Strategists See Jap Attack Threats in Pacific. Madagascar Secures Lines
In weekly analysis, editors note Allied occupation of Madagascar strengthens supply routes to Australia and threaten Japanese flank operations. Reports cite increased US forces in the Pacific, air battles, and naval movements as analysts weigh Japan’s plan to cut UN lines between Sydney and San Francisco.
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Pacific
Madagascar
United Nations
Japan
Australia
East Indies
Philippines
Alhhed
USS
South Pacific
French
New Caledonia
Marshall Islands
Gilbert and Iilice Islands
Solomon Islands
New Mebrides
Bay of Bengal
India
San Francisco
Sydney
War Labor Supply Reaches High Peak
Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the War Manpower Commission estimates war work employment may hit 27.5 million by end of 1942, up from 1.5 million at start of 1941. He says re-direction of labor is needed but no draft or compulsory regimentation is planned.
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Gallantry on Corregidor and Nazi warship setback
A Corregidor report honors American troops who raised the flag amid Japanese fire, naming Corporal Louis A. Roark Harley E Leaird and Roys Bailey as rescuers. Separately, British sources say the Gneisenau Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen suffered heavy damage from torpedoes bombs mines and submarines, limiting their action.
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Prinz Eugen
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U. S
Gandhi Defends Non Violence Policy Against Invasion Threat
The All-India Congress working committee urged a policy of non violent non cooperation if Japan invades India. Gandhi's stance reaffirms peace over scorched earth tactics while opposing belligerent party views led by Nehru. The British government again bears blame for India’s position.
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Four Destroyers Set World Record at New Jersey Yard
Four destroyers slid down the ways at Kearney New Jersey in a gas launch described by Governor Edison as the equivalent of a naval victory. The vessels were the U S S Fletcher Radford Quick and Mer vine. All were about 90 percent complete and the launch time was exceptionally brief, setting a new world record for such a feat.
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Gov. Charles Edison
New Jersey
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U. S. S. Quick
U. S
Mervine
Wartime farming drive targets 17 million acre crop boost
Chicago reports a plan to add 17 081 000 acres to 14 major crops this spring under Middle West Soil Improvement committee guidance. To lift yields, farmers must adopt soil management, rotation, precise fertilizer use, and fertility building regimens. London notes 70 Czech workers shot in Germany after a strike at a plant. In Czechoslovakia 55 French hostages executed in reprisal for two Nazi soldiers killed, with sabotage of two German troop trains. Salt Lake City reports 17 killed when United Airlines Mainliner crashed into a mountain peak during a wind sleet storm while circling for a midnight landing.
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Outposts of Far Flung Battles United States Army View
U S Army manpower stretches from Iceland to Asia as World War II expands the global front. America guides Allied operations, while Canadians seek financial independence and price coordination with U S policy. The piece reflects on interdependence, war mobilization, and cross border economic ties amid Pearl Harbor mobilization.
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Levant
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Latin youths train in U.S. aviation program
More than 200 Latin American youths begin aviation training in the United States as part of the war effort. At Camp Roberts California a mess hall renames a breakfast favorite “Free French Toast” to boost morale in the fight against the Axis. Knoxville’s Chester Bryant urges citizens of all nations to close letters with “Yours for Victory” in wartime solidarity.
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