British Fall Back In North Africa Axis Push Gains
Axis forces widened their reconnaissance in force into a full offensive in North Africa. The British retreated about 40 miles to the Zouiet Mius area, 145 miles from El Agheila. Axis claims heavy losses by the British include 239 tanks and 158 guns, while reinforcing for further action.
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North Africa
Zouiet Mius
el Agheila
Rome
Cirenaica
Tripoli
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Moscow
Orel
Kursk
Stockholm
Hitler
Minsk
Russia
Tula
Barents Sea
Rommel
Two More Ships Sunk by Subs In Atlantic
Two Axis submarine attacks off the U S Atlantic coast leave 22 crewmen missing on the ore carrier Venore near North Carolina and four more ships sunk in the Mediterranean by British submarines. Seaborne strikes have hit six to seven vessels in 12 days with one damaged ship reaching port.
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Atlantic
Norfolk
Venore
North Carolina
Fifth Naval District
London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
The
Ore Steamship Company
Navy
Varanger
Sea Isle City
New Jersey
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
United States
Auto Mishaps Reach Score Over Week End
Ohio weekend auto accidents tally near twenty with a Big Four train striking a car at Galloway seven miles southwest of Columbus. Victims include Raymond A. Ramirez 30 of Hemphill West Virginia his wife 25 and Melvin Smith 18 of Lucasville.
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Columbus
Ohio
Galloway
Raymond A. Ramirez
Hemphill
W. Va
Melvin Smith
Lucasville
Raguirez
Canadians face sugar rations under wartime orders
Ottawa reports strict sugar limits of three quarters of a pound per week as wartime rationing measures take effect. Authorities enforce weekly allotments and warn of penalties for excess purchases.
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Ottawa
Portrait of a Man Using Want Ads Charge It
A man uses want ads in a newspaper to seek purchases and services. The image shows him perusing listings with a focused expression as he marks items of interest. The headline reflects a consumer mood and the era’s reliance on classified pages.
Solons Demand Court Martial for Pearl Harbor Negligence
Congress demands punishment for alleged wartime negligence after the Pearl Harbor attack. Lawmakers call for a super command and court martial for officers identified as responsible, amid debates over shortfalls in Hawaii defense and follow up actions by Roosevelt and military departments.
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Solons
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Congress
State, War and Navy
Army
Chief of Naval Operations
Hawaii
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Walter C. Short
Hawaiian Department
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Japan
White House
Navy
Short
Country First Price Second Farmers Told
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard urged farmers to place patriotism over prices in wartime food production. He said producing for immediate use and for Allies drives effort and victory is the reward, while price remains secondary under the parity principle from the 1933 AAA act.
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Washington
Wickard
Study New Tax Levies
Washington reports that congressional fiscal experts favor raising most of a proposed 9 billion dollar federal revenue increase through a new tax system. Senator George of Georgia, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, says no decision has been made between a sales tax, payroll withholding tax, or another method. He notes progress in talks between treaty officials and the joint committee on internal revenue.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue
Ohio Democrats Attack Bricker Over Treasury Surplus
The Ohio League of Young Democrats joined elders to condemn the Republican administration’s handling of a treasury surplus. A convention resolution claimed that by hoarding sales tax revenue the governor deprived local subdivisions of 2,155,652 dollars they rightfully deserve.
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Columbus
Ohio League of Young Democrats
League
Marie Dionne in Callander
In Callander Ontario ex amination of Marie the smallest of the Dionne quintuplets for suspected muscular atrophy of one leg showed no serious problem according to Keith Munro quins business manager.
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Marie Dionne
Callander
Ont
Marie
Keith Munro
Quins
Government to ration sugar at about a pound per person
The government prepared to implement sugar rationing at roughly one pound per person weekly, with the plan expected to begin early in February and affect consumer supplies nationwide.
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Washington
Use of Honey Instead Of Sugar Advocated
Ohio beekeepers open the 30th annual Farmers' Week at Ohio State University urging honey as a wartime sugar substitute. W. E. Dunham of the extension service notes honey can augment sugar in cooking and baking as rationing nears next month.
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Columbus
Ohio Bee Keepers
Ohio State University
W. E. Dunham
China Hails American Flyers as Flying Tigers
The Chinese press labels American volunteer pilots as Flying Tigers after they shot down 38 Japanese raiders near Rangoon over the weekend. They suffered only one plane lost, bringing total Japanese planes down by American fliers to 190 in the war.
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Chungking
Flying Tigers
Rangoon
Oil Company Director and College Trustee Dies
New York Edwy Rolfe Brown age 73 vice president and director of Socony Vacuum Oil Company died last night He was a trustee of Marietta College and a native of Little Hocking Washington County Ohio
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New York
Edwy Rolfe Brown
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Marietta
Little Hocking
Washington County
Ohio
Martins Ferry Police Chief details fatal shooting of Edward Davis
Police Chief J. W. Muhleman said Edward Davis, 42, was killed after he opened fire on two patrolmen who went to question him about a domestic disturbance.
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Martins Ferry
J. W. Muhleman
Edward Davis
Warns Against Making Church Means To End
In Columbus Dr Halford E Luccock of Yale Divinity School warned at the Ohio Pastors Convention that worship must not become a tool for war or morale. He urged the church to stay focused on the gospel and resist using religion merely as an end to other aims.
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Columbus
Halford E. Luccock
Yale University Divinity School
Jesus Christ
Air Corps
Luccock
Ohio
Rationing of Recaps Nears for Ohio Tires
Ohio poised to extend strict rationing to recapping and retreading of auto tires as state officials wrap up plans after a Chicago meeting. State Defense Council staff return to accelerate tire reconditioning and sugar rationing programs, coordinating with county coordinators and six local boards under the current quota system.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Defense Council
Chicago
Anzacs Await Jap Invasion
Melbourne orders full mobilization as war staff talks with the United Nations reach Australia. Up to age 60 register. women enrollment expected. Australian militia hold a line near Rabaul as 10,000 Japanese troops believed landed. Prime Minister Curtin announces negotiations with Allied command.
