British Report Sees Burma Front Holding Against Japanese
A British communique says the Bilin River front is holding against Japanese thrusts toward the Burma Road with support from RAF air attacks. The front lies about 50 miles from Pegu, as Japanese forces reel back toward the Salween and Sittang rivers while planning west and south strikes.
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Rangoon
U.P
Bilin River
Burma Road
Pegu
Burma
China
Bilin
Royal Air Force
Moulmein
Sittang River
Burma Road in Acute Danger as Japanese Advance Looms
The Burma Road, lifeline to China, faces acute danger after Singapore fall. Japanese forces push 100 miles into Southern Burma, near Salween, threatening Rangoon, the rail link, and supply routes to China. A new India-China route is under construction but will lag. Chiang Kai-shek urges expedited work to save China.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
China
Burma Road
Singapore
Burma
Salween
Martaban
Papua
Rangoon
Chiang Kai- Shek
United Nations
Far East
Japan
India
Bay of Ben-gal
Indian Ocean
Java
Chiang Kai-Shek
Calcutta
Sadiya
Assam
Chungking
Sichang
U S Forces Tighten Caribbean Defenses After Aruba Attacks
American forces stepped up Caribbean defenses amid fears German U boats might feint toward the Panama Canal. Submarines shelled Aruba refinery and torpedoed five to ten Allied tankers near Maracaibo, with five ships definitely torpedoed and others missing. Admiral Andrews reported possible sinking of a Nazi sub near Aruba and described fires, explosions, and oil slicks as crews fought to save vessels.
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U. S
Balboa
C. Z
Caribbean
Dutch West Indies
Panama Canal
Aruba
Maracaibo
Army
Canal Zone
West Indies Islands
United States
Panama
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Robert Bruskin
Ail
Ickes Receives Oil Industry Call for Regional Closures
Secretary Ickes told the House committee that the oil industry urged closing all East Coast filling stations from 7 PM to 7 AM on weekdays and all day Sunday with gas rationing if needed. He also endorsed an $800 million Texas to Philadelphia New York pipeline plan and noted a proposed 15 percent cut in East Coast petroleum consumption from Feb 15 to Apr 15.
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Washington
Ickes
House
East
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Italians Hit By RAF In Mediterranean Naval Attack
Cairo report says Royal Air Force naval planes torpedoed two Italian cruisers and a destroyer with a probable second destroyer hit during a night strike on a strong fleet group in the central Mediterranean. One cruiser was left ablaze. Axis claims German submarines struck a British squadron near Alexandria and that Malta’s large floating dock was destroyed by aerial bombardment.
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Cairo
U.P
Royal Air Force
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Berlin
Malta
Poor Boy Demo Dinner In Amarillo Saturday
The Panhandle Democrats host a private George Washington birthday Poor Boy dinner at the Amarillo Hotel on Saturday evening. Tickets are 75 cents with proceeds aiding the party’s debts, a larger Fort Worth dinner at 25 dollars per plate also noted.
Walsh Warns Navy May Need to Be Brought Home
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts told the Senate that the coasts are almost defenseless and a future need could require bringing the navy home to protect them during debate on a $100 million civilian defense appropriation. He spoke after Senator Johnson of California said there is no adequate defense of the Pacific coast.
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Washington
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Naval Committee
Senate Today
United States
Johnson
Calif
Pacific
Heminway Promoted to Marine Gunner in Navy Announcement
First Sergeant William Eliot Heminway of Amarillo in the Marine Corps has been promoted to the rank of marine gunner, a warrant officer, according to a Navy Department announcement dated February 17.
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Washington
William Eliot Heminway
Marine Corps
Amarillo
Navy Department
News Tip Prize Is Won By Mrs H H Hallmark
Mrs H H Hallmark winner of the $5 first prize in the week’s news tip contest for rescuing a dog left locked in a house over two weeks. Second prize of $3 to Mrs T E Manley for a report about her husband’s steel whisker.
