U S Plans Broad Draft Register and Wartime Powers
The House will introduce legislation to require men ages 18 to 65 to register for military service. Speaker Rayburn, War Secretary Stimson, and General Hershey outlined the plan, with hearings set for Saturday and emphasis on training a 19-year-old before deployment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rayburn
Capitol
Stimson
Lewis B. Hershey
Raym
Hershey
An May
Kentucky
House Military Committee
War Department
Secretary Knox Arrives in Hawaii After Pearl Harbor Raid
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox landed in Honolulu to inspect how Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Censorship eased slightly as details emerged of 50 to 100 Japanese planes striking Pearl Harbor, Hickam Field and Kaneohe, with 49 civilians killed and over 100 injured. Martial law followed the surprise assaults.
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Honolulu
Navy
Frank Knox
Hawaii
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Knox
Oahu Island
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Hickam Field Army Base
Kaneohe Naval Air Base
Washington
White House
Volunteers Sign Up Monday for Civilian Defense Drives
Registration for Portsmouth civilian defense volunteers begins 2 p m Monday and runs daily for about a week at three fire stations, one in Sciotoville, the James Dickey post American Legion, the Norfolk & Western RR Y M C A at Gallia and Norfolk streets, and the American Legion on Second Street. Helen Glockner chairs the enrollment. adults over 18 must register, with children to be enrolled later. New Boston hosts a mass meeting at 7 30 pm at Glenwood High School, with W K Adams and Judge Russell K McCurdy as speakers. The Portsmouth council has divided the city into 10 districts and named coordinators for each.
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Portsmouth
Sciotoville
James Dickey Post
American Legion
Second Street
Norfolk & Western Railway
Gallia
Norfolk Streets
Helen Glockner
New
Kenneth B. Lehman
The
Defense Council
Laurence L. Hucksoll
Sherrard M. Johnson
Don Dillon
Orin L. Graves
Frank Jordan
E. M. Ferris
Louis D. Bannon
O. Carson Barklow
Enlistment Flood Jams Offices All Over U S
Washington dispatch reports recruiting officers flooded by applicants with lines stretching for hours at army navy and marine stations nationwide. Enlistments have at least doubled and applications rise 10 to 20 fold as citizens remember Pearl Harbor and rush to enlist.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army, Navy
Marine
Two Portsmouth Sailors Die at Pearl Harbor
Two Portsmouth youths die in Pearl Harbor action. Seaman first class Robert L. Boyd, 20, and naval gunner Eugene O Roe, 18, are officially reported as lost while serving their country. Their families are notified of the deaths.
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Portsmouth
Robert Leroy Boyd
Eugene Oscar Roe
Seaman Boyd
Richard H. Boyd
Scioto Trail
Morris B. Roe
Gallia
Broadway Streets
Gunner Roe
Navy Department
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Bob
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
San Francisco
Portsmouth Works
Wheeling Steel Corp
Boyd
Williams Manufacturing Co
Greyhound to Open Terminal in Portsmouth ceremony
The Greyhound terminal at Gallia street and Moulton place will be formally opened Saturday in Portsmouth with civic and Atlantic Greyhound officials. The dedicatory program begins at 2 15 p m with Rev A K Wilson giving the invocation and George S Engle presenting the terminal. If Engle cannot attend W F Geoghan will present. Mayor Harold Clayton will accept the terminal on behalf of the city and state.
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Portsmouth
Greyhound
Gallia Street
Moulton Place
Atlantic Greyhound Corp
A. K. Wilson
Bigelow Methodist Church
George S. Engle
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Engle
W. F. Geoghan
Roanoke
Geoghan
Harold Clayton
Draft boards in Ohio ordered to reclassify 4-A men
Selective service headquarters directed Ohio's 330 draft boards to reclassify all 4-A men, mainly those who have completed service in the regular armed forces. Lt. Col. C. W. Goble said the action will affect nearly 3,900 Ohioans and that no more discharges from the armed services will occur.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
C. W. Goble
Ford Powers Up River Roux Plant Blackout Test
Ford Motor Co massive River Roux plant and Dearborn suburb conducted a 10 minute blackout last night. Officials from Ford and city called the rehearsal highly successful. It was the first blackout trial in the area and was arranged on two hours notice.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
River Roux
Dearborn
Eritrea becomes U S war logistics hub under British pact
Cairo reports a BBC styled note that Eritrea seized from Italy will be an American and British controlled supply base. Britain retains title and administration while the United States sends technicians to build factories and assembly plants. The plan envisions a regional powerhouse, rail links, and extensive war production.
