War Changes NBC Program in wartime schedule
New York Dec 19 Wide World NBC Red aviation drama ends after Dec 26 with prizes and shift to aviation fiction avoiding military secrets. MBS to broadcast Florida vs UCLA football Saturday opening at 1 45 pm, schedules rearranged for full description. Friday night lineup includes Berle Laughton Gangbusters and a lightweight boxing match Lew Jenkins vs Sammy Angott.
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New York
Army Air Corps
MBS
Jacksonville
Florida
Ucl.a
CBS
NBC Blue
CBS East
NBC
Joseph E. Davies
Hu Shih
Shirley Temple
Lionel Barrymore
Berle and Laughton
S Morgan
Lew Jenkins
Sammy Angott
JAP BOMBERS STRIKE IN HIT AND RUN ATTACKS
The report describes Japanese bomber activity in two waves over a target with planes seen in unbroken formation. The afternoon communique notes 24 planes in the first group and nine in the second, triggering alarms in Manila around 1:30 p.m. local time and 11:30 p.m. EST.
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Manila
Ringside Maisie at Strand Theatre
Maisie, played by Ann Southern, stars in Ringside Maisie at Strand Theatre. The plot follows her and a jitterbug scene as she seeks new work and becomes entangled with a young prizefighter, his hardboiled manager, and his invalid mother amid ring battles and melodramatic complications.
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Maisie
Strand Theater
Ann Southern
Miss Southern
Masie
City of Missing Girls Opens at Opera House Today
A dramatic portrayal of ambitious young women lured by talent schools into night club chorus lines. Captain McVeigh detective, Astrid Allwyn as a girl reporter, and John Archer as a district attorney confront the racketeers in a tale of city dangers and public concern.
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H. B. Warner
Captain McVeigh
Astrid Allwyn
John Archer
Far Eastern Raid Reports and Island Bombardments
The United States Far Eastern Army said there was no enemy activity this morning after a brief raid. A separate raid damaged another Philippine island as the interior department claims control over most provinces except three scattered areas. Submarines reportedly sunk a Japanese transport and possibly a destroyer at sea. Iloilo City on Panay Island endured a raid with civilian casualties and damage. Panay was the fourth archipelago island hit, with Luzon and Davao also targeted.
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United States Far Eastern Army
Philippine Island
Commonwealth Government
Interior Department
Zascan Island
Navy Department
Washington
United States
U.S. Far Eastern Command
Iloilo City
Manila
Panay Island
Key
Luzon
Davao
Min
Philippines Reports Broad Naval and Civil Defenses
The central Cebu area is described as peaceful with calm morale while Luzon holds three invaded sectors. Officials say civilians aid defense across all provinces except Vigan Aparri and Legaspi, and that Japanese agents once posed as businessmen before invasion.
Civilian Officials Respond With Uniforms Off Coasts
Civilian officials were reported to have donned uniforms promptly when warships were required off the coasts, signaling readiness and coordination with naval forces. The article describes swift action and adherence to protocol by local civilian officials amid maritime mobilization.
Allies discuss supreme war council amid Atlantic talks
Reports from London said military and political experts from the United States and Britain considered forming a supreme war council. Clement Atlee indicated allied war plans were being concerted while a Caribbean security advance was noted through a tentative accord with Vichy France in Martinique preserving neutral status and French naval vessels in the region.
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London
Supreme War Council
Clement R. Atlee
House of Commons
United States
Caribbean
Martinique
Atlantic
U.S
Frederick J. Horne
Georges Robert
Western Hemisphere
Sixty People Escape Down Firemen's Ladders
Fire at a four story Locust Street apartment building in Philadelphia forced sixty residents to escape via fire ladders and upper floors. Three of five smoke victims were hospitalized as flames cut off stairways. 145 tenants weathered the blaze as crews brought it under control within an hour.
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Philadelphia
Locust Street
Officer Confined for Criticism of Action
COLUMBUS Ohio December 19 A retiring Army officer was confined to his quarters during an investigation into speeches criticizing the Japanese attack on Hawaii. Major General Daniel Van Voorhis ordered the action against Colonel H C Kress former Hickam Field commander Hawaii. former commander Muhlenberg.
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Columbus
Hawaii
Daniel van Voorhis
Fifth Corps
H.C. Kress
Muhlenberg
Hickam Field
Germans Score Hits On British Cruiser in Libya Battle
Berlin reports German planes scored two torpedo hits on a heavy British cruiser in the Mediterranean off eastern Libya. The high command said German fighters and anti-aircraft guns shot down seven British planes during the battle of Libya.
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Berlin
Jone
Mediterranean
Libya
Planes unseen on Moscow front as air force absent
American and British reporters observe no German air activity over the Moscow front during a three hour period. Allied reserve troops move up by rail, bridges remain unscarred. In Bern, Dec 19, German officials admit Russian penetrations along eastern defenses but claim quick counterattacks repelled the advances.
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Red Army
Moscow
Bern
DNB
Spain declares non belligerent in Pacific war
The Spanish government announced that Spain remains out of the Pacific war between Japan and the United States Britain and allied powers. The statement was issued from Madrid on December 19, asserting neutrality amid the ongoing conflict.
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Madrid
Spain
Japan
United States
Britain
State Plans Continuation of Page One
State plans discuss a civilian volunteer police organization to be formed under authorized control. The group will be civilian in nature, operating with initial volunteer status and no current military affiliation.
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Ibs
Auth
Hongkong and British Rule in Early Straits Policy
The 1641 act creates a uniformed guard within the state with no size limit, armed and officered as needed. Hongkong, part of British rule, anchors a small crown colony including Victoria on Hongkong Island with about 1,000,000 residents, many aboard harbor house boats.
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Nations Guard
China
Hongkong
Britain
Hongkong Island
Victoria
New York City
Typhoons, refuge, and wartime trade in early 20th century Hong Kong
The article describes typhoon shelters protecting Hong Kong ports after earlier disaster losses, notes Hong Kong as a wartime refuge for wealthy Chinese and a hub for officials. It cites fortunes made from diverted Chinese war materials, halted under Japanese pressure, as Japanese advances crippled trade and shipments in southern China and French Indochina.
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Japan
China
Hongkong
Indo-China
Hongkong’s rice trade and commercial life described
A historical report outlines Hongkong’s bustling commerce centered on rice imports and wholesale markets. It highlights key firms, docking routines, pricing signals, and the role of maritime routes in sustaining daily urban livelihoods. The piece emphasizes the city’s commercial vitality amid regional trade activity.
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