Allied aerial victories offset Japanese Burma drive
Allied air forces claim 20 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged in attacks on Sea and Koepang bases. Flying Tigers shoot down 22 of 24 planes at Leiwing with no losses. In Burma, British and Chinese defenders face entrapment as Japanese columns advance toward Lashio, threatening Mandalay supply lines. Corregidor and Mindanao actions cited with ongoing resistance on Panay.
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Burma
Lashio
China
New Lashio
Mandalay
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Sea
New Guinea
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Flying Tigers
Leiwing
Burma-Yunnan
AVG
India
Irrawady River
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sashio-to-China
Philippines
Parang
Mindanao
Tokyo Radio
Cotabato
Corregidor
Panay Island
Discover New Cures For Heart Ailments
Dr Merrill C Sosman of Harvard University Medical School told the Ohio State Medical Association that seven types of heart disease are curable or reversible. He cited surgery and newer drugs that can restore many patients to normal lives and urged wider use of modern diagnostic methods to find those cases.
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Columbus
Merrill C. Sosman
Harvard University Medical School
Ohio State Medical Association
Ambassador Geuss Arrives in New Delhi for Talks
U S ambassador to China Clarence F E Geuss arrived in New Delhi and conferred this morning with Louis Johnson Roosevelt's envoy to India.
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India
New York
Clarence FE. Geuss
U. S
China
New Delhi
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
Leahy Arrives in Lisbon En Route to United States
Paris radio reports Admiral William D. Leahy United States Army to Vichy arrives in Lisbon by special train en route home.
Plans To Control Rising Rents In Ohio Defense Areas
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced that Ohio defense rental zones will require landlord registration for housing units and that the entire state could come under federal control if rents continue to rise. He said hotels and rooming houses will be regulated later and that nondefense areas will be monitored over the next 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Leon Henderson
Henderson
OPA
Coke Workers Return To Plant at Johnstown
CIO coke oven employees returned to Bethlehem Steel Company’s Johnstown plant after a two day walkout. A settlement called for swift action by the War Labor Board and wage increase demands. The strikers approved the agreement at a mass meeting following talks with the company.
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Johnstown
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Company
War Labor Board
Blackout in San Diego Lights Moonlit Planes Identified as Friendly
San Diego residents endured a 33 minute blackout last night as army searchlights swept the sky. Planes later identified as friendly were spotted through the beam, illuminating the night without incident.
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San Diego
Calif
Corregidor Heroes Still Buying Bonds
U S Navy personnel in the Manila Bay area have bought war bonds totaling 407000 dollars to date. Secretary Morgenthau released a telegram from the naval commandant reporting the purchases and noting Ames will presently exceed.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Manila Bay Area
Corregidor Island
U. S. Navy
Ames
War Plants Start Check on War Production Drive
The War Production Board names Cleveland as the hub for a wide regional production drive involving Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Michigan and Southern Pennsylvania. John Virden says the effort will audit all war industries to maximize output. Daniel Ford and William Duckworth join as staff nuclei.
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Cleveland
War Production Board
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
John ©. Virden
WPB
Daniel B. Ford
William F. Duckworth
Ford Motor Co
Half of Sugar Dealers Refuse Registration
In Hamilton County many sugar dealers refused to register with rationing authorities. About 2 percent of the 5 000 registered restaurants wholesalers and institutions complied, while around half staged a stand citing large on hand supplies. A.F. Sommer, rationing coordinator, reported the figures Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
A. F. Sommer
War Schedule Is Happy News to Schoolchildren
Ohio officials propose using private school buses to move defense workers, likely delaying start times or shifting plant hours. The plan, led by George McConnaughey, aims to ease bus shortages as defense jobs rise. Bricker discussed the move with local leaders, noting staggered hours for state workers in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
George McConnaughey
New State Defense Transportation Committee
McConnaughey
Bricker
Close House vote stalls war profits limit measure
The House Naval Committee voted 13 to 12 to table a plan to cap war profits and extend the 40 hour work week to 48 hours while keeping shop status quo for the war. Chairman Vinson warned of public reaction in November elections as two months of hearings concluded.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D.-Ga
Roosevelt
Congress
Draft Boards to Consider Family Status in Next Call
Columbus AP Col C W Goble state selective service director says Ohio draft boards will first consider February 16 registrants with dependents for 3A or 3B classifications. 3A covers men with dependents not in war essential work. 3B covers those with dependents in essential jobs.
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Columbus
Goble
Peacetime Aid To Agriculture Pays Dividends
CHICAGO M Clifford Townsend director of agricultural defense relations says peacetime government aid has prepared farming for wartime needs. He spoke to the 30th annual Chamber of Commerce of the United States urging continued conservation to meet 1942 food goals and future production.
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Chicago
M. Clifford Townsend
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Townsend
U S Aid to Soviet War Supplies Backed by Standley
Ambassador William H Standley said U S war supplies to Russia meet commitments through April and that Premier Stalin is satisfied with deliveries. He noted no new details beyond reports of interned U S bomber crew in Siberia and that the airmen are safe and receiving treatment per international law.
