Axis Front Smashed in Libya and Army Expansion Plans
Axis front in Eastern Libya shattered after five days of fierce combat as German panzer units retreat, British command announces relentless pursuit. In Washington, Secretary Stimson says Army expansion to greatest strength needed, over 150,000 more troops planned, selective service to finance build, with officers called to duty and weathered advances noted.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Middle East
Derna
Panzer
Stimson
Army
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Japanese Cruiser Set Afire By Dutch Plane
A Dutch flying boat attacked a concentration of Japanese warships and transports off Miri in British North Borneo yesterday and actually set fire to a cruiser rather than a destroyer as previously claimed. Aneta N. E. I. news agency reported.
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Batavia
Java
Nel
Miri
British North Borneo
Aneta
Two-Man Subs Built for Raid Novelty or Necessity
Chairman Vinson stated that the two-man submarine captured from Japan during the Pearl Harbor raid seems built specifically for that mission. Naval experts suggest it was designed to slip under anti-submarine nets, with two subs used in the attack and likely transported aboard a surface ship before deployment. The Navy does not deem them new weapons, and Secretary Knox remarked the Pearl Harbor strike revealed no new arms.
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Vinson
House Naval Committee
Pearl Harbor
Naval
Pacific
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
The Strand and Dixie Theatre Carded Evening Attractions
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. Arleyen Marple of 508 Walnut Street to tonight's Strand showing Hurry Charley Hurry or Sweetheart of the Campus while Prairie Stranger is a current double feature at the Dixie. Verification may be required.
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The
Grafton Gentinel
Arleyen Marple
Walnut Street
Hurry
Charley
Strand Theatre
Praire
Dixie Theatre
Red Victories World-Wide Reported From Moscow Front
Washington dispatch notes Nazi reverses in Russia, boosting Allied hopes. Experts say Soviet defense momentum may threaten Tokyo by forcing simultaneous Allied and Soviet pressure, potentially aiding Hawaii Philippines Singapore Hongkong and U S Pacific fronts. See RED VICTORIES page 5.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
Russia
Tokyo
Pear Harbor
Hongkong
Singapore
Asiatic
United States
Pacific Islands
Europe
Japan
Siberian
Hawaii
Philippines
British withdrawal threatens Penang as Kedah front widens
London report says a south of the Kedah river retreat jeopardizes Penang, with British observers declaring Penang could be lost. Japanese forces shell Hongkong area while pressing the Malay peninsula coast opposite Penang. CBS radio notes mainland penetration about 40 miles inland and ongoing divisions among forces.
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London
Krian
Kedah
Penang
Toda
Malay Peninsula
Hongkong
CBS
Island craft sunk by mine near Manila Bay
Manila December 18 report says about 500 people are missing after the 1,881 ton inter island passenger steamer Corregidor sank in shark infested waters near Manila Bay yesterday. The ship carried about 800 people and about 300 known to be rescued. Water front chatter says many travelers pay their fare aboard ship so actual numbers may be higher.
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Manila
Corregidor
Manila Bay
High Officer Feared Dead In Transcontinental Plane Crash
Washington reports Major General Herbert A. Dargue commander of the 1st Air Force and seven others aboard a missing Army plane after a transcontinental flight. Last contact near Palmdale California. crash or forced landing suspected. List of missing includes Col. Bundy Lieut Col. Ricker Major McCaffery Capt. Leavitt Lt. Burns Staff Sgt Hoffman Pvt Van Hamm Jr. Dargue is a veteran flier who often piloted the plane.
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Washington
War Department
Herbert A. Dargue
1St Air Force
Stimson
Palmdale
Calif
Dargue
Charles W. Bundy
War Department General Staff
Home
George W. Ricker
Hugh F. McCaffery
Mitchelfield
New York
J. G. Leavitt
Marchfield
Los Angeles
Homer C. Burns
March Field
Spokane
Wash
Stephen Hoffman
Sun
W. Va
North Luella Street
Charleroi
Samuel J. van Hamm, Jr
Fort Collins
Colo
Twin Falls
Idaho
Scientist Reveals Relapsing Fever Cause In Texas
A University of Texas bacteriologist reports that a tick species ornithodor fluricata carries the spirochettes behind relapsing fever. The disease cycles in surges with multiple relapses, sometimes seven within seven months, as described ahead of a Dallas AAAS meeting.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dallas
W. T. Schuhardt
Chuhardt
Senate to Act on Lower Age for Draft Bill
Washington dispatch reports Senate expected to approve a bill lowering draft age to 19 and 20 despite House opposition. President Roosevelt endorsed the 19 year minimum, while the House kept 21 to 44 as the active duty range and rejected 20 year olds.
