Pearl Harbor critique and world war worries
A special inquiry report eviscerates Admiral Kimmel and Lieut. Gen. Short for derelict duty before Pearl Harbor and notes failures in air warning, reconnaissance, and anti aircraft readiness. The piece adds that the British air minister says Japan controls the Western Pacific and urges building U S striking power. It discusses sugar rationing and a Cedar Rapids talk by George Sokolsky on Amer ican softness and wartime tightening.
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Pearl Harbor Board Finds Duty Failures Key to Surprise Attack
A presidential inquiry blamed dereliction of duty by Lieut. Gen. Walter Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel for the Pearl Harbor raid. It cited ignored warnings, mistaken assumptions about defenses, and failure to confer on measures, with other factors including espionage and peacetime limitations.
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Pearl Harbor
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Husband E. Kimmel
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Navy
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Kimmel
Japan
Uncovered Pearl Harbor Pre-attack Fire by U S Navy
The Roberts investigating board report states a U S destroyer and patrol plane sank a two man Japanese midget submarine in restricted Pearl Harbor waters more than an hour before the December 7 surprise attack. The finding marks the first known opening salvo of the Pacific war by the United States.
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Attack era findings flag judgment failures at Pearl Harbor
A U S Army Navy inquiry links errors to Pearl Harbor success. It details a pre dawn sub attack near Pearl Harbor with Antares and a plane sinking a small Japanese submarine 43 minutes before the attack. Short and Kimmel faced possible removal for dereliction of duty after the board led by Owen J. Roberts.
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Antares
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Naval Base
General Staff Blamed in Pearl Harbor Report Debates
Congressional readers criticized the Roberts commission findings on Pearl Harbor while backing the report's thoroughness. Senators Gillette and Werring urged further inquiry and accountability for high Washington officers beyond the published conclusions.
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Hawaii
Board of Inquiry
Gas station operator closes shop for defense work
Samuel S. Strobert of Watertown suspends his 23 year gas station business and posts a sign “Closed- Uncle Sam must win.” He states the government comes first as he goes into defense-related work.
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Yank Flyers Help Wipe Out Jap Bomber Squad
In Burma near Rangoon and southern Burma the Allied air forces including American volunteers and British pilots shot down a Japanese bomber squadron, totaling 32 planes over two days. The raid saw 16 enemy planes down in a midflight engagement with repeated raids and loss of five Japanese crews, while Allied fighters returned safely with two U.S. airmen missing on Friday.
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Sugar rationing to start next month nationwide
Government sugar rationing will begin early next month with a one pound per person per week limit. Price Administrator Leon Henderson warned hoarders to use stocks and accept penalties, while aiming to equitably allocate sugar for basic dietary needs.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
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Justice Department
Iowa finance and possible tax changes discussed by lawyer
A Linn county lawyer born in Wisconsin and aged 29 speaks on Iowa finances. He says a special session may be needed only if conditions require it and expects possible tax hikes but urges cutting expenditures. He notes good state reserves and questions air corps placement while observing politics receding but not vanishing in appointments.
Hearse Driver Arrested for Illegally Transporting Liquor
In Kansas City police checked a black hearse making repeated trips to three taverns and found 18 cases of liquor. The driver was arrested on charges of illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor.
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Kansas
Man Beats Wife as Samaritan Intervenes in Omaha
In Omaha a man attacked his wife in front of onlookers. A Good Samaritan intervened and exchanged blows with the husband. Police arrived and the assailant was arrested. The judge suspended fifteen days.
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Omaha
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Use Rubber In Girdles After All
War Production board approved a limited release of crude rubber for girdles and corsets, reversing a previous ban. Willard Helburn, head of the boards rubber branch, said orders would come in a few days to allow foundation garments despite earlier statements. The change followed concerns over shapeliness.
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Washington
War Production Board
Willard Helburn
Rubber and Rubber Products
Spring Like Temperatures Dip in Cedar Rapids Downtown
Cedar Rapids enjoyed sunny mild conditions with shoppers out in the open. Temperatures rose to 49 degrees by 2 p.m. then fell to 34 by evening as melting snow kept rubber footwear in use. A government weather notice limits details, so readers get general signs to observe.
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Chambers
Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Today
Charge Japs Violating International Law in Philippines Battle
The war department said Japanese forces violated international law in the Battle of Batan, citing a Philippine scout Fernando Tan found bayonetted and drowned after being bound. General MacArthur denied Tokyo’s gas shell claim and pledged to uphold humane warfare. Japanese troops pressed heavy attacks on Batan peninsula, seizing positions on the west coast.
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Washington
War Department
Battle of
Batan
Fernando Tan
Tan
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Philippines
MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
Price Of Gasoline To Be Fixed Soon
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration will fix gasoline and refined petroleum product prices soon at levels prevailing on November 7. Crude oil price ceilings will be issued at levels from October 1.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Lost battalion breaks Japanese trap rejoining Allied forces
Singapore via UPI Major General Henry Gordon Bennett said a lost battalion of Australian troops broke through a Japanese pocket and rejoined the Imperial forces. The unit reportedly fought through miles of terrain infested with Japanese prowlers.
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Singapore
Henry Gordon Bennett
Destroyers Pounce On Jap Convoy
U S destroyers stealthily attacked a Japanese convoy in the Macassar straits in the East Indies, sinking two ships and heavily damaging others with torpedoes and guns. Four sailors were wounded, none fatally, while destroyers suffered no casualties. The raid marks continued Allied pressure in the region with at least 43 enemy vessels credited as destroyed.
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Washington
United States
East Indies
Navy Department
Macasgar Straits
Admiral C. Hart
Atlantic
Savannah
Macassar Straits
Borneo
Celebes
Dutch East Indies
Davao
Philippines
Bali
Java Sea
The
Indies Air Force
Supreme Command
MacArthur’s Men To Hear Bing Song Dedication
Gen Douglas MacArthur requested Bing Crosby dedicate a song to his forces on the Philippines front. The program would be broadcast by short wave from San Francisco to Batan peninsula troops Thursday night as they fight off Japanese invaders.
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Batan Peninsula
Philippines
Bing Crosby
Douglas MacArthur
Bing
Washington
MacArthur
Crosby
San Francisco
Suspect In Frome Slayings Released
Mrs Wood Butler charged in the famed Frome murder case was released Sunday into Limestone County custody. Sheriff Sam Adkins said the murder charge remains but Butler is released for further FBI inquiry and has eliminated herself as a murder suspect.
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