United States At War With Japan After Pearl Harbor
Washington announces Japan attacked Hawaii causing ships damaged and about 3000 casualties expected. Resistance continues around Hawaii as reinforcements and repairs proceed. Wake Midway Guam and Hongkong attacked. carriers suspected as launch source. Two hundred Marines held in China. Public sale notices mixed in with war report.
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White House
Hawaii
Wake
Midway Islands
Guam
Hongkong
China
Philippines Hit From North to South in Japanese Air Attacks
Japanese bombers struck military bases and ports across the Philippines including Fort Stotsenberg Clark Field Davao and Baguio with reports of fires cut communications and antiaircraft action. Davao and Baguio were daylight targets as Manila endured blackout and alarms remained absent.
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RE. P. Cronin, Jr
Manila
Philippines
Fort Statensburg
Clark Field
Baguio
Davao
Nothern Batan
Army
Fort Statsenburg
Luzon
Fort Stotsenberg
Domei
Fort Stotsenburg
United States Army
E. S
Safe Investment Property Sold In Front Of Court House
Sale of nine room residence at 19 West Cork Street owned by C. Anderson. Property could be converted into two apartments. Auction to take place in front of the Court House at noon on Saturday December 13.
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Safe Investment
Oda C. Anderson
West Cork Street
Court House
Lindbergh in Seclusion as War Rumors Sweep Island
West Tisbury bulletin reports Charles A. Lindbergh, a leading isolationist, remaining in seclusion on Martha's Vineyard while authorities seek his comment on Japan's war on the United States.
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West Tisbury
Mass
Charles A. Lindbergh
Island of Marthas
Japan
United States
736 Japs Arrested In U S And Hawaii
Federal agents arrested 736 Japanese aliens during the night in the United States and Hawaii, Attorney General Biddle announced today.
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Washington
United States
Hawaii
Biddle
Japanese air raid and Singapore defense update
Japanese air raiders killed 63 persons and injured 133 in the Singapore attack as Allied forces report mop up operations underway. British communique says Japanese are attempting a northern invasion of Malaya.
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Sing. RE
Singapore
Malaya
German army not expected to capture Moscow this year
Berlin reports a military spokesman says the German army does not expect to capture Moscow this year. The remark follows a high command communique referencing the coming winter.
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Berlin
Moscow
High Command
44th Division En Route to Fort Dix From Carolinas
The Star reports the 44th Infantry Division's vanguard, about 1,200 vehicles and 10,000 men, reached Winchester on route 522 and will clear the area today on their trek to Fort Dix New Jersey from three months of Carolina maneuvers. The other half travels north on route 15 via Warrenton and -burg toward home in Pennsylvania.
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Winchester
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Carolinas
Warrenton
Burg
Indiana Gap
Caro
Free French Act Declares War on Japan
London December 8 report states the Free French act meeting aboard a reader ship of General Charles De Gaulle declared a state of war exists between all Free French territories and Japan.
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London
Charles DeGaulle
Japan
Japan claims large Pacific victory in first strike
Tokyo reports Imperial headquarters announcements of major Japanese naval and air successes in the Pacific offensive. It says two battleships and a minesweeper sunk, four heavy cruisers damaged, many merchant ships seized, and scores of planes destroyed, with additional claims of U S carriers sunk and losses minimal for Japan. The broadcast cites Thailand’s cooperation and Thai passage for Japanese troops.
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Pearl Harbor
White House
San Francisco
China
Tientsin
Honolulu
Tokyo
United States
Pacific
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Hawaii
Philippines
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Guam
U. S. Naval Star
Pennsylvania
Clark Field
Iba
Thailand
Tokyo Board of Information
Bangkok
Council to Hear Potter Report at Special Tuesday Meeting
Mayor Anderson announced a special council meeting for Tuesday night to review the Alexand er Potter Associates sewer disposal study and address other business. Two Byrd Jr suggested resolutions will be discussed, including releasing committee reports and ending the secret ballot on council matters.
