Soviet Offense Roils Front From Leningrad To Volga
On the Russian front the Red Army advances across a broad winter sweep, taking hundreds of towns and villages as Germans retreat with little resistance. Six divisions near Kalinin are routed. Vysokoe and 70 villages reported captured. SS regiment said destroyed. 1,500 Germans dead in five days around Tula.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Black Sea
Red Army
Kalinin
Upper
Volga
Vysokoe
Tula
Pravda
Japan Turns to Food riches in long war drive
Officials said Japan, well supplied with rice and fish, opened war on the United States and Britain with ample domestic food stocks. Rice imports rose to record levels in 1910 and this year’s crop is only slightly smaller. surpluses exist in Korea and Formosa. China’s larger rice crop aids supply while silk land use shifts free 250000 acres from mulberry to food crops. Wheat prospects look good from Manchuria and China, with fishing within safe waters.
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Ovid R. Martin
Washington
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Agriculture Department
Chosen
Worea
Taiwan
Formosa
China
Nippon
Manchukuo
Democratic Leader Pushes 19 To 44 Military Service
In Washington and London reports, McCormack urges legislation to require military training for men aged 19 to 44, opposing the 21 to 44 bracket. He argues the nation cannot have too many leaders in this crisis and cites President Roosevelt and General Marshall. The debate follows a War Department request to induct under 21s.
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Washington
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Horse Military Committee
Roosevelt
War Department
United States
Marshall
George C. Marshall
Army
Rep. Andrews
R-N
War Departments
Rep
Thomason
D-Tex
Military Committee
Heavy Nazi Military Activity In Bulgaria
European press dispatches report considerable German military activity in Bulgaria with Turkey anxious. French Colonial Secretary Rene Pleton plans to travel to occupied France and Berlin with a French African administration expert to discuss Africa colonies. Vice Admiral Jean Darlan to accompany Pleton. airfields in Bulgaria expanding and German plane repair facilities rising. Bulgaria’s war declaration against the United States cited as a Turkish concern. signs point to redeployed Soviet troops to Bulgaria and heightened airbase activity.
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Bern
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Turkey
Rene Flaton
France
Berlin
Vichy
Jean Darlan
Platon
Neue Zuercher
Darlan
Count Ciano
Ankara
United States
Russia
Head-on Train Crash Kills 3 in Missouri
Jefferson City dispatch reports a westbound Katy Flyer collided head on with an eastbound train four miles north of the city. Three engineers or firemen died, five other railroad workers were injured, and two locomotives were toppled into an embankment. Officials opened a federal investigation to determine if the wreck was accidental.
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Jefferson City
Here
P. H. Handley
Sedalia
FL. M. Truett
Richard Snett
New Franklin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Saint
Humphrey
Mokane
Flo
Bur
Associated Press
Dwight Brantley
Kansas City
St. Louis
German Plot Foiled in Bolivia to Disrupt Metal Exports
A German plan to stop Bolivian metal exports to the United States by sabotaging rail lines to Arica and Antofagasta was thwarted. Officials report Bolivia imposed strict censorship, unclear if linked to the plot. Bolivia is a tin and lead producer shipping goods to the United States under a purchase agreement.
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Bolivia
United States
Buenos Aires
Arica
Antofagasta
Japanese Seek To Divert U S Pacific Fleet
Japan used hit and run attacks near Hawaii to draw US ships from the main search for enemy forces. Johnston Island Maui Wake Island shelling reported with minimal damage and no injuries. US naval reports say operations continue and defense remains adequate.
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Washington
Japan
Hawaii
U. S. Pacific
Johnston
Mani Islands
Tokyo
U. S
Philippines
Singapore
US 5
Navy Department
Johnston Island
Navy
War Department
Kahuiui
Maui
London claims German subs attack French and Spanish ships
British officials denounce German submarine attacks on French and Spanish vessels and warn they aim to draw Britain into war. One source calls the attempts crude though stresses French sentiment remained unshaken while Britain must be prepared for further action.
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London
Britain
Japs Widen Assaults In Pacific War
Japanese forces widen attacks in the western Pacific targeting Hongkong Malayan peninsula and Borneo as they press toward Singapore. British defenses at Penang and Singapore remain key, with the China Sea region seen as pivotal to Britain's Far East strategy.
