Pearl Harbor Disaster Attributed To Dereliction Of Duty
A presidential inquiry report concludes Pearl Harbor disaster stemmed from dereliction of duty by Lieut Gen Walter Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel. It faulted failure to heed warnings, inadequate air raid precautions, and lack of interservice coordination despite imminent war notices.
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Pearl Harbor
Washington
Presidential Board of Inquiry
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Army
Navy
Hawaii
Meteor Flash Jolts Imperial Valley Across Desert Border
In El Centro California on January 8 at 9 51 p m residents felt a heavy jolt across the Imperial Valley. Early reports suggested an explosion or quake but Holtville and Calexico residents then reported seeing a meteor flash and fall beyond the desert toward Mexico.
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EL Centro
Calif
Mexico
Holtville
Calexico
Auctions North of Adrian With Limited Details
Auction notices describe a sale north of Adrian with ambiguous names and a reference to a forgotten line. Readers are directed to see the advertisement and the Darket page for full information and terms.
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Jan
Sol
Adrian
Hen & Dinehan
United Nations Bombs Hit Bangkok and Hanoi Bases
United Nations air forces struck Japanese bases at Bangkok and Hanoi during the weekend. Chinese troops massed near Thailand and French Indochina borders, while British forces reported an unimproved withdrawal around Moulmein east of Rangoon. Thai Nav war aims cited, as Tokyo allies reacted with air raids and ground advances.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Burma
United Nations
Bangkok
Hanoi
Thailand
Moulmein
RAF
Indo-China
Japan
Chungking
Tamshui
Hongkong
Canton-Kowloon
Kowloon
CA Domei
Britain
United States
L Atvance
Berlin
Sapa
Agai
MacArthur Celebrates Birthday Amid Battle In Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur, aged 62, marks his birthday while leading a fierce frontline fight in the Philippines. A recent counter attack by his American and Filipino forces yielded a smashing victory, described by the War Department as a brilliant maneuver that unsettle Japan's South Pacific timetable.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
War Department
South Pacific
Batan Peninsula
Fort
Mills
Corregidor Island
Bate
France
Another Ship Sunk Off Atlantic Coast Near New Jersey
A Norwegian tanker Varanger sank 35 miles off the Atlantic coast in a pre dawn attack by an enemy submarine. All 42 crew were saved after survivors reached life boats and were towed by fishing smacks. The explosion shook several southern New Jersey towns including Atlantic City. In Tokyo, Kaiveng New Ireland was reported as completely occupied by Japanese forces with further coastal attacks noted on Dutch Borneo’s Bank Papan.
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Sea Isle Ciry
N. J
Atlantic
U.S
U. S
South Jersey
Atlantic City
Here
Kavieng
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
New Ireland
Southwest Pacific
Bank Papan
Dutch Borneo
Row
Ithe
Nations cut ties with Axis sweep across the Americas
At the Pan American conference in Rio de Janeiro, dozens of nations move to sever relations with Germany Italy and Japan. Uruguay Paraguay and Peru announced breakoffs with others expected to follow as Bolivia Ecuador and Brazil act or prepare to act. Argentina and Chile may remain as the last ties in South America. Axis diplomats expelled from Uruguay as Peru enforces radio controls.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Americas
Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers
inter-American Defense Board
Axis
Uruguay
Paraguay
Peru
Bolivia
Ecuador
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Italy
Japan
Foreign Ministry
Asuncion
Montevideo
Lima
United States
Britain
Cneral
Adrian College
Unanimous Methodist Church Corporation of Pittsburgh
Kresge Foundation
Samuel J. Harrison
Kresge
Fine Church Corporation
Price Control Action Sought as Congress Plans Conference
Congressional leaders hoped to finalize price control legislation today after a six month fight. Both houses prepared to take up a conference report on the war time price curbing bill with Administration aides confident Roosevelt would sign. Rep Wolcott and Republicans push to send the bill back for overhauls in a joint Senate House committee.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Rep. Wolcott
Michigan
Senate House Conference Committee
Navy Bill to Congress Biggest Ever Joins War Effort
Congress receives a 7.7 billion dollar Navy appropriations bill described as the largest in history. The plan aims to build a gigantic fleet of ships and aircraft to attain sea supremacy. Secretary Knox and Admiral King predict 1942 will be pivotal in victory efforts with expanded production for 1943 and 1944.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
Japs Occupy Batu Pahat in Malaya Front News
Singapore January 26 British say Japanese troops seized Batu Pahat after days of heavy fighting. No change in Mersing sector. A Japanese convoy was sighted near Endau. Sikh battalion reported 400 Japanese casualties at Kluang and routed about 200 cyclists. British aircraft aided ground forces in night attacks.
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Singapore
Batu Pahat
Mersing
Malayan
Eeast
Endau
Boaen
Kluang
Malaya
Government Set to Ration Sugar for War Needs
The government announced a sugar rationing plan likely starting in February at about one pound per person weekly. Price administrator Sean Henderson said ration books are being prepared and warned hoarders not to gain from foresight. Industrial use will drop from 40 to 27 pounds per person, with national supplies around 5.3 million short tons versus 7.99 million in 1941.
