Warns Attack on U S Possible as Navy Hunts Caribbean Sub Base
In Washington President warns that U S shores could face attack and Canal Zone reports hint at a possible U-boat base in the Caribbean. The Navy shows signs of a comeback with the destroyer Show arriving at a west coast port, limping but able to be refitted for active service.
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U. S
Navy
Caribbean
Washington
Canal Zone
Pacific
United States
Balboa
Aruba
Rio de Janeiro
Virginia
Latin Republic
Brazil
Germany
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Russia
Fear American Officer Lost In British Aircraft Crash
A senior American officer is believed killed in a British aircraft crash at sea en route to the United Kingdom. The plane, with British crew, went down off the southeast coast of England. all aboard feared lost. The Shaw, repaired in Hawaii, was in drydock during the December 7 attack.
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London
United Kingdom
England
Famed Dog Lover Dies At New Jersey Estate
Albert Payson Terhune, celebrated for his dog stories, died at his New Jersey estate at age 69 after two years of ill health. He gained international fame through his writings and dog tales.
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New Jersey
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Albert Payson Terhune
British Readies Middle East Reinforcements in Nazi Spring Drive
Britain hints at heavy Middle East reinforcements to counter a possible German push into Turkey this spring. Convoys reportedly escorted safely through the Mediterranean between Feb 13 and 16 with minimal losses. An Italian claim alone cited a destroyer and seven merchant ships sunk en route to Malta, as Allied forces weigh Malta defenses and potential Sicily or Italy invasion plans.
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Middle East
Turkey
London Admiralty
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Alexandria
Egypt
Malta
Libya
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Africa
Sicily
Italy
Bulgaria
Greece
Europe
Polstering
Russia
Stockholm
Old Poland
Republic of White Russia
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
North Africa
Tobruk
Industry Calls Ohio Women to War Production
The Regional Labor Supply Committee reports Ohio Michigan and Kentucky will supply about 250000 women workers for war production. Ohio may provide about half the total, Michigan three eighths and Kentucky the remainder. The group discussed training programs for women and a farm labor survey indicating thousands needed on 260000 Ohio farms.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Regional Labor Supply Committee
Edward L. Keenan
W. V. Allen
Tri-State
French Leaders Face Fall of France Charge at Riom Trial
Five leaders of the defunct third republic including two ex premiers and a former Allied generalissimo face trial before a Petain regime tribunal in Riom. Vichy presses expect a pivotal proceeding as the case probes responsibility for the fall of France.
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Vichy
France
Petain
Riom
Local Ladoga Canning Plant Closes Over Tin Restrictions
The Ladoga Canning Company plant, with 85 workers, shut down today due to government tin conservation measures. The facility packed pork and beans, hominy, lima and kidney beans.
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Washington, D. H
Ladoga Canning Company
India in the Shadow of Japanese Advance and Chiang Kai Shek Visit
In The War Today column Dewitt Mackenzie assesses Japanese progress toward Burma and the peril to India. He notes Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang visiting India to urge a united wartime effort as Tokyo claims Singapore opens the path to Hindustan.
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Orient
India
England
Mikado
Empire Blazers
Singapore
Hindustan
Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Rudyard Kipling
Ohio Sets Salvage Drive to Recycle Junk for War
Governor Brick er appointed 28 Ohioans to the Salvage Committee to start a state wide effort collecting junk and waste materials for conversion into wartime equipment. The drive will involve newspapers bags rubber and scrap metal in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Industrial Conservation.
