Mandrake the Magician aid cited in Hong Kong fighting update
A British communique acknowledged ground loss in Repulse Bay as Mandrake the Magician reportedly retook a central Hongkong Island position after Japanese overrun. Dispatches from Singapore note Chinese rear attacks while Wake Island fell to Japan. Malaya sees skirmishing. Rangoon air battles end in Allied downed bombers. Manila port bombing. Dutch naval action near Davao and off Borneo.
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Hongkong Island
Repulse Bay
Hongkong
Singapore
Kowloon
Tokyo
Wake Island
Hawaii
Philippines
Imperial Tokyo
Rangoon
Burma
Manila
Netherlands
Davao
Borneo
Netherlands East Indies Naval Command
Batavia
Manila Faces Open City Decision Amid Pacific Drear
The article outlines Japan advances toward Manila with fears the capital may be declared open city. It details Wake Island status, Palmyra and Johnston shellings, Dutch Indies counteractions, and heavy fighting in Manila’s front lines near Damortis and Lingayen Gulf.
Rumor of Petain resignation sparks war rumor spread
Rumors that Petain was quitting his post circulated as observers linked German moves on the Spanish border and troops moving through occupied France. Reports from Bern and Istanbul described German pressure and possible plans in French North Africa, with Darlan named as a potential Nazi-backed successor amid unease in Free France.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Mediterranean
Istanbul
Petain
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
St. Florentin
French Africa
North Africa
Tunisian
Berlin
Tripolitania
French North Africa
Libya
London
Admiral Darlan
Darlan
Free France
Rewards Offered For Sudden Incident In Tokyo
Idaho Falls resident Fred Blanchard offers 200 dollars and S M Nixon of Pocatello adds 100 dollars, totaling 300 dollars in defense bonds for the first Idaho aviator who drops a hazardous device on Tokyo, announced December 24 in Tokyo.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Tokyo
Fred Blanchard
S. M. Nixon
Pocatello
Auto wreck claims two lives near Calhoun
L C Joiner 35 of West Monroe operator of the News Star World truck was uninjured delivering papers when a Chaudrant sedan driven by Brown crashed into the rear of the truck on the Loop road three miles east of Calhoun. The car overturned after crossing the shoulder killing two in the sedan and injuring two others.
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J. C. Stovall
Choudrant
Calhoun
News-Star—World
Shreveport
Thomas Everett Fallin
Louisiana Tech
Lelton Brown
Fallin
Brown
Monroe
Or Frost
L. C. Joiner
Lazarre Avenue
West
Morning World
Chaudrant
Loop Road
Joe Gayne
Delano Drive
Betty Vaughan Reily
Riverside Street
Gayne
Reily
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
Heroic Defense on Wake Island May Be at End
The Wake Island siege ends with reports that the garrison withstood four air attacks plus a naval strike over 48 hours. Marines sank the Japanese cruiser and a destroyer, while Navy communiques note Wake radio disruption, subshelling of Palmyra and Johnston without casualties, and no new developments in most theaters.
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Wake Island
Coral
Marine Corps
Palmyra
Johnston Island
Hawaiian
Far East
Two Men Charged With Shooting Hogs Near Monroe
Sheriff Milton Coverdale reports the arrest of Simmons Cooper and R P Mayfield near Monroe on charges of shooting hogs owned by Will Smith with intent to steal. Cooper, paroled from Angola last May, has prior sentences for rape larceny and illegal whiskey manufacturing. All offenses occurred near Monroe per the sheriff.
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Milton Coverdale
Simmons Cooper
R. P. Mayfield
Monroe
Will Smith
Cooper
Angola
Coverdale
Fair Enough on Tammany Hall and Honest Politics
A harsh critique of Tammany Hall and allied unions dominating the docks. It portrays longshoremen as victims of extortion, forced liquor purchases, and usury, with Catholic priests and Irish networks implicated. Joe Fay’s racketeering ties, his Syracuse indictment, and press outreach are noted while linking these crimes to broader political corruption in New York and nearby ports.
