Manila Bay Defenders Repel Seven Enemy Planes
The War Department reported at least seven enemy planes were hit by heavy anti aircraft fire during a four hour attack on Manila Bay fortifications including Corregidor and Mariveles. Ground activity was lighter than the day before, but American and Philippine outposts remained under pressure as MacArthur's forces held with light damage and casualties.
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Washington
Manila Bay
War Department
Corregidor Island
Douglas MacArthur
Department
Mari- Veles
U.S
South Pacific
Far East
United Nations
London
Burma
No. L
U. S
Davao Bay
Philippines
Navy
William Leverette Kabler
Leutenant
Heron
Luzon
MacArthur
Davao
Philippine
War Will End In Victory Says FDR
President Roosevelt told Congress the war would end in victory and outlined a massive 1943 production plan including 125000 planes 75000 tanks 35000 anti aircraft guns and 10000000 tons of shipping He cited 1942 goals 6000 planes 45000 tanks 20000 anti aircraft guns and 8000000 deadweight tons of merchant vessels and urged all out effort with taxes bonds and shared sacrifices to fund the war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
United Nations
Moscow
Chungking
Berlin
Tokyo
Chinese Trap 40000 Japs Stymied Near Changsha Front
Chinese and Japanese dispatches offer conflicting reports as 40000 Japanese troops are said trapped between the Laotao and Liuyang rivers northeast of Changsha in Hunan. Chinese claims of heavy Japanese casualties and strategic disruption contrast with a Tokyo announced victory after four days of street fighting.
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Chungking
Laotao
Liuyang
Changsha
Jin Hunan
Yochow
Huian
Sat Changsha
Yaie-in-China University
Changshi
Japan- 2
Siang
Hupeh
Ichang
Tokyo
APJ
Domei
Hunan
10Th
Nazi Pressure on Vichy Threatens French Africa
French article on Nouveaux d'Pomps front page warns Germany could occupy French Africa if Vichy does not align with Berlin. Jean Luchaire accuses Washington of provoking crisis to aid African campaign. warns of permanent partition of France postwar if Nazi pressure continues.
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Vichy Rises
Germany
French Africa
Vichy
France
Berlin
Nouveaux d‘Pomps
Paris
Jean Luchaire
Washington
Luchaire
United States
William Leahy
Tao
Mephistopheles
Petain
Faust
U S Planes Back Reds At Leningrad
Soviet forces, aided by American Curtiss Tomahawks, recaptured 300 square miles on the Leningrad front in five days of counterattacks after halting a German offensive. Russian planes, many with skis, fought off MiG escorts and supported ground advances that claimed multiple villages as a central sector remained highly active with heavy losses on both sides.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Fedyunnsky
Soviet Information Bureau
Moscow Radio
Leningrad-Taganrog
Bdobrovostky
Berlin
Yevpatoriya
Crimea
Feodosiya
Sevastopol
Kerch
Perekop
From
Japs Claim 10 Vessels Sunk
Tokyo reports ten ships sunk and 146 trucks destroyed since Friday in Japanese air attacks on Philippine defenses. The communique says aircraft supported by land forces on the Batan peninsula bombed concentrations at Riamai Balanga and Subic as General MacArthur withdraws toward Corregidor.
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Tokyo
Army
Im- Rene
Batan
Riamai
Balanga
Subic
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
RAF raids hit Salamis submarine base in Salamis Greece
Jan. 6. The RAF middle east command reported a raid on the German submarine base at Salamis, the Greek port west of Athens, for the second day running. Salamis, across the narrow Mediterranean neck from Libya, sits in a strategic position for U-boats threatening British supply lines to North Africa.
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Catro
Salamis
Athens
RAF
Middle East Command
Mediterranean
Libya
North
Africa
Jap Offensive Rolls Toward Singapore Front Lines
The Malayan front tightened as British forces yielded ground under fresh Japanese land and sea attacks. British withdraws from Kuantan and Kuala Selangor were announced as Singapore faced renewed Japanese air raids, with limited non military damage and one casualty reported.
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Singapore
Malayan
Aras
Iguaratan
Malacca Straits
Selangor
Kuala Selangor
Perak
Lower
Kuantan
Malaya
London
Kuala Lumpur
Johores
Russians Launch Sevastopol Drive in Crimea
Moscow dispatch reports Sevastopol garrison units advancing at multiple points in the Crimea smashing German outposts and fortifications. The drive from Sevastopol coordinated with other offensives continues despite strong German resistance and bad weather. Soviet troops also push on the Caucasian front, reaching Sevastopol area and threatening German lines from Feodosiya toward the Sea of Azov.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Lavestia
Black Sea
Feodo
Jones appointment reshapes wartime production policy
Ray Tucker reports on Jesse H. Jones being named head of the Defense Plants Corporation and the Defense Metals, shaping the war effort with emphasis on using prewar capacity. The piece notes his past clashes with New Dealers over scaled expansion and warns about material shortages and the risk of postwar depressions.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Jesse H. Jones
F.D.R
United States
Defense Metals and Defense Plant Corporation
Defense
P. M
Jones
Wavell to set up Allied command in Dutch Indies
Batavia Java selected as seat of unified command for war against Japan as Gen Sir Archibald Wavell to establish headquarters in Indies territory. Dutch loss of a submarine noted. Lt. Gov. Van Mook travels to Australia for talks with Prime Minister Curtin. Japanese air activity reported in outlying Indies provinces.
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Batavia
WN. E. L
Netherlands East Indies
Archibald P. Wavel
Supreme Iommand On
Java
Soerabaja
Pacific
Australia
John Curtin
The
Indies
H. J. van Mook
Neer
Hitler Staying On Job Amid Eastern War Efforts
Berlin report notes Adolf Hitler remains at his eastern headquarters through the campaign begun June 22, with Dr. Otto Dietrich urging full trust in victory. German broadcasts say he spent Christmas with troops, and few hours at work reduce leisure as tensions mount. The piece cites Soviet radio claims of Hitler’s nerves and eye inflammation.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Otto Dietrich
Germany
Thefuehrer
Hitler
Walther von Bretchitsch
Smolensk
Kiev
London
von Brauchitsch
Fuehrer
Dietrich
United States
Dietrich Wenton
Downed American Pilot Buried With Military Honors
A Japanese air base casualty, Lieut. Russell Church, 25, of Clark Field near Manila, was buried with military honors in the Philippines, per a Tokyo Ashai correspondent via a broadcast. A winged emblem marked the grave, though the War Department in Washington had no official death notice.
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Tokyo
Ashai
Philippine Islands
Stefani
Russell Church
Clark Field
Manila
War Department
Washington
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Oh Changsha
Reds
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Greece
Evastopal
Kzvestia
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Tim
Kursk
Wavell
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