Japanese Sub Attacks and Luzon Battle Reported
Washington reports S S Samoa attacked off California and Lahaina sunk by submarines with two dead and two missing. Thirty survivors landed at Maui. In the Philippines fierce fighting North of Manila as Japanese landings are repelled in Lingayen Gulf with tank clashes and destroyer escorts.
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Luzon
U.S
Pacific
S. S. Samoa
Lahaina
Frisco
Washington
Navy
California
San Francisco
Samoa
Kahului
Hawaiian
Maui
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Atlantic
Far East
Midway Island
Atlantic Theater
Central Pacific
Kahululu
Registration For Defense Begins Tuesday
Winchester residents of all ages will start registering for home defense duties at the Chamber of Commerce office, coordinator Dr. Anderson said. The process follows a defense emergency ordinance to be read tonight by the council, with similar action approved in Frederick.
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Winchester
Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Council
Board of Supervisors
Frederick
State Defense Council
VPF
Claude Grim
American Legion
Remember Pearl Harbor Still Our Number One Slogan
An advertising class at Marquette University Milwaukee seeks a stronger slogan than Remember Pearl Harbor. Suggested lines praise bold action against the Axis while one elder insists Pearl Harbor remains the guiding phrase. The piece warns against rumors and urges caution in public discussion.
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Marquette University
Milwaukee
Pearl Harbor
Bill Enlarging Selective Draft Given Approval
President Roosevelt signed a bill enlarging the selective service plan as the Senate approved increased Navy strength from 300000 to 500000 and Marine Corps up to 104000. The draft will continue with 18 through 64 registering and 20 through 44 liable for active service. The measure now goes to the House and Navy cap235 was set for fleet and marine drafts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Marine Corps
House
Senator Hill
D.-Ala
Special Delivery Advised For Parcels Before Christmas
Local post office officials urged the use of special delivery on parcels posted by late mailers to ensure delivery before Christmas. They noted today that the mail has been extremely heavy and that throughout the year the volumes have been high, with retired railway mail clerks contacted to help keep the mails moving at transfer and terminal points.
Bingo Night at Sarah Zane Hall with Turkey Prizes
A bingo event is set for Monday December 22 at Sarah Zane Hall starting 8:30 PM. Prizes include 40 free turkeys.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Colonial Art and Craft Shop Holiday Hours
The Colonial Art and Craft Shop at 8 E Piccadilly announces evening hours for smart Christmas shopping through December 15. Contact 4643 for details and dates.
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Colonial Art & Craft Shop
E. Piccadilly
Christmas Trees for Sale at Haines Marble Yard
For sale cedar and pine Christmas trees at Haines Marble Yard. Call 6523 for details. Includes codes 12 16 19 22 1p 31.
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Haines Marble Yard
Gift subscription offer for the Evening Star
A promotional notice urges readers to give a year's subscription to the Evening Star with a gift card. It promotes the lowest subscription rates of the year and instructs to call 3424 to arrange gifts now.
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The
Evening Star
Supreme Court Rules Employers May Speak On Labor Policy
The Supreme Court held 7 to 0 that the Wagner Act does not ban an employer from expressing views on labor policies. The decision, in a Virginia Electric and Power Company case, sends the issues back to the Labor Board for clarification and notes speech can coexist with protections while coercion in total employer conduct remains subject to the act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Murphy
Labor Board
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Foils Attempt To Blow Up Tunnel In West Virginia
Virginian railway guard Me Lion Doss stopped an apparent dynamite attack on the Matoaka main line tunnel by firing a shotgun blast at two men. Buckshot holes were found in a dynamite sack inside the tunnel and a seven pound bag of loose dynamite was located about 100 feet in.
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Matoaka
W. Va
J. T. McKinney
McKinney
Melion Doss
McKinley
Lt Hartman Safe At Manila
Friends and relatives report Lt. A. L. Hartman now in the Philippines at Mt. McKinley Manila as “well and safe.” He is a member of an engineers unit and left for the Philippines around October 18. He is the son of C. S. Hartman and Mrs. Hartman.
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A. L. Hartman
Mt. McKinley
Manila
P. I
C.S. Hartman
Hartman
Philippines
Colored Citizens To Meet Tomorrow To Plan Defense
A mass meeting of all able bodied colored men is announced for Tuesday night December 23 at 8 30 at Douglas High School. Capt W A Baker will speak and the gathering will discuss plans to assist in the home defense program with opportunities for all citizens to share views.
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Douglas High School
W. A. Baker
Land Blasts Heard At Sea Off Ocean City
Loud offshore explosions rattled windows and shook houses in Ocean City Maryland and Berlin Maryland. Explosions began between 9 30 and 10 00 a m and continued in intervals for more than an hour and a half. Residents reported periodic blasts with brief quiet periods. Coast guard officials offered no comment as sounds were heard along the lower Delaware coast.
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Ocean City
Berlin
Henry Burbage
Burbage
G. E. Henry
Coast Guard
Lower
Delaware
Alabama Paper Appears Again After Strike
The Triadelphia Post resumes publication after a C I O American Newspaper Guild strike closed the plant on September 6. Harold Helfer says wage increases averaged over 20 percent with improved working conditions, though circulation and editor departments remain unresolved. The Scripps-Howard paper had about 74,000 circulation and 197 employees when it stopped.
