Tojo declares real war begins now in grim address
New York dec 27 George Hideki Tojo war minister warned the Japanese people that the United Nations were preparing counter blows of great importance and that the real war is starting from now His address before the Diet and radio broadcasts stressed privations and difficulties on the front and aimed to curb hopes of a quick victory He was followed by Naval Minister Shimada who cited naval losses and Tojo pledged strengthened defense a Siberian threat and ongoing air raids across Manchukuo Vladivostok and Aleutian frontiers referenced and Allied counter attacks anticipated He claimed Japan received 1 8 million tons of raw materials from plundered territories and that Allied shipping losses totaled 1 1 million tons though figures were likely exaggerated.
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New York
Geo
Hideki Tojo
United Nations
Tojo
Shigetero Shimada
Netherlands
Japan
Siberian
Siberia
Mets God
Manchukuo
Russia
Vladivostok
India
China
Guadalcanal
United Warinne
Solomon Islands
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
Burma
Solomons
New Guinea
South Pacific
Shimada
Claims of Japanese naval losses exceed Allied figures
Shimada asserted Japan sank more Allied ships than the United States possessed at war start. He listed Japanese losses as one battleship three carriers four cruisers 15 destroyers nine submarines and 20 other ships, echoing Pearl Harbor figures. He claimed Allied planes downed or destroyed 3853 while 568 Japanese aircraft were lost.
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United States
Pearl Harbor
Shimada
Mail Train Crash at Dixon Kills Two and Injures Many
A Chicago Northwestern mail train collided with the San Francisco Challenger at Dixon station late last night, killing two aboard the mail train. More than 30 passengers, many soldiers returning from Christmas furloughs, were hurt as cars derailed. The engineer and a Challenger flagman died. rescue workers used acetylene torches to extract the dead and injured. Military funeral services followed for Flight Officer Harold Benton Jeffers at Arlington Cemetery. Foreclosure actions were filed against the Army occupied Hotel Brighton in Atlantic City.
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Dixon
Chicagoland Northwestern
San Francisco
Sirear Pullman
Res
Cue
Fort Myer
Arlington Cemetery
Harold Benton Jeffers
Barnesville
Midland Field
Waco
Texas
Arlington Chapel
William B. Hilton
Auction Involving Safe Ashore Sylvania Co Mortgage Bonding
An auction was scheduled by Harry Cassman acting as trustee for holders of bonds secured by a $1,000,000 first mortgage on the hotel. The notice also mentions insurance on lives for the hotel and granting annuities totaling $3,594,000. Fixed date listed as January 14.
Garage Car Collision Sparks Fire At Ridgeville
A car crashed into the Ridgeville Garage on Route 40 early Saturday, knocking down a power pole and igniting gas pumps. Driver Ralph De Witt Wright from Mt. Airy had a broken nose and a concussion, treated and released. Firefighters prevented a larger blaze as gasoline sprayed around the scene. Wright was said to be in satisfactory condition at home. no charges were filed. Other incidents: a tanker-truck collision near Boonsboro injured a child. a Christmas morning crash near Union Bridge involved John W Poole and others with no serious damage reported.
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Ridgeville
Star Aire
Mt. Airy
Truman Moon
Ralph de Witt Wright
J. Stanley Grabil
Sergt
Moon
Wright
Sergt. Moon
Boonsboro
Richard F. Kline
Douglas E. Harley
Leroy
Hutzell
South Mountain
William Houck
Houck
Tainted Food Hits 600 Harvey Factory Workers
FBI silent on possible investigation into food poisoning affecting 600 employees at Harvey Machine Co after Christmas Eve turkey dinners. General Manager Lawrence A. Harvey says Los Angeles and Long Beach plants curtailed. no hospitalizations, workers to return soon. Army and Navy inspectors among those ill. Richard Hood of FBI Los Angeles office provided details.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Harvey
Lawrence A. Harvey
Long Beach
Army
Navy
Richard Hood
Dr Frank W Stewart Case Update
No comment was offered at this time on the case. Dr. Frank W. Stewart of Long spoke briefly, with no new information provided.
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Frank W. Stewart
Roosevelt Receives Distinguished Flying Cross on Tunisian Front
Major General Jones H. Doolittle pinned the Distinguished Flying Cross on Lieutenant Colonel Eliott Roosevelt, son of the President, for personal participation in numerous photographed combat lights with bold disregard for personal safety. Health officer notes samples of food unsafe pending tomorrow’s results.
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Elliott
North Afrita
Jones H. Doolittle
Eliott Roosevelt
Twelfth Air Force
Roosevelt
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis Ad Claims Medicine
Fragmentary ad style item urges quick treatment for bronchitis with vague promises and mentions remedies and refunds, reflecting promotional language. No clear dates people or organizations crisply identifiable from the readable fragments.
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