Weekly News Analysis of Jap Culture Offensive in Pacific War
The piece assesses Japan's culture offensive and military strategy in the southwest Pacific. It notes Britain's India and Burma pressures, Chinese relief efforts, and growing Allied unity versus the Japanese advance. Wavell and Percival pledge hold of Singapore as evacuations proceed.
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Southwest
Pacific
Asia
United Nations
Japan
North
Africa
Britain
India
House of Lords
Burma
Irawashdy
Rangoon
Manadalay
China
Far East
United Nations Unity
America
Puelfe
Wavell
Promiso
Singapore
Percival
MacArthur
Lizon
Luzon Epic of Defense Frames a Heroic Front in War News
Eyewitness accounts from the Luzon front describe MacArthur’s forces repelling Japanese detachments and battling to hold positions as the siege tightens. Reports note fierce Japanese morale, penitent losses, and American hopes for reinforcements amid fears of Dunkirk-like evacuation. The Atlantic convoy risks, U-boats, and a dire fuel outlook accompany the wartime brief.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Bataan
Drum
Hughes
Mills
Corregidor
Dunkirk
Ickes
OCD Row and War News Stir Home Front Debates
Congress debates civilian defense spending and Roosevelt agency appointees while critics lampoon the plan. FBI raids on the Pacific coast seize Axis items and arrest Japanese individuals near Los Angeles Portland and southern California as U S Navy commands form in the Southwest Pacific.
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Congress
Roosevelt
OCD
Pacific Coast
Washington
Maynus Chaney
Melvyn Douglas
Mrs. Roosevelt
Faddis
Dies Committee
FBI
Pacific
Fort MacArthur
Los Angeles
Portland
Ore
Bonneville Dam
Portuguese Bend
California
United Nations Postpones Offensive Across The World
A mid century essay argues that the United Nations must stay defensive as Axis powers hold the initiative. It stresses supply lines, raw materials, and the need to conserve manpower while building up forces for a later, decisive counteroffensive. It also recounts a 1933 NRA era anecdote and introduces Lowell Mellett as a government information chief guiding business access to federal offices.
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WNU
H Street
Washington
D. C
United Nations
Germany
Italy
Europe
Japan
Asia
Axis
Philippines
Singapore
Netherlands Indies
Blue Eagle
NRA
Department of Commerce
National Information Bureau
Lowell Mellett
United States
Lowell Mellent
Clearing House of Government Information
Government Reports
Radio men receive wage boost after ship sinking
In New York the crews on coastwise ships gained 21.5 dollars more per month plus war risk bonuses following the sinking of a company vessel. Malta reports 13 air raids by Malian German planes in one day as reinforcements pour into the besieged port.
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Amerikaland
New York Harbor
Atlantic
Navy Department
Panama
New York
Valetta
Malta
Mediterranean
Retire? Short and Kimmel Seek Military Retirement
The nation wondered if a court martial would try General Short and Admiral Kimmel for Hawaii duty failures. Both officers simultaneously asked the army and navy for retirement, leaving Pearl Harbor’s outcome for them uncertain.
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General Short
Admiral Kimmel
Hawaii
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Svalaf Sweden Develops Rye Wheat Crossbreed
Brief notes report a Svalaf plant breeding station in Sweden creating a crossbreed of rye and wheat. The piece also mentions a tire shortage prompting more footwork, a Washington meeting of the National Council of Motor Truck Owners, and self rationing at the Government Printing Office as well as a Greek famine warning cited by Undersecretary Welles.
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Svalaf
Sweden
National Council of Motor Truck Owners
Washington
Welles
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Southwest Pacific
William A. Glassford
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Numitz
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Indiana
Wilson
Chicago
Barcus, Kindred & Co
Chicago Financial House
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W. Broadway
Salt
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Ussr
West
Cutulazue
South Main
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miller
Boxalt Lake City
Wiberal Trades Beesley Music CO
So Main
PRA
Salt Lake
Bendix and Hatpoint Washers
Intermountain Utilities
South State St
L.D
Relief Society
C. .C. Tanner Company
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ADLA
Lves
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Walpale
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HOTEL
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Ogden, Utah
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