Counter Attacks Hit Japs North Of Singapore In Malayan Fight
British Australian and imperial Indian troops launched a major counter-offensive 70 miles north of Singapore to smash the main Japanese invasion armies in the Muar River sector. Allied raids damaged Japanese transport columns north of Par Bulong as Singapore endured heavy air raids with 304 killed and 725 wounded in the prior day’s 100-plane assault. Hurricanes arrived to bolster defense as RAF pilots claimed five bombers shot down and eight fighters damaged. A Chinese spokesman said Allied bomber fear spurred 30 000 to 40 000 Japanese to leave areas along the Yangtze. Further reports from the Dutch East Indies noted Japanese invasion forces moving.
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Malayan
Singapore
Muar River
Miers
Par- 4
Bulong
London
Raf Fiess
Art of Japan
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Dutch East Indies
Japan
Japanese 200000 in Luzon battle from Philippines
Washington reports that about 200000 Japanese troops are now in Luzon as part of General Homma's forces. Reinforcements land at Lingayen Gulf and Subic Bay while attacks renew along MacArthur's Bataan line. Seventeen enemy bombers struck Cebu as air activity remains light.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
Philippines
War Department
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Subic Bay
4Th
Masaharu Homma
Cebu
Mindanao
Philippine
MacArthur
Lingayen Guilt
Horima
Wyiltary
Homma
Davao
Minanao
Australia Braces for Potential Japanese Invasion
Melbourne reports eleven ships seen near Watom Island with Rabaul communications cut. Authorities warn a full scale attack may be imminent to establish bases for a mainland offensive. New Britain Island is a key Australian mandate east of New Guinea, 800 miles northeast of Cape York.
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Melbourne
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Watom Island
New Britain Island
Francis M. Forde
Arthur Drakeford
Menage
Bismarck Archipelago
British New Guinea
Australia -Proper
Cape York Peninsula
Sydney
Islands
New Guinea
Tiencom
Solomon Islands
Youth Who Killed Father Is Charged With Manslaughter
James Brose, 19, who confessed he shot and killed his father during a drunken rage, was indicted by the grand jury on a first degree manslaughter charge. He fled to South Dakota after the killing in their Minneapolis home and later surrendered.
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Minneapolis
James’ Brose
Mra~Brose
Brose
South Dalene
British Striking Forces Readied For Continent Action
British officials claim a largest possible striking force for offensive operations on the European continent while Russian troops attack the rear of retreating German armies near Mozhaisk. In North Africa, Rommel’s columns push British positions as a 10 mile recon by force penetrates near Mersa Brega.
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Adolf Hitler
Mozhaisk
London
Archibald Sinclair
Sinclair
Libyan
Erwin Rommel
Fiest
Cairo
Mersa Brega
Gulf of
Sirte
Agedabia
el Agheila
High Command
A. 1
Mussolini
High
Victory Display in Campbell Park Bandshell
The bandshell in Campbell Park was added to sites bearing the V for victory sign. The Huron Co-Operative Club erected a large poster on a wood stand to promote defense bonds and stamps. It will be lighted nightly until about 12:30 a.m.
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Campbell Park
Huron Co-Operative Club
Huron
Pearl Harbor Now At Peak Strength
A high government official said since the Pearl Harbor attack the army has fortified Hawaii and the Pacific coast and begun reinforcing the southwest Pacific. In the United States, more than 600,000 troops have shifted to new positions. The official noted Japan’s raid has been offset by American long range bombers, but did not disclose details of replenishment and deployment. Page Two.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
United States
Japan
Osay Fi
Ses
War Effort Distributed Nationwide Under Nelson Plan
Washington awoke to Donald M. Nelson moving war production toward a field service as a new division of the War Production Board. The decentralization aims to place WPB authority in industrial centers, reducing delays from Washington paperwork. Nelson plans field chiefs in key industries, starting with Detroit head Ernest Kanzler to convert auto plants to arms production, with 50 to 60 such chiefs expected nationwide.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Washinstone Field
Smi
Cone Tractors
Hewsmen
Detroit
Ernest Kanzler
Kanzler
Wash
Ington
Supply Bill Seeks Funds for Independent Agencies Measure
A $2,096,138,875 supply bill for independent government agencies in the next fiscal year. It includes $984,410,800 for the shipbuilding program of the Maritime Commission and totals about $5,000,000 less than Roosevelt’s budget recommendations and $1,257,890,349 under this year's comparable appropriations. The appropriations committee noted supplemental budgets would likely offset the difference.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
House
Roosevelt
Ae Eee Sein
United States Leads Pan American Break With Axis
Five nations including Argentina and Chile hammer out a four point plan to sever ties with the Axis. United States Brazil and Peru join in forming a united front of 21 American Republics to end financial and commercial dealings with Germany Italy and Japan.
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Henry Bagley
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Italy
Japan
United States
Peru
piThe
Americas
Sug‘gested
Rail passenger fares boosted ten per cent nationwide
Washington January 22 The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a ten percent rise in passenger fares to cover rising wages and operating costs. The increase, expected to yield about 45 million dollars based on last year’s revenue, takes effect ten days after new tariffs are filed and likely between February 1 and 4. Freight rates remain under review. Basic fare details vary by region and class.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Clocks May Be Hour Faster But Time Is Still Standard
Washington January 22 Interstate Commerce Commission officials note that clocks may be 20 hour faster after February yet legally remain on time. The 1918 law defined standard time for the four continental zones and designated eastern time as the standard, with yearly adjustments estimated by motion and time savings.
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Washington
Interstate :Commerce; Commission
United States
Canada to Vote on Conservation for Overseas Service
Ottawa reports a Canadian plebiscite on rating troops for overseas service via conscription was announced at parliament’s opening. The throne speech quotes the government seeking release from past commitments limiting overseas military service and references Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s pledge not to legislate compulsory fighting abroad.
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Ottawa
Earl of Athlone
Canada
W. L. MacKenzie King
House of Commons
Norwegian Freighter Sunk By Submarine Off Newfoundland
Norwegian freighter Frisco was torpedoed and sank off St Pierre and Miquelon near Newfoundland on January 12. Six of the crew of 19 or 21 were rescued. Norwegian shipping operators confirmed the report noting the date came two days before submarines announced their appearance in American waters.
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Washington
Atlantic
Hemisphere
South
Central America
Navy
City of Atlanta
Ciltwaira
Carolina
City of
Atlanta
Ciltraira
Pacific
Thomas J. H
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West Point Foothill
New
York
Freichter Frisco
St. Pierre
Frerch Gland
Newfoundland
Exis
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