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Pacific Coast
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
Park Avenue
Jersey City
Hague
New York
Gene Tunney
Hudson River
Staten Island
Perth Amboy
Teamsters
Joe Fay
David Dubinsky
New Orleans
Fay
Syracuse
Newark News
Bridges
Skullbuster
Rickard
al Smith
Eggs Thrill for Churchill at Christmas Dinner
Prime Minister Churchill will join President Roosevelt to light the national community Christmas tree and attend church with the Roosevelts. He plans turkey with cranberries, a British Christmas tradition, while the article notes the boreal bird and its northern origins.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Pope Calls for No Aggression and Global Renewal
The pope urged no aggression and a gradual limit on armaments amid rising debts and social strain. He warned force undermines law, pressed for respect for treaties, and called for a world led by statesmen with courage and conscience to reconstruct a new order based on freedom, equality, and minority rights.
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College of Cardinals
Labor Peace Pledge Emerges Amid Senate Test of Bill
Senate labor panel chair Thomas holds a drastic anti strike bill as six CIO and six AFL officials accept the agreement without qualms. Philip Murray calls the outcome delightful while William Green hails it. Roosevelt says the three points cover disputes between labor and management and the employers push to exclude the closed shop from arbitration. The president vows to set up a war labor board at once.
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House
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Thomas
A F. L
Philip Murray
William Green
America
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
British accuse Hitler of new war of nerves
British claim Hitler plans a new war of nerves as front reports from North Africa show desert troops advancing toward Bengasi and Barce while Benina air base falls. Soviet and Chinese mobilization rises as Churchill hints at an Allied Pacific push and fears of a German new front emerge.
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Pontiff
North Africa
Britain
Cirenaica
Libya
Middle East
Benina
Bengasi
Barce
Mussolini
London
Moscow
Leningrad
Heinz Guderian
Orel
Tula
Red Army
Gorbechevo
Hitler
Lake
Ladoga
Russia
China
Washington
Winston Churchill
Pacific
Far East
Reuters
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Switzerland
France
Churchill
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Gibraltar
French North Africa
House Ways and Means Eyes New Tax Bill Next Year
Chairman Doughton said the Ways and Means Committee may draft a new tax bill to raise as much revenue as possible. He noted tapping new sources, raising some rates, and tighter administration. The panel plans to start deliberations January 15.
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Washington
Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Check Itching First Application
Agonizing itching of eczema rash and various skin issues are claimed to be relieved by DVD application of Blue Star Ointment. Repeats suggested as nature helps her. Money back guarantee stated as first step to satisfaction.
Allies wary of coup amid Pacific war pivot
In Washington Churchill and Roosevelt weigh Far East and Atlantic battles as Japan strengthens landings at Wake and MacArthur fights to defend the Philippines. Senate leaders stress coordinated Allied strategy, with unity in action on naval and air efforts and cautious talk of unified command. Churchill touts Allied resolve while warning against overoptimism as Germany faces potential setbacks.
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
George
Georgia
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Atlantic
Roosevelt
White House
Far East
Pacific
Singapore
Churchill
Southwest Pacific
Norris
Nebraska
Washington
Royal Navy
Armed Services
Anglo- American War Council
Navy
Knox
Stimson
War Council
Russia
Axis
Hitler
Moscow
Stalin
Germany
Attack on Pearl Harbor Damage Seen by Reporters
Reporters describe the first day after the raid revealing damaged Hickam Field and Wheeler Field, with destroyed planes, wreckage piled alongside hangars, and replacements arriving. A pilot notes Japanese attackers likely came from two carriers while many planes managed to lift off during the bombardment and anti aircraft fire.
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Hickam Field
H P
Wheeler Field
Pearl Harbor
Schofield
France Becoming German Arsenal
London dispatch reports the magazine The Airplane says French aircraft industry is producing Me 262 style fighters and other German line planes for Germany. It notes 2,008 German machines are on order and indicates Nazis plan to transform France into a war arsenal as part of a total war effort.
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London
Tine Aeroplane
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