Singapore Under Fire as British Hold Line Against Jap Assault
Allied forces press fierce counterattacks along a fluid Singapore fighting line from the city toward the western suburbs. High altitude bombers hit the harbor and rail depot as evacuees flee, with reports of 50,000 enemy troops and uncertain gains despite British and Dutch efforts to rescue civilians and defend the naval base.
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Singapore
London
Tokyo
Dutch East Indies
London Evening News
Japan
MacArthur Hold On In Bataan As Japanese Reinforce
The War Department reported heavy fighting in the Bataan Peninsula with Japanese reinforcements indicating an early resumption of a major offensive. American and Filipino troops, likely under 20 000, fought 100 000 to 150 000 Japanese to hold lines toward Corregidor near Manila Bay as MacArthur's forces near a possible last stand in the Philippines.
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Washington
Depxtment
Bataan
Japan
Arthur
Rock-Girt
Alcazar
Pacific
Douglas MacAthur
Stars and Stripes
War Department
MacArthur
Corregidor
Ammunition Convoyed to Americans in Ireland
United States Army forces in the British Isles say vast supplies of ammunition have been convoyed safely to American soldiers at Northern Ireland training centers as they learn combat tactics.
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England
United States Army
British Isles
Northern Ireland
Russians seize Maklachi and push at Rzhev
Russian ski troops in heavy snow capture Maklachi nine miles behind German lines in Bryansk sector. Reported Russian drive from Karelia to Crimea, encirclement of Rzhev with heavy fighting, and new German reserves to Kalinin front. Casualties and prisoners cited, Sevastopol fort captured, Karelia reports scarce.
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Moscow
Maklachi
Bryansk
London
Rzhevy
Karelia
Crimea
Rzhev
Red Army
Kalinin Front
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Crimean
Red Star
Sevastopol
Great Black Sea
Karelian
Burma Burma War Update From Burma Fronts Clash and Bombings
Chinese forces defending Burma clash with Japanese invaders for the first time, announced by Major General Lancelot Dennys. RAF communique says British bombers hit Japanese positions in Martaban and raided Chengrai in northern Thailand, with an air raid alarm in Rangoon but no sightings of Japanese planes and no confirmed land operations or river crossings.
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Radio Berlin
Tokyo
Singapore
Selatar River
Chungking
Burma
Lancelot E. Dennys
China
Rangoon
Martaban
Salween River
Chengrai
Thailand
Thaton
RAF
London
Salween
Domei
Japanese landings threaten Celebes as Dutch defense holds
Dutch and Japanese forces clash along the southwest Celebes coast with new landings at Macassar Balangaipa and Djemeponto. Dutch repelled raids on Soerabaja in eastern Java as fighting continues with scorched earth tactics and limited casualties. Reconnaissance over Sumatra and western Java reported amid intensified Pacific theater actions.
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Batavia
Celebes Island
Java
Netherlands Indies
Soerabaja
Aneta
Macassar
Celebes
Balangaipa
Gulf of Bone
Djemeponto
Sumatra
Balanguina
Dieneponto
Maros
New Guinea
Bandjermasin
Borneo
War Production Board outlines spring arms drive plan
Washington reports the War Production Board is formulating a spring production drive to imitate Britain's Dunkirk era arms effort. The plan envisions incentives and long hours to operate machines 24 hours a day during conversion of durable goods industries to war work, with June as a turning point and bonuses or medals under consideration.
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Washington
War Production Board
Dunkirk
Panhandle Democrats Plan Fund Drive for Fort Worth Dinner
Democrats in the Panhandle met in Amarillo to organize the district effort for the Washington Birthday Dinner in Fort Worth on February 23. The drive seeks to raise funds to pay national committee debts and support upcoming congressional campaigns. a 30 county district quota of 3615 dollars with a February 22 deadline and 25 dollar dinner tickets.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Washington
Fort Worth
National Committee
Texas
Potter County Keeps Bond Drive Active
Potter County bought $9,880 in defense bonds and stamps yesterday, leaving the January February quota far behind at $12,509 daily. Officials urge citizens that buying defense securities is prudent investing for national safety and to help remind Japan of Pearl Harbor.
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Potter County
Pearl Harbor
French Send Gasoline To Nazis in Libya
London reports that supplies from France to German forces in Libya during December and January included 5,500 tons of gasoline and aviation fuel. An economic warfare official said that in 1941 nearly 2,000 trucks and private cars were sent from France to the Axis, and Rommel’s forces were given 12,000 tons of wheat to feed ten divisions in a single three month period.
