Australians Send Heavy Blows in Malaya Defenses
Australian and imperial troops inflicted significant damage on Japanese forces in southern Malaya near Johore and Negri Sembilan as RAF airstrikes intensified. The defense around Singapore tightened while British-Burma operations indicated a wider counteroffensive to relieve the island fortress.
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Associated Press
Malaya
RAF
Singapore
Malacca
Negri Sembilan
Johore
Ainst
Thailand
Malayan
Burma
Myitta
Tavoy
Malacca Straits
Gulf of Martaban
Lingg) River
Gibraltar
Linggi River
Domei
Gemas
Avegri Sembilan
Naim
Mapacca
Muar
Seremban
Negri
Ipembilan
Sebmawan
Sengah
Desigaants
Sungel Patani
Tampin
London
Western Pacific
Queensland
Gordon Bennett
Australia
Curtin
Bennett
India
Calcutta
Resistance in Russia: German Front Slipping Under Soviet Pressure
Soviet communiques describe heavy German losses across multiple sectors as Red forces push toward Smolensk. Axis defenses crumble with Kharkov and Taganrog under fire while Soviet Siberian troops and guerrilla bands strike at German flanks. Air activity rises as 45 German and 14 Russian planes are destroyed.
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Associated Press
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Hitler
Smolensk
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Kharkov
Ukraine
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Dnieper
Germany
Giovanni Ansaldo
Il Telegrafo
Leghorn
Budapest
Galeazzo Ciano
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Erich Raeder
Arturo Riccardi
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Exchange
London
Berlin
Nelson takes command of wartime production power shift
President Roosevelt gives Donald Nelson full authority over war procurement and places William S. Knudsen in charge of army production. Nelson becomes War Production Board chairman with final say on plans and weapon specifications while coordinating with field sites and arsenals. Knudsen may direct expeditious Army production from the War Department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
William S. Knudsen
OPM
Army
War Production Board
Nelson
Knudsen
White House
General Motors
War Department
Senate
Armed Services
Sears Roebuck
War and Navy Departments
Stephen Early
Barry
Defense Plants Corporation
Jesse Jones
Federal Loan
Secretary of Commerce
Navy
Chicago
Argentina Prepares to join anti Axis front in the Americas
At Rio de Janeiro on January 16 1942 Colombia Mexico and Venezuela urged Pan American nations to break ties with Germany Italy and Japan to aid the United States war effort. Argentina indicated hesitation but signaled possible alignment after disputes are resolved. The plan includes a Pan American anti subversive committee with Washington HQ and unified action against the Axis.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Colombia
Mexico
Venezuela
United States
Argentina
Oswaldo Aranha
Germany
Italy
Japan
Ramon Castillo
Aranha
Americas
Washington
U. S
Gabriel Turbay
Cuba
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
U .S
Inter-American Neutrality Commission
Ezequiel Padilla
U S Forces Sink Five Jap Ships In Far Pacific Action
U S Navy and Marines report sinking five Japanese vessels three transports and two cargo ships in the Far Eastern waters, lifting total enemy losses to at least 24 ships in under six weeks of fighting. The Coast Guard and Navy confirm Atlantic submarine activity and a sunk tanker near Long Island, with survivors picked up.
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Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Orient
War Department
MacArthur
Associated Press
Far Pacific
United States Navy
Sea Services
Washington
Army
Far East
Far Eastern
U.S. Navy
Atlantic Seaboard
Coast Guard
Long Island
Coimbra
Navy
Navy Department
Norness
Kiel
Germany
United States
England
Four Charged In Frome Case Des Moines Desert Slayings
Four persons have been charged with murder in the 1938 desert slayings of Mrs. Weston G. Frome of Berkeley and her daughter Judge Birch Carlson in Culberson County. A second woman, Naomi Reeves, is charged, with an unidentified man and two Californians named Charles and Bonnie Hatfield previously detained. The victims were en route to South Carolina when beaten tortured and shot near Van Horn.
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EL Paso
Jan
Desert
Weston G. Frome
Berkeley
Cal
Birch Carlson
Culberson County
California
Carlson
Naomi Reeves
Mexia
Tex
Bill Greene
Wood Butler
Bakersfield
Charles Hatfield
Bonnie Hatfield
Pecos
Prome
South Carolina
van Horn
FBI Defense School Ends
The FBI wartime defense school for Panhandle officers and agents closes with about 100 attendees. Trainees traveled up to 200 miles daily to learn civilian defense methods led by Special Agent H. A. Smith from the Los Angeles office. Lessons drew on FBI studies of London police work after the bombing onset.
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FBI
Panhandle
H. A. Smith
Los Angeles
London
Pal Cannot Buy Defense Bond For German Shepherd
The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank declined to issue a 100 defense bond in the name of a dog named Pal a German shepherd. The bank said the bond must be issued to a real person though Pal often collects tips at a Kentucky filling station. In Turners Falls Massachusetts editor Joseph Cotton, 27, of the Turners Falls Herald suspended the 13 month old weekly paper citing a run of absence.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank
Pal
M. J. Fleming
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Caesar Moore
Loyall
Moore
Turners Falls
Mass
Joseph S&s Cotton
Weather Amarillo And Vicinity Summary
Good weather with rising temperatures is forecast for Amarillo and surrounding West Texas regions on Saturday. New Mexico also expects dry conditions with little temperature change. Panhandle and South Plains may see slight increases. Temperature readings show highs near the upper 40s to mid 50s and lows around the 30s to 40s, with sunrise at 7 54 AM and sunset at 6 PM.
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Amarillo
Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Road to Panama Linked in New American Loans
The United States approved two defense loans to Central American nations. A 20 million dollar loan to Costa Rica and five other republics will accelerate Pan American highway work toward the Panama Canal, while Hull and Costa Rican Minister Luis Fernandez signed a 500 million dollar lend lease to build a Costa Rican army nucleus. Costa Rica to spend 8 million from the loan plus 4 million from its treasury to make 250 miles of highway passable. Nicaragua and others receive the balance for road and defense needs.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal
Central America
Public Works Administration
Hull
Luis Fernandez
Costa Rica
Panama
Special Fund
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Fernandez
Congress
Roosevelt
Canal
Canal Zone
Guatemala
el Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Mexico
Licensing plan plants licensing to enforce price controls
Washington reports a plan to place business under a licensing system to enforce price ceilings has been agreed by Senate and House conferees. If firms refuse to abide by ceilings, their licenses to do business may be at risk. In Texas, state audit shows agriculture department ran a surplus from 1935 to 1941 totaling 170 724 dollars. Governor Stevenson to discuss agricultural problems in a statewide radio broadcast February 26.
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Washington
Senate
House
Joint Congressional Committee
Austin
State Agriculture Department
B. D. Battle of
Longview
C H. Cargeness
San, Antonio
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