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H. H. Hallmark
West Seventh Avenue
Johnson Street
Barkley Moves to Repeal Congressional Pensions
Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky began steps to repeal the pensions provision of the retirement law and a vote was expected to be attempted today amid ongoing congressional action in Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Weather forecast and light snow across towns
The weather bureau predicts a low near 8 C tonight with intermittent snow late today and tonight. Claredon and Pampa saw snow flurries overnight while Amarillo had a clear morning as the spell appeared to approach again.
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Weather Bureau
Clarendon
Pampa
Amarillo
Tos
Dutch Fight Urged as Java Faces Imminent Invasion
Java residents were urged to resist as Japanese planes bombed small Sunda Strait islands. Dutch communique reports direct hits on two transports and a Palembang air field raid. Dutch forces claim two enemy fighters shot down.
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Batavia
Java
Chine
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Aneta
Palembang
Netherlands East Indies
Soerabaja
United Nation
Southwest Pacific Command
Singapore
Strait of
Sunda
Borneo
Celebes
Java Sea
Indies
Australia Mobilizes Total War for Defense of Continent
The Netherlands East Indies asks Australia to boost aid and pledges to defend Java. Australia orders total mobilization of all resources as Prime Minister Curtin declares a mass mobilization to support a £35 million liberty loan. An air force report notes 44 Japanese planes attacked Allied ships near Timor Sea but caused no hits.
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Sydney
Australia
U.P
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Netherlands
Air Ministry
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Timor Sea
Darwin
John Curtin
Russians Batters Germans on Southwest Front Amid Push
Soviet forces pressed the German lines on the southwestern front as tanks and infantry overran nearby positions. They also crossed a Dneiper tributary south of Smolensk and advanced in Kharkov amid heavy rain. Russian airmen claimed multiple German tanks and machines destroyed.
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Smolensk
Dneiper
Kharkov
Radio Moscow
Sil
Control Board Seeks Modest Carhop Uniforms
Texas Liquor Control Board chairman proposes rules to soften carhop attire at drive-in taverns. Plan favors more color on makeup and less skin, aiming to curb provocative clothing while regulating uniforms.
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Gordon K. Shearer Austin
U.P
Texas Liquor Control Board
Liquor Control Board
W. J. Townsend
Bodies Found Shot In Parked Car West Of Main Street
In Houston on February 17 two people were found dead in a parked car on the San Antonio highway a half mile west of the Main Street underpass. Both victims had been shot. The investigation is underway by local authorities.
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Houston
San Antonio
Texas official seeks curbs on carhop outfits at taverns
Lufkin reports Townsend proposes regulations to ban scanty outfits and bare skin for carhops at roadside stands and taverns. He favors modest dresses covering most of the body with socks, noting protests from Texas women while joking about four percent skin limits and floor shows at beer venues.
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Texas
Townsend
Fort Worth
Coroner clears Texas man in jail fire deaths
A San Diego coroner's jury ruled Thomas Kelly of Lubbock, Texas, not criminally responsible for five deaths from a City Jail fire he started on February 4. Ten others were injured. Kelly remains charged with murder and prosecutors did not indicate changes to plans. Attorney John T. Holt argued police negligence as the root cause.
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San Diego
Cal
Thomas Kelly
Lubbock
Tex
Kelly
John T. Holt
Battle grows as Japanese press Bataan lines
Reinforced Japanese guns and air squadrons pound Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s thinly held Bataan front on Luzon as clashes intensify. A War Department communique reports increased artillery and rising enemy air activity, with air attacks on civilians killing 18 women and 5 children at Cabeaben refugee camp.
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Evertu R. Holles
Washington
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippine
Luzon
War Department
MacArthur
Singapore
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Cavite Naval Base
U. S
Cabeaben
Weather forecast for Amarillo and surrounding regions
The forecast shows temperatures near freezing this morning then rising, with light snow late today into tonight. West Texas experiences much colder conditions with intermittent snow and strong winds, zero to 15 degree ranges across Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico sees intermittent snow, subzero readings in the north, 0 to 20 degrees elsewhere, and snow flurries in western and central mountains.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
New Mexico
Pecos Valley
Hobbs-Carlsbad
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