Germans Break From Brest in Daring Channel Escape
Three German warships and a cruiser slipped from Brest in a bold raid through the English Channel under constant air and sea fire. The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen fled toward Helgoland amid RAF and coastal defenses, with heavy action from Spitfires, Torpedo planes, and Hurricanes.
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London
Germany
Britain
Brest
English
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Heloland Bight
Churchill
Pacific
Mediterranean
Messerschmitts
RAF
Mits
Channel
Opite
Death at Cincinnati Wharf Claimed Charles De Voll
Charles De Voll aged 19 of North Bend was killed last night when a loaded five ton fork scoop struck him against a coal barge at an Ohio River wharf according to police reports from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Charles de Voll
North Bend
Ohio River
Willkie Backs MacArthur as Supreme Head
Wendell Willkie urged naming General Douglas MacArthur supreme commander of all U.S. armed forces with reporting to the President. A 1500 strong Middlesex Republican Club gathering in Boston heard him praise the Philippine hero and urge removing red tape and bureaucratic meddling.
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Boston
Douglas MacArthur
Wendell Willkie
G.O.P
Middlesex Republican Club
Willkie
Modify Gas Drilling Ban
Columbus report on the War Production Board easing gas well limits in five states. Edwin Tharp of Ohio Fuel Gas calls the change a major safeguard for Appalachian gas supply. The policy lifts rules against drilling more than one new well per square mile in Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Pennsylvania and New York. Tharp credits Phillip N. Faine of the Independent Gas Producers Association of Ohio for recommendations.
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Columbus
War Production Board
Appalachian
Edwin Tharp
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Washington
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
New York
Phillip N. Faine
Zanesville
Independent Gas Producers’ Association of Ohio
Tharp
To Ask Draft Boards To Defer Farm Workers
Fay W. Hunter of the U S Employment Service said local draft boards would be urged to defer dairy hands and certain farm machine operators to meet a projected seasonal agricultural labor shortage. He spoke before a House committee on farm labor needs and expanded food production.
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Washington
Fay W. Hunter
U. S. Employment Service
Bureau
House
Ohio WPA Workers Salvage Car Rails
Ohio WPA workers undertaken projects to recover 17 000 tons of street car rails for steel scrap State Administrator Carl Watson reported WPA laborers have recovered 2 000 tons and 31 478 tons were available in communities across the state.
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Columbus
Ohio
WPA
Carl Watson
Watson
Divvy Up Your Sugar Advises Chief of OPA
Washington consumer chief Dan A. West of the Office of Price Administration urges housewives who hoard sugar to divvy up with neighbors. He stresses rationing means share and share alike as a nationwide effort to ease shortages.
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OPA
Washington
Dan A. West
Office of Price, Administration
War Atlas Ready Sunday
World War atlases will be distributed free with next Sunday's Messenger. These booklets show every war front in the world and are valuable for reference. Preserve for use during the war as the maps are on a large scale and prepared for readers and students of the war.
Lead Substitutes Found For Tin In Tubes
New York report says a substitute for tin in toothpaste and shaving cream tubes will allow squeezing contents after the tin shortage ends. The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers announced the finding today.
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New York
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Nazi Food Hoarder Given Death Penalty
Bern Switzerland German businessman Paul Vollmer from Hamm has been condemned to death for food hoarding according to the Swiss telegraphic agency report.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paul Vollmer
Hamm
Swisselegraphic Agency
New Lottery To Determine Draft Order
Columbus officials say the draft order for 425000 Ohio men ages 20 to 45 will be set by a national lottery after registration on a weekend. Applicants answer nine questions and receive certificates. questionnaires come after order numbers are established. Physicals follow local board decisions on deferments and general qualifications.
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Columbus
C. W. Goble
Selective Service
Sumners Warns House To Rouse the Nation
Rep Hatton Sumners of Texas told the House that the nation faces danger and urged Congress to awaken to the threat. He warned the country that “we’re being licked” and questioned whether the Republic will let the hope of the ages perish through “business as usual.”
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Washington
Hatton Sumners
D.-Tex
Judiciary Committee
House
Congress
France
Defenders Hold On As Singapore Battle Rages
British and allied forces in Singapore endure a stout resistance as Japan presses within two miles of the city center. Allied troops fight on amid heavy air and artillery assaults while Tokyo claims progress and Dutch forces vow to resist, with Australia Britain and India sustaining heavy losses and stubborn defense plans.
