Manila Bombed Again as Japanese Raid Rages On
Descriptions from observers detail widespread destruction in Manila’s old city, including Santo Domingo Church and Santa Rosa College, with fires burning towers and collapsed structures. Bombers struck the Pasig area near Fort Santiago, while Magellan’s monument stood amid smoke as Filipinos and Americans fought back. A watchman death and damage to the mint and port facilities are reported, with leaflets claiming the attack targets Americans.
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Santo Tomas Medical College
University
Philippine Appeals Court
American Army and Navy Y. M.C. A
Santa Rosa College
Cathlin
Pasig
Fort
Santiago
Ferdinand Magellan
Philippines
Manila
Axis
Erik Friman
United Press
American Red Cross
Treasury Building
Friman
Mint
Pio Pedrosa
Guillermo Francisco
Manila Bay
Nippon
Manilla
United States
Philippine
Pampagna
Lingayen
Atimonan
Enon
Phiippines Command
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
Manuel L. Quezon
Francis Bowes Sayre
Jorge B. Vargas
Sergio Osmena
Supreme Court
Jose Abad Santos
Far East battle report from Manila defense and retreat
Communiques from Army headquarters and Gen Wainwright describe heavy fighting in the north and south east as Japanese reinforcements drive toward Manila. American and Philippine troops withdraw to a stronger line along Lingayen Gulf while bombings hit Manila as evacuees flee and officials reshuffle into an emergency cabinet.
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Manila
Lingayen
Atimonan
Franz Weisblatt
United Press
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Luzon
Philippines
Lingayen Gulf
Pampagna
Pangasinan
Tuzan
Damortis
Rosario
Urdaneta
Wainwright
Delfiles
Pampana
Rodolfo Nazaremo
Pasig River
United States Far Eastern Forces
Dutch Indies Stand Firm in War Effort Under Allied Strike
Dutch forces claim naval successes near Borneo and anticipate stronger action if additional warships and aircraft are supplied. Officials urge the United States to send more material to reinforce the Netherlands Indies as a strategic base for Pacific and Indian Ocean operations and a key avenue to Allied victory.
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Aneta
Tokyo
Netherlands Indies
United States
ABCD
Indies
Pacific
Indian
Alles
Only 18 Unsettled Strikes in State Albany Dec 27
The New York State Labor Mediation Board reported 18 unsettled strikes involving 1,163 workers at month end. It also noted 43 strikes settled with 3,658 workers returning to work during the month.
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Albany
New York State Labor Mediation Board
Sub Active In Wide Area Tokyo Claims War Progress
Tokyo asserts Japanese submarines are active off California and Hawaii and across the Pacific as Navy Minister Shimada boasts air and naval control of four oceans and a vast expansion of the war. He lists British and American losses, claims victories at Hong Kong, and cites Japanese air and sea strength with several submarines missing.
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Tokyo
INS
Navy
Imperial Headquarters
California
Hawaii
Pacific
Shigetaro Shimada
Imperial Navy
Shimada
Hong Kong
Stonesone
Jap Fleets Pour Troops Into Luzon
War Department reported fleets of Japanese troopships reinforcing invasion forces ashore north and southeast of Manila. Very heavy fighting centered southeast of Manila with desultory combat in Lingayen Gulf north of the city. Enemy air activity remained heavy across all fronts as reinforcements arrived.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Philippine
Lingayen Gulf
Lamon Bay
Linugayen Gulf
Atimanan
Japanese Woman Soldier Killed or Captured in Luzon
Manila December 27 The Manila Bulletin reports from Santa Cruz Laguna province that a Japanese woman soldier was killed or captured on Luzon’s east coast inland from Atimonan about 75 miles southeast of Manila. The woman was said to be carrying a sub machine gun.
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Luzon
Manila
Manila Bulletin
Santa Cruz
Laguna
Luzon Island
Atimanan
Japs Again Break Their Solemn Word In Manila Bombing
United Press reports Japan violated open city rules at Manila by bombing a city declared undefended under Hague 1907. Manila authorities removed armed forces and government to meet open city standards, contrasting with Paris 1940 open city status during German advances.
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Manila
Japan
United States
Philippines
Hague
Paris
France
Germany
Walkout Threat Threatens 400 Movie Operators in New York
In New York on December 27, Loew's, Inc. sought a federal injunction to restrain 400 motion picture machine operators in 65 Loew theaters from striking. The union is accused of aiming to cut off film supply to non union cinemas and has until January 13 to answer.
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New York
Loew
New York City
Loew's, Inc
Allied conferences map 1942 Anglo American planning
Diplomatic talks in Washington detailed a full day of meetings among U S British leaders and ambassadors with South and Central American republics and other war powers. Churchill projected 1943 momentum and discussed invasion defenses and shipping needs.
