U.S. Bombers Hit Japanese Fleet In Philippine Action
American aircraft reported to have sunk a Japanese destroyer and scored three direct hits on a battleship in Davao Bay while also attacking Corregidor and Mariveles on Corregidor Island. Reinforcements arrived as Tokyo claimed limited gains.
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United States
Corregidor Island
Mariveles
Manila Bay
Philippine
U. S
Davao Bay
Manila
Davon Bay
Philippines
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
Corregidor
Singapore
Far East
Roosevelt outlines 1942 plant production and 1943 goals
President Roosevelt told Congress the 1942 program will produce 60 000 planes 45 000 tanks and 8 000 000 dead weight tons of merchant ships. He forecast a bold 1943 plan totaling 125 000 planes 75 000 tanks 35 000 anti aircraft guns and 10 000 000 tons of shipping while warning of tax demands and all out sacrifice. The address framed the United Nations total war effort and linked victories to continued mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal District Court Indicts Middleport Men
A Columbus grand jury returned sixty one indictments naming seventy individuals. Middleport residents Russell Beckett Dwight Beckett and Cecil Glover were charged with breaking into a post office and stealing from the mails in a federal case overseen by Judge Mell G Underwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Federal District Court
Mell G. Underwood
Russell Beckett
Dwight Beckett
Cecil Glover
Middleport
Radio Seeker Sells Crosley After Want Ad
A Mason City advertiser advertised a fine Crosley radio in the Messenger Want Ads. He sold the radio the next day after the ad appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosley Radio
Messenger
Red forces breach Sevastopol siege and landings on Crimean coast
Soviet troops push from Sevastopol breaking German lines as transports attempt coastal landings in the Crimean west. Berlin radio cites Red army breakthroughs near Moscow Mozhaisk sector and Kursk counteroffensive expands, with gains cited on Leningrad front and North Africa operations slowing under rain.
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Russia
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Crimean
Berlin
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Crimea
Perekop
Kursk
Orel
Red Army
Tim
Dobrovossky
Leningrad
Middle East
Agedabia
Bengali
Otto Dietrich
Hitler
Europe
Paris
Bitter sub-zero storm grips Ohio with record lows
A severe cold wave swept Ohio early today with Lancaster at sixteen below and Columbus and Bucyrus eight below. Akron seven below and Dayton five below. Youngstown six below. Reading across the state showed Cincinnati four below and Toledo one below with forecasts of gradual warming. Roads were icy except in the northwest districts near Van Wert and Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Lancaster
Bucyrus
Akron
Springfield
Dayton
Youngstown
Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Fremont
Toledo
Washington Court House
The
Highway Department
Save
van Wert
Lima
Upper Sandusky
Ashland
Wooster
Medina
Lorain
Bridges Wins Stay in Deportation Proceedings
The Board of Immigration Appeals recommended cancellation of Bridges deportation, finding he was not a member or affiliated with the Communist Party since arriving in the United States. Bridges led the maritime union of the Congress of Industrial Organizations in Australia.
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Washington
Board of Immigration Appeals
Harry Bridges
Bridges
United States
Communist Party
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Milk deliveries proposed cut in Ohio plan
The Ohio Milk Distributors Association urged deliveries be reduced to six to four days a week to conserve trucks and tires. The state defense council endorsed the plan, calling it a significant aid to conserving vital materials. Governor John W. Bricker supported the move as council chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Milk Distributors Association
State Defense Council
John W. Bricker
Council
Ann Sheridan Weds George Brent in Palm Beach Romance
Ann Sheridan and actor George Brent honeymoon in Palm Beach Florida after secretly marrying to end years of on and off romance rumored by gossip writers. The ceremony surprised Hollywood as the couple begins their life together in a resort setting.
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Ann Sheridan
Palm Beach, Fla
George Brent
Florida
Hollywood
First Pilot Bombing Tokyo To Get $1,000
Sam Wong an American born Chinese offers an antique cloisonne Chinese vase valued at $1,000 to the first American pilot who drops a stick of bombs on Tokyo. He writes to President Roosevelt promising $1,000 if the pilot does not want the vase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy, II
Sam Wong
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Wong
Sally Rand Weds Thrrkel Greenough in California
Fan dancer Sally Rand and rancher Thrrkel Greenough were married in Glendora California today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sally Rand
Glendora
Calif
Thrrkel Greenough
Brone Buster
First Effects Of Food Drive Now Apparent
CHICAGO AP reports the first effects of the food for freedom drive with over 6 million U S farmers enrolled. Prices for livestock are 12 to 42 percent higher than a year ago, grains up 18 to 41 percent, butter 16 percent higher, and eggs 70 percent higher. Government officials suggest allowing some commodities to exceed parity limits to spur production if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Steals Tire Gets Fine And Sentence in Prison
A Richmond man charged with stealing a single used tire received the maximum petty larceny penalty of 12 months in jail and a $100 fine. Police Court Justice Carlton E. Jewett declared the city is at war and condemned tire theft as intolerable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Carlton E. Jewett
Auto Firms Told to Double War Output in 1942
A new one day old automotive labor management committee, appointed by the Office of Production Management, will pool tools and plants to boost war production of planes tanks and ordnance. Five members from labor and five from management on each side will create plans for about six billion dollars in war goods this year. Civilian auto production is to halt entirely by January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Automotive Labor Management Committee
Joint Committee
Office of Production Management
OPM
Industry Advisory Committee
Labor Advisory Committee
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Knudsen
Weber Named Athens County Defense Savings Chairman
Fred W. Weber circulation manager of The Athens Messenger is appointed general chairman of the Defense Savings Committee for Athens County by Roy Moore Ohio. Weber will organize committees across the county targeting farms 4 H clubs granges banks schools labor and many other groups to promote Defense Savings Stamps and Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Weber
Athens Messenger
Defense Savings Committee
Athens County
Roy Moore
Defense Savings Committee For
Ohio
Weber
Defense Savings
Rande
Organization of Defense Savings Committees
Chambers of Commerce
Return Plant To Its Owners
Washington Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced that the Kearny New York plant of the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company would be returned to its owners at midnight after 134 days of Navy operation. The plant held about 493 million dollars in naval and merchant contracts when seized after a CIO strike. Knox said issues between the company and the union should be settled by negotiation and agreement.
