Enemies Take Heavy Losses as War Ships Sink
The United States reports 74 Japanese vessels sunk or probably sunk since Dec 10 and 33 damaged in the Pacific while 34 ships were sunk in the Atlantic by U-boat actions from Jan 2 to Feb 23. Three subs believed sunk and four damaged in U.S. naval countermeasures, with Churchill noting increased losses recently.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Pacific
Atlante
Navy
Japan
Atlantic
United Nations
Canada
Caribbean
U. S
Knox
Churchill
Gas hearing set in Lansing on Panhandle Eastern request
The State Public Service Commission will hear March 5 on Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company’s plan to supply Adrian and Battle Creek with Texas and Kansas gas. Connections extend to Battle Creek Gas Company and Citizens Gas Fuel in Adrian, with lines to the Saginaw valley. Adrian needs more capacity to meet industry demand, officials say.
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Lansing
State Public Service Commission
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Adrian
Battle Creek
Texas
Kansas
Battle Creek Gas Company
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Citizens Gas Fuel Company
Consumer Power Company
Saginaw Valley
Carl K. Wirth
Commission Gas
Adrian Fireman Deemed Too Old for Army for Marines Enlistment
Adrian fireman group seeks limited duty in the Marines but age limits thwart enlistment. Only one man aged 47 and overweight qualified. Detroit allows 31 years 6 months. Officials consider draft or further enlistment attempts as Adrian officials weigh options. The Lenawee draft board reports no authority to defer police or firefighters.
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E. V. Gmeiner
Citizens Gas Fuel Company
Adrian
Riga
Norman
McKenzie
Kenneth Yeutter
Army Recruiting Office
Toledo
County Draft Board
Yeutter
Detroit
Marine i Corps
Army
Army Recruiting Service
Sao
Louis F. Germond
Java At War Awaiting Invasion With Java Defenders Ready
Java's 40,600,000 inhabitants brace for a Japanese invasion as Lt. Gov. General Van Mook declares the time for holding out and attacking has begun. He cites General MacArthur's stand in the Philippines for inspiration and notes reinforcements will flow to the island. Major General H. Gordon Bennett arrives after a perilous flight, as Singapore defenses are reassessed.
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Associated Press
Batavia
N. E
Java
United Nations
Netherlands East Indies
Huybertus J. van Mook
van Mock
Mattack
van Mook
Singapore
Henry Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Simpan
MacArthur
Joss
Bennett
Indies
Normandy Sabotage Claim Sparks House Debate
Representative Dickstein charged that the liner Normandie, burned and capsized in New York, was sabotaged by Nazi agents posing as workers. He named William Drechsel of New York City as the alleged organizer of the operation and the Oceanic Service Corporation as his network.
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Washingion
Dickstein
D-N.y
New York Pier
William Drechsel
New York City
United States
Oceanic Service Corporation
Stimson praises Indies defense as Java danger grows
Secretary Stimson said the United Nations were making a magnificent defense of the Netherlands Indies and had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. He stressed the importance of Java and said the United States would provide every aid possible. He paid tribute to General Sir Archibald Wavell, who sustained a broken rib in an aircraft accident before Singapore fell, and noted MacArthur advised against a proposed visit to the Philippines fighting front.
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Washington
Stimson
United Nations
Netherlands Indies
Java
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific
Singapore
Wavell
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
American Bombers Sink 2 Japanese Ships
War Department communiqué reports six U S heavy bombers struck shipping off Macassar sinking two large transports. Pursuit planes intercepted fifty two Japanese bombers near Soerabaja. one enemy bomber shot down, several Japanese aircraft hit, no U S losses. Also announces Congressional Medal of Honor for First Lieutenant Willibald C Bianchi for gallantry in action in the Philippines and notes Seneca postmaster appointment recommendation for Frank Haustenstein.
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Washington
War Department
Philippine Theater
Congress
Wilibald C. Bianchi
45Th Infantry
Philippine Scouts
MacArthur
Rangoon Refinery Incinerated as British Fight Retreat
Burmese front reports say British imperial forces set vital installations ablaze to prevent capture by Japanese. Smoke over Rangoon and a charred oil refinery are described as the city endures heavy bombardment while British lines hold the Sittang River.
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Associated Press
Mandalay
Burma
Rangoon
Sittang
Gulf of Martaban
Salweenang
Bilina
Chiengmal
Chiengrat
Bansein
Gas filled home claims four lives in Detroit
Four members of an East Detroit family died in a gas filled home late yesterday while an 18 year old daughter survived after fainting trying to summon help. The daughter crawled to a telephone near heating duct holes and an open window. Police found Berraesise unconscious beside the victims: Frank A. Foster 36 a motion picture operator Carmel Foster 36 Horton 16 and Carmel 12. Mrs. Katherine Hermes 85 was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Detroit
Barnardine Foster
Berraesise
Frank A. Foster
Mostion
Carmel Foster
Horton
Carmel
Mirs
Katherine Hermes
Six Die and Twenty Five Hurt in Train Bus Crash
A wrecked collision near St John s Newfoundland leaves six dead and twenty five injured as rescue teams search the scene. Navy personnel aboard a damaged destroyer are reported among the rescued from the chaos. The incident occurred amid ongoing relief efforts for the stranded ship crew and civilians.
