Fall of Bataan Threatens 36,853 Americans and Filipinos
War Department bulletin reports Japanese forces enveloped Bataan east flank as 36,853 American and Filipino soldiers faced death or capture. Secretary Stimson noted Lieutenant General Wainwright had 36,853 effectives on Bataan amid the collapse and heroic counterattacks.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
America
Bataan
Philippines
War Department
Stimson
Jonathan M. Wainwright
British Seize Initiative in North Africa
British desert armies countered Rommel's threat with attacks on Axis positions in North Africa and reported sinking a 10,000 ton Italian cruiser in the Mediterranean. A submarine torpedoed the cruiser and it broke up and sank eight minutes later.
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Britain
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Mediterranean
London
Mussolini
Cairo
Sidi Bregisch
Tobruk
Tmimi
el Gazala
Ohio to give German cannon to government
Gov Bricker said Ohio will transfer ownership of a 150 millimeter German naval cannon now at the statehouse yard. The governor plans to turn it over to the federal government for possible reconstruction into a modern weapon.
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Ohio
Columbus
Ieg Statehouse
John W. Bricker
Advertise Your Livestock Today In Messenger Classifieds
Farm produce and livestock listings are moving fast in the Messenger Classified pages. Based on strong sale results, farmers are urged to advertise items for sale now to maximize profits and speed sales.
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Messenger
Half of Philippines Still In American Filipino Hands
Washington reports that more than half of the Philippines remains under American Filipino control though defended by weak forces mostly army reservists. Principal islands without Japanese landings include Negros Panay Cebu Samar Leyte and Palawan while invaded islands include Luzon Mindanao Jolo Masbate and Mindoro. General MacArthur led early operations at Bataan before Wainwright. Homma reportedly died by suicide in a Manila hotel suite. Fort Mills on Corregidor guards Manila Bay with its heavy guns.
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Washington
Philippines
Negros
Panay
Cebu
Samar
Leyte
Palawan
Luzon
Mindanao
Jolo
Masbate
Mindoro
Min
Danao
Bataan
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Wainwright
MacArthur
War Department
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Homma
Tomoyuki Yamachita
Singapore
Fort Mills
Corregidor Island
Urges Return of Prohibition at WCTU Meeting
Columbus dispatch reports Miss Mary B. Ervin president of the Ohio WCTU urged delegates at the mid year executive meeting to push for congressional enactment of war prohibition. She argued it would hasten victory and permanent peace. The state WCTU convention is planned for Steubenville in October.
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Columbus
Mary B. Ervin
Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union
WCTU
Steubenville
Ohio to Get Plant at Dille s Bottom Belmon t County
The SEC has approved an $8 million Reconstruction Finance Corp loan to the Ohio Public Service Co for a new electric generating plant at Dille s Bottom in Belmont County.
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Ohio
Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Ohio Public Service Co
Dille’s Bottom
Belmont County
U S and Japan Reach Reread Exchange Pact
Tokyo reports 63 diplomats captured in Hong Kong including U S Consul General Addison E Southard to be sent home under an exchange deal between the United States Britain and Japan. Forty nine are Americans.
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Tokyo
High Schools Prepare Aeronautics Training For Cadets
Washington reports a plan to teach aeronautics in high schools with at least 15 prospective air cadets. J. W. Studebaker says math and physics will support pre pilot work, with summer courses tuition free and full aeronautics semesters offered next fall to streamline air cadet training and reduce washouts.
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Washington
America
J. W. Studebaker
U. S
Studebaker
Army
Navy
Office of Education
Army, Navy
Civil Aeronautics Administration
U. S. Halts Private Construction Work
Washington AP report notes a War Production Board order halting almost all new construction except for war needs. Residential work under 500 dollars, agricultural builds under 1,000 dollars, and all other types over 5,000 dollars are barred pending potential government approval. Some ongoing projects may be stopped to free materials for the war effort. Defense housing residences up to 6,000 dollars remain allowed.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Twelve Aliens Arrested In Cincinnati Case Of Propaganda And Arms
Twelve aliens, nine Germans and three Italians, were arrested in Cincinnati on charges of possessing short wave radios, arms, and propaganda material. A preliminary hearing before U S Attorney Frederic Johnson will decide whether they face internment or can return to Dayton Yellow Springs or Springfield. Authorities seized radios cameras rifles shotguns pistols ammo Adolf Hitler photographs a Swastika plaque and copies of Mein Kampf.
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Cincinnati
U. S
Frederic Johnson
Alien Enemy Control Board
Dayton
Yellow Springs
Springfield
Raymond C. Suran
Office of
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Suran
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Five Direct Bomb Hits Sink U S Destroyer Peary
At Darwin on February 19 the U S Destroyer Peary was sunk by five direct bomb hits from Japanese planes after arriving from the embattled Philippines. One of 53 survivors, Lawrence T. Farley of West Virginia, 28, a water tender, is recovering from severe burns.
