Lack of Shipping Bottlenecks War Material on U. S. Docks
War materials pile up on American wharves awaiting cargo ships to the Pacific front, with shipping shortages seen as the main obstacle to reinforcement. Production of planes and tanks is reported rapid, but ship construction may not keep pace. Losses from enemy action are described as small, while the government moves to curb Japanese on the West Coast under military area orders.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Robert P. Patterson
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Ister
Pacific Front
Russia
London
Tirpitz
Admiral Scheer
Admiral Hipper
Congress
Biddle
United States
Japanese claim major naval victory in the Indies
Japanese broadcasts reported a night sea battle in the Strait of Lombok with two Dutch destroyers sunk and a third damaged by Japanese destroyers. A separate air raid on Batavia and 27 planes destroyed on a Java airfield were noted. The communiqué said Japanese destroyers pursued cruisers before more torpedo hits. Domei cited Batavia guards but gave no results.
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Tokyo
PIA
Bali
Lombok
Batavia
Java
Strait of
Domei
Netherlands East Indies
British beat off attack on convoy in North Sea
The Royal Navy and air force repelled a strong Nazi air and sea assault on a British North Sea convoy with no loss of ships or men. They sank two German motor torpedo boats, damaged bombers, and saw two E boats destroyed after a day of relentless pursuit. Twenty German survivors were later rescued.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Navy
Air Force
North Sea
Admiralty
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Channel
Brest
Helgoland
British
Germany
Smbotke
Holderness
Mendit
Pytheley
H. M. S. Mendit
Germans Withdraw In Libyan Battle
Cairo dispatch reports German troops and armored units withdrew to the north after clashing with British patrols along the Tmimi Mechili line west of Tobruk. The British war bulletin said enemy parties including tanks were encountered but retreated northward in the Ain El Gazala area.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Ain el Gazala
Tmimi
el Mechili
Destroyer sacrifices itself to save troop ship and airmen
London reports a destroyer sailed into the path of a U boat torpedo to shield a troop liner carrying hundreds of Royal Air Force pilots and crew to Britain from Canada. The destroyer and all but seven of its 100 plus crew perished. the liner and its cargo of airmen survived after the torpedo struck the destroyer, a fierce explosion, and the sinking at sea.
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Associated Press
London
Royal Air Force
Britain
Canada
Osing
United States
Sea Army
Scotland
Tantifintel Mall Naheten Eninn. Ie
Blum Defends Self At Riom Trial
RIOM France February 24 former Premier Leon Blum told a special Riom tribunal the trial is political and attacked prosecutor selections. He argued Hitler’s rise, League of Nations defection, and 1936 populist reforms tied to France’s 1940 defeat. General Maurice Gamelin showed little interest in proceedings.
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Riom
France
Germany
Special Tribunal of
Leon Blum
Tune
Blum
Adolf Bitler
Popullar Front
Hitler
League of Nations
Rhineland
Marshall Petain
House to study new war powers and other measures
Washington February 21 major House items next week include a war powers bill authorizing 15 federal agency powers, repeal of congressional pensions, a war damage insurance program, a women auxiliary corps, and extending the special committee on un American activities. The bill faces four hours of debate with criticism aimed at allowing bond market manipulation. Also noted a separate naval measure could advance pensions repeal. Prisoners escape Mt Pleasant jail as Eugene Beverlin and Walter Wing flee by manipulating bars.
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Washington
House
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Senate
Eclape
MT. Pleasant
Isabella County
Liberty
Eugene Beverlin
Reed City
Walter Wing
Mr. Pleasant
Infantry Patrolling Active on Bataan Front
War Department report describes heavy artillery action in the Philippines on Bataan with infantry patrols active and numerous skirmishes. Enemy air attacks dropped incendiaries while Fort Frank bore the brunt of shelling as harbor batteries returned fire.
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Washington
War Department
Philippine
Bataan
Fort Frank
Netherland Indies
Bali
Nazi Spring Drive Plans Challenged by Red Star
Moscow reports Red Star declares German spring offensive will be halted and notes Soviet setbacks in 1942. Soviet briefings quote exhausted German troops, while Red Army claims advances, rail and fuel targets damaged, and enemy units dispersed.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Hitler
Red Star
Germany
Soviet Information Bureau
339Th
Red Army
London
Sevastopol
Crimean
California seeks concentration camps for enemy aliens
California county supervisors urged that enemy aliens and their descendants who are disloyal or may become disloyal be removed from the coast. The resolution, adopted in Sacramento, cites Pacific coast fears as the army gains new authority to set up areas from which anyone may be removed. President Roosevelt had just issued an executive order giving armed forces power over strategic areas.
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San Francisco
California County Supervisors
United States
Sacramento
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Ocean
O’ Roosevelt
Army
Congressional
Australia orders Darwin evacuation in raid aftermath
Canberra reports evacuation of civilians from Darwin naval station after Japanese air raid. All women to be removed except nurses as authorities clamp air activity. Denial issued of claims of heavy damage to allied naval units, citing inability to detail damage for military reasons.
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Canberra
Australia
Darwin
Four Negro children die in upper room fire here
Chicago reports say four members of the Johnson family, all Negro children aged 3 to 8, burned to death when fire swept their upper level apartment as shots rang in the area. Their father escaped. mother was away. The blaze was attributed to unknown causes but left others with varying burns.
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Chicago
Upper London
Scheer
Admiral Hipper
Ios ‘Teo Johnson
Russia
Lyco, Jr
Norman
Jean Vivian
Daly Fepreeeesaabaten
Joan
Beim
Timor Invasion Sparks Portuguese Assembly Session
In Lisbon the national assembly convenes in an extraordinary session after Salazar is to address the nation over the Timor invasion by Japanese troops. Japanese envoys warned of withdrawal if Portugal stays neutral while Tokyo lands troops on Timor, 800 miles east of Soerabaya and 450 miles northwest of Darwin. O Seculo voices support for Salazar and questions Japan’s stated reasons.
