Walt Disney back on the beam in Dum and Daffy review
The Friends of Walt Disney celebrate his return to pure entertainment with Dum and Donald Duck as he avoids political or social messages. The review praises Disney’s artistry and ability to create a gentle, enjoyable world amid a gore-filled era, while noting concerns about influence from Hollywood elites and the darker tones of Fantasia.
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Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Snow White
Mother Goose
Disney
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Accepiac
Imbia
Menages
Mike Hylan
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Hollywood
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Gooseyhurst
I.t
Hitler assumes direct command of German armies in Russia
Swiss dispatches report Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch is ousted from command as Adolf Hitler takes personal control of German forces. Observers in Bern cite a potential rift between army leaders and a loss of confidence in the command amid reverses in Russia.
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Bern
Switzerland
Walther von Brauchitek
France
Balkans
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Berlin
Cnlm
Hitler
U S Navy Sinks or Damages Submarines in World War II
The United States Navy reports sinking or damaging German and Japanese submarines off both coasts as Axis forces hunted American shipping. Secretary Knox says U S forces have dealt with more than one submarine within a wide area, including activity off California, in a continuing wartime effort.
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States
Ameri
Atlantic
Ife
Knox
San Diego Radio Stations Silenced Under Unclear Orders
San Diego area stations halted broadcasts for 45 minutes after a 3:45 a.m. order from the fourth interceptor command. Observers speculate an air threat over the city, with a bomber reported circling Lindbergh Field and six crewmen parachuting to the ground.
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Calif
San Diego
Lindbergh
Hitler Finds Scapegoat For War Flop
A London foreign office commentator argues Hitler has found a scapegoat for the failure of his 1941 campaign. He claims Hitler blames soldiers rather than politicians, leveraging a mystic aura to restore German confidence while questioning how far ordinary intelligence remains among the German people.
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London
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Thefuehrer
Walther von Brauchitsch
Hitler
Germany
President signs new draft bill to expand war manpower
President Roosevelt signed a bill enlarging the selective service plan as the Senate heard calls to stop recruiting and rely on the draft to build a 6,000,000-man army. The bill requires 18 through 64 to register with 18 through 44 liable for service, while Stimson said volunteers would be halted as patriotism wanes. The Navy seeks authority to draft 60,000 for the fleet and marines.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Hill
Alabama
Stimson
Navy
Congress
Pepper
Florida
Jap Sub Raids Sink Lahaina Near California Coast
The navy reports S. S. Samos attacked by a submarine off California during December 20 night, with no casualties and no damage. The Lahaina shelled and sunk by an enemy submarine December 21 en route to San Francisco. two crewmen dead and two missing, thirty survivors landed at Kahului Maui. Navy communique follows prior tanker shelling off the coast and Knox notes at least 14.
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Navy
S. S. Samoa
California
Lahaina
San Francisco
Samos
Kahului
Hawaiian
Maui
Three Brothers Barbers in Pearl Harbor Loss
In New London Wisconsin on December 22 the Reverend Raymond Fox announced to Most Precious Blood Church that Peter Barber and his wife learned three sons Malcolm Leroy and Randolph Barber were missing in action since Pearl Harbor. The Barbers had already received the telegram from the navy. The congregation reflected a heavy silence as the news sank in.
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Wis
Raymond Fox
Most Precious Blood Catholic Church
Navy
Amd
Peter Barber
Malcolm
Leroy
Randolph
Pearl Harbor
Barbers
Netherlands Declare War on Italy in Axis Pact
London reported the Netherlands government in exile declared war on Italy in response to the December 11 1941 axis pact among Germany Japan and Italy. The note said Italy had joined Germany and Japan, with the Netherlands already at war with Germany since the outbreak of hostilities in the Far East.
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London
Netherlands
Italy
Germany
Japan
Far East
Red Cross War Drive Exceeds Expectations
Red Cross war fund headquarters at Hotel Frances reports contributions far beyond expectations. List shows amounts from Vaughan-Wright Bendel Clinic, Lieber & Co, Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home, Twin City Tire Store, Rev N F Vandegaer, H H Saenger, J C Penney Co, Mrs Gazelle, Mrs Stevenson, and other employees, totals continuing from tenth page.
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Red Cross War Fund
Hotel Frances
Vaughan-Wright- Bendel
Lieber & Co
Weinberg Automotive Supply Company
Davis-Lawhead Funeral Home
J. A. Hudson
Twin City Tire Store
N. F. Vandegaer
Eneaerey Ward A
Oktieix Waar
Guy P. Stubbs
Gnaamedahetee
Quachita Candy CE
Cekes
Aise
P. J
All-Out Clash In Pacific Likely On Luzon Invasion
Washington reports estimate 80 000 to 100 000 Japanese troops in six to eight divisions taking part in the Luzon invasion. A huge fleet off Lingayen Gulf signals Japan’s haste to crush Philippine resistance. The Asiatic fleet remains intact and ready to contest operations. Mindanao actions and air fields at Luzon beachheads add to the grim outlook as Christmas week opens amid axis submarine activity.
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Washington
War Department
Luzon
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
Japan
United States Asiatic
Philippine
Colin P. Kelly
Douglas A. MacArthur
Lingayen
South China Sea
Manila
Mindanao
Atlantic
Good Fellows Fund Reaches New Total For Christmas Charity
The Good Fellows Fund reports further contributions raising the total to 1,482.47 and notes the fund remains open for more gifts to aid the needy. A ParamountBenefit and Illinois Central Employer Service Club event boosted support, with volunteers donating services and printing costs. A Ys Men’s Club Christmas tree party at Northeast Junior College featured a rag doll moment as a second grader yearned for the simple gift.
