Destroyer Reaches New Zealand After Pacific Reinforcements
Washington reports U S forces in the Philippines shooting down seven Japanese planes in the last 24 hours as battles intensify. The Vanguard of a U S naval force has arrived at Wellington New Zealand with reinforcements landing at midway way stations along the Pearl Harbor route per Christian Science Monitor correspondent Joseph C Harsch.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Boston
Wellington
New Zealand
Christian Science Monitor
Joseph C. Harsch
Pearl Harbor
Harsch
Herbert F. Leary
Admiral Leary
Anzac
Monitor
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Mid-Pacific
Tropic Islands
Hawaii
Wellington Harbor
America
Far Pacific
Japan
Defenders Fall Back as Invaders Reach Singapore City
Japanese forces swarmed over Singapore Island forcing a withdrawal by British defenders. Reports say Tokyo broadcasts claim invaders near downtown Singapore while Australian British and Indian troops inflict heavy casualties. The Johore Strait causeway is repaired by Japanese engineers and U S officials transfer duties to Swiss representatives as fighting rages and air bombardment continues.
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Singapore
Britain
Pacific
London
Tokyo
Berlin
Tomoyuki Yamashita
E. Percival
Domei
Johore Strait
U. S
Kenneth
Great Liner Normandie sinks in Hudson River in New York
The former Normandie, a 80,000 ton liner now a U S naval auxiliary Lafayette, burned for hours and settled on the riverbed near its pier. One welder died, 220 of 2200 aboard injured, as salvage hopes were voiced by Rear Admiral Andrews.
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Normandie
Hudson River
New York
Unu
Manhattan
Frank Trentacosa
U. S. Naval Auxiliary
Lafayette
Adolphus Andrews
Third Naval District
Reds Smash Germans in Snowstorms
Soviet dispatches claim 80 cities and 48 000 towns liberated in 10 weeks while Russians push in Donets basin and toward Smolensk. Hitler HQ admits heavy attacks before Leningrad as Berlin reports U boats and ships sunk. Rommel aids Libya as Cuba eyes war powers for Batista.
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Russia
Crimean
Sevastopol
Donets River
Ukraine
Smolensk
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Tmimi
el Mechili
Tobruk
Wanted To Buy Ad Prompts Broad Audience Reach
Thousands read Want Ads across days to buy used items. The Messenger notes the reach of Wanted To Buy ads and cites Athens Cash Feed Store buying poultry through the ad, illustrating successful marketplace response.
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Watc
THE
Messenger
Athens Cash Feed
Athens
Land for New Point Pleasant Plant Sought
Point Pleasant reports a 70 acre site between Marietta Manufacturing shipyards and Roseberry farm for a new industrial plant tied to a government buy. The project may involve a $500000 facility with $65 million in war goods orders, with ultimate ownership undecided between the government and the manufacturing concern.
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Point Pleasant
Messenger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Roseberry Farm
Point Pleasant Development Co
Automobiles Blockade Hits Cleveland Gas Stations
Scattered East Side filling stations faced blockades last night as independent operators staged a 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. schedule. Police dispersed crowds at several independents and oil company stations in Cleveland Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights that stayed open beyond 7 p.m.
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Cleveland
East Side
Independent
and Oil Company
Shaker Heights
Cleveland Heights
Senator Burton Urges Price Control Law
United States Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio urged price control legislation to curb wartime inflation. Speaking to the Ohio Society of New York he warned Americans that the war’s cost could reach six to eight million dollars an hour and that the full danger of the conflict is not understood at home.
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New York
U. S
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland Republican
Ohio Society of New York
America
Plans to drill boys in infantry training
Merrill Sheerer former national guardsman plans to start drilling boys aged 15 to 18 in fundamentals of infantry training to prepare them for possible military service.