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Birming Ala
Triateahae Post
C. I. O.-American Newspaper Guild
Harold Helfer
Scripps-Howard
Publica
For Sale Extra Fancy Turkey for Christmas
For sale an extra fancy turkey for Christmas. Phone 3476.
Miller Hardware and Remington Rand Itemized
Local brief notes a Remington Rand item and Miller Hardware purchase snippet titled Give Him. The fragment mentions vendors likely in a short commerce listing or advertisement.
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Remington Rand
Miller Hardware
Hitler assumes personal command reshaping Nazi leadership
In Bern on December 22 the Associated Press reports Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch is removed from command as Adolf Hitler takes direct control of German forces. The move sparks debate over motives, with theories of strategic rifts, purported reverses in Russia, or a broader distraction from looming Allied actions.
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Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
Walther von Brauchitsch
France
Balkans
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Feuhrer
Germany
Berlin
Hitler
England
Turkey
Spain
Gibraltar
Troopers Guard Bay Area Shipyards Amid Strikes
In San Francisco and the bay area, troops with bayonets and armored cars guarded Richmond shipyards as independent welders formed picket lines. At Todd California in Richmond 300 soldiers faced 50 pickets, with 120 inside Pacific Bridge yard and 160 at Western Pipe and Steel in South Francisco. The Army stated the purpose was to ensure workers could go to work while picket rights were preserved.
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San Francisco
Richmond
Bay Area
Todd California
Charles H. White
Richmond Yard
United Welders, Cutters and Helpers
Todd-California
Todd's
Britain
Alled Man Ment
German Populace Learns of Russian Counteroffensive Standstill
From Bern, a Cologne based war correspondent reports German offensive stalled by Russian reserves. Siberian units and heavy tanks unleash repeated counterattacks in bitter October frosts, creating unparalleled battles across villages as Germans struggle with hunger and exhaustion.
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Bern
Switzerland
Red Army
Koelnische Zeitung
Colongne
Russia
Siberian
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Cologne
Roosevelt Expands Joint Planning For Unity Of Action
In White House briefings President Roosevelt reports ongoing conferences with Russian Chinese and Netherlands envoys to forge unity of action against the Axis. Britain and the United States have already moved toward coordinated war effort with plans to include more governments in the common cause.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
White House
Britain
Russia
China
Netherlands
Smelting works destroyed on Penang island
London noted that the tin smelting works and power house on Penang island, Britain's outpost off Malaya, were destroyed prior to British evacuation and Japanese occupation according to an authoritative source.
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London
Penang Island
Britain
Malaya
Uniform Parking Trial On Loudoun Street
Effective today the Police and Traffic committee implements uniform parking on Loudoun Street between Piccadilly and Boscawen with white lines marking each space. Stalls vary 22 to 24 feet based on alley and fire plug distances, allowing ample room to back in and pull out. If successful the plan could expand to other congested city areas.
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Loudoun Street
Piccadilly
Boscawen
Police and Traffic Committee
German high command says British carrier sunk in Atlantic
Berlin reports in an official communique that a British aircraft carrier was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean, per the official broadcast recorded by A. P. on December 22.
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Berlin
A. P
High Command
Atlantic
Japan
Hong Kong
Tokyo
RAF Strikes Japanese Air Base in Eastern Thailand
Rangoon Burma December 22 The Royal Air Force attacked a Japanese air base in eastern Thailand destroying grounded planes and gasoline reserves in the first aerial smash against enemy forces there.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Chinese drive to relieve Hong Kong pressure intensifies
A British broadcast heard by NBC reports from Chungking that China is increasing efforts to ease pressure on Hong Kong. This reflects ongoing military and political actions attributed to the Chinese government.
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New York
Hong Kong
Chungking
Reporters Moved From Rome to Siena Under Guard
Reporters for A. P. American paper, who were under police guard in a Rome boarding house, have been transferred to Siena in northern Italy.
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Rome
Audi
A. P
Siena
Italy
Battle in Hong Kong Intensifies, Tokyo Reports
Reports from Tokyo indicate the battle in Hong Kong remained fierce with heavy fighting and continued Japanese assault efforts described as undiminished today.
Homemakers Market Opens December 24 Near Capitol Theatre
A Homemakers Market opens December 24 at a location one door north of the Capitol Theatre. The listing notes the store position as lp-1t with nearby street visibility.
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Homemakers Market
Capitol Theatre
Invasion Clash at Lingayen Gulf Delivers Fierce Resistance
War Department estimates Japanese invasion force at Lingayen Gulf near Manila numbered 150,000, with 80 ships and barges attempting shore landings. American Filipino troops reportedly held their own amid heavy gunfire and air defenses as the assault was repelled at several points. The Lingayen Gulf action occurred about 130 miles from Manila, with reports of tank and hand to hand combat and a later radio blackout in San Diego.
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Associated Press
Manila
Lingayen Gulf
Luzon Island
United States Far Eastern Army
Luzon
Washington
Department
Ing
Ee Washington Sta
Agoo
Inn
United States Air Naval
Manila Washington
China Sea
San Diego
Los Celes
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U. S. Relations Board
Alabama
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