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Illinois Central
Court battle over Orleans parish sheriff post unfolds
In New Orleans a tense clash between Governor Jones and city officials over possession of the Orleans parish criminal sheriff’s office moved to court. John Williams and 36 state troopers faced off as Campbell Palfrey sought to take charge. judges ordered en banc review with Adelman advising.
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Sam Jones
Orleans Parish
George E. Williams
John Williams
Campbell Palfrey
Jones
Williams
Criminal District Court
Severn T. Darden
Palfrey
Frank T. Echezabal
Echezabal
Pala
Ofice
Dentist Dies in Auto Crash Near Bay St. Louis
Dr. Tom McCoy a New Orleans dentist died in a Sunday automobile crash returning from a visit to his son in government service. His body to Monroe for funeral and interment at Alto Tuesday. He leaves a wife Lillian Moore Monroe and two sons Tom and M L McCoy, three brothers and two sisters. Mulhearn Funeral Home to conduct services.
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Herman L. Driskell
Driskell
Spurgeon Drive
Tom McCoy
New Orleans
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Alto
Mr. McCoy
Lillian Moore
Monroe
Tom
M. L. McCoy
John A. McCoy
M. E. McCoy
Rayville
W E. McCoy
J. J. Adams
Parkdale
Herman Driskell
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Bomber Crash at Jackson Kills 5
A five crew on an army B 26 bomber died when the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near the Jackson air base. Engine failure is suspected. The dead include First Lieutenant John E Doer Jackson New York Second Lieutenant Claud A Knight Ocala Florida Second Lieutenant Robert A Saner Fremont Ohio Second Lieutenant Leslie M Shimeall Chicago Staff Sergeant Harold A Wissinger Indiana Pennsylvania.
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Miss
J. H. Houghton
John E. Doer
Orchard Place
Poughkeeps
Missing in action Navy recruit from Alexandria
Alexandria, La. December 22 1941 Robert Kenneth Willis 19 son of R K Willis of Alexandria reported missing in action at Pearl Harbor He formerly lived in Natchitoches where he graduated high school in 1940 and enlisted in the navy on August 2 1940.
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Alexandria
Robert Kenneth Willis
R. K. Willis
Pearl Harbor
Natchitoches
Navy
World War II Update From The Front Lines
The World Today reports from Associated Press notes Americans and Filipinos resisting a major Japanese offensive near Manila as an 80 ship armada targets Lin gayen gulf and up to 100,000 troops. British fall back toward Singapore while Hong Kong forts hold. Knox says U S submarines have sunk 14 Axis submarines with more losses in the Pacific, and German command shifts as Hitler assumes direct control.
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Associated Press
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Manila
Lingayen Gulf
Capital
Singapore
Malaya
Hongkong Island
Navy
Knox
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Red Army
Nazi rout in Russia marches on as war expands
Reports say Hitler replaces Brauchitsch and takes direct command, signaling a possible renewed German push in Europe. Speculation links a new drive through Spain toward Gibraltar, French North or West Africa, or a Britain invasion, while Germany claims to have sunk a British carrier. A Madrid-linked letter suggests Spain could enter the war if North Africa falters.
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Walther von Brauchitsch
Fuehrer
Germany
Russia
Europe
Spain
Gibraltar
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West Africa
Middle East
Turkey
Britain
Atlantic
London
Hitler
North Africa
Madrid
French North Africa
Libya
Dekar
South American
Bulge
Invasion Of Luzon Challenges U S Filipino Forces
The Associated Press reports a large Japanese invasion on Luzon near Manila with 80 000 to 100 000 troops supported by 100 ships. American and Filipino defenses are described as fierce and effective as landing barges push ashore under heavy air and naval cover.
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Manila
Washington
Philippine
War Department
Asault
Agoo
Gayen Gulf
United States
China Sea
Lingayen Gulf
Former Princess Torlonia Dies in New York Park Avenue Pall Mall
Elsie Moore Torlonia 52, ex wife of Don Marino Torlonia and known as the dollar duchess, died after a long illness at her Park Avenue apartment. Her son Prince Allesandro Torlonia had flown in from Rome to be at her bedside before returning home.
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Elsie Moore Torlonia
Don Marino Torlonia
Italy
Park Avenue
Prince Allesandro Torlonia
Rome
Clipper
United States
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Elsie Moore
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Duke of
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Prince di Civitella Cesi
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J. P. Morgan
Beatrice
Alfonso XII
Spain
Europe
Church of Jesus
Torlonia
Connecticut
Christiana
Francis X. Shields
Sur
Two Monroe servicemen reported missing after Pearl Harbor
Two Twin City men, Amos Paul Pace of West Monroe and Robert Pribble of Monroe, have been reported missing following the Pearl Harbor battle. Pace, a second class mate in the navy since school, recently reenlisted for a third time and leaves a wife in Los Angeles. Pribble, born February 27 1922, grew up in Monroe, studied at Northeast Junior College, served on a ship at Pearl Harbor, and is survived by his parents and younger brother Harry.
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Pearl Harbor
Amos Paul Pace
A. G. Pace
West Monroe
Robert Pribble
Monroe
Navy Department
Pace
Navy
Ouachita Parish
Southwestern
Los Angeles
Calif
Jonesboro
Ark
Nevile High School
Northeast Junior College
Harry
Robert
Hiewail
Japanese Report Big Sea Successes
Dormer of the Japanese news agency Domeri said in a Reuters broadcast that since the Pacific war began the Japanese navy has sunk or damaged 47 enemy warships seized 38 merchant vessels and over 380 smaller craft and shot down 114 planes. Naval losses included one light cruiser one destroyer sunk a minesweeper sunk another severely damaged five submarines missing planes.
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Dormer
Reuters
Domei
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