German Plans and North Africa Attack Threat Discussed
The report outlines an Axis strategy including a thrust through Turkey to the Russian Caucasus and a direct attack on Britain. It notes German efforts in North Africa, German embassies and Vichy discussions in French North Africa, and a buildup of German air power in southeastern Europe with planes reaching Crete and nearby regions.
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North Africa
Turkey
Russian Caucasus
Great Britain
Stohrer
Spain
Berlin
Madrid
Afternon
Russia
Germany
North
Africa
Vichy
United Press Malta
Maxime Weygand
Libya
Tunisia
Europe
Crete
Peloponnese
Greece
Small Sea Islands
Bulgaria
Japanese Air Attack on Philippine Forts Foiled
The reporter describes a Japanese bombing raid near Manila at 10:35 a m and a second wave 15 minutes later. He notes the attacks were ineffective with no hits on the landing field while American ground units defend airfields in the Philippines. observers report Philippine farmers continuing harvests despite the war nearby.
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Manila
Philippines
Air Corps
Churchill Orders Report Claimed by Axis Propaganda
Axis broadcasts claimed Roosevelt ordered Churchill to report while Berlin said Churchill issued orders to Roosevelt. Japanese radio claimed Britain ordered US to reconstruct defenses and redeploy forces. Both sides aim to sow distrust in allies during the Washington conference.
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United Press
Axis
Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Berlin
Tokyo
Churchill
Britain
United States
Malaya
Covenant on No Strikes Amid Wartime Tensions
Officials hailed a second national covenant between industry and labor to avoid strikes and lockouts, praising peaceful dispute resolution. Thomas called for conference methods over new antistrike laws and wished all a Merry Christmas as Sen. Bridges urged action while American troops faced danger.
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Thomas
British drive in Africa captures Axis troops and seizes retreat lines
A military communique reports 17 enemy downed as British forces cut off retreating Germans and Italians. Reinforcements reach positions around Bengali Cyrenaica as Axis pressure grows. The line west of Mekili shows abandoned material with Mekili a key junction. Many Germans and Italians are captured as pursuit and destruction continue.
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Cyrenaica
Mekili
Derna
Man fined for painting bridge white line
Robert L. Bragg, 42, in traffic court, was fined $5 for straddling the white line across the San Francisco Bay Bridge after admitting he painted it. He told the judge he knew the line was there because he painted it.
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San Francisco
U.P
Robert L. Bragg
San Francisco and
Oakland Bay Bridge
Bragg
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clue List
Crossword item list with across clues from 4 to 28 and down clues from 1 to 39. Includes Arabian garment masculine name circlet of metal comfort pilaster modified leaf and other clue items. Also shows a cryptogram quote and yesterday's puzzle result.
Roosevelt Churchill Meet at White House in Joint War Talks
The Roosevelt Churchill conference at the White House began with long talks over war aims and a planned second session this afternoon. Harriman and Hopkins join the secretariat as ministers discuss unifying Allied command across four war theatres Europe Middle East North Africa The Pacific and Far East with Stalin as a fourth key ally.
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Churchill
Early
Harriman
White House
Roosevelt
W. L. MacKenzie King
Mr. Roosevelt
Globe
United States
Pacific
Far East
Great Britain
Washington
London
anti-Axis League
Europe
Middle East
North Africa
North Atlantic
Stalin
Red
North African
Admiral King
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Singapore
Hawaii
Manila
Vladivostok
Japan
Washington aims to unite allies as war strategy shifts
The article weighs strategic decisions for Allied powers including deploying American reserves to Singapore, risking Philippines, and Russia joining the Allies against Japan. It notes the Washington conference as a step toward unified control and questions Nazi moves and Japanese risks in the broader war.
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Singapore
Philippines
Russia
Japan
Washington
America
Moscow
Nippon
Herr Hitler
Fuehrer
Britain
Axis
Hitler
Pacific
Allied Council
Manila Boosts Wartime Controls as War News Stays Mixed
Manila officials expand wartime administration designating treasurers as deputy emergency control officers with power to seize food fuel and building materials to curb hoarding and profiteering. Philippine government tightens wartime economy as air raid alarms mark the day and Allied pilots boast of counterattacks against Japanese raids.
