War Vote Signals Unity Over 1917 Struggle
The United States declared war on Japan in a swift today session. President Roosevelt and Congress moved to pass the war resolution in about three and a half hours, with only one dissenting vote in the House and one in the Senate. The timing echoed 1917 but with notable differences.
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Roosevelt
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Woodras Wilson
Germany
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Serrate
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Senate
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Ancrese
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Dednnette Rankin
Montana
Wilson
Japanese capture of liner and ships near Shanghai
A Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces captured the 10,509 ton American liner President Harrison and several hundred vessels along the Chinese coast and Whangpoo River near Shanghai. Other ships named include the 269 ton British Mary Moller and a 3000+ ton Panamanian carrier pursued by Japanese forces.
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Tokyo
Bomel
Special Deputies Check Utilities in Defense Details
Five special deputies assigned to watchman duties and utilities defense amid prowler incidents. Sheriff Owen W. Kilday and Commissioners oversee the detail at the Central shop and Ammo Plaza. A prowler fled after a shot was fired. authorities placed a watch at the Shoe Hepsir shop and nearby plants as part of defense measures.
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Owen W. Kilday
E. Ybarra
Ammo Plaza
Marouth
Eefgroup
Ater Check Cement
National College Rallies Mark Dartmouth Night Tradition
In Hanover New Hampshire on a sixteenth night the fiftieth undergraduate members of Palazopitus hosted an informal rally for about 280 students and faculty. Refreshments included stacks of doughnuts and barrels of cider. The Dartmouth Night tradition has been observed annually since 1895 with Campos celebrations overlapping.
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Hanover
N. Il
Dartmouth
Palazopitus
Victoria Flying School Inspected by Coast Guard Air Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Dowman, inspector general of the Coast Air Corps Training Center, arrived Monday for the annual general inspection. He will contact officials, inspect the advanced aviation cadets and enlisted troops, and conduct events on Saturday.
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Victoria Flying School
Victoria
Gherles J. Dowman
Coast Air Corps ‘Training Center
Air - Corps
British Soviet Snow and Cold Grip Moscow Front
London reports from British sources describe heavy snowfall in Moscow with six to nine inches and a temperature of four degrees below zero. The update explains German intentions on the Russian front through oil-related pressures and continued harsh winter conditions.
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London
Moscow
Nazis Deny Blame for Pacific War
German sources in Berlin rejected responsibility for Far East developments and asserted that Franklin D. Roosevelt is the sole aggressor in the world. The Witte House statement was described as immaterial and efforts to shift blame were dismissed.
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Witte House
Far East
Franklin D, Teoosevelt
Rations on Defense Goods Predicted
Washington officials indicated new restrictions likely soon on civil consumption of rubber tin chromite and other war materials usually limited from the Far East. Stockpiles were described as favorable with synthetic rubber production rising and used rubber reclaiming advancing. Officials favored solving supply problems by boosting Western Hemisphere production and, if needed, further curbs on non defense use.
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Dni
Far East
Office For Emergency Management
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Pacific
Dessers
William E. Batt
OPM
Poems Warn New Jersey Pedestrians in Verona Police Campaign
Verona police will hand out poetic admonitions during the Christmas rush to urge pedestrians and motorists to show cooperation. The verses plead for care and remind that a ddelver's life may be someone’s wife, urging safer behavior as shoppers move through town.
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Verona
N. I
Ught
Camera Club Sets Fall Print Salon at YMCA
The fall salon of the YMCA Camera Club will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday with prints exhibited as monthly selections eligible. Secretary Sant W. Collins notes the event and invites members and guests to attend.
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Sant W. Collins
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