British Abandon Malaya and Battle of Singapore Begun
Singapore reports that British troops have withdrawn from southern Malaya to Singapore Island and the causeway was blown, signaling the start of the battle for Singapore. General Percival says Malaya’s battle is over and Singapore’s battle has started as residents endure raids and curfews.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Johore
British Far East Command
Malaya
Johore Bahru
A. E. Percival
Far East
Tokyo
New York
CBS
Johore Strait
Singapore Island
Kusai
Pontian Besar
Ijhore State
Kuloi
Sedil River
Malayan Peninsula
Peninsula
Retreat of British in Libya Reported by Italians
Rome dispatch says Italian high command reports British forces in Libya continuing to retreat under heavy Axis pressure. The statement claims the front is being extended while Axis bombers heavily hit British troop concentrations and supply lines and that contact with the enemy is being maintained.
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Rome
Libya
State war fund eyed for Michigan requests
Lansing January 31 The state board will hear its first allocation request from Michigan's five million dollar war fund a one million dollar ask from the military establish ment The board may meet Tuesday to decide a distribution method and committee structure Secretary of State Harry F Kelly proposes channeling requests through the national defense committee while finance matters stay with theBrown Murphy and Fry led panel The military department says the one million dollar request covers funds for state troops kept under deficits since January 10 and marks ongoing wartime finance actions by party controlled boards
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Lansing
State Administrative Board
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
National Defense Committee
Frank Murphy
Vernon J. Brown
Brown
Theodore L Fry
Murphy
LeRoy Pearson
State Military Department
Nimitz vows to hold Pacific Islands under unified command
Honolulu January 31 Rear Admiral Chester W Nimitz reports American forces operate under a unified command since late December and express strong confidence in holding the islands He notes Japanese activity has been limited to submarines and losses outweigh successes Unity of command covers the entire Pacific Island area with military governorship remaining an Army task Emmons signals possible relaxation of Prohibition era liquor strictures in Honolulu and the zone as demand grows
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Honolulu
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Oahu
Pacific
Lisut
Delos C. Emmons
Hawaiian Department
Japanese Cavalry Active in War Reported by Cavalry Journal
Washington January 31 The Cavalry Journal estimates Japan uses about 61 cavalry regiments totaling 33 000 or more horses including pack animals Some units landed in the Philippines in December and fought on the Batan Peninsula Terrain favored horse transport but Japanese cavalry are lightly armed by American standards They rely on sabers while American troopers carry pistols or carbines and U S horses are generally larger than Japanese mounts
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Washington
Cavalry Journal
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
United States Army
United States
Japan Opens Fifth Front in Indies War
The Dutch high command reports Amboina under furious assault as Japanese forces land on the island and press across Amboina, Celebes, Tarakan, and parts of Balik Papat. Dutch ships and planes continue pestering Japanese fleets, depth charges sinking a submarine, and vital oil and riches are burned to deny them to Japan. No casualties reported.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Associated Press
Batavia
Nel
Battle of the East Indies
Amboins Island
Deliabase
Netherland East Indies
Indies
Amboina
Celebes
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Balik Papatt
Pemmangkat
High Command
Refrigerator maker moves plant to Adrian for parts
Sunbeam Electric completes transfer of a three-branch unit to Adrian Michigan where the Detroit facility will be relocated to the Lenawee Textile plant on Trent Street. About 25 workers will be hired from the Adrian area with operations starting after March and full production by summer.
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Sunbeam Electric Manufacturing Company
Adrian
Lenawee Textiles Corporation
Trent Street
Sunbeam Electric Company
Evansville
Ind
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Joe F. Moore
Detroit
Chamber of Commerce
Schwarze Electric Company
Sunbeam Company
New York Central Railway
Peterite
Chicago
Wickard Prices Policy Statement Sought After Roosevelt Critique
Farm state senators pressed for a Wickard statement on price control policy as the Senate Agriculture Committee planned a closed session with Secretary Wickard. They cited President Roosevelt’s concerns about ceilings and parity limits in the new price control law and signaled potential congressional action if parity rules are challenged.
