American Bombers Sink Large Japanese Transport At Balikpapan
In the Battle of the Makassar Strait American four motor bombers sank a large Japanese transport at Balikpapan and set a cruiser afire outside the harbor while delivering heavy blows to enemy ships. The action came amid reports of limited enemy activity in the Philippines and new raids on Emmahaven and Ambon.
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Washington
Balikpapan
Macassar Straits
Borneéo
Netherlands Indies
Philippines
Subic Bay
Batan Peninsula
Associated Press
Batavia
Nel
Strait
Macas- Sur
United Nations
Borneo
Celebes
United Na
Emmahaven
Sumatra
Ambon
Amphoiia
New Guinea
Government aims to recover 265000 tons hoarded sugar
In Chicago on January 28, A E Rowman, head of the sugar section, said the government expects to recover 265000 tons of hoarded sugar stocks in the United States but did not specify locations or methods. Roy F Hendrickson urged higher output of canned foods to a record level, signaling changes in the market basket to meet war and postwar needs.
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Chicago
United States
A. E. Rowman
Food Supply Branch
WPS
National Canners Association
Roy F. Hendrickson
Agriculture Department
Marketing Administration
Bendrickson
Mother U boat ship believed operating off North American coast
Survivors of a Norwegian tanker and a Greek freighter report a German mother ship releasing two U boat packs off the North American coast. The attacking sub surfaced to offer aid after sinking the ships, while air and sea searches continue for lifeboat survivors.
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Atlantic
German Resistance Centers Threatened Near Moscow
Moscow dispatch reports Red Army forces advancing toward key German resistance hubs northwest of Moscow and widening southern drives. Reoccupied villages and towns include a sector near Kalinin as Rzhev, 130 miles NW of Moscow, is bypassed. Red Star notes blockading tactics and pursuit, with heavy blows on the southwest front and claims of German generals killed by guerrillas in the Ukraine.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Hitler
Russian Information Bureau
Kalinin
Rzhev
Kushinov
Salinin
Red Star
Orel
Information Bureau
Ukraine
Brazil Cabinet Votes to Sever Axis Relations
Brazil moves to sever ties with the Axis as its cabinet votes to end relations and a border accord with Peru and Ecuador looms. President Vargas and ministers met at Petropolis as foreign ministers from the Americas prepared to depart for the mountain palace. An Ecuadorian minister questioned if the boundary agreement is fully settled while a surge of regional diplomatic shifts unfolds.
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hIo DE Janeiro
Axis
Peru
Ecuador
Brazil
Getulio Varges
Petropolis
Oswaldo Aranha
Enrique Ruiz Guinazi
Sumner Weiles
United States
Juan Bautista Rossetti
Aranha
Amazon
Julio Tobar Donoso
Tobar Donoso
Tobar i Donoso
Japan
Germany
Italy
Vargas
Europe
Orient
Two Tons of Old Car License Tags Go to Metal Pot
Lenawee county officials report two tons of obsolete license plates were collected for wartime metal recycling. Prisoners and guards from the state reformatory at Ioniz transported the plates to a Detroit smelting furnace for immediate reuse in scrap metal drives.
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Lenawee County
Wand
Budd Goodwin
State Reformatory
Ioniz
Detroit
Sangye
Goodwin
Japanese Hurl Crack Troops At British In Malaya
Japanese forces press fresh assaults along the Malaya defense line near Senggarang and Ayer Hitam Kjuang as Britain, Australia, and Indian troops contend with veteran Fifth Division units. East coast fighting grows as reinforcements land at Endau after RAF strikes. British withdrawals aim to straighten the line from Batu Pahat to Singapore.
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Singapore
Malaya
Imperial Guards
Senggarang
Batu Pahat
Ayer Hitam
Kjuang
Endau
RAF
Jematwang
Mersing River
34 Miners Perish In Gas Explosion At Mine
Count Harris Colorado, January 23. Thirty four miners died in a gas explosion at the Victor American Fuel Company coal mine late last night. Four escaped near the entrance as rescue crews fought deadly carbon monoxide and black damp for six hours. Families from surrounding towns rushed to the pit while state officials and ambulances mobilized for the tragedy.
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Harris
Colo
Victor American Fuel Company
Denver
Henry Johnson
Mount Harris
Foregee
U. S
Craig
Hay and
Sea Victory Planten
Steamboat Springs
Thomas [En
Everything Nation Buys at the Store Liable to Rationing
The War Production Board gave acting Price Administrator Leon Henderson full power to ration retail commodities. Senate action on a revised price control bill moves to the President for signing. Government economists note rising living costs and broader rationing seems inevitable. Henderson’s leadership is expected to continue in price administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
Leon Henderson
Senate
Roosevelt
Henderson
Price Administration
America
WPE
United States plans to recruit seven million men
London dispatch reports United States Ambassador John G. Winant stating the nation will recruit an army of 7,000,000 if needed. He urged women to join any required roles and affirmed America’s resolve to reestablish naval supremacy in the Pacific with auxiliary air power if needed. In Havana, Cuba, the cabinet ordered salary increases for public employees up to 250 pesos and those above that amount.
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London
United
States
John G. Winant
National Defense
United States
America
Pacific
Havana
Cuba
Hope Wanes For Approval Of Unemployed Fund
Washington reports hopes fade for quick congressional approval of a 300 million dollar fund to assist workers idled by factory conversions for wartime production. House leaders cite a bitter jurisdictional fight between committees and predict little chance of passage this week.
