Allies Delay Japs Gather Might For Counter Drive
British forces fall back toward Singapore as Japanese forces mass in Thailand and Malaya. Far Eastern command bombs Singora Sungei Patani and Ipoh, while Slim River area combat intensifies. Singapore doubts HQ can stay. defense may shift south of Kuala Lumpur.
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Singapore
Sngapore
Thailand
Slim River
Wad
Malaya
Kuala Lumpur
Im Perea
Federated Alay States
Far Eastern Command
Singora
Sungei Patani
Ipoh
Malayan
Federated Malay States
Tokio
United Press
Harold Guard
Cancel Major Golf Tourneys For This Year
The United States Golf Association at its annual convention voted to cancel all four major championships for 1942. The National Open and National Amateur were set for Interlachen Minneapolis Pebble Beach Del Monte Tulsa and Denver Public Links. Three medal play handicap events will be held instead on Decoration Day May 30 Independence Day July 4 and Labor Day September 7 at member clubs nationwide.
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New York
United States Golf Association
Interlachen Country Club
Minneapolis
Pebble Beach Golf and Country Club
del Monte
Calif
Tulsa
Okla
Denver
Colo
U.S.G.A
Office of Civilian Defense
Mon
Solons Study Tax Proposals
Washington insiders report Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlined sweeping tax ideas to raise seven billion dollars for wartime needs. Proposals include a payroll withholding tax, lower personal exemptions, new and higher excises, tighter excess profits taxes, and higher rates on durable goods. a general sales tax was not endorsed. Congress indicated it will draft its own bill, potentially rejecting Treasury ideas.
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Washington
INS
Treasury
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Congressional
Congress
RAF Attacks Brest Naval Base Under Night Raid
London report says RAF planes attacked the docks at the Nazi naval base of Brest on the French coast during the night, as announced by the British air ministry on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A.F
Brest
London
INL
Brita Air Ministry
Navy bulletin urges patience for embryo strategists
In Honolulu a Pearl Harbor recreation notice rebukes quick to act urges discipline and calm. It stresses the navy’s superiority over the Japanese fleet and warns battles should not begin on ten minutes’ notice, promising shared victory and readiness to enjoy the victory.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Losses Mount As Superior Grain Elevator Fire Rages
Two explosions followed by a blaze at Superior Wisconsin’s Great Northern grain storage complex caused an estimated 2.25 million dollars in damage. Seven people were injured including two firefighters in subzero temperatures. Fire officials sought FBI assistance to determine origin. Elevator X held 1.5 million bushels of grain valued at one dollar per bushel. complex total capacity about 12 million bushels.
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Superior
Wis
Great Northern Railroad
Edward Nelson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Dutch Tarakan Isle Bombed By Japanese
Eight Japanese planes attacked Tarakan in the Dutch East Indies on Friday in a raid aimed at a Royal Netherlands Navy warship and a nearby merchant ship. Five crew members were slightly wounded by a bomb near the warship. overall, no significant damage was reported to either vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
INS
Tarakan
Dutch East Indies
Royal Netherlands Navy
Farm Senators Gain Products Exemption From Price Control
Farm state lawmakers pressed for a 10 percent rise in parity price fixing and won Senate exemption of farm products from price controls. The fight in the Senate, with 31 Democrats deserting the administration and 26 Democrats and 10 Republicans voting against, ended when President Roosevelt opposed both amendments.
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Washington
Senate
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
McCarran
D-Nev
Barkley
Kentucky
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Alben W. Barkley
Nazis Admit Russ Thrust Is Critical
The Associated Press reports a Nazi admission that German military operations have entered a grave, critical phase as Soviet forces recapture Mosalsk and press toward Moscow fronts. Dietrich warned of crisis while German hope clings to endurance. dispatches note bitter weather, with fears of home-front unease amid heavy losses.
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Mosalsk
Kaluga
Otto Dietrich
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Dietrich
Berlin
Rome
Don River
Rostov
Bern
Kerch
Kalinin
Volokolamsk
Vysokoe
Volkovo
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Vyazma-Bryansk
Most Hated On Earth Editor's Note by H O Thompson
Washington dispatch recounts a bitter view of Japan as the most hated race in the Far East. It details brutal acts in occupied territories, including torture of British sailors in Formosa and mistreatment of a visiting American woman, with vivid anecdotes from Tokio.
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H. O. Thompson
Tokio
United Press
Washington
Far East
Melville James Cox
Cox
Hitler orders Gestapo to increase watch on Goering
Moscow radio quoted Turkish sources that Adolf Hitler told the Gestapo to tighten surveillance on Field Marshal Hermann Goering after reports he met with army leaders. The Swiss announcer said Hitler’s view of Goering had worsened since Brauchitsch’s dismissal and he criticized air force leadership.