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London
France
Libya
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Erwin Rommel
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Sees Warm Day Then Warmer Night
The Amarillo region will be a bit warmer today with a milder night. West Texas areas from Del Rio to Pecos Valley expect rain or drizzle and rising temps in the north while remaining cold elsewhere. New Mexico sees below normal temps but some warming this afternoon. Temperatures over the last 24 hours ranged from a low of 24 to a high of 39, with noon reading at 39.
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Amarillo
West Texas
del Rio
Eagle Pass
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Hart Resigns Naval Post
Washington reports Admiral Thomas C. Hart relieved as chief of Allied naval forces in the Western Pacific due to illness. Vice Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich of the Royal Netherlands Navy designated as successor and acting commander ABDA area. Hart, 61, had requested relief to focus on health. his exact illness was not disclosed.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas C. Hart
Western Pacific
C. E. L. Helfrich
Royal Netherlands Navy
Hart
United States
William A. Glassford, Jr
Southwest Pacific
Herbert F. Leary
Admiral Hart
Macassar Strait
Body of Child Found on Tender Foot Peak
The body of two year old Ronald McGee, missing since Saturday, was found today on Tender Foot Peak twelve miles northwest of Congress Arizona. Expert trackers John Bond and Jack Crist located the trail yesterday and a search party including Deputy Homer Keeton and State Patrolman James Cramer retrieved the body at about 10:30 AM. Ronald appeared to have sought a high point to signal for help.
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Congress
Ariz
Ronald McGee
Tenderfoot Peak
Here
Willis Butler
John Bond
Jack Crist
Wickenburg
Homer Keeton
James Cramer
Bond
Crist
Keeton
Ronald
New Guinea Bombed by Four-Engine Japanese Flying Boats
Sydney reports say four engined Japanese flying boats bombed Salamaua on the Huron Gulf in New Guinea, 425 miles from Australia. Early word offers few damage details as reports place enemy ships off New Britain and Japanese raids over Samarai and other New Guinea areas while Australian bombers responded.
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Sydney
Australia
United Press
New York
Salamaua
Huron Gulf
New Guinea
CBS
Port Moresby
Sydney Sun
New Britain
Samarai
Father Puts Himself In His Son's Shoes at Philharmonic
Kansas City report describes A. E. Knowland attending a concert with his son Lilburn, a flutist. The son’s bright gallery shoes and father’s two sizes too small tan brogans create a humorous scene as Lilburn finally takes the stage in heavy hob-nailed footwear.
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Kansas City
A. E. Knowland
Music Hall
The
Philharmonic
Lilburn
Knowland
Raids by RAF Hit Bremen Port in Germany
London February 11 The air ministry announced that RAF raids over Germany last night focused mainly on the port of Bremen. The operation involved multiple operations with Bremen as the chief objective and marked another Allied air strike against German targets.
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Germany
RAF
London
Bremen
Air Ministry
Rationing for Tire Treading Begins Feb 19
Washington reports that price administrator Leon Henderson announced rationing of retreated and recapped tires will start February 19. Little crude rubber will be available for retreading except for eligible cases. Camelback rubber used in retreading will also be rationed by existing boards. The War Production Board will set monthly crude rubber allocations. none may be available for passenger tires this month and possibly March. Events will guide future output.
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Washington
Leon Hendereson
Henderson
War Production Board
OPA
Principal Fights School Start Time At 8 55
Principal R B Norman clashes with the Globe News over the official start time for the high school war era. He insists on 8 55 as the start, while the paper reports 9 o'clock. The period 8 55 to 9 is used for announcements, and tardies have been rare.
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R. B. Norman
Globe News
Norman
Actress Rosalind Russell to tour Texas army camps
Film actress Rosalind Russell arrives at Camp Bowie and plans a two week tour visiting Camp Wallace Fort Sam Houston Fort Bliss and the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station to perform for soldiers. She will roll those eyes and entertain troops at these stations during the visit.
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Brownwood
Rosalind Russell
Texas Army
Camp Bowie
Camp Wallace
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Bliss
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
More Manpower Mobilized For Australia's Defense
Canberra reports War Minister F. M. Forde announced a new mobilization of manpower for Australia's defense. He said the war position had become so serious that everything must be subordinated to the safety of the nation.
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Canberra
Australia
F. M. Forde
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