Senate report criticizes US war production and calls for OPM reorganization
The Senate defense investigating committee blames months of bungling and selfish interests for lagging aircraft output. It cites too few planes for adequate pilot time, dollar a year lobbyists, and unchecked civilian production in 1941. It urges use of small manufacturers and a full OPM overhaul led by Donald Nelson, with prospects for 1942 aircraft production deemed not promising unless drastic changes occur.
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America
Office of Production Management
Roosevelt
Donald M Nelson
Truman
Missouri
Washington
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Army
Navy
Army expansion to 3.6 million men planned this year
Secretary Stimson said President Roosevelt authorized raising the army to 3.6 million in 1943, doubling armored units and air combat forces, adding 32 new divisions, and expanding anti aircraft, engineer, and military police units. The plan includes nine cantonments and five temporary camps to house the force.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimson
Roosevelt
Stimson
Continental United States
Pan American War Decision Is Due Soon
In Rio de Janeiro United States Undersecretary Sumner Welles and Argentina Foreign Minister Ruiz Guinazu conferred about the Pan American conference. The talks with no comment followed as Brazil prepared to host the opening session led by President Getulio Vargas. Argentina showed reluctance to military alliances while considering severing Axis ties, with discussions focusing on relations and trade.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Sumner Welles
United States
Ruiz Guinazu
Argentina
Welles
Consultative Conference
Getulio Vargas
Palacio Tiradentes
Chamber of Deputies
Ecuador
Peru
MacArthur Forces Hold Line Against Heavy Japanese Attacks
Allied troops and Filipino forces repelled heavy Japanese land assaults in Bataan while Corregidor faced nine bomber formations. Two planes were shot down, with light American casualties and minimal damage to fixed installations as MacArthur strengthens anti aircraft defenses.
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Washington
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Corrigedor
Manila Bay
U.S
Nipponese Advance in Rain-Whipped Jungles
Domei reports a major Japanese offensive against 30,000 British troops guarding Malaya's last defenses. Japanese forces halted a British retreat, captured rail junctions at Gemas and Tampin, crossed into Johore, and reached Pekin near Kuntan as Nipponese expansion presses toward Singapore.
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Domei
Hirohito
Malaya
Singapore
Pownall Line
Lower Peninsula
Britain
Gibraltar
London
Great Far East
Endau
Trops
Malay Peninsula
Johore State
Gemas
Malacca Straits Settlement
Singapcore
Tampin
Malacca
Kampar
Ipoh
Perak
Comet
Tokyo
Pekin
Kuntan
Johore Strait
Singapore Island
Johore
Amarillo Area Weather Forecast Update
The forecast for Amarillo and surrounding areas calls for little afternoon cloudiness and a clear night with mild afternoon temperatures and a cooler night. High around 56 and a low near 22. Panhandle and South Plains partly to mostly cloudy with some rain chances. New Mexico and lower Rio Grande Valley mostly fair tonight with slight temperature changes. Minimum 28 and maximum 44 in the past 24 hours. noon temperature 48.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
del Rio- Fagle Pass
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Pecos Valley
Submarine Sinks Japanese Liner in Far Eastern Waters
A U S submarine torpedoed and sank a 17 000 ton Japanese liner likely used as an aircraft carrier to back Japan's southwest Pacific offensive. The ship was a Yawata class vessel of NYK line, possibly in waters near the Philippines, as MacArthur reported heavy Japanese attacks. The sinking marks the fifth transport loss by U S subs since the war began, with additional claimed sinkings by U S communiques.
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Indies
Netherlands Indies
Sarawak-Borneo
Kuching
Tarakan
Jolo
Mindana Island
Philippines
Lake Tondano
Balik Papan
Davao
Washington
U.P
Japan
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
NYK
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Yokohama
San Francisco
Asiatic
Thomas C. Hart
United Nation
Southwest Pacific
U. S
Factory Tax Proposed by Senator George
Senator George, chairman of the Senate finance committee, said he forwarded to the treasury a new low rate manufacturing tax idea. It would apply after production cost deductions and aims to tap firms taking large depletion and interest allowances. He noted it could help reach firms paying little tax and that no date is set for further treasury recommendations.
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Brown
Michigan
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
House
Washington
George
Treasury
Roosevelt
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Amarillo Guards Reach Safe Arrival in Pacific War Zone
Amarillo guardsmen who marched to the Brownwood battle are now in a Pacific war zone. Government orders prevent naming the port of arrival. Wives report cablegrams from officers confirming their safe arrival on a strategic island after the Pearl Harbor attack.
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Amarillo
Brownwood
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Potter County Fails Daily Defense Stamp Quota
Potter County slightly exceeded the daily defense stamp quota yesterday but could not cover the $5,000 shortfall from the previous day. Bond sales reached $13,425 and stamp sales $980, against a daily quota of $12,509. First Federal Savings and Loan reports arrival of a shipment of $25 bond forms after several days without them.
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Potter County
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Just a Bit Cooler More Predictable Weather Ahead
The forecast shows a small drop in temperature with a few clouds in the afternoon. Tonight will be a bit cooler with a low near 22 and highs around 56. Overnight calm and clear conditions follow this mild cooldown.
Soviets Smash Nazis at Mozhaisk in Major Battle
Russian shock troops smash in a direct frontal assault on 100,000 Germans massed at Mozhaisk west of Moscow. British radio reports a savage battle at the gates of Mozhaisk with key positions changing hands. Red Army forces recapture Medyn, tightening a Soviet trap and narrowing the German escape route.
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Associated Press
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Smolensk
Medyn
Volokolamsk
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Rostov on-Don
Berlin
The
Crimea
Seven Convicts Captured After Eastham Prison Break
CROCKET Jan 15 seven of 21 long term criminals who escaped from Eastham Prison Farm were captured today. State police with 35 patrolmen and rangers plus a radio unit led the manhunt. Two prisoners, C. R. Stout and Ed Morris, were nabbed soon after the break. Remaining fugitives included Joe Burleson Jurgeson Laxon Hill Hilburn Robbins Mangum Hudson Garrett and Redwine among others. The escape involved sawing bars in a dormitory housing 250 convicts. Details on how the break occurred were not determined.
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Tarrant County
Joe Marvin Burleson
Lamesa
Lee County
John Eugene Jurgeson
Dallas
Harris Counties
Rob Ford
Marvin Laxon
Ballinger
Jess Hill
Fort Worth
Charles Hilburn
Ireland
United States
Dallas County
Leroy Robbins
Baytown
Gonzales County
Elbert Mangum
Cora Hudson
Navasota
Leon
Rusk
Smith Counties
Bill
Snuffy) Garrett
Cale Fas
Childress
Williamson
Rockwall
Ellis
Hamilton
Palo Pinto
Collin
Hill Counties
Garrett
Clarence William Redwine
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Igan
Koemai
Java Sea
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Celebes
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Jondano
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Molucca
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