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Melbourne
U. S
Peary
Darwin
Philippines
Lawrence T. Farley
West Virginia
First Ohio Sugar Registration Set for April
State Defense Director Courtney Burton set April 28 and 29 as registration dates for retailers wholesalers and institutions seeking sugar rationing certificates. County coordinators will determine eligible users for certificates at Ohio's 1 123 high schools where ration cards will be issued May 4 7.
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Columbus
Courtney Burton
Ohio
Typhus Epidemic Hits Berlin Says Moscow
Moscow says Berlin reports more than 1250 typhus cases in two weeks creating a spreading epidemic. Tass notes Nazi forces delayed reinforcements due to outbreak among troops.
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Moscow
Berlin
Tass
Army Rations Draw Crowd In Coshocton Restaurant
Army rations offered as a patriotic gesture during a food for freedom observance proved popular in Coshocton. The menus, sent by the Fifth Corps Area quartermaster and distributed via the Coshocton County Conservation Association, prompted some restaurant owners to continue soldier menus indefinitely.
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Coshocton
Coshocton County
Ohio Flier Reported Killed in India Battle
Shelby man learns from War Department that Capt. Elmer L. Parsel 36 of Plymouth was killed April 7 in India while flying with an Army Air Corps unit. Parsel had recently received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Shelby
William Parsel
Plymouth
War Department
Elmer L. Parsel
Army Air Corps
India
Parsel
Army
Ward destroyer officer wins Navy Cross for first Pacific shot
Lieut Commander William W. Outer of the destroyer Ward receives the Navy Cross for ordering the first shot fired in the Pacific war. The Ward’s blast an hour before the Pearl Harbor attack sinks an enemy submarine.
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William W. Outer
U. S
Ward
Pearl Harbor
Hocking Man Killed When Auto Falls During Funeral Visit
Charles Atkinson 37 of near South Bloomingville was killed when the car he was repairing slipped from a jack and crushed his head at his mother's home near Allensville during a funeral visit. He left a wife and four children. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. in Ray Jackson County.
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McArthur
Charles Atkinson
South Bloomingville
Emma Atkinson
Kelley
Allensville
Atkinson
Edgar Atkinson
Detroit
Mich
Shelimar resumes plane production at Mount Vernon plant
Shelimar Products Co resumes airplane engine covers and other military articles production in Mount Vernon after a two day shutdown due to a wage dispute. The plant employs 500 workers yön.
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Mount Vernon
Shelimar Products Co
British Jap Naval Battle Foretold Amid Pacific Developments
London reports hint a massive naval clash in the Bay of Bengal as Japanese and British fleets prepare for battle. Tokyo dispatches note landings north of Akyab and ongoing air-sea actions around Trincomalee and Colombo with optimism rising in India-UN mobilization talks.
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Berlin Radio
Tokyo
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Indian
London
Cape of God Hope
Strikig
India
Trincomalee
Ceylon
Colombo
Japan
New Delhi
United Nations
All-India Congress Party
Voice of India
Stafford Cripps
Burma
Toungoo
Manchi
China
Indian Ocean
Imperial Tokyo
London Admiralty
Losses and Defenses on Luzon as War Dept Reports
The War Department estimated 200 000 to 600 000 Japanese on Luzon with five divisions on Bataan and a sixth on the Cavite line. President Roosevelt authorized Philippine commander decisions as long as Corregidor and Manila Bay fortifications stood. General Wainwright’s report noted 36 853 effectives on Bataan, excluding noncombatants and other troops.
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Washington
Luzon
Bataan Peninsula
War Department
Bataan
Cavite
Roosevelt
Philippine
Stimson
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Wainwright
Stimson Reveals Reinforcement Efforts For Philippine Troops
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson says under Brigadier General Patrick J. Hurley urgent efforts began January 11 to reinforce besieged Philippine forces. Supplies shipped from Australia reached Corregidor and Bataan though losses mounted. He praises commanders and Filipinos, notes scarce air support and ongoing outside aid to prolong MacArthur’s hold on the peninsula.
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Stimson
Patrick J. Hurley
New Zealand
Australia
Philippines
Corregidor
Bataan
Luzon
Mindanao
Wainwright
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Ammunition Keeps Defenders Ready Amid Philippines Stand
Secretary Stimson said defenders were never short of ammunition until shortages and long strain began on January 11. Filipino forces led the Peninsular defense with Americans mainly from the 31st Infantry, tank crews, self propelled artillery units, air force personnel and naval crews. Evacuation under fire near the two mile water gap to Corregidor raised doubts.
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Stamson
MacArthur
Stimson
Netherlands Indies
Australia
Bataan
Corregidor Island
Corre
Undefended Mandalay Under Jap Bombing Raids
Allied dispatch describes a brutal air raid on Mandalay Burma on April 3. Refugee camps, hospitals, churches and a cathedral were wrecked as a second wave followed the first with fires spreading through the city. Survivors and volunteers recount a lack of air raid shelters and mass casualties among the poor and injured.
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Mandalay
Daniel DE Luce
Burma
Hull to Resume Duties After Illness
Secretary of State Hull has recovered from an illness that sent him south for a rest in February. Acting Secretary Sumner Welles said Hull will resume the functions of his office soon.
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Hull
Washington
J Sumner Welles
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