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Anderson
Alexander Potter Associates
H. ®. Byrd, Jr
Must Register At Once For Pilot Training
George Schecter urged all interested to register immediately for the free ground and flight instruction course for a pilot license at the Chamber of Commerce. Seventy five students are being sought with a December 15 deadline. Classes will be scheduled to fit enrollees’ convenience.
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George Schecter
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt War Message Declares Pearl Harbor Attack
President Roosevelt delivers a formal war message to Congress calling the December 7 1941 attack by Japan a surprise offensive. He notes Hawaii tropical distance from Japan and lists further Japanese assaults including Malaya Hong Kong Guam Philippines Wake Wake Wake Midway and other targets.
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Hawaii
Ious
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Guam
Philippine Islands
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Midway Island
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Senate
Philippines
Hongkong
Wake
Midway Islands
Britain Declares War on Japan Aligning With United States
Prime Minister Churchill announces Britain declares war on Japan after its attack on the U S. He reports cabinet approved the declaration and informs Tokyo and Tokyo affairs at 1 p m today. Churchill notes prior pledge to act within the hour if the United States enters war and mentions measures against Japanese nationals. He also communicates with Thailand and Chiang Kai-shek offering united resistance.
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Great Britain
Japan
United States
Churchill
Soom
Commons
House of Lords
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Tokyo
Fish Territory
Malaya
Home Office
Thailand
Chiang Kai-Shey
Resolution Declares War on Japan by Congress
The joint resolution declares a State of War between the United States and the imperial government of Japan and authorizes the President to employ all naval and military forces and governmental resources to wage war until a successful termination.
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Congress
Japan
United States
United States of America
Senate
House of Representatives
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Imperial Government of
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Senate Roll Call On War Measure
Washington December 8 1 Here are the names of the 82 senators who voted today for war against Japan Democrats Andrews Bailey BankHead Barkley Brown Bunk er Bulow Byrd Chandler Chavez Clark of Idaho Clark of Missouri Connally Downey Doxey Ellender George Gern Gillette Glass Green Guffey Hatch Herring Hill Hughes Johnson of Colorado Kilgore Lee Lucas Maloney Maybank McFarland McFarland McFarland remains cut.
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Japan
Andrews
Bailey
BankHead
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Brown
Bunker
Bulow
Byrd
Chandler
Chavez
Clark
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Connally
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Ellender
George
Germ
Gillette
Glass
Green
Guffey
Hatch
Herring
Hill Hughes Johnson
Colorado
Kilgore
Lee Lucas
Maloney
Maybank
McFarland
Australia declares war after Japanese attacks on Nauru
Australia enters World War II as Japanese forces attack Nauru and Ocean Island. Prime Minister John Curtin announces hostilities in a radio broadcast noting no formal declaration yet received from Japan and that a formal declaration will follow.
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Australia
Japan
Pacific
Nauru
Ocean Island
Britain
Gilbert and Ellice Island
aJrich
John Curtin
Equator
New Zealand
Pri- New York
Nation of War
Stalke
Auscpa
War Declared on Japan by Congress United Behind Roosevelt
Washington reports Congress swiftly declared war on Japan after President Roosevelt's plea. Senate 82 to 0 and House 388 to 1 backed the action amid memory of Japan's December 7 attack and losses in Hawaii. Roosevelt called for defense and vowed victory.
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United States
Congress
Japan
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Germany
Hawaii
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Pacific
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The
Hit and Run Victim Loses Leg in West Virginia
Glenn Dean 31 of O Sullivan Rubber Company was struck on Wardensville Grade near Yellow Springs by a hit and run driver. He had a leg amputated below the knee at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Police seek the car driver. an arrest was expected.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Company
Wardensville
Yellow Springs
W. Va
Winchester Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
Virginia
Dean
Warden
Winches’ Hospital
Wills
Newsprint Price Increase Tops Six Percent
The International Paper Company, supplier to most U S newspapers, announced a 6 percent price rise effective April 1, boosting the four year total increase to over 30 percent.
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International Paper Company
U. S
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