New York City On Two Air Alarms Amid Reports Of Hostile Planes
New York City faced two air raid alerts within an hour as unconfirmed reports of hostile planes neared the Atlantic coast. Alerts sounded at 1 25 PM then again at 2 05 PM. Long Island residents were told to brace for potential attack while much of the city sent schoolchildren home.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
Atlantic
Langley Field Air Base
Panama Canal
New York
New York City
Portland
Ing
NBC
Panama
Long Island
Montauk Point
Germany to Declare War on United States Likely
NBC Stockholm broadcast predicted Germany would declare war on the United States within two hours. Reports said American embassy staff in Berlin were moved and correspondents prepared to depart. German spokesmen in Sweden claimed the United States was aggressor and that the Tri Partite Pact with Japan would take effect. A German official could not confirm a stance change within 24 hours.
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NBC
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
United States
David Andersen
Andersen
Berlin
U.S
Pacific
Italy
Japan
Radio Today
Reichstag
Kroll Opera House
Kroll Opera
Warned London Press Targets Japan Worth
The Daily Mail warned Americans and Britons not to underrate Japan, citing two prior misjudgments in World War II regarding Germany and Italy and urging a fair assessment of Japan. In Raleigh, Governor Broughton appointed Mark Reed of Asheville as wing commander of North Carolina’s newly formed civilian air patrol.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Japan
Germany
Italy
N.C
Court Martial Demanded for Pacific War Chiefs
Representative Dingell of Michigan urges court martial for four high ranking army officers and Admiral Kimmel over Hawaii defense failures. He names Lt Gen Walter Short Major Gen H H Arnold Maj Gen H Brett and Admiral Husband Kimmel amid heated House Naval Committee testimony. House members push back urging caution until all facts emerge. The committee also advances a Navy enlistment freeze bill.
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Dingéll
D-Mich
House
Hawaii
Dingell
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Department
H. H. Arnold
Air
H. Brett
Army Air Corps
Husband Kimmel
Rep. Bulwinkle
D-Nc
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Kimmel
Zandt
Senate
British Rush Men To Malaya
Singapore dispatch reports British reinforcements rushed into northern Malaya as 25 Japanese transports approached Kota Bharu airfield. Communique notes Japanese landings there yesterday and heavy fighting, with plans to deploy more aircraft to gain air superiority and support landings at Singora Petani and Kota Bharu.
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Singapore
Malaya
Thailand
Kota Bharui
Kota Bharu
Mialava
Singora
Petani
Planes Set to Seek Japanese Carriers Off Coast
PORTLAND Ore. Dec 59 UP Planes at Portland air base planned to depart at 8 15 a m for New York but to hunt 600 miles at sea for two or three Japanese aircraft carriers and some submarines off the coast The interceptor command said Brig Gen Carle H Wash head of the command reported planes warming motors at Seattle and western Washington fields ready to take the air when weather moderates.
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Portland
Tony
E Command
Carlyle H. Wash
Interceptor Command
Washington Fields
37 Americans Died In Raids
Washington December 9 The War Department released the army’s first official casualty list naming 37 Army officers and men killed in action in the Japanese attack on Hawaii. Six were commissioned officers, all in the air forces, with others in air corps. The list follows Sunday’s bombardment of Oahu and reflects the department’s notification of next of kin and condolences from the secretary of war.
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Oahu
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War Today Reflections On Pearl Harbor Warnings
A South Dakota editor asks why U S defenses in the Pacific appeared caught flat footed by Japan and whether authorities can explain. The column warns against overconfidence and stresses vigilance as Hitler and war news threaten Britain and the Allies amid Japanese and German maneuvers.
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Manhattan
Hitler
la Guardia
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Atlantic Daily
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Aleutians
America
Sam
Japan
Soviet Japanese ties to stay based on neutrality pact
German radio quoted Japanese spokesman To Mokau Hori saying Soviet Japanese relations will remain as before, based on the neutrality treaty. Manila experienced two air alarms in one night, the second at 9 50 p m.
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New York
To- Mokau Hori
Manila
Japs Claim US Margin In Pacific Shattered
Tokyo reports wide scope and rising tempo in Japan's air land and sea war with the United States and Britain. A navy spokesman said naval power balance shifted, Roosevelt policy challenged. They claimed landings in the Philippines and Singapore area with some losses for Japan. Midway shelling and Guam Wake under Japanese flag. Washington warned the threat could reach the continental U.S.
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Great Britain
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API
Japan
Pacific
Britain
Navy Ministry
Roosevelt
America
Nichols Field
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Manila
Philippines
Midway Island
Honolulu
CBS
Guam
Wake
Pearl Harbor
Dezen
Wake Island
Imperial Headquarters
Singapore
Jap Strategy Aims at Pacific Fleet War
Washington dispatch outlines a bold Japanese grand strategy to immobilize the U.S. Pacific fleet as the first move in a broader Far East war. Reports from San Francisco and Vancouver describe carrier reconnaissance near California, with officials noting no new information beyond press reports and a forthcoming Roosevelt radio address.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Far East
San Francisco
Vancouver
B. C
Aleutian Islands
Canada
Pacific Northwest
Japan
Pearl Harbor
U.S. Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
California
Enemy planes spotted over San Francisco Bay area
Army and Navy hunted for an enemy aircraft carrier after squadrons scanned industrial sites from San Jose to Mare Island without dropping bombs. A blackout marked the first such event in San Francisco history, as interceptor planes pursued the groups and the navy continued the sea search. General DeWitt noted the carrier would be hard to locate as planes moved off the coast.
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