Hong Kong Defenders Hold Island
British forces on Kowloon retreat to defend Hong Kong Island as Japanese bombardment continues. Allied reports say the mainland siege presses on while Chinese forces in Tamshui area attempt rear attacks. Governor Sir Mark Young vows to do their best despite mounting pressure.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon Peninsula
Phew
Britain
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Ovsae Toe
Tokyo
Chunching
Tamshui
Passy’ My
Victoria
Othe Kawloan
Biltisn
Tsai Ting-Kai
Shanghai
Churchill
Hong Hong
Mark Young
Nazis Claim Repulse of Soviet Drive
Berlin reports the German High Command stating Soviet attacks were repulsed with heavy losses at several points. It adds successful German air operations against Russian concentrations in the Donets Basin and rail lines, plus attacks on British columns near Tobruk and a depth-charged British submarine in the Aegean.
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Donets
Don
Reds
Enline Crac Devinerie Inti Ueeanenak
Murmansk
North Africa
High Command
Tobruk
Aegean Sea
British Stop Japs Drive In Malaya Reported
British rear guards in Malaya and Hong Kong defense areas destroy supplies as they fall back. Evacuation orders issued for east and west Malayan coasts and Singapore. Civilians urged to leave. defenses organized. Kota Bharu weather station crew held out. Heroism noted near Kota Bharu and by Kampong natives.
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Imperial
Malaya
Hong Kong
Malayan
Singapore
Penang
Johore Bharu
Kuala Lumpur
Kota Kharu
Kota Bharu
Watertown Quintet Beats St Marys Ogdensburg Victory
Watertown Immaculate Heart Academy edged St Mary's Academy of Ogdensburg with a 5 to 23 score in a tight basketball matchup on December 15. The Watertown team secured the win in a low scoring contest emphasizing defense and late baskets.
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Watertown
St. Mary’s
Ogdensburg
Immacuate Heart Academy
St. Mary's Academy
City
Ebay
Allied Bag 15 Japanese Transports In Southeast War
Report from Washington notes Allied aerial and submarine counter moves have inflicted heavy Japanese losses en route to Oriental battlegrounds. Washington warns of continued submarine and air warfare as Congress advances war footing measures including a massive $10 billion arms appropriation and broad conscription.
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Washington
Hawaii
Oriental
Japan
Philippines
Japanese press claims Hong Kong and Luzon advance
The Japanese press reports estimating British troops in Hong Kong at least 5,000 while imperial headquarters say forces on Luzon advance as planned crushing resistance. Bombers destroy U S air bases and fighters on central Luzon. fires erupt in hangars and depots. Submarine and air defenses prepared as Diet holds brief sessions ahead of the next opening.
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Hong Kong
Luzon
Army
Imperial Headquarters
Pon Central Luzon
United States
Aparri
Baguio
Tarlac
Malaya
Singapore
Thailand
Srategic
Japan
Woman Slain by Soldier Behind Blackout Confusion
A 19 year old Army private from Divide Montana is jailed on suspicion of murder after firing on a motorist who did not halt during a blackout drill near Los Angeles Municipal Airport. Adele Brandel 52 died. The incident follows recent blue light coverings misused during blackouts. Army and civilian authorities urge vigilance at barriers and ongoing cooperation with guards.
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Los Angeles
Eugene J. Tuttle
Divide
Mont
Adele Brandel
Joseph Stilliwell
California
Southern Pacific
Chatsworth
Philippines at War: MacArthur Aide Named. Legaspi Skirmishes Reported
Senator-elect Manuel Roxas, a Philippine Army reserve lieutenant colonel, is ordered into U S Army service as aide to General MacArthur. Four Japanese fighters were shot down near Legaspi, while Dutch submarines claim sinkings in the Gulf of Siam. Manila endures air raids, authorities report no paratroop landings, and Quezon extends total emergency amid food and price pressures.
