice for Home Defence
The advertisement requires men in Eastern Command to enrol for Home Defence registration by 23 December 1941. Eligible are unmarried men 35 to under 45 as of 11 December 1941, and married men 18 to under 35 as of 11 December 1941, with exemptions listed. Enrolment forms available at post offices and area offices. contact Area Officers for instructions and exemptions.
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Australia
Commonwealth
Victoria Barracks
Junior Farmers Ambulance Fund Appeal Gains Gloucester Support
The Junior Farmers' Club thanks Gloucester business people for donations toward the ambulance fund. About £20 has been raised so far with £3 10s received by donations. more hoped for by Thursday as the fund seeks to meet its quota.
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Junior Farmers’ Club
Gloucester
N.5.w
Russia vows to smash Hitler in world war resolve
Washington dispatch quotes Soviet Ambassador Litvinov declaring Russia will fight to the end to crush Hitler and his Axis machine. He says Russia will not open a second front against Japan and rejects any peace feeler without Britain and the United States. London reports German forces retreat on the eastern front as the Red Army advances.
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Bong Kong
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Guam
Wake
Midway Islands
United States
Bismarck Archipelago
New Guinea
Cape York
Axis
U.S
M. Litvinov
Russia
Hitler
Washington
Japan
New York Times
Babes
Kuibyshev
Hitler’s Peace Feelers Reported by Soviet Spokesman
A Soviet official in Kuibyshev said on Friday that Hitler is issuing peace feelers to Russia but that any peace must be with Britain and America. Pravda asserts the only peace Moscow will consider requires liquidation of Hitler criminals.
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Kuibyshev
Hitler
Russia
Britain
America
Moscow
Pravda
Christmas Holidays at Gloucester Advocate 1941 42
The Gloucester Advocate will print the last 1941 issue on December 23 afternoon and close until January 5 1942 morning. There will be no issues on December 26 December 30 or January 2. First 1942 issue on January 6. Advertisers subscribers and correspondents are asked to note.
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Gloucester Advocate
Church Services Across Denominations This Week
Multidenominational notices list Methodist Gloucester Stratford and surrounding services with Christmas Day observances at Gloucester Ward's River and Heatherdale. Church of England services at Gloucester Barrington Hall Upper Bowman Kia-Ora and Hea therdale. Presbyterian and Free Presbyterian in Gloucester Low Barrington Craven Creek and Bowman Farm. Congregational Craven Creek Copeland. Stroud Baptist at Stroud Allworth and Booral Union Hall led by multiple pastors.
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Stratford
Gloucester
Jarrett
H. Lynn
Ward's River
Church of England
Barrington Hall
Heatherdale
Upper Bowman
Kia-Ora
P.m
J. A. Smith
Bowman Farm
D. Glyn Jones
Free Presbyterian
Lower Barrington Church
Craven Creek
Lower Barrington
J. A. Webster
Copeland
B. Martens
Stroud Baptist
Stroud
Allworth
Booral Union Hall
E. A. Walsham
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Georgie Stirling
Lou Vernon
Charles Kilburn
Marjorie Weaver
John Hubbard
Mona Barrie
Gary Cooper
Doris Davenport
Walter Brennan
DR. Kildare
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