Farm Bloc Scores Smashing Victory In Senate Fight
Washington reports a sharp Senate win for the farm bloc over government surplus pricing as Sen Brown forecasts a presidential veto if House approves continued restrictions. The piece notes production cost pressures and Navy news, with Japan’s air attack described and war-time labor rules being debated on the House floor.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Brown
D-Mich
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Russians claim encirclement of German 56th Regiment in Staraya Russa
Soviet dispatches report German reserves beaten in the Staraya Russa area as the 56th Regiment of the Fifth Division is identified among units pressed by a surrounding Russian ring. They claim 96,000 German troops caught in the trap and note attempted relief across the front dissolving under Russian air and ground pressure.
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Associated Press
Moscow
RussSians
Staraya Fussa
16Th Army
Staraya Russa
Nazi battleships severely damaged after Dover raid
February 26 report from London says the 26,000 ton Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the 10,000 ton Prinz Eugen have been knocked out of action for some time. Kiel and Wilhelmshaven docks hold the battered ships, while Trident torpedoed the Eugen class cruiser off Norway. Aerial reconnaissance traced a damaged Eugen in Trondheim tow, and a destroyer escort may have been hit. The plume of concern notes potential renewed surface raider activity by Germany and Japan.
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Associated Press
London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Brest
France
Dover Strait
North Sea
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Trident
Admiralty
Trondheim
United States
Britain
Michigan Armory Projects Stalled by War Priorities
Lansing reports show wartime priorities hindering state efforts to produce uniforms and complete armories for Michigan troops. Burke cites wool shortages delaying 14 500 uniforms and 14 000 blankets, while Langins warns several armories in Jackson South Haven Muskegon and Lansing may halt within 60 days without material releases.
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Lansing
Michigan
William H. Burke
A. N
Langins
National Guard Armory
Burke
Washington
Jackson
South Haven
Muskegon
Lingins
LeRoy Pearson
National Guard Bureau
Army
Sixth Corps
Spe Cifl
National Guard
Charlotte
Grayling
Laxsing
Coldwater
Ypsilanti
Owosso
Adrian
Kalamazoo
MacArthur's Troops Press Japanese Back on Bataan
Washington reports General MacArthur's troops scored the first substantial advance on the Philippines' Bataan peninsula since withdrawal, forcing Japanese forces back several kilometers. Guerrilla actions by American and Filipino units continued in central and northern Luzon while Mindanao saw desultory patrols.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Bataan
Luzon
Mindanos
Batean
Sugar rationing instructions reach Lenawee board
The Lenawee rationing board received sugar rationing guidance from the state in Lan sing. Complete details are pending but expected within days. Initial registration will be joint with the county school commissioner and take three to four days. Registration through the school system will see civilians visit the nearest school for War Rationing Book No. T. Teachers are asked to cooperate.
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Lansing
Lenawee Rationing Board
Stimson explains Los Angeles air scare details
Secretary Stimson said unidentified aircraft over Los Angeles early yesterday may have been enemy agents operating commercial sources to spread alarm. The raid, categorized as a false alarm by Secretary Knox, involved 37th coast artillery firing 1,430 rounds but caused no casualties or aircraft losses. Stimson noted no Army or Navy planes were in action and an Army investigation continues.
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Washington
Stimson
Los Angeles
Knox
Pacific
37Th Coast Artillery Brigade
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
California
Navy
Warships believed hit as Allied submarines attack off Bali
United States submarines in an Allied naval offensive credited with torpedoing two enemy troop ships, a naval auxiliary, and a freighter over the past two days. A submarine attack forced one submarine to submerge before observing results. Dutch high command did not specify action location. Simultaneously, Dutch forces hold off a Japanese advance as battles rage in Celebes and Sumatra, with Japanese pressure increasing toward Java.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Nel
United States
Bali
Dutch
Macassar
Celebes
Indies Archipelago
United Nations
Java
Ambaina
Indies
Bursneo
Simpang
Pontianak
Ponitiansk
Sumatra
Telekbetoeng
Sandré Strait
No-Strike Pledge Observance Urged By Union Chief
Detroit February 26 United Automobile Workers CIO President R J Thomas urged workers to observe the no strike pledge for the war duration. He called for defense production and peaceful settlement with employers, warning that enemies of labor would use strikes to undermine the union. He urged local unions to pressure employers and appeal to mediation agencies including the War Labor Board if needed.
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Detroit
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Thomas
War Labor Board
Corsets and Garters Proscribed for War Time
The War Production Board announced a prohibition on producing women's corsets and girdles and men's suspenders and garters for the duration due to limited rubber supplies critical for thread. The move revokes a previous relaxation and notes manufacturers will use on hand materials, including knitted gussets in girdles where possible.
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Washington
War Production Board
Corseti
Mailady
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