Solons Predict U S to Send AEF Abroad in War News
Washington reports indicate a consensus that an expeditionary force may be deployed to Europe later, with some senators favoring initial landings in Africa or nearby Atlantic islands. Norris Wheeler Nye weigh in on readiness and timing, noting potential delays and the need to act when necessary.
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AEF
Africa
Azores
Norris
Wheeler
D-Mont
Nye
Nippon Claims Island Prize
A Joint Army and Navy communique announced Japanese troops landed on Mindanao in the Philippines at dawn and were rapidly turning the situation in their favor. Domei said British defenders still resisted at various points around Hongkong as the page notes further details on page 4.
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Tokyo
Mindanao
Philippines
Domei
Hongkong
Nippon
The Grafton Sentinel Theatre Invitation Teasers
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. VeV 514 Wi to attend Lady Be Good at Strand theater or Dixie campus. Identification may be required for admission. The clipping mentions opening at current Dixie theater and shows.
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Strand
Dixie
Grafton Sentinel
Street T
the Grafton Gentinel
Erma P
Opera House
Woman Slayer Given Pardon in Virginia Case
Governor James H. Price granted Edith Maxwell a conditional pardon for killing her father Trigg Maxwell, a Wise County schoolteacher. Maxwell served five years of a 20 year sentence at the State Industrial Farm for Women. she left the farm after pardon was issued, with the governor citing her excellent record and supervision reports.
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Richmond
James H. Price Imas
Edith Maxwell
Wise County
Trigg Maxwell
Virginia
Miss Maxwell
Mary Kathryn
Edith
E. T. Carter
Gate City
Commonwealth
Fre B. Greear
Germans Held Prisoners at Resort Near White Sulphur
A train delivered 145 German embassy officials and 14 Hungarians plus families to a resort in White Sulphur Springs for rest and recreation after leaving Washington. The group included Baron Ulrich E von Gienanth and his bride Katin von Vietinghoff Biesch, married Friday in Alexandria with an FBI agent as witness.
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Washington
Baron Ulrich E. von Gienanth
Katin von Vietinghoff Biesch
New York
Alex Va
FBI
Tan
Governor Neely Declares State Resources For War Effort
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Neely pledged to turn over the entire state personnel records and offices to the federal government for the duration of the emergency. The move follows President Roosevelt request to governors to transfer resources to maximize war material output.
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Charleston
Roosevelt
Neely
Captain Kelly Awarded DSC for World War II Valor
CAPTAIN Col in P. Kelly Jr. was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for destroying a Japanese battleship and saving his crew as his bomber crashed in flames. The Far Eastern command announced the honors, listing twelve other recipients and detailing Kelly values of bravery under fire.
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Manila
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Far Eastern Command
Kelly
Douglas Macrthur
U.s.rmy
Far East
Haruna
Aparri
British Keep Axis on Run in Libya Push Days After Derna Move
British forces report progress in Cyrenaica with Derna and Mekili captured and units advancing 45 miles west. The advance covers about 245 miles from the Egyptian border as air forces harass retreating Axis columns. Prisoners taken and continuous pressure described by Cairo dispatches and radio reports.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Mediterranean
Derna
Mekili
Middle East
Rome
Cirenaica
CBS
Police Seek Companion Of Dead Fairmont Girl
Fairmont, Dec. 20. Police search for the man who went to a Fairmont nightclub with 19 year old Kathryn Swantek the night before she died. Swantek, an employee at the Westinghouse lamp plant, was found dead in bed by a roommate. Coroner D E Kidd cites skull fracture from a fall against a blunt object. detective J C McKinney suspects injury occurred while she was en route home. Authorities seek the escort for questioning.
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Fairmont
Kathryn Swantek
Westinghouse
D. E. Kidd
John C. McKinney
Prison Safest Place In Case of Air Raid
Warden Herbert Smith says Eastern State penitentiary inmates feel safe in an air raid the walls are thick and could shelter them. The comments came as bombing threats prompted questions about secure refuges for prisoners.
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Philadelphia
Herbert Smith
Eastern State Penitentiary
British garrison still at Hongkong on island defense
Sir Mark Young reported by telegraph that operations are proceeding on Hongkong as fighting reportedly continued on the beleaguered island. The colonial office said communications had resumed after 24 hours of isolation amid Japanese fire.
