Singapore's Captor Sent To Bataan
War Department announces General Tomoyuki Yamashita, conqueror of Malaya and the Singapore drive, is tapped as the new commander in chief in the Philippines succeeding General Masaharu Homma who is reported to have died by his own hand. Reports place Yamashita at San Fernando Pampanga with Mindanao skirmishes ongoing and no fighting on Bataan in the last 24 hours.
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Washington
War Department
Malaya
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Yamashita
Masaharu Homma
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Digos
Davao Gulf
Philippine
Mindanao
Davao
Zamboanga
San Fernando
Pampanga
Bataan
MacArthur
E.W.T
Batfan
Singapore
Homma
Hari-Kari
Malayan
Berlin
Supreme Military Council
Tokyo
China
British Bomb Industries in Ruhr District
The RAF bombed Essen and the Krupp munition works in the Ruhr overnight as part of a round the clock campaign behind German lines. Other targets included Nazi air fields in Holland and France and docks at Ostend and Le Havre. Eight British bombers failed to return. Canadian airmen began raids Saturday night on St Nazaire, scattering fires in the submarine base area.
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London
RAF
Essen
Germany
Krupp
Air Ministry
Krupps
Ruhr
Holland
France
Ostend
le Havre
Matford
Poissy
Paris
Renault
Britton
Royal Air Force
St. Nazaire
It’s Renting Time in Classified Ads
Property owners report easy tenant moves as advertisers claim rapid rentals after listing.
Navy battle near Mandate Islands ends with heavy Japanese losses
Eyewitness AP report describes U S naval air clash west of the Gilbert Islands. Twenty Japanese bombers engaged a carrier group. two U S planes lost, one pilot saved, no surface ships damaged. Lieutenant Edward Henry O Hara near epic heroics. carrier opened fire decisively.
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Uncle Sam
Associated Press
Mandate Islands
United States
Japanese Mandate Islands
U. S
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Tokyo
Mandates
Edward Henry “Butch” O'Hare
Arkansas
Pearl Harbor
Start Training Legionnaires in Ohio Patrol Program
Col. Lynn Black said training of American Legionnaires as auxiliary state highway patrolmen has begun in 67 Ohio counties. Eighty seven regular troopers run courses for 2,084 enlisted for emergency duty, with about 500 more to be trained in 21 counties. Enrollees receive two of three hours weekly for 10 weeks following the regular applicant course.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lynn Black
Black
Drop Personal Income Tax Exemptions Urged by Trade Board
M. L. Seidman of the New York Board of Trade urged the House Ways and Means Committee to suspend personal exemptions in income taxes for the duration of the war. He argued there is no justification under current circumstances during hearings on treasury recommendations for 7.61 billion dollars in new taxes.
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Washington
M. L. Seidman
New York Board of Trade
House
Ways and Means
Seidman
Treasury
Wing Takes Command of Ohio Civil Air Patrol
George A. Stone of Columbus assumed acting command of the Civil Air Patrol Ohio Wing, replacing Earle L. Johnson whose duties as national executive officer require full time. Johnson also serves as Ohio aeronautics director in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
George A. Stone
Columbus
Civil Air Patrol
Ohio Wing
Earle L. Johnson
Patrol
Johnson
Ohio Aeronautics
Jury Fails To Reach Verdict In Bloomington Murder Trial
In Bloomington Indiana Caroline G Payne 45 faced a second trial for first degree murder in the July 5 killing of Charles O Mattingly 41 a lawyer and public service commission examiner The Monroe Circuit Court jury of 11 men and one woman reported no verdict after 48 hours of deliberation after about 100 ballots. The state had not demanded the death penalty.
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Bloomington
Ind
Caroline G. Payne
Charles O. Mattingly
Indiana Public Service Commission
Monroe
Payne
Former Gallia Pastor Found Shot in Study
The Rev. Dr. Vincent D. Beery, 47, pastor of Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church for nine years and newly elected moderator of the Philadelphia Presbytery, was found shot to death in his study Saturday night. Deputy Coroner Harry E. Torchon ruled death by suicide. Beery, ordained in 1917, previously served in Gallipolis and Middleport, Ohio, and will be buried in Rushville, Ohio.
