Submarine activity shifts attention to nearer bases
Churchill faces confidence vote as Britain endures wartime scrutiny. Uproar over sugar pricing at grocers prompts a call for fair handling. MacArthur praised for inspiring defense stand. Teamsters offer to lend eight million dollars to government. veterans to receive a duck dinner amid a law clash over stored game ducks.
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Yanks Shatter Jap Push In Batan Guns Break Up Assaults
The War Department said Japanese infantry attacks on MacArthur’s lines in the Batan peninsula were broken up by American artillery with heavy enemy losses. In Macassar Strait, a third bomber strike hit Japanese shipping, destroying a transport at Balikpapan harbor and setting another afire. two enemy planes were shot down and a third damaged while American planes returned safely. Reconnaissance flights were the only activity in the Philippines.
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Batavia
Philippines
Battle in the Makassar Strait Rages Six Days
A Daily Mail special correspondent from Batavia reports American and Netherlands ships pounding the Japanese invasion fleet in the Makassar Strait. He says about 65 Japanese ships remain afloat, the armada split into three groups, and the battle could delay Japan’s Java invasion and buy time for Allied buildup in the Southwest Pacific.
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Pacific
Japanese ships sunk in Macassar Strait battle tally
Australian radio reports 46 Japanese warships and transports sunk in the Battle of Macassar Strait. Sunken transports are estimated to have carried at least 25,000 troops.
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Brisk Wind Fails To Retard Mercury
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect continued mild temperatures Thursday with light rain or snow at night and fresh to strong winds. The day opens with 38 degrees at 1 p.m. in Cedar Rapids, higher than Wednesday’s high of 36, with temperatures dipping to 30 degrees by night.
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Cedar Rapids
Hitler Reunites Generals as War Strategy Shifts
London reports Hitler reversing earlier centralization by reauthorizing generals Von Bock Rundstedt Leeb and others to lead new armies. The move follows his dismissal of Von Brauchitsch and promises to curb Himmler’s influence while boosting the SS recruitment drive. Soviet reports claim Timoshenko advances in Ukraine and Arctic submarine warfare disrupts Nazi supply lines.
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Adolf Hitler
Walter von Brauchitsch
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Ministry of Information
Die Zeitung
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von Rundstedt
von Leeb
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Reich
Eastern Front
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Nazi Party
Semeon Timoshenko
Ukraine
Arctic Circle
Open Check on Tire Rationing Violations
Washington AP Leon Henderson announced a nationwide inspection of tire and tube dealers to enforce tire rationing rules. The effort targets dealers with prior complaints and will inspect all establishments to find unauthorized transfers of tires or tubes and refer deliberate violations to OPA enforcement.
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Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Enforcement Division
Iowa Flyer Plays Stellar Role In Burma Duels
RANGOON Burma AP Thursday was Texas day in the air here. Sandy a pilot from San Antonio brought down three planes and boosted his total to five in two days since he was transferred here from volunteer service in China. Bill another San Antonio volunteer downed one Japanese plane today bringing his Burma total to seven. Jack a squadron leader from Scarsdale New York added another victory to his string as did Noel Bacon a slim blond flyer from Randalia Iowa and Frank from Pensacola Florida.
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Noel Bacon
Randalia
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Pensacola
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American Volunteer Pilots Down 10 Japanese Raiders at Rangoon Air Drome
American volunteer pilots were credited with shooting down ten Japanese raiders in a raid on Rangoon's air drome. Nine more Japanese planes were damaged during the attack as twenty five planes took part. Unofficial reports say British air attacks slow the Japanese advance east of Moulmein.
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Burma
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Moulmein
Air Reinforcements Readied for Far East Bombing Campaign
American planes head toward the Far East to mount a three pronged air drive against Japan. Bases from Australia to Vladivostok would be used to disrupt sea lanes and strike key Japanese targets. Allied air superiority relies on steady shipments of fighters bombers and protection of Pacific sea lanes.
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Philippines
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Thailand
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Indo- China
Netherlands East Indies
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Pacific Sealanes
United States Pacific Fleet
Japs Launch New Drive In Dutch Indies
Japanese forces advance toward Pontianak in West Borneo amid new seaborne landings at Pemangkat and prior gains at Kuching Sarawak. Dutch defenses claim to have ruined key targets while reporting local successes against oil port facilities at Kendari and Balikpapan.
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Borneo Point
Singapore
Tambelan Islands
High Command
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Pemangkat
Kuching
Sarawak
Aneta
Kendari
Celebes
Balik-Papan
Borneo
Ex-Hawaiian Air Head Takes New Command
Major Gen. Frederick Martin, previously relieved of command of the Hawaiian air force after Pearl Harbor, is named commander of the Second Air Force with headquarters at Fort George Wright Washington. The unit oversees aerial defense of the Northwest sector of the continental United States.
