Roosevelt to Deliver State of the Union in Joint Session
President Roosevelt will address Congress in a joint session from the House Chamber to present his annual message on the state of the nation. He seeks a large military budget and wartime spending, with up to 18 billion dollars in special funds for army and navy and a future plan to reach 60 billion annually by 1943.
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White House
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Rayburn
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McCormack
Senate
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Grand Alliance
Mnations
Congress
Unita
Kentucky
Dem
Chinese say victory at Changsha signals broad counter offensive
Pearl Ha Chinese Drive Japs Back reports from Chungking cite Chinese officials claiming 50,000 enemy losses at Changsha and a planned general counter-offensive across Asia. Chinese leaders say the victory marks the start of a large drive to expel Japanese forces from Changsha and to threaten positions in Thailand and French Indo China. Outer defenses rally with Changsha garrison as troops pursue the retreating forces toward the Lao river.
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Japan
Changsha
Ching
Thailand
Indo-China
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Calna
Ghangsha
Australia to expand air force for home defense
Canberra reports Australia will enlarge its air force for homeland defense. Air Minister Drakeford announced the plan today and suggested the move could influence the level of personnel or matériel Australia sends to Canada.
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Australia
Drakeford
Canadas
Diplomatic Rank Raised For 3 Nations
The United States will raise diplomatic relations with Bolivia Ecuador and Paraguay to full priority status within the week to aid hemisphere ties during wartime. The other eight South American republics already exchange ambassadors, and personnel changes are expected to be minimal.
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United States
Suoday
Bolivia
Ecuvador
Paraguay
Auto Derails Gold Train in Susquehanna River Bend
A Lehigh Valley express carrying gold derailed after a collision with a car 16 miles west of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania. One passenger died and 13 were injured as 260 passengers faced entrapment for over an hour. Investigators discount theft plot amid gold shipment valued at 250000.
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Lehigh Valey Express
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Henry Meinefeld
Scranton
Lind
Meinefeld
Noe Reid
Joseph Layzrck
Chicago
Harry A. Hawk
Sayre
Camp Croft
Gat
Seal Drives Continue To Raise Christmas Tuberculosis Seals
The sale of Christmas anti tuberculosis seals will resume Tuesday, announced Rev. Arthur V. Boand, president of the Bexar County Tuberculosis Association. He cited Paul V. McNutt’s statement that the seal is a vital defense measure and urged county residents to support safeguards against the disease, while Brigadier General Shelley U. Marletta warned that people die more from neglect than tuberculosis itself.
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Arthur V. Boand
Bexar County Tuberculosis Association
Boand
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Shelley U. Marletta
U. S. Army
Pearl Hurtiar
London hears US fleet meets Japs in Pacific battle
London dispatch quotes Paris radio reporting the United States fleet has engaged the Japanese fleet in the Pacific. The blast of confirmation is limited to this single broadcast with no corroborating detail from other sources.
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Aly Mount Today
Paris
United States
Pacific
Pact Opens to Free French Movement in Anti Axis Pact
Washington dispatch reports the Free French movement led by General Charles de Gaulle seeks association with the anti axis pact pledging nations to cooperate on measures against aggressor powers in shaping a postwar order. The State Department says it will receive adherence statements to the pact’s principles from non government authorities and non allied governments. De Gaulle is not officially recognized as head of a government and is considered a leader of the Free French movement rather than a government head.
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Jam
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Ty Gaulle
Train Hits Man Near Grace Street Crossing
A laborer named Marcio Gonzales of 10 Grace Street was killed Monday morning when struck by an inbound Missouri Pacific passenger train at a cattle guard south of Grace Street crossing. Justice of the Peace O L Whey ruled accidental death. engineer listed as G C Smith of 1207 Breeden Avenue.
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Missouri-Pacific
Barrett Real’ Estate Company
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C. L. Hobbs
Dawson Street
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Ute
Justice of the Peace
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H. Smith
Breeden Avenue
Pearl Harbor
Thiely
American Weekly
Wavell Predicts Initial Reverses in Far East
Delhi dispatch reports General Archibald Wavell new supreme commander for southwest Pacific predicts Britain and allies face early reverses before a decisive defeat of Japan. He cautions a single stroke cannot reverse the trend, but believes Japanese forces can be driven from captured positions in time as Britain seeks united American aid and strategic planes to mount a counteroffensive.
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Daily Express
Winston Churchill
Washington
Awembe
Youngstown Hold-Up Suspect Linked to Woman Ally
Youngstown police recall a holdup man who targets trousers and suggest he has a girlfriend. A middle aged woman held up a drive-in restaurant at gunpoint, forcing two waitresses to surrender $52 in receipts, taking their dresses and fleeing.
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Jobless Pay Shows Decline Amid War Production Layoffs
Job insurance disbursements fell nationwide in November to a new low of 21,066,400 dollars as 18 states offset gains in 30 others due to unemployment from wartime plant retooling and seasonal declines. The 404,000 jobs filled, 24 percent below October, mark a sharp drop yet are 142 percent above November 1940.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Syranger
Income Tax Filing Rules From 1941 Guide Note
The document outlines who must file returns for 1941 income tax, including individuals with gross income thresholds, married couples with or without a separate household, and aggregate income limits. It states filing deadlines, where to file, how to prepare using Form 1049 and Form IM0A, and explains a 4 percent normal tax with a graduated surtax on net income above credits, ending with a reminder about Pearl Harbor.
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United States
Pearl Harher
Pullman Seeks 14 Percent Rate Increase
The Pullman company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to raise sleeping car and parlor car rates by 14 percent to cover a 6.35 million dollar rise in operating costs from higher wages and payroll taxes. The rise is expected to boost earnings by about 6.13 million dollars. Mrs Colin Kelly Jr widow of the war hero is to speak for the Red Cross at Des Moines Iowa on Wednesday.
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Pullman Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
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