U S Congress Votes for War After Pearl Harbor
President Roosevelt signs the declaration of war against Japan at 2 10 p m as Congress votes 82 to 0 in response to Japan's attack on Hawaii. The attack causes heavy losses with ships sunk and thousands killed or wounded. The House prepares to act once Senate adjourns.
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ASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Japan
S.T
SENATE
Congress
Hawaii
united congress
army
Sam Rayburn
house
Australia Declares War Over Nauru Attack
Australia joins World War II after Japanese forces strike Nauru, with Prime Minister Curtin poised to announce formal hostilities. Nauru lies 12 miles across and 25 miles south of the equator, a former German possession under mandate to Australia New Zealand and Britain.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
Japan
Pacific
Nauru island
John Curtin
Nauru
equator
Austral s
New Zealand
Britain
Ambulance Dedicated by Yonkers Workers to Britain
Inscription on the ambulance door honors John Masefield from former colleagues at the Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company Yonkers New York where he once worked over forty years ago. The item ties to Masefield’s book In the Mill and recalls a worker Willam Booth still on the job.
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John Masefield
Great Britain
Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company
Yonkers
N.Y
U.S.A
Britain
Toronto
Teleram
Masefield
Willam Booth
WILFRID
Ottawa Journal
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Sling’s Daughters’ Guild
RAF Attacks Western Germany With Night Raids
London reports Royal Air Force strong formations attacked western Germany during the night focusing on Aachen as the air ministry announced.
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LONDON
Royal Air Force
Germany
Aachen
air ministry
Japanese bombers strike bases and ports across the Philippines
Associated Press reports Japanese air attacks hit Fort Stotsenburg Clark Field Baguio Davao Aparri and the Batan island group as Manila reports no alarm and blackout conditions. Private reports say three planes were shot down at Fort Stotsenburg with initial casualties around 200, as Tokyo radio forecasts Germany's follow up.
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RE. P. CRONIN, JR
Associated Press
MANILA
Philippines
Fort Stoffensburg
Clarkfield
Baguio
Davao
Aparri
Batan
Maria
Fort Stotsenburg
Luzon
Bert Silen
N.E.C
Camp Clark
Silen
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Week-end sequence of global declarations of war
The Canadian Press reports a wave of war declarations weekend into Monday. Great Britain and Canada declare war on Finland Hungary Romania and Japan. Britain Australia China and the Dominican Republic join. Japan and Manchukuo pledge war against Britain United States and others.
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Great Britain
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
Ume
Canada
M.S.T
Japan
United States
Britain
Costa Rica
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
China
Germany
Maly
Berlin
Manchukuo
Dominican Republic
30 000 Buns Wiped Out Reds Claim
Soviet troops in sub zero cold reportedly crushed German positions north of Moscow and wiped out two divisions, about 30,000 men, during the engagement. Reports say Hitler’s forces planned offensives aimed at Moscow, Leningrad, and Rostov within two weeks. Moscow radio claimed Germans were beaten bloodily north of the capital in the Klin or Dmitrov areas and in the Kalinin sector.
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LONDON
C.P
Moscow
Associated Press
Europe
Hitler
Pacific
Leningrad
Rostov
Klin
Dmitrov
Kalinin
New Libya Battle Looms
A British authority said empire forces in Libya attacked from three directions against Axis armored groups between El Gabi and El Adem. Rommel's Afrika Korps reportedly were “defensive” with no hope of recovery.
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LONDON
Libya
El Gabi
El Adem
Erwin Rommel
China Declares War on Japan Germany and Italy
Foreign Minister Quo Tai-Chi announced from in Chongqing that China will declare war on Japan Germany and Italy. He stated China will make every sacrifice to collaborate with the United States and Great Britain to defeat Japan.