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Lingayen Gulf
Manila
Army
Luzon
Legaspi
Emmett O'Donnell, Jr
New York City
Jack Adams
Anadarko, Okla
Jose Kare
Philippine Commonwealth
Manuel Quezon
Russians say 800 Germans slain as Soviets press in
Pravda reports on the Tula front shows General Boldin retaking 25 villages in a day and night of fighting while Germans resist and counterattack. Tass notes 46 villages captured on the southwestern front as Soviets push from the Caucasus toward Donets. heavy fighting near Maloyaroslavets and Sevastopol persists with German blockhouse defenses.
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Pravda
Tula
Moscow
Boldin
Red Army
Caucasus
Donets
Tass
Maloyaroslavets
Crimean
Sevastopol
Kalinin
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Philippine leaders mobilize reserves to defend cities
In response to bombed and evacuated districts, orders call reserve officers from infantry, artillery, and engineers to report for immediate field training. They will later serve as instructors for Filipino volunteers. Secretary Jorge Bocobo urged idle teachers to volunteer for emergency services.
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Philippine Army
Secretary of Public Instruction
Jorge Bocobo
Marriage on a Bus in the Carolinas
Tony and Ginger Taylor marry in a rush on a double decker bus while fleeing trouble in New York. They debate wealth and fame as they begin a planned honeymoon in the South, with Ronny Rockaby seeking revenge and a lawyer’s plan to recapture Ginger. The comic couplewise spats mix with romance as they sleep aboard their improvised vehicle.
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Tony
Ginger
Deep South
Carolinas
Fifth Avenue
Miami
Wood
Ronny Rockaby
New York
Max
Carolina
Rockaby
Justice of the Peace
Ronny
Taylor
Anthony Taylor
Florida
the Air
Casanova
Mrs. Taylor
Broadway
Mr. Taylor
Old 1941 license plates donated for defense materials
More than a ton of 1941 automobile license plates has been collected by local motorists and turned in to service stations and garages. Leo J. Finch announced the metal will be handled by state and federal officials for national defense use. Receptacles are in the county assessor's office and operators have pledged ongoing collections.
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Leo J. Finch
Charles M. Taylor
Wartime Leaders Debate Pacific Strategy and Allied Role
The prime minister vowed to defend Singapore and its approaches until conditions allow a Pacific general offensive. It is unclear if his pledge referred to Britain alone or Britain and all Allies, though listeners assumed the latter.
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Singapore
Pacific
Churchill
Britain
Admiral Willson Ordered to Duty at Navy Yard
Admiral Russell Willson, Naval Academy superintendent, was ordered to duty as chief of staff to Admiral Ernest J. King. He will take the post around January 1, succeeding Rear Admiral Wilson Brown, who left the academy last February. Willson, born December 27, 1883, in Fredonia New York, had led expansion and reform at the academy during wartime.
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General Staff
Bombay
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Arnold
United States Air Forces
John H. Towers
Bureau of Naval Aeronautics
Harriman
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Roosevelt
Annapolis
Russell Willson
Naval Academy
United States
Willson
Wilson Brown
Admiral King
Admiral Willson
Fredonia
N. Y
Washington, D. C
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Academy
Submarine Attacks Near California Coast Injure Tanker Emidio
The Emidio was damaged and five sailors killed with five injured when Japanese subs shelled and torpedoed it off Cape Mendocino. Army and Navy planes bombed the submerging attackers but information on success remained withheld. Other ships attacked included the Storey Agwiworld and Samoa. three seamen died from lifeboat explosions. The Lahaina was sunk near Hawaii with two lives lost.
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Navy
Army
Emidio
Cape Mendocino
Cal
Point Conception
H. M. Storey
S. S. Agwiworld
S. S. Samoa
California
Samoa
Agwiworld
Hawaii
Dutch Declare War Against Italians
The Netherlands government in exile announced it has declared war on Italy because of Italian participation with Germany and Japan in the Axis pact. The Netherlands had been at war with Germany since 1940 and with Japan since the Far East hostilities began.
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London
Netherlands
Italy
Germany
Japan
Holland
Far East
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Sixth St
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