Control of Sea Lanes Is Japanese Aim
Japanese forces landed in Sarawak on the northwest coast of Borneo as they widened a South China Sea offensive. British and Dutch positions in Miri and Lubong faced direct action, with Japanese attempts to seize key oil sites and establish sea lane control. Tokyo’s scattered blows aim to disrupt Allied organizing and threaten Singapore and Hong Kong, with further actions noted in Malaya and the Philippines.
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SINGAPORE
Sarawak
Barneo
South China Sea
Netherlands
Netherlands Indies
Miri
Batavia
Lubong
JAPAN
Britain
Malaya
Thailand
Hong Kong
Philippines
Nanking
China Sea war
U S Plans Eritrea Administration By Britain After War
The BBC reported the United States will virtually take over Eritrea for the war, administering the area while Britain holds title. The plan calls for U S technicians to build factories and plants, transforming Eritrea into a democracies’ arsenal in the Middle East under a British-led framework. Similar statements were noted in Cairo last week.
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LONDON
British Broadcasting Corporation
United States
Eritrea
Middle East
BBC
Great Britain
Red Sea
Britain
Cairo
Tax Parleys May Meet Snag
Ottawa December 17 The talks between Finance Minister Hsley and the nine provincial treasurers on transferring exclusive income tax authority to the Dominion resume tomorrow. Ontario Premier Hepburn seeks to push the effective date to April 1 next year instead of April 1 of this year.
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OTTAWA
Hsley
Ontario
Hepburn
Astey
Left Hand Corner Monument Marks Historic British Spanish Meeting
A cut stone monument and tablet west of Vancouver British Columbia commemorates the first friendly meeting of British and Spanish explorers nearly 150 years ago. Erected by the department of mints and resources on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recommendation, it recalls Spain’s 18th century claim to the western coast and 1789 Nootka Sound settlement aiding exploration toward the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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Vancouver
B.C
department of mints and resources
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
coans
British Columbia
Spain
America
Alaska
Nootka Sound
Vancouver Island
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Atlantic
Point Grey
Three Trainmen Die In Kansas City Rail Crash
Jefferson City dispatch reports the westbound Katy Flyer collided head on with the standing east bound flyer four miles north of the city early today. Three trainmen were killed and five railroad workers injured. no passengers were harmed.
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JEFFERSON CITY
Katy
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway
here
British Pressure on Rommel's North Africa Front Grows
British forces pushed on the left flank of Lt Gen Erwin Rommels battered North African army amid bad weather and sandstorms. Allied scouts reported about 40 more German and Italian guns abandoned west of Tobruk and several anti tank guns recovered. Royal Air Force fighter planes countered Axis air attacks and attacked transport columns behind the front as a widening flank move threatened to trap Rommel near Gazala and Derna.
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Royal Air Force
Rommel
Halegh El Oleban
Gazala
Jemmel
Derna
Drug store bandit sought in western Canada
George Sidney Young known as the drug store bandit from Western Canada is wanted in Edmonton and Calgary after prior Vancouver armed robbery convictions. He claimed to be a former R.C.M.P. officer and recently received a 15 year sentence on three Vancouver drug store robberies.
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ALBERTA
EDMONTON
Canada
George Sidney Young
Vancouver
R.C.M.P
Calgary
Hong Kong under attack by Japanese
A wartime scene reports Hong Kong under threat from Japanese forces. The article notes local groups defying the invaders as Royal Navy ships lay a submarine boom across the harbor to block access to the main channel.
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HONG KONG
26 Japanese Planes Are Destroyed At Luzon Beachhead
United States Army bombers destroyed 26 Japanese planes and set fuel dumps afire in a heavy attack on the Vigan beachhead on Luzon west coast, 200 miles from Manila. Submarine actions by the Asiatic fleet were reported for the first time in the 11 day war, with two successful attacks and one unsuccessful one.
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MANIEA
Wee
United States
Vigan
Luzon
Manila
army
Japan
Philippines
Thomas Hart
Edmonton Man Broadcasts Tonight in War Message
Ottawa reports the Canadian armed forces will broadcast to Canada tonight in the Jean Baptiste S'on Va T'en Guerre program. The French network of the Gana vin Broadcasting Corporation will carry the program from 1:30 to 8:00 p.m. One Western name mentioned is Pvt. W. A. Desrochers of Edmonton.
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OTTAWA
Canada
figtional defence headquarters
Ganavin Broadcasting Corporation
Plc
W. A. Desrochers
Edmonton
Invasion Picture by N Y Editor Drawn From Washington
Louis Lore, foreign editor of the New York Post, says Hitler’s invasion force will include 1,900 undersea boats 2,800 troop barges 12 000 bombers and 7 000 parachutists moving behind poison gas in a projected assault on Britain according to high state department sources in Washington The agriculture department announces 170 000 000 bushels of wheat from 1939 and 1940 crops will be sold under grower loan programs at market price with a minimum 15 cents above the 1941 loan value at storage points.
