Allied War Parley and Axis Retreat Across Fronts
British and Allied reports describe German forces deserting Finnish allies as Soviet counter-offensives advance on the central front. In Africa, British troops seize Derna airport about 195 miles from Tobruk, with Derna itself still under Axis control, and Gazala captures noted. Mussolini’s command claims Italian torpedo planes and German fighters damaged five British cruisers in the Mediterranean.
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Ladoga
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Tobruk
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Debate on Freedom and Unions in Wartime Britain
The writer contrasts Britain's wartime civil liberties with U S Union tensions arguing that despite danger their legal system operates and business continues. He warns against letting a small professional union minority drive national policy and compares labor organizing tactics to shop strikes aimed at forcing employee membership.
Cross campaign windup as Red Cross tallyes gifts
Red Cross war relief headquarters at Hotel Frances continues counting parish pledges for a $21,000 quota. Walter W. Kellogg asks firms in Monroe and West Monroe and the parish to complete employee gifts and turn in totals by Saturday. Large groups remain open and will be listed when finalized. results tabulated through Friday.
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Navy to Avoid Publicity on Allied Vessel Movements
Washington December 19 1941 Navy Secretary Knox announced that publicity about the presence and movements of British and allied warships in U S waters will be avoided. The policy follows prior wartime understandings and seeks to limit reporting until official publication or broader war conditions allow.
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Seery
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Knox
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Fils
Laura Ingalls Held on German Agent Charge in DC
Laura Ingalls the aviatrix once famed for cross continental flights was jailed in Washington on a charge of failing to register as a paid agent of the German government. FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover said she received a salary from a German Reich agent to spread propaganda. She claimed a lone counter espionage aim and said she took no orders from anyone. Her arraignment was postponed.
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Laura Ingalls
District of Columbia
United States
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Aviatrix
Miss Ingalls
Reporter Injured in Sea Rescue While Covering War
Associated Press correspondent Larry Allen, famed for dispatches from British battleships in the Mediterranean, lies in an Alexandria hospital after a 45 minute fall into oil slick water. How he was thrown into the sea remains censored.
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Associated Press
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Egypt
U S To Adopt State Agencies On Employment
President Roosevelt urged governors to transfer all state and territorial employment agencies to the federal employment service to maximize manpower for war production. He cited full cooperation and outlined a six point program by governors focusing on defense priority, non-defense work postponement, maintaining facilities, post-war planning, debt reduction, and preserving democratic institutions. The telegram to governors calls for consolidating employment offices. Continued on Tenth Page.
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Roosevelt
Federal Employment Service
Senate price control bill fuels early year clash
Washington saw a fierce start to the new year as a wartime price control bill won tentative Senate backing. The plan would license about 2.9 million retailers and wholesalers, create a single price administrator, and tighten farm price controls, with a key one-man control debate centered on Leon Henderson. Senator Brown said most provisions would pass, but questions remain over licensing powers and enforcement, drawing opposition from Senator Taft and former President Hoover among others.
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Georgia
Taft
Ohio
Leon Henderson
Brown
Michigan
Henderson
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Santa Expected at White House
Washington December 19 Santa Claus is expected at the White House for Christmas as President and Mrs Roosevelt carry on with Christmas traditions. A tree lighting on Christmas Eve will draw up to 30000 neighbors to the White House grounds while Mrs Roosevelt plans Christmas basket parties. The national tree will be lit on White House grounds this year instead of the Ellipse.
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Santa Claus
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Roosevelt nominates Nelson postmaster at Shreveport
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Robert H. Nelson to be postmaster at Shreveport. The action was reported from Washington on December 19. Nelson is named as candidate for the key city position in Louisiana.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
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Japan’s Luzon offensive and Hongkong fall feared
Japanese sea borne armies reportedly unleashed a heavy new offensive against Luzon while Hongkong’s fall appears imminent. A US war department bulletin cited increased enemy air and ground activity in the Philippines as the three main beachheads at Aparri Vigan and Legaspi presumably pressed a renewed attack. Tokyo claimed half of Hongkong captured as resistance collapsed with Sir Mark Young said to have fled, a denial from London followed.
