Relief aid sought for Alaska and possessions
Washington December 19 A presidential request for 15 million dollars for relief and civilian defense in Alaska the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico was approved by the House Appropriations Subcommittee It is estimated that 12 5 million will go to Puerto Rico for purchase storage and distribution of food drugs hospital supplies and other materials for use in case of war operations the President said the articles would be available for sale mainly to merchants for replenishing stocks.
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Alaska
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
House
Thousand Interned Germans and Italians Rounded Up
One thousand Germans and Italians considered dangerous to the nation have been rounded up and taken to the internment camp at Missoula Montana where they will be under guard for the duration of the war. Jesta Young, an employee in the Territorial Department of Liquor Enforcement, has left for Ketchikan and will return to Juneau after the holiday season.
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San Francisco
Calif
Missoula
Montana
Jesta Young
Territorial Department of Liquor Enforcement
Ketchikan
Juneau
Roosevelt moves to set wartime press censor powers
In Washington Roosevelt has advanced plans for a wartime censor with sweeping authority over war news published in newspapers, on radio, and by news distributors. A three member cabinet committee including Wallace Walker and Biddle seeks a director of public information to supervise military reports and other material deemed military sensitive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Walker
Biddle
War and Navy Departments
White House
Ministry of Information
Coordinator of Information
William Donovan
Army
Navy
Donovan
Axis
Harold Ickes
Interior
Archibald
Third Wave of Jap Bombers On Hawaiian Base
Annapolis dispatch reports Navy Secretary Frank Knox saying a 30 minute warning would have changed history as the final Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor was stopped by a devastating anti aircraft barrage. Knox spoke at the Naval Academy graduation for the class of 1942.
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Hawaiian
Annapolis
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Knox
Naval Academy
Japan
Age Limit Agreement for Draft
Senate House conference committee agreed to mandatory military training for men 22 to 44 and to register all men 18 to 64. Washington notice reports the Senate passed legislation sending it to the White House for approval, establishing compulsory service for those 20 through 44 in effect.
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Washington
Senate House
Fdr
Senate
White House
Vichy Denies Pact with United States
Vichy circles deny knowledge of a naval agreement with the United States. The denial follows London's claim that Paris withdrew an accusation that a submarine sank the St Denis near the Balearics. Washington reports an agreement with Vichy officials at Martinique ensuring neutral status of French possessions in the Western Hemisphere remains unchanged.
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Martinique
United States
London
St. Denis
Balearic Islands
Washington
Stock Quotations and Local Obituary Notice
Closing stock quotes include Alaska Juneau mine 1 percent and American Can 644 and Bethlehem Steel 591. At St Ann's Hospital morning, Graves infant died at 10 30. Survived by brothers Billy David George and sister Doris. Remains at Charles W Carter Mortuary BABY GRAVES DIES.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Bethlehem Steel
Commonwealth and Southern
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Ken ‘Id Daughnecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States
Graves
St. Ann's Hospital
Billy
David
George
Doris
Charles W.carter
Canvass Ordered on Food Supply Profiteering in Juneau
Mayor Harry S. Lucas received a letter from Governor Ernest Gruening ordering a canvass of food supplies in Juneau and other Alaska communities to prevent profiteering. The governor seeks a report on price increases since the war and asks for citizen committees to gather information. It was unclear if the City Council meeting would discuss the aid drive or a planned tunnel shelter through the hill behind the Juneau schools for air raid defense.
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Harry S. Lucas
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Lucas
Juneau
Evergreen Bow
Epi
Civilian Defense Council
H. J. Laban
Frank
Metcalf
Defense Council
Robertson
Council
Lucas and
John L. Dewitt
de' Ieltef
Fourth Army
John Kennedy
Axis Forces Flee From Desert War Derna Airport Captured
Allied reports say British troops captured Derna airport 100 miles northwest of Tobruk with Derna itself still in Axis hands. British forces advance from the west and north on Mekils while German and Italian units retreat toward Derna or Bengasi along the Gulf of Sirte.
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Associated Press
Derna
Tobruk
Mekils
Bengasi
Gulf of
Sirte
Japanese raid stalls in Sarawak and Hongkong crisis
Dutch bombers smash Japanese invasion forces in Sarawak as British reports say Japanese advance toward Singapore slows after Penang evacuation. In Hongkong, Tokyo claims a night assault nears seizure of the city while a white Rajah defense plan aims to curb blackouts and prepare air raid shelters.
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Associated Press
Sarawak
North Borneo
South China Sea
Malayan
Singapore
Penang Island
Wellesley
Penang
London
Britain
Hongkong
Tokyo
Berlin
Sir Mark Young
Damel
Orient
Mark
MacArthur Promotion in Roosevelts Full General Plan
December 19 reports indicate President Roosevelt nominated Lieutenant General Douglas MacArthur to full general in reward for his defense of the Philippines. Allied plans for a Washington conference push a world wide offensive against the Axis with the United States Britain and Russia leading discussions. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruno headed south for the holiday season.
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Washington
MacArthur
United States Army of the Far East
Roosevelt
Philippines
London
United States
Great Brina
Russia
Brunos
Robert Bruno
South
Dow Jones Averages Reported for Today
The Dow Jones figures show industrials at 108.29 and transports at 24.68 with utilities at 13.51. This snapshot reflects today’s market levels across major segments.
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DOW, Jones
Fred Eastaugh Transferred to Seattle Office
A Juneau Pan Avenues4 arts committee member for the past year has been sent to Beastie where he has been assigned to the PAA office at Boeing Pleld. He has been residing in Toy Caer Apartmentin. Defense bonds mention.
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Juneau Pan Avenues4
Juneau
Beastie
Boeing Pleld
Toy Caer
Increase in Ground and Air Movements Reported
Washington dispatch reports a marked rise in enemy air and ground activity in the Philippine area over the past 24 hours. Heavy bombing hit Manila and Hallo on Panay, with no other areas showing new developments. Wake Island faced two additional enemy air attacks, one light and one stronger, repulsed by defenders. No new Atlantic or Pacific Far East updates.
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Washington
War Department
Philippine
Manila
Hallo
Panay
Luzon
Navy Department
Wake Island
Atlantic
Pacific
Far East
Germans retreat as Soviet forces push in Finland report
British radio reports from Helsinki say German troops withdrew from Finland in haste amid a Soviet counter offensive on the Central Front. Finnish lines reportedly broken between Lakes Oenga and Lagoda near the Leningrad Murmansk railroad as Red Army drives advance.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Russia
Helsinki
Finland
Oenga
Lagoda
Leningrad-Murmansk
Italians Lose Two Cruisers in British Attack
French Tunisian dispatch reports a convoy attack off the Tunisian coast where two Italian cruisers were destroyed and three transports sunk. About five thousand Italian victims and 1,200 Fascist sailors are reported among the losses.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Butussiano
Barbino
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