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  2. INQUIRY INTO PEARL HARBOUR ATTACK U.S. JUDGE HEADS BOARD

    WASHINGTON, December 17.—President Roosevelt announced that Justice Owen Roberts, of the U.S. Supreme Court, would be chairman of the board to investigate the Japanese attack on Pearl ...

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  3. VICTORIA, CAPITAL OF HONG KONG, NOW UNDER ENEMY FIRE

    Japanese siege artillery is shelling Victoria, capital of Hong Kong, which is seen in this picture. Only three-quarters of a mile of sea separates Hong Kong from Kowloon, on the mainland, which was taken by the Japanese bands when the British rearguard withdrew to the island. The Japanese guns are in the hills behind Kowloon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. JAPANESE ATTACKING FIERCELY BATTLE FOR PENANG

    SINGAPORE, December 17 (A.A.P.).—The fate of the British air and naval base at Penang will be decided by the outcome of the fierce Japanese attacks in south Kedah Province, the northernmost ...

    Article : 152 words
  5. FIGHTING IN SOUTH KEDAH

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 17.—The first big battle of the new war in the Pacific is being fought now in south Kedah. ...

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  6. SITUATION FACED WITH COURAGE

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Colonel Knox's frank admission that carelessness apparently was responsible for the effectiveness ...

    Article : 599 words
  7. WILHELMSHAVEN BOMBED Large Fires Started

    LONDON, Dec. 17. (A.A.P.).— Aircraft of the Bomber Command in force last night attacked the naval base at ...

    Article : 173 words
  8. SOVIET AND JAPAN War Urged by China Press

    CHUNGKING, Dec. 17.—For the past week, the Chinese Press has been unitedly conducting a vigorous campaign urging the ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. RUSSIANS STILL PUSHING GERMANS BACK ENEMY SMASHED AT KALININ

    LONDON, December 17.—The German retreat on all sectors of the Russian front continues unabated, and still there is no evidence of where the German High Command hopes to stabilise its lines. ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. THAILAND

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).— The Japanese report that two contingents of Japanese troops have arrived at Bangkok in ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. LENINGRAD THREAT TO GERMANS

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—The prospect has been opened up that Marshal von Leeb's "living space" may be so menaced that ...

    Article : 365 words
  12. INDO-CHINA

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).—It is reported from Saigon that the Government, of Indo-China has issued a mobilisation order affecting all youths ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—Plans for the formation of an Allied Supreme War Council are being hurried forward in London, ...

    Article : 508 words
  14. ENEMY CLAIMS GUAM OCCUPATION

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).— A Japanese naval communique claims that Japanese forces landed at Apra, in western ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. PRESIDENT GIVEN WIDEST POWERS

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).—President Roosevelt has been invested with all the extraordinary powers conferred ...

    Article : 459 words
  16. THREE-POWER TALKS REPORTED

    LONDON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P).— The United Press of America quotes reports from Washington that important parallel ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. DUTCH EAST INDIES

    BATAVIA, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).— The Aneta News Agency says that, after a conference with the U.S. Under-Secretary of State, ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. GERMAN REMNANTS WITHDRAWING

    LONDON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).— Heavily defeating the German Ninth Army, on what was the northern fla[?]of the attacking ...

    Article : 420 words
  19. INVADERS' INLAND DRIVE FAILS

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17. (A.A.P.). —The United Press correspondent at Manila says that Filipino artillery, "raining fire," ...

    Article : 309 words
  20. JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINES

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).—The United States Navy Department revealed yesterday that the Japanese ...

    Article : 230 words
  21. JAPAN SEES CHANGED SITUATION

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.). —The Domei semi-official Japanese news agency quotes a Japanese naval spokesman as ...

    Article : 342 words
  22. MOVE TO HEAL U.S. LABOUR BREACH

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.) —The American Federation of Labour, the parent union body in the U.S.A., has appealed to the ...

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  23. R. D'OYLY CARTE DIVORCED

    LONDON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Rupert D'Oyly Carte, proprietor of the D'Oyly Carte opera 'companies, and who has been associated with the ...

    Article : 66 words
  24. COMPULSORY HOME GUARD SERVICE

    LONDON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.)—Proposals for compulsory Home Guard service are outlined in a White Paper. It explains that compulsion is ...

    Article : 80 words
  25. SEVEN INJURED IN TRAIN CRASH

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).— Three members of the crew and four others were injured when a train bound from Missouri to Texas crashed ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. EMPIRE AIR SCHEME

    OTTAWA, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).— Canada, has completed the British Commonwealth air-training scheme, and is opening the last scheduled ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. BIG EARTHQUAKE IN FORMOSA

    LONDON, Dec. 17 (A.A.P.).—Tokyo Radio states that a severe earthquake on the Japanese island of Formosa on Tuesday caused 190. deaths and 164 ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. JAPANESE LEAFLETS

    MANILA, Dec. 17.—Reports from the provinces state that the Japanese are dropping leaflets of various types. One features ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 204 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    LONDON, Dec. 17.—Mining quotations: New Broken Hill, ordinary, 10/; Kamunting, 4/4½. ...

    Article : 17 words
  30. THE CALL-UP

    Details ef a call-up for employment appear under "Positions and Situations Vacant," page 13. ...

    Article : 18 words
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