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London
Mark Young
Hongkong
British Colonial Office
Exon
Colonial Office
Berlin
Mark
Hong- See
Huge Mirror Nears Finish at Palomar Observatory
Dr. Max Mason, Palomar Observatory council chairman, says the 200 inch mirror will be ready for installation within a year, likely six months, barring delays. The surface, now a paraboloid after removing 40 percent of the glass, must be true to one to two millionths of an inch, with the hardest work ahead. Grinding and shaping began in 1936 at Caltech Optical Shop. the six million dollar project has faced major glass problems.
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Pasadena
Calif
Max Mason
Palomar Observatory Council
Mason
Vesper Choir Presents at First Baptist Church
The Vesper Choir will present a program at First Baptist Church on December 21 at 7 30 P M. The event features seasonal choral works and a brief ensemble performance by church musicians.
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First Baptist Church
Heavy fighting around Davao and Manila raid
Heavy combat rages around Davao as four Japanese transports unload troops and bombs strike Nichols Field in Manila. MacArthur’s headquarters report a light raid near Cavite. most missiles miss the mark, alarms echo in Manila.
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Manila
Davao
Philippines
Nichols Field
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army
Far East
State Road 10 Help Defense War-Era Road Plan
Charleston December 20 The State Road commission with five strategic highways under its control is prepared to push wartime road development and maintenance. Road Commissioner Ernest L Bailey told employees the war may alter policies and could curtail or halt other road building while routes 60 19 22 30 and 11 span West Virginia. See STATE ROAD Page 4.
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Charleston
State Road Commission
Ernest L. Bailey
Employes
West Virginia
Panhhandle
Pahhandle
Japanese Planes Bomb Soviet Ship in Java Run
Batavia dispatch says Japanese planes bombed and sank the 4,200 ton Russian freighter Perepop between Vladivostok and Surabaya. Eight crewmen were killed, 32 rescued including the captain and three women. Seventeen planes were reported to have taken part in the attack.
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Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Perepop
Vladivostok
Surabaya
Java
Aneta
Indians pledge funds to U S defense effort
Hosteen Bahe his wife and daughter came to the Navajo reservation superintendent and offered to aid the great white father in Washington. Mrs Bahe produced 350 dollars in silver and currency from a cigar box while the family returned to Manuelito New Mexico with defense bonds.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Hosteen Bahe
Washington
Russians claim 37000 German losses in two weeks front arc
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet figures: 37000 Germans killed wounded or captured in two weeks on the Moscow front. Pravda says 1600 more Germans were killed and 90 villages retaken in the Donets basin. Kaluga encircled and Klin Kalinin Vysokoe battered as 134th division, about 15000 troops, wiped out by encirclement. many prisoners taken.
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Moscow
Eet Pravda
Communist Party
Donets Basin
Kaluga
Klin
Kalinin
Vysokoe
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Information Bureau
Bureau
Air may carry polio germs in Stanford study report
San Francisco researchers from Stanford University Medical Center reported experiments indicating the air may spread infantile paralysis. They note transmission details are not fully determined, with some experts attributing about one third of cases in a single epidemic to close contact, while others explore food, water, and insects as possible mediums.
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San Francisco
Stanford University
Hongkong Siege Tightens as Chinese Drive Forward
The AP reports Hongkong remains under British defense as Chinese troops advance along the Canton Kowloon railroad toward Shanchun on the mainland border. Japanese forces encircle the island while Dutch sailors strike in North Borneo, amid a rapidly escalating battle for control.
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Associated Press
Hongkong
S Ir Mark Young
Canton - Kow- Toon
Shanchun
Shumchung
North Borneo
Army to Seek Younger Men in Draft Plans
Washington reports that the Army will drop its ban on volunteer enlistments for men under 20 and pursue younger recruits after Congress blocked the plan. Senator Reynolds predicts the service will focus on men from 20 to 44 once the enabling legislation receives President Roosevelt's signature, expected soon. The page also notes a misprint in the Evans Furniture ad for BenMont draperies, where 79 cents per pair was printed as nine cents.
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Congress
Reynolds
D-N. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
House
Roosevelt
ARMY
Page & Ce
Evans Furniture Company
BenMont
Sentinel
Stone
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Chester Vj Kimmel
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