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MONTREAL
Hitler
Ludwig Lore
New York Post
state department
Washington
Lore
Dec
United States agriculture department
Hong Kong Under Siege as Japan Presses China Sea Front
Japanese forces threaten Hong Kong and Penang as they press along the Malayan peninsula and the coast toward Singapore. Hong Kong island endures intensified air and artillery bombardment while Macao falls to Japanese control, signaling a widening advance in Southeast Asia.
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LONDON
China
Honk Kong
Malayan
Bornean
Malaya
Penang
Singapore
Hong Kong
muainland
South China maintand
Macao
Canadian priests sentenced in Argentina on topographical photos
War bulletins report three Canadian priests, described as French Canadians, sentenced to penitentiary terms in Buenos Aires for making topographical photographs with military character. The dispatch cites India and Hainking as sources. Refugees from Shanghai reach Singapore safely aboard a vessel attacked by Japanese planes as war in the Far East begins.
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BUENOS AIRES
C.P
Andi
India
Hainking
Manchukuo
SINGAPORE
Shanghai
Far East
Russians Drive Winter Offensive Across Wide Front
Across a broad Russian front from Leningrad to the Black Sea the Red Army reports a major winter sweep taking hundreds of towns and villages with limited German resistance in places. Western sectors show divisions from Kalinin retreating, while Soviets claim capturing Vkce and advancing toward two towns westward. In the southwest, 70 villages were seized along with additional fortifications, with large booty noted and German casualties high. Separate dispatches mention air force losses and a Yugoslav royal remark on fighting Axis forces. A Lynn Mass engineer receives a top aviation prize for turbo supercharger development aiding wartime aircraft.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Black Sea
Red army
LEX
Kalinin
Upper Volga
Vkce
Russias
Tila
Pravds
Ing
Silivanrints
Syir
fron
dikes
ILadega
Onegsa
Sovini
Prime Minister Mackenzie King Turns 67 Today
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King marked his 67th birthday quietly on December 17 working as usual. Messages of congratulations from friends and admirers arrived as the day began with no special plans for entertainment.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Japs Probe U S Navy With Hit And Run Attacks
Washington dispatch reports Japan using hit and run strikes to divert Allied naval power. Johnston Island Maui Island and Wake Island shelled as United States Pacific Fleet maintains focus on main enemy forces. Navy says defenses adequate and operations against the foe continue.
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WASHINGTON
Sapan
alswail
United States Pacific
Jehuston
Maui Islands
Lokju
Japan
owever
Johnston
Maui
Wake Island
Quake Rocks Jap Island
A strong earthquake in southern Formosa killed about 1000 people and wounded 164, with 612 houses razed and damage to rails and other communications. The overseas affairs ministry said the principal drainage to communications was expected to be repaired today. The quake was described as the strongest since 1930 and affected air bases used for attacks on the Philippine islands.
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TOKYO
APne
Forimosi
overseas affairs ministry
Formiosa
China
Lauzon
lkely
Italian Sub Sunk With General Aboard in Mediterranean
London reports an Italian submarine carrying General Guido Lami and 19 other officers from Libya to Italy was sunk in the Central Mediterranean. The Am Mireglio Caracciola, a 1461 ton ocean-going sub, was destroyed by the destroyer Farndale. 530 survivors were captured.
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LONDON
ith
Libya
Italy
Mediterranean
admiralty
Guido Lami
Ammireglio Caracciola
Farndale
Linu
cliel
Rome
National War Charities Board Expands to 16 Members
Ottawa December 1 War Services Minister Thorson announced a reorganization and expansion of the national war charities funds advisory board from 10 to 16 members. Named to the board are T. S. Dixon of Vancouver W. T. Henry of Edmonton J. J. Leddy of Saskatoon and other appointees.
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OTTAWA
national war charities funds advisory board
War Services
Thorson
T. S. Dixon
Vancouvers
W.T. Henry
Edmonton
J. J. Leddy
Saskatoon
Hong Kong Surrenders Hint In British Message
Hong Kong told by colonial secretary Lord Moyne that Tokyo’s second surrender overture was rejected. The message praised Governor Sir Mark Young for refusing Japanese terms as the colony maintained its stance amid the crisis.
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HONG KONG
Jobs
LONDON
Dov
MAC
Lord Moyne
Mark Young
ALBERILANS
Sergi John Percival Saylor
Athabaska
Alta
Robert William Adams
Ediacuten
DUNEDIN
Atlantic
John Bickler
Coathurst
Michael Joseph Zackar
Lethbridge
Prince Albert
CALGARY
J. W. McDonald
Nkoy Lumber company
High River
Florchce Moxin
Oxford
supreme court of Canada
TURKEY
NEW YORK
Paris radio
NAC
VICTORIA TUGBO
VICTORIA
C.P
CHUNGKING
ABCD
Japan
LENINGRAD
MOSCOW
O.B.C
N.B.C. REUTERS
ALEXANDRIA
Egypt
A. Massey Anderson
Reuters
GREENFIELD
CALGARY BOARD OF TRADE
Herbert Greenfield
Alberta
ofl
Alex Hes
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