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Cairo
United States
Eritrea
Middle East
Great Britain
Red Sea
Italy
Britain
British drive past Tobruk advances beyond frontier
Cairo December 12 British troops destroyed the German 361st Africa regiment and fought through a two day sandstorm in a 50 mile advance beyond Tobruk official reports said Details of the German regiment destruction were not given beyond recent fighting in Libya Earlier communique said the drive eastward from Tobruk had partly encircled Gazala and penetrated perhaps 120 miles beyond the Libyan Egyptian frontier
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Cairo
Egypt
361St Africa Regiment
Tobruk
Libya
Gazala
Coast Goes On Alert In War Blackouts
San Diego experienced its third blackout of the war while Los Angeles went on a second alert early this morning. An all clear followed about an hour later after San Diego was ordered dark at 2:35 a.m. and Los Angeles received the alert 12 minutes afterward.
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Los Angeles
San Diego
War Bonds and Stamps Drive Home Front Support
Government urges immediate financial help to defeat Japan through defense bonds and stamps. Citizens are asked to buy regularly with bonds starting at 12.75 dollars and stamps as low as 16 cents, available at banks post offices and some retailers.
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Japan
Sil
Yule vacations of Ohio soldiers cut in half
Holiday leaves for Ohio's 37th division start tonight from Camp Shelby Mississippi. Major General Robert Beightler announced only 25 percent of the division would receive leaves, down from 50 percent. Officers may take up to 12 days, soldiers seven to eight days. Three trains direct to Ohio depart from Hat tiesburg tonight, tomorrow night, and next Monday night.
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Camp Shelby
Miss
Ohio
Hattiesburg
Robert S. Beightler
Temperatures Report for Observer Schirrman
Observer Schirrman notes today’s high of 60 degrees and low of 43 degrees. One year ago the record showed a maximum 60 and minimum 43.
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Schirrman
Wake Island Garrison Holds Out Under Marines
President Roosevelt stated at a press conference that Wake Island’s garrison, a small group of marines, is still holding out and doing a magnificent job.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wake Island
Japanese Raid on Manila Cavite Area Reported By Admiral
Admiral Hart notes a high order of Japanese technique in a large air raid on the Manila Cavite region. He confirms civilian and naval casualties, including a destroyed Cavite navy dispensary with nurses and doctors killed, and promises a casualty list to the navy department.
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Pacific
Manila
Thomas G. Hart
War Department
Washington
Philippine
Taizan
Department
Douglas MacArthur
Tegaspi
Zambales
Legaspi
Islands
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Admiral Hart
Cavite
MacArthur
Philippines
Batangas
Vigan
Aparri
Luzon
Manila-Cavite
Navy Department
Russia taunts peace feelers amid war news
In Kuibyshev on December 12 Pravda cites prerequisites for any Russia Germany peace. It says Berlin sent feelers while Moscow-London-Washington pact is insisted. Pravda editor accuses Hitler gang of seeking talks only to save face. U S and Japan announce war status in cordial notes.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Soviet Union
Germany
Berlin
David Zaslavsky
Pravda
Communist Party
Federal agents close Japanese owned businesses in Ohio
Treasury department agents have closed and placarded at least three Japanese owned business establishments in Ohio. The Tokyo Chow Mein Co. and the Sam Sato restaurant in Cincinnati and the Oriental Trading Co. in Dayton were seized. Fifteen enemy aliens were placed in custody in the tri state area, including nine Germans in Cincinnati and others in Steubenville and Huntington W Va.
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Columbus
Treasury Department
Ohio
Cincinnati
Tokyo Chow Mein Co
Sam Sato
Oriental Trading Co
Dayton
Federal Bureau of Investigation Office
Tri-State
Steubenville
Huntington
W. Va
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Eugene Burns
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Robert Boyd and
Eugene Roe Lay Down
Roe
Great Lakes Station
Earl F. Reider
Lancaster
George Roe
Mansfield
U. S. Bureau of Navigation
McKinley
Lincoln
Selby Shoe Co
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Ins
Havana
Ford
Big Detroit
Strfet
Powerhouse
East Africa
Wake Holds Out
Walter Thurston
Moscow
Ger
FBI
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