San Francisco Blackout Proves City Ready for War Lights
San Francisco endured its fourth wartime blackout last night two hours and 34 minutes. Army authorities declared the city impressed by its performance, with 50 miles of coverage beyond the city and Sacramento. A heart attack fatality among firemen occurred during duty, while scores were injured in minor traffic accidents and streetcar incidents. Unidentified planes were reported but not confirmed.
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San Francisco
San Franceisco
John L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
Sacramento
San Jose
Fourth Interceptor Command
Oakland
Fleishhacker
Zoo
Ocean Heach
Ray McMillen
San Francisco Fire Department
British To Reinforce Near East Offensive
London dispatch says the RAF will send immediate reinforcements to Malaya and the Near East. No evidence of German airmen or secret weapons linked to the Japanese attack on the Prince of Wales and Repulse. Germany is still named as the main enemy.
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London
RAF
Malaya
Near East
Wales
Battle
Germany
United States Recognized as Non-Belligerent by Argentina
Buenos Aires Dec 13. The Argentine government recognized the United States as a non belligerent in the war with Germany and Italy, similar to its status in the Japanese American war. The move grants U S war ships the right to use Argentine ports.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Germany
Italy
U. S
Women Ordered From Fort Huachuca Area Causing Marriages
BISBEE December 138 Special to Daily Citizen Sheriff J W Pruitt said over 100 women were ordered to leave Fry and Garden Canyon by five o clock yesterday afternoon under War Department instruction. The clerk of the superior court reported a rush of marriage license requests from Negro soldiers with about 20 licenses issued, many couples marrying immediately. Women would be sent from the cantonment area unless they lived on the reservation.
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Bisbee
Daily Citizen
Fort Huachuca
J. W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Fry and Garden Canyon
War Department
Fort
Germany orders colored stones for memorials from Sweden
Germany has placed an order with Sweden for colored stones intended for memorials and similar buildings, signaling a cultural or decorative project. The arrangement specifies use for commemorative structures and related constructions, reflecting cross-national procurement.
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Germany
Sweden
Weather report hints at Japan invasion naval plan
The Brighton Citizen reports a weather note predicting heavy showers of bombs and planes targeting Japan and surrounding areas. It foresees a rapid spread across U S coastal regions with a cold anger rising. A long range aim mentions invasion of Japanese islands followed by a tidal wave impacting Germany and Italy.
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Boston
The
Brighton Citizen
Japan
U. S
United States
Germany
Italy
Anglo British Forces Invade North Thailand Reported
Dec 13 Tokyo reports British and Chinese forces invaded northern Thailand near Chiengrat. A battle continued yesterday with drawdown of Anglo-Chinese forces as Thai troops attacked. Japanese HQ claimed air superiority in Malaya and the Philippines, saying 129 enemy planes were shot down and the RAF main force destroyed in three days. The Tatuta Maru, carrying 141 Japanese nationals, reached gate waters after war began. French Indo China youths called for military service under the Japanese French alliance. Moonlight logging of mahogany described. Salvador projects coffee export to US at 85,000,000 pounds for 1941-42.
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Japanese Dome
Updn
New York
Thailand
Chiengrat
Nichi Nichi
Bangkok
Imperial Headquarters
Malaya
Philippines
Royal Air Force
RAF
United States
United States To Bring Back Nationals When the War Broke Out, Reached “Gate
Yokohama
Nicht Nicht
Saigon
Naval program aims to boost fleet by 30 percent
Washington December 18 The senate naval affairs committee outlines a long range plan to raise fighting tonnage by 900000 with a goal of 8049480 tons, funding for 156 ships. Initial authorization limited to 300000 tons due to budget constraints.
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Senate Naval Affairs ‘Committee
Budget Bureau
Navy
David I. Walsh
Dy Masa
Senate
Marines
Honolulu
Japan
Walsh
Mouse
Carl Vinson
House
naval _affairs committee
Army
Civil Aeronautics Authority
War Worried Sergeant Receives Civil Service Letter
Tucson police sergeant Weinzapfel was astonished to receive a morning mail addressed to Joseph Wimas at his desk. The letter, from the United States Civil Service Commission in San Francisco, puzzled him about air raid stories from the Bay City.
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Joe” ‘Weinzapfel
Tucson
Weinzapfel
Joseph Wimas
United: ‘States: Civil Service Commission ‘of
San Francisco
Bay City
Mexican Labor Unions to Meet and March in Mexico City
Mexico City unions of the Mexican Confederation of Labor plan Sunday local meetings and a 10 a.m. march through main streets to the Zocalo by the Cathedral. They will gather before the presidential palace and pledge support for President and his international policy as stated on December 9.
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Mexico
di F
Mexican ‘Confederation of Labor
Ywill
Zocalo
Hitler May Send Planes To Help Africa
A British source said the German air force, drawn from the Russian front, could be concentrated for a devastating assault on Britain's Mediterranean fleet. Axis efforts in North Africa depend on a supply route via the Mediterranean, and Hitler may deploy hundreds of planes after observing Japanese air strikes on Allied fleets to decide victory in North Africa.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
North Africa
Hitler
United States
Vinson Set to Review Bill in Closed Sessions Beginning Monday
Vinson announced his group would consider the bill in closed sessions starting Monday. The move signals a private review of the measure, with no public hearings scheduled at this stage.
