Huron Voices For Local War Training Camp
An unsigned editorial urges using local facilities in Huron for immediate military training. It argues CCC camps, state fair barracks, Huron College machinery hall and nearby airport could form a ready training site for thousands, despite lacking a formal grade A post with officers. It criticizes Washington’s 1942 timing and calls for action now.
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Washington
Singapore
Huron
NAVY
ARMY
South
America Told to Increase War Material Flow to Fronts
Congressional leaders urged doubling efforts to send lanes tanks and guns to the East Indies Australia and Burma after Singapore loss. U S troops reinforced Dutch curacao and Aruba oil refineries amid fears of vulnerable Caribbean approaches and possible raids. See AMERICA Page Seven.
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Singapore
U.S
Washington
East Indies
Australia
Burma
Curaco
Venezuela
Aruba
Caribbean
America
Japanese Ambassador Killed in Fall in Paris Embassy
Paris reports indicate Japanese ambassador Sotomatau Kato, 52, died after falling from a window at the Japanese embassy on Avenue Hoche. He had played a key role in negotiations for Franco-Japanese military cooperation and served in various diplomatic posts. The cause of the fall remains undetermined.
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Paris
Sotomatau Kato
France
Avenue Hoche
Kato
Japan
Ashington
York
Lincoln Birthday Semi Holiday Observed in Huron
The birthday of Abraham Lincoln is treated as a semi holiday in Huron with banks and some county and federal offices closed. Schools remain in session and the post office operates on a regular weekday schedule.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Huron
Montreal draft objectors riot injures police in protest
In Montreal on February 12 a riot by about 300 anti conscriptionists damaged windows and attacked officers in east end streets. Seven policemen and several civilians were injured, and around 30 plate glass windows were shattered before order was restored. Several demonstrators were charged with disturbing the peace.
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Montreal
Quebec
Tntal
Herve Guimont
St. Catharine
South Dakota Agriculture Board Plans War Era Course
The Agricultural Planning Board session at Marvin Hughitt Hotel focused on steering South Dakota farming through wartime and beyond. Alfred R. Barnes and committees outlined an extensive labor program to recruit and place farm workers, including a voluntary worker relief system, with boards and advisers to report in a later general session.
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South Dakota
Marvin’ Hughitt
State Agricultural Planning Board
Alfred R. Barnes
State Aaa
Committee On
Ishor
Atate
Juhereby
Burma Battle Deepens as Japanese Cross Salween River
British communique reports Japanese crossing the Salween River near Martaban, threatening Rangoon and the vital Burma Road. Defense stiffens. observers foresee a broader clash as Japan presses across Celebes and Borneo as part of an offensive toward Java and India.
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Rangoon
Birtia
Burma
Salween
Paar
Aha
India
Selween
Jmoulmein
Artaban
Martaban
Tha’ Gulf
Mauch
Thaton
Gulf
Paan
The
Com' Munique
London
Free Europe
Nda
Tokyo
Apanese Perial
Macassar
Celebes
Gesmata
New ‘Britain
Batavia
Ava
Nazis Say Reds Giving Ground In German War Report
A compressed dispatch from the Associated Press notes German authorities claim the Reds are losing momentum on the Donets front. The brief report emphasizes retreats and cautious gains by Nazi forces as the war unfolds.
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The
Associated Press
Ambassadors Report Simulated Status of Conflict
In San Diego observers summarized the current state of the Jarigua conflict as presented today by ten ambassadors to Russia. The session aimed to map present status and potential next steps, citing uncertain arms movements and diplomatic stances.
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Russia
San Diego
Masbate Occupied as Japan Presses Philippines Front
Washington reports Japanese forces occupy Masbate island in central Philippines as fighting continues on Bataan Peninsula. War Department says enemy reorganizing for renewed offensive and labor shortages in the islands rise as farmers seek relief from occupiers. American shore defenses on Bataan inflict costly losses on Japanese attempts to crack the western flank.
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Philippines
Masbate
Washington
War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Philippine Archipelago
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Bataan
United States -Army
Merritt
MacArthur
Jepar
British Warships Reported Aiding In Defense Of City
Imperial forces pound Singapore as British warships aid the defense amid four counterattacks. Singapore radio broadcasts in British hands at 9 30 p m local time as Tokyo claims gains while dispatches say infantry and air forces push toward the city center.
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Singapore
Japan
Singapore Radio
Empire
Demei
Imperial Lend
London
Singepore
Tokyo
Rome Radio
Prema
Rofles Square
C. Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
MacDaniel
Rising Sun
Imperial Tokyo Besdanariers
Bukit Timah
Air Arm
Hick
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Chan Gurney
Senate
Washington, D. C
White House
Secretary OF War
Secretary OF the Navy
Madame ‘Tourny
Paincon
Germany
House of A Tha
Jprodui
Britain
Board
Borneo
Salwesa
Daniel DE Luce
N.E
Dutch Indies
Aneta
Caleben
Bandjermasin
Java
United Nations
Soerabaja
Amboina Island
Canada
Normandie
Alphonsus
Gately
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