Japanese Fleet Reported In Action Off Batan Peninsula
Reuters and Rome radio reports say the Japanese fleet is in action off the Batan peninsula where U S and Filipino forces under General Douglas MacArthur contend with Japanese troops. Ground fighting continues along the front with dive bombers and aircraft attacks noted and reports of looting in occupied areas.
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Associated Press
London
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Rome
Batan Peninsula
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Washington
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Philippine
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MacArthur
Navy confirms second torpedoing near New York
The Navy confirmed a merchant vessel was sunk off the South Shore of Long Island, the second attack near New York in as many days. Survivors were rescued. details and ship name remained undisclosed. Coast Guard planes dropped aid to survivors as the attack occurred about 75 miles from New York City.
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Washington
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Long Island
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New York
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Lone Island
New York City
Censorship on Radio Ordered for War Signals
Washington January 16 Office of Censorship issued wartime radio code to bar quiz shows man in the street and other spot programs that could be used by Axis agents to relay signals to saboteurs. Broadcasters told news content may be inappropriate for radio and to observe extraordinary precautions against foreign agents using the airwaves to transmit information. Washington January 16 War Department denied a circulating rumor that 1300 bodies arrived without coffins from Hawaii or the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Censorship
Byrail Price
Hough
Expansion of School Plant Revived Here
Federal and state education officials arrived in the city to discuss Corry School District expansion. Dr. Leonard Power and Dr. John Davis met with Supt Ralph Dewey and Board of Education to review a four room addition to the Junior High to accommodate new pupils from Fairhaven housing projects and other areas. The plan, once abandoned, was revived after the Erie conference and the local board will press for federal funds in today’s luncheon meeting at the Carry Hotel.
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Leonard Powe
U. S. Office of Education
Washington, D. C
John Davis
State Department of Public Instruction
Harrisburg
Unis
Ralph S. Dewey
Board of Education
Carry
Power
Dewey &T
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Whtic
Fairhaven
Erie
Six-Year-Old Union City Girl Burns At Home
Six year old Marjorie St. John, daughter of Mir and Mila St. John, Union City, was badly burned when her nightgown caught fire near a stove Thursday forenoon. She was taken to Corry hospital in critical condition with burns on the abdomen hips and lower body. Her prognosis remained doubtful as her condition worsened overnight.
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Union City
Marjorie ‘St. John
Mir
Mila St. John
Corry Hospital
Union Shop Issue Before New Board in Washington
In Washington on January 16 the government again moved to resolve a wartime labor dispute. Secretary of Labor Perkins certified seven closed shop cases to the new War Labor Board, seeking to maintain the war-time truce amid tensions with labor and management after the Defense Mediation Board’s collapse.
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Washington
Perkins
New War Labor Board
Defense Mediation Board
Navy sinks five Japanese ships in Far East action
The Navy reports three transports and two large cargo vessels sunk in Far Eastern waters, bringing total enemy ships sunk to 24. Submarine threat off the U.S. northeast coast remains unchanged, with no names released for the five ships.
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Weiniie
Far East
Navy
United States Navy
United States
Th. S. Asiatic Beet
Far
Atlantic
Thomas C. Hart
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Senator Grumbles Over Air Power Plans Denials
Senate Finance Chairman George of Georgia says Army and Navy fell behind in air force design and production amid Truman committee findings. He defends American warplanes as superior in combat, arguing overdue modernization and inadequate planning hindered broader air power.
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Associated Press
Washington
George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Army
Navy
Truman
D-Mu
Weol
New York
John H. Jouatt
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America
Selionengatet
Hotel Corry Becomes HQ for Civilian Defense Setup
Walter H. Scott named chief of the Emergency Defense Wardens in Garry, with Hotel Corry offered as a warden headquarters. Roger Brown says a meeting will refine the setup, while Hank Whiteley becomes disaster committee chair of the Red Cross to aid in emergencies.
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Walter H. Scott
Garry
Roger M. Brown
City Defense Council
Corry
Harry G. Oswalt
Stoll
Brown
Hank Whiteley
Poer
The
Red Cross
Progren
MacScott
Selool
Ie Journal
Timed to Accord Opens Conference at Rio
Washington seeks to impress Tokyo and offset Axis while Russia and Libya see reverse moves. Mines also reportedly being laid as talks begin in Rio de Janeiro.
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Washington
Tokyo
Russia
Libya
London Radio Says Air Transport Orders Begin Sunday
Berlin radio reported a reassessment of cargo rail traffic starting Sunday night due to rising traffic. observers note rail suspensions often precede military measures as Germany readies for action. Washington charged Laura Ingalls with acting as a German paid agent. February 9 set for court appearance. Denver stock show ends with record feeder cattle prices near 2.8 million dollars. London forecasts drastic Churchill government reconstruction after U S trip and cabinet shakeups due to Oriental and Malaya setbacks.
