War Production official aims 50 percent consumer curtailment
Washington officials unveiled a sweeping plan to cut civilian buying by at least half by year end under a new price control bill. Leon Henderson is named to lead civilian supplies with expanded power to enforce rationing, retail controls, and anti profiteering. Rents may be rolled back, autos and tires rationed, and recapping halted as part of the defense era measures. CIO chief Murray accuses scrap brokers of artificial shortages, claiming no long term shortage exists and urging scrap salvage.
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House
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Interior
Harold L. Tckes
Office of Price Administration
Welders Call Walkout Hits Seattle Shipyards
Seattle workers strike after officials order by the United Welders Cutters and Helpers union pushing 1500 independent welders to lay down torches. Large plants report substantial absences while some yards show no change. dispute centers on dues and a closed union.
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West Vacans outlaw flag salute as too much like Hitler
State board of education approved replacing the long standing flag pledge gesture with a hand over heart citizen’s salute after complaints of similarity to Hitler’s Nazi pose. Officials cite civility and propriety, distinguishing it from the military salute while preserving patriotic observance in schools.
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Amboina Island Battles Split Dutch Defenses
Japanese sea air and land assault on Amboina island aims to seize a major Netherlands Indies naval air base and cut Allied supply routes to Australia. Dutch fires destroy valuable targets as 60 Japanese planes threaten an Allied convoy but a fierce rainstorm saves the convoy.
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Melbourne
German Toll Soars as Reds Keep Driving
Soviet advances deepened around Mos cow, with left wing pushes in the Donets area near Stalingrad and Kalinin. Generals Timoshenko and Zhukov claimed recapture of Lovovaya and 200 villages while inflicting heavy German losses as Red Star reported valuable material falling to Russian forces northwest of Stalino.
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Red Army
Semyon ‘Timoshenko
Donets
Staling
Gregory K. Zukhov
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Lovovaya
Rabyshev
Red Star
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Auto workers face massive layoffs as war production slows
DETROIT Jan 30 The giant auto industry halted civilian production for the first time in its 40 year history. About 360 000 workers face indefinite unemployment as assembly lines stop and tooling is redirected to war needs. Officials say most laid off may not be recalled until mid summer.
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CIO
Huge Battleship Alabama Ready for Water Debut
Portsmouth Virginia January 81 1 Av 6000 announces the Alabama will splash into the Elizabeth River in two weeks to join the nation's first line of defense. Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox designates Mrs Sister Hil as sponsor for the 35000 ton vessel, the sixth battleship launched under fleet expansion. The Alabama follows the North Dakota Massachusetts Washington Indiana and North Carolina in bearing the name. The keel was laid February 1 1940 and launch marks the first capital ship at Norfolk Navy Yard in nearly 80 years.
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Biggest ship in Nazi convoy hit by RAF
British bombers scored two direct hits on the largest ship of a German convoy off the Frisian islands. A lone German plane bombed the Scottish southeast coast causing two casualties and minor damage. Daylight raiders attacked East Anglia but bombs fell harmlessly.
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Chiang's Army Smashes Japs In 5-Day Bout
In a Chungking dispatch the Chinese claim a decisive five day victory with Japanese forces in full retreat toward Canton. The Waichow sector battle pushed Japanese troops back while Chinese units pursue toward Shektung and Kowloon seeking to sever rail links to Hong Kong.
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Frisco Gets First Blimp Patrol Unit
San Francisco Bay area forms its first airship patrol squadron commissioned by Hear Admiral Hugo W. Osterhaus. The unit based at Moffett Field under Lt. Com. George F. Watson has its first blimp ready for service, with a second expected within a week.
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George F Watson
Twelfth Naval Headquarters
Jap onslaught grips Luzon and Batan fronts in early 1945 push
Allied forces under General MacArthur report repelling renewed Japanese attacks in Luzon and on Batan Island, taking prisoners as leaflets urged surrender. British forces withdraw across the Salween mouth near Moulmein after intense fighting, preserving a tactical retreat to Martaban as Imperial troops loot strategic assets.
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Navy Leases Four Big Universities To Train Airmen
Navy announces a plan to lease facilities at four large universities to train up to 30 000 pilots a year, calling the sites an Annapolis of the air. The exact universities were not named, but one is in each region east west south and midwest. The program targets May 1 start and 2 500 aviation cadets monthly, with applications already being accepted.
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Navy
Gunners on Brightly-Hued U-Boat Couldn't Shoot Beans
Thirty survivors of the American tanker Rochester tell Norfolk that their ship sank in one hour and four minutes after torpedoing and shelling by a blue and yellow painted German submarine. Captain Clark cites a possible mother ship supplying subs. three crewmen died in the blast. The attack marks the twelfth Axis undersea raid on Atlantic shipping since intensified warfare began.
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L Clark
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Britons Check Rommel Drive in Libya Front
Advices from the Libyan front indicate British desert forces checked the Axis drive after Bengali loss. The 7th Indian Brigade escaped a Nazi trap and rejoined the main imperial forces after a stubborn rearguard action. No change reported around Bengasi as Rommel’s army held positions.
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Singapore Under Siege as Island Guards Hold Fast
Singapore faces its first direct siege after British forces withdrew from the Malayan mainland to the 217 square mile island. Lt. Gen. Percival urged residents to aid in a stubborn inch by inch defense while warning of possible fifth column activity. The breached causeway links Singapore to the mainland as warships and planes render support.
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London
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Battle of Macassar Answers Question
Rear Admiral Woodward highlights the battle of Macassar Strait as proof the U S Navy is active. The four day clash sinks or damages dozens of Japanese ships and planes, weakening the fleet and delaying the Dutch Indies invasion, signaling strategic impact in the Pacific theater.
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