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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1942
Page
10
United Press war correspondent Harold Guard argues Singapore fell in 70 days to Japanese forces due to bureaucracy complacency and fifth columnists. He cites native betrayal, lack of air power, slow reforms, and absentee colonial officials as key factors in the British defeat.
Walter Edward Morrisey a boiler room engineer at the German consulate building testified he burned stacked papers but smothered flames and later retrieved scorched data for the FBI. He helped during the espionage trial of Kurt Frederick Ludwig Rene Froehlich Karl Frederick Mueller Frederick Schlosser Helen Pauline Mayer and Hans Pagel.
Washington reports that thousands of registrants deferred for teeth or vision will be reclassified under a new selective service ruling. Standards now require only enough teeth to eat army food and a relaxed vision criterion. Questionnaires on vocational skills will be sent to the 25 million registered but not in uniform. Local boards review weekend registrations of about 9 million men aged 20 to 21 and 35 to 44. Coral Reef, the Midway Island Marines’ newspaper, is edited by George A. Lavis III.
The article describes a planned retreat from day to day toward Singapore Island. British spokesmen insist Singa pore would be defended, while the withdrawal occurred rapidly. Brigades were left behind as the Johore causeway was dynamited and veteran fighters urged a counterattack that never occurred.
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