Wavell Leads Counter Attacks as Indies Fight Back
Allied Far East command chief Gen Archibald Wavell arrives in the Dutch East Indies and launches counter blows against Japanese invaders. Dutch forces move into Sarawak while battles rage near Lake Tondano and Menado airfield. British and American units weather assaults around Singapore and the Malay Peninsula as Tokyo claims successes and Lexington class carrier sustains hits west of Hawaii.
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Archibald P. Wavell
Far East Command
Dutch East Indies
Rajah
Sarawak
Kuching
Wavell
George H. Brett
U. S. Army Air Corps
Indies
Dutch Indies
Lake Tondano
Celebes Island
Tokyo
Kakas
Menado
Minahassa Peninsula
Celebes Sea
Borneo
Tarakan Island
Dutch North Borneo
Philippines
Davao
Mindanao
Manila
South China Seas
Singapore
Japan
Malay Peninsula
Douglas MacArthur
London
Churchill
Roosevelt
Washington
Far East
Seremban
Negri Sembilan
Malacca Strait
South China Sea
United States
Hawaii
Ex-Mail Order Magnate Named War Production Czar
President Roosevelt named Donald M. Nelson as head of a new one man war production board giving him supreme control of munitions output. Nelson pledged to build planes and tanks rapidly, arguing for “too much, too soon” to end delays.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Far East
MacArthur
Philippines
Malayan
Netherlands Indies
Washington
Roosevelt
Nelson
OPM
Wallace
SPAB
War Production Board
Office of Production Management
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Wendell L. Willkie
Nazis Destroy Property of Norwegian Refugees
Advices from Norway report German Occupation authorities burned about 40 buildings on Lofo ten Islands tied to Norwegians who fled to England as reprisals for British raids. Refugees’ property was confiscated and many relatives were sent to concentration camps.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Norway
Lofoten
England
Pow er shovel operator crushed to death at Williams Co.
Ernest Matchett 21 of Midway Pennsylvania died two hours after starting work as a power shovel operator at Williams Co in Parlett. The accident occurred at the plant where the machine crushed him. Police and investigators convened at the scene to determine the cause.
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Steubenville
Ernest Matchett
Midway, Pa
Williams Co. Co
Parlett
Roosevelt pushes to drop farm parity wage link from price bill
President Roosevelt urged Congress to drop a provision tying farm parity prices to industrial wages in the wartime price control bill. He warned the formula would provoke inflation, saddle debt on future generations, and spur higher costs for all. He also opposed Bankhead's veto power for the price administrator. House and Senate negotiators signaled willingness to consider his stance.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Congress
House
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Bankhead
D-Ala
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Complete Plan For Rationing New Motor Cars
Price administrator Leon Henderson told the House small business committee that plans are in place to ration 600000 to 700000 new automobiles and to hold the month’s remaining output for at least a year to meet future needs. He noted total production this month at 130000 to 140000 units with most rationed cars originating from stock on January 1 and 65000 to 75000 produced this month. The plan, awaiting final board approval, largely follows the tire rationing approach.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
House
Small Business Committee
Henderson
Ohio's Worst School Gets Another Setback
Ironton Ohio district voters defeated a $39000 bond issue to fund a new Mason Aid High School. Superintendent R J Willis warned the district may be dissolved, ending the dubious title once and for all.
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Ohio
Ironton
R. J. Willis
Lawrence County
Ohio college closes doors for duration
TOLEDO. War forces DeSales College to close indefinitely. Trustees of the Roman Catholic institution announced a June closing after military enlistments and the draft reduced enrollment to a level where operation is no longer advisable. Present enrollment is 615.
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Toledo
DeSales College
West Shipyards and Unions Agree to 24 Hour Week
San Francisco reports that seventy five labor and management delegates from all west coast shipyards and unions reached an agreement to keep production running 24 hours a day seven days a week in response to the government's plea for more ships.
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San Francisco
Evangelical Church Plans $150000 Drive for Refugees
Cincinnati church prepares a fundraising campaign seeking 150000 dollars to aid refugees in China and Europe, prisoners of war, foreign missions, and European churches.