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Philadelphia
Vincent D. Beery
Patterson Memorial Presbyterian Church
Rushville
Beery
Harry E. Torchon
Athens, O
Gallipolis
Middleport
Half of Roof Torn Off In McArthur Storm
A severe windstorm tore off half the metal roof of the former Town Hall now the Eagles Building on Main St. It swept across the street and landed in the alley by the Sanitary Derry plant. Downed poles along Route 56 between Circleville and Laurelville were reported with additional damage.
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McArthur
Town Hall
Eagles Building
Main St
Will
Sanitary Derry
Circleville
Laurelville
Delaware Woman Dies After Train Auto Crash
Mrs. John Rhoades, 67, of Delaware, died today from injuries after a train auto collision here yesterday. Grandson Linn Greifenstein, 16, the car’s driver, was injured. Gallipolis native Sidney Cowden, 72, longtime resident, dies early Monday. funeral plans set for Wednesday.
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Delaware
John Rhoades
Linn Greifenstein
Gallipolis
Sidney Cowden
Mr. Cowden
Navy Catalina bomber crashes near Tongue Point
A Catalina flying boat bomber crashed while attempting takeoff into the Columbia River near Tongue Point Oregon. Seven enlisted men and a Naval Lieutenant were killed. Navigator Ensign H R Garrett of Fort Worth Texas survived. Separate Army bomber missing over North Carolina with eight crew believed lost.
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Seattle
Catalina
Columbia River
Tongue Point
Ore
Army
North Carolina
H. R. Garrett
Fort Worth
Tex
Member of AEF Killed While Cleaning Rifle
Earl Perkins of Minnesota died Sunday while cleaning a rifle in northern Ireland becoming the first U S casualty there. Perkins, about 30, died minutes after admission to a hospital.
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AEF
Belfast
Earl Perkins
Minnesota
United States
Northern Ireland
Perkins
Knudsen Sees Output Rising Across War Industries
Lieutenant General William S. Knudsen, army production chief, tours Cincinnati machine tool industry noting production rising since Pearl Harbor and moving to around the clock operation. He urges continual war effort and calls for more women in light war work, saying there is work for everyone.
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Dayton
William S. Knudsen
Pearl Harbor
Army
Knudsen
Cincinnati Machine Tool Industres
General Motors Corp
McNutt Calls U S to Fight for Tomorrow Frontline Aim
Paul V. McNutt Federal Security Administrator urged the nation to rally for the future during an address at the Southeastern Surgical Congress opening in Atlanta. He said the fight is for mastery of tomorrow, not comfort of yesterday.
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Atlanta
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Australia the Storm Center of Nipponese Watch
In this war column the author argues Japan’s conquests will hinge on sea lanes over 3,000 miles long, with Australia as the Allied base and rallying point. The Pacific war shifts to counter‑offensive planning from Australia, boosted by American and Australian forces.
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Java
Pacific
Australia
United States
Somme
Hamel
Uncle Sam
Canada
Southwest
Wind Storm Bolts Ohio. One Man Killed, Massive Property Damage
A Sunday night gale across Ohio caused widespread destruction and at least one death. Dale Maple, 21, a Republic Steel Corp. worker near Canton, was electrocuted trying to remove a downed utility pole. A Canton motorist, Carl Shaw, was injured by a train at a crossing where gates were damaged by the wind. The storm toppled poles, ripped roofs, and blacked out Cleveland and Columbus, with gusts up to 75 miles per hour and extensive structural damage statewide.
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Ohio
Dale Maple
Canton
Maple
Republic Steel Corp
New Franklin
Stark County
Carl Shaw
Cleveland
First United Presbyterian Church
Weather Bureau
U. S
East Liverpool
Columbus
War board plans to freeze women’s clothing silhouettes
The War Production Board announced forthcoming regulations to freeze the current silhouette in women’s fashion. Design and materials will be controlled to prevent radical style changes, aiming to preserve existing outfits while stocks are deemed adequate for the year. Textiles chief R. R. Guthrie outlined a plan to prepare for future shortages.
