Defense of Cebu Holds Against Japanese Fourth Line
Washington reports American-Filipino forces on Cebu stubbornly resist heavy Japanese assault as Corregidor is bombed and shelled. Mindanao skirmishes continue. Bataan prisoners reach 40,000 with 196 guns and 124 tanks listed by a Japanese communique.
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Washington
War Department
Cebu
Corregidor
Department
Fort Frank
Manila Bay
Digos
Mindanao
Bataan
United States
Edward P. King, Jr
Peninsula
Albert M. Jones
First Army
George M. Parker, Jr
Second Army Corps
Francisco
Mariveles
Serib
Tamyouf
Davao Gulf
Registration plan for older men under draft act in Linn County
Cedar Rapids plans for the fourth registration under the selective service act were set for April 27. A. T. Pleune of Cedar Rapids was named coordinator to head a volunteer corps for the Linn county civilian defense council. Registration will follow the Feb 16 enrollment plan with the Memorial building as the Cedar Rapids center from 7 am to 9 pm for men who reached 45 by Feb 16 1942 or who have not yet reached 65.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board No. 3
A. T. Pleune
Civilian Defense Council
Memorial Building
Two U.S. Transports Sunk by German U-boats Near Murmansk
German high command says U-boats sank two United States transports from a convoy near Murmansk while en route to the Russian far northern port. The claim follows broadcasts from Berlin.
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Berlin
High Command
United States
Murmansk
Treasury Opposes New Tax Boost to Fight Inflation
Washington reports administration opposes drastic tax increases and supports maintaining the current 7.6 billion program. Key officials differ on freezing wages and prices with broader controls under consideration. President Roosevelt plans a fireside chat as Congress questions fiscal steps to curb inflation.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Leon Henderson
Marriner S. Eccles
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Final Meeting of Bond Drive Workers To Be Held Tonight
A final 7 30 p m gathering for Cedar Rapids volunteers will organize house to house canvass efforts to secure pledges for United States war savings bonds. More than 450 volunteers crowded the Chamber of Commerce room Monday night prompting tonight’s overflow cleanup meeting for precincts seventeen through twenty three in Linn county. B D Silliman, bond sale chairman, said the assembly will follow the same format as prior sessions.
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Cedar Rapids
B. D. Silliman
Linn County
Plowing and Harrowing Gardens Ad Bid
Promotion urges readers to place Want Ad business service notices in The Gazette pages. Calls urged to dial 3-0333 or 2-1121 to advertise and gain more jobs and money through the classified section.
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Dial
Gazette
Enemy Splits Defenders of Burma Front
Chungking reports Japanese forces occupy Taungd wingyi 140 miles southwest of Mandalay driving a wedge between Chinese and British armies along Sitang and Irrawaddy fronts. Japanese columns cross the Swa river near Toungoo, threaten Yedashe, while attacks press western Burma as Migyaungye falls. A.V.G. and RAF airstrikes inflict losses on Japanese planes.
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Swa
Toungoo
Chungking
Burma
Migyaungye
Minbu
India
Royal Air Force
A.V.G
Kunming
Leiwing
Yunnan
Trio of check artists captured after Cedar Rapids tip
Cedar Rapids police arrested James R. Hudson Clifford Nunneley and Violet Nunneley after a tip from Three Sisters store employee. The trio, linked to fraud across 13 states, cashed payroll checks totaling more than $30,000 in a year. They faced two charges of uttering forged instruments and admitted drug use.
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Cedar Rapids
Bill Kudrna
Tom Condon
Kudina
FBI
James R. Hudson
Texarkana
Ark
Cliford Nunneley
Coolidge
Ariz
Violet
Phoenix
Hudson
Arizona
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nunneley
Arizona Penitentiary
J. E. S. Packer
Milner
Three Sisters
Packer
1702 Avenue Cne
First Avenue E
First Street
Poice
George Connell
Dan Kruidenier
Wallace Receives Import Authority Change for War Effort
President Roosevelt issues an executive order placing the Board of Economic Warfare under Vice President Wallace with control of importation of materials and commodities for the war. The move shifts power from Jesse Jones and gives BEW power over lend lease policies and coordination with WPB on quantities, specs, delivery, and priorities of non-weapon materials.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Secretary of Commerce
Jesse Jones
BEW
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Bishop Edwin F. Lee recounts Far East escape from war
Fayette county resident Bishop Edwin F. Lee, a 24-year Methodist missionary in the Far East, describes surviving Singapore bombing and rapid evacuations via Java to Australia. He recalls raids, shipboard explosions, and the fall of Singapore as he and Mrs. Lee traveled 12,000 miles in 46 days.
