Roosevelt plans to devote half national income to war effort
President Roosevelt said he aimed to devote 50 percent of the national income to the war program. General MacArthur urged retaliatory measures against Japan for bombings of Manila described as violative of international law. The War Department survey noted damage to churches colleges and other civilian targets in Manila including the cathedral and hospital. The communique stated Manila was an open city when bombings occurred and that retaliatory steps are being considered.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
War Department
Churchill Voices Resolve In Ottawa War Speech
Prime Minister Churchill spoke by radio from Britain's House of Commons chamber as crowds in Ottawa cheered the commitment to finish the war. He outlined three phases Consolidation liberation and an assault on Axis homelands and praised Allied partners including the United States Russia the Netherlands China and the Free French.
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Ottawa
Churchill
Canada
Europe
Asia
Chamber
House of Commons
Britain
Hitler
Frenay
United States
Russia
Netherlands
China
Commons
Peace Tower
Parliament Hill
Somme
Vimy Ridge
Hongkong
The
Mexican Senate Approves U S Claims Accord
Mexico City reports the Mexican senate approves accords on United States claims totaling 40 million dollars. Ratification makes the accords treaty status while oil properties remain excluded. An expert from each government will value expropriated oil, with no pledge to pay or compel private companies to accept the value.
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Mexico City
United States
Senate
Mexico
Auditor Seeks Rule on Paying Salary Claims In Arizona
State Auditor Ann Frohmiller asks Attorney General for opinion on whether salary claims may be paid from Governor Osborn's $25 000 emergency defense fund. Payroll totals 1 400 dollars monthly including 300 for executive secretary D Kelly Turner. Turner began at 250 monthly from social security. later moved to emergency fund and increased 50. Others in civilian defense earn 200 and 15 dollars monthly.
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Phoenix
Ann Frohmiller
Atty
Joe Conway
Osborn
D. Kelly Turner
Arizona Civilian Defense Coordinating Council
Turner
Reinforcements On Way For Offensive Say Dutch Papers
Dutch Indies newspapers say Allied reinforcements are on the way for a Pacific offensive. They warn patience is required and note enormous difficulties in launching a drive. A Japanese raid on Tarakan sinks one Dutch plane and kills a pilot. Medan’s death toll rises to 36.
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Batavia
N.E
Netherlands’ Indies
Pacific
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Indies
Tarakan
Dutch Borneo
Medan
Sumatra
Martial law declares Singapore area with military courts
Singapore musters martial law as of tonight. A semi official statement says offenses against public safety treachery aiding the enemy or looting will be tried by military courts in the Singapore area.
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Singapore
Blazing anti-aircraft defenses fend off Singapore raids
Singapore reports four enemy air raids ended with minimal effect as anti-aircraft batteries and searchlights kept planes high. Four raids damaged thatched houses, ignited a gasoline dump, and caused four casualties while observers logged six flights and two bombs landing on Singapore island and Johore mainland.
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Singapore
Britain
Far East
Johore
Tokyo
Pacific
Uruguay Raids Axis Firms To Crush Front
More than 30 raids on Axis controlled firms in Uruguay were believed to crush a Nazi Fascist front. Judges and a congressional committee led police raids on German and Italian firms including Transocean Italmar Italcable and Garbeta. Funds from Italian veterans supported war efforts. the fascist party had taken over Axis activities since the government moved against Nazis last year.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Congressional Committee
Transocean
Germany
Italmar
Italcable
Guillermo Garbeta
Italy
Russians Drive German Forces Near Mozhaisk On Moscow Front
Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting and advancing Red troops along strategic highways north and west of Moscow. Russians claim gains near Mozhaisk and Borovsk while forcing retreat of German units and destroying tanks.
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M. S
Kuibyshev
Russia
U.P
Moscow
Red Army
Mozhaisk
Borovsk
Volokolamsk
Naroominsk
Moscow- Kiev
Red
German Tanks Destroyed In Libyan Fight
British forces report defeating an Axis column south of Agedabia near Bengali. Twenty two tanks were destroyed and twenty more damaged in the engagement. A Hussar regiment captured five trucks with German infantry. RAF aircraft harassed retreating Axis units as heavy rains snarled desert operations.