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Lisbon
Portugal
National Assembly
Antonin de Oliveira Salazar
Portuguese Timor
Salazar
Timor
Soerabada
Java
Darwin
Australia
O Seculo
Seculo
Army gains broad evacuation powers for Japanese on coast
The Army earned sweeping authority to remove anyone from designated military areas or impose limits under wartime powers. The order targets the Japanese problem, mainly on the west coast, with potential reach nationwide. Attorney General Biddle framed it as simple and broad, enabling transport, food, and shelter for those moved and use of federal troops to enforce restrictions.
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Washington
Biddle
United States
New York
Secretary of War
Michigan adopts liberal unemployment benefits in war transition
Michigan legislature ends 1942 special session with a new bill boosting unemployment compensation for wartime workers. From Feb 28 to May 31 1943 maximum weekly benefits rise from 16 to 20 dollars and duration from 18 to 20 weeks. minimums from 7 to 10 dollars and 8 to 12 weeks. In-betweeners gain about 20 percent. Waiting period cuts to one week. Readiness for 200000 workers facing factory shutdowns.
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Lansing
Michigan
van Wagoner
Cripps Advocates Allied Cooperation With Reds
Sir Stafford Cripps, a longtime advocate of Soviet cooperation and current leader in Britain’s war cabinet, is portrayed as a reforming aristocrat with a radical past. The profile notes his early scientific bent, legal career, WWI ambulance service, and rise to master of the bench at Middle Temple and Solicitor General, framing his push for cross Allied collaboration.
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Associated Press
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Britsh Labor Party
Russia
Soviet Union
Commons
Churchill
Sir Stafford
England
Lord Parmoor
United
States
Squire
Winchester College
University College, London
William Ramsay
France
Bench
The
Middle Temple
George V
Cripps
Japanese advance toward Mongyuen and Chiengsen reach map limits
The forces of Japan push toward Mongyuen not shown on current maps and move from Chieng Mai toward Chiengsen, about 125 miles southwest, with the rail and Bangkok road as the terminus. In Washington, Feb 21, Maura Ingalls received an eight month to two year sentence for acting as a German agent. She said she followed conscience in counter espionage and did not indicate an appeal after conviction on Feb 13.
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Mongyuen
Chiengsen
Chiengmai
Bangkok
Washington
Aura Ingalls
Ger Tmany
Today's Map. For a map of Java turn to page seven
A brief note directs readers to page seven of today’s Telegram for a map of Java. No other details or context are provided in the readable text.
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Java
Seventeen More Ships Sunk Off U S Coast
German broadcasts report 17 additional ships sunk by U boats off the American coast totaling 102 000 tons. Earlier claims cited 55 ships totaling 390 000 tons destroyed in offshore raiding from Canada to Venezuela as Japan joined the Pacific war.
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Berlin
DNB
Japan
Hint China Drive To Give U. S. Base For Jap Attack
CHUNGKING China Feb 21 Forming a plan for a counter offensive to gain air bases within striking distance of Japan is seen as Stilwell arrives from the United States to aid Chiang Kai Shek The aim is to supervise distribution of planes pledged by the United States and to develop routes including an India based arsenal replacing Rangoon and aiding China with heavy equipment while Burma road is superseded.
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Chungking
China
United States
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
Roosevelt
Stillwell
Ger
Chiang Kai-Shek
Burma
India
Rangoon
Bali and Java Face Critical Hour in Naval Clash
A major naval battle off Bali and Lombok sees four Japanese warships damaged as United States and Dutch forces press the fight with allied aircraft. Japanese landings on Bali are hindered by reefs and high waves while submarines block further moves. Java, Sumatra, and Batavia loom as potential targets in a widening struggle for the Netherlands East Indies.
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Associated Press
Batavia
N.E.L
Macassar Straits
Bali
United States
Lombok
Baii
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Banjoewangi
Sumatra
West Java
Korce
United Nations
Southwest
Pacific
Indies
Aliens Become New U S Citizens in Lenawee County
Twelve aliens received U S citizenship after hearings before Judge G Arthur Rathbun in Lenawee circuit court. Seven were British subjects from Adrian Clinton Blissfield Hudson Onsted and two from Morenci and Blissfield reported. Final papers granted. Marie R Deonzhe deferred to June. Leg J Giroux and Iva A Anderson failed to appear for final hearings.
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Lenawee County
United States
G. Arthur Rathbun
Lenawee
Nomeh MacNaughton
Adrian
Willam Burnside
Clinton
Peter Dehtfocke
Blissfield
Isabell Gosne
Hudson
Mary C. Lighthell
Onsted
Lawrence C. Flannigan
James A. Baker
Anna J
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Equator
Rene
Garaman
Rvygbavan
Borneo
Grommosa
Manil
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Soeraba
Sre
Guam
Caroline
Lismark Arch
NEW Suine
Ionesey
Port Damvin
North Coast
Celebes
New Guinea
Thailand
Dutch Islands
Libyan
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OUSE
U. S
Buenos Aires
Jaron
Edmund von Thermann
Montegorden
von. Thermann
Argentina
Ricardo Olivera
New Zeaand
John Curtin
CBS
New Zealand
Buen
Netherlands Indies
Clayton
Doc Dilworth
Pajk
Deerfield
Linghan & Linehan
Sylvania
Linehan
Milan
Eigehan, Jr
U.S
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