Manila RAID Report Signals Japanese Air Attack
Manilla area reportedly came under Japanese air attack this afternoon in a brief AP dispatch with parts missing. Indies forces in Singapore and Malaya faced intensified Japanese assaults as Dutch East Indies ships and planes reinforced defense efforts.
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Manila
New York
A.P
Associated Press
Indies
Singapore
Netherlands East Indies
Asia
Malaya
Ban Newsmen Berlin and New York Air Raid Warnings
United States newspaper correspondents were dismissed from a daily press conference and told to return home due to accusations of axis newspapermen being arrested in the United States. In New York, air raid warnings were issued at 8:41 a.m. with an all clear at 9:01 a.m., amid reports of imminent enemy bombing and conflicting notes from Mitchel Field.
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Berlin
United States
New York
Long Island
First Air Force
Mitchelfield
Nationals Seized Across Japan During War
The home ministry announced 1270 British and American nationals including Canadians and Australians have been taken into custody throughout Japan since the outbreak of the war.
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Tokyo
A.P
Home Ministry
Japan
Rejoin Garrison Tobruk With British Forces In Libya
Cairo reports the Tobruk garrison has rejoined British forces at El Adem amid claims that Axis retreat has accelerated under Allied pressure. Also the Netherlands East Indies orders general mobilization of all able-bodied men, broadcast from Batavia.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
el Adem
Libyan
Japanese Losses Reported in Transportes and Planes
Imperial HQ admitted two transports sunk and two damaged with no loss of life aboard. Loss of 13 Japanese army planes was also acknowledged, in Tokyo dispatches picked up by AP via official radio.
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Tokyo
A.P
Japan
Roosevelts speech hints at tri pact in force
Rome radio told NBC that President Roosevelt's speech may indicate the tri partite pact could function. A Vichy Tokyo dispatch claimed Japanese airmen at Pearl Harbor flew torpedoes then aimed at targets, repeating the Shanghai raid feat and noting flying boats traveled far with no expectation of return.
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New York
A.P
Rome
NBC
Roosevelt
London
Tokyo
United States
Pearl Harbor
Shanghai
Nichi Nichi
Churchill Announces Loss of Prince of Wales and Repulse
Prime Minister Churchill shocked the House of Commons with the disclosure that the battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse were sunk in the Pacific, marking Britain's costliest naval defeat of the war.
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Commons
London
A.P
Churchill
House of Commons
Pacific
Britain
Congress weighs lowering draft age as war drags on
Washington December 10 United States officials signaled swift passage of a bill to retain all fighting forces for the duration and permit dispatch of selectees anywhere. Senate action readiness followed a House measure while navy enlistments are frozen for six months beyond the war's end. General Hershey noted possible reclassification debates and the unlikely prospect of lowering the draft age from 21 to 18, with changes in registration considered only if necessary.
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Washington
United States
May
House Military Committee
Senate
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Herakey
Rep. May
Hershey
Japanese land under air raid near Aparri Luzon
Allied bulletin cites heavy Japanese landing off northern Luzon from Vigan to Aparri aided by air bombardment. MacArthur reports ships sunk or damaged and unknown force strength, with Aparri and nearby areas bombed to prepare the assault.
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Manila
Aparri
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Philippines
Vigan
Philippine Constabulary
Tuguegarao
Gagayan
One Man Starts Gotham Fiasco
New York awoke to a false alarm as rumors of enemy bombers triggered air raid alerts. Nearly 300 aircraft launched from Mitchel Field and millions faced disruption. A man claimed a Washington radio report, spurring the panic. official verification failed.
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New York
Theenemy
New England
Long Island
Seaboard
Bombera l
Army Air
Mitchel Field
Civian Defense
Boston
New London
Army
Governors Island
N. C
Washington
Specced
War Department
Strand and Dixie theaters show tonight in town
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs C. Cook of 299 Ross Avenue to attend tonight's screenings. Road Show opens at Strand theater while Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde remains at Dixie theater for local patrons.
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Grafton Sentinel
0. C. Cook
Ross Avenue
Strand Theater
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dixie Theater
Wage settlement ended railway express wage dispute
Chicago December 10 The wage dispute of 42000 railway express company employees was settled today with management and labor signing an agreement for a ten cent an hour increase. Wayne Lyman Morse chairman for President Roosevelt emergency fact finding commission announced the signing within six hours of informing the company it must accept the commissions recommendations. Earlier the union warned a strike might be called to enforce the wage demands.
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Chicago
Railway Express Company
Wayne Lyman Morse
Roosevelt
White House
San Francisco Answers Air Raid Warnings After Rebuke
San Francisco wakes to learn to respond to air raid warnings amid a blunt rebuke from General DeWitt. He criticized locals for ignoring blackout orders and warned that death from the air is possible, prompting broader west coast blackout preparations.
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San Francisco
John L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
DeWitt
Canada
Mexico
California
West Virginia Mobilizes Civil Defense Units
Charleston sets Civil Defense councils across the state as guards patrol Ohio river dams and U S war plants. County councils forming in Kanawha, Harrison, Ohio and Berkeley. Sheriff Henderson cooperates with state police. State college reorganizes curriculum to aid students entering war service and sponsors civilian defense activities.
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Charleston
Ohio River
United States
Japan
Parkersburg
State Defense Savings Committee
West
Basil Hayes
Columbus
Kanawha
Harrigan
Ohio
Berkeley
N. R. Henderson
F. H. Falkner
Huntington Division
U. S. Engineers
Institute
West Virginia State College
Manila Bombings and Allied Victory Claims in War News
Manila reports detail Japanese air raids on Manila and suburbs including Nichols Field Fort William McKinley and Neilson airport. Allied communiques announce defeat of a Luzon invasion force with direct hits on three ships at Vigan while Navy air force supported the attack. Roosevelt outlines a seven day work week for war industries as war news highlights shifting fortunes in the Pacific.
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Manila
P. I
A.P
Nichols Air Field
Fort William McKinley
Neilson Airport
Washington
War Department
Luzon
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Pacific
Shure
Phippines
Man
Vigan Ai Aparri
Far Eastern Command
San Fernando
Vigan
Inf
Hawaii
Pstion
Axia
Pices Ane
Far East
North
Central
South
Amerca
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U.S. Naval Base
Cavite
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Oahu
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Strand
Dixie
Moose
Air Force of Navy
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Philippine
Navy
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