Fire disaster probe ordered for Normandie by Congressmen
Senate and House naval committees plan independent inquiries into the Normandie fire of February 2. Chairman Walsh cites aim to uncover facts and inform the public, while Rep. Lynch accuses Navy negligence and seeks accountability, calling for prosecution and punishment if warranted. The ship, once the Lafayette, burned at a New York dock during conversion.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Twin
Normandie
Walsh
D-Mass
Vinson
Dga
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Tae Ang
New York
Wames Navy
Lynch
D-Ny
Pearl Harbor
North River
Atlantic Ocean
Sea battle vivid in the Mediterranean told by Grover and Grover
Two Associated Press correspondents on different British ships recount the latest major Mediterranean sea fight. British warships and planes swept the area for four days, damaging two cruisers and a destroyer while destroying five Axis ships. Local losses included two planes and two merchant vessels.
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Grover
Mediterranean
Associated Press
William McGuffin
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Preston Grover
Utshborn Associated
Admiralty
London
Egypt
Higher and more taxes foreseen in United States plan
Senator George forecasts Congress must broaden income tax base or add a sales tax or payroll levy to meet Roosevelt’s $7.0 billion revenue goal. He opposes lowering exemptions and rejects a payroll tax, while Treasury hints at corporate levies and excise increases to raise the balance.
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Washington
George
D.-Gs
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Roosevelt
Georgia
Reds bypass Smolensk to advance toward White Russia
Russian troops moved to the north of Smolensk and penetrated toward White Russia. Dispatches claim the recapture of Kresty in the Velizh district, near the frontier, as Moscow notes the Red Army’s winter offensive. Public anticipation builds for the Feb 23 anniversary and possible announcements of further victories.
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Kresty Moscow
Smolensk
White Russia
Red Army
Kresty
Velizh
Russia
Information Bureau
Fort Frank bombarded as war update dominates notes
War Department reports heavy shelling of Fort Frank on Corregidor Island while forces pressure Luzon defenses. Minor local action claims three artillery pieces captured and several flame throwers. Separate item recounts a Deerfield township rural school fire damaging the building, with repairs expected in days and possible pupil transfers if delays occur.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Frank
Corregidor Island
Manila
Dutch Hold Line Around Palembang Amid Java Attacks
Dutch Indies high command said defense forces still resist around Palembang as Aneta reported an air raid on a western Java air field causing damage. In Soerabaja and east Java another air field was machine gunned, with Dutch anti aircraft batteries scoring hits on four fighters.
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Batavia
Dutch Indies
Palembang
Sumatra
Indies‘high Command
Aneta
Largo
Java
United Nations
Soerabaja
East Java
Unclear Note on French Aid and Corvette Loss Report
Washington reports Undersecretary of State Welles says the United States is not satisfied with the Vichy explanation of French aid to Axis forces in Libya. Ottawa notes the corvette Nesnedland has been lost with 67 officers and men, and Navy Minister Angus MacDonald confirms the death of five officers and 52 crew members in enemy action.
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Washington
Sumner
Welles
United States
Vichy
Libya
E. D. Leahy
Ottawa
Navy
Angus MacDonndald
Stimson Warns U S to Expect Coastal Attacks
Secretary of War Stimson told reporters the nation should expect attacks along coasts and other areas similar to submarine raids on the Netherlands and Caribbean Aruba. He warned against dispersing defenses under pressure from critics, saying victory comes from massing forces for offense and counterattacks, with urgent preparations underway.
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Washington
Stimson
Torday
Netherlands
Caribbean
Aruba
United Nations
Valves Delivered For New City Dam
The citys new Wolf Creek dam near Bent Oak Avenue will receive its valves after yesterdays arrival. Installation awaits lower water flow and favorable weather. War time emergencies delayed delivery, but H E Smith of the water department hopes installation occurs before spring high waters.
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Wolf Creek
Bent Oak Avenue
H. E. Smith
Water Department Minerintendent
Tanker E H Blum damaged off Atlantic coast
Washington Feb 19 Navy reports the tanker E H Blum owned by Atlantic Refining was damaged off the Atlantic coast on Monday Feb 16. Details on cause or extent were not released. Norfolk survivors recount wreck from torpedo mine theory with crew of nineteen thousand four hundred tons.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Atlantic
Navy
Atlantic Refining Company
Chester
Causs
Norfolk
H. Blum
Ernest Lee Thomas
Jasper
William J. Evans
Philadelphia
Sted
British retreat in Burma feared as Tokyo presses advance
London observers warn the Bilin River line in Burma may not hold and a renewed retreat toward the Sittang River could follow. Japanese pressure grows near Rangoon while reports claim a Chinese incursion toward Thailand seeks to cut the Burma Road and China’s supply route, amid RAF operations against concentrations of enemy forces.