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Hong Kong
Greater East Asia
Kowloon
Tecamaes
Hong ‘Kong
Kowloom
London
Manila
Luzon
Nichols Field
Kra
Germany
Italy
Berlin
Rome
Mediterranean
Libya
Far Eastern Command
Legaspi
Far East
U.S. Army
Netherlands
Malaya
Manila Command
Thand
U. S
Aparri
China
Pingshan
Tamshui
Singapore
Philippines
Manual Roxas
Philippine Army
United States Army
Macarthur
Batavia
Gulf of Siam
Vigan
Lingayen
Iesterday
Army
Philippine National Assembly
Quezon
United States
Manla
Emilio Aguinaldo
Cavite
Youthful Killer Hunted in Chicago Mother’s Murder
Chicago police hunted a youth about 18 for questioning in the murder of Mrs. Bergit Kyvik 43 mother of two. Her battered body was found with a brick skull fracture in a Far North Side alley. five similar attacks in five days suggest a pattern and a spree of robberies nearby.
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Chicago
Bergit Kyvik
Ai Varaht Io
Record High Compensation Awards in Albany Report
The State Labor Department said December awards reached 518,869, the year’s highest. November compensation payouts totaled 21,859, the month’s peak in two years for workmen’s claims.
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Albany
State Labor Department
Department
Theater Patrons Pummel Man Who Boos President
A defense worker Edward Loss Jr. was punched by eight theater patrons for booing President Roosevelt during a newsreel of his Dec 9 address. Loss, a welder on a draft deferment, was charged with disorderly conduct after U S Marshal O Dermott escorted him to police.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Edward Loss, Jr
Loss
Japan
United States
U. S
William H. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Australia bolsters Malayan air forces from Melbourne claim
Australia aims to reinforce air strength in the Malayan battle zone as Air Minister A. S. Drakeford says every effort is made. War Minister Francis Michael Forde states no need to send militia abroad for land forces at present.
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Australia
Melbourne
A. S. Drakeford
Francis Michael Forde
Gloversville Strike Parley Set For Today
Gloversville union workers at the Gloversville Knitting Co meet today to decide on terms approved by Amalgamated Cloth ing Workers of America Local 292 and company management to end a three month dispute. Governor Lehman urged both sides to settle promptly and resume defense order work.
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Gloversville
Gloversville Knitting Company
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Lehman
GE Defense Workers Go In On Sunday To Boost Output
General Electric launched an all out on Sunday program and about 20 percent of defense-employed workers reported for duty. Employees were at Lynn and Pittsfield MA Bridgeport CT Erie PA Fort Wayne IN Philadelphia PA and Schenectady NY. Gov Lehman and leaders agreed to temporarily waive restrictions on seven day defense production in New York.
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Schenectady
General Electric Company
Lynn
Pittsfield
Mass
Bridgeport
Organized Labor
New York
Prince Torlonia Arrested by FBI in New York
Prince Alessandro Torlonia of Rome was held at Ellis Island after special agents took him into custody as he prepared to return to Italy. He arrived in New York on November 21 to visit his ill American-born mother Mrs Elsie Moore Torlonia and remains connected to his wife the former Infanta Beatriz and their three children.
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New York
Alessandro Torlonia
Rome
Victoria
Spain
Alfonso
Ellis Island
Cupper
Elsie Moore Torlonia
Italy
Infanta Beatriz
Train Victim Dragged Across Niagara River
Armas Palkan a 49 year old carpenter was killed when he was caught between cars of a New York Central freight train and dragged from Canada into the United States near Niagara Falls. His body was found by a U S immigration officer.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Armas Palkan
Niagara River
New York Central
Palkan
United States
Cleric Declares Just War Not Sin Against God
Rev. Allan G. Whittemore of the Order of the Holy Cross argues that a just war is not unlawful in God's eyes. He says pacifist views misstate Church teaching and that fighting for one’s legitimate government is proper when a nation goes to war.
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Buffalo
Allan G. Whittemore
Order of the Holy Cross
Episcopal Church
Whittemore
Church
Mrs Roosevelt Sees West Coast Morale High
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt says West Coast morale is very good in wartime. After travel through coast cities she urges women to play a definite part in the defense program and stay prepared for anything that may happen.
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Roosevelt
Boise
Idaho
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Banger Man Struck by Car Near Banger
Joseph Hurteau 81 of Banger remained unchanged in condition after being hit by a car Thursday while crossing the highway, at Alice Hyde Hospital.
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Banger
Malone
Joseph Hurteau
Alice Hyde Hospital
Hurteau
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