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Washington
The
Brazilian Freighter Sunk Off Virginia Coast
The 7 878 ton Brazilian freighter Arabu tan was sunk Saturday night seventy miles off Newport News Virginia. All aboard were saved. The ship carried 51 crew members and some Brazilian tanker personnel being repaired in the United States.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Newport News
Virginia
United States
Tony Sarg Marionette Maker Dies in New York Hospital
Tony Sarg 59, famed for his Marionette shows, died Saturday night in a New York hospital after an emergency appendectomy on February 17. He will be buried in Cincinnati tomorrow afternoon.
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Cincinnati
Tony Sarg
New York
Death of Richard Davis from clothing fire burns
Dayton report states three year old Richard Davis son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Davis died today from burns suffered when his clothing caught fire on March 3.
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Burns
Dayton
Richard Davis
Jesse Davis
Tragedy strikes Bellaire orchestra in truck crash
Rodgers Sammons 21 a trap drummer from Shadyside was killed in a truck collision. Four other orchestra members were injured in the crash near Bellaire authorities said.
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Bellaire
Rodgers Sammons
Orchestra
Shadyside
Unified War Strategy Board proposed for unified command
Senator Hill of Alabama endorsed a plan to create a single commander in chief for army navy and air forces under the president. He argued immediate unification of land sea and air command would maximize U S military striking power and reflect recent army reforms granting the air service equal rank with other branches.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Hill
Alabama
Senate
United States
Congress
Air
Anglo American Caribbean commission announced
The United States and Britain announced the creation of an Anglo American Caribbean commission to study and suggest economic and social recommendations for cooperation among American and British Caribbean outposts. The body will have authority only to formulate proposals for the two governments.
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Washington
Caribbean
Report: Many on Relief Capable of Self-Support
Approximately a fourth of Ohioans on poor relief can support themselves at least partially, a state welfare survey shows. Welfare director Charles L. Sherwood notes that placing jobs with these indigents could cut relief loads to about 30,000 cases, costing $12,000,000 to $15,000,000 annually.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Charles L. Sherwood
Jobe
Pomeroy Mason Bridge Net Revenue For 1941
The State Bridge Commission reports 1941 traffic on the Pomeroy Mason bridge across the Ohio River. Paid vehicles excluding bus passengers totaled 134,636 while pedestrians reached 156,194. Gross revenue was 41,677 and net profit 18,016.
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Columbus
State Bridge Commission
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Ohio River
Robbers Use Ladder In Restaurant Hold-Up
Two men armed with revolvers robbed three employees at the Howard Johnson restaurant on Kinsman Road, escaping with 2200 dollars. They entered via a long ladder set to a ground floor window, staging the office robbery.
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Cleveland
Howard Johnson
Kinsman Road
Burma and New Guinea Fronts Escalate in World War II
Across multiple theaters, Japan expands footholds in Salamaua and Lae New Guinea threatening Port Moresby as Australian cabinet mobilizes. Burmese resistance remains stalemated near Rangoon while Allied lines hold near Pegu. Stalin plans spring countermoves against a German push as Hitler launches toward the Caucasus.
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Rangoon
Mandalay
China
Adelaide
Australia
N. FE L
Hubertus J. van Mook
Islands’ Governing Council
Bandoeng
New Guinea
Salamaua
Cape York
Lae
Port Moresby
Coral Sea
Cape York Peninsula
Russia
Red Army
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Sychevka
Stockholm
London
Adolf Hitler
Kiev
Ukraine
Caucasus
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Blue Pacific
Civil Air Patrol Wing
Darwin
Sydney
Gallia
McNutt
U.S
BY Dewitt MacKenzie
Unified War Strategy Board
Britain
Caribbean Commission
Burma
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Japan
India
Indies
Soerabaja
Glib
Netherlands East Indies
British War Office
N.E.I
Pegu
H., R. L. G. Alexander
New Delhi
Alexander
T. J. Hutton
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