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Cincinnati
Evangelical and Reformed Church
China
Europe
War Plans Threatened By Lack of Scrap Steel
Washington officials warned the 1942 war program could fall short of needs without four to six million tons of scrap steel. A memorandum urged mass collection from vacant lots and backyards, with higher prices to spur auto wreckers and junk dealers. Farms reportedly hold about 1.6 million tons awaiting collection.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture Department
Selectees To Be Published In Local Newspapers
Col. C. W. Goble Ohio selective service director says local boards may publish names and photos of registrants about to be inducted. Lewis B. Hershey notes the policy allows furnishing such information to newspapers with a warning that quota and call numbers remain confidential.
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Columbus
Col
C. W. Goble
Ohio
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
National Directory
War Department
Goble
Estella Burgess Dies in Oreville at 70
Estella Burgess, age 70, died at Oreville at 8 this morning. She leaves her husband and three sons Grover and David of Gore and Harry of Zanesville, a daughter Edith Jones of Perry, two brothers Frank Lanning of Logan and George of New Straitaville. Funeral services are set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the United Brethren Church in Oroville with burial in Gore Cemetery.
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Logan
Estella Burgess
Oreville
Grover
David
Gore
Harry
Zanesville
Edith Jones
Perry
Frank Lanning
George
New Straitaville
United Brethren Church
Oroville
Gore Cemetery
President Seeks Aid for New War Labor Board
President Roosevelt asked Charles Evans Hughes James A. Farley and Alfred E. Smith to aid the new war labor board in preventing industrial discord in American factories amid wartime production.
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New Labor Board
Washington
Roosevelt
Charles Evans Hughes
James A. Farley
Alfred E. Smith
New War Labor Board
America
Ohio Wesleyan to Publish Weeklies for Defense Courses
The Transcript reports Ohio Wesleyan University will print only once a week to allow students more time in defense courses, as announced by editors of the viewspaper.
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Delaware
Transcript
Ohio Wesleyan University
Viewspaper
Reds Report Advances on Entire Front and In Crimea
Soviet dispatches from Moscow Vichy and London say Red Army gains across the front recaptured Kirov a strategic rail hub 150 miles southwest of Moscow and Gorokhovo in Mozhaisk sector. Cavalry raids target Karasubazar near Simferopol as paratroopers strike behind lines. Farther south British Axis activity grows while Rommel’s forces fall back near Fl Aggreila.
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Red Army
Crimea
Moscow
Vichy
London
Kirov
Gorokhovo
Mozhaisk
Staraya Russia
Lake Simen
Leningrad
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Karasubazar
Simferopol
Perekop Isthmus
Fedosiya
North African
Erwin Rommel
Fl Agheila
Agedabia
Cairo
Halfaya
Hellfire
Malta
Mediterranean
Middle East
Airports for Civ Pilot Training Funded for Miami and Bowling Green
State finance director H. D. Defenbacher announced an emergency board allotment of 55 000 to Miami and Bowling Green state universities to establish civilian pilot training airports. Miami gets 300 acres for land and Bowling Green 80 acres plus city and university land totaling 150 acres. The federal government will construct hangars and provide planes and equipment.
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Columbus
H. D. Defenbacher
State Emergency Board
Miami
Bowling Green
Pan American Meeting Seeks United Front Against Axis
In Rio de Janeiro 18 American republics convene the Pan American conference with behind the scenes diplomacy to fuse a united Western Hemisphere stance. Acting Argentina President Ramon Castillo warned against military alliances or belligerent ties proposed for the talks.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Ramon &. Castillo
Argentina
Buenos Aires
US Bombers Hit Japanese Fleet Near Tarakan Island
Allied air units struck a Japanese naval force near Tarakan Island off northeast Borneo. Three American bombers, cooperating with Dutch forces, reported the attack as Tarakan fell to the enemy.
