Burma Road Racket Exposed by War Correspondent
Rangoon reports reveal a vast Burma Road scam that has corrupted supply chains since 1938. Racketeers and war profiteers siphon medical goods, blankets, and vehicles to China, inflating prices and enriching private traders. Hundreds of thousands of blankets and millions in profits pass along Burma Road, with weak policing allowing widespread plunder.
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Leland Stowe
Chicago Daly News
Hte
Rangoon
Burma
China
Tianaien
Rivema Ranch
Burma Road
Kunming
Lashio
Soviets Drive Germans From Trenches Near Moscow Front
Soviet dispatches report major gains against German fortifications along the Oka River and other fronts south of Moscow. Reinforcements include destroying tanks and vehicles while claiming hundreds of German dead and disrupted batteries.
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Moscow
Oka River
Pravda
Elver
Tront
Orel
Kaluga
Rostov
Ince
Leningrad
Fifth Column Espionage Aided Pearl Harbor Attack
Dispatches from Wallace Carroll describe a long planned fifth column network aiding Japan's surprise strike. Reported actions include pre strike signals in Hawaii sugar plantations and a Japanese agent connected to Schofield Barracks.
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Wallace Carroll
New York
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Frank Kwoa
Norway
Honolulu
Sana Jon
Schofield Ber|acks
U. S Army
Amer ‘Ican
Romania Plans Bread Rationing with Hungary Next
Rumania will begin bread rationing in January and Hungary will extend rations nationwide on Jan 15. The policy sets about 300 grams daily per person with workers receiving double. Budapest already has similar limits, while general populations in the region may see comparable allowances. Similar provisions are expected across the rest of the country.
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Berlin
Rumania
Hungary
Bucharest
Budapest
Wife recalls husband killed in Pearl Harbor attack
Mrs Margaret Peggy Bichett of Nutley describes breakfast near an Honolulu air field on December 7 1941 as bombs explode Then she says her husband George Bickell was shot into the sea by a Japanese plane He claims he swam 200 yards to shore and rejoined the fight with another plane while witnessing a crash nearby.
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Belleville
S.J. Dee
Bickells
Honolulu
Peg
George K. Bickell
Nutley
Margaret
Peggy) Bichett
Pearl Harbor
Ricketts
Japan Presses Chinese Lines Near Changsha
Northern Hunan sees intensified fighting as Japanese troops cross the Milo River to press toward Changsha. In Washington the Senate adjournment for the new session was approved as China’s Chiang Kai Shek names Dr. Liewel Kuo acting chief of the foreign affairs department.
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Senate
Changsha
Aign
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Foreign Office
Liewel Kuo
Columbia
General Affairs Department
Train Crash Reported Kills Fifty in Occupied France
Fifty persons were reported killed and many injured in a train crash near Hazen brouck in the prohibited frontier zone in German occupied France. The accident is believed to have been a collision.
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France
Lille
Hazenbrouck
Prohibited Frontier Zone
Execution of 11 Norwegians Reported by Oslo Radio
Oslo radio reported 11 Norwegians executed by German authorities in Stavanger for espionage or firearms possession. The city was fined $448,000 for civil disorders that followed the arrests.
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London
Stavanfer
Norwegian Telegraph Radio
Oslo Radio Today
Churchill Calls for Greater Toil in War Effort Broadcast
Churchill pledges a global toils for freedom in a Canada War Cabinet address before Parliament in Ottawa. He aims for Anglo alliance leadership and bold postwar coordination with the United States to secure lasting victory.
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Outana
Winston Churchill
Toronto Globe and Mail
Canada
Washington
Sad
Churchill
War Cabinet
Ouiana
Teltrietory
United States
W. Lyn Mackenzie King
Helé
United
States
House of Commons
Parliament
Japanese die 40 to 1 as Japs press Malay Peninsula
The War Today notes Japanese casualties at 40 to 1 against British forces near the Malay Peninsula while Filipinos engage Nipponese southeast of Manila. It describes Japanese air attacks, a Dutch tanker bombing, and references to Amaterasu and Tojo in a broader war drama.
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Medan
Sumatra
Chemer
Ipoh
Patan
Singapore
Dewitt MacKenzie
Malay Peninsula
Manila
Amaterasa
Lerew
Tojo
Ise
Japanese revise Manila capture date to January 10
AP reports Gen. MacArthur condemns Japanese bombings of Manila as violations of civilized law. He notes churches and cultural centers attacked as allied defenses tighten around the capital. Manila’s defenders retreat to new lines as Japanese reinforcements press.
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Manila
MacArthur
Aln Ctietal War Department
Japanese landings threaten Luzon advance near Manila
Dispatches report Japanese forces have fought toward Luisiana and Dolores southeast of Manila as they push for a junction to accelerate an advance in southern Luzon. The Manila bulletin notes continued landings and air activity while promising no air raid in the city and signaling quiet before the next official update.
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Johore
Tokyo
Singapore
Perak
Brush
San Juan Lateran
MacArthur
Saray
Manila
A Stabil
Luisiana
Dolores
Ant
U.S
Luzon
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Lend-Lease
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Far East
Hawaii
Foe
Malaya
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Siius
Ane Navy
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United Press
Stanragl
Balige
Sibolga
Sia
ETOV
Kuantai
Sualaumpur
Eccles
Lancashire
David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Hugh Johnson
Raymond Clapper
Brotherhood Tam
Indies
BAR
San Diego
Calif
Palomar
California Institute For Technology
Mt. Palomar
San Diego County
Batavia
Netherlands Indies
Aled
Pacific
Alles
Hein Ter Poorten
Gen
Ter Poorten
Indes
Netherland Indies
Jody
Tarakan
Dutch Borneo
Rombine
The
Associated Press
Taders
Tonyo
Vattle
Erez
Ovinz
Sches
Mania
Towse
Iron East
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Hiurrone
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