Dutch Sink 4 Ships With Aid of Ruse
Commander Groeneveld and 3 Dutch submariners claim a Christmas Eve attack near Sarawak that sank four Japanese ships. A Dutch flying boat lured the escort, while flashlights on deck confirmed the sinking of transports as the fleet pressed an audacious strike amid depth charges and evasive maneuvers.
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Batavia
Net
Wade
Sarswak
Willems
A. J. Vat
Groeneveld
Sarawak
L A Man Leaves For Hawaii Job
Earl Jones departs Los Angeles for Hawaii to take a defense related post. His move is reported as he leaves his home at 105 Sun Street to pursue the new assignment and support his mother Margaret Dodie.
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Earl Jones
Hawaii
Margaret Dodie
Sun Street
War Roundup: Allied defenses hold as forces clash worldwide
AP reporting from Australia warns Washington London seek reinforcement as Japanese push in New Guinea Solomon Islands and New Britain threaten sea routes. MacArthur’s units beat off assaults amid heavy attacks. British jungle forces push near Singapore while Burma retreat rumors spread. In North Africa Axis counter offensives unfold as Soviets drive west toward Mozhaisk and close on Boroiino Uvarovo. Argentina delays anti Axis pact actions.
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Washington
London
Mikeda
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
New Britain
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Borneo
MacArthur
War Department
Magala
Singapore
Tokyo
Burma
North Africa
Axis
Mozhaisk
Boroiino
Uvarovo
Vyazra
Argentina
Mutiny Wins Japanese Vessel Heroic Crew
Mutiny aboard a Japanese freight carrier ends with the crew of Russians Chinese and Dutch hailed as heroes after mutiny led to safe passage to an identified Pacific area. Japanese officers were taken prisoner and handed to U.S. authorities. The ship, en route to Yokohama with 4000 tons of coal, reports of Pearl Harbor sparked the crisis.
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Yokohama
Honolulu column on Pearl Harbor anxiety and Japs threats
Mrs George D Quirk told an audience of air raid wardens in Bandhilu about Pearl Harbor and anticipated Japanese control of Harbor and Honolulu by night. She described Javanese evacuation, Japanese signals from buildings and poles, and attempts to destroy tanks as chaos loomed. Separate Commerce data show personal income payments totaling 80.473 billion dollars in the first 11 months of 1941.
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Mre
George D. Quirk
U. & Navy
Honolulu
Mrs
Quirk
Bandhilu
Hough
Department of Commerce
Dive kills 60 Japs during Malaya landings
London dispatch reports a British naval aircraft diving into a Japanese landing craft during Malaya operations near the Thailand border. The air ministry said 60 Japanese aboard were wiped out as the British craft was damaged in the engagement. The account cited an "unbiased Jap" source.
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Malaya
Air Mministry
Air Ministry
Kets Shary
Thailand
Hor
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Stripped bark used for quinine export in Indies
Nearly 23 million pounds of cinchona bark are stripped and shipped from the Netherlands Indies for quinine production, according to the department of commerce. The report highlights the vast scale of the bark trade supporting pharmaceutical needs.
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Netherlands Indies
Dee Bartriet
Conmerce
War 25 Years Ago Today
British naval forces encountered German torpedo destroyers in the North Sea and sank one ship, forcing the others to scatter. Austrians pushed into Italian trenches near Gorizia. Teutons active in northern Dobrudja. British say 14,000 Italian troops captured after Tobruk occupation. RAF bombed four Sicily air fields and Rhodes satellite site. Greek forces press Italians in Albania on all fronts.
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Austria
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Rumania
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Dobrundjs
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Tobruk
Sicily
Rhodes
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