MacArthur’s Forces Beat Back Fierce Japanese Assault
United Press reports the U S Asiatic Fleet sunk six Japanese ships over two days including a 17 000 ton liner as MacArthur’s troops repelled a peak Japanese onslaught in Bataan with land and air attacks ongoing. The Navy indicates surface ships and submarines contributed to sinkings while Tokyo admits strong lines camouflaged rear areas. Revelations of looting and behind the lines reporting suggest an effective espionage network aiding MacArthur.
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Navy
Japan
U S
Wake Island
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
MacArthur
Luzon
Southwest
Pacific
Thomas C. Hart
United Nation
U. S
Bataan
Tokyo
Communiqute
Australians Stem Japanese Advance Near Singapore
Allied reports say Australian and Dutch forces slowed the Japanese push toward Singapore as UK bombers hit rear lines. Reinforcements relieved exhausted troops, a local Australian victory delayed the attack, while Japanese raids continue.
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United Press
Japan
Singapore
Malaya
East Indies
Harold Guard
Rents Fixed in Defense Areas Amid Price Control Debate
A wartime rent ceiling was added to the price control bill by a Senate House committee. The rule would apply in the District of Columbia and other designated defense zones where rents rise beyond the act’s purpose. Local authorities would act first, with federal officials able to intervene if needed.
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Washington
Senate
House
District of Columbia
Nelson to Get Full Control Of Production
President Roosevelt has decided to vest in Donald Nelson, head of the War Production Board, final authority over all production and supply decisions. Congress awaits an executive order outlining Nelsons duties and the extent of his power over national war production.
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Nelson
Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
New War Production Board
Congress
Roosevelt Sets Up War Production Board With Broad Power
President Roosevelt announced an executive order creating the War Production Board and granting its chairman sweeping authority. Nelson is expected to lead, coordinating army and navy needs, allocating scarce materials, and approving new facilities while monitoring progress and directing production efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New War Production Board
Nelson
Army
Navy
Naval Operations
Aviatrix Laura Ingalls Pleads Innocent in Agent Registration Case
Laura Ingalls, noted aviatrix, pleaded innocent in U S district court to an indictment alleging violation of the foreign agents registration act.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
U. S. District Court Today
Enemy Subs Bring Mine Peril to US
The Axis underseas campaign extends to American shores with mines and torpedoes in East coast shipping lanes. Analysts note political uses for propaganda and timing near the Pan American conference, while experts question military aims given the season and torpedo expenditure.
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Washington
Atlantic
Amerian
Wat
Defer Taxes Proposed Bonds Plan For War Period
Senator Walter F. George and Representative Robert L. Doughton urged tax relief ideas as Roosevelt seeks $9 billion in new 1943 levies. George proposed deferring part of taxes via government bond purchases called a deferred deduction. Doughton urged cutting state and local spending to ease tax burdens.
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Washington
O.R
Walter F. George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
George
Treasury
Roosevelt
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Coughton
Only Six Convicts Still at Large
Texas prison officials report that 17 of 23 long term convicts who escaped Eastham prison farm were captured. C. O. Colston, 35, of Houston, was nabbed on a Riverside bridge. Jack Bronson, 26, of Wichita Falls, and L. V. Galindo, 58, an Austin County lifer, were arrested near Eastham.
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Huntsville
U.P
Texas
Eastham Prison Farm
H. E. Moore
C. O. Colston
Houston
Riverside
Jack Bronson
Wichita Falls
L. V. Galindo
Austin
Eastham
Second Woman Charged in Desert Slayings Case
In El Paso a second woman faces murder charges tied to the four year-old deaths of Mrs. Weston G. Frome and her daughter Nancy Frome in the California Berkeley area. Judge Birch Carlson of Culberson County stated Naomi Reeves, a farm woman arrested near Mexia, was named in the murder filings.
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EL Paso
Texas
Weston G. Frome
Nancy
Berkeley
Calif
Birch Carlson
Culberson County
Naomi Reeves
Mexia
Weather outlook with mild temps and low moisture
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with little moisture. Today highs near 52 degrees and tonight's low around 28. Yesterday reached 54 and this morning 27. The rest of the weather remains uncertain pending further updates.
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Weather Bureau
Rio Meeting Weighs Joint Break With Axis
The Rio de Janeiro conference opens amid proposals for breaking diplomatic, commercial, and financial ties with Axis nations. Mexican Colombian and Venezuelan delegations push for a united hemispheric stance while Argentina resists severing ties. Oswaldo Aranha opens session. Castillo of Argentina voices loyalty to a united American stance.
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U.P
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
United States
Ruiz Guinazu
Argentina
Chile
Paraguay
Havana
Oswaldo Aranha
Itamaraty Palace
Ramon 8. Castillo
Aranha
America
Tanks Smash Nazi Gates at Taganrog and Crimea
Soviet forces reportedly broke through near Taganrog and pressed toward Simferopol as part of a broad counter offensive across the Ukraine. Reports say German positions along the 1200 mile front from Lenin grad to the Black Sea faced continued Red Army advances and encirclement threats.
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Associated Press
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Rostov-on-Don
Semeon Timoshenko
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Ukraine
Crimea
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Leningrad
Black Sea
Red Army
Kharkov
Russia
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Donets River
War toll in Potter County and Amarillo soldiers
A World War I tally shows only 10 Potter County men died in service, while since Pearl Harbor at least six Amarilloans have sacrificed their lives. Roy Beard notes five Amarillo Legionnaires are back in service for World War II. With Amarillo’s population near 55,000, exact military totals are not disclosed for security reasons.
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Pearl Harbor
Amarillo
American Legion
Roy Beard
Hanson Post
Berlin Says U. S. Troops Withdraw to Corregidor
German radio quoted by AP reported that U S forces defending Batan Peninsula retreated to Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. The broadcast claimed rear guards stayed to disguise withdrawals while Japanese advances continued and occupation proceeded swiftly.
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Berlin
United States
Batan Peninsula
Gibraltar
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Hawaii Defenders Say They're Ready, Governor States
Honolulu reports that Hawaii's defenders are ready for potential attack. Lieut. General Delios C. Emmons, military governor and commander of the island army department, asserts preparedness in case the enemy advances.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Delios C. Emmons
Hawaiian Department
Russians Send Women Troops On Patrol Into Finnish Lines
The Finnish army announced that Russia has begun deploying women troops on patrols inside the Finnish front lines, as disclosed in an official communique dated January 16.
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Russia
Libya
Vichy
United States
Helsinki
Finland
U.P
Costa Rica First Lend Lease Allotment Approved
Costa Rica, building its first army, was allotted 550000 dollars in lend lease funds to buy arms. The Public Works Administration approved a 20000000 dollar loan to Honduras Nicaragua Guatemala El Salvador and Costa Rica to help build the Pan American highway system in Central America.
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Washington
Costa Rica
Public Works Administration
Honeduras
Nicaragua
Guatemala
el Salvador
Weather forecast for Amarillo and West Texas area
Mostly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with little temperature change. High 52, low 28. West Texas to Del Rio Fage Pass area and east of Pecos River sees fair sky with light rain at times. New Mexico fair then warmer. Extremes 27 to 55 in 24 hours. Noon reading 48. Friden calculators note.
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Amarillo
Texas
del Rio-Fagle Pass
Pecos River
New Mexico
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