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Clyde
Merrill Sheerer
National
Dancer and Actor Barred From Paid Civil Defense Roles
Washington reports that Dancing Maynus Chaney and Melvyn Douglas may serve in civilian defense only as volunteers with no pay. Congress approved a $100 million fund for gas masks and fire safety but banned paid entertainment workers. Lawmakers also rejected $80,000 to fund a Donald Duck film promoting tax payments.
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Washington
Maynus Chaney
Hollywood
Melvyn Douglas
House of Representatives
Office of Civilian Defense
House
Senate
Morgenthau
Donald Duck
Racine Girl Located After Missing Since August
Wanda Brownell, 13, of Racine missing since August 1, was found in Atlanta. She had written to her sister for money to return home. The sister alerted the mother, and funds were sent. The earlier companion David Louden was arrested and later released on probation.
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Pomeroy
Wanda Brownell
Racine
Atlanta
Tom Joe Pickens
Xenia
Harry Brownell
David Louden
Middletown
Louden
Meigs County
Money in Circulation Reaches All Time High
Treasury reports money in circulation rose to a new all time high of 11 174 683 758 in January averaging 83 43 per person. The total compares with 8 592 832 072 a year earlier as money in circulation has been rising rapidly for several years.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Four Men Fined for Deer Hunting at Roosevelt Game Refuge
PORTSMOUTH Ohio four men pled guilty to hunting deer on the Roosevelt Game Refuge. Richard Beasley 22 and John Beasley 20 of Cincinnati Burton Young 31 of Stout and Harlan Cooper 26 of Blue Creek were fined 100 dollars each by Municipal Judge Ralph Stevens. Conservation agents said the men admitted killing a deer two weeks ago.
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Portsmouth
Roosevelt Game Refuge
Richard Beasley
John Beasley
Cincinnati
Burton Young
Stout
Harlan Cooper
Blue Creek
Ralph Stevens
Will Make Plans for State Guard Training
Adjt. Gen. Whittier S. Bird instructed senior Ohio State Guard officers to meet in Columbus to draft field training plans for units next summer. Tentative program centers on Camp Perry during the last two weeks of July.
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Columbus
Adjt
Whittier S. Bird
Ohio State Guard
Camp Perry
U S Destroyers Struck Hard in Macassar Straits Action
A group of American destroyers delivered a major setback to Japanese naval and troop efforts in the Macassar Straits during the Jan 23 26 running battle. They returned to base nearly unscathed after their daring operation and the battle marked a key Allied victory in securing supply routes to the Far Pacific.
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Batavia
N.E.1
United States
Macassar Straits
Henderson Opposes Broad Wage Increase Demands
Price Administrator Leon Henderson urged the National War Labor Board to deny general substantial wage increases by unions, warning such rises would fuel inflation. He spoke to a full Labor Board session and told members industry cannot absorb further cost hikes.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
National War Labor Board
Labor Board
Henderson
Australian Report Declares British Position Serious
Singapore reports describe a serious military stance on the island as Japanese landings intensify after a day of heavy shelling and bombardment. Allied defenders struggle to hold a thin line as waves of enemy boats push inland under heavy air and artillery fire.
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Singapore
Associated Press
Singapore Island
Destruc
Brothers Seek Army Service as Water Boys
In Huntington West Virginia two brothers aged 12 and 13 applied to join the army as water boys to help five brothers already serving. Recruiting Sergeant J J Francis advised they must wait longer.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. J. Francis
Troops Fire On Plane Guarding Illinois Plant
A passenger in a sightseeing plane was critically wounded when Army troops guarding a southern Illinois defense plant fired on the aircraft to drive it from a restricted zone near East Alton. Pilot Delbert Richardson returned to Lakeside Airport as officials opened an investigation and arrested the firing troops at Jefferson Barracks.