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Washington
Netherlands Indies
Tarakan
Iita Oi
Borneo
Venemy
Nelson drives wartime effort with all-out production pledge
Donald M. Nelson assumes leadership of American war industry in Washington pledging a ruthless push to expand arms production. He rose from lowly jobs to a Sears Roebuck vice presidency earning 75000 annually before his 1940 call to defense coordination. He is 54 and emphasizes the life and death struggle against Hitler.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Hitler
Nelson
Sears Roebuck
FBI Welcomes Spy Tips From General Public
The FBI in Cleveland urges citizens to report suspected spies or saboteurs. Lee V. Boardman, agent in charge, tells the Cleveland engineering society tips from averages citizens are valuable and will be kept confidential. He stresses that no tip is wasted and promises full investigation.
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Cleveland
FBI
Lee V. Boardman
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cleveland Engineering Society
West Virginia Kanawha River Dam Contract Awarded
The Army Engineers awarded a $10,000,000 contract to the Dravo Corporation of Pittsburgh to build the Blue Stone Dam in West Virginia. The dam will control floods along the Kanawha River valley and support Ohio valley flood protection and hydroelectric power generation.
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Washington
West Virginia
Army Engineers
Dravo Corporation of
Pittsburgh
Kanawha River
Ohio Valley
Weber Named Grand Chancellor Of Ohio Knights Of Pythias
A. W. Weber of Columbus was elected grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of Ohio announced today by retiring Grand Chancellor Charles F. Ater of Zanesville.
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Zanesville
A. W. Weber
Columbus
The
Knights of Pythias of
Ohio
Charles F. Ater
Enlarge Chemical Plant Progress Reported Near Ironton
Rep Thomas A Jenkins says War Department officials may double capacity of the 20 million ammonia plant at South Point and expect a decision soon. Construction could start in February with residents on the 720 acre tract ordered to vacate by February 1.
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Ironton
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio
War Department
Ordnance Section
South Point
Tire Board in Session Wednesday and Friday
The Athens Tire Rationing Board states it has no authority to ration 6 ply tires sizes 700x20 or smaller except obsolete types. The Nontransferable Certificate notice lists limits. Committee members will be in City Hall each Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 7:30 p m starting this week until further notice. The board will not meet Thursday or Saturday evenings.
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Athens
Malta as key fortress in Mediterranean clash of nations
British analysts warn that Nazi air and sea strength in Sicily could threaten Malta, a pivotal Malta base whose control would tilt the Mediterranean balance. Malta sits in the narrow gap between Sicily and Tunisia, commanding essential shipping routes and imperial naval power.
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Britain
Malta
Sicily
Mediterranean
Hitler
Russia
Cape Bon
Tunisia
Singapore
Gibraltar
Ray Calls for Expansion of School Work
Ohio education director Kenneth C. Ray urged schools to enrich studies by tying classwork to the war effort. He proposed broader geography units on Asia and the Pacific, home economics on workman diets, social studies forums on civil defense, and library info centers on air raids and first aid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kenneth C. Ray
Asia
Pacific
Civilian Defense Council
Ray
Ohl First in V-7 of Navy Ohl First in V-7 of Navy
Ludwig Grant Ohl age 2 from Youngstown is the first Ohio University student enlisted from Athens for Class V-7 Officer Training in the Navy Reserve under the 1942 V-7 program. He is a junior in the College of Education set to graduate June 1943 and may be called for summer training in 1942. Delta Tau Delta member.
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Ludwig Grant Ohl
Youngstown
Ohio University
Athens
United States Naval Reserve
College of Education
Navy
Cincinnati
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Used Farm Equipment Needed Ad Promotes Classified Sale
Defense Production has created a shortage in all lines of farm equipment. Machinery replaced on the farm can be sold through a Messenger Classified Act. Take a look around the place every farmer owns equipment no longer used that neighbors may need. Phone 0242. You will be helping Uncle Sam and yourself.
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Uncle Sam
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Associated Press
U.S. Armaments Program
Knox
CMN
Germany
Marshal von Hindenburg
Ohio College
West Shipyards
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
Reds
Donald M, Nelson
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