Argentina Joins Anti Axis Move At Conference
Colombia formally proposed a joint break in relations with Axis nations by the 21 American republics. Argentina joined Mexico and Venezuela in backing the action, pledging to renew relations separately if needed.
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Argentina
All
America
Rio DE Janeiro
INS
Colombia
Conference of American Foreign Ministers
Mexico
Venezuela
Germany
Italy
Japan
Oswaldo Aranka
Sne Een
Menage
Cartii
Castillo
Dr. Ruiz-Guinazu
Sumner Welles
Australians Deal Land Blows to Japs As U S Navy Strikes
The U S Asiatic fleet sinks three transports and two cargo ships in the Pacific, raising Nipponese losses to 29 ships since the war began. The dispatch coincides with MacArthur's Bataan frontline actions and reports of widespread looting in the Philippine countryside.
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U. S
Washington
INS
Far
Pacific
Japan
America
Navy
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Ollot
Philippine
Army Promotions Checkup Ordered
The Senate military committee orders a closer review of army promotions after charges that inefficient officers were promoted before punishment. Chairman Reynolds named a subcommittee to probe all presidential nominations, with Senator Chandler of Kentucky chairing the group and members Kilgore and Holman.
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Washington
Jan
Tenate Military Committee
Reynolds
Chandler
Kilgore
W. Va
Holman
R. Ore
Indignation Over War Profits Tax Demands Roosevelts Action
Congress grows angry at wartime profits and asks for higher taxes to deter enrichment from the war effort. Senator Homer Bone urges an 89 to 78 percent excess profits tax while President Roosevelt centralizes power in Donald M. Nelson. Senate leaders plan extra funding for a war progress inquiry led by Senator Harry Truman amid fresh charges of defense inefficiency.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Homer Bone
D-Wash
Senate
Bone
Harry Truman
D-Mo
Cripps Quits Red Post in Soviet Russia
The Foreign Office announced Sir Stafford Cripps would relinquish his post as British ambassador to Soviet Russia at his own request. Sir Archibald Clark Kerr is named to succeed him as Britain's envoy to Chungking. Sir Horace King becomes ambassador to China.
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London
Foreign Office
Stafford Cripps
Soviet Russa
Archibald Clark Kerr
Britain
Chungking
Hac
Horace King
China
Stafford
England
U S approves loan to Central American nations for highway lifeline
The Public Works Administration approves a 20 million dollar loan to five Central American republics to accelerate construction on the Pan American Highway, the land lifeline to the Panama Canal. Secretary Hull signs a 550 thousand dollar lend lease with Costa Rica to finance a nascent army and gun purchases as part of hemispheric defense.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal
Central America
Public Works Administration
Costa Rica
Hull
Luis Fernandez
Pasams
Joan
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Arnandez
Second Ship Sunk Off U S East Coast
The U S Navy reports the British tanker Coimbra torpedoed and sunk about 100 miles offshore near New York harbor. Unknown number of survivors were rescued but not allowed to ashore. Less than 24 hours earlier the Norwegian ship Norness was torpedoed and sunk in the same area with two fatalities.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Tate
New York Harbor
Coimbra
Hong Kong
United States
Norness
Knudsen Wins Army Rank as Nelson Leads War Production
President Roosevelt assigns William S. Knudsen three stars and places him in charge of expediting army production. Donald Nelson assumes full control as head of the War Production Board with final decisions. The order centralizes war material output under Nelson and signals significant reorganization of the OPM.
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Knudsen
Nelson
Washington
Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
Williams
OPM
Army
War Production Board
White House
General Motors
War Department
FDR Develops War Strategy in White House Study
President Roosevelt drops routine work to focus on writing the strategic economic and military plan against the Axis. He refines results from recent draught talks with British and American officers and experts, aiming to detail key war moves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Rubber Plant Doubled to 40 Million Pound Capacity Near Dunbar
Washington-approved plan increases the butadiene synthetic rubber plant near Dunbar from 20 million to 40 million pounds per year. Construction and equipment valued over 10.9 million dollars, with Ford Bacon and Davis engineering, aims to meet RFC targets and supply five percent of the 490,000 tons of ersatz rubber anticipated.
