Tornado Toll Climbs Across Seven States
Tornadoes slashed seven southern and midwestern states killing 148 or more and injuring around 1,000. Mississippi reported 73 dead and about 650 injured. Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana deaths and injuries followed. Destruction hit towns from O'Tuckolofa to Lacon and Browder with widespread property damage and transportation disruptions.
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Mississippi
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Alabama
Florence
Missouri
Hope
Savoy
Mayview
Mississippi River
Flying Glass
West Tennessee State Hospital
Bolivar
W. D. Martin
Browder
West Kentucky
Leitchfield
Porter Lashley
Goshen
Shelbyville
Sourthern
Lacon
Baldwyn
Tom Abbott
Third Drawing Of Numbers in Draft Tonight
The third draft lottery in 17 months will classify about 9,000,000 men for possible military service. Secretary of War Stimson will draw the first number from the goldfish bowl at about 5 p.m. Central War time in Philadelphia, with other officials following to set the order of examinations for induction. Induction could begin next month, as the need to field vast armed forces grows.
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Washington
America
Uncle Sam
Stimson
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
War Department
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
MacArthur to Lead UN Effort From Australia
War outlook features MacArthur's transfer to Australia to direct Allied forces. The piece argues his leadership boosts morale and could stiffen resistance against Japan, noting Australia's strong population, industry, and strategic sea links as barriers to invasion. It warns miracles aren’t expected but confidence grows in his adaptive military approach.
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Pacific
MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
Mystery clash of Boy Scouts in El Dorado canyon attack
Private William F. Colley of Camp Sibert and his Boy Scout troop reported a gun battle with two swarthy men in El Dorado canyon after entering from the Colorado river. Forest rangers planned a cliff ascent to corroborate the youths and Colley described a two night siege with a service pistol and 24 rounds.
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Boulder City
Nev
Forest Rangers
el Dorado Canyon
William F. Colley
Colley
Camp Sibert
Colorado River
Bureau of Reclamation
Iowa Sets 40 MPH Speed Limit For War Time
Gov. George A. Wilson proclaimed a 40 mile per hour speed limit on Iowa highways in response to President Roosevelt's request to conserve rubber. The order applies to trucks buses and cars and retention of patrol enforcement, citing tire wear and highway safety during the war.
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Des Moines
George A. Wilson
Iowa
Roosevelt
United States
Highway Patrol
Plane Equipment Monopoly Charge
Two corporations Aqua System Inc of the Bronx and Flotation Systems Inc of Los Angeles are named in a Sherman act indictment. Seven individuals including Aqua System officers and Flotation Systems leaders face charges in a conspiracy to monopolize standard gasoline storage and fueling equipment for the U S armed forces.
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New York
United States Army Air Corps
Navy Force
Aqua System, Inc
The
Bronx
Rollo K. Blanchard
Albert C. Kaestner
William J. Peter
Herbert W. Ballantine
Flotation Systems, Inc
City Primary Vote Unusually Light in Cedar Rapids
General MacArthur's shift to Australia and the draft lottery dominated the hour, leaving municipal primary polls sparsely attended. Voters arrived at precincts at a rate described as lighter than a school election. Polls closed at 8 p.m and election boards planned to report results to city hall.
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Cedar Rapids
MacArthur
Australia
Twenty missing from sunken U S ship off Atlantic City
Fourteen survivors of an American merchant ship torpedoed Saturday off Atlantic City New Jersey have landed at Staten Island. Twenty men are reported missing.
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U. S
New York
Atlantic City
N. J
Staten Island
Hair in tax return shocks Toledo workers
Toledo income tax office workers report a mailed tax return included a tuft of hair with a note saying the sender tore it out while figuring the income tax. The odd gesture drew attention as officials warned against self harm and reminded taxpayers to ensure proper filings.
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Toledo (Ap
Toledo
MacArthur Takes Command in Australia Sparks Allied Hope
The United Nations greet General Douglas MacArthur’s new supreme command in Australia with renewed optimism. Leaders in London Washington and Sydney praise the move as pivotal for holding Australia and launching a counteroffensive toward Tokyo. Connally of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee calls MacArthur’s arrival fortunate for the civilized world.
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United Press
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Wendell L. Willkie
New York
Bataan
Pacific
London
Drake
Hawkins
MacArthur
Philippines
Washington
Congress
Singapore
Whitehall
Tokio
Britain
United States
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cuhel Escapes Java Under Bombardment Flight
Frank J. Cuhel, ex Cedar Rapids man and former University of Iowa star, fled Java aboard a Dutch steamer under heavy bombing and mine threats. He cabled from Melbourne that he would reach there soon, while 600 passengers endured an 11 day voyage through war zones before disembarking at Parjitan.
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Cedar Rapids
Frank J. Cuhel
MBS
Batavia
Java
Australia
Cuhel
University of Iowa
Melbourne
Second Avenue SE
Chicago Daily News
George Weller
William Dunn
CBS
Isles
Weller
Parjitan
White House Parley Sets Labor War Rules
Labor leaders Green and Murray after a White House meeting said wage rates and standards should be fixed without strikes via collective bargaining conciliation or mediation or the War Labor Board. The 40 hour week was to be standard with overtime pay, and double time for Sunday. Unclear if double time would apply to a seventh day.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
White House
National War Labor Board
Green
Yanks Sinker Two Japanese Ships and Five Planes
American and allied forces reported sinking two Japanese vessels and five planes in the western Pacific. A submarine in Japanese waters sank an enemy freighter and a 3000 ton tanker was sunk in the Philippines. Nine American fighters and a heavy bomber destroyed at least five enemy planes off northern Australia and New Guinea with one loss.
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Washington
Western Pacific
War and Navy Departments
Navy
Philippines
Army
Australia
New Guinea
Royal Australian Air Force
Japan
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
John Curtin
Darwin
Papua
Curtin
MacArthur arrives in Australia to take command
General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia by plane to assume supreme command of United Nations forces in the region. He traveled with Mrs MacArthur and Major General Sutherland, as American troops reportedly landed in considerable numbers to bolster the Southwest Pacific defenses.
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Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Australia
United Nations
Pacific
MacArthur
Washington
Bataan
Japan
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Richard K Sutherland
Harold H. George
Air Corps
Philippine Islands
Kadlec Reported Missing in Action From Marine Corps
Joseph Kadlec 21 son of Mr and Mrs W B Kadlec 1011 Seventeenth Ave SE is missing in action a telegram to his parents said Kadlec a radio operator in the Marine Corps enlisted last April Their last word from him was a card dated Dec 14 received Jan 17 Kadlec had been stationed in Hawaii a McKinley High School graduate he has a sister Mrs Mary Kulesh Route 2 Marion
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Kadlec
W. B. Kadlec
Seventeenth Avenue SE
Marine Corps
Kadlee
Hawaii
McKinley High School
Mary Kulesh
Marion
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