War News Mixed With Home Front Efforts And Fashion Shifts
Amid reports of Japanese momentum in Asia and a improving Russian front, U S and Allied air activity grows while industrial leaders resist broader labor control. USO and Red Cross urge Victory Book donations to stock Army Navy libraries, and a New York dealer notes a shift to casual clothing as wartime pressures rise.
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USO
The
Red Cross
Themerican Library Association
Army
Navy
Attacks Mount as M'Arthur's Forces Hold Bataan Line
Washington reports Japan sharpens assaults on MacArthur's forces in Bataan province while American air power hits a Japanese battleship in Davao Gulf. Manila radio suppression and a Tutuila attack test U S defenses as U S bombers strike at Majella bay fleet concentration.
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M’arthur
Japanese forces occupy key Philippine naval base at Olongapo
Imperial headquarters reported on Monday that Japanese forces fully occupied the strategic naval base at Olongapo, located about 60 miles northwest of Manila on the Bataan peninsula, after action Saturday.
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New York
San Francisco
Imperial Headquarters
Philippine
Olongapo
Manila
Batan Peninsula
Huge Synthetic Rubber Program Announced by Washington
Jesse Jones the federal loan administrator announced a 400 million dollar program to expand synthetic rubber production. He said the plan would nearly end the American rubber shortage in about 18 months and that current supplies meet essential needs until new plants are finished.
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Jesse Jones
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United States
Priorities Analyst to Visit Cedar Rapids Chamber Tuesday
Analyst J Dan Malone from the priorities division of the Office of Production Management will start visits Tuesday. Cedar Rapids business men may bring priorities problems for assistance and can call for appointments. interviews will occur every other Tuesday with headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Cedar Rapids News
J. Dan Malone
Office of Production Management
Eugene M. Pinney
Chamber of Commerce
Malone
Pinney
Cedar Rapids
Admiral Hart Arrives in Dutch East Indies by Submarine
Admiral Thomas C. Hart commander of the United States Asiatic fleet and UN naval forces in the Southwest Pacific disclosed to United Press that he reached the Dutch East Indies in an American submarine more than a week ago.
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Thomas C. Hart
United States Asiatic Fleet
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
United Press
Dutch East Indies
Predicts Ban on New Homes for Duration
LOS ANGELES AP Orders halting new home construction by private citizens for the war's duration probably will be issued shortly Sullivan Jones chief of housing priorities for the Office of Production Management said Sunday Scarcity of metals necessary for the nation's war effort makes it requisite that all construction not essential for defense or public health be stopped Large scale defense housing projects and similar construction jobs needed in the war effort will provide work for most of the country's building trades workers Jones predicted.
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Los Angeles
Sullivan Jones
Office of Production Management
Jones
Russians Drive Deep in the Arctic and Break Second Winter Line
Russian Arctic troops opened an offensive on the Arctic coast and the main forces shattered the German second winter defense line. Forces crossed the Mousta Tunturi range and pressed 12 miles into the Maloyaroslavets sector north of Kaluga while taking 30 villages. Lyudinovo, Tikhonova Pustinya and a Bryansk front railroad junction were captured, signaling a major flank move near Smolensk and a potential pinch on German defenses.
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Russia
Arctic
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Schmidt
Balaclava
Moscow
Lyudinovo
Bryansk
Tikhonova Pustinya
Kaluga
Bryansk-Vyazma
Roslavl
Mogilev
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
London
Earth Tremor Felt in Bogota With No Damage
A slight earth movement was felt in Bogota on Sunday with no damage reported. Local authorities described the tremor as minor and did not indicate injuries or structural harm.
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Columbia
Navy Secretary Knox says Battle of the Atlantic remains top wartime priority
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox told a Mayors Conference that the Pacific is not idle but cautioned against expecting a near decisive Pacific war. He stressed sea lanes between the U S and Britain as the main effort to defeat Hitler's Germany and warned of further reverses beyond Pearl Harbor. He blamed Nazi Germany for the war and defended U S leadership and strategy across seas.
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Frank Knox
Atlantic
Navy
America
Britain
Hitler
Germany
United States Conference of Mayors
Knox
Pacific
Japan
Art Chase Dies Of Heart Attack At 66 In Cedar Rapids
Arthur E Chase 66 longtime Troy Laundry owner and president since 1922 died early Sunday at his home 2225 Grande Avenue SE after a heart attack Born January 26 1875 in Clay County Iowa he worked in rail and laundry trades before starting the Troy Laundry He held Masonic posts and was active in many organizations including the Rotary Club Y M C A and several fraternal groups Funeral services are set for 3 pm Tuesday at Turner chapel with entombment in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Troy Laundry Company
Grande Avenue
Clay County
Chase
Goodwin
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth C. Miller
Marion
Troy
Mount Hermon
Peoples Savings Bank
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Rotary Club
Home For Aged Women
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American Laundry Association
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Turner Chapel
F C Witzigman
Oelwein
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Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Park
Pacific War Theater Seeps Across Dutch East Indies
The report notes Japan striking from the Philippines base at Davao with landings at Tarakan and on Celebes while US bombers claim a direct hit on an enemy battleship in the Gulf of Davao and MacArthur’s Philippine army repels a Japanese assault with heavy losses. British forces retreat to positions south of Kuala Lumpur as enemy planes bomb Moulmein in Burma.
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Malayan
Dutch East Indies
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Philippines
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Japan
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Borneo
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Federated Malay States
Moulmein
British Burma
Menado
Dutch Borneo
British Malaya
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Tokio
Selangor
Malaya
Negri Serimban
Johore
Malay Peninsula
Gibraltar
United Nation
Tampin
Malacca Strait
Sumatra
East Indies
Batavia
N.E.I
Nipponese Close On Singapore as Indies Invasion Expands
Allied forces in the Indies fight back with Dutch and Allied air and sea strikes. Japan claims Menado and Tarakan gains as Singapore defense tightens and Kuala Lumpur falls, while British withdraw toward Seremban.
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Singapore
Indies
Reinforcements From U S And Britain Reach Far East
Australian Navy Minister J M Makin announced that reinforcements from the United States and Britain are on their way to the Far East. He said the powers' concentrations should secure Australia and that Australia can resist any intrusion against its safety, without specifying troop deployment.
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Australia
United States
Britain
Far East
J M Makin
Dominion
Makin
Heat Wave Visible as Cedar Rapids Warms Then Drops Again
Cedar Rapids area forecasts fair skies and a colder night after a brief warm spell. Monday saw temperatures rise above freezing for the first time in a week, with 34 degrees at Chambers Inskeep and a Sunday high near 30.
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The
Mercury
Chambers
Des Moines Temperatures Rise as Mild Weather Returns
Iowa experienced a warm break after a 10 day sub zero spell. Sunday brought rising temperatures with readings up to 41 in Sioux City and 22 in Dubuque as the weather eased. Forecast calls for fair skies and colder air to the east tonight with varied minimums across the state.
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Iowa
Mercury
Sioux City
Dubuque
Senate passes bill to posthumously raise Mitchell to major general
The Senate approved a measure honoring air power pioneer William Mitchell by posthumously promoting him to major general and sending the bill to the House. Senator Bennett C. Clark praised Mitchell's work as the bill was amended to confer the higher rank.
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Bennett C. Clark
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Clark
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
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