Sea Borne Japs Press In Along Malaya Singapore Front
Official dispatches describe Japanese patrols swarming a 30 mile coastal belt from the Muar River to Batu Pahat and reaching Endau on the Malayan east coast. RAF fighters hit enemy barges at Muar, and Australian, British, and Indian troops strive to stabilize the front as Singapore falls within 60 miles. Churchill voices growing confidence in victory. German radio claims British troops encircled near Singapore. Sabang and Celebes bombardments also reported.
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Malaya
Muar River
Singapore
Batu Pahat
Endau
Johore Strait
Malacca Straits Settlement
Saigon
Indo-China
Japan
Malayan
Churchill
Parlament
London
Pacific
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Tokyo
RAF
Sabang
Celebes
Dutch East Indies
Min
Strait of Malacca
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
India
Indian Ocean
Amarillo Woman Learns to Ride Bike in Wartime Trial
Neighbors watch as an Amarillo couple tries bicycling on West Sixteenth Avenue. The woman falls after the handlebars turn toward a curb, scraping skin. The episode draws crowd chatter and a medical scrape before the rider improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Lewis Nordyke
Ernest Michaux
Michaux
West Sixteenth Avenue
West Amarillo
Bombers Sink Japanese Cruiser and Tanker Off Mindanao
U S bombers sank a Japanese cruiser and hit a tanker burning 100 miles off Jolo in the Southern Philippines as Allied forces pressed operations on Luzon. Three enemy planes were shot down. MacArthur reports fighting near Davao on Mindanao. Mindanao resistance indicated near 35 miles north of Davao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Jolo
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Luzon
Department
Mindanao
MacArthur
Davao
Philppines
Sulu
Orneo
Americas Likely Break With Axis Within Two Days
A Pan American conference high official predicted a unanimous break with the Axis powers by 21 American republics within two days after Argentina's foreign minister signaled a shift from isolation. Observers noted Chile may follow Argentina, as delegates from the United States Brazil Venezuela Colombia Cuba and Mexico discussed a rupture resolution and a currency stabilization fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Brazil
Oswaldo Aranha
Ruiz Guinazu
Chile
United States
Venezuela
Colombia
Aranha
Sumner Welles
Ezequiel Padilla
Amarillo Weather Forecast Reports Mild Day and Cooler Night
Mild afternoon temperatures across Amarillo and vicinity with a cooler tonight. West Texas shows little temperature change except for a colder night in the Panhandle and South Plains. New Mexico also sees minor shifts with warm daytime and cooler night conditions.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Pandle
South Plains
Mexico
Gable to Return to Hollywood After Lombard Death
Clark Gable planned to fly back to Hollywood with the body of his wife Carole Lombard after identification of her mother Mrs Elizabeth Peters. A double funeral was planned for Lombard and her mother with few personal friends invited at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
U.P
Clark Gable
Hollywood
Carole Lombard
Gable
Miss Lombard
Elizabeth Peters
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Will Rogers
Jean Harlow
Convoy of Canadian Pilots Reaches Port in Britain
Hundreds of Canadian airmen disembark at a British port in the largest postwar influx since the war began. The arrival also brings additional reinforcements for Canadian troops in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
British Port
England
Panic Grips Berlin as Soviet Offense Presses Moscow Front
Soviet forces widen the Mozhaisk corridor and breach the Lama River crossing 75 miles north of Moscow, with winter cold intensifying to 25 degrees below. In Kharkov the battle moves toward a decisive phase as German and British reports reflect mounting pressure from Soviet attacks from north and south.
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Associated Press
Russia
Mozhaisk
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Red Army
Moscow
Red Star
Lama River
Warsaw
Feodosiya
Kerch
Lama
Izvestia
Volokolamsk
Latoshino
Donets
London
Berlin
Lynn apartment fire claims fourteen dead in five story blaze
A fast moving basement to roof fire in a five story Lynn Massachusetts building killed fourteen residents and left twenty one in hospital with eight still missing. Fire officials and residents described trapped tenants on upper floors as flames cut through the structure. Mayor Albert T Cole called for a state investigation into missing external fire escapes as firefighters battled the blaze and survivors recounted the disaster.
