Timor Landings Guard Portuguese Territory From Japs
The Netherlands government announces Allied troops have landed in Portuguese Timor to safeguard the island from Japanese submarine activity. Portuguese sovereignty remains intact, but local authorities object to the action. Troop withdrawal will follow the threat's abatement. The notice continues on Page Three.
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LONDON
Netherlands
Timor
Jiva
Australia
Portuguese Timor
Axis Front Is Shattered in Eastern Libya
Cairo dispatch reports the Axis front in eastern Libya collapsed after five days of battle. German armor and Italian units are in full retreat as British Middle East forces pursue relentlessly, marking a pivotal advance into Italian-held territory. The communiqué says the enemy front is broken and British infantry reached the Mimi Mekill road line.
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CAIRO
Libya
Middle East
Mimi-Mekill road
The Island of Orleans Eel Traps and Witchlight Lore
Reports describe eel traps along the St. Lawrence shore of Orleans Island near Quebec. Farmers used torches at night to haul eels during low tide, a sight that fed legends of witches. Now electric lights and lanterns replace torches as large eel shipments continue to the United States.
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St. Lawrence
Quebec
Orleans
New York Times
United States
Germany
Holland
des Sorciers
Christmas Sign Draws Traffic in Mundelein
Police were called to clear traffic jams as motorists slowed to view Ralph Russell's Christmas sign atop his filling station. The five by nine foot display reads Merry Christmas with floodlights showing Santa Claus kicking Hitler in the pants.
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MUNDELEIN
Ralph Russell
Santa Claus
Hitler
Japs Claim Three Enemy Subs Sunk
Tokyo based Japanese navy says three enemy submarines were sunk in the Pacific and a destroyer is missing. It cites aerial photos showing five US battleships sunk in Hawaii and reports heavy US losses, while landings at Apari Luzon seize a US air base. Japanese forces advance from Legaspi toward the north.
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TOKYO
Pacific
navy
imperial headquarters
Hawaii
United States
California
high command
army
Aparti
Luzon
Vigan
Legaspi
Philippines
Army Plane Missing With Major General Aboard
The War Department announced a U S Army plane carrying Maj General Herbert A Dargue commander of the 1st Air Force and seven others has been missing since December 12 during a transcontinental flight near Palmdale California War Secretary Stimson said Dargue usually flies his own craft and the listed passengers include Col Charles W Bundy Lt Col George W Ricker Maj Hugh F P McCafferty Capt J G Leagitt 1st Lt Homer C Burns and Staff Sgt Stephen Hoffman plus Pte Samuel J Van Hamm Jr
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WASHINGTON
United States war department
army
Herbert A. Dargue
1st Air Force
Stimson
Palmdale
Calif
Dargue
Charles W. Bundy
war department general staff
George W. Ricker
Hugh FP. McCafferty
Michel Field
New York
J. G. Leagitt
March Field
alt
Homer C. Burns
March Meld
Stephen Hoffman
Philippines Resisting Effectively in Far East Defense
Manila reports U S Far Eastern command says Japan raids on Nichols and Zablan fields caused light damage and the entire Philippines army is being incorporated into the U S army of the Far East for maximum defence. Casualties unknown. Cen MacArthur presented President Quezon with a 10 million dollar public reef and civilian defence fund. Quezon urged unlimited effort against the Japanese.
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MANILA
United States Far Eastern command
Nichols
Zablan fields
Philippines
U.S. army of the
Far East
Philippine army
Cen. MacArthur
Manuel Quézon
Quezon
Jap Cruiser Set Ablaze Off Java Coast
A Dutch force of bombers attacked a concentration of Japanese warships and transports off Miri in British North Borneo. Aneta says a cruiser was set ablaze, not a destroyer as earlier claimed. Japanese bombers reportedly made a first attack on New Guinea but were driven off near Sorong.
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BATAVIA
Java
Netherlands
Miri
British North Borneo
Aneta
Netherlands East Indies
New York
NBC
New Guinea
Sorong
Sorong Hes
Vogelkop peninsula
Pauan
Canadas Overseas Forces Broadcast Names Revealed
National defence headquarters announced the list of Canada overseas service members who will broadcast Saturday in the Letters from Britain program. The CBC network will air the 10 to 10:30 am segment featuring Alberta Edmonton Calgary and Twin Butte names including Bert Church and A. Lumenschein with other ranks.
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OTTAWA
National defence headquarters
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
MS.T
Alberta
Spt
Bert Churchi
Edmonton
Gar
E. M. Broadfoot
A. Lumenschein
A. Decker
Calgary
L. J. McFarland
Twin Butte
War bulletins Timor occupation pleases Australia
Allied forces have occupied Portuguese Timor and a Sydney airline official says Japanese aircraft fly the Tokyo Dilli service with pilots who are reserve military. The Dutch moved into Dilli after the Pacific war began, rounding up all Japanese. The rajah of Sarawak Sir Charles Vyner Brooke will return home after visiting Australia as seventeen Sarawak council members stay to take war work. Australian planes bombed Japanese installations on Greenwich Island. A large convoy of Indian troops reached Rangoon. War bulletins continued on Page Three.