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Senate
Washington
Administration
House
Roosevelt
McCormack
The
United States
eSey
Navall
Neely Seeks End to Strike in Richwood War
In Richwood, Governor Neely urged mediation or arbitration to settle a two month labor dispute involving a lumber mill, a clothespin factory, and a CIO union. He offered to appoint a three person board if parties refuse cooperation, as Cherry River Boom and Lumber resumes work for 1000 employees amid post strike violence.
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Richwood
CIO
Neely
West Virginia
Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company
Wallace Corporation
United Construction Workers
Cherry River Company
Thomas Hicks
Red Cavalry Ski Troops Press West Of Moscow Front
Soviet shock troops drive from Moscow defense area to widen a counteroffensive gains above and below the capital. Volokolamsk is near collapse as Mozhaisk withdrawal is reported. Aleksin, 30 miles northwest of Tula, is listed among occupied towns. German rear guard actions continue amid heavy winter fighting.
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Red Army
Moscow
Volokolamsk
Mozhhaisk
Siberia
Soviet Information Bureau
Central Front
Aleksin
Tula
Seven Youths Die In Wreck Near West Union Illinois
A National Youth Administration bus crashed on Illinois highway 1 near West Union killing seven youths. Dead are Tom Ollinger 17 Henry Ollinger 16 James Holbeck 15 Barney Shank 15 Richard McClure 20 Earl Melton and Vic Turner from Casey and Marshall. Driver Ferris Williams 34 hospitalized in critical burns. Two youths Henry Walters and another from Marshall unaccounted for. The bus was returning to Marshall from Oblong after NYA project work.
Japanese Raids Lightly Damage Manila Air Fields
United States Far Eastern Command reported Japanese raids on Nichols and Zablan fields caused light damage with no casualties. The entire Philippine army was inducted into the U S A F E for unified defense. General Basilio J. Valdes remains in command as MacArthur approved a $10 million public relief and civilian defense check to Quezon from Roosevelt’s emergency fund.
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Manila
United States Far Eastern Command
Nichols
Zablan
Philippines
U. S. Army of the
Philippine Army
Macarthur
Manuel Quezon
Washington
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Germans Hint Events Brewing in Spain Now
German radio says Madrid dispatch reports the Spanish armed forces supreme council continuing deliberations started ten days ago. District commanders confer with Generalissimo Francisco Franco before returning to their posts in Madrid Catalonia Andalusia and Spanish Morocco.
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New York
Madrid
Supreme Council of the Spanish Armed Forces
Catalonia
Andalusia
Spanish Morocco
Francisco Franco
New Hawaiian Commander Hails From West Virginia
Lieut. General Delos C. Emmons, Huntington native and former youngest brigadier general in 1936, becomes commander of the Hawaiian Department and the first American air officer to gain full command of field operations. A Huntington High School alumnus, he graduated from West Point in 1909, served on the Mexican border, and joined the aeronautical section of the Army Signal Corps in World War I.
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Huntington
Delos C. Emmons
Hawaiian Department of the Army
Emmons
Chuck
Infantry
West Point
Army Bignal Corps
Five Japanese subs sunk after Pearl Harbor attack
Tokyo reports five special type subs failed to return from the December 7 Pearl Harbor raid. The pocket subs, 41-foot two-man craft, one was captured and another destroyed. Japan also admits the loss of 28 planes and says a U.S. carrier once reported sunk is believed to have escaped.
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Tokyo
Naval Command
United States Hawaiian Naval Bay
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Hawaii
Dee
Grafton Sentinel Invites Attendees to Desert Bandit showing
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Ruby M Kennedy of Parkview Rd 1j and others to tonight's presentation of The Desert Bandit at a local venue.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ruby M. Kennedy
Parkview
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