Gandhi Relieved of Leadership by Own Request in India
Mohandas K Gandhi stepped aside from Congress leadership at his own request amid debate over cooperation with Britain during wartime. The party's working committee signaled sympathy for nations fighting oppression, while Gandhi emphasized continued nonviolent civil disobedience and urged freedom for India before any coalition with Britain.
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Bargos
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bomay
Britain
Gand
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Jia poSpes
Congress
Gandhi
London
Army Quits Plant Of Air Associates After Labor Dispute
Air Associates in Bendix New Jersey ends 60 days of army occupation. Seventy troops exit the plant area after seizing it on October 31 to end a labor dispute, returning the aviation equipment plant to private operation.
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Army
Air Associates
Bendix
N. J
Air Associates, Inc
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
M. J
Nay Oye Eht
CIO
New York Prisons Opened for Civilian Use in Raid Scenario
Correction Commissioner John A. Lyons ordered civilian use of prison housing feeding and hospital facilities if enemy bombers reach New York State. Inmates may be moved to county jails or guarded tent cities after prison damage, while defense officials draft plans following a new survey.
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New York
Albany
Correction
John A. Lyons
Prodigy Conductor Barred From Newark Youth Concert
At the Mosque Theater stage door a special guard refused entry to 11 year old Lorin Maazel and his mother for a youth festival concert. An orchestra member pleaded stating there would be no concert if he did not enter. Maazel was guest conductor renowned as a child prodigy in the musical world.
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Newark
N. J
Lorin Maazel
Southeast blackout test hailed as successful coastwide
The Atlantic coast from Virginia Capes to Jacksonville conducted a large scale blackout ordered by the Army Third Interceptor Command. Observers reported near perfect compliance with sirens and dimmed lights while planes flew overhead with watchers aboard.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia Capes
Northseas Terian Theatrah
South Georgia
South Carolina
Tallahassee
Washington to Get Blackout Tonight
The Capital will experience a real blackout test tonight with homes darkened and street lights off in parts of the city. Air raid sirens will sound between 7 and 9 P.M. for a 15 minute blackout, with motorists told to pull to the curb and leave keys in their cars for possible movement.
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Washington
Capitol Dome
Washington Monument
White House
King George VI Envelope Sells for 630 at Charity Sale
An envelope contributed by King George VI to a charity stamp sale fetched $630. The 1939 vintage item was addressed to His Majesty care of President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park New York, showing the personal connection to the Roosevelt era.
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London
George VI
King George VI
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. YJ
Ledbetter Plans Group to Stop Calling Japanese Soldiers Charlie
Miami World War II veteran Charles Ledbetter denounces a Luzon dispatch quoting a US cavalry colonel saying American troops call Japanese soldiers Charlie. He cites Senators Andrews and Pepper as agreeing and organizes the Association for the Prevention of Calling Japanese Soldiers Charlie to protest the term.
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Wee Charles Ledbetter
Miami
Luzon
United States Cavalry
Charlie
Charles Andrews
Claude Pepper
Florida
Ledbetter
Association For the Prevention of Calling
Poindexter reshuffles Hawaii Civilian Defense Office
Honolulu reports Gov tr Z Thalada appoints Frank H. Lacey as new OCD director after Earl Doty resigns. Military Governor Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons tells a six member territorial Senate delegation that martial law will not disrupt routine civilian and economic life, noting businesses will stay open and operate via normal channels.
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Honolulu
Tr Z Thalada Af Tinah Nole Ihedee Teindexter
Hawaii
Office of
Civilian Defense
Earl Doty
Frank H. Lacey
Delos C. Emmons
Territorial Senate
Washington Desk Moved To New York City
George Washingtons desk and his inauguration chair have been moved from City Hall to clear way for business furniture and stenographers chairs. The items will be displayed in the City of New York museum. Eighty six women volunteers assist Mayor LaGuardia in civilian defense efforts.
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Washington
N. Y. City
New York
George Washington
City Hall
LaFayette
Hamilton
LaGuardia
Museum of the City of
Lindbergh Weighs Army Air Corps Service Bid
Army weighs the service bid of Charles A. Lindbergh after he filed for active duty with the Army Air Corps. The famed aviator and former isolationist indicated a desire to serve in the field, with speculation whether he will be granted active duty or a technical post.