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Washington
Sean Henderson
Henderson
United States
Philippines
Hawaii
RFC
Cuba
U. S
RAF Hammers Axis Convoy Sink Big Liner In Mediterranean
British air force bombers and torpedo planes struck an Axis convoy in the Central Mediterranean, sinking a 20,000 ton liner and setting another transport afire. A destroyer was crippled, with possible hits on a cruiser and other vessels. The attack lasted over 24 hours as the convoy, protected by battleship and cruisers, moved east at reduced speed. Meanwhile African front fighting continued near Saunnu and Antelat, with British reports noting confusion around Agedabia.
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Catro
Egypt
Libya
North Africa
RAF
Mediterranean
Saunnu
Antelat
Agedabia
German Winter Line Wiped Out by Red Army
Soviet troops reported by the Associated Press to have exploited the harsh winter weather and cleared large stretches along the German front. Hitler reportedly fled west with his HQ from Smolensk toward Minsk as Russian forces widened control east of a Smolensk to Kursk line. Moscow region and Tula area were reportedly free of German troops, with Kalinin sector also being cleared.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Hitler
Stockholm
Smolensk
Minsk
White Russia
Orel
Kursk
Tula
Kalinin
U S Troops in Ireland Arrive as War Stores Move In
Washington announces arrival of American Army forces in Northern Ireland under Major General Russell P. Hartle in command. Details on unit composition strength embarkation ports and sailing dates were withheld. First postwar arrival to British Isles aside from technicians and staff officers officials indicate.
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Washington
Northern Ireland
Stinson
Russell P. Hartle
British Isles
First Tire Theft Reported Since Rationing Order
W. W. Kennedy of Morenci reported four 6 00x16 tires missing from a farm wagon about three miles east of Morenci. The tires, bought in 1937, may have been taken any time in the past week. Officers obtained a description of the tires as the first theft noted since tire rationing began.
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Lenawee
W. W. Kennedy
Morenci
Kennedy
Wegon
Jtires
Australia Girds For Invasion
The Associated Press reports civilians pulled from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as jungle-trained Australian militia clash with invasion forces in New Britain and New Ireland. The theater stretches nearly 1000 miles from northern New Guinea to Florida Island. Prime Minister Curtin says Australia seeks a role in the southwest Pacific staff and asserts Australia’s voice in war councils. Curtin famously declares Australia is for Australians and a white Australia with God’s blessing. The war cabinet orders immediate mobilization, with men up to 60 to register and women enrollment expected soon.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australis
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
New Britain
New Ireland
Florida Island
John Curtin
Australia
Archibald P. Wa- Yell
Southwest Pacific
Churchill
Roosevelt Curtin
Perth
War Cabinet
Anger of Congress Aroused by Report
Congress demands expulsion of incompetents in war effort and courts martial for Pearl Harbor debacle. Debates on a super-command to control both services follow commission findings of non cooperation by Hawaii commanders. No immediate action from White House or Army Navy Departments.
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Washington
Pearl Harper
Capitol Hill
Hawaii
White House
Army
Navy
Short
Kimmel
Roosevelt
Battle of annihilation sinks Japanese convoy in Macassar Strait
American and Dutch forces pounded a large Japanese convoy trapped in the Strait of Macassar between Borneo and Celebes. United Nations reported at least seven enemy ships sunk, with two more confirmed and five probable sinkings. The Navy noted heavy damage to ships afloat and sorting warships, marking the heaviest losses for Japan in a single operation since the war began.
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Washington
Strait of
Macassar
Borneo
Celebes
Navy Department
Supreme Command
United Nations
Pacific
United Nations Command
Kavoc
U. S
Tyro
Pbunday
Brovabia
Mercantile tanker Venore attacked off North Carolina coast
Axis undersea raider torpedoed the Venore, leaking crew unaccounted for while 21 were brought ashore at Norfolk. The ship sank in the Atlantic Saturday, with 22 crewmen missing after the assault Friday night near the coast.
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Norfolk
Venore
North Carolina
Fifth Naval District
The
Ore Steamship Company
Atlantic
Navy
British hold Tenasserim as airmen of Chinese force clash
Rangoon reports no change on the Tenasserim front with British lines east of Moulmein holding firm against a Japanese invasion from Thailand. American volunteer airmen with the Chinese air force claimed three Japanese raiders shot down, two or three damaged, and one American lost returning to base after a mission over Rangoon.
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Rangoon
Burma
Tenasserim
Moulmein
Thailand
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State
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General George
Marshall
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Admiral H. E. Kimme
Imperial Valley
Mac Arthur
Cramer
C. Cramer
South Winter Street
Mr. Cramer
Simplex
Ireland
Isles
Continent
Pittsburgh
Pitts College
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