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Frederick Martin
Hawaiian Air Force
Pearl Harbor
Second Air Force
Fort George Wright
Wash
Northwest
Continental United States
Roosevelt Plans Report On War In About Month
President Roosevelt will address the nation in a radio fireside chat around February 22, Washington’s birthday, to clarify the war and dispel rumors. White House aide Stephen Early cited many requests and noted timing is delicate but a message around that date is likely.
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Roosevelt
George Washington
White House
Stephen T. Early
Early
Axis Troops Enter Bengasi Claimed by High Command
The Italian high command announced that German and Italian troops entered Bengasi on Thursday morning. Berlin confirmed Axis forces closing on the city. Bengasi, capital of Cirenaica, has changed hands four times in 18 months as fighting continues.
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Cirenaica
Berlin
Ed Platt Suffocated in Alliance Sand Trap Collapse
Ed Platt a 46 year old WPA worker was suffocated when a sand trap collapsed in Alliance Nebraska The accident details indicate the collapse occurred while he was working underground and sand filled the trap.
Battle near Singapore raises dire questions of defense
Japanese vanguards reached within 30 miles of Johore strait as British and Australian troops reported counterattacks. Tokyo said forces were 12 miles southeast of Ayer Hitam, 36 miles from Johore strait, while plans for a potential island battle unfolded amid doubts about the fortresss modern effectiveness.
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Ulu Sedili
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Ayer Hitam
Likens Americans In Northern Ireland To Nazis In Norway
Patrick Maxwell a Northern Ireland parliament member said in an interview there is nothing they can do physically to remove American troops from Northern Ireland. He compared the American landing to Germany's invasion of Norway.
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Northern Ireland
Patrick Maxwell
Norway
Gazette Carriers Lead National Stamp Sales Effort
Cedar Rapids Gazette carriers sold 164626 ten cent defense stamps in seven weeks across Cedar Rapids Marion and Iowa City averaging $13 weekly per boy well above the national $9. Decorah carriers joined with 2833 stamps in their first drive backed by KWLC radio and local papers. An honor shield awaits boys who sell 187 stamps and over 24000 have earned shields. Citizens encouraged to buy more stamps to help repay Pearl Harbor debts.
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Defense
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa City
United States
Defense Savings
Treasury Department
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KWLC
Frederick Rosenthal
Gazette
Pearl Harbor
Stimson Outlines Unified Commands Across Forces
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said units of command already exist among Army Navy and Air units in key areas. He cited Hawaii Panama Western Caribbean and the Far East where Navy or Army air officers direct operations under top commanders. He noted unity of command had been studied since before Pearl Harbor and emphasized more examples exist.
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Henry L. Stimson
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Stimson
Army
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Panama
Caribbean
Porto Rico
Far East
Sir Archibald Wavell
Chester W. Nimitz
Delos Emmons
Nimitz
Frank M. Andrews
Pearl Harbor Probe Blocked by House Naval Committee
The House naval committee voted 14 to 6 to refuse a supplementary inquiry into the Pearl Harbor disaster. The motion to request documentary evidence from the President's commission headed by Justice Owen Roberts failed, and Rep Maas said the committee would take no investigation at this time.
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House Naval Committee
Pearl Harbor
Special Commission
Owen Roberts
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Maas
R-Minn
Union Labor Protest Flags Permit Delays in Cedar Rapids
Two officials from Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor told the city council that city building inspector J H Lilley delays permits for new construction until after work starts. Fay Merrill and Walter Shadle argued the practice violates ordinance requiring permits before work. Don Hines said inspectors should draft information against owners when operations begin without a permit. Merrill and Shadle urged council cooperation to allow contact with owners pre start to address labor concerns.
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J. H Lilley
Fay Merrill
Building Trades Council
Walter Shadle
AFL Carpenters Union
Lilley
Don Hines
Hines
Shadle
Merrill
Canada to ration private gasoline after April 1
Ottawa report states gasoline for private use will be rationed after April 1. C. D. Howe, minister of munitions and supply, says owners of private automobiles will be allowed between 300 and 380 gallons per year, enough to drive about 5,400 miles.
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Canada
C. D. Howe
Churchill victory vote shows 464 to 1 confidence in war conduct
London voters detail a 464 to 1 confidence tally in Prime Minister Churchill after a 42 minute defense of war leadership. The lone dissenter was James Maxton, with two independents abstaining. Churchill cites U.S. troop support and allied strategy as crucial to Britain’s war aims.
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Glasgow
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