Two Million Man Air Force Planned To Top Luftwaffe
The War department announced a dramatic expansion aiming for a two million man air force with half that figure by year end to achieve air superiority. Secretary Stimson outlined a push paralleling Navy expansion, with 27 infantry divisions activated and a plan to produce 185000 warplanes this year and next, forming a 10 to 11 troops-per-plane ratio.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
RAF II
Luftwaffe
RAF
Army
Navy
Knox
War Department
Roosevelt
Department
New York Dairy Group Joins CIO Union
Utica N Y The Dairy Farmers union general committee with about 22 000 producers voted to affiliate with John L Lewis CIO United Mine Workers District 50. The group cited past labor support and strikes in 1936 39 and last year for higher producer returns. Members span New York Vermont and Pennsylvania.
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Utica
N. Y
Dairy Farmers’ Union
New York City
John L. Lewin
CIO
United Mine Workers
Lewin
Congress of Industrial Organization
Independent
New York
Ver- Taont
Pennsylvania
Holland BR. Foster
District 50
UMW
Onion
S-26 Submarine Sinks After Collision Near Panama
The navy department announced that the U. S. submarine S-26, an 18-year-old sub on patrol, sank on January 24 after a collision with an escort vessel off Panama, with an estimated 83 lives lost. Two officers and one seaman were rescued after being ejected from the deck, while others remained trapped as floodwaters filled forward and after compartments. A buoy bearing a message was sighted January 29, but rescue crews, including divers, could not reach survivors.
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Washington
U. S
Panama
Navy Department
Nazis Put Up Stout Smolensk Defense
Moscow reports fierce resistance by German forces around Smolensk as Red Army raids push 15 miles behind lines. Russians aim to deny the Nazis fortified positions for Hitler's planned spring offensive, with German counter-attacks and retreat halts noted in recent communiques.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
Spe
Large Curtiss Condor to Carry Artillery and Troops
The Curtiss Wright plant in Buffalo, New York nears completion of the C-48 two engine transport. The platform will carry at least 36 fully armed infantry and have a 108 foot wingspan, over 50,000 pounds loaded weight, powered by two 1,750 horsepower Pratt and Whitney engines. The design emphasizes troop and artillery transport capability.
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New York
Feo
Buffalo
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Burdette S. Wright
Chief Tully Steps Down as Police Chief in City Governing Shakeup
Police Chief W A Tully resigns to return to captain rank and Capt R F Jarrett is named acting chief by Mayor Dawson effective immediately. Tully will begin vacation lasting until March and then resume duties. Retirement action to be pursued before civil service board. Jarrett to assume command today.
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W. A. Tully
R. F. Jarrett
Dawson
Tully
Civil Service Board
Jarrett
Clay
Kimmel and Short Seek Retirement From Service
Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, commanders in Hawaii during Pearl Harbor, have applied for retirement to civilian life. The War and Navy departments announced the simultaneous move, with Short's application under consideration and Kimmel’s likewise being reviewed. Both had been relieved after the attack and faced dereliction of duty charges in the Roberts commission report.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
War and Navy Departments
Short
Armys Hawaiian Department
Admiral Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Roosevelt
Pacific
Nipponese Try To Smash Air Force in Burma
Japanese bombers struck Rangoon in the heaviest raid of the war aimed at crushing allied air power in Burma. The attack lasted three hours on the night of February 7 to 8, with further fighter sweeps and corollary operations over Rangoon and its airfield. Indian, American, Australian, Canadian pilots joined the defense alongside RAF Hurricanes, and only slight damage with no casualties were reported.
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Rangoon
Burman
Burma Road
INS
United Nations
Burma
Salween
India
China
Rargeon
Ta Domei
Tokyo
U S Vichy French Showdown Nears
Washington reports worsening friction as the United States demands a clear French position from Marshal Petain amid persistent rumors of Vichy aid to Axis forces. Undersecretary Sumner Welles says no official confirmation exists of French supplies to Libya, but questions remain over Axis vessels using French North African waters to bypass the Mediterranean blockade. The French embassy declined to comment, suggesting the inquiry has been relayed by Ambassador Leahy.