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Melbourne
Melbourne War Cabinet
Rabaul
New Britain
Australia
John Curtin
United Nations
Archibald P. Wavell
British Launch Duke of York 35 000 Ton Battleship Reported
The 35,000-ton battleship Duke of York joined Britain's fleet and carried Prime Minister Churchill on his Atlantic voyage. With this ship Britain has 14 battleships in active service, entering the war with 15 and losing four while adding three. Rab bits gain popularity as civilian meat supply tightens following army needs.
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London
Duke of York
Admiralty
Churchill
Atlantic
United States
Britain
MacArthur Battles On birthday amid Philippine frontline action
General Douglas MacArthur, age 62, marks his birthday during a fierce battle in the Philippines. His American and Filipino forces score a "smashing success" in a brilliant maneuver as Washington hails the victory amid Japanese advances. His wife and son believed on Corregidor.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
South Pacific
Philippines
Arthur
Corregidor
MacArthur
France
Navy Appropriation Bill Seeks Record 17.7 Billion
Congress receives a 17 722 565 474 dollar Navy bill to fund a vast ship and aircraft program aimed at unchallenged sea supremacy. Admiral Stark outlines goals including sea control, ally cooperation, and economic strangulation of enemies, with total 24 month funding exceeding 24.7 billion and surpassing prior Army aviation totals.
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Washington
Congress
H. R. Stark
Naval Operations
House
Ohio selective service bans enlistment permits except cadets
Lieut. Col. JCW Goble said Ohio draft boards would stop issuing enlistment permits for Marines Navy and Army except for aviation cadets and officers training after first physicals. The order forbids permits that interfere with quotas, and boards lack enough men to meet quotas.
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Columbus
JC. W. Goble
Ohio
Selective Service
Marines
Navy
Army
Millions in Farming Goods Sent to Britain
The Agriculture Department reports December purchases of farm products for lease lend shipment to Great Britain and domestic relief. Total purchases exceed $690 million since the program began last April, with December alone at $90 million.
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Britain
Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Miami University approves air field purchase near campus
Trustees authorize buying 300 acres to host a student fliers training field. Plans include two 5,000 foot runways and an administration building one and a half miles west of Oxford.
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Oxford
Miami University
Dayton bowler leads Moose state bowling with 719
George Meyer of Dayton topped the single division with 719 in the Moose state bowling tournament in Columbus. Hopper and Burchart of Delaware led the doubles with 129. The tournament ends next Sunday.
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Columbus
George Meyer
Dayton
Hopper
Burchart
Delaware
Bricker Calls Curtailment Of Store Deliveries
Gov. John W. Bricker urged Columbus stores offering delivery to cut service to a minimum and the public to change pre war shopping habits. He proposed reducing daily city deliveries to two or three per week and ending special deliveries to save tire wear and paper shipping containers.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Bolivians Move to Sever Ties with Axis
Bolivian foreign minister Dr. Eduardo Anze Matinero announced that Bolivia has drafted a decree severing relations with Germany Italy and Japan, aiming to become the seventeenth American nation to break with the Axis. He said the decree awaits signing per Pan American conference guidance.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Eduardo Anze Matinero
Axis
Bolivia
Germany
Italy
Japan
Cantonment Project Held Up Near Chillicothe
Washington AP report states the War Department is delaying a proposed army cantonment near Chillicothe Ohio Rep Stephen Young notes farmers protest the project would remove fertile land from production The issue centers on land use and military site selection in Ohio.
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Washington
War Department
Chillicothe
Stephen Young
Ohio
Two Gallia Women Succumb in Hospital
Gallia County news reports the deaths of Mrs. Lowell Kemper 37 from Bidwell and Mrs. George Tyler 68 from Ewington after Sunday night illnesses at Holzer Hospital, both linked to local farm families.
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Gallipolis
Lowell Kemper
Bidwell
George Tyler
Ewington
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital
Pas tor Sheds Weight for Lesnevich Bout at Garden
New York heavyweight Bob Pas tor weighs 181 pounds for his title fight against light heavyweight champion Gus Lesnevich at Madison Square Garden Friday night. He plans another long workout today.
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New York
Bob Pastor
Gus Lesnevich
Madison Square Garden
Poultry Council Appeals to Free Japanese Interns
The National Poultry Council asked the Home Office to release several Japanese nationals held interned, arguing they are uniquely skilled at determining the sex of newly hatched chicks.
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London
National Poultry Council
Home Office
Allied Forces Sink and Damaged Japanese Fleet in Pacific Struggle
United States and Dutch forces in the Strait of Macassar report sinking or damaging at least 27 Japanese transports and warships over four days. American and Dutch pilots score multiple hits on cruisers and transports while the Netherlands submarine torpedoed a cruiser. The clash follows a broader U N coalition push in the Southwest Pacific, with MacArthur’s forces delivering a major counterattack in New Guinea and the British facing Japanese advances near Singapore and Batu Pahat.
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Dutch East Indies
Strait of
Macassar
Java
United States
Strait of Macassar
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Netherlands
Borneo
Celebes
Washington
Southern
Pacific
UW & Asiatic
South Pacific
U. S. War Department
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
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Pearl Harbor News
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Sandakan
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Celebes Sea
Singapore
Sumatra
Sarawak
Java Sea
Soembawa
Lebel
Flores
Bane
Timo
Tim
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M’ Arthur
Miami
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Stimson
Russell P. Hartle
Batu Pahat
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