Zanesville flier to ferry bombers across the Atlantic
Bateman a well known Zanesville air transport pilot will soon begin ferrying big Army bombers from South America to Africa for British forces. He will complete a four week Pan American Airways training in Miami before assignment. His wife and brother are mentioned, with Bateman listed as son of Mr Mary Bateman family.
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Rd Bateman
Zanesville
South Atlantic
Africa
Bateman
Pennsylvana Central Airways
Bat
Pan-American Airway
Miami
Acrom
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Axia Towers
George H. Brett
U. S. Air Corps
North Africa
Warfor
Irs P A Kern
Dresden Road
James
T S
Fort Stotsenburg
Mantle
Pennsylvania Central
Mary Birman
Adair Avenue
William M. Bateman
Hawaii in Defenders Face Massive Japanese Air Attacks
Honolulu residents recount a brutal Sunday raid as 50 to 100 enemy planes swept over Oahu. The assault struck Pearl Harbor Hickam field and other bases, killing 49 civilians and wounding over 100, with total casualties rising toward 3 000 according to White House briefings. Martial law was declared and civilians aided the military with calm resolve.
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Eugene Burns
Honolulu
Oahu Island
Arl Harbor Naval Base
Hick- 2
Field Army Base
Kak_he naval air base
Washington
White House
Navy
Martin Vitouwsek
Martin Mali
Tourets
Weather Outlook Brightens Across Nation With Snow Flurries
Occasional snow and mild cooling tonight give way to cloudy conditions over the United States. A mainly wet pattern ushers in light rain from Florida to the Mississippi Valley with milder readings in the Atlantic states. Temperatures trend higher along the coasts as southern and central areas see developing precipitation toward the end of the period.
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Zapesville
San Francisco
Coedy
Washington
Cloody
United States
Pitation
Great Platts
Galt
Mississippi Valley
Explorer Visits Santa's Factories
A fragment describes an explorer awakening in a place described as Santa's castle at the North Pole. The prose hints at a peaceful, loving community where actions are guided by benevolence, but the text is incomplete and presents only initial impressions.
Fragmentary verse evokes peace and happiness at pace
A fragmentary text describes an atmosphere filled with love, kindness, and immeasurable happiness. The passage suggests a heavenly peace that seems to surpass common everyday pace and mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacy
Rayburn to push registration bill for men 18 to 65
Speaker Rayburn announced plans to introduce legislation requiring men aged 18 to 65 to register for service. General Hershey and Secretary Stimson said ages 19 to 45 would be deemed ready for service, with training starting as needed.
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Rayburn
Washington
Capitol
Stimson
Lewis B. Hershey
Pravda denounces Japan as aggressor in Pacific war
Pravda harshly criticizes Japan for attacking the United States and Great Britain, warning of defeat and comparing Tokyo's move to Hitler’s failure on the eastern front. The Pravda piece rails at German offensives and declares peace possible only by agreement with the United States after Germany is defeated.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Pravda
Communist Party
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
Soviet Union
Soviet Information Bureau
Germany
Hitler and Co
Rusia
Danial Zaslavsky
17 Nazis Said Killed by French Troops at Demarcation Line
NBC reported that armed French forces killed 17 German writers guarding the demarcation line between occupied and unoccupied France. A British radio broadcast from Brest claimed the act. CBS heard Dutch women say the German commissioner Seyss-Inquart warned Amsterdam would share Rotterdam’s fate if resistance continued.
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New York
CINS
NBC Gold
France
Brest
CBS
Holland
Arthur) Seym-Inquart
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Roosevelt blocks release of casualty lists at press conference
President Roosevelt said newspapers and radio should not print full casualty lists to avoid aiding the enemy. He noted relatives will be notified, and that public lists should be avoided. The Navy later stated no casualty lists will be released, with next of kin being informed and ship or station details kept confidential.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Navy Department Today
War Bulletin Promises All We Have to Fight
Washington AP bulletin quotes U S pledge to mobilize all resources to war effort until the Pacific and the world are freed from oppression. The message frames national resolve and unity against aggression and tyranny.
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Washington
Cahes Tofay
United Mates
Pacific
Brett
Pearl Harbor casualty: Navy sailor Jack Henery named
Telegram from Rear Admiral Nimitz informs Mr and Mrs Ralph Henery of Zanesville Ohio that their son Jack Henery a second class fireman aboard a Pacific fleet ship is presumed injured in the Pearl Harbor attack. Henery a 1940 Zanesville High graduate joined the Navy in 1980 and trained at Great Lakes before serving in the Pacific.
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Ralph W. Henery
Ohio Street
Pearl Harbor
Mary
C. W Nimitz
Bureau of Navigation
Wash
Ington
Henery
Zanesville
Lfeguart
Moxahala Park
Navy
Great Lakes
Chicago
Pacific Feet
Auto Production Stoppage Debated in Washington
Defense chiefs debated whether to halt passenger auto production after February 1. An official admitted the order cut December and January output by 2 and 50 percent respectively, under the earlier limited production plan.
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Washington
Defense Chiefs
Office of Production Management
American Air Hero Killed After Blasting Jap Warship
Manila reports Capt. Colin Kelley Jr died after his aircraft scored three direct hits on a Japanese battleship of the Haruna class, leaving it in flames. The Kongo was seen out of control and crippled, with confirmation from the Far Eastern command.
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Manila
Colin ®. Kelly, Jr
Far Eastern Army Com
War Department
Lasron
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern Army
Boyd D. Wagner
Army Air Corps
Aperri
Torste Page
Japanese Press War Reports Philipines Attacks and Wake Island Defense
The Associated Press reports Japanese air and sea attacks escalate on the Philippines as U S and Japanese ships clash near Luzon. Philippine defenses at Manila Cabite Aparri Vigan divisions exchange heavy blows while Wake Island defense holds with no reported Japanese advances.
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Associated Press
Japan
Philippines
Taranet
War Department
Philippine Archipelago
Legaspi
Aparri
Vigan
Manila
Hawai
Americans Take Heart as Japan Fights for Wake Island
The report notes strong morale in the United States as Wake Island battles intensify. It highlights the fierce defense against Japanese assaults and the broader war effort signaling total war and reduced civilian life for wartime production.
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Luzon
Atlantic
ED Bateman
Hawaii
Wreee Rage
Wireless
Casualty
Jack Henert
Cable Department
Midway Island
U.S
U. S
Thomas G. Hart
Asiatic Feet
Admiral Hart
Cavite
Manus
Aed
Laval
Iedfic
Wake Island
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