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Associated Press
London
Exchange Telegraph
Berlin
Furthis
Washington
Laura Ingalls
Federal District Court
James W Morris
Denver
Churchill
United States
Malaya
Axis underseas threat reached American shores
The January report notes Axis undersea operations extending to U.S. coast shipping lanes with mines and torpedoes. Efforts aim to project strength ahead of the Rio conference and sway South American alignment, while prompting propaganda and morale effects amid USSR and North Africa reverses.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Vestll
South America
Tokyo
Rome- Berlin
Russia
Libya
Vichy
Veal
Gas Station at Cabin-in-Pines Razed by Fire
Fire destroyed the filing station and store at Cabin-in-the-Pines near Wrightsville on Route 6. Owners Al Watrous and son Kenneth Watrous were affected. nearby pumps were saved. Fire response from Sugar Grove failed to reach in time due to outmoded apparatus. Overheated stove suspected. contents saved, losses uncertain, later adjusted.
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Cabin-in- the-Pines
al Watrous
Kenneth Watrous
Wrightsville
Corry
Sid Jip
Second Ward
Sugar Grove
Nine Killed In U S Bomber Crash Near Boise Idaho
Spokane report says an Army bombing plane from the Second Air Force crashed and burned 14 miles southeast of Boise Idaho during a routine flight. Pilot Elmer M Munn Jr of Fort Worth Texas co pilot Darrell S Wing of Phoenix and others aboard include Carmen M Grietandl Oliver Payette and more.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Washdan
Boise
Idaho
Second Air Force
Elmer M. Munn, Jr
Fort Worth
Texas
Et Darrell S Wing
Phvents
Carmen M. Grietandl
Oliver Payette Eau Ly
Japs Air Blitz Continues Over Dutch Indies
Air attacks by Japanese bombers on Medan Sumatra Amboina and Balik Papar Borneo reported with damage to military sites. Japanese forces claim destruction at Amboina while sustaining minor casualties among civilians and soldiers in multiple raids near Tarakan and Balik Papar.
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Associated Press
Batavia
Medana
Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies
Tarskan
Borneo
Amboha
Soerabaia
Molucca Group
Gelebes
New Guinea
Minahassa Peninsul
Golenes
Amboina
Miiitary
Balik Papar
Coastall
Tarakan
Miss Elizabeth Keleher Dies After Illness at Cory
Elizabeth Keleher died this afternoon at Cory hospital after a week in critical condition. Her brother M E Keleher died four days earlier after fleeing Monday. Double funeral services will be held Monday at 9 30 am at St Thomas church.
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Elizabeth Keleher
Cory Hospital
M. E. Keleher
St Thomas Church
Viewers to Hear Fairhaven Ownership Case in Corry
Owen M Burns and partners named by Judge P Schoolmaker as viewers to determine ownership of 18.6 acres condemned for the Fairhaven housing project. Hearings set in about three weeks in Erie with testimony and data to be compiled, then submitted to the Pittsburgh federal court. Judge Schoolmaker appoints viewers and orders judgment against no property known as the Fit Grounds. land valued around 8500.
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Owen M. Burns
Ower Richardson
H. 1
Hoi
Erie
U.S
Poweylvania
Iewers
Schoolmaker
Prder
North Corry
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Argentina Expected to Join War Pact Says Reports
Rio de Janeiro Jan 16 indications Argentina shifted from neutrality to join the anti Axis bloc. Pre conference talks under pressure from sister republics reportedly averted a deadlock on a 100 percent break in relations with the Axis. Colombia’s Gabriel Tirbay presented the resolution at the ministers conference.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Argentina
Milcho
Owinng
Colombia
Gabriel Tirbay
Washington
United States
Americas
Australians in Action Smash Jap Assault
Australian forces on the Malayan front claim success against Japanese armor and infantry. British Imperial units report destroying tanks and armored cars with heavy Japanese casualties while air strikes damaged railway stock and vehicles 120 miles northwest of Singapore. The action centers near Johore, with continued operations foreshadowed as the battle line shifts northernly.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Britain
Malayan
Malrenn
Melayan
Ut Seskerday
Sunget Linge
Roosevelt urges pro ball continue during war time
President Roosevelt writes to Landis urging that professional baseball continue during World War II. He argues more games offer recreation for workers facing longer hours and higher costs, suggesting night games to accommodate day laborers and potentially 20 million viewers. Harrisburg dispatch notes $105,000 December payroll for unemployment benefits. regulatory reviews pending.
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Washington
Jan
Roosevelt
Kenesaw Mold Tain Landis
My. Roosevelt
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