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Belleville
Illinois
Delbert Henson
Alton
Til
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Granite City
Delbert Richardson
Lakeside
Ill
Henson
Illinois State Highway Police
Richardson
Highway Patrol
Army
Jefferson Barracks
Army Post
St. Loui
Plan housing registration for TNT area
Mayor B Walter Krodel announces near completion of a housing registration office to map rooms and houses for rent for the TNT project workers. The effort covers parts of Ohio and West Virginia including Athens Jackson Gallipolis Middleport Pomeroy Winfield Buffalo Spencer Ravenswood and nearby towns to house up to 7500 workers.
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Point Pleasant
B. Walter Krodel
Athens
Jackson
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Ohio
Winfield
Pressure Mounts on Congress Pension Law Repeal
Voters flood Capitol Hill with letters backing repeal of the pension law for congressmen. The surge follows the Bundles for Congress movement and is already influencing several lawmakers.
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Congress
Washington
Capitol Hill
Charles Alden Seltzer Western Writer Dies at 66
Cleveland report notes Charles Alden Seltzer died at 66. A prolific Western novelist his stories have been read by thousands and adapted into films. His first novel The Range Rider appeared in 1911 and more than 40 novels followed. stars Tom Mix and William S Hart portrayed his heroes on screen.
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Cleveland
Charles Alden Seltzer
Rugged
West
Seltzer
Tom Mix
Williams
Hart
Three cars strike crossing man. Dewey Steele dies
Cincinnati report: Dewey Steele, 39, was struck by three automobiles as he tried to cross a street last night and died from his injuries.
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Cincinnati
Dewey Steele
Fall of Great Naval Base Severe Blow to Allies
Headlines warn that Singapore falls would endanger allied bases from Suez to Pearl Harbor and allow Japan to move on Java Burma and Australia. Reports say Japanese strikes hit Celebes Dutch Indies and New Britain while Chiang Kai-shek and Indian leaders coordinate in New Delhi.
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Singapore
United Nations
Suez Canal
Egypt
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Japan
Java
Burma
Australia
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
Dutch Indies
Indies
Macassar
Celebes Island
Soerabaas Java
Banpermasin
Dutch Borneo
Soerabaja
Gasmata
New Britain Island
Bismarck Archipelago
New Britain
Chiang Kai-Shek
India
New Delhi
Lord Linlithgow
China
Salween River
Rangoon
RAF Blenheim
Paan
Salween
Moulmein
Plan to censor public statements of Congress members proposed
Representative Vorys of Ohio proposed censoring public utterances by members of Congress. He praised their effort to keep military secrets but urged congressional rules to guide public statements and disciplinary action for violations.
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Washington
Congress
Vorys
Ohio
Police Arrest Members Of Tire Theft Gang
Columbus police report seven suspects arrested in an automobile and tire theft ring. Seymour Grundstein, 31, operator of an auto wrecking business, faces charges of receiving and concealing stolen property after an auto stolen in Laurelville, Hocking County, was stripped at his yard.
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Columbus
C. G. Cole
Seymour Grundstein
Cole
Laurelville
Hocking County
Grundstein
Admiral Standley Named Ambassador to Moscow
President Roosevelt announced the appointment of Admiral William H. Standley retired former chief of naval operations as the new United States ambassador to Moscow.
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Washington
William H. Standley
Chief of Naval Operations
Moscow
Roosevelt
CCC Men To Spend More
Civilian Conservation Corps workers will gain higher pay under wartime reorganization. New enrollees must serve in any continental camp. The pay schedule increases affect about 3,500 Ohioans already in CCC camps, with specific raises for dependents and personal pay.
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Columbus
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ccc
Charles L. Sherwood
Ohio
Suspension Is Cancelled To End School Strike
Mansfield reports Butler school reopened today under Supt. Willard S. Weekley after the five member school board unanimously rescinded his 10 day suspension for misconduct. Classes were ordered to resume.
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Mansfield—P
Butler
Willard S. Weekley
Weekley
AFL drivers win seven cent wage increase bus strike
Residents of the industrial city with a population around 52 000 rode to work on buses run by AFL union drivers whose one day strike Monday secured wage gains of seven cents an hour.
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Hamilton
AFL
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