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Lynn
Mass
Melvin Hall
William Day
Caroline Thornell
Elsie
Eldon Taylor
Albert T. Cole
News Tip Prize Is Won By Mrs. D. C. Elliott
Mrs. D. C. Elliott of 136 Wayside Drive wins the week’s $5 Newstip Prize for a tip about an Amarillo delivery driver swerving to miss a dog and overturning a car. Second prize goes to E. L. Anderson of Central Fire Station for reporting a cafe fire hazard and costly cleanup. Third prize awarded for Asphalt Tile sale tip. Other tipsters listed include Mrs. Emmett Mims and several residents.
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D. C. Elliott
Wayside Drive
Amarillo
E. L. Anderson
Central Fire Station
Fire Department
Emmett Mims
Neely-Greenhil-Lowndes Insurance
More Street
Newhby’s
Mims
Mattie Castle
North East
Seventh Avenue
R. A. Carter
Pierce Street
Helen Anderson
Lincoln Street
J. A. Garner
Eighth Avenue
Glen Cox
Grant Street
Osa Johnson to Aid Local Milk Fund in Amarillo
First lady of exploration Osa Johnson will donate proceeds from two Monday presentations of African Paradise to the school milk fund. Tickets for the 8 pm show at Municipal Auditorium are $1 lower floor and 75 cents balcony. a 3 pm matinee for school children is also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osa Johnson
Paradise
Osa
Kansas
Municipal Auditorium
Elma Carlin
Amarillo
Daylight Saving Bill Signed By President Roosevelt
Roosevelt signed the daylight saving bill effective February 9 at 2 am for interstate commerce and federal activities. Debate suggested daylight time would become nationwide. The measure becomes inactive six months after the war ends unless Congress terminates it earlier.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Russian Bomber Drops Explosives on Helsinki Raid
A single Russian bomber dropped 10 small bombs at the western end of Helsinki this afternoon in the capital’s first air raid since November 2. One person was killed and five wounded. material damage was light.
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Helsinki
Dalhart Man Tells of Jap Sub Attack
Frank Noel, 37, AP photographer from Dalhart Texas, reports aboard a ship sunk by a Japanese submarine off Sumatra. He describes torpedoing and shelling, lifeboat escape, thirst, and survival as 28 of 77 crew reached shore after five days at sea. Noel’s background includes work in Kansas City Chicago Oklahoma City Wichita Falls and Buffalo Albany Miami and Atlanta.
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Frank E. Noel
Singapore
Sumatra
East Indies
Indian Ocean
Dutch Indies
Batoe Island
Sumatran
Here
Siberal Isand
Frank Noel
Dalhart, Tex
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Wichita Falls
Associated Press
Buffalo
Albany
Miami
Atlanta
Roosevelt budget seeks 300 million for wartime worker aid
President Roosevelt sent to Congress a plan totaling 300 million dollars to aid workers whose jobs are suspended during wartime conversion. About 4 million men would receive up to 24 dollars weekly for 26 weeks while being retrained for war material production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Army camp to be built at Paris Texas
Rep Wright Patman announced an army camp would be constructed immediately at Paris Texas. About 50 000 infantry troops are to be stationed there with no additional details at this time.
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Paris
Washington
Wright Patman
Tex
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WPA
Joe Witt
Oklahoma
Cycle Trades of America
Russell Stationery Company
U. S
Navy Pressing Boat Search
Atlantic
NAVY
United Front
ARMY
Sandra Owsley
Goodby
Pat
Los Angeles
Bob Kesterson
Hitler
Leningrad
Crimean
New England
Harry Anderson
Forrest Alden
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Rendille
Dalhart
Padang
Netherlands
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