Turning Point Reached as Red Army Hits Moscow Front
On the Moscow front west of the capital the Red Army recaptured about 200 communities and pushed toward Ruza near Mozhaisk as part of a general offensive. British and Soviet reports described Axis retreat on multiple fronts and heavy German losses in Kalinin and Ukraine.
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RED Army
Moscow
Ruza
Mozhaisk
Associated Press
Europe
Britain
North
Africa
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Napoleon
Havas
Ukraine
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Orel
London
Kalinin
Leningrad
Hitler
Belgium
Holland
France
Volo
Rear Admiral Jacobs Named For New Post
Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, currently with the Atlantic fleet, was nominated by President Roosevelt to lead the Bureau of Navigation in the Navy department for a four year term. He would succeed Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who became Pacific fleet commander in yesterday's force shuffle after Pearl Harbor. Jacobs has served in Washington on numerous occasions.
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Washington
Randall Jacobs
Roosevelt
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Jacobs
Real Victory Scored As U S Shifts Heads For Pacific Offense
LISBON December 18 Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar summoned the Portuguese national assembly for an extraordinary meeting tomorrow afternoon to make an important statement. RANGOON December 18 A large convoy of British Indian troops arrived here today with full equipment.
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Real
U.S
Pacific
Lisbon
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Rangoon
British Burma
Shakeup To Bring Shift In Strategy
London reports discussions to set up a supreme allied war authority to direct high strategy against the Axis with Washington or London as its likely headquarters. Opinion remains divided on the seat of the prospective grand council while leaders in the United States Britain China and Russia endorse the principle. Discussions aim to establish the necessary machinery.
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London
British Press Association
Washington
Grand Council
The
Press Association
United States
Britain
China
Russia
Alarm set for Tucson area trial uses silent police sirens
Police and fire sirens will not be sounded in a 12 30 p m air raid drill tomorrow city manager Phil J Martin Jr says whistles will ring only at the Southern Pacific shops Desert Sanatorium University of Arizona power plant and the Veterans hospital engine room. The network may guide future police and fire signals if effective.
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Phil J. Martin, Jr
Defense Council
Southern Pacific
Desert Sanatorium
University of Arizona
Veterans Hospital
Tucson
President Roosevelt Signs Massive Defense Appropriations Bill
President Roosevelt signed a defense bill worth 10.077 billion dollars to expand Army and Navy production. The act provides 9.283 billion in cash and 794 million in contract authority for ordnance, supplies, and 800 naval patrol vessels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
White House
Pacific War Shakeup Elevates Nimitz Emmons Tinker
A wartime reshuffle places a new Pacific command trio in land sea and air roles. Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz becomes fleet chief, Lieut. Gen. Delos Emmons leads Hawaiian defenses, and Brig. Gen. C. L. Tinker takes over at Hawaii Air Corps. The changes follow Pearl Harbor blame inquiries and representation of a shifted air strategy.
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Air Corps
Philip
Luzon Island
U. S
Mid- Pacific
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Tokyo
Honolulu
U.S
Pacific
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Vigan
Army
Pioneer Tucson civic leader Stanley Kitt found dead
Stanley J. Kitt secretary and manager of the Tucson Merchant's association and longtime civic figure was found deceased beside South Park avenue near the Benson highway. Coroner ruled death by own action. no inquest. A note was found but not released. he had worried over his ill wife. Born in England in 1875, he came to the United States at age four. His family business traces to 1900 and passed to Carlos Jacome.
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Stanley J. Kitt
Tucson Merchant’s Association
Tucson
South Park Avenue
Benson Highway
C. W. Gardner
Kitt
County Highway Department
F. W. Lynch
E. G. Grant
Mr. Kitt
England
United States
W. R. Kitt
George
Stanley
Kenneth Kitt
Carlos Jacome
Ethel
Army Increase From Draftees Planned By War Dept
Secretary Stimson said the War Department would expand the Army to the required strength and rely entirely on the selective service system. All voluntary enlistments will be halted as soon as the current draft actions permit.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Missing U S General Dargue and Aides In Transcontinental Flight
The War Department said Major General Herbert A. Dargue commander of the 1st air force and seven others disappeared during a December 12 transcontinental flight. The last report placed the craft near Palmdale California and authorities fear a crash or forced landing. Missing are Col. Charles W. Bundy Lieut. Col. George W. Ricker Major Hugh F. McCaffery Captain J. G. Leavitt and two enlisted men.
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Washington
War Department
Herbert A. Dargue
1St Air Force
Stimson
Palmdale
Calif
Dargue
Charles W. Bundy
War Department General Staff
Home
George W. Ricker
Hugh F. McCaffery
Mitchel Field
New York
J. G. Leavitt
March
Axis Reverses in Russia Hit Japan Hard in Pacific War
Washington reports Nazi setbacks in Russia reshape Japan strategy. Experts say Tokyo faces renewed pressure to seize Hong Kong and Singapore while avoiding simultaneous battles with British and Russian forces. A Russian victory could strain Japan's Siberian flank and reduce German reserve strength for the Pacific.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Pacific
Far East
Russia
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong
Singapore
Asiatic
United States
Pacific Islands
Europe
Japan
Siberian
Hawaii
Philippines
Noted Woman Flier Held As German Agent
Laura Ingalls, noted woman flier, was arraigned for failing to register as a foreign agent tied to the German government. Bond set at 7500 dollars, hearing postponed to December 26 as she seeks legal counsel.
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Laura Ingalls
Washington
Needigm C. Turnage
United States
Miss Ingalls
District of Columbia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
German Reich
State Department
Turnage
New York
FBI
Defense bonds and stamps urged to fund war effort
The Tucson Daily Citizen calls on Americans to support the government with regular purchases of defense bonds and stamps. Bonds start at 18.75 dollars and stamps from 10 cents, available at banks, post offices, and some retailers.
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Japan
Tucson Daily Citizen
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Libya
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Middle East
Cirenaica
Supreme Council For War
U.P
Hawaiian-Pacific
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Joint
Army-Navy Inquiry Board
U. S. Fleet
Knox
Arizona
Husband E. Kimmel
Nimitz
Stanley Kitt
Merchant’s Association
Self
Tucson Merchants’ Association and Credit Bureau
Gen. Dargue
California
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