Sabotage rumors denied in Normandie disaster salvage debate
New York February reports say salvage prospects for the Normandie remain unclear as experts plan a long survey. Navy and district officials reject sabotage claims, attributing the blaze to an acetylene torch near flammable materials. Workmen and investigators describe the fire origin in the main salon area and name Alphonsus Gately as boss burner for Robbing Drydock and Repair Company.
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New York
U.S. Naval Auxilary
Lafayette
Navy
Third Naval District
Adolphus Andrews
Naval District
Frank S. Hagen
Hogan
Alphonsus Gately
Machinery Shipped for New Gas Line
Heavy digging machinery for a new natural gas pipeline in Lenawee county has been shipped from Mississippi and arrived in Louisville. Construction is expected to begin near Riga once the equipment arrives, with Reed Taylor named foreman in charge at Manchester. The line will run north to serve Jackson, Lansing, Flint and nearby towns, with a branch to Adrian from Holloway.
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Lenawee County
Mississippi
J. W. Hall
Panhandle Eastern Pipelines, Inc
Accord Iing
Hall
Louisville
Riga
Texas
Detroit
Little
Littl
Saginaw
Reed Taylor
Manchester
Jackson
Jansing
Flint
Adrian
Holloway
Hart Relieved in Western Pacific
The Navy announced Admiral Thomas C. Hart was relieved as commander of Allied naval forces in the Western Pacific due to health reasons. Vice Admiral J. E. Helfrich of the Royal Netherlands Navy was named acting commander ABDA area, with Hart to be retired near age 64 but kept on due to wartime tensions.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas C. Bart
Western Pacific
3. E. L. Helfrich
Royal Netherlands Navy
Hart
HL _ Hart
Michigan
Arma
United States
William A. Glassford, Jr
Southwest Pacific
Herbert F. Leary
New Zealand
Helfrich
Abda
Netherlands East Indian Navy
Java
Naval, College of den
Your Car Knock Here s the Reason
Cleveland report explains oil firms cut octane in wartime to aid aviation fuel supply. Premium grade octane dropped from about 80 to 75 76, regular from 75 to 70 middle range. War needs and lead shortages prompted the changes. officials say oil companies warned operators to handle inquiries.
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Cleveland
Federal Petroleum Co-Ordinator
Ohio Oil Company
Start
Snyder Case Takes Queer Turn In Indian Reports He Is Alive
Prudenville near Houghton Lake is where Snyder disappeared after a duck hunting trip with Junior and John Noveskey. State police at Blissfield were notified by Snyder’s family and are pursuing the strange report while families search Round Lake area daily.
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Snyder Case
Prudenville
Houghton Lake
Junior
John Noveskey
Snyder
Blissfield
Round Lake
Junior Snyder
Gian
West Beecher Street
Harley Snyder
Buck
Sunucuauery
Prodenville
Grampling
Paseway
Hissenger
Opa
Hunter
Retread Rationing Set to Start February 19
Washington dispatch reports 4 percent price chief Leon Henderson announcing retreading and camelback rubber rationing begin February 19. Each month the War Production Board will allocate crude rubber for retreading and limit supplies to eligible vehicles, with others left awaiting further regulation.
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Price
Leon Henderson
Henderson
War Production Board
Charles Park Dies After Active Career
Charles Sumner Park, a prominent retired Adrian businessman, died this morning at 10 40 o clock at his home 21 236 Dennis Street after a year of failing health. He had been seriously ill and confined to his home for the last month. He was nearly 81 years old. Park was born in Adrian February 16, 1861, the son of Jona-
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Charles Sumner Park
Adrian
Dennis Street
Mr. Park
Jona
Park Family Legacy in Local Business Ties
The obituary notes the deceased attended public schools and graduated high school in 1878. He began his career in his brother's dry goods store, now A. B. Park Co., later held interests in Clarke-Mason Co, a wholesale grocer on South Winter Street, and spent 20 years as district sales manager for Page Wire Fence Co.
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Than S
Emily Berry Park
A. B. Park Co
Clarke-Mason Company
South Winter Street
Page Wire Fence Company
Park
Page
Reinforced for Smash at MacArthur's Philippines Stand
Allied forces in the Pacific face a dire moment as heavily reinforced Japanese troops hammer at General MacArthur's small US Philippine army on Bataan. War Department notices indicate five enemy divisions were in action, underscoring the peril on the peninsula while Roosevelt signals strategic aims in the broader war effort.
