War Today analysis on Pacific front and Australian bases
DeWitt MacKenzie assesses early World War II Pacific developments. He notes Japanese losses and growing Allied strain near the Malay peninsula and Manila, while detailing Australian bases at Sydney Brisbane and Darwin as strategic anchors for possible reinforcements and an extended war effort.
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Malay Peninsula
Manila
Australia
Sydney
Brisbane
Darwin
Dutch East Indies
Singapore
Marla
Jag
Far East
Roosevelt
Churchill
Weather and Tide Notes for Tuesday Evening
A fragment notes Tuesday December 30 with sunset at 4 20 pm and rise tomorrow at 7 14 am. High tide at 8 40 am and light vesicles tonight at 4 50 pm.
York Eliot Ogunquit Join In Sessions
More than 500 people attended the first air raid precautions class in Kittery at the Swett Memorial building. York, Eliot, Ogunquit and Kittery reps joined students to hear UNH experts Dr Everett B Sackett and Eugene K Auerbach on poisonous gases and high explosives.
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Marston
Kittery
Swett Memorial Building
Eugene K. Auerbach
University of New Hampshire
Elmer Burnham
Women's Defense
Henry Moore
E. D. Seegar
Kittery Defense
Everett B. Sackett
UNG
Ogunquit
York
Eliot
Sackett
John S. Hud- Weston
Charles Gerrish
Robert Moorland
Augusta
War Dept May Tap Merrymeeting Water For City
The War Department proposes a water system drawing from Merrymeeting Lake with a line to New Durham and along the rail right of way through Farmington Rochester and Dover to Portsmouth. Free water would be supplied at the Dover roundhouse and Portsmouth forts with the city allowed to purchase later after the war emergency. Estimated cost is 1.5 to 2 million dollars.
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Portsmouth
Merrymeeting Lake
Board of Street Commission
Fred v. Hett, Jr
Samuel T. Ladd
Hett
War Department
New Durham
Farmington
Rochester
Dover
Dover Point
Dover Roundhouse
Forts
Wentworth Reeves
Atlantic Heights
Mr. Hett
Board Grants Raises for Water and Highway Workers
The Board of Street Commissioners approved pay raises for city employees including water and highway staff, averaging about 10 percent due to competition with navy yard jobs and rising living costs. They opened bids for two sidewalk tractor snowplows, awarding to The Dyar Gales and Machinery Co of Cambridge, Massachusetts for 1996 each, the only bid capable of curb clearance without extra operator adjustments. Inevitable 1942 petroleum contract bids will be tabulated and awarded January 9. Also advertised for sale were a 10 ton poller, two large pumps at the Peverly station, and several junk items. Present were Commissioners Fred V. Hett Jr, Amero Fransoso, Ralph Atwell, Supt. Nat Stevens. Next meeting January 1 at 10 am.
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Dyar Gales and Machinery Company
Cambridge
Mass
Peverly Station
Fred V. Hett Jr
Amer Oo Fransoso
Ralph Atwell
Nat Stevens
Board Backs Plans To Boost City's Airport
Portsmouth's Board of Street Commissioners endorsed federal plans to enlarge and improve the municipal airport. The vote supported land seizure to allow expansion if trees can be planted at a new well field to offset those cut near Sherburne Road in the watershed. The plan also envisions closing New Road and adds two 4,000 foot runways and a 2,000 foot runway with possible extension to 5,000 feet later.
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Portsmouth
Board of Street Commissioners
Sherburne Road
Country Club
Army
Selective Service Abolishes 28 Year Age Limit
Concord report states new rules remove the 28 year age cutoff for Selective Service registrants. Brig. General Charles F. Bowen says men over and under 28 will be reclassified under current regs. Conscientious objectors in IV-E-H may now receive orders to report for works of national importance.
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Herald
Concord
Selective Service
Charles F. Bowen
Aaa
Parliament Of Canada To Hear Churchill In Ottawa
Winston Churchill planned to report on the British Empire's war effort and urge redoubled toil by free nations to erase Axis tyranny at a joint session of Canada's parliament in Ottawa. Canada would reportedly announce cancellation of Britain’s debt to Canada for munitions and supplies before Churchill returns to Washington.
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Ottawa
Winston Churchill
Toronto Globe and Mail
Canada
Britain
Dominion
Washington
United States
Churchill
R. Thomipson
Portsmouth Boy Off To Join Army Air Corps
Allen Knight Jr of 52 Highland avenue leaves Portsmouth to join the United States Air Corps. His father served in the First Pursuit Group of the AEF in France during World War I. Mayor Stew art E. Rowe offers best wishes and a parting cigarette carton.
