U S General Missing in Air Over California
War department reports Major General Herbert A. Dargue commander of the 1st air force, and seven others missing after a December 12 transcontinental flight. Plane last reported near Palmdale California and may have crashed. Missing with Dargue are Col. Charles W. Bundy Lieut. Col. George W. Ricker Major Hugh F. McCaffery Captain J. G. Leavitt First Lieutenant Homer C. Burns Staff Sergeant Stephen Hoffman and Private Samuel J. Van Hamm Jr.
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Washington
War Department
Herbert A. Dargue
1St Air Force
Stimson
Palmdale
Calif
Dargue
Charles W. Bundy
War Department General Staff
Home
George W. Ricker
Hugh F. McCaffery
Mitchell Field
New York
J. G. Leavitt
March Field
Homer C. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Stephen Hoffman
Samuel J. van Hamm, Jr
All-Out War Dictates Philippine Spirit and Aid
Manila hears first air raid alarm in three days as Lieut General MacArthur sends ten million dollars for relief and civilian defense. The U S communique notes enemy air activity with 12 planes seen, light damage at Nichols and Zablan fields, while Quezon calls for united resistance and a business as usual stance. Japanese losses are reported in a Vigan clash as police tighten anti subversive watch.
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Manila
MacArthur
Manuel Quezon
Nichols
Zablan
Quezon
Philippines
Far Eastern
Vigan
U. S
Allied grand council planned as Pacific fighting widens
A supreme allied war authority to direct high strategy against the Axis was reported in the works with London sources noting Washington as possible headquarters. Japanese bombers attacked Kunming and Sorong while land forces pressed into northern Malaya triggering a British withdrawal.
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Associated Press
Allied War Authority
Axis
Japan
Jland
Burma
Dutch New Guinea
Malayan
Singapore
London
Washington
Allied Grand Council
Kunming
Burma Road
Sorong
Malaya
British Indian Troops Arrive in Rangoon Convoy
A large convoy of British Indian troops arrived at Rangoon Burma today fully equipped.
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Rangoon
British Burma
Australian Planes Bomb Japanese Installations on Greenwich Island
Australian planes bombed Japanese facilities on Greenwich Island, a communiqué announced tonight. Greenwich Island lies one degree north of the equator and is the southernmost of the Japanese mandated Caroline Islands in the Pacific.
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Melbourne
Australia
Greenwich Island
Equator
Caroline Group
Pacific
Axis front shattered in eastern Libya as German panzers retreat
Cairo dispatch reports the Axis front fully collapsed in eastern Libya after five days of heavy fighting. German forces and their Italian allies are in full retreat, with the British Middle East command saying they pursue relentlessly. The victory caps a month of British armored offensives into Libya.
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Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Middle East
Deny Senate Seat To Sen Langer
Senate Elections Committee votes 13 to 3 to deny Senator Langer a seat amid charges of moral turpitude from his past as North Dakota governor and attorney. Chairman Hatch expects full Senate action after the holiday season.
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Washington
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate Elections Committee
Langer
R-Nd
Senate
North Dakota
Draft Beards To Be Hard Boiled On Some Husbands
Washington report on Senate testimony about expanding the army beyond four million men. Brig Gen Wade Haislip says four million is not enough and rapid expansion is needed. Brig Gen Hershey proposes family allowances funded by pay allotments, warning boards will tighten on dependency.
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Washington
Senate
Wade H. Haislip
Senate Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Hershey
Congress
President Urges Work Unity for Long War Ahead
President Roosevelt presides over a wartime industry labor conference as it reconvenes to draft a non-strike agreement for the war. The 26 member board includes CIO chief Philip Murray and AFL chief William Green. The president warned of a dangerous shift undermining private industry and trade unionism if the war effort falters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Industry-Labor
William H. Davis
Whte
Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
William Green
Air Base Officer Announces New Son in Arizona
Lt. L. N. Butler Jr arrived at Roswell air base to take duty as station veterinarian after transfer from Fort Bliss. He telegraphed a baby boy born yesterday in Phoenix Arizona. Mrs Butler and the child will join him in Roswell in about six weeks.