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Washington
Insi
Vighy
France
Africa
United States
Marshal Petain
Sumner Welles
Welles
Libya
Mediterranean
Vichy
U. S
Admiral Leahy
City Council Approves Downtown Playground Plan
The Charleston city council moved toward a downtown playground by authorizing rental of a large tract at the municipal auditorium site. The first option costs 250 dollars with Mayor Dawson authorized to spend. The site will be rented with view to eventual purchase at 15 000 dollars.
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Charleston
Raraf Municipal Auditorium
Dawson
Counc
City County Plan for Hospital and Airport Reached
Kanawha County Court and Charleston city administration reached a plan assigning airport financing to the county and hospital construction to the city. Each body may proceed without interference, subject to city council approval. The agreement seeks no public bond issue for the hospital and calls for shared use of fiscal resources, with the city to issue self liquidating bonds for the hospital. The piece notes possible airport funding by the county and asks for a city pledge to close Wertz Field if the airport goes forward.
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Kanawha
Kanawha County Court
Charleston
Dawson
Wertz Field
Dutch Holdouts on Amboina Fight Guerrilla War
Netherlands Indies dispatch reports Amboina’s Dutch defenders sinking a Japanese cruiser and damaging another and a submarine before losing control. A Japanese transport was sunk west of Borneo. Amboina, 1,100 miles northeast of Soerabaja, 600 miles northwest of Darwin, now under Japanese control except for scattered guerrilla bands. The island’s 75,000 residents face occupation as defense forces are reduced. Further updates awaited.
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Batavia
N.E
Amboina
Netherlands Indies
Borneo
Indies
Soerabaja
Darwin
Australia
Moluccas
Java
M Leish to Censor Cabinet Speeches
Presidental Secretary Stephen Early announced cabinet officers must clear speeches with Archibald Mac Leish, head of the Office of Facts and Figures, taking over duties from Early due to heavier workload. Some officials complied before, others did not, and uniform policy is hoped.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Early
MacLeish
United States
Singapore City Shelled as Gun Duel Escalates
Japan shelled Singapore’s northern residential districts while British guns defended the island as the siege entered its second week. British communiqués reported silencing an enemy battery and targeting ships in the Johore Strait, with intensified siege operations and civilian evacuations continuing amid air raids.
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Singapore
Johore Strait
Far East
vAnd
United Nations
Move Up Your Family Clock One Hour Tonight
People are urged to set clocks forward one hour before bed to observe wartime time starting at 2 a m tomorrow. Charleston’s city council approved the change, with Western Union and Postal Telegraph coordinating by instructing subscribers to move the minute hand one hour ahead, not the hour hand, to align with national wartime time.
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Avorreld
WIL Lusers
Charleston
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
F. Frazier
Heavy Japanese shelling hits Corregidor and Bataan defenses
American forts in Manila Bay and forces on Bataan repelled a three hour Japanese artillery bombardment with no material damage reported. U S Army fliers shot down four enemy planes over the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies as a new Japanese push appears likely near MacArthur's position.
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Washington
INS
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
U. S. Army
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Corregidor
MacArthur
MacArthur Decorates 2 Generals With DSC
General Douglas MacArthur announced in Washington that Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright and Brig. Gen. Albert M. Jones received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism in the early Philippine invasion. Wainwright led the northern Luzon front, Jones the southern sector, as their forces fell back and united at Pampanga before retreating to Bataan. Japanese planes attacked near Bali as Allied efforts continued.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Albert M. Jones
Department
Wainwright
Luzon
Gen. Jones
Pampange
Bataan
U S Admiral Named to Pacific Naval Commands
The Navy announces Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary will command U S naval forces in the Australia New Zealand theater. Admiral Thomas C Hart's authority extends to Australian, American, British, and Dutch units, with Asiatic Fleet duties reassigned to Vice Admiral William Glassford Jr as the Southwest Pacific fleet. Submarine operations in the Atlantic continue with increasing success.
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Washington
Navy
Tate
Herbert F. Leary
United Nations
Australia-New Zealand
Thomas C. Hart
Hart
Wiliam Glassford, Jr
Philippines
Manila
Dutch East Indies
Atlantic
Amis
Leary Aurec
Far East
U. S. Naval Forces
Southwest
Pacific
U.S. Navy
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