Barkley Says Flaws But Calls Price Bill Pretty Good
Washington January 25 Voters and leaders see rapid action on a price control bill after weekend talks. Senator Barkley praised the measure despite shortcomings while Senator O Mahoney warned of what it does not do. House opposition grows over a special appeals board and easing business provisions as Leon Henderson signals that ceilings may not control prices.
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Welles Radio Talk Was Silenced by Interference
In Rio de Janeiro residents reported a strong unidentified station on the 24-26 meter band playing Germanic music while U S Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles spoke at the Pan American conference. The interference blanketed the exact minutes of his address and faded before and after.
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Norwegian tanker Varanger sunk off the coast
The Norwegian 8500-ton Varanger was torpedoed three times by an enemy submarine at 3:10 this morning off SEA HSLE CITY New Jersey and sank in 12 minutes. All 42 crew were rescued and landed at Townsend's Inlet Coast Guard station. The ship, built in 1925 in Amsterdam, measured 5505 net tons, 470 feet long, 50 feet wide, and may have involved two submarines.
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Unified War Director Urged by Congress After Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Washington lawmakers pressed for a unified command of land sea and air forces after the Roberts Commission found dereliction of duty by Lt Gen Walter Short and Adm Husband E Kimmel in Pearl Harbor. The five man board cited lack of coordination and warned Washington officials may have undercut readiness. Critics urged consolidating defenses and ending interservice rivalry to prevent future failures.
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Duke of York Revealed Bearer of Churchill
London reports the 35 000 ton battleship Duke of York, Britain's newest capital ship, carried Prime Minister Churchill to the United States and is now in active service. The admiralty notes Churchill hinted readiness last August and the ship, launched at Clyde two years ago by Queen Elizabeth, was armed by shipyard workers.
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Navy Sinks Five More Transports in Philippines
AP reports a smashing MacArthur counter blow in the Philippines. U S forces, aided by Filipino troops, inflicted heavy losses after Japanese reinforcements and naval fire pressed a left flank attack. MacArthur concentrated on the Manila side, artillery and a swift charge turning the momentum.
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Coast defense plan announced by Army and Navy
For the first time since the war began, the army and navy issued a joint statement detailing a bristling defensive screen around the Atlantic coast. A command triumvirate led by Lt Gen Hugh A Brum Rear Adm Adolphus Andrews and Brig Gen Arnold N Krogstad coordinates land sea and air defenses though specific units are not named.
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Curtin Demands Imperial War Council for Australia
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin pressed London and Washington for an immediate imperial war council in London and an Allied Pacific council to direct strategy in the Pacific. He urged direct representation for Australia to ensure its voice is heard in war decisions as Japan expands footholds and invasion reaches Australian shores.
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Chinese Forces Score Air and Land Successes
Chinese air forces with American volunteers attacked the Japanese air base at Hanoi in French Indo China, delivering over 70 bombers and fighters and leaving the base burning. Chinese ground forces reported gains in three separate regions of China, recapturing Tamshui north of Hong Kong and pushing against Japanese positions near Liangyang Ichang and Linyang in Hupeh and Hunan provinces. The Hanoi raid followed a previous deep strike, with the mission praised as effective and unchallenged by Japanese forces.
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Axis Liner Believed Sunk in RAF Raid on Convoy
Cairo report says British bombers and torpedo planes attacked a major Axis convoy in the central Mediterranean. A 20,000-ton liner and a destroyer may have been sunk or damaged, with a battleship and cruiser possibly hit. In Libya a vast tank and infantry battle raged near Age dabia as Axis forces advanced from El Agheila.
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Winter Line Dismantled as Soviet Forces Advance
Moscow reports Soviet troops in severe winter conditions have driven westward, recaptured Nelidoya on the Moscow Riga line, and expanded control to 54 more centers along a front from Smolensk to Kursk. Allied sources cite Nazi losses in January surpassing 500,000 with typhus and frostbite as major causes.
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Record Cold in Stockholm Hits 128-Year Low
Stockholm recorded an unprecedented cold snap with temperatures dropping 18 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, the lowest since 1796. Reuters reported from the Swedish capital noting the prior record low was 28 degrees below zero in January 1794.
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Britains Hold Malayan Line
Singapore dated dispatch reports British imperial forces and Allied troops under heavy Japanese pressure in Malaya. Despite air and ground assaults, defenders kept positions 69 to 70 miles north of Singapore while mounting counter attacks. Australians isolated near Batu Pahat and Parit Sulong faced relief attempts and continued fighting as RAF night raids hit railway targets.
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5th Annual Gazettee Dance Party Attracts Attendance
The Want Ad Department closes at 5 pm to allow all employees to attend the 5th Annual Gazette Dance Party. Cooperation urged for early want ads by phone Dial 2616 before 5 pm tonight.
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Five more enemy ships sunk in Macassar Strait action
The Navy announced five additional enemy transports and possibly one more sunk by U.S. destroyers and cruisers in Macassar Strait. The tally now stands at 37 ships sunk by U.S. forces since Pearl Harbor, with total Japanese losses reaching 48 including Army accounts. No U.S. losses were reported.
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U S Forces Repel Night Assault Near Batan
American infantry on the Batan front repulsed a Japanese night attack in dawn light after a day-long shelling barrage. Japanese losses were heavy. U S lines held as retreating enemy tracks left casualties along the barbed wire. Military observers noted repeated American superiority in engagements.
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