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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1942
Page
2
War dispatch by Harold Guard analyzes the fall of Singapore blaming bureaucratic complacency and fifth columnists. It details jungle bribery, lack of air power, unmobilized natives, and colonial officials who abandoned Malaya, leaving defenders to face Japanese forces with scant support.
New York February reports Walter Morrisey a boiler room worker at the German consulate building acted to burn espionage papers but smothered flames and retrieved scorched data for the FBI. His actions aided investigators in the trial of six defendants including Paul Borchardt Helen Mayer and Hans Pagel.
Thousands of registrants kept out by dental or eye issues will be drafted under relaxed standards. Local boards may re classify men formerly deferred as vision and teeth requirements loosen. Questionnaires on vocational skills will soon go to the 25 million registered but not in uniform as boards compile data for employment services. Local boards also review weekend registrations of men aged 20 21 and 35 through 44.
British command misled the enemy as Malaya defenses collapsed and Singapore Island was evacuated. Daily retreats of about 10 miles were planned, with brigades left behind as the Johore causeway was destroyed. Veteran fighters urged a counterattack that never occurred.
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