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Vinson
Former Cafe Operator Faces Death Penalty in Miley Slaying
Lexington jury convicts Robert H. Anderson 36 of Louisville cafe operator role in the nightime slaying of Marlon Miley and his mother Elsie Miley at their Lexington country club apartment. Sentence deferred. co-defendants Penney and Baxter to be tried next.
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Lexington
Robert H. Anderson
Louisville
Marlon Miley
Lexington Country Club
Deli Heration
Foreyhan
Chester’ D.adams
Anderson
Tom Ic. Penney
Raymond S
Skeeter)Baxer
Commonwealth
Penney
Miley
Ested
Fort Worth
Tex
Baxter
du Mileys
Police Check Larson Status in Tucson Sale Bust
Immigration authorities investigate the status of Robert Russell Larson a 17 year old Canadian born Jehovahs Witness who was arrested by Tucson police on charges of selling religious periodicals without a city license. He was taken to the police station where his papers were reviewed amid questions about lawful status. Four men were released and one held pending appeal in related cases examining the sects activities.
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Russell Larson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Tucson
Gelling
Larson
Congress ‘Street
Watchtower
N'Orde Go Immigration Authorities
Heels'r Gally
Cou Caen
Supreme Court
Teachers to Back Smith for National Education post
Phoenix December 13 The executive committee of the Arizona Education Association voted to sponsor Harold W. Smith of Glendale for first vice president of the National Education Association next year. Smith, Glendale elementary schools superintendent, is a former AEA president and a member of the NAB budget committee. The next NEA convention is in Denver in June. The committee planned to adopt the AEA budget and choose a site for the 1942 state convention, with Tucson and Phoenix as leading candidates.
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Phoenix
Arizona Education, Association
Harold W. Smith
Glendale
National Education Association
Smith
N. H.A
State
National Organization
Denver
Association
Tucson
Ford Begins Seven Day Week For War
Ford Motor Company moved to a 24 hour seven days a week production schedule on defense orders worth over 900 million dollars. Edsel Ford announced the shift at River Rouge and Ypsilanti plants to speed bomber and engine output, with unanimous employee support and plans to train more workers for the extended week.
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Ford, Motor Company
Defense
Armd
Edsel Ford
River Rouge
Mich
Ypsilanti
Ford
B. D. Kunkle
General Motors Corporation
Walter Reuther
G. M
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Reuther
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
New York
Gov. Murray
D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Lansing
Harry Bennett
City Briefs Highlights and Local Events
HERVEY F SMITH general secretary suffered a fractured skull in an automobile accident. Andrew J Martin will speak Monday noon before the Legion Luncheon club at Santa Rita Notes. Officers to be elected at the game meeting. Dr C S Linton is current president. Mark Tomas Red Cross director of home service to armed forces arrives today. will address Tucson Red Cross board at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 79 North Stone Ave. MR A W Bixon minister to Congo will preach tomorrow at 11 a.m. Pilgrim Rest Lodge No 601 meets tomorrow for memorial service with Rev W H Hillyard delivering sermon. Vernon S Callicotte, George Diamog and Monroe C Feder, Tucsonans, expected home from NM Military Institute Roswell for Christmas. A benefit dance to raise playground equipment for Sopori School at Kinsley Ranch on Dec 20, 35 miles south of Nogales road.
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Andrew. .J. Martin
Southern
Arizona
The
Legion
Santa Rita
Linton
Mark Tomas
RED Cross
Armed Forces
San Francisco
Board of ‘Directors
Tucson
American Red Cross
Red
Cross
North Stone Avenue
Sopori
Kinsley Ranch
Nogales
Sabotage Threat Disrupts Prettyboy Dam Security
Maryland guardsmen on anti sabotage duty near Prettyboy dam report three gunfire incidents overnight as intruders attempted to breach public water supply. Brigadier General Dwight H M Mohr says the event marks first sabotage attempt in Maryland. A man was challenged, hid behind a tree, fled after a second challenge. Sentries fired at flashing lights on nearby hills, continuing through the night.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Prettyboy Dam
Maryland-Pennsylvania
Dwight HH. Mohr
Mohr
Present War Will Curtail Cotton Uses
Phoenix readers note a nationwide referendum to decide whether cotton marketing quotas continue. I W Duggan says quotas are needed to ensure fair prices and curb surpluses as the present war may reduce demand. About 2,750,000 growers in 19 states vote today. 4,000 Arizona growers eligible in 11 counties. two thirds needed to maintain the program.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Washington, D. C
I. W. Duggan
AAA Southern
Carl Teeter
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Anaconda Strike Certified To Board
The strike threat by about 175 Anaconda Copper Mining Company employees in Butte Montana was certified to the defense mediation board by Secretary of Labor Perkins. No strike date was set and the IBEW dispute over wages was not disclosed. The company supplies metal for defense programs.
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Anaconda Copper Mining
Butte, Mont
Defense Mediation Board
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Labor Department
AFL
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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