[Homer_J_Simpson]

Enemy is Hit Hard (MacDonald) – 2
Key to European Air Control Seen in Battles Over Tunisia (Hurd) – 3
New Zealanders with the British Eighth Army in Egypt (photos) – 4
Russians Advance in Harder Battles – 5
U.S. Bombers Rout Flotilla Off Buna (Durdin) – 6-7
U.S. Troops Drop In on the Natives of New Guinea (photo) – 6
War News Summarized – 7
Guadalcanal Gain is Along Beaches (Hailey) – 8
President Renews Pledges to Jews – 9-10
Hull Reassures Fighting French (Krock) – 12
Allies Have Net Gain (Baldwin) – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 14-15
Mrs. Roosevelt is Both Praised and Blamed for Her Activities (by George Gallup) – 15

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/dec42/f09dec42.htm

US Marines relieved on Guadalcanal
Wednesday, December 9, 1942 www.onwar.com

Battle weary Marines finally relieved [photo at link]

In the Solomon Islands... On Guadalcanal, General Patch’s 14th Corps relieves the exhausted Marines. The Marines leave for Australia

[BroJoeK]

Headline: "President Renews Pledges to Jews – 9-10"

Yes, it is not a page one Holocaust story, but anyone interested would have a pretty fair idea of what was happening to Jews in Nazi Europe, and President Roosevelt's response.

[freefdny]

The small article about Capt Arthur Wermuth “the one man army of Bataan” led me to a google search. Captured by the Japanese, pow for the war, future sheriff who goes on to arrest L. Ron Hubbard is an amazing story.