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Columbus
Ohio Salvage Committee
John W. Bricker
Lee E. Pierson
Stow
Federal Bureau of Industrial Conservation
Roosevelt Prepares War Progress Address For Monday
President Roosevelt begins assembling data and ideas for a national radio address to be delivered at 10 p.m. EWT next Monday. He will stay in the White House quarters and meet only with Sumner Welles, under secretary of state, as he starts the first draft of the speech detailing war progress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
White House
E.W.T
Roosevelt vetoes plan for rubber planting exploration
President Roosevelt vetoed legislation to promote Guayule and rubber-bearing plants in the United States and urged Congress to extend the measure to other American nations. He said developing rubber sources in the Western Hemisphere is vital for defense and emergency needs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Senate
Western Hemisphere
Leaders Push Fast Repeal of Congressional Pension Law
Congressional leaders pressed for a swift repeal of the congressional pension system. Senator Clark of Idaho criticized lawmakers for retreating, while Democratic Leader Barkley urged prompt action on the Senate floor. The Senate Civil Service Committee planned hearings and possible action Thursday, mirrored by the House Civil Service Committee.
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Washington
Congress
Clark
Didaho
Barkley
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
House Civil Service Committee
Ohio Registers 463531 Men in Third Draft Contact
Maj. M. Ray Allison announced that 463,531 Ohioans registered February 14 16 in the third draft for men 20 to 45 not previously registered. The total on selective service rolls in Ohio rose to 1,361,425, with 854,598 in the first registration and 43,296 in the second.
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Columbus
M. Ray Allison
Selective Service Mobilization
Pension funds delay sparks Ohio political clash
Columbus attorney Joseph T. Ferguson charged that the Federal Government withholds old age pension money for the first quarter of 1942 due to non compliance with federal statutes. Gov Bricker officials said the hold was temporary pending a revised Ohio pension plan report to the social security board. Washington said funds not allotted yet as Ohio must submit estimates. no regulation issues.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Social Security Board
Charles L. Sherwood
Washington
Social Security Information Section
Record Bill Awaits Senate
Washington A record $32,070,901,900 war appropriation moves to the Senate after a 371 to 0 House vote. House members urged quick action with alerts from army officials and framed the bill to cover immediate needs and long range production including transportation and ordnance. The War Department requests $22,888,901,900 with half eligible for lend-lease aid.
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Washington
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Big War Fund
War Department
Hold Shoe Firm Heads In Portsmouth Strike
A disturbance near the Selby Shoe Co. plant in Portsmouth yesterday led to five arrests, including two company officials. Production Manager Julius M. Johnson was charged with assault by employee Grace Cattell, and William A. Lawson, cutting department superintendent, faced disorderly conduct allegations in an affidavit by the CIO United Shoe Workers Union.
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Portsmouth
Selby Shoe Co
Julius M. Johnson
Grace Cattell
William A. Lawson
CIO United Shoe Workers Union
Rookie Soldier From Arab Kingdom Trains At Fort Knox
Pvt. Alfred Shehab, 23, heir to the Arab kingdom of Grand Tebran, volunteers for the U S Armored Force at Fort Knox. He trains as a rookie with a blitz buggy rather than a stallion in a region under French mandate since World War I.
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Alfred Shehab
Grand Tebran
U. S. Armored Force
Fort Knox
U.S. Tightens Restrictions On Axis Mail
The Post Office Department ordered postmasters to route all axis country mail through censorship offices and to withhold Guam money orders for Washington examination to prevent misuse. This precautionary step aims to block axis influence and ensure proper approval and inspection of such mail and instruments.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Guam
Millersport Rural Mail Carrier Dies at Home
George Allaways aged 47 former local rural mail carrier died of a heart attack at his Millersport home. He served decades in the district and was a World War veteran. Survivors include wife Nellie two sons Edward nine and Bobby five and his father Grant Allaways. Services Friday at 2 p m United Brethren Church Oroville with Rev E W Seymour. military burial at New Straitsville Cemetery.
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New Straitsville
George Allaways
Millersport
Nellie
Edward
Bobby
Grant Allaways
United Brethren Church
Oroville
E. W. Seymour
Carroll
Jenkins Says Pension Law Will Be Repealed
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins told Congress that the retirement pension law recently passed will be repealed in a few days. He said he opposed Congressional retirement pensions and will vote to repeal the law, noting elected officials are not in the same situation as regular civil service employees.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Congress
Continued Retirement May Bring Defeat for United Nations
Dutch East Indies Lieut.-Gov. Hubertus Van Mook urged the United Nations to take the offensive in Java as World War II battles mounted. He warned that delaying action could risk defeat as the war intensifies and the “zero hour” nears.
