Picard Leads In Texas Open Golf
Heary Picard, veteran from Oklahoma City, fired a 64 in the opening round at Harlingen Texas to lead the Rio Grande Valley Open. Byron Nelson and Lester Kennedy followed with 65 and 66 as rain affected play on the par 71 course.
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Harlingen. Tex
Heary Picard
Okahoma City
Ben Hagen
California
Beaumont
Picard
Tony Butler
San Angelo
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Lester
Submarine Attacks Off California Coast Amid War Panic
Enemy submarines twice attacked American ships off California with one torpedoing the lumber ship Cynthia Olson, 700 miles off the coast, while a tanker reached Santa Cruz under guard. Coast guardsmen sealed harbor access as U S defense measures intensify and officials warn of further submarine activity along the Pacific coast.
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Ned
Santa Cruz
Coast
Cynthia Olson
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Olson
Matson
Coquina
Oliver J. Olson and Co
Roosevelt
Honolulu
U. S. Army
Navy
Pt. Cypress
Monterey Bay
Carmel
Pebble Beach
California
Lloyds Register
Emidio
New York
Socony- Vacuum Oil Company
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Millard Harmon
2Nd Interceptor Command
United Press
John W. Greenslade
12Th Naval District
Cypress Point
Santa Cruz Gal
Los Angeles
Cape Mendocino
Coast Guard
Eureka
Table Bluff
Greenslade
Table
Pacific
Charles A. Sprague
Oregon
Cascades
Sprague
Carlyle B. Wash
Seattle
U. S. Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Navy Hydrographic Office
San Diego
Columibia River
Strait of Juan de Fuca-Puget Sound
Pacific Coast
2Nd Air Force
U. S
West Coast
Civil Defense Councils
Culbert Olson
Sacramento
Hong Kong Defenders Face Japanese Assault Amid Uncertain Evacuation
British garrison on Malaya front kept watch on Hong Kong's fate as Singapore reports claimed virtually no chance of Hong Kong forces evacuating. Defenders were expected to withdraw to mountain strongpoints and fight to the end, with civilians and small mixed British Canadian Indian units sheltered in hills and forests. Canadians arrived in Hong Kong days before the Japanese attack.
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Malaya
Hong Kong
Singapore
Victoria
Japs In A Major Roundup Detains Mindanao Japanese
Thousands of Japanese colonists in Mindanao are rounded up amid war tensions. In Davao province about 18,000 Japanese were placed in detention as Manila and surrounding areas faced air raids. Evacuations and mine closures followed orders to abandon mines near Paracale and Baguio region mines may be seized for defense needs.
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Mindanao
Philippines
Davao
Manila
U. S
Paracale
Baguio
Soviet Drive Reclaims Plavsk and Presses Fronts Across Moscow Region
Red Army forces report capturing Plavsk 45 miles south of Tula and reoccupying 42 villages in the Donets sector. Volokolamsk is back in Soviet hands, part of the harsh Moscow battle. Crimea sees heavy fighting as Sevastopol resists a new German thrust, while Kalinin front action forces retreating Nazis to pull back to the Valdai area. On Kalinin and Leningrad fronts, German forces are pushed back, villages burned, and a station near Vohlkov is captured after tough fighting. Submarine efforts sink three enemy transports on the Arctic front, and Soviet mobile units strike German flanks on the southwest front.
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Sevastopol
Kalinin
Moscow
Valdai Hills
Maslennikov
Kushkevitha
29Th
Tikhvin
Leningrad
Vohlkov
Karelian
Kandalaksha
Arctic
Dutch Air Strikes Hit Japanese Fleet Off Miri
Dutch East Indies aircraft engaged Japanese ships near Miri in Borneo. Powerful Glenn Martin bombers attacked the fleet, claiming direct hits on a cruiser and another transport ship while one seaplane tender was hit. losses on the Dutch side included one bomber not returning. Reports also say Japanese landings on Borneo and Dutch raids on Pontianak and Terempa caused hundreds of casualties and damage.
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U. S
Netherlands
Miri
Sarawak
Borneo
Army
Aneta
Dutch Indies
Vliadivostok
Surabaya
Java
Batavia
Perekop
Netherlands East Indies
Vari
Ous
Terempa
Anambas Islands
Pontianak
West Dutch Borneo
Local Guardsmen Return From Duty At Alamogordo Dam
A Roswell State Guard detail of 15 men returned home Friday night after nearly a week of guard duty at Alamogordo Dam north of Fort Sumner. Captain Louis M. Prager led the party, praised for good spirit and duty. Members included Ned Revelle, Ed Harbaugh, Carl Clardy, Thomas Tipton, Winston Daniel, Dale Gregg, Carl Johnson, George Fredin, Terry Basham, Wilbur McKnight, Ralph Keith, Kenneth Stewart, Woodrow House, Verle Wilson. Supplies were bought at Fort Sumner and cooking was by Dale Gregg and Carl Johnson. the men stayed in CCC barracks.
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Roswell
State Guard
Alamogordo Dam
Fort Sumner
Department of Interior
Louis M. Prager
Ned Revelle
Ed Harbaugh
Corp
Carl Clardy
Thomas Tipton
Winston
Daniel
Dale Gregg
Carl Johnson
George Fredin
Terry Basham
Wilbur McKnight
Ralph “Happy” Keith
Kenneth Stewart
Woodrow House
Verle Wilson
Willkie Urges Nation to End Neglect and Sacrifice
In a CBS radio address from New York on December 20 Wendell Willkie urged Americans to embrace Spartan simplicity and hard work. He warned negligence could send many American boys to die and called for cutting nondefense spending, preparing for a 60 hour work week, and uniting the nation to win the war. He criticized past preparations and demanded honesty and facts in government conduct.
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New York
Wendell
Willkie
CBS
Congress
Hawaii
Japan
United States
Coyotes Rally Past Artesia 31–30 in Late-Game Win
Roswell Coyotes erased an eight-point deficit in the final minutes to upset Artesia Bulldogs 31 to 30. Graves Kelly Dennis scored late baskets as Roswell led 29-28, Ayalla extended the lead before Artesia answered, then the Coyotes stalled the final minute. Earlier, Roswell led 8-6 after one, Crocker played his first season game at guard. preliminary Roswell Juniors beat Artesia Juniors 34–22.
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Coyotes
Artesia Bulldogs
Corn
Artesia
Graves
Kelly
Roswell
Dennis
Ayalla
Bulldogs
James Crocker
Pampa
Texas
Roswell Graves
Pyaren Dennis
Montgomery
Wishard
Crocker
Hoover
Swift
E Owen
Hoses
Ferguson
Hammond
Brittany Storm
Roswe
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Jimmy Demaret
Detroit
Joe Earhardt
Morristown
Jack Grant
West Pittston
Clayton Heafner
Charlote
N. C
Defense
Anderson’s Gardens
Red Army
T the
West 12Th Street
N. Main
Ende
Beo GO
Uncle Sam
U S. Army
Andersons Gardens
America
Nation’s Press
Readers’ Digest
Gunnison Housing Corporation
Ladies’ Home Journal
Gunnison
Architectural Forum
Christian Science Monitor
Forbes
Henry Fora
Foster Gunnison
Freehold
Laucks Magazine
Akron Beacon-Journal
Business Week
Gunnison Pecos Valley CO
Roswell, N. M
Dock’s Place
Green Lantern
Dock
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