Fanatical Jap Attacks Loosen Britain's Hold
British defenses strained as Japanese forces widen western Pacific assaults. Hongkong, Malaya, and Borneo face intensified land, sea, and air action. Macao reportedly seized. Hong Kong Island bombardment grows. Sarawak landings threaten Singapore base and plans to break British resistance in the region.
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London
Western Pacific
China Sea
Hongkong
Malayan
Borneo
Malaya
Singapore
Oarn
South China
Macao
Sarawak
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Broker Guilty In Sex Case
White Plains, N Y Dec 11 A Westchester County jury found Isaac Brown a 41 year old New York insurance broker guilty of first and second degree murder and attempted first degree murder in a case alleging he stabbed an 11 year old girl five times while posing to perform an abortion The jury deliberated under two hours and Brown reportedly took the verdict calmly He faces up to 25 years in prison.
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White Plains
N. Y
Isaac Brown
New York
Westchester County
Mathilde’‘le Boyer
Brown
Broker
Local theaters offer two films tonight Strand and Dixie
Mrs Lalah Gillespis of 535 Prospect Street attends tonight's screening of Hurry Charley Hurry at the Strand theater while Smilin Through shows for the last time at the Dixie theater.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Lalah Gillespis
Prospect Street
Strand Theater
Dixie Theater
Censorship Plan Envisions Roosevelt Power Over War Data
Washingtondec17 The Roosevelt administration pushes wartime censorship across press radio cables and foreign mails with Byron Price to run the office from Washington. Congress seeks quick legislative grants to empower the president and redefine federal contracts and alien financial dealings while guarding military information.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Byron Price
Associated Press
Press
Trace Activities of Man Who Poisoned Self
BLUEFIELD December 17 officers traced the movements of Russell Brown Snyder 35 from December 8 when he registered at a Bluefield hotel to his death found in his room yesterday Police Chief W B Owen Assistant Prosecutor F Morton Wagoner and Magistrate W W Mc Neal concluded he died by his own poison action and they believe he had been ill for five or six days no inquest will be held.
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Bluefield
Russell
Brown Snyder
W. B. Owen
F. Morton Wagoner
W. W. McNeal
New York Firm Lowest Bidder on Large Bridge
The Harris Structural Steel company of New York City is the low bidder for the super structure of the New Sandy Hook bridge linking Maryland and Virginia. Bid submitted was 735,000 dollars for 2,230-foot span. Substructure work is under way near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Total project cost estimated about 2,130,000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Harris Structural Steel Company
New York City
Sandy Hook
Maryland
Virginia
West
To Buy Bonds By Two Plans
Chicago reports a nationwide drive to boost savings bonds through house to house canvasses and voluntary payroll deductions. A billion monthly sales goal is set for all bonds, with small $18.75 bonds aimed at $400 million monthly. Employers deduct from pay, sending funds to a sales agency when employees accumulate enough for a bond.
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Chicago
Treasury
Harold N. Graves
Secretary of the Treasury
British pressuring Rommel for finish fight near Tobruk
British reports say Rommel's North African force is under pressure on the left flank near Tobruk with 40 more German and Italian guns abandoned and anti tank guns recovered. RAF countered Axis air attacks while striking transport columns behind Axis lines as flanking maneuver to Gazala aims to cut off Derna retreat.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
RAF
Halegh el Olebam
Gazala
Rommel
Derna
Relics Found At Drake's Bay Mounds In California
Dr. Robert F. Heizer announced at the California Historical Society that excavations at Estero mound and nearby shell mounds in Drake's Bay revealed corroded iron ship spikes and blue on white porcelain fragments. The porcelain is identified as Wan Li period wares from 1573 to 1620. The find links California Indigenous sites with early European contact in 1595.
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San Francisco
Drake's Bay Area
Robert F. Heizer
Department of
University of California
California Historical Society
Estero
Limantour
Drake's Bay
Francis Drake
A. L. Kroeber
University
Knox Urges Industry to Speed Production in Wake Island Message
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox cites the gallant defense of Wake Island by U S Marines and urges principal manufacturers and shipyards with Navy contracts to accelerate output. A telegram to contractors states the Navy at Hawaii is undaunted and the Marines still hold Wake Island.
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Washington
Knox
Wake Island
United States
Hawaii
Frank Knox
U S Bombers Hit Vigan in Heavy Philippines Raid
U S Army bombers destroyed 26 Japanese planes and set fuel supplies on fire in a heavy attack on Vigan, landing beachhead held by Japan last week. An official communique noted one plane shot down and 25 destroyed on the ground with no land-change that day. Submarines of the Asiatic fleet also reportedly went into action for the first time in the war with Japan.
