Africa Coup Turns Brazil To Offensive
Rio de Janeiro reports observers say North Africa victory shifts Brazil from defensive to offensive in war. Brazil strengthens coastal defense while expanding economic drives with the United States, with annual outlay of about 200 million dollars to develop rubber, iron ore, bauxite, and other strategic materials for Allied needs.
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Rio de Janeiro
North Africa
South America
Brazil
Africa
Panama Canal
Caribbean Sea
Axis
Argentina
Chile
Getulio Vargas
Oswaldo Aranha
French North Africa
Americas
United States
United Nations
North Amrica
Forta- Jera
Natal
Recife
Masero
Bahia
South Atlantic
U. S
Board of Economic Warfare
Amazon Valley
Itabira
Minas Gerais
Badassa Oil
Castor Oly
Ipecac
Sao Paulo
Japan
Hull says no special note on Pearl Harbor anniversary
Washington reports Secretary Hull declined to comment on the December 7, 1941 anniversary noting it is intertwined with Axis treachery. He said questions about Saburo Kurusu from Tokyo could be addressed later after hearing Japan’s response and he refused to comment on a Franco message wishing Hitler success.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
1Sate
Saburo Kurusu
Tokyo
Japan
Swain
Francisco Franco
Hitler
Linlithgow to Stay as Indian Viceroy in India
London dispatch reports the British government likely to retain Lord Linlithgow as viceroy of India. Difficulty in securing a suitable replacement leads to the present viceroy carrying on.
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Linlithgow
Victor Gordon Lennox
Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
India
Lord Linlithgow
Archdiocese plans chapel in memory of World War II chaplain
On the Pearl Harbor anniversary, Archbishop Francis Beckman of Dubuque proposes a chapel at Loras College to memorialize Rev. Aloysius Schmitt the U S Navy chaplain who died aiding the wounded in the Japanese attack.
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Dubuque
Pearl Harbor
Francis J. L. Beckman
Loras College
Aloysius Schmitt
U. S. Navy
Father Schmitt
United States
Navy Careers Continue as Vessels Hit Water
The article notes ships taking water today including the cruiser Miami at Cramp Shipbuilding in Philadelphia and the aircraft carrier Belleau Wood sliding into the Delaware from Camden. It references Rear Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee awarded Civil War and Sampson Medals for 1898 actions at San Juan Puerto Rico. Bath Iron Works launched the destroyer Thatcher in Bath, Maine, while Boston sees three combat vessels launched.
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Princeton
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Thatcher
Boston
Lehman Says Pearl Harbor Unified Nation at Rally
Herbert H. Lehman declares that the Pearl Harbor attack unified America and intensified sacrifice. His message to the La Maccabean rally marks Chanukah as 3,000 Jewish service members receive 26 flags in dedication, praising national unity and armed forces.
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Lehman
Pearl Harbor
New York
Herbert H. Lehman
America
la Maccabean
Antiochus Epiphanes
Marine Corps launches expeditionary force message service
The Marine Corps unveils E message service enabling rapid inexpensive messages to Marines overseas from any federal telegraph or radio office. Each message costs 60 cents plus tax, with six Christmas texts available and starting December 28 senders may combine any three of 103 standard fixed texts into one message.
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Washington
Marine Corps
United States
Head Hunting Tougher Than Finding Japs
Special Radio report from New Guinea details Airacobra pilots hunting Japs at Buna while also chasing human heads. The piece notes a rising, almost habitual search by crews from various U S cities for cured heads despite warnings from locals.
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George Weller
Chicago , Daily News, Inc
New Guinea
Airacobra
Buna
Buzz” Wagner
Papua
Bill Davitt
Colorado Springs
Owen Stanleys
Davitt
Bill
Experts Test Boston Club Decorations in Cocoanut Grove Fire
Investigators widen probe into inflammable decorations after the Cocoanut Grove blaze killed nearly 500. Material seized includes decorative trappings. witnesses described flames and acrid smoke. Officials study poison gas effects with military medical staff and civilian casualties under Boston inquiries.
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Boston
Cocoanut Grave
Edward W. Fallon
United States
Cocoanut Grove
Boston Globe
the Globe
Royal Army Medical Corps
Timothy Leary
Suffolk County
United States Army
Navy
City Hospital
Fire
Public Prepared For Preparatory Air Raid Alert Practice
New Yorkers will be educated to the preparatory alert before air raid drills. Lieut. Gen. William N. Haskell says local protection directors will acquaint citizens with the plan. An audible alarm will sound five minutes before the blackout warning, two minutes in a real raid.
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Albany
William N. Haskell
Haskell
Army
Chilean President Extends Solidarity To United States
President Juan Antonio Rios of Chile marks Pearl Harbor's anniversary with a message of sympathy and solidarity to President Roosevelt and the American people. He vows Chile will stand with the democracies defending liberty and justice.
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Chile
U.S
Santiago
Juan Antonio Rios
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
United States
Postmaster Beaten Foils Gunmen In Burglary Plot
Postmaster Joseph Kreeger was badly bruised yet the post office safe remained sealed as four gunmen tried to kidnap him to force open the safe. He resisted, shouting for help, and broke away while the assailants fled in a car after guarding his brother Isaac.
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Elgin
Joseph Kreeger
Kreeger
Isaac
Farm Women Vital Part in War Effort
Chicago dispatch reports W D Termohlen urges farm women to help reach 1943 goals of 4.8 billion eggs and 4 billion pounds of chicken meat. He notes teens can assist and farms must produce 90 percent of the goal with Army Navy and AMA programs helping market.
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Chicago
W. D. Termohlen
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dairy and Poultry
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ermohlen
Army
Navy
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