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A. E. Percival
Singapore
Japan
Tokyo
Batavia
Java
Sumatra
MacRitchie
Berlin
Fuehrer
Hirohito
Domei
Johore Strait
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
Hitler’s Brest escape shows bold Nazi initiative and aims
The article notes Hitler’s ships slipping from Brest under heavy bombing, enduring 100 raids as they sail out for a bold operation. It suggests a spring offensive targeting Allied shipping and Anglo American naval power, framing the plan with Friday the thirteenth imagery.
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Brest
Hitler
Canadian premier criticizes U S Navy during Ottawa clash
Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn sharply attacked the U S Navy saying the Japanese have a better navy and criticizing U S ships as failing to face facts. He cited Manila Singapore and Shanghai as evidence while Navy Minister Mackdonald denied the remarks reflected government views.
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Toronto
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontario
Ottawa
United States
Frank Knox
Hepburn
Manila
Singapore
Shanghai
U. S
Navy
Angus L. Mace- Donald
House of Commons
United States Navy
Canada
Mackenzie King
Auto Stamp and Tire Thefts Reach New High
The Ohio State Automobile Association president Paul G Gnay of Canton says car tire thefts and use stamp thefts are rising. He estimates about 650000 of Ohio 1800000 passenger cars are 1940 41 models with tires good for one to two years of use. An explosion at the Ohio Fireworks Company plant in Bellaire killed Harold Sperry age 45 Shadyside the plant's technical advisor.
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Columbus
Paul G. Gnay
Canton
Ohio State Automobile Association
Ohio
Bellaire
Ohio Fireworks Company
Harold Sperry
Shadyside
United States Navy strikes Marshal and Gilbert Islands
The Pacific fleet reports a massive success on February 1 destroying four air bases and 16 ships including a carrier and two submarines. Major bases hit include Taroa Kwajalein Wotje Roi Jaluit Engbor and Makin with heavy aircraft and seaplane operations curtailed.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States Pacific Fleet
Taroa
Maloalap Atoll
United States
Kwajalein
Wotje
Roi
Jaluit
Engbor
Makin
Soviet Forces Penetrate to White Russia
Soviet troops reached White Russia advancing from the Valdai hills near Moscow and reported to have breached German lines near Toropets. The offensives also saw Red Navy marines capture a fortified hill above Sevastopol as German air activity continued.
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Russia
White Russia
Old Poland
Valdai Hills
Moscow
Toropets
Smolensk
Dnieper
Red Navy
Sevastopol
Crimea
Izvestia
Ammonia Plant Job Surge At South Point
U S engineers estimate 2000 to 3000 workers will be needed for the government’s 20 million ammonia plant at South Point as construction moves toward a Monday start. Labor leaders expect local recruitment and no housing shortage, with housing transport and wage questions discussed in a recent conference of union leaders officials and contractors.
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Ironton
South Point
U. S
Senators press parity price bill for surplus farm produce
A group of senators urged rapid passage of a bill to guarantee parity prices for surplus farm products. Secretary Wickard warns the policy would raise the nation's food and clothing bills by about a billion dollars annually. The measure would bar government sales of surplus corn wheat cotton and other farm stocks below parity prices.
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Washington
Wickard
Final Rites Held for Sailors Killed in Action
Pear harbor men of the U S S fleet who died in the attack on Japanese bases in the Marshal and Gilbert Islands were laid to rest in a navy cemetery after fare well shipboard rites. The Navy has made no announcement on the number of men lost in the raid.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States Navy
Marshal and
Gilbert Islands
Jack Rice
Associated Press
U. S
U. S S
Navy
Navy raids sink five Japanese ships in Marshall and Gilbert Islands
The United States Navy reports heavy strikes on Roi Kwajalein Wotje Taroa Jaluit and Makin with five ships sunk including a 17 000 ton carrier and 41 enemy aircraft destroyed. Vice Admiral Halsey led a balanced carrier cruiser destroyer force.
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Marshal and
Gilbert Islands
mid-Pacific
Hawaii
Australia
United States
Western Pacific War Theater
Washington
Marshall
U. S
Pacific
William F. Halsey, Jr
Navy Department
Roi
Kwajalein
Wotje
Taroa
Jaluit Islands
Marshall Group
Makin
Gilberts
Griffin dog dubbed Hitler wears defense stamps on collar
Doxy the German Dachshund owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hunt in Griffin Georgia has faced insults from locals who call him Hitler. The dog now wears defense stamps on his collar as a civic statement.
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Griffin
Doxy
R. G. Hunt
Hitler
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