War Today Christmas Amid Global War Struggles
DeWitt MacKenzie reports Christmas amid Axis pressure as Japan tightens around Singapore and Hong Kong while Kuching falls. Allied defense lines hold with Manila air power highlighted. Russians push counter offensives and Libya’s Allied gains aid Egypt. The piece ends with a call for universal sacrifice, urging readers to share talents and resources.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
Singapore
Hongkong
Arike
Philippines
Kuching
Capial
Sarawak
Borneo
Singashoreby
Spern
Stars and Stripes
Manila
Libya
Mediterranean
Egypt
George
Daylight Time Protest Sparks Standstill in City
Fragments indicate a public event or notice about a time shift and related disruption. The readable text mentions a specific location 447 and a reference to tomorrow with unclear timing, suggesting a scheduled change or alarm affecting vehicles and daily routines.
Xmas Order Closures At Portsmouth Flower Shop
The Portsmouth Flower Shop announced temporary closures at intervals to finish Christmas orders and assess fulfillment capacity for remaining mara.
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce sets January vote and 21 directors
Frederick D. Gardner announced the election of 21 directors for the Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce and that officers will be elected the week of Jan 5. The board will name an executive secretary and form committees representing city activities to support wartime and postwar planning.
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New
Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Frederick D. Gardner
A. Richard Chase
Frederick DL. Gardner
John H. Greenaway
R. G. L. Greer
J. D. Hartford
John J. Hassett
Willam M. Hoggan
Joan W. Howe
Richman
Margeson
Frank J. Massey
Gartner
Chamber of Commerce
Gardner
Council OKs New Road To Forts In New Castle
Governor Robert O. Blood and council approve a $175,000 avenue to Camp Langdon highway bypassing central New Castle to ease traffic and aid army movements to Portsmouth. Survey from Wentworth bridge to Pleasant Street junction completed. plan includes new bridge at Wentworth and possible Sagamore outlet.
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Robert O. Blood
New Castle Avenue
Camp Langdon
New Castle
Portsmouth
Wentworth Bridge
Pleasant ‘Street
Pleasant Street
Oliver Street
Wentworth
Japs declare Manila an open city amid air blitz
War bulletin from Far East forces states Manila is an open city to spare residents. Japanese aerial activity continues over the capital and bases nearby, with heavy bombardment of suburban airfields and surrounding fronts causing heavy casualties on both sides.
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United States Armed Forces
Far East
Manila
Nichols
Amy
Prisk
Thes Jananese
Manin
Lamon Bay
Holiday Toll Rivals War Casualty List
A wartime Christmas toll report lists state totals for traffic deaths and other fatalities during the Yuletide period. California records 33 traffic deaths and seven other deaths, Ohio 30 traffic and nine other deaths, with 40 states and the District of Columbia reporting 431 total deaths. The worst tragedy cites a bus wreck and fire in St. Louis killing 10, largely returning from midnight mass.
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Associated Press
California
Ohio
Columbia
St. Louis
Alabama
Arizona
Portsmouth Holds Quiet Christmas Across City
Portsmouth observes a restrained Christmas with limited services and large family gatherings. Hospitals and jails host meals, while the Fire Department and Elks distribute toys and baskets to needy families in Portsmouth and nearby towns, continuing a long tradition begun in 1922.
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Santa Claus
William F. Woods
Elks
The
Portsmouth
Exeter
Wallace
Nelson
Lodge of Elks
A.R.P. School Notebook Returns Notice
All persons who submitted notebooks at the Portsmouth A R P school are advised their notebooks have been graded. Call at Shaines Boot Shop between 10 am and 1 pm Sunday to retrieve the notebooks.
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Portsmouth
Seabrook Man Shot in Seabrook Fracas
Seabrook man is recovering from a gunshot wound at Mitchell Hospital Brentwood after a fracas near Howard Felch’s New Zealand road home. Charles M Cilley 45 is to be arraigned in Seabrook municipal court for aggravated assault.
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Perley Fore
Seabrook
Mitchell Hospital
Brentwood
Charles M. Cilley
Relph Bragg
Cilley
Portsmouth
Simes Frink
Everett Judkins
Epping
Have You Given To Red Cross Your Help Is Needed Now
Portsmouth war relief campaign reports the Red Cross quota of 16000 dollars nearing halfway, with Navy yard workers and many individuals contributing. Chair John H Greenway urges every citizen to do their part and notes that small gifts multiplied by hundreds will reach the goal, as continued on Page Six.
