Dutch Bombers Hit Macassar Straits Ships Off Balik Papan
Dutch army bombers attacked Japanese ship concentrations in the Macassar straits near Balik Papan. A passenger liner capsized by 750 pound bombs while a large transport and a destroyer suffered direct hits. N. E. I. pilots struck eight vessels, including warships and transports, in one day.
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Batavia
INS
Straits
Macassar
Borneo
Balik Papan
Macassar Straits
Italian Alien With Inflammable Liquid Held by Police
An Italian immigrant named William C. Fantine, 50, of Cleveland, was held on vagrancy charges after police found inflammable liquids and candles in a Union depot locker. He claimed to be an itinerant shoe polish maker and salesman and said he had been in America since 1908.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank Roper
Milwaukee Railroad
H. R. Churchill
William C. Fantine
Cleveland
Roper
Whitlam Park
Fantine
Union Depot
America
Premature Spring Forecast For Cedar Rapids Area
The Cedar Rapids region enjoys mild, dry conditions with no precipitation expected this weekend. Sunshine varied Saturday as temperatures climbed to 46 degrees by noon, with a week of unusually warm weather peaking at 52 degrees and dipping to 29 degrees after midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Death Edict Shows Filipino Resistance Rising
Washington AP reports Filipino resistance to Japanese forces in the Philippines grows as Lt Gen Masaharu Homma issues a death penalty for many offenses from rebellion to tearing down notices. MacArthur cites a guerrilla raid in northern Luzon as evidence of organized resistance behind enemy lines.
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Washington
Philippines
U. S. Army
Douglas MacArthur
Luzon
MacArthur
Nippon
Masaharu Homma
Philippine Theater
U. S. Pilots Share Big Burma Victory Over Japanese
AP dispatch from Rangoon reports U. S. and British fighters shot down at least 21 Japanese planes in raids on Rangoon while defending airmen repelled air attacks. On land Japanese forces pulled back toward Moulmein as Burma braces for further clashes along Tenasserim’s coast.
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Rangoon
Burma
U. S
Burma Road
Moulmein
Tenasserim
Gulf of Martaban
Salween
Gulf
Navy hints sub peril reduced in Atlantic shipping lull
The Navy says rerouting ships and destroying or capturing German subs has eased Atlantic coast shipping losses. In the past week five ships sank and one was damaged, with 75 dead or missing. A hush is urged to deny the enemy a psychological edge, while observers note fewer attacks and a rising one way traffic.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Cape Hatteras
Newfoundland
Norness
Allan Jackson
Coimbra
City of Atlanta
Ciltraira
Russia Japan clash predicted by British official Cripps
Sir Stafford Cripps said Russia and Japan will clash by force, warning Allied effort is needed to sustain the Russians against a German spring offensive. He projected Russia's war production to surge, with tanks surpassing June levels and the army doubling by winter, while Germany faced poor prospects.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Russia
Japan
Cripps
Moscow
Germany
Josef Stalin
City Atty Seeks Manslaughter Charge in Fatal Bus Crash
City Attorney Don Hines urged that Floyd C. Hagan face manslaughter charges after a fatal bus crash on January 9 in which 15 year old Virginia Vanous of Cedar Rapids died. Judge Harry Johnson took under advisement reckless driving and driving without lights charges after testimony from eight witnesses.
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Harry Johnson
Don Hines
Floyd C. Hagan
Des Moines
John Cox, Jr
Cedar Rapids
Virginia Vanous
Cox
Johnson
Hagan
Hines
Marshalltown
William Crissman
Crissman
Craven Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
Omar
Bruce Darling
Sixth Street
First Avenue W
Darling
Peru Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Axis First in Western Hemisphere
Peru ruptured diplomatic relations with Germany Italy and Japan becoming the first American nation to act under an emergency conference resolution. Undersecretary Sumner Welles announced Lima notified Washington of the break as seven Western Hemisphere nations still retained Axis ties. Argentina Chile and Ecuador were ready to follow, with Brazil Bolivia and Paraguay soon to issue passports to Axis diplomats.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Peru
Sumner Welles
United States
Lima
Germany
Italy
Japan
Alberto Guani
Uruguay
Brazil
Bolivia
Paraguay
Argentina
Chile
Ecuador
United Front
Americas
Aranha
Archbishop Gerlier Bans Dancing Across Lyons Diocese
Cardinal Gerlier, archbishop of Lyons, issued a wartime order prohibiting dancing in his diocese for the duration of the war. In a note to be read in churches, he cited 1,400,000 French prisoners and occupied territory as reasons for France to remain in mourning.
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Vichy
Pierre Cardinal Gerlier
Lyons
Gerlier
France
Jap Invasion of Australia Aid Is Asked
Melbourne reports the Australian government ordered immediate mobilization of home defense forces to meet a potential Japanese invasion. A second urgent appeal to President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill for reinforcements in aircraft warships and materiel was approved.
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Melbourne
Australia
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
New Britain
Bismarck Archipelago
Kieta
Solomons
Rabaul
Bougainville Island
Dutch Celebes
Halifax
United Press
F. M. Forde
Rabault
War Cabinet
Australian
War Production Board orders sharp cut in civilian radios
The War Production Board directs radio and phonograph makers to reduce civilian output by about 45 to 50 percent over the next 90 days to free facilities for military contracts totaling around 2 billion dollars. Large plants will move to 100 percent war work. smaller plants face smaller cuts.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPS
WPB
Army
Navy
United States
British Warship Sinks Jap Sub In Far East Waters
In Far Eastern waters a British warship forced a Japanese submarine to surface with depth charges and sank it with gunfire. Some crew members were taken prisoner. This marked the first British naval success against Japan since the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse near Malaya on December 10.
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Far East
London
Far Eastern
Admiralty
Malaya
Reds Close on Smolensk as German Positions Tighten
Associated Press reports Soviet forces have nearly encircled Hitler's Smolensk HQ area and pushed toward Rzhev while advancing through the Valdai hills. Soviet troops reach within 120 miles of Latvia as Kholm and thousands of settlements are reclaimed on the northern front.
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Associated Press
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Moscow
Rzhev
Valdai Hills
Hitler
Mozhaisk
Berlin
Kholm
Baltic Republics
Soviet Russia
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
U.S.S.R
Vaded
Germany
Silver Skates Races Set for Sunday at Manhattan rink
Despite unseasonable weather Manhattan rink north of Ellis park has a foot of ice. The Gazette reports the Silver Skates races start at 1 45 p m Sunday with nearly 58 entrants. Cedar Rapids Officials will run the event to finish by 3 15 p m. A city engineer laid out the track Saturday and the free event awards silver chromium and bronze blades across six divisions for boys and girls.
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Manhattan Rink
Ellis Park
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Officials Association
Ellis Sevietere
Heavy Losses Reported On Both Sides In Bataan Battle
Washington reports from the war department describe fierce Japanese assaults reinforced by ships and planes driving wedges into Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Bataan lines. Both sides suffered heavy losses, with American defenders fatigue and outnumbered yet counterattacking. Japanese landings threaten the east west corridor as Corregidor looms.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Philippines
MacArthur
West Bataan
Moron
Bagac
East Bataan
Savage Jap Drive Near Singapore Stymied by Allies
British imperial troops pinned Japanese forces on central and western fronts near Singapore while destroying tanks and vehicles and holding the eastern front, according to a General Headquarters communique issued Saturday.
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Singapore
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Aeeves
Henry McLemore
Aero Radio
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Eae
Walter Winchell
Eesesans Ae
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Oswaldo Aranha
New Guinea
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