Air Force Raids Japanese Bases in Philippine Islands
U S Air Force attacked Japanese held air bases at Manila Cebu and Davao in the Philippines destroying hangars damaging runways and hitting transports at Davao Cebu and Manila Bay. Thirteen bombers took part with reports of ships damaged and docks hit while American Philippine forces pursued guerrilla actions to disrupt Japanese positions. British and Tokyo reports describe related battles in Burma and Corregidor bombardments as the wider war effort continued.
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U.S. Air Force
Philippine Islands
U. S. Army
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United States Air Force
Manila
Cebu
Davao
Nichols Field
Indanao Island
Ands
Cupation
Tokyo
Comei
Miuri
Cenu
Burma
China
Philippines
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Cebu City
Canal Philippines
Washington
Philipine
Luzon
Ey Sittang River
Mandalay
Cripps Returns to London After India Visit
Sir Stafford Cripps, en route to London from India after rejection of Britain's dominion status plan, arrived in Cairo yesterday. The move signals continuation of postwar settlement talks as Cripps travels onward.
Warns Against Shortage of Coal Miners
Washington chairman May says coal is the most important war material and urges maintaining current labor supply. He notes mine fields supplied many volunteers, more drafted workers leave by trainloads, and warns of production losses if manpower declines, citing England’s error of turning coal miners into soldiers.
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Washington
May
D-Ky
House Military Affairs Committee
England
Pupils Refuse Flag Salute Enter Chardon School
Four pupils barred from Hampden Township School for refusing to salute the American flag due to religious beliefs were admitted to Chardon schools today. The students, children of Russian-born Mike and wife, entered class after Principal Clarence O. Rees said the district required no flag salute and the board did not compel it. Parents must pay $7 monthly tuition per child.
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Chardon
Hampden Township
Mike Dyke
Clarence O. Rees
Brooklyn Dodgers Open Season in Big Brooklyn Blackout Night
In New York City two thirds of Brooklyn joined a city wide blackout test that Mayor LaGuardia called perfect. More than two million people participated as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Giants in the season opener, leaving a subdued glow rather than darkness in Brooklyn.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
F. H. LaGuardia
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Defeat of Quota System Would Hit Ohio Farmers
Columbus officials warn that defeating the wheat marketing quota in the May 2 referendum would hurt Ohio farmers financially. Chairman Elmer F Kruse of the Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Administration said the move would dislocate farm finances by removing the government’s ability to lend on stored wheat.
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Ohio
Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
Ohio Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Kruse
Make War on Axis Not Labor Says Green
Cleveland AP William Green head of the AFL declared at a Victory Ball that the war should target the Axis powers, not labor. He urged a united stand against the common enemy and warned that attackers reside inside and outside Congress.
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Green
Cleveland
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Registrants To Receive Work Questionnaires in Ohio
Managers of 68 employment centers of the U S Employment Service in Ohio were notified to assist all draft registrants asking aid in filling out occupational questionnaires. The folders began moving to local draft boards last week for distribution first to February 16 registrants. Eventually all registrants including those of next April 25 and 27 will receive questionnaires.
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Columbus
U. S
Ohio
Employment Service
Selective Service
Board Fires Coach Students Strike Protest
Bellevue AP report says students striking over the dismissal of Basketball Coach Stephen L. Lewis will have their names turned over to a truant officer for legal action if they skip classes. School board president Dr. H K Shumaker announced the measure. Representatives protested the coach’s dismissal at the board meeting, stating the strike aims to gain attention for their protest.
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H. K. Shumaker
Stephen L. Lewis
Committee Favors Bill To Raise Army Pay
Washington House Military Affairs Committee members indicated broad support for Senate legislation to double pay for back privates while opposing higher housing allowances for senior officers. Chairman May of Kentucky said the boosts would likely target lower grades as hearings on the bill continued.
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Washington
House
Senate
Navy
May
Cuts Record Production Forces 70 Percent Cut
Washington. The War Production Board ordered an immediate 70 percent reduction in phonograph record and radio transcription production.
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Washington
War Production Board
War Production Board curtails furnaces use nationwide
The War Production Board ordered immediate curtailment of iron and steel use in the manufacture of warm air furnaces. This directive tightens material allocation as wartime demands mount on critical metals.