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COUNGKING
China
Japan
Germany
Italy
Quo Tai-Chi
United States
Great Britain
Britain Declares War on Japan in World War II
London reports Prime Minister Churchill announces Britain’s declaration of war on Japan, uniting with the United States. Parliament was convened as Home Office measures against Japanese nationals began, with Britain pledging support to Thailand and Chiang Kai-shek against a common foe.
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LONDON
C.P
Great Britain
Japan
United States
Churchill
commons
home office
Britain
Thailand
Chiang
Canada declares war on Japan after cabinet meeting
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Canada is at war with Japan. A state of war will take effect from Sunday as parliament may not be summoned. Canada to expel Japanese diplomats and secure defence measures. Earlier, a state of war also existed with Hungary Romania and Finland.
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OTTAWA
Dec
C.P
Mackenzie King
Canada
Japan
King
House
Hanson
John Blackmore
New Democracy
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Pacific
Ing
Hungary
Rumania
Finland
Hawaii Bombed On Sunday and Hong Kong Under Attack
A P dispatch from Tokyo claims a second air raid on Hong Kong with no British confirmation. The Rome radio reports war with the United States as part of the three power pact. Singapore endures 63 dead 133 injured as British forces report Malaya landings repelled. Haiti Honduras Dominican Republic Egypt and others declare war on Japan. Hawaii torpedoed transports and Pearl Harbor heavily bombed. U.S. Congress to meet as war escalates.
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HONG KONG
BERLIN
A.P
D.N.B
Tokyo
U.S
NEW YORK
Rome radio
United States
C.B.S
SINGAPORE
C.P
Malaya
Thailand
HAITI
JAPAN
PORT-AU-PRINCE
HONDURAS
TEGUCIGALPA
OAKLAND
Calif
Pacific
WASHINGTON
J. M. Troncoso
Dominican republic
EGYPT
LONDON
Exchange Telegraph Agency
GUAM
MANILA
Taihoku
Formosa
Pan-American Airways
Wake island
Canton
South China
NBC
Nichols air field
NORTH BORNEO
HALIFAX
CANADA
OTTAWA
Canada Gazette
GERMANY
White House
DNB
Tekrs
Jananese
Xomlari
Saigon
wrtera
Jap Ships Are Routed
Singapore dispatch says British aircraft bombed a large concentration of Japanese ships off Kemasin scoring a direct hit on the leading vessel. A communique noted an unofficial report that mustard gas bombs were used in Malaya. Two air raid alerts sounded this morning as Japanese forces continued activity in Malaya.
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SINGAPORE
Kemasin
Malaya
Voting sites listed for 1942 Lethbridge civic election
Polling places for the 1942 Lethbridge civic election are shown by divisions on the north and south sides of the city. Booths open 9 am and close 8 pm Tuesday at sites including Westminster Public School, City Wall, Central Public School, St. Andrew's Church, Technical High School, and the M.C.A.
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Lethbridge
NORTH SIDE
Ninth Avenur
MINERS KALL
12th Street
Fifth Avenue
Ninth Avenue
WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOL
First Avenue
TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL
13th Street
Twelfth Street
Sixth Avenue
CITY WALL
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BASEME
CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
City of Lethbridge
10th Street
Contractor James Franceschini Builds Luxurious Mont Tremblant Cabin
Montreal reports James Franceschini a wealthy contractor recently released from an internment camp is constructing a luxurious cabin in the Mont Tremblant region of the Laurentians, per the Gazette.
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MONTREAL
James Franceschini
Mont Tremblant
Laurentan mountains
Gazette
Japanese Attack on Hawaii Causes Heavy Losses
The White House said Japan’s assault on Hawaii capsized an old battleship destroyed a destroyer damaged other vessels and destroyed many planes. Casualties were expected to reach about 3000 with many fatalities. Reinforcements and repairs are underway as attacks extend to Wake Midway Guam and Hong Kong.
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WINGTON
White House
Hawaii
Hawai
Wake
Midway islands
Guam
Hong Kong
China
Japan
Stephen Early
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