Senate wartime price controls spark warnings on inflation
The Senate passes a price control bill with no wage ceiling and higher farm price caps, granting the agriculture secretary veto power over farm price orders. Critics warn of administrative muddle and questionable gains for farmers versus national security. News from Germany carries a gloom that masks UN gains. Tire thefts prompt calls for federal offenses, while fashion and clothing soberly reflect wartime material limits and civilian morale concerns.
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Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Britain vows all-out grip to defend Singapore
British leaders pledged absolute determination to defend Singapore and other vital areas as troops fought a losing battle for Kuala Lumpur. Tokyo claimed Kuala Lumpur’s fall while British and Allied forces countered with air strikes and naval actions.
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Britain
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Federated Malay States
Sir Henry R. Pownall
Evian
Jungle warfare near Singapore alters Malaya front
Harold Guard reports on swift Japanese assaults toward Kuala Lumpur as British forces withdraw in Malaya. Singapore defense lines show mixed alarms and aerial actions. The correspondent witnesses novel jungle fighting and notes British, American, and Chinese air strikes targeting Japanese strongholds.
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Harold Guard
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Gateway City
Malaya
Slim River
Singapore Island
Johore
Malay Zone
Western Front
Far East
Public utilities and war demands in Iowa discussed by Mr Dows
In a wartime interview Mr Dows argues public utilities can meet extra demands though government intervention could be needed for equipment delivery priorities in large areas. He outlines the Iowa Electric Light and Power service region along rail corridors and notes potential government takeover for war needs. He criticizes TVA economics and predicts government write downs for hydro investments.
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Dows
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
North Western
Milwaukee
Cedar and Jones Counties
Greene and Carroll Counties
Initiative In Burma Air Duel Snatched By Yanks R A F
American and British flyers seized the air initiative in Burma with raids around Tak base near the Taki Burma frontier. Allied bombers hit Bangkok, and in the Tak attack three enemy fighters were destroyed as 14 pursuit planes strafed the field. The Japanese offered little resistance, firing only from beside grounded planes.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Tak
Taki-Burma
Bangkok
Judge Rutherford Dies Leader of Jehovah's Witnesses
Judge Joseph Franklin Rutherford, 72, head of Jehovah's Witnesses with about two million followers, died at his San Diego mansion. Mortician Harvey Lewis Jr. disclosed the death on Saturday.
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San Diego
Calif
Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Jehovah's Witnesses
King David’s
Harvey Lewis, Jr
Burma Road Misconception Sparks Army Recruiting Confusion
At a Atlanta recruitment office two young Negro volunteers mistook Burma Road for a local route to Birmingham. The sergeant corrected them that Burma Road lies in China, prompting the pair to joke about tearing up papers and hoping for weekend passes to Birmingham.
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Atlanta
Army
Bama Road
Burma Road
China
MBS Sues NBC Over 10 Million Anti-Trust Claim
The Mutual Broadcasting System sues NBC and its RCA parent in federal court for 10 275 000 alleging anti trust violations that deprived Mutual of business. Co plaintiffs include WOR New York WGN Chicago WOL Washington WGRC Louisville WHBF Rock Island KWK St Louis. Mutual seeks a temporary injunction pending trial.
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Chicago
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Mutual
Radio Corporation of America
John P. Barnes
Columbia Broadcasting System
MBS
WOR
New York
WGN
WOL
Washington
Shanghai banks, factories seized as Japanese move in
Chinese reports say Japanese military authorities ordered liquidation of American, British, Dutch and Belgian banks in Shanghai international settlement and seized 51 American and British factories there in the action reported from Chungking.
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Chungking
Shanghai
Nazis Giving Up Without a Fight
Soviet dispatches report German units surrendering without resistance as the Red Army expands its westward winter drive. Tass cites platoon commanders ordering surrenders while Hitler rushes reinforcements to fragile front lines amid air campaigns against German transport.
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Moscow
Kuibyshev
Red Army
Tass
Karl Ernst
Ernst
Lorenz Tellinger
Adolf Hitler
Epic of Sinking Sheds Light on Galatea Tragedy
Eyewitness Larry Allen recalls the sinking of the Galatea after torpedo hits off Alexandria on December 16. As the cruiser tilted and vanished in oil slicks, 119 survivors were plucked from the sea while Allen, amid oily water, fought to reach safety after a 45 minute plunge.
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Larry Allen
Mediterranean
Associated Press
Allen
Alexandria
Galatea
Egypt
Nazis Add Forced Denials Amid Reich Revolt Rumors
Nazi leaders moved to quell reports of a revolt as Germany faces losses in Russia. Berlin summoned foreign correspondents at night to hear denials while Hitler’s press chief urged renewed faith in the Fuehrer. A spring offensive is being planned amid growing army shortages and broad recruiting drives.
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Hitler
Red Army
Russia
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Berlin
Gestapo
Goering
Romania
Dietrich
United Nations
U. N
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Reich
Foreign Office
Adolf Hitler
Soviet
Bulgaria
Baltic States
Norway
East
Naz
Walther von Bauchitsch
Jap Vessels Act To Strike Dutch East Indies Fast
Fragmentary Philippines dispatches suggest Japan plans an immediate assault on the Dutch East Indies and a drive on Luzon to dislodge General Douglas MacArthur. Reports cite Mindanao fleet concentrations, Luzon front reinforcement, and a possible baiting push toward Batan and Subic Bay with strong air activity and artillery exchanges.
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Washington
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Tokio
MacArthur
Batan
United States
East Indies
Batan Peninsula
Subic Bay
Manila Bay
South China Sea
Olongapo
Body Of Missing Army Flyer Found Near Hanna
The body of an army flyer missing since a crash Thursday night was found Saturday eight miles south of Hanna beside his parachute. Seven crew mates escaped. Lieut Walkin of Fort Francis E. Warren reportedly said the flyer was hit by the bomber after bail-out.
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Hanna
Wyo
Walkin
Fort Francis E. Warren
Century Engineering Wins Ordnance Contract For Local Plant
Century Engineering announced a War Department order to revamp its Cedar Rapids facility to manufacture aerial bomb mechanisms fuses gauges and tools. Polish munitions experts will join the new ordnance division as production begins with first parts due in April.
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E. J Lattner
Century Engineering Corporation
Third Street
Lattner
Brazil
Ordnance Division
War Department
Century Engineering
New York
George Kelley
Kelly
Chicago Ordnance District
Radio Production to Shrink 50 Percent in Three Months
CHICAGO UP Russ Nixon a radio industry labor leader predicted civilian radio production would fall 50 percent within three months and drop another 40 percent after that, leading to rationing of radios overall.
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Chicago
Russ Nixon
Saturday Night
Food price control bill clears Senate amid farm aid clash
The Senate passed price control legislation with farm bloc amendments that would raise food costs by about 25 percent, despite administration opposition. The 83 to 1 final vote included cooperation to resolve differences with the House, and provisions assign price powers between the Agriculture Secretary and the Price Administrator, with new parity and wage rules under debate.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
Gerald P. Nye
R-Nd
Gillette
Herring
Iowa
Mr. Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R Wickard
Leon Henderson
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
D-Wyon
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
O’mahones
Sen Prentiss M Brown
D-Midh
Millard E. Tydings
D-Md
Office of Price Administration
Sen
Walter F. George
Temperatures Move Into Higher Zone With No Hourly Figures
The Gazette reports that official hourly temperatures are restricted by a war department ban while confirming maximum and minimum readings and precipitation. The Iowa weather bureau allows release of these data, and readers are invited to use basic math to estimate hourly values.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
War Department
America
Iowa Weather Bureau
Gazette
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