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United Nations
N. E
Associated Press
Java
Gov
Hubertus van Mook
Dutch East Indies
Japs Celebrate Singapore Entry In Major Tokyo Rally
Premier General Hideki Tojo told a mass meeting praising the fall of Singapore that the war has only begun. Ambassadors of Germany and Italy spoke as hundreds gathered to mark Japan’s formal entry into Singapore city.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Singapore
Long-expected WWII offensives unfold across multiple fronts
In the Philippines Gen MacArthur reports a hard fought assault on Bataan with heavier Japanese artillery and reinforcements at Subic Bay. Burma sees Japanese forces cross Bilin River advancing toward Chinese divisions aiding Allied defenses. Dutch Java braces for South East Asian drives as Netherlands minister Van Kleffens seeks more war supplies while warning Singapore’s fall does not doom Java. Domei notes Japanese ships entering captured Singapore base as a formal entry follows. In Balboa, submarine-sparked rumors hint at hidden German bases. Aruba and Curacao suffer torpedo damage and coastal casualties as war expands to American soil.
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Malaya
Burma
All-India
Chiengmai
Bangkok
van Mook
Sydney
Australia
United States
Washington
Indies
Japan
Java
Heart of the Indies
Lower
Sumatra
Para
United Nations
Soerabaja
N.E.I
Borneo
Minahassa Peninsula
Celebes Island
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Subic Bay
Domei
Bilin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Rangoon
Mandalay
Bilin River
Celebes
Netherlands East Indies
United Nations’ Pacific High Command
van Kleffens
Singapore
Caribbean
Balboa
Canal Zone
Dutch West Indies
Curacao
Aruba
Writer Takes First Swimming Lesson After Mediterranean Close Call
Larry Allen AP war correspondent begins swimming lessons with Peggy Diehl in Miami after surviving a torpedo attack that left 469 shipmates drowned last December. He recalls sliding into the sea from the Galatea, aided by lifeboat wreckage, and speaks cautiously about his progress in four feet of water.
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Mediterranean
Missing AP correspondent in Singapore escape attempt
The New York Times reports Yates McDaniel, AP foreign correspondent, is among those missing after boarding boats in Singapore last week. The dispatch recalls his drive to learn swimming to survive shipwrecks, aided by instructor Allen who direct dialogue with Kent Cooper and AP staff during a Florida vacation.
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York Times
Batavia
N.E.L
Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Singapore
Filipino Second To Get Congressional Medal
Jose Calug as a mess sergeant of the Philippine Scouts is the second soldier to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor in the present war. Second Lt. Alexander R Nineinger Jr. was the first to receive the award after being killed in action in the Philippines. Calugas earned the honor for dashing 1,000 yards under enemy fire to re establish a gun position.
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Washington
Jose Calugas
Philippine Scouts
Alexander R. Nineinger, Jr
Philippines
U.S
Calugas
U. S. Buys Land for Buckeye Ordnance Plant
The government obtained 720.26 acres at South Point Lawrence County Ohio for the Buckeye Ordnance Works. U S District Judge John H Druffel signed the final condemnation order begun December 22 and a $82 446 check was deposited as the purchase price.
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Cincinnati
WA. 5
Buckeye Ordnance Works
South Point
Lawrence County
Ohio
U. S
John H. Druffel
Army Shows Newsmen New Honolulu Defenses
Columbus reports the state health department approved army and navy laboratories for blood testing of marriage applicants to assist Army personnel whose leaves prevent waiting for results before marrying and returning to camps. The program speeds pre marriage tests for service members.
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Columbus
State Health Department
Army and Navy Laboratories
Ami
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