San Francisco Goes Black in Fourth War Blackout
San Francisco endured a two hour and 34 minute blackout during an air raid alert the fourth of the war. One man died of a heart attack while on duty and several injuries and minor accidents were reported. Army inspectors confirmed unidentified planes over the area and officials dealt with rumors and isolated incidents.
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San Francisco
John L. DeWitt
Fourth Army
Sacramento
San Jose
Fourth Interceptor Command
Oakland
Fleishhacker Zoo
Ocean Beach
Ray McMillen
San Francisco Fire Department
British to Reinforce Near East Offensive
The RAF will send immediate reinforcements to Malaya and the Near East. There is no evidence of German airmen or a secret weapon in the Japanese attack on the Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser. Germany is still termed the main enemy.
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London
RAF
Malaya
Near East
Germany
United States Declared Non-Belligerent by Argentina
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina recognizes the United States as a non-belligerent in the war with Germany and Italy, a status shared with Japan and the United States. The move grants U S warships access to Argentine ports.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
United States
Germany
Italy
U. S
Women Ordered From Ft Huachuca Area Amid Marriage Rush
Bisbee report says Sheriff L V Pruitt ordered over 100 area women to leave Fry and Garden Canyon by five PM on war department orders. Negro soldiers applied for about 20 licenses yesterday and today, with many marriages planned immediately. Women may stay only if residing on the reservation.
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Pruitt
Germany Orders Memorial Stones from Sweden
Germany has ordered colored stones for memorial and similar buildings from Sweden, signaling a procurement tied to commemorative architecture and related construction projects.
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Germany
Sweden
Weather Report: Big Shower Bombs And Planes To Hit Japs
Boston notes from The Brighton Citizen describe a grim weather warning: heavy showers of bombs and planes aimed at Japan, with a rapid cold front moving from U S coastal regions across the nation. The prediction foresees invasion of Japanese islands and a tidal wave impacting Germany and Italy's crops.
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Boston
Brighton Citizen
Japan
U. S
United States
Germany
Italy
Anglo British Forces Invade North Thailand
Tokyo reports British and Chinese forces fought around Chiengrat in northern Thailand withdrawal after Thai counterattacks. Japanese HQ says air superiority over RAF and 129 enemy planes downed with ships and trucks damaged. Tatuta Maru returns to Yokohama carrying 141 Japanese nationals. French Indo China youths called for military service under the Japanese French alliance.
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Tokyo
Domei
New York
Thailand
Chiengrat
Nichi Nichi
Bangkok
Malaya
Philippines
Royal Air Force
RAF
United States
Yokohama
Saigon
Moonlight Logging Sparks Debate Over Tree Quality
Mahogany trees are felled by moonlight under the belief that night cuts reduce sap and yield richer colored wood. The practice raises questions about traditional methods and timber quality across local forests.
Salvador Poised to Ship Record Coffee Shipment to U.S.
Salvador expects to export nearly 88 million pounds of coffee to the United States in the 1941 42 season, signaling a major trade flow as wartime demands rise.
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Salvador
United States
Senate Naval Affairs Panel Sets 156-Ship Long Range Plan
The Senate Naval Affairs Committee moves to draft a long range naval build up to add 900000 tons or 30 percent of fighting strength. It envisages 156 vessels totaling 3949480 tons with costs over 3 billion dollars and possible seven to eight battleships and 27 to 28 cruisers. Hearings on the bill will open early next week.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Budget Bureau
Navy
David I. Walsh
Mass
Senate
Honolulu
Japan
Walsh
House
Carl Vinson
Naval Affairs Committee
Army
Civil Aeronautics Authority
War worry over misspelled sergeant title shocks Tucson sergeant
Tucson police desk sergeant Joseph Weinzapfel received a letter addressed to Joseph Wimaxziaper desk sergeant and signed by the U S Civil Service Commission in San Francisco. He mused on air raid rumors from the Bay City and questioned the spelling error.
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Joe Weinzapfel
Tucson
Weinzapfel
Joseph Wimaziaper
United States Civil Service Commission of
San Francisco
Bay City
Mexico Labor Unions to Meet and March in Mexico City
All members of the Mexican Confederation of Labor will assemble in local houses early Sunday and march at 10 a.m. toward the Zocalo by the Cathedral. They will gather before the presidential palace to pledge unconditional support for the people and back the president's international policy outlined on December 9.
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Mexico
D. F
Greater Mexican Confederation of Labor
Zocalo
People of
Hitler may send planes to help Africa forces
A British source said the bulk of the German air force could be concentrated for a major assault on Britain's Mediterranean fleet after withdrawing from the Russian front. He warned Axis efforts in North Africa depend on a Mediterranean supply route and that Hitler may deploy hundreds of planes to tilt victory or defeat in North Africa.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
North Africa
Hitler
United States
Group to Consider Bill in Closed Sessions Monday
Vinson said the group would consider the bill in closed sessions starting Monday. The remark signals a focused review process with restricted access to the discussion.
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Vinson
Former Cafe Operator Guilty in Miley Slaying
Robert H. Anderson, 36, a former Louisville cafe operator and ex convict, was found guilty by a Fayette circuit court jury of the September 28 slaying of golf star Marion Miley in her Lexington country club apartment. Sentencing to be announced after co defendants Penney and Baxter go to trial.