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Kuibyshev
William H. Standley
United States
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Siberia
Japan
Amend Price Control Act to Include Employee Pay
The resolutions committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged amending the Price Control Act to cover salaries wages bonuses commissions and all compensation paid to employees including corporate officers directors and managers. The recommendation was in a committee report for the 30th annual convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Resolutions Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber For Action
Unions Agree on Method For Settling Troubles
The AFL and CIO presidents disclosed agreement on a wartime procedure to settle union jurisdiction disputes. Mediation by the War Labor Board is the first step, with arbitration as a fallback if mediation fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
CIO
War Labor Board
U S Air Chief Dies in Crash
Allied headquarters Australia reports Brig. Gen Harold H. George of the United States Army Air Force died in a crash. Also killed was Melville Jacoby Time Life correspondent who had joined forces in Bataan and traveled with General MacArthur to Australia.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Harold H. George
United States Army Air Force
Melville Jacoby
Time and Life Magazine
Bataan
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
George
MacArthur
Government Thrift Urged as War Measure
Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio urges adding an eighth point to Roosevelt’s program to end inflation. He warns the government spends far beyond its income and must set the extreme example of thrift to win the war.
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Washington
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Republican
Roosevelt
War Heroes Honored in Roosevelt Fireside Chat
Cited by the president as examples of home sacrifice Captain Hewitt T Wheless and Dr Gorydon M Wassell are pictured. Wheless flew a U S bomber that fought off 18 Japanese planes, while Wassell saved 12 badly wounded men from capture and death in Java.
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Roosevelt
Hewitt T. Wheless
Gorydon M. Wassell
Wheless
Wassell
Java
Ohio Education Standards To Be Studied
The State Education Department begins a two year study of Ohio high school standards following a recommendation by the Ohio Principals Association. Director Kenneth C Ray announces a 19 member advisory committee to align standards with local needs and college preparation, with seminars to be held by all Ohio colleges. Temporary chair B M Hanna, Norwood, leads a panel including Paul Porter Lancaster M M Berry Chillicothe and Carl Shanks Wilmington.
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Columbus
State Education Department
Ohio
Ohio Principals Association
Kenneth C. Ray
B. M. Hanna
Norwood
Paul Porter
Lancaster
M. M Berry
Chillicothe
Carl Shanks
Wilmington
Young American Sailors Attack Axis Submarine
Five young American seamen disclosed with navy sanction that they revenged the loss of their merchant vessel by scoring a probable hit on an Axis submarine with the deck gun of their rescuer, a United Nations ship. Ensign Frank M. Keathley, 22, of Corsicana, Texas, described the first battle for the gun crew aged 17 to 22 who had little prior sea experience.
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New York
U. S
United Nations
Frank M. Keathley
Corsicana
Tex
German Peace Offers Reported by Free French Not Confirmed
London reports say German peace offers were relayed via the Free French and based on a Goering memorandum. The claims, unconfirmed by Britain, cited three proposals routed through Turkey Switzerland and Sweden to give Germany control of the continent and colonies.
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London
Germany
England
Tokyo
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
A.fi
Charles de Gaulle
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Third Reich
Europe
Roosevelt
Churchill
West
A.F.I
Turkey
Switzerland
Sweden
Gemany
Russia
Proffered German Terms Hint Joint Allied Agreement
A report cites a peace memorandum proposing German recognition of Britain as is and US Latin American influence, plus a trade framework for three empires. It also mentions aiding the Allies to push Japan back to its limits, amid other war dispatches from London and the Russian front.
12 Killed in Kansas Storm Rips Through Oberlin Area
A midnight tornado tore through southern Decatur County near Oberlin Kansas killing 12 people and injuring 14. Two entire families were wiped out as the storm swept a farming area south of Oberlin. A four-year-old boy was blown away and not found hours later. Mrs Dale Paddock was found on a creek bank with head and shoulders driven into the ground. Her son and husband among the dead.
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Oberlin
Kas
Decatur County
Dale Paddock
Stimson Urges Public Send Offs for Army Recruits
Secretary of War Stimson urged communities to hold send off demonstrations for men leaving for army service to show pride and support. He noted fewer hometown parades this war than in the last and emphasized that a recruit’s first departure is a difficult moment needing neighborly enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
War Department
Metzenbaum Announces Candidacy for Congress
Ohio State Senator James Metzenbaum a Democrat announced his bid for the 22nd Congressional District seat currently held by Frances P Bolton Republican. The district includes Cleveland suburbs and has been traditionally Republican.
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Cleveland
James Metzenbaum
Ohio
Frances P. Bolton
War Bond Parade Lights Euclid Avenue Tonight
In Cleveland a large public rally will feature 75 floats 50 bands and drum and bugle corps and 10 000 marchers along Euclid Avenue to Public Square to spur war bond purchases.
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Cleveland
Eantry
Ohio
Euclid Avenue
Public Square
Plan to Eliminate Dependency as a Deferment Cause
Senator Johnson proposes ending dependency as a deferment reason for military service pending a cost estimate. The bill would grant Class A dependents monthly support up to 70 dollars with federal top-ups, plus Class B dependents with scaled payments, while witnesses note many service members already rely on such aid and more may be drafted.
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Washington
Johnson
D.-Colo
Senate Military Committee
Navy Departments
Federal Security Agency
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U.S
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