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Hongkong
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War Department
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Manila
Vigan
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Panay
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Berlin
Sir Mark Young
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Sir Mark
Japs Advance in Hongkong
London reports British still hold key positions on Hongkong after a Tokyo dispatch. Domei states Japanese troops and bluejackets control roughly half the island with rapid action at Jardine's Hill, a 1,420 foot observation post, as Japanese forces press the British resistance.
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Associated Press
Domei
Hongkong
Jardine’s
Japanese land forces threaten Hong Kong garrison
By Associated Press London dispatches report Japanese landings on Hong Kong island in strong force. At 10 45 p m Hongkong time the British garrison held part of the colony, with heavy fighting and a gravely exposed position. Hong Kong island remains a key strategic area.
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Hongkong
Hongkong Island
Italians Saved After Tunisian Coast Battle
In Tunis, Dec. 15, delayed report says about 1,000 Italians were rescued from a convoy attacked by the British off the Tunisian coast. Two Italian cruisers the Guiussiano and Barbiane plus a destroyer and three transports were sunk, with an estimated 5,000 Italian fatalities.
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Tunisia
Tunisian
Senate House parley splits on draft age
A joint conference broke up with “complete disagreement” over the minimum draft age. Senate insists 19 to 44 induction with 18 through 64 registration. House vetoes 19, backing 21 to 44. Leaders expect a compromise to speed enactment as talks resume at 1:30 p.m. EST. Brigadier General Hershey noted ongoing negotiations.
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Senate
House
Reynolds
North Carolina
Chambers
Selective Service
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World War II headlines span Hongkong to North Borneo
Japanese troops threaten capture of Hongkong as Tokyo and Saigon radio report the fortress falling. Dutch bombers strike Sarawak while Malaya’s front quiet. Japanese raids hit Cavite and Tarlac near Manila. US submarines likely sink a destroyer and transport. Neutrality pacts and anti axis talks loom in Washington as Russians push west.
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Martinique
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Libya
Navy enlistment for 64 year old Honeycutt honors old bond
Sixty four year old J W Honeycutt from Shawnee Oklahoma joins the navy with an age waiver thanks to his friendship with Frank Knox secretary of the navy They both fought in the Spanish American War and Honeycutt later trained railroad mechanics in World War I He hopes to be sent to Pearl Harbor and to serve as a navy instructor
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Bud) Honeycutt
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Honeycutt
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Pearl Harbor
Jap Air Force Not Bush League, Filipinos Say
In Manila a U S Army base scene after a Japanese raid shows Filipino pilots dismissing Japan’s air force as bush league. The brief attack caused minor damage with no casualties while anti-aircraft crews and West Point trained officers assess the risk and tactics used by the Japanese.
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Philippines
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Axis foes to confer on best strategy in war talks
Washington reports say anti axis powers including United States Great Britain and Soviet Russia plan a combined meeting to coordinate military and economic strength against the axis with preliminary sessions possible next month A Caribbean accord with Vichy France preserves neutral status for Martinique and French ships in the western hemisphere including an aircraft carrier and a cruiser
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Soviet Russia
London
Supreme War Council
Clement RB. Attlee
House of Commons
Caribbean
Martinique
Atlantic
Frederick J. Horne
Marinique
Georges Robert
MacArthur Nominated Full General in Roosevelt Plan
President Roosevelt nominates Douglas MacArthur to full general, recalling him to active duty to command the Far Eastern army. The president also advances four brigadiers to major generals, 12 colonels to brigadiers, and Captain John F. Jr. to rear admiral.
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Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
Far East
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MacArthur
Philippines
Far Eastern
John F. Jr
Navy
Retiring Officer Held for Speeches
Columbus reports a retiring army officer was confined to quarters during an investigation of speeches about the Japanese attack on Hawaii. Major General Daniel Van Voorhis ordered action against Colonel H. C. Muhlenberg, former Hickam Field commander, who said Japan’s early raid failed due to stupidity and urged Americans not to hunt goats. He remains on leave pending retirement.
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