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Roosevelt
Wickard
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Truck Loaded With Sugar Hijacked in New York
In New York on January 31, District Attorney Frank Hogan said wartime crimes are sabotage after a truck and trailer carrying 24,000 pounds of sugar were stolen. John Pantulino, 36, was indicted for first degree grand larceny and held on $7,500 bond. He pleaded innocent. Prosecutors said the crime harms the country as rationed goods like sugar become government allocated.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
John Pantulino
John J Freschi
Pantulino
Russians Retake 46 More Villages in Donets Basin Drive
Moscow reports the Red Army has recaptured 46 towns and villages in central and southern pockets along the Donets front. Berlin broadcasts warn what a Russian conquest could mean as heavy Soviet pressure follows deep penetrations north and center. German losses are listed at 800 killed on Kalinin front, 2,500 at Sukhinichi, with trophies including locomotives, supply cars, tanks, trucks, and a bomb depot. Soviet air support aided the advances.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Berlin
Lake Ilmen
Russian Information Bureau
Lozovaya
Dnieper
Kalinin
Sukhinichi
Kirov
Fifteenth U-boat raid on Atlantic shipping reported
The Navy confirmed the fifteenth enemy submarine attack on Atlantic coastal shipping. The 6536 ton tanker Rochester, owned by Socony Vacuum Oil Co, was torpedoed and abandoned within minutes. Survivors were rescued and bound for Norfolk. Earlier Pan Maine was not attacked, and the claim of its destruction was a misreport. Royal German claims meanwhile stated 43 ships totaling 202,006 tons sunk since the war began.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Rochester
Socony-Vacuum Oi Co
New York City
Norfolk
Pan Maine
First Naval District
Boston
Florida
Nova Scotia
Berlin
United States
Canada
Record Bond Sales Reach One Billion in January
Defense bond sales hit a January total of 1,000,900,000 with forecasts of 1942 reaching 7,000,000,000. Officials said the month likely marked the greatest distribution of small unit securities in history, with purchases on a cash basis though some future campaigns aim at payroll deductions for regular small buys.
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Washington
Defense
Treasury
Pearl Harbor
British Airmen Return To Base With 100 Prisoners
Edward Kennedy reports that 19 RAF Sunderland crew members reached base with 100 Italian prisoners after swimming to shore and trekking across the Libyan Desert. Attacked by two German fighters the craft sank near Apollonia. A gunner died. Italian officers debated treatment then aided the escape toward Bengasi as stragglers joined. A sergeant filmed the voyage.
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Edward Kennedy
RAF
North Africa
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Messerschitts
Apollonia
Bengasi
Japanese World War II Navy Bombardment Claims Sinkings
Japanese broadcasts report six enemy transports sunk and five set on fire or heavily damaged during raids on Padang Sumatra with additional ships sunk or damaged in Singapore and surrounding operations. The attack targeted military objectives and airfields while further advances claimed in Borneo near Sambas and Pontianak with airfield seizures near Kuching and Sangan.
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Tokyo
Padang
Sumatra
Singapore
Pamangkat
Dutch Borneo
Sambas
Pontianak
Borneo
Kuching
Sarawak
Ledo
Sangan
President Resumes War Tasks After Birthday Boost
President Roosevelt returned to wartime duties grateful for nationwide birthday celebrations that raised funds for infantile paralysis research. Hollywood stars attended luncheons and balls at the White House and around Washington, with Gerry King, a paralytic patient, visiting the luncheon and presenting a model aircraft carrier. Mrs. Roosevelt helped cut a 650 pound cake as thousands gathered for the birthday event.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hollywood Stara
White House
Gerry King
New York
jChief
Mickey Rooney
Map shows growing threat to India, page seven alert
The Telegram urges readers to turn to page seven for a map and details on the increasing threat to India in today’s edition.
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India
Knudsen warns nation anew of long cruel war
Detroit on January 31 4 A plea for greater production of weapons was before the auto industry as Gen. William S. Knudsen warned of a long and cruel war. In Detroit he urged mass production of anti aircraft and anti tank guns, praised Roosevelt, noted some firms slow to Washington, and stressed one plane type per plant for faster output. RAF fighters clashed with a German reconnaissance plane over Ulster as US troops prepared to deploy to the area.
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Detroit
William S. Knudsen
Itation
War Department
General Knudsen
Detroit Enngineering Society
Knudsen
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
United States
War Production Board
You Are Doomed Says Jap Commander General MacArthur Fights At Batan
The Associated Press reports General MacArthur’s army bracing for a sixth major Japanese assault in 29 days of siege at Batan. He warned of no surrender, while Filipino troops remained loyal, resisting with courage and resolution as repeated Japanese attacks tested the American and Filipino defense.
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Associated Press
Washington
MacArthur
Batan
Jence
Batan Peninsula
Wasted sugar in New York surpasses two million pounds
Health Commissioner John L. Rice announced a survey of 224 restaurants showing more than 2,500,000 pounds of sugar unused in tea and coffee cups annually. He said the figure, excluding other uses like cereals, would cover a city’s yearly sugar needs for a city the size of Fast Orange, New Jersey.
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New York
New York City
John L. Rice
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