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Cairo
U.P
Bengasi
Tripolitania
Agedabia
Middle East
Bengali
Hussars
Royal Air Force
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
Africa
Pearl Harbor espionage dispatch by Wallace Carroll
Wallace Carroll writes from Honolulu about Japan's espionage network in the islands. The piece, released after Pearl Harbor, details an effective fifth column operation and reflects Carroll's extensive foreign reporting background.
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Navy
Frank Knox
Pearl Harbor
Norway
Japan
Islands
Wallace Carroll
London
United Press
Honolulu
Carroll
Hawaii
United States
Far East
Soviet Union
Moscow
New York
Pearl Haror
Cpancey
Secretary of “the Navy
Asi
Schofield Barracks
U. S. Army
Oregon State
Leaders Favor Enough Tax To Prevent Riches
Congressional leaders push a tax bill to curb war profiteers and fund wartime needs. They seek between 5 and 10 billion dollars in new levies, targeting individuals earning high incomes and corporations with excess profits taxes, as Morgenthau calls for fiscal restructuring.
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Washington
U.P
Andianat
Ericzigh
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, “Jr
Morgenthau
Treasury
Gandhi Relieved As Party Chief In India
Mohandas K. Gandhi, longtime leader of India's independence movement, was relieved of his leadership of the All-India Congress party at his own request. He chose to retain his freedom to oppose all violence and could not back the majority of the party's executive committee in recent steps toward cooperating with Britain's war effort.
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Bardoli
India
Mohandas
Gandhi
Long
All-India Congress
Britain
Long Haul Across Pacific Makes Aid To Manila Slow
Wide World War analyst notes Japanese forces suffer heavy losses in Malay peninsula and near Manila while still pushing to advance. He cites the sun goddess Amaterasu belief and Tojo’s expected shrine journey as the war’s dramatic, brutal arc. Allies face grave prospects and possible large sacrifices before reinforcements arrive.
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Pacific
Manila
Dewitt MacKenzie
Malay Peninsula
Tojo
Ise
Amaterasu
Zain
Far East
Nogales Fire Tragedy Destroys Key Businesses
A large Nogales Sonora fire kills Juan Arevalio, 55, and destroys a furniture store, a two story rooming house, and a money exchange office. Fire spread to seven firms in the business district. Firefighters from Nogales Arizona aided by water from both sides due to low pressure.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Twin
Juan. Arevalio
Money Exchange
Ariz
Mexico
Japan predicts fall of Manila within two weeks
Manila dispatches report Japanese forces advancing from Leyte to Lusi Ana and Dolores near Manila while American lines near Zaragosa shift. Tokyo broadcast warns Calcutta will be bombed if used to aid Chungking and predicts Manila’s fall before Jan 10.
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Japan
Manila
Tokyo
Philippines
Calcutta
Chungking
Burma
Rangoon
Senators See Nazi Internal Break-Up
Washington dispatch reports Senators Wheeler and Capper, once critics of policy, hoping Germany’s internal collapse could allow Allied focus on Japan. Wheeler predicts eventual victory as Germans allegedly sabotage and restlessness grow, urging a halt to scrap iron and materials sales to Japan. Capper also forecasts collapse.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Capper
Germany
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Europe
Hitler
England
Russia
China
United States
Pacific
Oe Capper
Lindbergh Volunteering Services to Army Air Corps
The Army Air Corps announced Charles A. Lindbergh volunteered his services. General Arnold said the move marks a shift from his isolationist stance and shows desire to aid the country. No timeline was given for action on the offer.
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Washington
Army Air Corps
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry . H. Arnold
Army
Lindbergh
American ‘First Committee
Roosevelt
Defense Bonds and Stamps Urged for War Support
The Tucson Daily City Zen urges Americans to back the war effort by buying defense bonds and stamps regularly. Bonds cost as little as $18.75 while stamps start at 10 cents, available at banks post offices and many retailers.
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Japan
Tucson
Cityzen
Air war in central Luzon tests and Manila alert grows
US officers report limited Japanese strength tests in central Luzon with artillery tank and small infantry clashes. Manila braces as air activity continues and Corregidor may have faced a costly air raid while defenders claim quiet elsewhere.
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Luzon
Mall
Manila
U.S. Army
Corregidor
MacArthur
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By C. Yates McDaniel
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Kerch
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House .Ways
Means Committee
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Dolores
Zaragosa
Lingayen Gulf
San Pablo
Laguna de Bay
Batangas Province
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