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London
Radio
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Secret Police
Hermann Goering
Hitler
Gooering
Goering
Walther von Brauchitsch
Germans Hinting Fear Of Rumanian Revolt Preparations
The Berlin radio cited a Bucharest dispatch claiming Romanian soldiers returning from the Russian front did not surrender their arms and hinted at political motives amid rumors of an armed revolt against Nazi rule in Romania. Swedish correspondents in Berlin were asked to deny signs of an impending coup in the Nazi capital.
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United Press
Rumania
Berlin
Bucharest
Fatal auto crash with interstate bus in Cedar Rapids
Fifteen year old Velma Vanous of Cedar Rapids died when the car she rode in collided with an Interstate Transit bus at First avenue and Sixth street West. Passenger Miss Vanous was thrown under the bus as it struck the auto carrying John Cox Jr., 16, and four others. Velma Cook, 15, was injured and taken to St Luke’s hospital. drivers and riders involved were treated for bumps, cuts, and shock. The incident occurred as Cedar Rapids inductees traveled from Des Moines for physicals.
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Virginia Vanous
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Sixth Street
Miss Vanous
Edward J Vanous
F Avenue
Vanous
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Velma Cook
D Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
John Cox, Jr
John Cox
Floyd C. Higan
Cox
Five Trucks Figure In Two Accidents In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police logged two separate truck crashes Friday evening involving five trucks. One driver, A. B. Rogers, 37, was arrested for drunk driving after his northbound truck sideswiped a parked vehicle. A second incident sent Ed Brecht, 37, to the ground with bruises after a westbound truck struck his parked rig and a hit and run driver vanished.
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Cedar Rapids
A. B. Rogers
Wilson Avenue
Tenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Harold Halstead
Marion
Rogers
G. K. Thompson
Ed Brecht
Fairfax
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Brecht
A. L. Dulin
Wm Tehel Dies of Heart Attack at 62
William Tehel aged 62 of 1301 Third Street SW died of a heart attack at his home Saturday morning after two prior heart incidents. Born June 19 1879 in Maryville Kansas he moved to Linn County as a child and worked in various trades before leading Tehel Bottling Co as owner and general manager. He had recently traveled to Des Moines and back and had earlier driven to work at his office before staying home. The report notes his early life on a farm near Fairfax and a 1901 trek to Cedar Rapids with modest funds.
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William Tehel
Third Street
Tehel Bottling Company
Des Moines
Mr. Tehel
Maryville
Kan
Linn County
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
John T Hamilton
Solon
War Dept Bans Hourly Temperature Reports
The War Department orders the weather bureau to stop publishing hourly temperatures to prevent enemy access. Cedar Rapids readings show a 12 above to 24 below swing, with minimums allowed, while telephone distribution is halted though warnings may still be broadcast. Officials and stations weigh cooperation.
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War Department
Weather Bureau
Charles D Reed
Des Moines
the Gazette
Chambers Inskeep Co
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Iowa Cold Wave Eases With Forecast Hopes
U S weather bureau promised relief from the bitter cold as temperatures were expected to rise to 10 to 16 degrees above zero across the state this afternoon with no sub zero readings by night. Minimums ranged from zero in the northeast to five above in the southeast, following one of Iowa's coldest nights since New Year’s.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
Decorah
Elkader
All-Out Mop-Up Fray Signals Philippines Drive
War Department notes that Japan has begun the first phase of an all-out drive to conquer the Philippines with artillery duels near Manila and reinforcements moving to northern Batan. Japanese raids and submarine activity are reported around the Dutch East Indies and the Java Sea, with a likely assault on Dutch possessions. MacArthur’s forces are believed clustered on the Batan peninsula and in Pampanga, Zambales, and nearby areas as Japan may push toward Manila Bay from Davao and Indochina bases.
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Tokio
Malaya
Singapore
Bangkok
Thailand
Philippines
U. S
Washington
War Department
Japan
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Mindanao
Davao
United States
Netherlands Indies
Batavia
Netherlands
Java Sea
Central Pacific
New England
MacArthur
Philippine
Pampanga
Corregidor
Zambales
Subic Bay
Olongapo
Philippine Army
Cabusilan
Pampanga River
Manila Bay
Indo- China
Asia
China
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Volkhov
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Lake Ilmen
Russia
Germany
Europe
Formosa
Taihoku
Pacific War Area
India
Calchum
Chungking
Bangk
Siem
Kunming
Kong
Mukdene
Tientsin
C&mannan
Manil
Tno
Hanghai
Philippine , Islands
AVRO
Pacific
Guam
Caroline IS
Girl
Cedar Naulds
Wm. Tehel
Cedar Rapids News
State Weather Bureau
Ruth Alexander
American Presidents Line
Dutch Islands
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