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Dunbar
Carbide
Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Washington
Governrment
Ford, Bacon and Davis
United Carbon
Jesse Jones
RFC
Logan Soldier Dies In Rail Accident
Four Pi Four soldiers and a trainman died in a head on collision between a switch engine and a train on the Missouri Pacific main line at Perth Arkansas. Maj Dwight Lawson of the Army hospital at Hot Springs said four dead and six injured were admitted to the hospital. Names listed include Otis Thacker Patsy Kentucky James T Stewart Newport Kentucky Alfred Parkett Landville Logan County West Virginia James S Stevenson Louis Pitase.
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Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Perth
Here
Dwight Lawson
Army and Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
Otis Thacker
Patsy
James T. Stewart
Newport
Alfred Parkett
Landville
Logan County
W. Va
James S. Stevenson
Louis
Ghost Troops Attack Nazi Central Front In Siberian Blitz
Russian dispatches say reinforced Siberian ghost troops struck the Nazi central front on the flanks while Kharkov and Taganrog came under direct artillery fire. German counterattacks were costly and reportedly repulsed as air battles intensified with 45 German and 14 Russian planes destroyed. Mozhaisk region near Moscow faced Red artillery on a major German push.
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London
Kharkov
Taganrog
Moscow
Mozhaisk
Rehhev
Vyazma
Sims Denies Guilty Ties in Fidelity Case Tests in Court
West Virginia Auditor Edgar B. Sims testifies in federal court here denying guilt while opposing removal to Detroit. The 25 million Wheeling firm Fidelity Insurance and its 13 affiliates face SEC charges of securities act violations and fraud in annuity sales. Sims joins governor allies to defend the company linked to the Fidelity Investment association.
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Fidelity Ansurance Association
West Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
Michigan
Detroit
Bit
Ben Moore
Aong
Sims
U. S
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fidelity Investment Association
RAF Bombers Smash Japanese Landing Party in Malaya
In Singapore area, Australian and Empire troops press a defense as RAF strikes its hardest blows in six weeks. Reports say 14 Japanese tanks and 10 armored cars were knocked out along the Malacca coast, while Australians in Negri Sembilan claim six more enemy tanks. Raids target Japanese barges at Linggi and Sungei Patani as British air forces confront a lengthy campaign for Singapore's fate.
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Singapore
Malaya
RAF
Malacca
Negri Semabilan
An Gree
Was
Linggi River
Department of Information
Sungei Patani
Kedah
Sungei Linggi
Malac- Sa
Tampin
London
Western Pacific
Johore Province
Queensland
Gordon Bennett
Aussies Use New Tactics in Malaya Fight
Melbourne dispatch reports Jungle-trained Australian troops in Malaya claim to out ward, outfight and outwit Japanese forces under Gen Henry Gordon Bennett. Sgt Ian Fitchett notes no retreat is possible as Australian units ambush and press the attack after the initial shock.
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Melbourne
INS
Negri Sembilan
Matsya
Hirohito
Ian Fitchett
Malaya
Henry Gordon Bennett
Fitchett
New South Wales
Japanese Raids Press Indies Bases Along 2000 Mile Front
Japanese air forces pressed attacks on Dutch East Indies bases across a 2000 mile front. Aru Island air base near Amboina faced a second straight day of raids while Sumatra’s Medan air port and Balikpapan oil base on Borneo were bombarded. Dutch losses included two planes and several wounded soldiers, with civilian casualties reported.
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Batavia
WN. E
Dutch East Indies
Arboina
Moluccan Islands
Indies
Singapore
Meddn
Sumatra
Balikh Papan
Borneo
Ambaina
Amboina
Balikh Paran
Tare
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