Third Battle For Changsha Still Raging
China claims a decisive turn in the third battle for Changsha with 15 000 Japanese casualties reported in counterattacks. The fierce battle of annihilation continues as Chinese forces press from all directions and wipe out a Japanese unit at the eastern gate.
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Chungking
China
Changsha
Hunan
Japan
Tokyo
Hankow
Yochow
Burma
Thailand
Mrlam
Ta Kung Pao
Archibald Wavell
India
Fatal Prison Break Blamed on Crowding and Guards
Bridgewater Massachusetts January 3 1960s report says overcrowded conditions and lack of guards led to an attempted break from Bridgewater State Prison Farm. Three guards died as inmates conspired to seize hostages including Supt James A Warren and his wife. The plan collapsed after two inmates Donald Millard and Joseph Sheppard proceeded, resulting in the killings.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Bridgewater State Prison Farm
James A. Warren
Daniel O'Brien
Warren
Donald Millard
Joseph Sheppard
George Landry
Franklin L. Weston
Howard V. Murphy
Norway Wakes to Anti Nazi Protests After British Raids
A Stockholm dispatch reports British commandos raiding the Nazi coast of Norway sparked widespread anti Quisling demonstrations across Norwegian communities. Hundreds were arrested, and a village on Vangsoe Island was fined 10 000 Kroner for saboteur damage and failing to disclose suspects.
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Norway
Stockholm
Oslo
Tony
Vangsoe Island
Exchange 7
Fron Vekholm
Ra Ds
Exchange
Cafe's Head Waiter Clubbed to Death
Francois X. Belley a 45 year old head waiter at Leon and Eddie's Restaurant was found clubbed to death in his Riverside Drive apartment. Police detained three people for questioning as a medical examiner cited multiple skull fractures and one facial injury. Belley had worked seven years at West 52d Street Restaurant and hailed from Quebec.
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New York
Francois X. Belley
Leon
Eddie
Riverside Drive
Belley
West 52d Street
Quebec
Audacity helps fend off 37,000-ton convoy sink claim in WWII clash
British anti submarine action from Dec 17 to 21 aided by Audacity and US Liberator counterattacks saved a convoy led by Vice Admiral Raymond Fitzmaurice. Several U boats were sunk or damaged, two German bombers shot down, and German claims of nine ships sunk were dismissed as exaggerated. The Audacity, later identified as the Hannover, played a key role in the counterattacks and convoy relief.
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Admiralty
Raymond Fitzmaurice
Stanley
H. M.S. Stork
Iwo Focke-Wulf
Coastal Command
R.A.F
Hannover
Automobile workers press for all out war production in letter
A CIU Automobile Workers Union open letter to the OPM in Washington and New York argues 250000 idle auto workers and up to 4 0000 idle by January. Philip Murray cites the industry as capable of producing tanks planes guns and trucks and urges the government to adopt all out production plans discussed in a prior conference. The letter says labor is ready to do its part and that the next meeting will decide the industry’s role in war effort. A separate note reports an unidentified man’s battered body found at Marine Airport on Lake Erie, likely months in water.
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Washington
New York
OPM
Philip Murray
Automobile Labor
Automobile Management
America
Buffalo
Marine Airport
Lake Erie
Pact Links Allies to Continue War Against Axis
The continued Allied pact aimed to bind nations to oppose the Axis until victory. Nine Latin American countries joined. the accord links Britain, the United States, Russia, and China for a unified plan of action. The Soviet Union is not bound to war with Japan but must oppose the Axis and avoid separate peace. The agreement ties to the Atlantic Charter’s religious freedom principles, seen as binding as a formal treaty.
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Lawnaeieeas
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Great Britain
United States
Russia
China
Soviet Union
Japan
Germany
Italy
Churchill
Hankow
Changsha
Britain
London Daily Sketch
London News Chronicle
Brisbane Herald
Asia
United Nations
Kremlin
Washington
London
Pacific
Britain Sees New League of Nations
London columns hailed the Washington pact as the death knell of the Axis and a start toward a new League of Nations. British observers expect unified Allied military efforts and a broader impact on Vichy France and Axis-occupied Europe.
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Britain
League of Nations
Nine Die in Southern Illinois Car Crash in Open Field
Staunton Illinois January 3 Nine persons were killed and two others critically injured in the worst automobile collision in Southern Illinois history. Victims include Rose Woolsey 21 Winnie Pryor 47 Marcella Pryor 16 Harold King 20 Lawrence Paddock 40 and others. The two cars were found in a field 150 feet from the intersection with bodies scattered along the road. Harold Woolsey 28 survived but in critical condition with internal injuries.
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Carol Sue
Clara Finley
Cottage Grove
Myra Claus
Leroy Warren Frailey
Alton
St. Joseph's Hospital
Highland
Harold Woolsey
Lawrence Paddock
Christmas Tree Fire Burns Mother and Two Children
A Buffalo family suffered severe burns when a Christmas tree short circuited and burst into flames. Mrs Catherine Mortek 45 and her children Henry 14 Adeline 16 were trapped in the living room for several minutes before firefighters freed them. Mrs Mortek reportedly cooled burns in the snow before help arrived.