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Washington
War Production Board
Ford Develops Tire Using Much Less Rubber
Ford Motor Company engineers say they have developed an automobile tire that uses only a fraction of the rubber of standard tires. A process to treat the fabric allegedly cuts rubber use to not more than one sixteenth of the traditional amount.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO Blames Navy for Lag in Production at Curtiss-Wright Plant
In Columbus UAW officials accused navy brass hats of slowing output at the Curtiss-Wright plant and pledged a plan to boost production. They blamed Sen Byrd, Curtiss-Wright management, and the Navy Department for a labor attack and said they would inform federal authorities. Paul Miley asked Roosevelt and War Production Board leaders to investigate plant conditions. Nicholas Dragon said navy changes to two planes disrupted schedules and left workers with little to do, causing shifts to tear down jigs from prior crews.
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Columbus
Cio-United Automobile Workers
Navy
Curtiss-Wright
Sen. Byrd
Navy Department
Paul Miley
UAW
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Knox
Nicholas Dragon
Curtiss- Wright
Proposal for Women’s Navy Auxiliary Receives Quick Approval
The House Naval Committee advanced legislation to create a voluntary women’s auxiliary reserve in the Navy to relieve men for sea duty. Admission would start at age 20. Critics argued against admitting women, but the measure passed in under 30 minutes.<navy>
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Navy
Shannon
D.-Mo
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Navigation
Senator Gillette Probes Interned Japanese Pay Claims
Washington senator says he may seek a Senate inquiry into reports that interned Japanese nationals in the United States are paid at higher rates than soldiers. He cites one report of a rate exceeding 500 dollars monthly versus 21 dollars for selectees, prompting questions about pay disparities.
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Washington
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate
Train Conductor Killed In Plymouth Freight Crash
Newark conductor Carl Backus died and three other crew members were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio freight collided with a standing freight on a track near Plymouth this morning. The accident disrupted rail traffic and prompted investigations by railway officials.
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Shelby
Carl Backus
Newark
Baltimore and Ohio
Plymouth
General Hugh S. Johnson Dies of Pneumonia
General Hugh S. Johnson, 59, famed for leading the NRA and critiquing New Deal policy, died of pneumonia twelve hours after writing a final column against rest. Born in Kansas in 1882 and West Point alumnus, he rose to brigadier general in World War I and shaped early New Deal economic policy.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Althaiuch Ha Waco Fram Cantain
New Deal
Harry Hopkins
Kansas
Johnson
Oklahoma
West Point
Philippines
Mexico
Pershing
Coughlin's Social Justice Barred From Mails by U S
The National Weekly Social Justice was barred from the mails by Postmaster General Frank C Walker after charges it violated the Espionage Act by aiding a war effort attack. A hearing was set for April 29 to decide if mailing privileges should be revoked, with Rev Charles E Coughlin challenging Attorney General Francis Biddle to appear in Washington.
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Washington
Social Justice Today
Frank C. Walker
Royal Oak
Mid
Charles E. Coughlin
Weekly
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Walker
New Sub Program To Congress
Washington new 800000000 submarine construction program to give the United States undersea striking power for crippling blows at Japan's supply route. It envisions 170000 tons of undersea craft enabling over 1000 of the present 1500 ton cruiser type subs. Chairman Vinson introduced legislation but withheld exact build numbers for naval strategy.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Pacific
Congress
Navy
Vinson
D., Ga
Organize Land Army Reserve in Fremont
Fremont Sandusky County forms a land army reserve to curb crop losses from farm labor shortages. High school youths, housewives and others are asked to sign up at the unemployment service office after their regular work week. Amos Boyer acts as a speaking bureau. Over 3,200 farmer questionnaires mailed. 350 requests for additional help.
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Fremont
Sandusky County
Land Army Reserve
U.S. Employment Service Office
Amos Boyer
Laval Return Deepens French Vichy Uncertainty
The article analyzes Laval’s return to power in Vichy under Petain, noting risks for the Allies if Vichy shifts toward Germany. It cites anti-German French sentiment, resistance by sailors to surrender of ships, and Berlin’s motive to reshape Vichy before a spring or summer offensive. Outcome remains uncertain as of writing.
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Pierre Laval
Marshal Petain
Laval
Vichy
United Nations
Hitler
France
United States
Fuehrer
Berlin
Petain
Britain
America
London
Laval-the-Fixer
Union Funds Aund Short CINCINNATI Teamsters Seek Injunction
An international Teamsters official and head of 11 Cincinnati locals allegedly failed to account for between 5 million and 10 million dollars in union funds. Judge Stanley Struble granted a temporary restraining order. Thomas J. Farrell named principal defendant, with reported monthly and held funds around 400 thousand dollars in a safety deposit box.