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Washington
House
Murray D. van Wagotter
Michigan
Roosevelt
van Wagoner
McCormack
Massachusetts
Australia to Represent in British War Cabinet
Sir Earle Page to represent Australia in Britain's war cabinet in London until a regular appointee is named. Churchill told Parliament that Australia and New Zealand sought representation and that Canada and the Union of South Africa would also have representation in the cabinet.
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Australia
Perth
Earle Page
Britain
London
Hay
Two More Vessels Attacked By Submarines Off The Eastern Seaboard
CHICAGO Jan 28 Secretary Knox spoke to the Chicago Association of Commerce about naval war planning and public information policy. He cited Axis confidence games used to mislead the public, urged careful handling of rumors, and defended press government cooperation while stressing the need to preserve secrecy.
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Eastern Seaboard
Chicago
Knox
Navy
Chicago Association of Commerce
One Sunk as Submarines Hit Coast Ships
Seventeen sailors were saved from the 7,096 ton oil tanker Francis E. Powell after a torpedo struck near 2 a.m. EST Tuesday off the Delaware coast. A second tanker, Pan Maine, reported attacked but may have escaped. The Powell broke in two and sank. Captain T. J. Harrington is listed missing. The sea attack added to two weeks of coast losses totaling 112 dead and eight ships sunk. Survivors were rescued by the W. C. Fairbanks and recount a submarine disappearance into darkness.
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Associated Press
Del
Delaware Bay
Francis E. Powell
Powell
Navy
Pan ‘Maine
Carol M. Walker
Philadelphia
T. J. Harrington
Baltimore
Walker
W. ¢. Fairbanks
Joseph Ortiz
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Marine Killed at Midway Honored for Heroic Stand
Washington January 28 George H Cannon a 26 year old Marine Corps officer killed at Midway Island was cited for heroism in a Navy report on the December 7 attack. The first lieutenant refused evacuation despite fatal wounds from loss of blood after directing fire from his post. Cannon a Webster Grove Missouri native and Detroit area school alum died from loss of blood. The Midway defense reportedly hit a Japanese cruiser and a destroyer during the attack as searchlights aided Marines in opening fire.
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Washington
George H. Cannon
Marine Corps
Midway Island
Navy
Pacific
Cannon
B. B. Cannon
Ann Arbor
Mich
Webster Grove
Detroit
Culver Military Academy
University of Michigan
Midway
Pearl Harbor
De Valera protests US troops landing in Northern Ireland
Eamon De Valera the Brooklyn born prime minister of neutral Eire fiercely protested the landing of United States troops across the border in northern Ireland. He said Ireland was not consulted by Britain or the United States and affirmed that the Irish people's claim for union and supreme jurisdiction remains unabated. Minister Sean Lemass warned that Eire's independence and neutrality faced growing danger and possible test next year. De Valera added no hostile intent toward the United States.
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Dysuin
Eamon de Valera
Eire
United States
Northern Ireland
Erie
de Valera
Sean Lemanis
Ireland
Irish Free State
Ulster
United Kingdom
Stolen Car Chased Then Wrecked by Police
Adrian police and sheriff units pursued a blue car reported stolen from Willard H Friedman. The vehicle, claimed to be driven by a suspect named Murray Mitchell and Fred Murty, fled east past the city after a brief chase, then wrecked as officers ended pursuit due to safety concerns.
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Willard H.fiedman
North Center Street
Ohio
Ling
Jim
Adrian
Murray Mitchell
Fred Murty
Deerfield Road
War production board nominations in disputed Senate vote
In Washington the Senate considered nominations to high War Production Board roles, with Patrick Hurley as Secretary of War and William Knudsen named for lieutenant general and production chief. Sidney Hillman was noted as co-director with a confirmation expected after secure posting.
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Washingson
Patrick J. Hurley
Willam S.iver
Knudsen
The
New Zealand
OPM
Senate
Roosevelt
Hurley
White House
Sidney Hillman
Ald Opdm
New
New War Production Board
Zealand
Washington
Yestern
Turnkey Slugged As Youths Fail To Break Jail
PONTIAC Jan 23 Two youths Charles Wood and Robert Hills both 18 of Pontiac slugged deputy Frank Mack during a breakfast break attempt to break from Oakland County jail Sheriff Spencer C Howarth said he was waiting at the door and a possible third man may have been involved The two were arrested Jan 12 after a long automobile chase and are held in default of 2000 bond on robbery armed charges for a Dixie Highway filling station hold up Mack was not seriously hurt
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Pontiac
Oakland County
Spencer C. Howarth
Charles Wood
Robert Hills
Howarth
Wood
Hills
Frank Mack
Mack
Dixie Highway
Submarine sighted off Port Arthur Texas
Navy report from Port Arthur describes a submarine seen off Port Aransas Texas at 9 am. It may be enemy but this is not confirmed. Exact position listed as 25°46′N 58°48′W. Vessel submerged. notice sent to shipping interests. No further details available.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Navy
Port Aransas
R R. Ferguson
Ferguson
Brazil cuts diplomatic ties with Germany Italy and Japan
Getulio Vargas signed a decree severing Brazil's diplomatic and commercial relations with Germany Italy and Japan. The move marks a shift in wartime alignment as global tensions rise and diplomatic channels contract across the Western Hemisphere.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getuli Vargas
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Japan
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