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Gene Farmer
Ayette
Far East
Fayette County
Edwin F. Lee
Singapore
Java
Australia
Mrs. Lee
Bishop Lee
Tokio
Lee
I Sthlocare
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Lees
U S Vichy Ties Strained Over Consulate and Laval Move
Vichy rejected the United States note on establishing a consulate general in Brazzaville Free French Equatorial Africa and urged withdrawal of the story. Diplomats warned of a serious crisis in French policy as Laval became vice-premier, with potential global repercussions among the United Nations. The United States signaled it would continue relations with French citizens in control of territories, despite Vichy protests.
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Bulletin
Vichy
France
United States
Free French Equatorial Africa
Washington
Pierre Laval
United Nations
Sumner Welles
Laval
Brazzaville
Equatorial Africa
Free French Movement
Laval's Return Seen as Grave News for Allied Nations
London officials warned Laval's comeback signals a France in crisis with global implications. Key fears include French fleet disposition, North Africa aiding Germany, Vichy threats to Free French territories, potential Japanese moves toward Madagascar, and possible German submarine bases in colonies affecting Indian Ocean routes.
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London
Pierre Laval
France
Libya
Madagascar
Africa
Vichy
Germany
United States
One Third Cut in Output of Hot Air Furnaces
The War Production Board ordered a one third reduction in hot air furnace production to save about 100000 tons of iron and steel. Large makers responsible for 60 percent of last year’s output must cut iron and steel use by 50 percent, smaller firms by 10 percent. Production will meet military and defense housing needs and essential civilian replacements.
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Washington
INS
War Production Board
WPB
State Fair Outlook Dim for This Year
Iowa officials say there will be no Iowa state fair this year due to possible use of the fairgrounds as an air corps storage depot. Army engineers discussed leasing the grounds for 1942 exhibit use, with insurance costs noted as a sticking point. Governor Wilson and fair officials remain in talks with Buck of the St. Louis office.
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Des Moines
J. P. Mullen
Fonda
Iowa State Fair Board
Army
Fair Board
George A. Wilson
A O. Buck
Army Engineers
St. Louis
Air Corps
Fair
Lloyd Cunningham
State Board
Cunningham
Buck
Roosevelt Tentatively Picks "War of Survival" for War Name
President Roosevelt reportedly selects "War of Survival" as the tentative title for the current conflict after briefing Latin American ambassadors and ministers on Tuesday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Laval Returns to Power as France Pushes Collaboration
Pierre Laval regains vice-premier post in Vichy France amid German pressure to form a new government basis. Petain remains head of state while Darlan and Laval shift power, signaling a possible full Axis alignment and a break with the United States.
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Bern
Switzerland
Petain
Vichy
Pierre Laval
United States
Laval
France
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Germany
Jean Francois Darlan
Pierre Pucheu
Laval Petain
Marshal Petain
M Laval
Admiral Darlan
M. Laval
Chatajidon
Paris
Riom Trial Suspended to Broaden Scope for War Responsibility
The Vichy government suspended the Riom trial to allow investigation that will broaden its scope to include political and military mistakes leading to the war and France's defeat. The Easter recess ends with the trial possibly resuming to address wider charges against five former French leaders.
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Vichy
France
Germany
French Republic
Thunderbolt strike kills churchgoers in Malayattur
A lightning bolt struck a church in Malayattur causing 18 deaths and severe burns to 40 people, according to a dispatch from Ernakulam in Cochin state.
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Bombay
India
Malayattur
Cochin
Ernakulam
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Harry Cook
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Winston Churchill
Bishop and Mrs
Edwin ’F. Lee
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