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Washington
Philippines
MacArthur
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Bataan
War Department
Roosevelt
United Nations
Indies
Peninsula
British bombers attack Japanese in Burma and Thailand
RAF communique says British bombers with fighter escorts attacked Japanese positions in the Martahan sector at the mouth of the Salween River and raided concentrations at Chengrai in northern Thailand. Recon flights occurred over enemy territory while Thator came under a Japanese air attack. no casualty details yet. A 35 minute Rangoon air raid alarm was reported with no sightings.
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Rangoon
Burma
Martahan
Salween River
Chengrai
Thailand
Thator
Martaban
RAF
British forces mount two counter-attacks in Singapore
In London, a bleak AP report depicts British defenders in Singapore striking back at Japanese forces with two counter-attacks aimed along Sungei Kranji and Mandai. Despite some local success, observers deem the effort a delaying measure as reinforcements arrive slowly.
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Singapore
Mandai
Kranji
Causeway Bay
Tengah River
Tengah
Tening
Palau Udin
Kukit Timah
Johore Strait
Associated Press
London
Aleas
Tokyo
Sungei Kranji
Jurong
Berlin
Batavia
Johore
Singapore City
AP Correspondent Sends On Last Dispatch From Singapore
AP Correspondent C Yates McDaniel files from Singapore describing intensified Japanese assaults on Singapore defenses. The piece paints contrasting scenes of smoke from burning tanks, anti aircraft batteries, and daily life continuing at the harbor and city as danger looms.
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Singapore
Malaya
Sumatra
Joel McCrea
Ellen Drew
McDaniel
Profiteering In Defense Charged
A congressional committee charged defense brokers with amassing millions in profits from war contracts. It cited commissions from three to 75 percent on sub contracts and urged reforms, including War Department supervision, recovery of losses, and limiting future broker profits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Congress
Rep.j Faiddis
D-Pa
House Military Affairs
War Department
Department of Justice
Nazis fortifications taken by Russians
Moscow reports Red Army forces captured German fortifications in a stubborn south western sector. Tass said 2,750 invaders were killed across operations from Leningrad to the southern front. Guerrilla grenadiers killed a German general by staff-car explosion in Smolensk. Germans counter-attacked but suffered heavy losses as Soviets pursued and seized multiple positions.
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Moscow
Tass
Red Army
Leningrad
Grenaldiers
Smolensk
Information Bureau
Ecommuniqué
Lon
Singapore radio reports island very serious situation
Late bulletins from London say the Singapore island situation is very serious but has not deteriorated. The British monitoring service heard the broadcast around noon E.W. local time. In Vichy two dynamite attacks target offices of a collaborationist far right group. A bomb hit the leadership center at Sevres and another struck the group's offices at Chaville near Paris.
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London
Singapore
Vichy
France
Germany
Social Revolutionary Imovement
Sevres
Chaville
Parix
Fall of Singapore Report Intensifies War Turnaround
Japanese communique claims force entry into the city area of Singapore with three columns trapping about 30,000 Allied defense troops. Domei reports British positions encircled as air supremacy claimed and a warship in Singapore Harbor disabled. Analyst Oshikazu Homma argues Singapore’s fall shifts balance in East Asia and expands Axis reach toward the Indian Ocean.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Singapore
Domei
DNS
Comei
Oshikazu Homma
East Asia
Britain
Indian Ocean
Germany
Italy
Near East
United States
Japanese Bombing Formation Smashed at Batavia Front
Dutch Indies air force reports intercept of a Japanese bombing formation aimed at Soerabaja naval base. communiqué notes landings near Macassar Balangaipa and Djeneponte with four Dutch planes lost and four airmen killed. Also reports Fak Fak machine-gunning attack and Brest docks raided by British bombers.
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Batavia
Nel
Wetherlands Indies
Soerebaja
the Indies High Command
Aneta
Macassar
Celebes
Balangaipa
Djeneponte
Maro
Indies
Fak Fak
New Guinea
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Morenci
Linehan & Linehan
Sylvania
A. & Linelan
Russell Taylor
Saie
Sel Alistan Vie Voorhees
Singapore Island
Sir
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SRU
Atta
Naval Atta
William Fox
Fox
Allen B. Endicott Jr
Samuel B. Stewart Jr
The
Capital Company
Fox Theater
San Francisco
Wehster
Alice Hegan Rice
Wiggs
Charles Park
Building and Loan
Charles S. Park
Batan
Fortress
C. Yates McDaniel
McDan
C. Yates
Medaniel
Dutch Indies
Brest
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