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Washington
Frank Knox
Kearny
N. Y
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Navy
CIO
Roosevelt
Knox
Hitler's Moscow Gamble Sees Hanlded Retreat Deepens Crisis
War dispatch analyzes Hitler's decisions as German retreat on the Russian front tightens. It notes Hitler's urgent pleas for winter gear and skis, the rift with generals, and the strategic aim to seize Moscow or create the impression of a push. It also mentions Japan's involvement influenced by Moscow prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
von Brauchitsch
Moscow
Japan
Film Star Joins Officers Ranks at Moffett Field
Ex Corporal Jimmy Stewart is promoted to lieutenant at the Moffett Field California air corps training center. He signs his commission as Lieut E L Reid watches on as his rank advances.
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Jimmy Stewart
Moffett Field
Calif
Air Corps Training Center
Lieut
E. L. Reid
Treasury reports debt nears sixty billion amid looming deficit
The Treasury announced the federal debt topped 58.018 billion dollars on January 2, with the budget outlook suggesting a possible rise toward 100 billion. The figure marks about a 13 billion dollar increase over the past year.
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Treasury
Auto Rationing Idles Cleveland Factory Workers
Automobile rationing has idle nearly 30,000 Cleveland area workers, CIO spokesman Wesley Schultz said. The impact spans both union and non union plants in Cleveland and nearby Elyria and Lorain. Some 1,200 idle workers in Chevrolet and Fisher body plants in Norwood have returned to work.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Area
Wesley Schultz
CIO
Elyria
Lorain
Schultz
Chevrolet
Fisher Body
Norwood
Cincinnati
Civilian Protection Training in Columbus Studied
More than 400 policemen firemen and city officials joined a three day Institute of Civilian and Industrial Protection at Ohio State University to learn wartime civilian defense practices for blackout bombing and firefighting. John Turner 18 of Jackson injured critically in a kitchen kerosene incident at Holzer Hospital.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Institute of
Ohio Defense Council
Gallipolis
John Turner
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Roosevelt vows to carry war to enemy on their grounds
President Roosevelt declares the war will be fought with full mobilization and offensive actions wherever necessary. He envisions American forces operating globally from the Far East to the British Isles to protect hemispheres and strike at enemy bases, promising heavy sacrifice but resolve to prevail.
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Roosevelt
Far East
United Nations
British Isles
Americas
Sale of Defense Bonds Second Only to War
Roy Dol Moore of Canton, chairman of the Ohio Defense Savings Committee, said defense bonds and stamps are second in importance only to fighting at the war front. Moore, a newspaper publisher, attended a luncheon for 44 members of the state advisory committee as they opened a campaign to sell bonds and stamps in every Ohio home.
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Columbus
Roy Dol
Moore
Canton
Ohio Defense Savings Committee
State Advisory Committee
Ohio
Petain Government Accused of Waiting Strategy
Marcel Dent said in a Paris broadcast that the Petain government waited to boost Britain's strength and allow U S entry into the war. He cited Vichy’s move away from collaboration as influenced by U S Ambassador Admiral William D Leahy.
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VICHY
France
Marcel Dent
Paris
Petain
Britain
America
Germany
U. S
William D. Leahy
Father Identifies Boy Found in Auto
In Woodfield a body found frozen in a car near the city early yesterday was identified as Berlin Henry Burns Jr. 15 of Canton. Police said the father identified the youth, reporting he left home Saturday night in the family automobile.
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Woodsfield
Berlin Henry Burns, Jr
Canton
Recall of All Pennies Urged
Edwin Leonardeagle of Cincinnati urged Ohio lawmakers to recall all pennies and replace them with one cent stamps to build a copper reserve. He wrote to Sen Taft and Reps Elston Hess proposing a defense vital copper stock and protective transparent wrap for legal tender stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Edwin Leonardeagle
Ohio Farmers Urged To Buy Needed Equipment
Columbus AP reports Ohio farmers urged to purchase needed equipment or repair gear to boost 1942 crops. Elmer F. Kruse, state AAA chairman, warns of equipment scarcity and urges timely orders to secure steel allocations.
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Ohio
Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Vichy Warned of German Occupation Press Shock
The Paris press warns that Germany may occupy French Africa if Vichy fails to realign with Berlin. Nouveaux Temps features the warning prominently on its front page as part of a broader anti government offensive.
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Vichy
France
Germany
French Africa
Berlin
Nouveaux Temps
Paris
Kenyon College shifts 1942 commencement to May 11
The plan moves the ceremony a month earlier to help students heading into military service finish courses. Also reporting the death of renowned French opera singer Mme. Emma Calve at age 83.
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FARLY
Gambier
Kenyon College
Vichy
France
Mme
Emma Calve
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Athens Co. Defense Savings
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Red Star
Asia
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