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Buffalo
Catherine Mortek
Henry
Adeline
Japs Continue Assault on Corregidor and Malaya
Allied reports detail British resistance repelling three Japanese land and one sea attack as pressure grows toward Singapore. Japanese barges sunk, losses given. Kauntan foothold contested. Manila falls with Cavite naval base abandoned. Washington hints at upcoming announcements as China reports a turning point at Changsha. European and Pacific nations sign a broad anti Axis pact, with Russia's stance noted but military steps still uncertain.
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Lower
Perak
Kauntan
Tokyo
Berlin
Malaya
Kuantan
Washington
Manila
Cavite
United States
Dutch East Indies
League of Nations
Pacific
Chungking
Changsha
Hunan
British Sink Troop-Laden Jap Barges in Malaya Campaign
British air patrols report the Japanese drive on the West Coast of Malaya as savage with reinforcements landed on the Perak river front north of Tanah. Ipoh area battles shift as Imperial forces may retreat to stronger defenses while awaiting promised Malaya front reinforcements.
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Singapore
Perak River
Tanah
Perak
Tapah
Ipoh
Baw Mint
Parik Pivar
Malaya Command
Malaya
Congress Rests For Short Time After Record Session
Congress adjourned for a brief pause after 730 consecutive days in session. The Senate closed at 12 22 PM and the House at 12 46 PM. The 77th Congress will resume Monday with a joint session address by President Roosevelt Tuesday.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
AIR FIELD CLOSED FOR REGULATION NONCOMPLIANCE
Rochester reports two suburban air fields closed for failing to meet 24 hour armed guard and certified traffic control requirements. Twelve planes were based at the fields.
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Rochester
Four Robins Seen As Nebraska Has Sub Zero Wave
Four robins appeared near the Gering courthouse after a temperature drop to 26 below zero the coldest since 1936. They peered from a cedar then settled on a barren elm as a brisk wind swirled around them.
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Nebraska
Gering
Cat’s eerie howl warns of house fire in Seattle
The Lennoxs awaken as their cat’s nocturnal howling signals danger. Fire destroys their home but the owners escape unharmed with only gratitude. The blaze underscoreed losses and prompted investigation by local authorities.
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Seattle
William Lennox
Salem Man Fails To Buy Auto In Bedford Wartime Ban
Raymond Metzinger of Salem in a contest won an order at a Bedford salesroom for a new automobile. He bought 1942 license plates, sold his old car and traveled by bus to Bedford, only to be refused the purchase due to the wartime ban on new car sales. Metzinger now bears the cost of the new plates.
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Bedford
Ind
Raymond Metzinger
Salem
Metzinger
Foreign-born citizen donates 600 to Red Cross after 1936 flood
A foreign-born American citizen in Hartford sent a $600 gift to the Red Cross for his flood relief. He refused to let officials take back the money despite no obligation to return funds for his damaged home. In Council Bluffs Ray Ward, 23, divorced Ruth Ward for desertion, then married Geraldine Albert, 19, and was sentenced to 10 years for auto theft after pleading guilty.
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Hartford
Conn
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Council Bluffs
Ray Ward
Charles Roe
iRuth Ward
Justice of the
Frank Larsen
Geraldine
Albert
Ward
Roe
State
Jon
Unrest in Occupied Lands Reported by Cable
London reports authentic signs of rising unrest in occupied nations. Guerrillas active in Norway and Poland raid German posts, with executions of quislings planned as Nazi hold weakens. Dutch patriots monitor 15000 quo, and Serbs publish a list of German killers in Yugoslavia. Stockholm broadcasts hint at Paasikivi may seek peace talks.
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London
Norway
Belgium
Holland
Yugoslavia
Lublin
Stockholm
J. K. Paasikivi
Russia
Nazi Bolstering of Coast Bases Report
Stockholm reports Germany has begun large scale preparations along the Atlantic coast from Narvik to Brest. Army air and submarine forces are strengthened, Norwegian garrisons reinforced with parachute troops and amphibian tanks. Large aerial reinforcements to Norway Denmark Holland Belgium and France since December 15.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Atlantic
Narvik
Arctic
Norway
Brest
Trondhheim
Norwegian
Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Oslo
Trondheim
North Atlantic
Britain
Vichy Extends Emergency Law to Seized St Pierre
The Vichy government extends wartime emergency law to St Pierre and Miquelon and to French Guiana and to Guadeloupe Reunion Island. The measures penalize actions jeopardizing the State, though enforcement in colonies held by Free French forces is uncertain.
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Vichy
St. Pierre
France
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Emile Museller
French Guiana
Guadeloupe
West Indies
Reunion
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