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Cincinnati
Teamsters’ International Union
Teamsters
Stanley Struble
Thomas J. Farrell
Farrell
Illinois Primary Shows People War Minded
Illinois Republicans renominated Senator C Wayland Brooks, a pre war isolationist, while Democrats chose Congressman Raymond L McKeough to oppose Brooks in November. Cook County judge Edmund K Jarecki noted a light turnout despite good weather and said people are war minded rather than politically minded.
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Chicago
Illinois
C. Wayland Brooks
Raymond
McKeough
Roosevelt
House
Brooks
Edmund K. Jarecki
Cook County
Roosevelt Proclaims National Employment Week
President Roosevelt proclaims National Employment Week urging observance by organizations and individuals. He notes a place for veterans of the last war and workers over 40 in the war production program and calls for opportunities to be provided so aim to reduce unemployment and support wartime production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Trade Axis and U S Diplomats Exchange Planned
One hundred sixty four persons mainly Swedish Americans left Stockholm by special train for Goteborg and the motorship Prottningholm, Svenska American liner, for an exchange of Axis and American diplomats aboard the liner under charter.
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U. S
Stockholm
Sweden
Goteborg
Prottningholm
Firebrand General Hugh S. Johnson Dies of Pneumonia
Gen Hugh S. Johnson, noted firebrand leader, columnist, and former NRA head, dies overnight of pneumonia. The Chicago photo shows him just before his resignation from government service, from which he was never recalled.
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Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Chicago
Probers blame carelessness in Normandie liner fire
A House subcommittee blamed carelessness and lack of supervision for the Normandie liner fire in New York. After two months, the probe criticized government handling and said sabotage opportunities were abundant. Fire started by a blow torch igniting life preservers. no intent of sabotage found.
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Probers
Washington
House
New York
Draft Dodger Arrested By Three FBI Agents
Gregory Carhart, 29, a draft dodger, was arrested by three FBI agents in West Chesterfield Massachusetts. He offered no resistance and was taken to Boston. He said he would rather die than be a hypocrite and claimed he was not a conscientious objector but opposed U.S. policy in the current conflict.
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West Chesterfield
Mass
Gregory Carhart
Selective Service Board
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boston
Carhart
U.S
To Recruit Women for Army Signal Corps
Washington announces recruitment of women for civilian ranks in the Army Signal Corps to fill urgent needs in engineering and electronics. A recruiting mission will visit Cincinnati to interview men and women skilled in radio engineering and related electronics fields. Dates of meetings will be announced locally.
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Washington
War Department
Army Signal Corps
Cincinnati
Missing in Action: Jack Burge Reported by Navy
Jack Burge Beckett machinist’s mate on a cruiser is reported missing in the Java sector by the Navy Department. He is the first resident of Beckett to be reported missing in action. He is the grandson of William and Ida Burge, formerly of Chauncey.
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Jack Orman Burge
William Burge
Beckett
Navy Department
Java
Burge
Willliam
Ida Burge
Iof Chauncey
France Moves Toward Split With United States in War
AP war report says relations between pro Nazi France and the United States neared an open break. French leadership faces a grave wartime shift as Berlin's dispatches claim the French army would be reorganized under new direction.
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France
United States
French to Lose U S Supplies Amid Vichy Tug of War
The United States halted non military shipments to French North Africa pending Vichy clarification. A Red Cross milk and layette ship to unoccupied France was also held. London reports suggest Laval’s rise tightens Berlin control over Vichy, while British and American officials push for a review of ties with Vichy. In the Bryansk area Soviet forces push German defenses as RAF intensifies daytime and nighttime raids on the Ruhr and French fortifications.
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United States
French North Africa
Vichy
State Welles
Red Cross
France
Welles
London
Berlin
Henri Dentz
Syria
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
Petain
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Laval
Hlitler
Washington
U. S
William D. Leahy
Red Army
Bryansk
White Russia
Moscow
RAF
Ruhr
Alliday
Europe
Germany
Hitler
British
le Havre
Boulogne
Calais
Cap Gris Nez
Hazebrouck
Turin
Italy
Hilversum
Holland
Luxembourg
Paris
Channel
Norwegian
Malta
North African
Africa
Middle East
Libyan Desert
Eddie Cantor Undergoes Minor Operation in New York
Eddie Cantor, prominent comedian of stage and screen, rests comfortably at Sydenham Hospital after a minor operation for an undisclosed ailment.
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New York
Eddie Cantor
Sydenham Hospital
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