Shipyards say they had no right to war contract profits
A Todd Shipyards representative told the Senate Naval Committee that the firm had no right to profit on war contracts and urged Congress to tax excess earnings. Senator Byrd pressed for a fuller probe, while the attorney general formed fraud units to study bid rigging and profiteering.
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Associated Press
Washington
Todd Shipyards
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
J. B. Barnes
Todd
Byrd
D-Va
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Barnes
Walsh
D-Mass
Naval Committee
Biddle
Department of Justice
Fowler Hamilton
Senate Committee
Ansiwer
Trumen
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Truman
Iits
Beaverbrook heads British war output reshuffle
London February realignment of Britain's war cabinet names Lord Beaverbrook minister of war production. Sir Andrew Rae Duncan becomes minister of supply. J J Llewelyn becomes president of the board of trade. New posts go to Harold Macmillan Ralph Assheton Philip Noel Baker and others. Sir Stafford Cripps not named a cabinet post as predicted.
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Lord Beaversbrook
Andrew Rae Duncan
Jhim
Britain
J. J. Llewllyn
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Andrew
Board of Trade
Harold MacMillan
Ministry of Supply
Ralph Assheton
Ministry of War Transport
Philip
Noel Baker
Admiralty
Victor Warrender
G. H. Hall
MacMillan
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
Schools reopen at 9 amid daylight time shift
Daylight savings changes new Adrian school hours with 9 am opening for lower grades and 1:30 pm to 4 pm for afternoon sessions as board approves calendar, aligns with state and city schedules America. Congress debates a 500 million China loan to speed war materiel to Russia, with Pepper urging faster deliveries despite Pacific reinforcements.
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Adrian
Board of Education
George H. Little
Senate Foreign Relations Com
Treasury
Aforgenthau
Navy
Knox
Stimson
Commerce
Jones
Breck
Enridge Long
Maxwell Hamilton
Barkley
Kentucky
Jamesy
Mittee
Cou
Secretary of Treasury
Chungking
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
China
Burma
Connaily
India
Siberia
Election Under Way At 2 Bohn Plants
An NLRB run-off election at the Magnesium and Aluminum Plants to choose a union bargaining agency proceeded in order with George Halverson supervising. Voters from UAW-CIO Independent Magnesium & Aluminum Workers and UAW AFL options totaled about 925 eligible. Polls opened at 6 am in the Bohn building, closed at 9:30 am, reopened at 1 pm and were to stay open until 6 pm with ballots counted after closing.
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NLRB
Magnesium Fannicators
Bohn Aluminum
George Halverson
Uaw-Cio
Magnesium & Aluminum Workers
Uaw-Afl
Bohn
Bundles for Congress depart Spokane amid odd cargo
Spokane article notes a truckload of useless odds and ragged ends addressed to Congressmen as part of the Spokane Athletic Round Table campaign for the pension program. About 2000 packages accompany items sent by mail and express including songs and slogans. The campaign gathers contributions from towns nationwide with bizarre items like warped parts and moldy provisions.
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Congress
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Spokane Athletic Round Table
Congressional Pension Program
Express
Joe Albi
The
Round Table
Detroit
Linsdale University
Lenawee Draft Board Plans Register Ahead of Feb 16
Lenawee draft officials prepare a third registration day with 115 registrars at the Adrian armory in three shifts from 7 am to 5 pm. Extra 25 registrars requested, 90 volunteers already set by Mrs. Roswell Burr. Approximately 4500 men expected to register countywide including factory workers, hospital and sanitarium patients upon release.
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Lenawee Draft Board
Selective Service Office
Armory
W. J. Myers
Lansing
Michigan Selective Service
George D. Prentice
Lenawee Board
Prentice
Capt. Myers
Burr
Adrian Armory
Tee
Adrian
Hospital ship attacked by Japanese bombers near Celebes
World War II report from Melbourne details nine raids on a hospital ship carrying wounded American soldiers and nurses from the Philippines to Australia. The ship, the Mactan, reached Darwin after Manila departure, with crew noting the attackers swarmed in midday to late afternoon on January 8.
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Australis
Philippines
U. S. Army
Darwin
Australia
Manila
Celebes
J . & Murse
Pamphlets Tell U S War Plans Dropped on Occupied France
RAF bombers delivering leaflets to Brittany and other ports claim to reveal America's war aims. President Roosevelt’s pledges urge resistance and revolt, with 1 437 500 pamphlets latest drop and over 2 million in initial raids. The notices warn of future Allied invasion and sabotage aims.
