Allied raid on Lofoten Islands boosts morale claim
War bulletins report a Norwegian sailor aboard a British raiding party says German troops in Norway show low morale and would flee if invaded. Britain confirms a second commando raid on Lofoten while the Soviet front at Feodosiya sees heavy German air attacks. Chinese forces stiffen as reinforcements move toward Changsha.
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London
Noray
England
Errlin
Feodosiya
Crimean
Admiralty
Britain
Lofoten Islands
Norway
Kingsport Merchants See Optimism For 1942 Amid Shortages
A Kingsport merchants poll shows widespread optimism for 1942 despite shortages and wartime constraint. Department stores furniture dealers and jewelers expect sales to rise above 1941 levels while hardware and tire concerns anticipate material cuts. Men’s clothing may slow due to service, but women’s wear and general business remain positive as two new dams promise steady factory activity and continued national spending.
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Kingsport
Byrs
Sta
Five Airmen Die As U S Bomber Crashes
Mineola N Y five airmen die when a twin engined army bomber crashed into a grave pit in Garden City Park on Log Island witnesses said it struck a high tension wire half a mile from the pit and exploded twice on impact. The dead were not identified immediately and bodies remained in the plane as army officers at Mitchell Field described the incident as a routine flight with explosions heard several blocks away.
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Mineola
Garden City Park
Log Island
Army
Mitchell? Field
Day of Prayer Observed in City in New Year Observance
Kingsport joined a national Day of Prayer requested by President Roosevelt calling for forgiveness of national sins and for victory and peace. Stores closed from dawn to 9 pm as residents filled Broad Street Methodist Church for a union service led by Dr. R. E. Greer with Judge Shelburne Ferguson as morning speaker and other city ministers participating. The Broad Street and Maple Street churches remained open all day for private prayer.
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Kingsport
Roosevelt
United States
Broad Street Methodist Church
de. R. E. Greer
Shelburne Ferguson
Maple Street
Admiral Warns U S Cities May be Shelled
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, newly assigned commander of the Pacific fleet, warns Japanese submarines off the U S west coast could shell coastal cities. He told reporters aboard a submarine that surfacing near a port and firing shells is simple and possible before submarines depart.
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U.S
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
United States
Admiral Nimitz
Drastic Tire Quotas Set for States Nationwide
Washington reports that new wartime quotas cut civilian tire and tube supply to about one eleventh of prewar levels. January national sales cap is 357,000 tires, with county quotas from Alaska’s 105 to Texas’s 96,600, allowing few counties more than one tire per passenger vehicle and tens in others. Leonard Henderson says future changes depend on military needs and allied demand, with specific caps of 114,191 tires for light vehicles and 243,783 for heavier trucks and buses. Tennessee figures shown in the notice include 2,088 tires in first class and 4,232 in second, plus 3,748 in first and 3,558 in second for additional categories.
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Washington
United States
Janary
Alaska
Texas
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Tennessee
British Warn Terrific Air Assaults in 1942 Front Message
The Red army opens the year claiming major victories on the Alascow front and a Crimean drive, recapturing Kaluga and Volokolamsk, routing 280000 Nazis, and threatening Mozhaisk. British observers note air invasion prep in Greece and strong RAF air superiority claims, while Rommel’s forces face renewed pressure in North Africa and the Middle East fronts.
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Red Army
Alascow
Crimean Peninsula
Germany
Kaluga
Moscow
Guderian
Hed Army
Hitler
Krakow
Leningrad
Crimean
Volokolamsk
Mozhaisk
Istanbul
Greece
Turkey
Cretes
Air Ministry
RAF
British Information Ministry
London
North
Africa
Igen
Erwin Rommel
Britain
Middle Eastern
Bengali
Caucasus
Rodolfo Graziani
Cirenaica
East Africa
North Africa
Cairo
Agedabian
Libya
Tar
Agedabia
Bardia
Johnson City Man Injured in Auto Crash and Fire
Johnson City insurance man Phil McAfee was admitted to Appalachian hospital with serious burns after his car crashed on the Erwin highway near Johnson City. Police said the vehicle struck a concrete culvert, overturned and burst into flames. Mrs. McAfee said he had been to Erwin and was returning home alone.
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Johnson City
Phil McAfee
Appaalachian Hospital
Erwin
Johnsons City
Scott Vines
Howard Cook
McAfee
Axis Claims Capture British Tanks and Cars
Italian German mechanized forces south of Agedabia report capturing numerous British armored cars and destroying forty eight tanks. High command says a new development favors Axis operations now pressing south of the Libyan town Bengali where prior reports noted destruction of T4 British armor.