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Red Cross
Hongkong
Manila
American Red Cross
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Portsmouth Ust
John H Greenaway
Navy Yard Workers Turn In First Funds
Navy Yard workers at Portsmouth turn in 2800.40 for Red Cross relief. Chairman John H. Greenaway reports all departments not yet contacted and will be pursued next week. Half stays with Portsmouth, half with York County Red Cross, which has a 16060 quota. Contributions listed by building include Power Plant 4019, Sheet Metal 137.27, Electrical Mfg Bldg 405.76, Outside Machine Shop 534.23, Smith Shop & Outside Electric Bldg 249, Foundry and Supply 166.28, Building No. 80 699.18, Shipfitters No. 29 389.35, Building No. 44 59.61, Building No. 42 119.13, totaling 2800.40.
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Red Cross
Portsmouth Navy Yard
John H. Greenaway
Portsmouth
York County
Outside Machine Shop
Smith Shop
Outside Electric
Foundry and Supply
British Take Bengasi Push Onward
British forces secure Bengasi and press westward against retreating Axis troops. Middle East command says fighting north of Agedabia remains heavy while isolated resistance survives near Bengasi and Barce. RAF operations west to Tripoli report damage to armored cars and transports southwest of Agedabia.
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Cairo
Bengasi
Middle East
Libya
Agedabia
Tripoli
Italy
Churchill vows Britain will be better positioned by end of 1942
In a packed Senate chamber, Churchill charged that axis powers plotted for war and warned the United States faced a disadvantage. He predicted US production would swell by 18 months, placing Britain in a stronger position by year’s end and enabling Allied initiative by 1943, with frank wartime honesty from Roosevelt and him.
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Senate
Churchill
United States
Germany
Britain
Japan
Roosevelt
Devel
Reds Push Counteroffensive Across Fronts Amid Losses
Allied dispatches report heavy German casualties after six days near Sevastopol with 20 000 killed plus 13 900 elsewhere. Russians recapture Kaluga and threaten Moscow area while advancing near Tikhvin and the Oka river. German forces praised for Donets front defense as Hitler spends Christmas with troops.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
London
Oka
Kaluga
Moscow
Tula
Leningrad
Oskyne
Tikhvin
Ukraine
Investia
Red Army
Oka River
Hitler
Izvestia
Donets River
A. Berlin
Fuehter
Dutch Sailors Sink Japanese Ships Near Kuching
Dutch air and submarine forces report sinking a Japanese destroyer and transport near Kuching Sarawak while continuing daily attacks on enemy shipping. A 2100-ton Amagiri class destroyer was torpedoed by a Dutch submarine on the night of December 24–25, with depth charge attacks following. A Dutch reconnaissance plane spotted a Japanese seaplane circling the wreck of a burned freighter of foreign nationality. Dutch Maryland strike damaged the seaplane.
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Batavia
N. HB
Japan
Kuching
Sarawak
Botneo
Aneta
New York
Mothers Club Schedules Philippines Film Program
Mrs C Telford Erickson will show films of the Philippine Islands before the Northchurch Mothers club meeting on January 2 at eight pm The program also includes a talk on the Bundles for Bluejackets organization by its chairman Mrs Robert King
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C. Telford Erickson
Philippine Islands
Northchurch Mothers Club
Bluejackets
Robert King
Free French Take St. Pierre And Miquelon
Free French seamen began organizing on the remote Atlantic outpost of St Pierre and Miquelon as a small loyal ally to anti Axis powers. They reported support from eight men and prepared for further actions to secure their position amid Allied advances in December.
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
St. Pierre
St. Pierre-et-Miquelon
Atlantic
Three Portsmouth Babies Born Christmas Day React to Gifts
A festive note from Portsmouth reports triplet girls born on Christmas Day at Portsmouth Hospital. The parents listed include Mr and Mrs William Shelton of 45 Whipple Road Kittery, Mr and Mrs Timothy Kegan of 216 Barnlett Street, and Mr and Mrs Albert Craig of 124 Raleigh Way. The piece jokes about future complaints and birth day gifts reflecting common holiday humor of the era.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth Hospital
William Shelton
Whipple Road
Kittery
Timothy Kegan
Barnlett Street
Albert Craig
Raleigh Way
Hat privilege at Buckingham Palace for Sir Mike de Courcy
A 13th century grant secures Sir Michael de Courcy the right to keep his hat on in the presence of royalty. The piece notes his continued privilege of hat-on access to Buckingham Palace, valued at about $1.20 a year, with the king and queen powerless to change it.
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New York
England
John, de Courcy
Michael de Courcy
Wes
Mike
Michael
Kelly
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Palace
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Sir Charles Little
British War Board
Pacific War Zone
Washington
Today's Herald
Kittery Berwick
Kittery Point Legal
Eliot Paging N. E
Torial Radio
Rochester
Eliot Somersworth
York Beach
MILL
Tower
Lomie’s Tavern
Hampton
Congress
Council OK
Forts
Naval Hospital
N. E. Legion Auxiliary
Christjmas
Fortsmouth
A.R.P
France
Mothers’ Club
U.S
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