Knox Urges Full Support for War Fund
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox calls for a $50,000,000 American Red Cross war fund. He stresses the Red Cross on every Pacific and Atlantic outpost, noting blood plasma, surgical dressings, and field directors aiding naval defense. The Navy relies on the Red Cross as an essential, integral partner in wartime.
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Frank Knox
America
American Red Cross
E.G. Kuhn
War Chest
Red Cross
Knox
Pacific
Atlantic
Navy
Iceland
Manila Bay
Volmers
Red’ Cross
Fragmentary wartime item mentions anti American propaganda papers
An authoritative source notes that anti American propaganda dating back to 1940 was found among papers of interned Japanese. The text also references a consul or official seeking to bring a tanker back to port and a character named Junior hoping for no ceiling on Santa Claus gifts.
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Sultant
Junior
Santa Claus
Roosevelt and Churchill pledge aid to Australia in war stance
The broadcast notes Australia’s wartime links with a military highway and railways and cites Roosevelt and Churchill affirming defense of the commonwealth as essential in plans against shared foes. It recalls Australia’s aim to keep the Far East as a target of strategic interest and mentions a torpedoed and beached ship off the West Coast linked to southern Australia.
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Australia
Far East
Roosevelt
Churchill
Commonwealth
Japan War Scenario Described by Dewitt Mackenzie
Dewitt Mackenzie portrays the martial clash near Malaya and Manila as Japanese forces push on with fanatical resolve. He notes American reinforcements are delayed, ships risk long Pacific voyages, and the Allies face a grave, shifting balance as Tojo seeks divine favor at Ise.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Malay Peninsula
Manila
Tojo
Ise
Pearl Harbor
Have Excellent Bases Australia Provides Naval Basing
Australia offers key naval bases for wartime operations with Sydney housing a large compatible graving dock, Brisbane a major port, and Darwin positioned to cover the war zone near Dutch East Indies and within 2300 miles of Singapore and Manila, reflecting rapid Allied expansion since the European conflict began.
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Australia
Sydney
Brisbane
Darwin
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Manila
Famous Tortoise Amid War Echoes From Napoleon Isle
A playful clipping claims Napoleon’s supposed living tortoise on St Helena remains alive and observing world leaders. It riffs on history’s ironies with quips about wartime figures, jewelry from New Guinea, and old-fashioned luxuries like over shoes.
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Napoleon
St. Helena
Adolf
Musso
Mikado
Allied Meeting Outlines Democratic Victory Blueprint
At the White House C. P. Phonephoto leaves after conversing with President Roosevelt while imi Litvinov of Soviet Russia assists photographers on the doorstep. U S and British leaders confer with China Russia the Netherlands and Dominions and our sister American Republics to lay outlines of a Democratic victory plan.
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C. P
White House
Roosevelt
Imi Litvinov
Soviet Russia
U. S
China
Russia
Netherlands
British Dominions
American Repubs
Lindbergh Offers Service to Air Forces
The Army Air Corps announced Charles A Lindbergh has volunteered for active service. Former reserve colonel Lindbergh resigned last summer amid President Roosevelt policies and now may be considered for flying duty, subject to medical and other standard checks.
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Washington
Army
Air’ Corps
Charles
Lindbergh
Arnold
Air Corps
Abd
Yas
Ous
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Miquelon
St. Pierre
U. S. State Department
Viely
Alla Am
Central Press
New Guinea
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
United States
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Lone Eagle
Air Corp
Schnozzle
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