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Lexington
Robert H. Anderson
Louisville
Marion Miley
Lexington Country Club
Fayette Circuit
Chester D. Adams
Anderson
Tom C. Penney
Raymond S
Skeeter) Baxer
Commonwealth
Penney
Miley
Miss Miley
Elsie Ego Miley
Fort Worth
Tex
Baxter
Country Club
Mileys
Police Check Larson Status
Immigration authorities investigate 17 year old Canadian born Jehovahs Witness Robert Russell Larson after Tucson police arrest him for selling Watchtower without a license. He may face questions over legality of his presence as authorities review his immigration papers and city licensing compliance amid recent sect related arrests.
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Robert Russell Larson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Tucson
Larson
East Congress Street
Watchtower
State Supreme Court
Teachers Back Smith for National Education Post
The Arizona Education association executive committee sponsored Harold W. Smith of Glendale for first vice president of the National Education association. Smith, Glendale elementary superintendent, NEA director, budget committee member and former state association president, seeks the Denver convention chair in June. The budget and 1942 state convention site were to be set, with Tucson and Phoenix as possible locations.
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Phoenix
Arizona Education Association
Harold W. Smith
Glendale
National Education Association
Smith
State Association
National Organization
Denver
Association
Tucson
Ford Initiates Seven Day Week for War Production
Ford Motor Company began 24 hour seven day a week defense production schedule with over 900 million dollars in contracts. Edsel Ford said the move applies where practical as plants like River Rouge and Ypsilanti switch to round the clock operation to build engines and Consolidated B 24E bombers. Union leaders proposed 24/7 work with pay talks to follow, while GM calculated layoffs and plant closures as passenger car output slows during wartime.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Pratt and Whitney
River Rouge
Mich
Ypsilanti
Ford
B. D. Kunkle
General Motors Corporation
Walter Reuther
G. M
Murray D. van Wagoner
Michigan
Lansing
Harry Bennett
MeSa accident victim He rvey F Smith returns home
Y M C A general secretary Hervey F Smith who suffered a fractured skull in an automobile crash near MeSa on November 4 returned home today from St Marys hospital.
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Hervey F. Smith
Y.M.C.A
MeSa
St. Mary’s Hospital
Civil defense coordinator to speak at Legion luncheon
Andrew J. Martin, civilian defense coordinator for southern Arizona, will speak Monday at noon before the Legion. A luncheon club gathering is planned at the Santa Rita hotel with election of officers to follow. Dr. C. Linton is the present president.
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Andrew J. Martin
Southern Arizona
Legion
Santa Rita Hotel
Dr. C
Linton
Red Cross Official Arrives for Tucson Meeting
Mark Tomas, director of home service to the armed forces of the American Red Cross in San Francisco, arrives to address the Tucson chapter board at 7 30 p m Tuesday. The session will be held at Red Cross headquarters 79 North Stone avenue.
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Mark Tomas
RED Cross
Armed Forces
San Francisco
Tucson
American Red Cross
North Stone Avenue
Minister W A Hixon to preach at First Christian
Mrs W A Hixon a minister of the Christian church stationed at Bolenge Belgian Congo will preach tomorrow morning at the First Christian church at 11 a m.
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W. A. Hixon
The
Christian Church
Bolenge
Belgian Congo
First Christian Church
Pilgrim Rest Lodge 601 to Hold Memorial Service
Pilgrim Rest Lodge No. 601 will meet at the lodge hall on Meyer Street for a memorial service tomorrow. Rev. W. H. Hillyard will deliver the sermon.
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Pilgrim Rest Lodge NO. 601
Meyer Street
W. H. Hillyard
Tucsonans Due Home From Roswell for Christmas
Vernon S. Callicotte George N. Diamog and Monroe C. Feder, young Tucsonans, are expected to return home from the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell for Christmas vacation.
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Vernon
Callicotte
George N. Diamog
Monroe C. Feder
Benefit Dance For Sopori School Playground
A benefit dance to raise money for Sopori school playground equipment will be held at the Kinsley ranch on December 20. The ranch lies 35 miles south on the Nogales road.
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Kinsley Ranch
Nogales Road
Sabotage Threat Audited At Prettyboy Dam
Maryland state guardsmen on anti-sabotage duty fired three times at intruders near Prettyboy dam after a man was spotted sneaking down a hill at 6 20 p m Lights flashed on nearby hills signaling intruders and guards responded with gunfire in an all night vigil Brig Gen Dwight H Mohr called the incident a thwarted sabotage attempt near Baltimore's water supply network
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Baltimore
Maryland
Prettyboy
Pennsylvania
Dwight H. Mohr
Mohr
Arizona Votes On Cotton Marketing Quotas In War Era
Arizona growers vote nationwide to decide whether to renew marketing quotas amid a war time forecast of reduced cotton demand. About 2.75 million growers in 19 states eligible. two thirds needed to continue quotas. Carl Teeter says roughly 4,000 Arizona growers eligible across 11 counties.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Washington, D. C
I. W. Duggan
AAA Southern
Carl Teeter
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Anaconda Strike Certified To Board By Labor Department
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers threat to strike about 175 Anaconda Copper Mining employees in Butte Montana was certified to the defense mediation board by Secretary of Labor Perkins. No strike date was set. wage dispute details were not disclosed. The company supplies metal for defense programs.
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Washington
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Butte, Mont
Defense Mediation Board
Perkins
Labor Department
AFL
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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