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Manila
U. S. Asiatic
Japan
Vigan
Philippines
Three Trainmen Die In Wreck of Flyers
Jefferson City Missouri December 1 The westbound Katy Flyer collided head on with the eastbound Flyer four miles north of Jefferson City early today killing three trainmen and injuring five other railway workers No passengers were seriously hurt By dawn all wreck victims were accounted for Two locomotives were pitched from the rails into an embankment baggage cars were torn open and overturned while a third locomotive and the passenger cars stood upright The standing train had two locomotives
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Jefferson
City
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Here
No Trains Run in Chicago Subway Shelter
Chicago marks 40 years since starting a subway and three year build, with a 64 million bomb proof air raid shelter ready but trains delayed until at least June 30, 1942. Engineers planned 834 miles of underground tunnels ventilated for 130,000 sleepers in an all night raid, though no bunks are provided.
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Chicago Subway
Chicago
Pearl Harbor
Russians Retake Kalinin as Germans Retreat on East Front
Soviet government announced the rout of six German divisions from Kalinin and said Voskoye, 40 miles west, was recaptured. Remnants totaling about 90,000 troops fled west under Russian fire as 13,000 Germans were killed or wounded. Berlin radio claimed heavy German sacrifices for a celebrated commander.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Okoe
Adolph Strauss
Soviet Information Bureau
Upper Volga
Velovo
Moscow Radio
Klin
Information Bureau
Rome
Hugo de Torelli
Torino
Russia
Berlin
Hans Fritsche
State Coal Operators Invited to Washington
Huntington December 17 J D Francis president Island Creek Coal Co and L E B Woods president Crystal Black Coal Co were among prominent operators summoned to Washington by Secretary Harold L Ickes for a conference on solid fuels coordination for defense. The operators will map a program to promote efficiency in the development production distribution and utilization of coke and bituminous and anthracite coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
J. D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Co
L. E B. Woods
Crystal Black Coal Co
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Stress Home Defense Plans From Charleston News
Charleston reports a plan to coordinate the state defense council with the civilian defense office as the governor says no specific military service requirements exist now. The focus is on civilian defenses and not a Home Guard, with the defense council and civilian office awaiting final coordination.
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Charleston
State Defense Council
State Office of Civilian Defense
Neely
Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Carleton C. Pierce
Hawaii Buries Raid Victims In Solemn Rites
Honolulu reports the burial of Navy and Marine casualties after Pearl Harbor raids. Six-foot Marines in olive drab fired three volleys, taps sounded, a Protestant chaplain led the committal as families and crews returned to duty amid blackout conditions.
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Honolulu
America
Navy
William A. Ma
Woman takes up where slain son leaves off
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17. Mrs. Reba Feldman, whose son Jack, 18, was killed at Pearl Harbor, returned to the city and sought to join the Army. She was assigned a job in the Army quartermaster depot, saying there is something she can do for the service.
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Philadelphia
Reba Feldman
Jack
Army
Pearl Harbor
Ideal Xmas Gifts Portable Typewriters Agency Ad
Portable typewriters of all makes advertised by Reming Rand Agency at 428 Adams St Fairmont. Phone 47L post card representative will call. Typing machines bought sold and repaired.
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Ideal Xmas
Fon Rand Agency
Adams St
Fairmont
Japanese alarm as U S subs operate in waters
20 U S submarines reportedly in Japanese waters as Admiral Hart says subs have attacked and scored in two of three efforts during early days of the conflict. Manila reports 26 Japanese planes destroyed at Vigan, Luzon. WA war dept notes Kahului shelling caused no casualties. British HQ confirms Japanese landings in Sarawak.
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Associated Press
Japan
U.S
Thomas C. Hart
US Army
Manila
Vigan
Luzon
Hart
Mikado
Empire
Washington
War Department
Kahului
Hawaiian
Mauri
Philippine
Singapore
Sarawak
War Bulletins Report German Moves and Allied Bombardments
War bulletins from Berlin and London describe German activity in Bulgaria affecting Turkey, with plans for a French German conference on African colonies. A Dutch bomber hit a Japanese destroyer at Miri Sarawak during landing operations near Borneo. British bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven and Bremen in force last night.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Turkey
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Miri
Sarawak
Island of
Borneo
North ‘Borneo
London
Wilhelmshaven
Bremen
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Far East
Great Singapore
Frank Beatty
New Yorker
U. 8
California
U. S
Admiral Ha
Isle
China Seas
Nippon
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