Japanese Take Hongkong and Philippines Clash
London dispatch reports Hong Kong may fall as Japanese forces press Manila area, with British garrison surrender and Sarawak landings. MacArthur directs U S defense while patrols report skirmishes and submarines claim added Japanese ships. Open city decision pending as air raid sirens sound in Manila.
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Hongkong
Britain
Far East
Japan
Manila
Philippines
U. S. Army
Washington
War Department
U.S. Army
British Take Bengasi Port in North Africa Drive
British desert forces seized Bengasi the Libyan port after a 340 mile Libyan desert sweep since November 18. Mussolini's high command claimed tank aided British forces were beaten off. Soviet frontline reports said Germans abandoned 50 villages in Kalinin sector northwest of Moscow as Red armies pressed on.
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Bengasi
Tripoli
Cirenaica
Libya
Gulf of
Sirte
Tripolitania
Middle East
Gulf City
Rome
Mussolini
North Africa
Ppan
Russia
Kalinin
Moscow
Red Army
P. I. Defenders Hold Own as Four Jap Warships Sunk
Manila reports say U S and Filipino forces hold ground as submarines sink a large Japanese transport and a minesweeper. A seaplane tender and another transport are likely sunk while land reinforcements reach Manila amid open city conditions.
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P. I
Manila
Philippines
U. S
Army
Navy
United States
Far East
Japan
Thomas C. Hart
Soldier Guards Los Angeles Christmas Fund Support
Employee of three Douglas aircraft factories donated over $12,000 to provide Christmas dinners and entertainment for soldiers guarding the plants in Los Angeles on December 25.
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Los Angeles
Douglas Aircraft
United States Marines Hold Wake Atoll In 15 Day Siege
Wake Atoll defense details reveal 378 Marines repulsed several landing attempts before Japan overwhelmed them on December 23. They mounted a stubborn defense with 12 fighters, multiple guns, and one three inch battery remaining. Casualties and losses include three destroyers, one light cruiser, several aircraft, and unknown lives. The report notes strong Japanese naval force and the Marines’ steadfast stand.
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Washington
Wake
United States
Alamo
Pacific Atoll
John Paul Jones
Wake’ Island
Tokyo
Flashes of Life Busy Season in Clinton Indiana
A chaotic Christmas season details mishaps and a birth. Postmaster Richard Herrick of Hallsale clears mail from a train track after a mail pouch rolls away. Willie Chin a 24 year old post office worker reads his own name on a letter and is selected for a physical examination. A separate incident notes a purse snag on a bumper then recovered. An ad promotes classified services.
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Clinton
Ind
Richard Herrick
Hallsale
Herrick
Denver
Willie Chin
Tom Hill
Willie
Japanese Destroyer Sunk by Dutch Submarine in N E I Waters
Dutch submarine Aneta reports it torpedoed and sank a Japanese Amagiri class destroyer near Batavia in the Netherlands East Indies. The sub escaped depth charges from another destroyer to report the victory. No exact location released. Japanese crews numbered about 200.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
California
Absaroka
Joseph Ryan
San Francisco
McCormick
Navy
Dorothy Phillips
Barbara
Coast Guard
Batavia
Java
N.E.I
Aneta
N.E.S
British Destroyer Sunk Off Libyan Coast In North Africa Fight
Berlin reports a British destroyer sunk off the Libyan coast as heavy fighting rages across North Africa. The German high command says Soviet front lines remain under attack with 21 Soviet tanks destroyed in a single aerial strike.
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Berlin
North Africa
Christmas Day 1941 Brings War News and Local Charity
Lawrence residents faced rain and cold on Christmas 1941 while charity drives by Salvation Army, Elks and individuals supported needy families with baskets, candy, and meals. Roosevelt and Churchill planned war talk as Wake Island fell and production quickened.
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Lawrence
U. S
Armed Services
Salvation Army
B.P.C. Elks
Dinner for Horses Brightens Christmas in Kansas City
In Kansas City on Christmas Day Emma Robinson Horses Christmas Dinner fund provides free dinners for hungry horses and goats. The Humane Society aids the program started 34 years ago by the late Emma Robinson Clathe Kan philanthropist. This year over 500 horses food and more goats are anticipated with donations from trash haulers ice coal workers and farmers.
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Kansas City
Joe-the-trashman
Emma Robinson
Joe
Fifth Street
Emma. Robinson
Clathe
Kan
Old Dobbin
King George VI Sends Christmas Wishes to London and Empire
King George VI issues a brief Christmas message from London. He offers remembrance and sincere good wishes to all, with special greetings to those in the services and to those who are suffering in the empire.
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King George
London
George VI
Empire
Possible Snow and Temperature Drop in Eastern Kansas
Topeka Kansas December 25 forecast from 8S. D. Flora federal meteorologist predicts possible snow and a drop in temperature tonight in eastern Kansas. Temperatures likely to fall to 28 degrees in Lawrence and Topeka tonight.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Flora
Lawrence
City of Lawrence Claims Notice
Notice to all firms and persons with claims against the City of Lawrence Kansas to file with the City Clerk by 5 00 P M Saturday December 27. Claims may be allowed if cash is available on Monday December 29 J Wm Stone City Clerk Adv.
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Lawrence
Kansas
J. Wm. Stone
Red Cross Drive Gets Good Start For War Relief
The Red Cross War Relief campaign opens with advance contributions totaling 2453.59 leaving about 4600 to reach a 7000 quota for Douglas county. Drive chairman John Brandin promises no failure and urges near full participation from residents and businesses for the forthcoming door to door and shop canvass.
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RED Cross
Douglas County
Drive
John Brand
Fraternity House Fire Damages Beta Theta Pi House
The Beta Theta Pi fraternity at 1425 Tennessee street suffered severe damage from a fire discovered about 4:30 this morning. Fire Chief Ingels injured in a fall while directing firefighting. no residents were present. The blaze began in a second floor room, spanned to the third floor and first floor, damaging furniture, notes, and the south portion of the house. The marble fireplace and Usher heritage spared. origin undetermined.
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Beta Theta Pi
Tennessee Street
Paul Ingels
William Pendleton
British occupy Bengasi as Libya advance continues
On December 25 Cairo reports British troops have seized Bengasi, the key seacoast town between Tobruk and Tripoli, after a 340 mile road advance from the Egyptian frontier. Royal Dragoons led the assault and observers say Cirenaica largely in Allied hands as RAF planes press axis convoys west into Tripolitania.
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Cairo
Bengasi
Libya
Tobruk
Tripoli
Royal Dragoons
Cirenaica
R.A.F
Tripolitania
Weather Brief for Kansas Today Light Snow and Wind
Light snow affects northern central and western Kansas with occasional rain in other areas. Tonight light snow continues, temperatures fall in the south central region and into the extreme east tonight. Strong shifting winds accompany today and tonight.
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Kansas
South Central
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Wolfson's Eyseerwenseses
Royal Shoe Store
Stowits Drug Store
Miller Ag Dai Co
John J. Emick
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