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TIMOR
AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY
Portuguese Timor
commonwealth
Tokyo
Dilli
Pacific
RAJAH
SARAWAK
Charles Vyner Brooke
Borneo
Luching
Sarawak legislative council
MELBOURNE
C.P
Greenwich island
BURMA
RANGOON
Penang Braced as Japanese Aerial War Spreads
Singapore December 18 Japanese forces pressed a broad offensive across Burma Malaya and toward Singapore threatening Penang Kedah and the Straits Settlements. British withdrawals cut Kedah isolating Penang and Kedah along a coastal railway to Singapore with the arc of advance widening.
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C. FATES
Malaya
Kedah
Singapore
Chinese in 3 Offensives Press Japanese Pressure
The Central News Agency states China is carrying three counter offensives in Kwangtung province to ease Japanese pressure on Hong Kong. The frontier near Kowloon facing the Hong Kong colony is a target where Chinese forces claim to press Japanese outposts. The second action centers on the Swanton area as part of broader counter pressure.
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CHUNGEKING
Chins
Dec
Li (P
Kwangtung province
Hong Kong
south China
Central
Kowloon peninsula
Canton
Navy shake up names Nimitz to Pacific command
Washington announces a broad leadership overhaul after Pearl Harbor. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is ordered at sea as commander of the Pacific fleet, succeeding Admiral Husband E. Kimmel who is relieved along with key Hawaiian officers. Lt General Short and Major General Martin also removed. Delos Emmons arrives to take air combat command. General Tinker en route to assume duties.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
miral
E. Kimmel
Mander
Hawaiian
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
navy
war departments
Kimmel
army
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian military department
Frederick L. Martin
air forces in
Hawaii
Delos C. Emmons
air combat force
xlreddy
Honolulu
Short
C. L. Tinker
rorns
air command
Donets Basin Battles Push Red Army Toward Mozhaisk
Soviet reports say Red Army forces recaptured about 200 communities west of Moscow as they push toward Mozhaisk, with Volokolamsk in sight and German lines collapsing on the Moscow front. Front dispatches note widespread counteroffensive gains and continued infantry advances despite heavy winter fighting.
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RED ARMY
MOSCOW
Huza
Mozhaisk
Mascorr
Volokolamsk
BEC
Mozhiisk
Valakolamsk
Chinese Woman Lucy Chan Dies After Brief Illness
Edmonton telegram reports Mrs Lucy Chan a prominent member of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Edmonton and wife of Gordon L Chast dies after a brief illness. Born in Ponoka Alabama she was a leading figure in the local Chinese community.
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EDMONTON
Lucy Chan
Chinese Benevolent Association of
sordon FL Chast
benevolent organization
Chan
Ponoka
Ala
Auto Plunges 200 Feet No One Badly Injured
A model Ford driven by Howard C. Todd from Herschel Sask plunged 200 feet down a bank east of Sirdar three miles. Todd suffered a broken wrist and facial injuries. two women, Violet Legrett and Edith Hill, escaped with minor injuries. Police report the car was demolished after a broken radius rod caused the crash. no tree impact occurred.
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The Herald
CRESTON
B.C
Howard C. Todd
Herschel
Sask
Violet Legrett
Rocky Mountain House
Alterta ang
Edith Hill
Edmonton
Sirdar
Todd
indies
British Columbia
Ammasin
Boxing Day Proclaimed Alberta Holiday Again
Boxing Day has been proclaimed a provincial holiday in Alberta with stores and offices to remain closed December 26. Other items note Russian gains near Kalinin, Greek Yugoslav freedom armies linking, Canada’s observer at Pan American conference, typhoid among Polish front-line troops, a suggested export egg subsidy, 18 Japanese espionage prisoners jailed near Havana, H. B. Leta-Smith dies, and RAF casualties list update.
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ALBERTA
EDMONTON
MOSCOW
A.P
Germany
Red army
Kalinin
Russian information bureau
NEW YORK
BBC today
memages
Europe
Yugoslavia
Greece
CANADA
WASHINGTON
CP.j
Pan- American Union
la De Janeiro
Jean Désy
Brazil
LONDON
C.P. Cable
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Warsaw
OTTAWA
C.P
Great Britain
Britain
HAVANA
Caribbean sea
Batabano
H. B
Leta-Smith
Labor Party
home of commons
B.C.A.F
Royal Canadian Air Force
SINGAPORE
Puraka
river Muda
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AKIS
wweeaper
U.S
U.S. Army
Twin Butte Man
BANUQNA
cou Siam
KEDAI
South China Sea
BRITISH MALAYA
SIANTAR
BALIGE
SIBOLGA
SUMATRA
KUALA
LUMPUR
MALACCA
NATAL
Malay peninsula
Victoria
Thailand
Singara
Ememy
Penang
Japan
Taree
Nimitz
bureau of navigation
sdrvice
Harold R. Stark
naval operations
Nibitz
MARTIN
REAR ADMIRAL
Donets Basin
Usted
Aieksin
Tula
Klin
Albert Keller
Aachen
Saskatchewan
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