Goebbels Warns Axis War May Long Term
Goebbels on Das Reich front page says world picture forces a long and harder war. Outlook favors Axis chances but ends any hope of rapid lightning advances. He warns of grinding reverses and a prolonged struggle with Britain and the United States. Berlin quotes note decisive Axis leadership and extended conflict ahead.
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Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Axis
Das Reich
Goebbels
Britain
United States
England
America
Indians May Change Stand On India's War Policy
India faces pressure from Congress and Moslem League to re examine India's stance in World War II. Bardoli and Nagpur meetings set as leaders debate whether Britain should grant a definite dominion status after the war. Nehru and Jagapalanchari urge change while Gandhi Azad resist. Most politicians favor cooperation if a clear postwar status is promised.
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BD. Witt Hancock
New Delhi
India
Japan
Burma
Congress “Party
Moslem League
Congress Party
Mohanlas Gandhi
Pee Peng
Maulana Kalam Azad
Pandit Jhaveharlal Nehru
R. Jagapalanchari
London
Secret committee of action formed to topple Mussolini
The Russian embassy said a group of Thalian anti-Fascists and Communists formed a secret committee of action to overthrow Mussolini and pursue a separate peace with England and the U S S R. The appeal invites Italians to denounce the pact with Hitler, withdraw troops, obstruct war production, resist forced sales, and refuse tax payments. Details on circulation or scope were not disclosed.
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London
Italian Socialist Party
Justice and Liberty
England
S A On Guard Against Spies
Washington reports a House inquiry finds axis infiltration in Latin America with seven of sixteen nations affected by German Italian or Japanese spying and propaganda. Secretary Hull pledges cooperation with Congress to clarify the situation and notes hemispheric defense talks have united the 25 American republics toward action.
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Washington
Latin America
Hull
House
Nicholas
D-Okla
State Department
Congress
J Hull
Destroyer Bailey Launched At Bethlehem Shipyard
New York December 20. A sister ship to the torpedoed Kearny, the 1,630 ton destroyer Bailey costing 56,000,000 was launched today at the Bethlehem shipyard on Staten Island. Workers immediately began work on the new vessel.
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New York
Kearny
U. S. &. Bailey
Bethlehem Shipyard
Staten Island
Captain Kelly Named First American Hero
Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr. hailed as the first American hero of World War II after his plane scored three direct hits on the Japanese battleship Haruna near Aparri on December 9. He and 12 others were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously or in separation, with details of his death and crew survival released by General MacArthur’s Far East headquarters.
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Russel Brines
Manila
Colin P. Kelly, Jr
Far Eastern Command
Kelly
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Army of the
British Take Derna As Axis Forces Retreat Across Libya
British forces occupy Derna and Mekill in Libya and push 45 miles west, widening the advance to about 245 miles from the Egyptian border. Axis forces reportedly withdraw in Libya per Nazi and Italian broadcasts while British air forces bomb retreating columns and damage enemy transport. Prisoners taken include 1,600 Poles, with 40 planes destroyed at Derna airfield and mechanized patrols advancing toward Ciavanni Berta.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Mediterranean
Derna
Mekill
Middle East Command
Rome
Cirenaica
CBS
Ciavanni Berta
Derman
Batavia Reports Russian Freighter Sunk by Japs
Batavia, Netherlands East Indies—Japanese planes bombed and sank the 4,200 ton Russian freighter Perepep on a Vladivostok to Surabaya run. Eight crewmen were killed, 32 rescued including the captain and three women. about 17 planes participated in the attack.
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Batavia
Netherlands East, Indies
Perepep
Vladivostok
Surabaya
Java
Aneta
Navy notes enemy submarines off Atlantic coast
The Navy disclosed that enemy submarines have been operating off the Atlantic coast. The statement stressed curtailing weather reports and gave no place or time details, but said American patrol craft had tracked the subs enough to learn how they used weather forecasts.