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Lindbergh
Army Air Corps
Henry HH. Ainuld
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Emet
Japan
Pearl Harbor
America First Committee
Robert E. Wood
Congress
Representative Fish
Tax Policy Aimed at War Millionaires
Congressional leaders push for heavy taxes on top incomes and higher excess profits taxes to curb war profiteering. Proposals include capping individual earnings, boosting corporate excess profits to 90 percent, and potential 7 to 8 percent war contract profit limits as Morgenthau warns of required financial rearrangements. Additionally, Alaskan fishing concerns seek protection and insurance as war risks rise.
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Washington
Treasury
Chairane
Nesert Ly Dougsion
House
Ways and Means
Seattle
Northwest Naval
Army
Navy
J. F. Jurich
International Union of Fishermen and Allied Workers
13Th Naval District
Father Finds Deserter Son With Army Help
Andrew Link, heavy of heart, returned to Massachusetts after locating his 19 year old son Andrew Link Jr who had deserted from the Army on Sept 1. A Brighton American Legion member, the father helped authorities identify his son by tracking him in Times Square and a pool room before turning him over to military authorities.
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New York
INS
Andrew Link
Massachusetts
Link
Navy
Army
Andrew Link, Jr
American Legion
Brighton
Mass
Broadway
Times Square
British bomb Naples as London digs from ruins
One year after a great German fire raid, Britain reports that Naples was bombed while London works to recover from its own air raid destruction.
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Naples
London
One Man Lost On Torpedoed U S Vessel
The 6273 ton American freighter Sagadahoc was torpedoed in the Atlantic on December 3 and sank quickly. One man, Antonio Castro, was killed. sixteen others were rescued, and one passenger among the survivors landed in New York was James Morgan, 76, of Johannesburg. Survivors endured limited rations aboard lifeboats for days before rescue. The Sagadahoc was owned by American South African Line and commanded by Fred Evans.
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Mantaan Enmitenee
Tadas
Sagadahoc
Atlantic
South Africa
Antonio Castro
James Morgan
Johannesburg
Cleveland
Norris Chadbourne
Castro
Chadbourne
American South African Line
Fred Evans
Allies reject German peace proposals
Austrian reports claim three thousand Russians captured in Wallachian engagements as World War II era fronts shift.
Coast Guns Set To Fire on Subs Theyre Whales
A Fort MacArthur report notes observers saw two objects off shore resembling enemy submarines and the artillery prepared to fire. Closer view showed the objects were whales. In Portland a thief stole bee hive boxes worth seven dollars from Bruno Richter. In Fort Dodge Bill Haney of the Navy Recruiting Office recalls a boyhood dream of serving at sea, now 24 years in the Navy.
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Cali
Des
Oia
Fort MacArthur
Davy Jones
Portland
Ore
Dee. SG
Bruno Richter
Richter
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Bill Haney
Navy Recruiting Office
Navy
Hieu
Marquette student quits business for social life
Eugene Fons, 19, retired from employment after a decade as a newspaper carrier to devote more time to social activities at Marquette University. He paid cash for a new car, bought clothes lasting to 1944, and still has several hundred dollars in the bank.
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Milwaukee
Eugene Fons
Marquette University
Fons
Marquette
Stores to Sell Defense Bonds Across Manhattan and Bronx
Defense stamps and bonds will be sold in retail stores throughout Manhattan and the Bronx. The stamps will be offered for sale within a few days under a coordinated plan worked out by merchants.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Japan Claims War Schedule Maintained and Manila Falls War Update
Japanese military spokesman asserts operations follow plan aiming for Manila’s fall before Jan 10. Tokyo warns Calcutta and other Far Eastern cities may be bombed if used as bases for Chungking. Navy bulletin reports sinking one destroyer and two submarines and damaging 26 merchant vessels around Luzon between Dec 22 and 28, with heavy air losses claimed for the enemy.
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PN Phenaele Thome
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Manila
Calcutta
Chungking
Burma
Rangoon
Luzon
Sulu
Celebes
British Borneo
Pacific
Philippines
Britain
South China
Hideo Ohira
Imperial Readmart
Japan
Navy Seizes Doris Duke Cromwell’s 55-Foot Yacht Kailani
Honolulu December 30 The 55 foot yacht Kailani Lehilahi once owned by Doris Duke Cromwell has been taken over by the Navy after an earlier offer. The seizure follows ongoing wartime actions.
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Cromwell
Honolulu
Doris Duke Cromwell
Navy
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