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Associated Press
London
Bilin
Burma
Sittang
Rangoon
Toungoo
Feeres
Joasee
Dmerranean
Widow christens destroyer in memory of husband
In Boston on February 19 Mrs Carleton B Hutchins widow of a naval patrol plane pilot will christen the destroyer Huitching named for her husband. The other destroyer Guest honors Civil War admiral John Gist and is to be christened by his granddaughter Ann Guest Walsh. The pilot died at 33 when a navy patrol bomber crashed after a collision during fleet maneuvers off southern California on February 2 1933.
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Boston
S.naval
Boston Navy Yard
Carleton B. Hutchins
Coronado
Calif
John’ Gist
Mra Ann Guest Walsh
Anneppa
Albany
Deriahed
Navy
California
Chinese Forces Predicted To Strike Into Thailand
An army spokesman in Chungking predicted that Chinese forces would strike into Thailand in a counteroffensive at Hank, while noting only a minor engagement on Feb. 5 near a Mekong tributary in NE Burma. Japanese and Thai units were driven back from a foothold, thirty Japanese killed, then Chinese positions prepared for a counterattack as Japanese pressure on British Burma continued.
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Chungking
Thailand
Burma
Thayid
Mekong
Ponfoon
Evacuation of Rangoon Rushed in Wartime Path
Rangoon faced urgent civil evacuations as a Japanese advance pressed 75 miles north of the city. The RAF bombed a Thai rail terminus used as a base for a parachute invasion, while Japanese forces crossed the Bilin River and threatened Rangoon from the east and west.
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Surme
Rangoon Toiay
Tthe City
RAF
Thailand
Ching
Bilin
Salween River
Sittang
Burma Road
Amoresee
Gulf of Marjtaban
View British ships to join fleet soon
London reports Prime Minister Churchill stated that the 35,000-ton battleships Anson and Howe of the King George V class will join the Royal Navy before Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are capable of fighting. Howe launched 11 November 1939, Anson launched 1940, with both expected in service or trials imminently. Prince of Wales lost last December off Malaya. King George V and Duke of York already at sea.
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London
Informea Golees
Anson
Howe
Churchill
Scharnhorst
Royal Navy
Beatty
Jellicoe
King George V
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
Malaya
Americans in Java Amid Influx of Foreign Troops
Batavia Feb 19 Aneta News Agency reports foreign troops arriving in Java including a small number of Americans. The message says American engineers and bomber crews are aiding the island defense and that they have been welcomed, though numbers remain limited. The Sumatra front delays the planned Japanese assault on central Java as Palembang facilities suffered a weekend attack.
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Batavia
N.el
Aneta
Java
Insieland
United Nations
Supreme Command
Wuthwest
Sumatra
Ison
Palembang
Island
Sunda Strait
Britain expands airborne forces and armored divisions
London reports the British army now fields air borne troops and parachute units ready for action. War secretary Margesson says new armored divisions have been formed and troops in the Middle East are reinforced. He notes prior Malaya fighting lacked time for training and cites equipment shortages delaying conversion of infantry into artillery and armored units.
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Associated Press
London
H. D. R. Margesson
Middle East
Margesson
Malaya
Germany
Japan
Darwin Hit by 93 Jap Bombers in New Australian Raid
London Feb 19 Exchange Telegraph reports Prime Minister Curtin announced a second raid on Darwin, inflicting property damage with unclear casualties. The first attack earlier in the day involved 72 bombers and fighters, with a second wave of 21 bombers. Darwin’s strategic northern port, a key UN base, faces elevated danger as Japan advances toward Java and the Dutch East Indies.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Sydney
Australia
Curtin
Darwin
North Australian
Lfe
United Nations
Japan
Pacific
Ispana
Commonwealth
Manila
Singapore
Socrabaja
Ambecina
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Soerabaja
Amboina
P. E. McNeil
Perth
Indian Ocean
Derwin
Southland
Birdum
Northern Territory
Jin
Temperatures dip to one below zero in Adrian
A cold wave grips Adrian with a low of one degree below zero this morning, though not the season’s low set in January. By 9 AM the reading held at minus one, and by 1 PM the sun nudged the thermometer to seven degrees above zero as residents noted the chill persists and spring is a month away.
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