Pacific War Developments Report Shakeup and New Commands
President Roosevelt orders a command shakeup as Frank M. Andrews is reassigned and Hawaiian defense reorganized. Secretary Stimson and Knox push that U S air defenses in the islands be expedited while war news notes China Manchukuo maneuvers and Timor occupation threats in the Pacific theatre.
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Frank M. Andrews
Stimson
Navy
Knox
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
War
Department
Fhs
Navals
Roosevelt
Bath
Siberia
Timor
Java
Australia
Hnes
Singapore
Navy Chief Clears Desk Maneuvers Stir Japanese Nerves
The article notes Soviet and Allied strategic talks on coordinating a Far East war effort while denying imminent Russian Pacific involvement. It reports Pepper urging unified Allied policy under American staff, plus domestic moves to slash rubber use and control tin supplies. It also cites Roosevelt pressuring industry and labor for rapid production.
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Japan
Red Sthovian
Pepper
D-Fla
Far East
United States
Great Britain
Henderson
South Pacific
Office of Productions Management
Roosevelt
Admiral Chester Nimitz named head of U S Pacific Fleet
The article profiles Admiral Nimitz as new commander of the U S Pacific Fleet, noting his submarine background, wartime experience, and measured but decisive leadership style. It lists his career milestones from Annapolis to rear admiral and mentions family and residence context. It also briefly notes a parallel Army shift in the Hawaiian command.
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Pacific
Chester W. Ninutz
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Washington
Husband EK. Kimmel
Ao ‘Mander
U. S. Pacific
Nimitz
Husband E. Kimmel
Navy
Vinson
House Naval Committee
Inches. Dle
Army and Navy
U. S. Naval Academy
Chester, Jr
Pacific Fleet
Lieutenant Nimitz
Annapolis
Biz
Delos C. Fmmane
Hawaiian Department
C. L. Tinker
Hawaiian Air Forces
Emmons
Wartime labor talks urge swift pact amid crisis
Conference of labor and management delegates pressed to finalize a one year moratorium on strikes and lockouts by tomorrow night. Pan American Union governors convened foreign ministers for a Jan. 15 meeting in Rio de Janeiro to bolster hemispheric defense and economic solidarity against the Axis. General Tinker, a West Point graduate and veteran air leader with service in Hawaii, heads the Third Interceptor Command at Tampa and is noted as a capable pilot and 53 years old.
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Ithe Conference of Labor and Management
Board of Governors
The
Pan American Union
Rio de Janeiro
West Point
Hawaii
West Virginia
Tinker
Elgin
Kas
Philippine Constabulary
Tampa
Fin
Infantry
Air Service
March Field
Calif
Christmas Party at Memorial Church in Seneca Falls
A church Christmas party and program will be held at Memorial Congregational Church tomorrow at 7 30 P M. It includes recitations by local children, carols, a pageant titled Christmas Pictures by the Junior Crusader Class, and a personal appearance by Santa Claus.
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Seneca Falls
Santa Claus
Memorial Congregational Church
Betty
Helen Wilson
Everett Saunders
Roberta Wilson
David Irland
Jean Parks
Joan Parks
Dorinda Updyke
Leila Guthrie
Joan Aldrich
Betty Jean Schwartzer
Willis Saunders
Seward Irland
Georgianna Hibbard
Sheila Potter
Jeanne Irland
Billy Wilkes
Santa
M. W. Updyke
Shelter cabins for fliers near Denver
The U S Forest Service has begun a program to install shelter cabins for aviators near Denver. Officials say the cabins will provide emergency shelter for pilots flying over the mountains and during poor weather.
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Denver
U. S. Forest Service
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