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High Point Enterprise
Watt
Pipearpeius Sapacty
British Far East
U. S
Associated Press
London
Western
Pacific
China Sea
Hongkong
Malayan
Borneo
Malaya
Penang
Singapore
Britain
Oriental
Submarine threat near Japan reported by Japanese official
Tokyo on December 17 Lieutenant Commander Kengo Tominaga told Nichi Nichi that about 20 U S submarines are operating in waters near Japan. He said these subs could employ guerrilla tactics against Japanese vessels, detailing remarks from the imperial navy press section.
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Tokyo
Kengo Tominaga
Nichi Nichi Today
United States
Japan
Tominaga
Naval Press
Imperial Headquarters
Chinese Assaults Draw Jap Forces
Chinese forces report nightly attacks north of besieged Hong Kong threaten Japanese rear in the Tamshui area. Tamshui lies near Kowloon peninsula and Canton-Kowloon railroad. Reports claim heavy Japanese losses in Kowloon and ongoing battles near Mokanshan near Shanghai with Chinese forces forcing defense breaches.
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Chungking
Kongkong
Tamshui
Hongkong
Kowloon Peninsula
Canton-Kowloon
Japan
Kowloon
Chekiangu
Shanghai
Mokanshan
United States
Amoy
Fukien
Pelley case hearing pushed to January in Superior Court
In SHEVEILLE Superior Court Judge Nettles continued today the hearings on William Dudley Pelley. One case involves judgment against him and another concerns revocation of a suspended sentence. In Los Angeles 1700 welders at California Shipbuilding Yards plan to quit after members were discharged for failure to pay AFL Boiler Makers’ Union dues. OPM officials said prohibitions on manufacture and sale of automobile tires and tubes would extend to early January for defense orders.
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Sheveille
Superior Court
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt
Los Angeles
Paul Gregory
United Welders, Cutters and Helpers Union
California
Terminal Island
AFL
Washington
OPM
Cruiser Launched at Camden Yards by New York Shipbuilding
A 10,000-ton light cruiser named Columbia was launched today at 12:29 p.m. EST at the Camden yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company without any special ceremony.
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Camder
Camden Yards
New York Shipbuilding Company
British Pressures Hold On Rommel flank In Libya
Cairo Dec 17. British pressure on Rommel’s left flank in North Africa continued with weather hampering, raids on axis air and transport behind the front, and scouts finding abandoned German and Italian guns west of Tobruk. RAF attacks on axis columns aimed to trap Rommel’s forces as battles along the Gazala Alem Hamaz line persist. German defenses describe the Libya fighting as defensive with heavy losses to attacking British troops.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
RAF
Batule
Rommel
Haleigh el Olebam
Gazala
Romimel
Derna
Eighth Army
Alem Hamaz
Berlin
Bec
Germany
Libya
U S Bombers Hit Vigan Beach Head in Luzon Clash
Manila bulletin reports U S Army bombers destroyed 26 Japanese planes and set fuel stores ablaze in a heavy strike on Vigan on Luzon west coast. Submarines of the Asiatic fleet claimed two successful attacks with one failure, while land conditions remained unchanged.
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Manila
U. S. Army
Vigan
Luzon
Army
Japan
Philippines
Thomas C. Hart
United States
UL S
Price Ceiling On Textiles To Be Issued Soon
Washington December 17 The office of price administration will issue temporary price ceilings on a wide range of textiles including blankets towels table cloths sheets and pillow cases. Maxima will be set at levels prevailing before December 14 and will apply to all production and distribution stages except retail sales. The move aims to curb price increases and stabilize markets pending permanent schedules. Separately the OPA said carbon black used in auto fires ink paints and plastics may see a price increase of about 3 percent starting January 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Henders Pr
OPA
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Lenit- Krad
NBC
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Miles
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Saigon
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Qanatoena
Palawan
BRUNE
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North
Dutch East Indies
Kedah
Ith
Messerchmitts
London News Service
Aw Ministry
Siberia
House Military Committee
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Maui Islands
Malayan Peninsula
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