Australian bombers raid Pobra air base in NEI
War bulletins from Batavia report Australian bombers based in Nei ra raiding the Japanese air base on Pobra island between the Celebes and Palau. One aircraft failed to return from these operations. In Washington the Pearl Harbor casualty list arrived and telegrams will be sent to next of kin. public release in two to three days.
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Pobra
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Walsh
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German Drive Claims Massive Soviet Losses in War
London dispatch reports Adolf Hitler announcing to the German people that by December 1 German forces held 3,805,865 Russian prisoners and had captured or destroyed 21,391 tanks 32,541 guns and 17,325 aircraft.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Churchill says Hitler blundered in attacking Soviet Russia
Prime Minister Churchill spoke gravely today on British naval losses in the Pacific and Far East. He predicted British victory in North Africa despite reverses and warned that Hitler had committed a colossal blunder in attacking Soviet Russia.
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United’ States
Pacific
Far East
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Russia
North Africa
Japanese Parachute Troops Land Near Iliagan
Japanese parachute troops were reported to have landed at an airport six miles from Iliagan in Isabela province, about 80 miles south of Aparri, as Filipino constabulary prepared to repel the force.
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Manila
Iliagan
Isabela Province
Aparri
New commander named for North Africa forces in Britain
Prime Minister Churchill announces change at London press conference naming Major General Neil Methuen Ritchie as successor to General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, who led the British army in North Africa. Ritchie is described as tall, gray haired, and a former deputy chief of the general staff appointed earlier this year.
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Churchill
Alan Gordon Cunningham
North Africa
Neil Methuen Ritchie
Ritchie
General Staff
Brest residents shot for arms and espionage in Vichy area
Eleven Brest residents were executed today for possession of arms and explosives and for acts of violence against German forces and espionage, per German authorities as reported in Paris.
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Vichy
France
Brest
Paris
Japanese withdraw from Hankow inland port report
Private foreign sources report that Japanese troops and civilians have begun withdrawing from Hankow on the Yangtze River, signaling a shift in control near the inland port.
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Chungking
Hankow
Yangtze River
Eight Bodies Recovered After Oregon Freighter Sinking
At least eight bodies and several survivors from the freighter Oregon were brought into New Bedford Mass today, about 24 hours after the vessel sank following a collision with a U S Navy ship.
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New Bedford
Mass
Oregon
U S and Philippine troops hunt Japanese on Luzon fronts
U S Army spokesman says Japanese forces landed on Luzon are being disposed of by American and Philippine troops. A 29,000 ton Japanese battleship was left blazing after a bomber attack and Philippine soldiers repelled a light Japanese thrust near Lingayen. No major changes since yesterday except light ground skirmishes near Lingayen.
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Luzon Island
U. S. Army
Toda
Lingayen
Luzon
Gulf of Lingayen
Philippine Army
Vigan
U. S
Phil
Survivors Rescued From Prince of Wales and Repulse
More than 2,000 of about 3,000 crew members from the sunken Prince of Wales and Repulse have been saved in the China Sea. Survivors landed at Singapore aboard a destroyer as British forces fortify Malaya against a Japanese advance. Correspondents Cecil Brown and O Dowd Gallagher were among those rescued from the Repulse.
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China Sea
Naval Bastion
Malay Peninsula
Cecil Brown
Columbia Broadcasting System
New Brighton
O'Dowd Gallagher
London Daily Express
Malaya
Thailand
Britain
Far East
Prince of Wales
MANY SAVED page 7 White Rose Grove Circle No
Delaney's Store on Main Street is cited in a brief item on page 7 describing a local event or update at the White Rose Grove Circle location. The notice mentions Delaney's Store and a street address, indicating a community-facing announcement or report.
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Delaney
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Dawn patrol timing linked to Pearl Harbor attack
Military men note the Army dawn patrols’ strict daily schedule could have aided Japanese planners at Pearl Harbor. An officer recalls Hawaii patrol planes crossing the sky at the same times, suggesting observers might gauge patrol reach to time carrier strikes.
