Germans Admit Difficulty On Two Of Fronts
German high command acknowledged winter reorganization as German lines in the Soviet front shorten and defenses strain while Soviet dispatches claim a widening counteroffensive from Leningrad to the Black Sea. In North Africa British forces press the left flank as German desert troops incur losses.
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Russia
Germany
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
Moscow
Leningrad
Red
Red Army
Kalinin
Kalinin Zone
Berlin
Hitler
French Defy Nazi Threats With Paris Uprisings
In Paris and outskirts French acts of resistance flare after Nazi mass execution threats. Five anti German outbreaks reported in 48 hours. Six German soldiers said killed in a bomb attack on a Nazi military police mess hall. A third anti Germany strike occurred yesterday amid Stuelpnagel’s reprisals warning.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Japanese landings threaten British Borneo oil fields
Japanese troops are landed at three points along Sarawak coast with aims to seize oil resources and strike at Singapore and the Philippines. Empire forces destroy wells and withdraw, while British and Dutch authorities prepare to blow remaining oil facilities. Penang faces imminent danger as Japanese advances continue in Malaya.
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Singapore
U.P
British Borneo
Borneo
Philippines
Empire
Sarawak
China Sea
Miri
Lubong
Seria
Brunei Sultanate
Heart of the East Indies
Netherlands
Malaya
Muda River
Penang Island
Penang
OPM Extends Auto Tire Ban Into January
The Office of Price Administration extends the prohibition on manufacture and sale of automobile tires and tubes until the first week in January. The order, effective December 11, covers all sellers and outlets except for high defense priority shipments, with details of civilian rationing still undecided.
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Washington
OPM
Pacific
Bolivia thwarted Nazi plot to cut Bolivian metal flow
A German plan to stop Bolivian tin and lead exports to the United States by sabotaging railways to Chilean ports Arica and Antofagasta was thwarted. The Bolivian government has imposed strict censorship, though linkage to the plot is unclear. Bolivia ships major metal shipments under a U.S. purchase agreement.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Arica
Antofagasta
Bolivia
Salary increases approved for university staff
University faculty and staff on annual salaries under 3000 will receive a 3 percent raise in their checks issued today. President Alfred Atkinson cited stable fall registrations as the reason. The raise, approved at the November 29 board of regents meeting, applies to the 1941 42 fiscal year only, is retroactive, and not paid in one lump sum.
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Alfred Atkinson
Board of Regents
Deadly Formosa quake kills 190 and wounds 164
A southern Formosa earthquake this morning killed 190 people and injured 164. The disaster razed 612 houses and damaged railways and communications, with repairs expected shortly. Officials noted it was the region's largest quake since 1930.
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Tokyo
Formosa
Overseas Affairs Ministry
Roosevelt moves to set up wartime press censorship nationwide
Congress moves to authorize broad wartime censorship under President Roosevelt. Byron Price will direct censorship from Washington, coordinating compulsory controls on media and foreign mails. News orgs and radio have begun voluntary self censorship of troop movements as law changes near.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Byron Price
Associated Press
Price
New York
van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
Walker
Office of Director of Censorship
Lower Draft Age Debate Prompts 20-Year Minimum
House leaders reach a compromise for a 20 year minimum draft age to override the military affairs committee which refused 19. McCormack of Massachusetts rebukes the panel and seeks 19 to 44 training rather than 21 to 44, arguing for more volunteers in the crisis.
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Washington
House
House Military Affairs Committee
McCormack
Massachusetts
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
War Department
Warning Of U S Subs Off Isles Encourages Jap Hope
Wide World War analysis notes Lieutenant Commander Tominaga warns twenty U S subs operate off Japan. Admiral Hart reports two U S sub attacks, signaling offensive action in the Pacific and possible large naval engagement soon, as American forces seek to aid bases and strike back.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Tominaga
Japan
Admiral Hart
U. S
Santa Claus
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Soviet Far East Army Conducts Large Tank Maneuvers
United Press reports from Manila on December 17 that radio Khabarovsk broadcast the Soviet Far Eastern army is conducting tactical maneuvers with large tank units taking part.
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Manila
U.P
United Press
Radio Khabarovsk
Japan Alarm Over U S Submarines in Waters and War Progress
Japan reports alarm at 20 U S submarines operating in its waters as Admiral Hart says American subs have attacked with some success in the first eleven days of the conflict. Manila HQ notes 26 Japanese planes destroyed near Vigan on Luzon. Other fronts show Japanese landings in Sarawak and a Dutch airstrike sinking a Japanese destroyer near Miri as Tokyo expands its South China Sea offensive.
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Washington
Japan
Hawaii
U. S. Pacific
Johnston
Maui Islands
Tokyo
U. S
Navy Department
Maui
Wake Island
Thomas C. Hart
U. S. Army
Manila
Vigan
Luzon
Hart
United States
American Dead Buried In Simple Rites In Honolulu
In Honolulu ships loss is honored with daily simple burials on green hills overlooking the sea. Marines fire three volleys at sunset and taps sounds as chaplains bless the ground. Bodies are identified for shipment to the mainland after the war. Smaller gardens fill with Christmas flowers as graves receive bouquets.
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Honolulu
America
Navy
Army
William A. Maguire
Overlook
Nuuanu
Red Hill
Pearl Harbor
Decree Aims to Open Latin America to U S Industry
The Justice Department in Newark New Jersey filed two consent decrees with four corporations and five officials to open Latin America to U S chemical industry and curb Nazi financing. The actions also allege Sherman anti trust violations with three informations. Fines totaled 54000 with 6000 suspended.
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Washington
Justice Department
Newark
N. J
Latin-America
United States Chemical Industry
Defense bonds and stamps urged to support war effort
The Tucson Citizen urges Americans to back the war by buying defense bonds or stamps daily. Bonds start at 18.75 dollars and stamps at 10 cents, available at banks, post offices, and some retailers.
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Japan
Tucson Daily Citizen
World Scale strategy aims to quicken Allied reach to resources
A London government spokesman said Britain United States and Allied planes coordinate under Roosevelt world scale strategy. He noted Britain had not yet asked Russia to declare war on Japan as Japanese warships bombers and aircraft attacked in the narrative.
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London
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Russia
Japan
Mexico Hasten Law Allowing U S Troop Movements
President Avila Camacho asked Congress to authorize passage of foreign troops through Mexican territory and the stationing of foreign ships and naval planes in Mexican ports for the war's duration. The move mirrors U S permission for Mexican troops to move through U S soil to Lower California.
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Mexico
City
Avila Camacho
Camacho
United States
California
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Frank Knox
U.S
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Ariz
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U. S. Collector of Customs
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Harold Guard
Leon Henderson
Hong Kong
Dutch East Indies
Isles
Kahului
Hawaiian
Philippine
Charles Vyner Brooke
Batavia
British North Borneo
South China Sea
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