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Marston
Alen Knight, Jr
Stewart E. Rowe
Portsmouth
US Army Air Corps
Allen
Allen Knight, Sr
Knight, Jr
Highland Avenue
United States Air Corps
AEF
Lafayette
France
Portsmouth High School
Hampton Academy
Robert
Portsmouth High
Wentworth Acres
Atlantic Heights
Dedicate New USO Structure Here Jan 16
Portsmouth adds a WPA built USO structure to the Army and Navy building. The new gymnasium auditorium seats 600 and can serve as a dance hall. Capt. Fred Ledlow to open the building with a Portsmouth dedication committee planning the program.
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Portsmouth
USO
Army and Navy
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
WPA
Barmy
Fred Ladlow
Curtis Matthews
Katherine Sweetser Hill
Arthur Baum
George Kimball
Peter Hickey
Gordon Kinney
George Grader
Frederick D. Gardner
Captain Ledlow
Red Cross War Fund Reaches $9 000 Here
With more than $9,000 received, Portsmouth Red Cross War Disaster Relief aims for a $16,000 quota about 60 percent raised. A $100 check came from the Master Mechanics Association at the Navy yard. H. K. Hollister of Rye Beach, a retiree, canvassed doors and collected $52.50. WHEB radio hosts added pledges totaling $300. Mr Greenaway urged individuals to donate to help Portsmouth reach the target.
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John H. Green
Portsmouth
Red Cross War Disaster Relief Campaign Committee
Greenaway
Master Mechanics Association
Navy Yard
Geenaway
H. K. Hollister
Rye Beach
Florida
Hollister
Red Cross
WHEB
Exeter Urges More Defense Cooperation in Town Meeting
Exeter townspeople heard Brig. Gen. John McDonald’s note that only six of 24 observation posts reported as required, with a focus on reporting all sighted planes. Town Defense Chairman F Leroy Jenkins read the Mitchel Field commandant’s letter at the town hall class, noting the need for civilian defense support and upcoming session on January 5. James A Pirnie opened the class and introduced James McKay, one of four town wardens who passed exams in Concord.
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Exeter
John McDonald
Town Defense
F. Leroy Jenkins
Mitchel Field
Town Hall
Jenkins
James A. Pirnie
James McKay
Concord
Japs Continue To Press Toward Island Capital
General MacArthur urged retaliatory measures against Japan for the Manila bombings described as violative of international law. A War Department survey cited damage to churches, a cathedral, a college, convents, hospitals, and other civilian sites in Manila. Observers noted that renewed air assaults threaten Manila Bay defenses as Japan eyes a possible naval push, with Wake Island cited as costly evidence.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
War Department
Manila Bay
Japan
Wake Island
Page Beven
British Tanks Smash New Nazi Stand In Libya
British desert forces smash Axis attempt to reform in Libya after a 420 mile retreat. 42 Axis tanks knocked out near Agedabia, advancing toward El Agheila. Prisoners and heavy skirmishes reported as British sweep westward toward Tripolitania. Soviet forces push through Oka river defenses and paratroopers strike behind German lines. Sevastopol siege continues as Crimean fronts see heavy fighting.
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Associated Press
Britain
Tripolitania
Libya
Mussolini
Middle East
Agedabia
Chenaba
el Aghella
Agedabla
Gulf of
Sirte
Ell Aghella
Cairy Bulletin
Red Army Solde J Jers
Oka Rver
Orel-Kaluga
Moscow
Pravda
Oka
Red Star
London
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Berlin
Ukraine
British Claim Japs Repulsed In Malaya
A British communique says Japanese invaders attacked British lines on the Perak front in Malaya but suffered heavy casualties. It notes enemy aircraft raided Singapore, causing minor damage and a small petrol store fire. The report cites high British casualty rates and continued ground activity near Ipoh.
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Singapore
Perak
Malaya
Therak
Ipoh
Lindbergh Offers His Services to Air Corps
Charles A Lindbergh offered to return to active service in the Army Air Corps in a personal letter to General Arnold. The Air Corps declined to comment and said the application would be considered with many others. Lindbergh, 29, has avoided press contact at his Vineyard Haven residence on Seven Gates Farm.
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Vineyard Haven
Mass
Charles
Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Seven-Gates
New England
Lone Eagle
Eindbergh
Arnold
Air Corps
Ito Re
New York dispatch on WWII fronts and leadership
Neal O'Hara reports from New York on the war in Russia, noting a frozen German army and Berlin leaders under pressure. He mocks rationing turns and predicts tighter sacrifices. He credits Mussolini with expanding Africa while criticizing Hitler’s shift to appointing generals who resist easy orders.
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New York
Russia
Berlin
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Pearl Harbor
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Today's Herald
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Nippon Navy
U. S. War Department
Santa
Water and
Highway Departments
Parliament of Canada
Army -Air Corps
Island Capital
Neal O'Hara
Marc Nostrum
Hitler
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