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Washington
Pacific
Hawaii
Great
Japan Claims Lexington Sinking Off Malaya
Berlin radio quoted Japan saying the American aircraft carrier Lexington was sunk off Malaya. Other broadcasts claimed Hawaii as the sinking location. The 33,000 ton carrier completed in 1927 carried up to 90 warplanes and about 2,122 crew.
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London
Berlin
Malaya
Hawaii
Mussolini vows victory as Italy joins war with US
Rome reports Mussolini announces Italy and Germany have declared war on the United States, pledged victory to crowds from Palazzo Venezia. He frames the steel pact with Japan as a historic turn in world history, urging Italians to endure and prevail.
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Germany
Italy
United States
Japan
Mussolini
Palazzo Venezzia
United States of America
Tin Pan Alley to Declare Youre a Sap Mister Jap
New York reports Tin Pan Alley’s song publishers race to publish war tunes aimed at Japan. Publishers say thousands of war songs with sharp lyrics are arriving, with at least two ready for printing. Titles include Youre a Sap Mister Jap and The Sun Will Soon Be Setting For the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Tin Pan Alley
New York
Japan
Mama
Weill
Russians Destroy Two Nazi Infantry Divisions
Moscow radio announced that Russian forces destroyed two German infantry divisions and recaptured Olets in southern Russia. German losses were listed as 12,000 killed and wounded on the Orel sector battlefield, with German retreat continuing.
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Olets
Russia
Orets
Orel
Tucker Youth Dies in Raid Charleston War Casualty
West Virginia records a fourth Pearl Harbor casualty as 88 more U S military deaths are listed in Hawaii. In Charleston an immigration official notes over twenty aliens have their plans to naturalize halted by the war. Staff Sergeant Harold C Elyard, son of Mrs Lona Conway of Coketon Tucker County, is named in the casualty list. Edward J Kennedy, an examiner of the immigration and na-.
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West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
U.S
War Department
Harold C. Elyard
Lona Conway
Coketon
Tucker County
Edward J. Kennedy
British mobile columns press Axis on retreat from El Adem
Cairo dispatch reports British mobile columns attacking Axis forces retreating west from El Adem. The communiqué says mobile forces continued attacks throughout the day and repelled German tanks near El Adem, 15 miles south of Tobruk, with two western Tobruk posts recaptured.
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Egypt
el Adem
Tobruk
Army Bomber Sinks Haruna Off Luzon Coast
Secretary of War Stimson announced that Army bombers sank the 29,000-ton Japanese battleship Haruna off Luzon in the Philippines. He reported Japanese landing on Luzon limited to Aparri, with strong U S resistance. Congress quickly voted war against Germany and Italy, amid Roosevelt urging rapid unity for victory.
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Italy
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Philippines
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House
Yates
Montana
Jeanette Rank
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Japan
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler Declares War on United States in Reichstag Speech
Hitler spoke for about an hour in the Kroll Opera House declaring war on the United States and asserting Germany and Italy would honor the Tripartite Pact with Japan. He said the U S attacked Japan, called for passports for the American chargé d’affaires, and claimed Germany’s unity and foresight as decisive in a historic struggle. Introduced by Goering, he described the conflict as the greatest decision in a century and ended before 9:37 a.m. EST.
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London
Germany
United States
Britain
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Kroll Opera House
Italy
Japan
Hitler
Berlin
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Reichstag
Du Pont to Expand Morgantown Plant under $15 Million Contract
Morgantown announces a $15,000,000 expansion with E I du Pont de Nemours to raise total plant costs to about $55,000,000. The project covers construction, equipment, and operation of an additional unit to broaden production of ammonia and related chemicals at the ordnance works.
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John Huling, Jr
Morgantowin
Notable double bill at Opera House Tonight
Mrs George Cou welcomes patrons to West Main Street for a double feature at the Opera House. The program includes Hard Guy and Outlay Cherokee Trail presented as a single evening bill tonight.
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Grafton Sentinel
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Strand Theater
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