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L. N. Butler, Jr
Roswell
Roswell Air Base
Phoenix
Ariz
Butler
Air Base
Fort Bliss
Students Buy Defense Stamps At Roswell High
Roswell high school students today purchased $152.85 worth of Defense Stamps as part of a pledge to aid the government. This action is one of five commitments the students have embraced to support wartime efforts.
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Roswell High School
Rationing of Rubber in U S
Washington reports the government readying wartime over the counter rationing to conserve crude rubber by barring non essential tire sales. Civilian rationing boards will decide who gets cards effective January 4 with Henderson noting boards may govern other civilian goods. An 80 percent cut in processing and reduced civilian consumption follow Pacific war disruptions. New passenger cars will have four tires with no spare or a reclaim tire. production of new tires will be almost halted.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Pacific
Excise Taxes On Livestock Near Carter Forecast
Santa Fe New Mexico December 18 1941 G S Carter director of the state tax divisions predicted that livestock excise tax exemptions would end soon and that a legislature would tax livestock for school compensation and other levies. He warned the public and auditors that war conditions may reduce future collections and noted gains in sales and use taxes over prior years while delinquent collections rose.
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Santa FE
N. M
G. S. Carter
Carter
Revenue Bureau
New Mexico
Federal Reserve Bank
Japan
Germany
Italy
Japs Gaining in Malayan Area
Singapore reports British and Indian troops pulled back south of the Krian river yielding Kedah to Japanese forces. Penang deemed effectively lost. intermittent fighting near Grik and Kota Bharu. Kelantan attack driven off with heavy Japanese casualties. Siam gulf landing objective shifted across eastern Malaya.
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Singapore
Krian River
Kedah
Krian
Perak
London
Penang
Malaya
Grik
Malayan
Wellesley
Kelantan
Kota Bharu
Gulf of Siam
Governors Warn Against Excessive Non-Defense Spending
Governor Miles issued warnings against over spending and instructed county and city governments to rebudget to free funds for local defense under state supervision. State comptroller Sebastian directed officials to establish emergency defense funds with adjutant general authorization. The protective council, chaired by the governor, oversees the plan with members from the finance board and civilian defense leaders. Deputies and resources needed by sheriffs and police chiefs were to be reported, including salaries and gear costs.
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C. R. Sebastian
Adjutant General’s Office
State Protective Council
State Finance Board
Sebastian
Adj
R. C. Charlton
Fay Guthrie
Adjutant General
Sebas
Ten Youths Die In NYA Bus Wreck near West Union
Robinson Ill Dec 18 Ten youths perished last night in the burning wreckage of a National Youth Administration bus that overturned near West Union. The bus was driven by Ferris Williams of Casey who is in critical condition from burns at a Robinson hospital. The youths were returning to Marshal from Oblong where they had engaged in NYA project work.
Laura Ingalls Held as German Agent
Laura Ingalls noted woman flier was arraigned in Washington on December 18 on a charge of failure to register as a foreign agent in connection with alleged activities on behalf of the German government.
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Laura Ingalls
Washington
Budget Approval For Emergency Expenditures
The adjutant general will advise on the amount allowed after the budget is submitted. The office approves the addition of personnel and expenditures for any emergency purpose.
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Tian
Adjutant General
Carlsbad Troops to March of Time Radio Program
Eighty three Carlsbad National Guard members defending the Philippines will air tonight on the March of Time program. Edgar W. Brown reports the reenactment will dramatize their baptism of fire during Japanese attacks with eyewitness accounts from Sets Joseph Stanley Smith and Paul Womack. The broadcast is scheduled for 6 p.m. MST.
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Carlsbad
N. M
National Guard
Philippines
Edgar W. Brown
Joseph Stanley Smith
Paul Womack
New York Cotton Futures Close Higher on Mixed Sessions
Cotton futures closed up 49 cents a bale from the prior session to 16.42 for January, 16.80-81 for March, 16.95-96 for May, and 17.01 for July with October at 16.97. Middling spot was 17.00. The market showed gains and declines across contracts as traders reassessed supply and demand signals.
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WOOL
New York
New Orleans Cotton closes steady up nine points
New Orleans spot cotton finished quiet with a nine point gain. Sales totaled 390 bales as Middling grade cotton closed at 17.09 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Orleans
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