Army bomber crashes into house injuring crew member
A four motor Army bomber crashed into a northeast Phoenix area house at midnight. Four occupants escaped unharmed while one crewman was seriously hurt and several others suffered injuries. The plane tore through a living area and damaged power lines as tents of neighbors watched. Col A S Albro ordered guards around the wreck as crews prepared to remove the aircraft.
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Army
Elida Street
Palo Verde Road
Osborne L. Otteson
Evelyn Callaghan
George Bedell
The
Valley National Bank
Southern Pacific
Patricia Jean
Bedell
Sheriff’s Office
Davis- Monthan
A. S. Albro
Reinforcements Bring Fighter and Bomber Planes to Hawaii
From Honolulu reports large reinforcements of fighter and bomber planes arrived from the mainland. Army officers say Japanese aircraft were outmatched by American planes, with 14 U S planes in the air at Wheeler field shooting down 12 to 15 enemy craft and losing only two. The attack on Pearl Harbor and Hickam left hangars and barracks damaged, but many airfields remained usable.
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Frank Tremaine
Honolulu
Wheeler Field
Army
Hickam
Wheeler Fields
Schofield Barracks
Hickam Field
Pearl Harbor
Air Force
Jaycees Seek Space on West Congress Street for Ticket Office
The Junior Chamber of Commerce petitions City Clerk Charles C. Irvin for temporary adobe offices on West Congress Street to sell La Fiesta de los Vaqueros tickets. Petition signed by secretary Jack Wilson will go to City Traffic Engineer George B. Houston for action.
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Charles C. Irvin
Junior Chamber of Commerce
West
Congress Street
Jack Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
George B. Houston
Tire rationing head is chosen in western states
Washington December 24 Harry Camp of San Francisco region al director of the office of price administration is named to organize rationing boards in Arizona California Oregon Washington Idaho and Nevada Leon Henderson price administrator announces agencies are being formed in every state Board members are asked to serve without compensation.
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Washington
Harry Camp
San Francisco
Office of Price Administration
Arizona
California
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Leon Henderson
Public Records Docket Lists Vagrancy and Conduct Cases
Paul Cella presiding with Charles Wicks and Paul Muench. Vagrancy case 10 days in jail. Daniel Maxon and Albert B Russell drunk and disorderly conduct continued. James Henry Standon carrying concealed weapons $30 fine or 30 days. John W Higgins leaving the scene of an accident continued.
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Charles Wicks
Paul Muench
Daniel Maxon
Albert B. Russell
James Henry Standon
John W. Higgins
Court Records List Teen Couples From Transcriptions
Names and ages of individuals from various cities across the United States appear in a compiled list. The excerpt notes pairs and ages, including Ferguson Missouri and Tucson Arizona, with several young adults and regional designations.
Funeral services for T. D. Sullivan held at Parker Mortuary
Funeral services for T. D. Sullivan, 45, who died yesterday in the U S Veterans hospital, were set for 4 pm at Parker Mortuary chapel with Rev Frank S Williams of the First Methodist church officiating. Graveside rites by the American Legion in Evergreen cemetery soldiers plot. Sullivan recently ran a garage on Fort Lowell road.
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T. D. Sullivan
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Parker Mortuary Chapel
Frank S. Williams
First Methodist Church
American Legion
Evergreen Cemetery
Sullivan
Fort Lowell Road
Invasion Fire Falls Short of Targeted Streets
A sergeant recalls limited damage from air bombardment near a hospital, noting a single crater likely from a 300 pound bomb and about 10 craters in a baseball field, suggesting Japanese bombs were less accurate than early reports claimed.
Christmas Observed Amid World At War
World war turbulences frame a subdued Christmas as faithful gather at Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity for prayers. Pope Pius XII, President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Churchill announce wartime messages. Soldiers from many nations mingle with local worshipers in a holiday marked by rationing and blackout drills.
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Associated Press
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Pacific Islands
Pius XII
Vatican City
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Churchill
Britain
Louis Barlassina
Goebbels Delivers Christmas Broadcast Amid War Hardships
Berlin reports indicate Joseph Goebbels warned of hardships as Christmas arrives. He praised German resolve while noting shortages and a poorer, modest war Christmas. He claimed Germans abroad face persecution but remain steadfast for the Fatherland.
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Germany
Goebbels
Yule Greeting Ends Worry Over Sailor
In Hobbs New Mexico on December 24 a Christmas cable from Navy sailor Henry Jr. arrived after a prior notice that he was missing in action. The message said Merry Christmas and eased family worry at the William H. Bunkleys.
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Hawaii
Jaycees
Public Records
Paul Cella
Belle D. Hall
Bentty E. Bolin
Ferguson
Luella O. Jones
Carroll Huey Rounds
San Diego
Calif
Ruth Elizabeth Bray
Baton Rouge
William T. Stewart
Betty J. Sweitzer
William Snader
Gilbert
Ariz
Della Watterson
Edward Garcia
Maria Jesus M. Sandoval
William Patterson
Washington, Pa
Ethel Walls
el Paso
Tex
University Beauty Shop
University Square
Gurist
American Pants
East Congress
Ast
Isallies Oo
Sas Ia
Philippines
Nation
Berlin
U.P
D.N.B
United Press
New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Jerusalem
Manila
Imperial Palace
Credit Jeweler
Congress
Ng So Jewelers
Aise
Halaistmas
Ts Happiness
J. Knox Corbett
Langers
Stone
Pennington
East Broadway
Tiny Tim Pickles
Cafe Noir
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