Texas Traffic Deaths Rise 11 Percent in 1941
Texas reports 1941 traffic fatalities near 1940 levels with an 11 percent rise over the previous year due to expanded travel including military movement. City deaths gained while county figures fell. enforcement and engineering efforts continue. New highway police recruits boost patrol strength for 1942.
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French Governor of Isles Honored
VICHY December 20 United States Portal named Buro De Bournat the highly ranked governor of St Pierre and Miquelon an officer of the Legion of Honour. The governor was taken into custody by Free French leaders when they seized the islands off the Newfoundland coast last week.
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Radio Waves May Supply Power
A new method to store radio waves as a power source is explored by MIT researchers led by Prof. Edward L. Bowles with Carnegie support. Experiments focus on ultra short waves 93 to 10 centimeters for energy storage in tanks, with potential military and medical applications.
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Two U S ships torpedoed by axis sub sank with crew losses
Survivors reported after two ships the 6000 ton Maitan and 7000 ton Prusa were sunk by an axis submarine near twilight on December 1. Nine days later lifeboats rescued 25 men. 21 Manin crew and several Prusa crewmen remain unaccounted for. Pearl Harbor harbor officials received the survivors. Captain G I Boy and others seen aboard a lifeboat after the torpedo strike.
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Hearst Air Defense Praise and Youth Training Plan
In New York on December 29 Hearst’s defense message praised William Randolph Hearst for past editorial work on national defense. He urged high school youths to train for national defense and support New York’s first air reserve program. Willard Procter, 45, longtime postmaster of Grand Saline, Texas, died after surgery in a Dallas hospital.
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Dutch Naval Move Urged by Javaneae Newspaper
Batavia reports the Soerabayn Wandels blad urges the Dutch government in exile to transfer naval units from European waters to the Indies. It argues that moving forces to the Pacific is prudent now that war has begun and European waters should aid the Netherlands Indies in offensive operations.
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Mussolini orders end to disorder in Dalmatia
Il Duce issued orders for swift action to eliminate remaining elements of communistic disorder in Dalmatia the Dalmatian coast of the former Yugoslavia. He announced the measures after hearing General Ambrosia report on the condition of his Seroud army in Yugoslavia.
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Tex hotel manager found dead in downtown Fort Worth
Loy Jate 43 manager of the Hotel Denison in Denison and active in civil affairs was found dead in a Fort Worth hotel yesterday. He registered Saturday. He was brother of Jake Loy Grayson county judge. Surviving include widow a son two brothers and five sisters funeral plans pending.
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Students pledge service to the nation in seventh annual assembly
New York reports the seventh annual assembly of the American Student Union with about 60 delegates declaring their full service to the government to destroy Hitler. In a message to President Roosevelt they express readiness to join fellow Americans in the front lines, in factories, and in national defense.
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American Student Union
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Tojo to Inform Goddess of War at Amaterasu shrine
Premier Hideki Tojo will fly to the grand shrines southwest of Tokyo to report the outbreak of the Greater East Asia War and seek victory pronouncements, according to an official note.
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Amaterasu Omi Kami
600 Killed in Jap Burma Raid
Six hundred civilians died in a Japanese raid on Aungon Burma last Tuesday. Informed quarters report the casualties occurred during a February rally, with the attack following celebrations on Christmas Day.
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Senator Cites National Unity After Attacks
In a wartime Washington address Senator emphasizes unity after Pearl Harbor. He recalls Churchill’s visit and Atlantic Charter work, urged total national effort, and warned that victory requires sacrifice, coordinated production, and all-out support from every American.
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Harmless Flares Trigger Bomb Scare in Philadelphia
Harmless powder filled cylinders found on the city dock sparked a sabotage scare along the Delaware riverfront. Detective Cap Joseph Kearns described the flares as the “bar of fires” used by fishermen and said one instance was not dangerous.
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