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Maxim Litvinov
Harry L. Hopkins
Lord Halifax
MacKenzie
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Denmark
Norway
Belgium
United States
Britain
Yugoslavia
Greece
Czecho-Slovakia
Luxembourg
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
Sir John Dill
Wacklington
John
Churchills
Germany
Congress
Hill
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
English Channel
Russia
Libya
Singapore
America
British Isles
King Hull Discuss St Pierre Miquelon Dispute
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and U S Secretary Cordell Hull held talks on the St Pierre and Miquelon issue amid U S French tensions. Hull said discussions were ongoing while observers expect a settlement satisfactory to all sides.
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Washington
Mackenzie King
Canada
Cordell Hull
United States
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Hull
King
St. Pierre- Miquelon
St. Pierre-Miquelon
Pee
Newfoundland
Vichy
St. Pierre
Hiuli
Martinique
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Grand Banks
France demands U.S. stance after Muselier move on St Pierre
Vichy voices urge Washington to redefine Franco American ties after Admiral Muselier seized St Pierre and Miquelon on Christmas Day. Paris media deride the Free French leader while highlighting U.S. condemnation, with implications for neutrality pledges and embassies in Vichy. Pinkney Tuck arrives as De Gaulle rumors flare.
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France
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Emile Museller
Free French Navy
St. Pierre and
Miquelon
Newfoundland
America
Washington
Muselier
Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Foreign Office
Admiral Muselier
Colonial Ministry
United States
Georges Robert
Martinique
Robert
Havana
Atlantic
Paris
St. Pierre and Miquelon
St. Pierre
S. Pinkney Tuck
de Gaullist
Denials and ration news from occupied France
Denials published in the press include Berlin's denial of Christmas Day riots in the German capital. Reports also state requisition of all wheat and rye in unoccupied France and a further reduction of meat rations from eight to six ounces per person weekly.
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Berlin
France
Pownall's Command Amid Malaya Struggles and Singapore Crisis
General Pownall takes command as British forces face reverses in Malaya with Kota Bharu fallen and Singapore looming. Reports indicate patrol activity north of Kenaman and along the Sungai River, while Ipoh is largely evacuated. Observers warn of isolated units and uncertain contact with Japanese forces since December.
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Kota Bharu
British Far East
Kenaman
Singapore
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Perak River
Trengganu
Ipoh
Konama
Pownall
British Artillery School
Lord Gort
France
Britain
Home Guard
Charles Vyner Brooke
Sarawak
Sydney
Kuching
British Borneo
Australian Leader Praises Shakeup
Sydney, Australia, Dec. 27. W. H. Hughes, deputy opposition leader, called the removal of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham from command of Britain's far eastern forces a belated recognition of unfitness and incompetence. He criticized the peace conditions of Britain's Far East garrisons before the Japanese attack and said defenses had fallen like pins in a bowling alley.
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Sydney
Australia
W. H. Hughes
Robert Brooke-Popham
Britain
Far East
Hughes
Youths Born In 1924 Ordered To Register For Service
The Netherlands East Indies government announced that all men born in 1924 will register next month for military service. The measure aims to draft youths barely 17 years old into the N E I armed forces while also requiring men out of uniform to carry papers proving they may wear civilian clothes. Separately a Dutch bomber reportedly sank a Japanese destroyer near Kuching in Sarawak, the 15th enemy vessel sunk by Dutch forces.
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Dutch East Indies
Batavia
N. E
INS
Netherlands East Indies
Kuching
Sarawak
British Envoy Held In Tokyo Embassy
Britain confirmed through Argentine sources that Sir Robert Leslie Craigie British Ambassador to Japan and all staff are safe and well in the Tokyo embassy. Negotiations for exchange of diplomatic staffs are presumed, but geographical considerations impede prompt action.
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Tokyo
London
Britain
Robert Leslie Craigie
Japan
British Seize More of Foe Near Benghasi Action
Cairo reports British HQ says mopping up south of Benghasi captures a large ammunition dump and several hundred Axis prisoners. In Libya’s Agedabia area, weather slowed progress but force harasses main Axis groups with heavy air strikes on troop concentrations and transport.
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Cairo
Egypt
Bengasi
Agedabia
Gulf of Sirte
Libya
Bengal
Bengasi-Ghemlines-Soluch
Gulf
Rome Claims British Setback Near Bengasi
Italian High Command says British motorized forces were repulsed in attacks on Axis lines south of Bengasi near the Libyan port. Official broadcasts recorded by AP note the setback occurred as World War II reporting continues from Rome.
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Rome
Bengasi
Filipino Blamed In Slaying Of Japanese Garage Attendant
In Stockton California on December 27 a Japanese garage attendant Jungo Kino, 55, was killed by a single shot through an open garage office door. Police sought an unidentified Filipino as the assailant amid ongoing racial tension between Japanese and Filipino celery field workers dating back to a two year dispute over strikes and job shifts.
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Japan
Stockton
Calif
Philippines
Jungo Kino
Akron union buys bond for first aviator to bomb Tokyo
The Akron Motion Picture Operators Union has purchased a 250 defense bond as a gift to the first American aviator who drops a bomb on Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Akron
Akron Motion Picture Operators Union
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