Navy reports Pearl Harbor losses and ship recoveries
The navy’s full Pearl Harbor loss report shows eight battleships damaged or sunk, with over half later back in service. Arizona is listed as permanently lost, Oklahoma capsized, and 60 navy and 97 army aircraft were also lost, with 2,117 navy and marine deaths and 1,526 total casualties.
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Washington
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian
Arizona
Maryland
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Helena
Honolulu
Raliegh
Curtiss
Vestal
Shaw
Cassin
Downes
Oglala
Oklahoma
California
Nevada
West Virginia
Utah
United States
Marine Corps
Order Halts Enlistments Induction of Older Men
Voluntary enlistments were stopped by President Roosevelt and the selective service system placed under Paul V. McNutt. The war department halted induction of men over 38 and allowed honorable civilian discharges. McNutt gains power over manpower policy and contractor hiring through the U S employment service for designated occupations or regions.
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Washington (P
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Paul V. McNutt
War Department
McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Taft Supports Bricker in 1944 Presidential Boom
Sen Taft announced in Washington his preference to run for the Senate again in 1944 and said he would back Gov John W Bricker of Ohio for the presidency. The meeting in St Louis was to choose a new national committee chairman with several names discussed as potential candidates.
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ST. Louis
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
National Committee
Taft
Washington
Senate
John B. Hol- Uster
Cincinnati
Idaho Sailor Survives Cocoanut Grove Fire in Boston
Lt. Keith Swanholm of the Navy heads for home leave in Boise after surviving the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire that killed nearly 500. He reported five fellow officers in his dinner party were killed. Swanholm had been a civil engineer in Idaho's ratings and surveying bureau before joining the Navy and attending Harvard.
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Boise
Keith Swanholm
Navy
Boston Cocoanut Grove
Swanholn
Harvard University
Swanholm
Idaho Ratings and Surveying Bureau
Pearl Harbor Navy Siege Losses List 325,280 Tons
Navy lists ships casualties at Pearl Harbor with tonnage and gun details. Arizona, Oklahoma, Nevada, California, and West Virginia identified as battleships with class, launch dates, armament, and crew complements. Some vessels reported severely damaged or sunk.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Arizona
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Nevada
California
West Virginia
Maryland
Pearl Harbor Rate as Axis Mistake
On the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor the article reveals secret details of the attack. It describes rapid destruction of battleships and aircraft in Hawaii within minutes and reports casualties exceeding two thousand dead and about two thousand wounded or missing.
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Navy
Pearl Harbor
Owi
Mr. Roosevelt
OWT
Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Hawaiian
Hawaiian Rampart
Trains Crash on Coast Near Casmalia
A northbound Southern Pacific passenger train rear-ended the Lark near Casmalia, 35 miles south of San Luis Obispo, killing Capt. Vincent Maggiore of the army medical corps and injuring two porters J. T. Steele and L. Hyde. An investigation board will study the mishap and a siding will be built around the damaged track.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Southern Pacific
Vincent Maggiore
Army Medical Corps
J. T. Steele
L. Hyde
Los Angeles
Casmalia
Here
Ten Die in Bomber Crash South of Soda Springs
Ten soldiers were killed when an army bomber crashed near Sherman Peak south of Soda Springs Idaho. The four engine plane wreckage was located but victims were not identified.crew included 2nd Lt Harold K Simpson 2nd Lt Wendell L Sims 2nd Lt Thomas J ae Garden City Lt Chalmers G Wenrich Staff Sgt John B Lasanaky Staff Sgt L Blinker Corp Charles L Walker Jr Pvt Nichols M Zompetti Pvt Donald W Beaney.
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Soda Springs
Sherman Peak
Idaho
Pocatello Army Air Base
Harold K. Simpson
Fitchburg
Mass
Wendell L. Sims
Pasadena
Oalif
Thomas J
Garden City
Mich
Chalmers G
Wenrich
Harrisburg
John B
Lasanaky
Cary
Ill
Oes L
Blinker
Nebraska City
Neb. Corp
Charles L, Walker, Jr
Philadelphia
Pfo
Nichols M
Zompetti
Marlboro
Joseph RB
Hughes
Branford
Conn
Donald W
Beaney
Wichita
Kas
Flannels in Demand As Winter War Rages On
The article notes extreme winter conditions with a high of 28 and a low of 11 as snow is forecast. It urges warmer clothing and disposable discomfort from cold winds while predicting little temperature change and sunshine by sunrise.
Russians Press Sevenfold Winter Offensive From Caucas to Leningrad
Moscow reports a wide Soviet drive across seven sectors from the Caucasus to Leningrad. They say the Red Army wiped out a German nest at Stalingrad, seized three strongholds near the capital, breached trenches northwest of the city, and killed 5,350 enemy troops on Saturday.
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Moscow
Caucasus
Leningrad
Red Army
Stalingrad
Don
Volga
Force Fights Fiercely to Hold Position
Allied reinforcements rush to the Atlas mountains aiding a British American force guarding the Tebourba Tebourba Djedeida line near Tunis. German counterattacks fail to break the defense as tanks and infantry clash for control of the Tebourba area and surrounding roads.
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London
Atlas Mountains
Mateur-Tebourba Djedeida
Tunisia
Tunis
Tebour
Bizerte
Tebourba
Vito
Rome May Be Open City
A Rome dispatch reports it may declare an open city with ministries evacuated as a preparatory step. The dispatch notes civilian evacuation appeals focus on women and children while authorities stay silent on military details. The Pope is expected to remain in the central basilica if bombing begins.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Ministry of Defense
Paris
Idaho Youths To Register In Sixth Selective Service
Gov. Chase A. Clark issued a Boise proclamation fixing Idaho’s sixth selective service registration dates. Men born July 1 to Aug. 31, 1924 register December 11–17, 1924. those born September 1 to October 31, 1924 register December 19–24. birthdates November 1 to December 31, 1924 register December 26–31, 1924.
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Boise
Idaho
Chase A. Clark
Thay Cook Dairy
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