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Rome
Agedabia
High Command
Bengali
William Gilley Reported Dead Safe in Hawaii
William Arbon Gilly, who volunteered for naval service in 1940 and trained at Norfolk, was reported killed in the Japanese attack on Hawaii in December 1941. A December 11 card from him to his parents offered Christmas greetings, and a December 27 navy notice said BY had died in action. A government telegram later informed the family he was safe and well.
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William Gilley
Hawaii
J. G. Gilly
Bloomingdale Road
Gillys
William Arbon Gilly
Navy
Young Gilly
Naval Service
Norfolk Naval Training Base
Hawaiian Islands
British Air Raids Hit Crete and Salamis Bases
British RAF Middle East command announced air raids on munitions factories and a submarine base at Salamis, plus attacks on oil and chemical works near Piraeus. Direct hits reported with damage to lorries and petrol tankers, and many casualties from machinegun fire.
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Cairo
Egypt
Greece
Crete
Royal Air Force
Middle East
RAF
Athens
RAF Communicue
Salamis
Piraeus
Agedahia
Erwin Rommel
Bardia
Raniinge Tator
Tobruk
Lutheran Church Prayer Service Held at Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. today led by Pastor Dr. J. W. Shuey. He invites Kings Park residents to attend the service.
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
J. W. Shuey
Kings Park
Manila Front Holds, Hawaii Shelling Reported in War Update
Washington AP reports a major battle north of Manila with Filipino forces inflicting heavy losses on Japanese invaders. Japanese submarines shelled three Hawaiian islands causing no casualties or significant damage. Secretary Stimson praised MacArthur as defense remains masterly and warned Manila could fall, while US industry boomed with aircraft output surpassing 1.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Hawaii
E.S.T
Hilo
Hahului
Maui
Likite
Kauai
Kabului
Lihue
Stimson
Douglas MacArthur
War I Department
MacArthur
Philippines
America
Australia
Twin Brothers Craig Promoted Again in Army
Nashville natives Charles Frost Craig and Will H. Craig, U S Army officers, were promoted together for the second time since enlisting in 1917 after Vanderbilt University graduation. A third brother, Edward C. Craig, serves in the Navy.
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Nashville
Tenn
Craig
Charles Frost Craig
Will H. Craig
U. S&s. Army
Shelbyville
Army
Vanderbilt University
Cmadr
Edward C. Craig
LS. Navy
No New Year's Births Reported In Singapore Raid
Report from Singapore notes two raids early New Year with little property damage and no spread of morale loss. British HQ said fighting continued at Kusatan west coast port. Japan claimed capture of Kuanten. Night raids by moonlight and dawn bombings caused two military casualties and no major military damage, civilian toll earlier tallied at 17 killed and wounded.
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Singapore
Kusatan
Kuanten
Kuching
Sara Wak
British Borneo
Netherlands East Indies
West Borneo
Port Swettenham
Malayan
Citadel of Corregidor Threatened by Japanese Bombers
U S vessels steam past the Corregidor fortress as Japanese bombers attack a possible prelude to an assault on Manila Bay. The fortifications sit under heavy aerial threat with warships and coastal defenses visible in the foreground.
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Manila Bay
Philippines
Coreregidor
U. S
Nine Army Airmen Rescued From Shark-Infested Sea
Navy plane plucked nine Army Airmen after four days adrift in two life rafts in stormy seas near Oahu. Ensign R. M. Fisler and Leonard Wagner earned Navy Cross for perilous rescue. Rescued pilots Lieut. Barl J. Cooper and others were identified by home towns, with the ceremony and details given.
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Honolulu
Navy
R. M. Fisler
Ivanhoe
N.C
Leonard Wagener
Bakersville
N. C
Fisler
Barl J. Cooper
Stevens
Point
Wis
R. J. Eberenz
Louisville
J. A. Cr
U S Knew Japs Plan Before Pearl Attack
James R. Young reports in the Kingsport Times that in August 1941, four months before Pearl Harbor, Japan planned a December attack on U S territory. He says the U S War Department was informed by October 28 and directs readers to page nine for details in his ten part series.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
James R. Young
Japan
Kingsport
Young
U.S .War Department
Oung
Tomorrow's Times
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Moscow Front
Lofotens
Bridgewater, Mass
Bridgewater State Prison Farm
James E. Warren
Chungking
China
Changsha
East
Axis
William Gitley
Luthern Church Prayer Service
Nippon
Aleutian
Taft
Ohio
George D-Gal
Norris
Ind-Neb
Lafayette
Astro- Inautical Chamber of Commerce
Army Promotions
Twin Brothers
McCloud
Cal
Herb Smith
San Jose
Yates McDaniel
Perak
Maldya
Sity
The
Kingsport Times
Wiliam Waddell
Corregidor
Corregidor Island
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