U.S. 'WHITE PAPER'; President in Message Reveals How Tokyo Hid Treacherous Aims
By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Jap-U S relations rev; text
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December 16, 1941
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18-64 AGE LISTING FOR DRAFT RUSHED; House Committee for Military Service at 21, Senate Group for Minimum of 19
By Henry N. Dorris
House and Sen coms speed action; bills differ on ages subject to mil service; House bill for mil service at 21; Sen for mil service at 19
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RUSSIANS TAKE KLIN; Vital Rail Point in Center Seized as Push Gains on Every Front
By Daniel T. Brigham
BERNE, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 16 -- Smashing through ever-weakening German lines of defense, Soviet troops continued their brilliant operations in the fighting yesterday, recapturing Klin, important rail point on the Moscow-Leningrad line, and three communications centers south of Moscow.
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Knox Statement on Hawaii; Secretary Knox's Statement on Naval Action at Pearl Harbor
By the Associated Press
repts defenses ready to meet attack or raids on shipping
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FILIPINOS BEAT OFF 154 ENEMY BOATS; Lingayen Guns Blast Japanese for 3 Days -- Invading Planes Bomb Olongapo Naval Base
By the United Press
Filipino troops blast 154 boatloads of invading Japanese, Lingayen Beach
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Notable Births
1941Lesley Stahl, American journalist and actress[†]
Lesley Rene Stahl is an American television journalist. She has spent most of her career with CBS News, where she began as a producer in 1971. Since 1991, she has reported for CBS's 60 Minutes. She is known for her news and television investigations and award-winning foreign reporting. For her body of work she has earned various journalism awards including a Lifetime Achievement News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2003 for overall excellence in reporting.
1941Roger Neil Wheeler, English general[†]
General Sir Roger Neil Wheeler, is a retired British Army officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1997 to 2000. During his career he was involved in the Cyprus Emergency, directed military operations in Northern Ireland and led the UK's forces deployed on NATO operations in Bosnia. He is now a non-executive director of several businesses operating on an international basis.