Draft Scaling Up As 9 Million Eligible Ready for Call
The Army accelerates induction of roughly 1 000 000 already classified as 1 A while preparing to register 9 000 000 men aged 20 to 44 on February 16. Officials say no fixed wartime ceiling on forces sent abroad and that draft numbers may be doubled or trebled to meet needs.
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Washington
Jan
Britain
Stimson
War Department
United States
Selective Service
Fed
Lewis B. Hershey
University of Texas Rubber Claim Called Bunk
University of Texas chemists deny a sensational rubber substitute from natural gas. U.S. Senator O Daniel and President Rainey touted a discovery, while campus Daily Texan cites a machine in the chemistry building as the only likely basis, with officials stressing ongoing research and potential use of oil and gas.
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U.P
University of Texas
U. S
W. Lee O'Daniel
Homer Price Rainey
O'Daniel
San Antonio
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Rainey
University
Texas
Washington
Bureau of Industrial Chemistry
Daily Texan
Clyde Roland Johnson
E. P. Schoch
Chemi
Allied Forces Hit Axis On Multiple Fronts In WWII Action
United Press reports a global clash as Allied and Japanese forces clash from Singapore and Malaya to Bangkok and Rangoon. Japan presses a large Malayan offensive and preparations for the Philippines attack while Allied air raids strike Japanese bases in Thailand and Malaya.
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United Nations
Russia
North Africa
Japan
Singapore
Malayan
Philippines
Pacific
Thailand
Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
Chinese claim annihilation of Japanese forces fronts in China
UPI reported from Chungking that Chinese war communique says Japanese 3rd and 6th Divisions leading the Hangsha assault are almost annihilated on the North Hunan front. It notes Canton Nanchang Hankow and other fronts seeing Chinese gains while British Burma troops draw positions.
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UPI
United Press
San Francisco
Hunan
Hangsha
China
Canton
Nanchang
Wangtung
Kiangsi
Canal China
Burma
Jangsha
Yangtze River
Hankow
Japan
Chi
Zchang
Japanese tanks breach front near Kuala Lumpur stage
West Malaya front reports Japanese heavy tanks and dive bombers driving toward Kuala Lumpur as Allied bases endure air and land attacks. British Commandos reportedly shield Kuala Lumpur while fighting intensity rises and enemy aircraft losses climb.
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Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Tarakan
North Borneo
Slim
United Press
Harold Guard
Malaya
Nazis Push Diplomatic Offensive In Europe
London dispatch reports Germany drafting a diplomatic push to win Turkey and Switzerland to the Axis, pressure Bulgaria with a threat, and deepen ties with Hungary. Ribbentrop and Bardossy spoke in Budapest claiming renewed unity against Britain, the Soviet Union, and Bolshevism.
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Ladislaus Bardossy
Europe
Ribbentrop
Sub Raiding Near Tokyo
Japan faces a feared blockade as an Allied submarine raid near Tokyo torpedoes the 2225 ton freighter Unkai Maru No 1 and damages it. The attacking nation is unnamed in the report.
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Associated Press
Japan
Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Soviets Break Two Nazi Siege Lines
Soviet forces declared to have nearly broken the sieges of Leningrad and Sevastopol as Red army troops attacked German lines along the eastern arc. Advices note Germans losing captured territory near Leningrad while Sevastopol defense forces counterattacked as German siege efforts were repelled by the Black Sea fleet.
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Lake Ladoga
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Schluesselburg
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Ladoga
Crimea
Red Army
Great Black Sea
Kuibyshev
Kerch
Izvestia
Weather forecast for Amarillo and Panhandle region
Cloudy and colder this afternoon and tonight with very light snow flurries. High near 27 with low around 4 in the Panhandle and vicinity. Fair this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change across West Texas. Snow flurries predicted Panhandle and South Plains tonight. temperatures dipping to near 5 Panhandle and 12 Big Spring vicinity. East of Pecos River slightly colder. Rio Grande Valley fair then clouding up.
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Amarillo
West Texas
el Paso
Big Bend
Panhandle
South Plains
Big Spring
Pecos River
Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande
Central Mountain
Ten Billion in New Taxes Needed to Meet Budget
Senator Walter F. George said to reach President Roosevelt’s budget goals the nation must raise about 10,000,000,900 in new revenue yearly. After a Treasury tax conference with Henry Morgenthau Jr. and others, he noted seven billion in new revenues needed for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The tax program’s full effect will come later due to delays in revenue from certain taxes and the war production ramp. He called the problem larger than it appears.
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Washington
Jan
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
The
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
George
Leaflets Dropped on Occupied France Stress Franco American Ties
The White House announced a U S led campaign with Britain to drop over two million leaflets on Nazi occupied France highlighting the French American friendship. RAF planes carried 1 38 million copies around Paris and over 600 000 near Lille this week. The pamphlet quotes Roosevelt and cites LaFayette’s 100th anniversary while signaling a future message to the enemy.
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Washington
White House
United States
Royal Air Force
France
Stephen T. Early
Europe
U. S
RAF
Paris
Lille
Winter’s 12th Snow Expected Here Tonight
A cold snap returns with a 56 degree range noted in Amarillo from 4 above to 60 above then 19. Forecasters cite slight chances of snow flurries by supper time and reference a private forecast of 30 snows for the winter. Alpine and Pampa report varied temps, with Alpine at 64 yesterday and Pampa at 57 high.
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Texas
Japan
Weather Bureau
Alpine
Pampa
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