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Washington
Navy Department
Atlantic
Navy
Dutch Fliers Score Hits On Warships Off Miri
Dutch fliers piloting American built planes scored direct hits on four Japanese ships off Miri in the Netherlands East Indies. The communiqué said three Japanese cruisers have been put out of commission with two transports and a ship likely used as a carrier. Additional direct hits and near misses were reported on other vessels during the Batavia announced attacks.
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Batavia
Wetherlands East Indies
Miri
Borneo
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands
Exchange Telegraph
London
Reuters
Sarawak
British North Borneo
Gom
Stocking Fund Short of Needed Christmas Sum
The Empty Stocking Fund for High Point is about $900 short of funds to provide Christmas dinners for many families in need. Regular donors have not contributed as in prior years, and rising food costs increase the shortfall. A widow writes asking for help for her family as part of the appeal.
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High Point
Mindanao Landing Signals New Philippine Danger
Japanese forces report landing on Mindanao at dawn as part of broader campaign in the Philippines. Tokyo says resistance is collapsing elsewhere, while Hongkong defense battles on with claims of encirclement and ongoing bombardment. Oil tanks burn near the docks as Japanese advance also reported in Hongkong.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Demei
Hongkong
Mindanao
Philippines
Singapore
Britain
Far East
Domei
Victoria Plale
Exchange Telegraph
Mount Victoria
Victoria
Seiki Yano
U S Sub Sinks Second Japanese Transport In War Update
The Navy reported a U S submarine sunk another enemy transport, marking the second loss to Japanese shipping by U S undersea forces. Cavite in the Philippines faced a heavy noon raid with some property damage and light American casualties. Heavy fighting continued at Davao as Japanese forces pressed an invasion from Mindanao while a bombing attack on Nichols Field faltered due to poor marksmanship.
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U. S
Cavite
Navy Department
Philippines
Navy
Atlantic
Eastern
Pacific
Central Pacific
Manila
Darvas
Mindanao
Americans Battle Japanese Raiders Over Burma Road
Ten Japanese planes raided the Burma Road at KRumming but were heavily engaged by an international air force of American volunteers who resigned from U S armed forces to serve in China. Four were shot down with no defender losses. Also reports of heavy anti aircraft fire over London as night raids approached the Thames Estuary.
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Chunghing
Krumming
Burma
Sail
Internationalir
United States
China
London
Thames Estuary
EXPEDITIONARY FLEET SEEN LIKELY WHEN READY
Senators argued the United States would deploy an expeditionary force across the Atlantic once training and transport shipping are sufficient local bases in Africa or the Azores could be used. Some critics feared delays. others favored quick action to exploit bases in the Azores Canary Islands or Africa amid Axis pressure on Portugal and Timor.
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Washington
United States
Atlantic
Africa
Zores
Canary Islands
Afric
NorristInd-Necht
Nye
Rend
Lec
D-Gkla
Pepper
D-Fia
Azores
Canaries
Portugal
Timor
Five Marines Die In Crash Near Fredericksburg
Five Marines from Parris Island South Carolina were killed when their car collided head on with a southbound truck on Route 1 thirteen miles south of Fredericksburg Virginia. Driver James Digh 33 of Gastonia North Carolina was injured and a sixth Marine, R J Himsey, was hurt. The dead were Corporal Charles R Hise Corporal William W Lantelme Privates Calvin Gabay Bruce E Cummins and Anibal C Couveia. Home addresses were New York Brooklyn and Buffalo. Digh was treated for head injuries at Martha Washington Hospital. Himsey was taken to the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.
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Warris Island
South Carolina
Route 1
Here
James Digh
Gastonia
N. C
R. J. Himsey
Marine Corpss
Quantico
Corp
Charles R. Hise
William W. Lantelme
Calvin Gabay
Bruce E. Cummins
Anibal C. Couveia
Lantelme
Hise
New York
Couveia
Broooklyn
Cummins
Buffalo
Gabay
Coleman Mill Pond
Digh
Martha Washington Hospital
Himsey
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
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