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U. S
France
RAF Oy
Associated Press
Washington
U.S.A
America
Stephen Early
Brittany
Roosevelt
United States
Kaiser Wilhelm
Reich
Americans Attack Jap War Formation in Java
U S pursuit planes clashed with a much larger Japanese force over Java. One enemy bomber and one fighter were shot down, with one American plane missing. P-40 fighters led the attack, marking the first use by U S Army flyers in the Netherlands East Indies.
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Washington
U. S
Java
War Department
Netherlands East Indies
Batan
Netherlands Indies
Onal
Malislagig
Germans Within 60 Miles of Tobruk in Rommel Drive
Cairo February 5. Advanced units of Gen Erwin Rommels African army moved to within 60 miles of Tobruk in a widening counter offensive reported by RAF bombers active east and west of Timimi The British Middle East command said patrols and mobile columns were active along the front with no further details of Libya fighting.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommell
Tobruk
Bengast
Tmimi
Cirenaican Bulge
Middle East Command
Libya
Salvage for Victory program in Lenawee County
The Lenawee salvage campaign aims to collect waste paper scrap metal old rags and rubber for market delivery. County leaders plan meetings to discuss collection methods while urging individual responsibility and defense council coordination to ensure materials reach buyers.
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Lenawee County
Richard H. Goff
Adrian
D. Billings
Madge A. Millikin
D. J. Briggs
Walter Kindschy
Ellis
Goff
Ational Defense
Defense Councils
Singapore Fights Back as Japanese Attacks Continue
Singapore endures heavy bombardment and air raids with artillery blasting enemy posts and transport targets across the strait. RAF Hurricane fighters claim several enemy planes down as civilian casualties rise, while British recon planes report Japanese troop massing in Johore and ongoing shelling of Singapore Island.
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Associated Press
Singapore
RAF
Johore State
Singapore Island
Johore Bahru
Shell Island
Jhhore Bahru
British Far East Command
Naval
International farm program urged to avert postwar chaos
Washington reports the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations backs an international farm program to assure food in plenty worldwide. It would form international committees of producers and consumers to regulate production, marketing, and prices of major commodities, aligning postwar supply with actual needs.
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Washington
Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Russians Recapture Five More Localities on Kalinin Front
Moscow Feb 5 The Russian high command announced the recapture of five localities on the Kalinin front with 5,300 German casualties. Six other populated places were retaken on the central front as the Red Army pressed west toward Smolensk in snow and ice amid heavy German resistance. Before Leningrad Russian forces reportedly smashed 27 German gun positions, killing more than 400 officers and men. One fortified village fell after fierce fighting as Germans retreated in disorder to avoid encirclement.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Red Army
Smolensk
Leningrad
Fires Rise at Soerabaja Naval Base in New Raid
AP reports Japanese bombers launched a second major raid on the Soerabaja naval base in the Dutch East Indies, starting new fires and inflicting heavy plant losses. No updates on Amboina or Kendari were provided, amid ongoing fighting as Japanese advances continue.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Soerabaja Taval
Amboina
Aneta
Midway
Celebes
New Guinea
Kendari
Soerabaja
Malang
Tecumseh Women Hurt As Car Turns Over
Miss Mary Louise Leighton and her sister Mrs Dwight Hodges of Tecumseh were injured when their automobile was forced off US 212 east of Saline and overturned about 3 this morning on the way to Ann Arbor. Leighton had a hip injury and head cuts while Hodges had minor cuts. They were taken to Tecumseh hospital by ambulance for treatment.
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Tetegran Tecumseh
Mary
Louise Leighton
Dwight Hodges
Tecumseh
Saline
Ann Arbor
Miss Leighton
Mrs. Hodges
Tecumseh Hospital
Salween River crossing reported as Japanese advance in Burma
Britishacknowledged Japanese patrols crossed the lower Salween at several points after seizing Moulmein Paam and Martaban. Rangoon defense pledged at all costs but warned loss would not end Burma or the Burma Road. Japanese air raids hit Rangoon while British and Indian troops countered along the Salween front.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Burma
Salween
Moulmein
Paam
RAF
Burma Road
China
Martaban
Paan
Salween Mouth
a _iThe
Pegu
Thailand
Japanese Arrests in Seattle Bainbridge Island Firearm Raid
Federal authorities announce the arrest of 25 Japanese aliens on Bainbridge Island yesterday and the seizure of explosives and firearms. All aliens were ordered recently to surrender firearms and contraband.
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Seattle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bainovridge Island
Senate approves vast naval supply bill for defense budget
Washington bulletin reports the Senate passed a naval supply bill totaling 28.5 billion, lifting military appropriations this session to about 39.001 billion. The measure advanced on a 2 to 0 vote before moving to the White House for signature.
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Roosevelt
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