Britain India Concessions Debated as War Pressure Rises
In editorials Britain weighs granting India dominion or tighter defense. Murky Burma reports split loyalties in India while Nehru's leadership prospects are debated. MacArthur fingered new Japanese commander Yamashita as Mindoro actions signal resistance. Rubber and convoy news follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
India
MacArthur
Burma
Java
England
Nehru
Wavell
Washington
Girja Bajpai
Gandhi
Chiang Kai-shek
Java's Java: Japanese Break Through Bandoeng Defenses
The article details the rapid Japanese advance across Java during the campaign, with naval air and land superiority knocking out defenses and slicing the island. It notes Allied hopes for escapes to Australia and the collapse of Java’s defense as thousands seek refuge and production shifts in the war effort continue.
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Bataan
MacArthur
Java
War Department
Tomoyuke Yamashita
Yamashita
Malaya
Singapore
Masaharu Homma
Washington
Mindoro
Luzon
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur and
Bandoeng
Australia
United Nations
Farm Bloc in Congress Targets Wickard Policy
A long analysis of how the farm bloc in Congress challenges Secretary Wickard and his Surplus Commodity program. It outlines the legislative battles to veto or attach parity-breaking measures to war bills, and explains the department’s stance on stimulating livestock output through lower grain prices.
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William Harrison
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Nelson
WNU
H Street
Washington
D. C
Wickard
Department of Agriculure
White House
Henderson
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Surplus
England
Nature
Netherlands Indies
Farm Bloc
Oval Office
Rio guards Japanese diplomats amid reports of commando seizure
Brazil placed Japanese diplomats under guard after Tokyo reported that Brazils envoys were held incommunicado and that the embassy faced military occupation. In Burma Allied lines near Rangoon saw American made tanks arrive and a second squadron of volunteer fliers join the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Tokyo
Burma
Rangoon
World union forecast from wartime alliance prompts world court
Historian Edwin Embree foresees a future world union emerging from the United Nations with international courts coinage police and common institutions. General Hershey heads the draft system with Major Culligan and aides Flynn and Shea. The next lottery drawing is slated for St Patrick's Day with green capsules.
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Roosevelt
United Nations
Edwin Embree
General Hershey
Selective Service Administration
Chocolate Family
Major Culligan
Messrs. Flynn
Shea
St. Patrick’s Day
New Defense Jobs Opening Each Day
A wartime recruitment note invites workers to join defense industries with free training. It emphasizes opportunities for women in roles such as inspectors and instructors as men enlist, and points readers to a 32 page booklet detailing agencies, job types, locations, and registration addresses.
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Army
Navy
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Western Newspaper Union
Churchill
Sir Stafford Cripps
London
New York
Connecticut
Leon Henderson
Elliott Simpson
Amazon
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Simpson
Mexico
United States
Plains States
Knox
America
Navy Department
Sir Archibald Wavell
Finis
Uncle Sam
Surplus Commodities Corporation
Office of Facts and Figures
Blue Network
U.S
Thomas C. Hart
Far East
Bankhage
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Raleigh
Raleigh Cigarettes
Adv
Fragersoll
Swagger
agersoll-Water Company
Chana
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