U boats menace U S coasts as war shifts to American waters
Reports from Washington indicate German U boats have moved into Gulf of Mexico and adjacent Atlantic approaches. Since Jan 12 several raiders have sunk ships with losses of U boats, signaling a broadening campaign near Texas, New England, Hatteras to Nova Scotia, and toward Cuba and the Panama Canal approaches. Page Two.
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Washington
Texas
Germany
New England
Hatteras
Nova Scotia
Raidera
Gulf of Mexico
Strait of Florida
Key West
Cuba
Gulf
Yucatan Channel
Caribbean
Panama_ Canal
Navy
Army
Anderseas
Britain
House Committee Sidetracks Further Pearl Harbor Probe
The House naval committee voted 14 to 6 to undertake a supplementary Congressional inquiry into Pearl Harbor. The motion sought documentary evidence from the President's Commission led by Justice Owen Roberts, but the panel tabled the motion. Meanwhile Senate leaders criticized the lack of reinforcements to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces in the Philippines.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Pearl Harbor
Special Commission
Owen Roberts
Maas
Minnesota
Vinson
Georgia
Corregidor Surrender Sought Reported In Tokyo Dispatch
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan pressing for surrender at Corregidor fortress island amid wartime exchanges. The mainland broadcast cites a garrison status and calls for terms, signaling possible capitulation negotiations.
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Berlingasts
Okyo
Staies
Corregidor
Mainland
Bion
Sky Studio
Hig
Hitler Reaches Compromise With His Army Generals
Reports from London cite Soviet advance gains as Adolf Hitler, who ousted Von Brauchitsch weeks earlier, agrees to rely on senior generals Von Bock Rundstedt Leeb and others for new missions. The British info cites Die Zeitung alleging Hitler’s decision signals a shift to the generals’ leadership in the war effort.
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Associated Press
Russia
London
Adolf Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
von Brauchitsch
Hitler
Ministry of Information
Die Zetung
Fuehrer
von Bock
von Rundstedt
von Leeb
Germany
Knox Predicts U S Supremacy At Sea
Secretary of the Navy Knox forecast the United States would have sea supremacy worldwide once the current naval expansion is completed. He spoke after a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on a record $19,977,965,474 navy appropriation bill approved by the House, praising the Asiatic fleet and its role in the Macassar Straits battle.
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Knox
U.S
Washington
United States’ Navy
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Macassar Straits
Axis Troops Enter Bengasi In New Axis Move
Associated Press reports Premier Mussolini’s high command says German and Italian troops entered Bengasi this morning. The bulletin notes British forces have drawn heavily on Allied troops from north Africa to bolster defenses as the Axis counter offensive grows more difficult to stop.
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Associated Press
Mussolini
Bengasi
Ite
Pacific
The War Today Intensified U Boat Warfare Learning
War-era analysis notes intensified U-boat warfare challenges American war effort. Analysts warn the submarine campaign targets production and transport, risking heavy losses to essential cargo and shipping, threatening Allied war power.
Churchill Wins Near-Unanimous Confidence Vote in Parliament
London January 29 The House of Commons backed Prime Minister Churchill by 464 to 1 in a confidence vote on wartime conduct. Churchill cited U S resolve to close with the German foe and outlined plans for a British counterpart to the U S War Production Board. He stated no apologies or excuses and affirmed the aim to end the conflict favorably for the world.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
United States
James Maxton
Labor
Jock McGovern
Campbell Stephen
AEF
United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Donald M. Nelson
Singapore
Republic
War Production Board
Johore
Dennis
Nowell Pritt
British pilots down Japanese fighter in Rangoon area sweep
A wartime dispatch reports British combat pilots shot down a Japanese fighter over Rangoon area after a cloud decked sweep. The article notes Yankee involvement and describes a single enemy plane brought down with crew bailing out.
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Ranguyn
Burma
Rangoon
Rio Parley Ends Era of Border Dispute Agreement
In Rio de Janeiro on January 29, Peru and Ecuador reached a settlement of their 111 year boundary dispute during a Pan American Conference mediation. The two nations signed a pact after hours of talks with mediators from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States, yielding portions of land and affirming broader regional cooperation with four resolutions endorsing severance from the Axis and creation of joint boards.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Peru
Ecuador
Axis
Eccuador
Julio Tobar Donoso
Alfredo Solimuro
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
United States
Todar Donoso
Solf Muro
Amazon
Hour Of Crisis Nearing Japanese Drive Into Borneo
Wartime dispatches report Japanese infantry assaults on MacArthur’s lines in the Batan Peninsula broken by American artillery with heavy losses. In the Netherlands Indies, heavy American bombers sink and burn Japanese transports near Balikpapan Harbor while two enemy fighters are shot down. As Singapore’s fate looms, British defenses repulse advances toward Johore Strait and Pontianak faces invasion threats as Japan presses into Dutch Borneo.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
Netherlands Indies
Depernment
Macassar Firilts
Balikpapan Hartbor
United Nations
Philippine
Weadlong
Saults
Macassar Straits
Balikpapan
Singapore
Malaya
Johore Strait
Singapore Island
Johore Sorat
Ulu Sedili
Imperial Defense
Layang-Layang
Batavia
London Daily Mail
Java
Dutch East Indies
Archibald P. Wavell
United Nations Supreme Command
Pacific
Ita
Malay Peninsula
Japan
Pontianak
Arajah
Kingdom of
Sarawak
China Sea
Java Sea
Dutch Indies
An Wel
Seu
Australian Radio Reports Heavy Japanese Losses
London dispatch notes Sydney radio broadcast via Reuters claiming 46 Japanese warships and transports sunk in the Makassar Strait area. United Nations summaries list 36 ships sunk or damaged. sunken transports reportedly carried at least 25,000 Japanese troops.
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London
Sydney
Australia
Reuters
Transene
Theattic
Macassar Straits
United Nations
Nebraska Infant Scalded To Death
Audrey Whitely two died Tuesday at Burke South Dakota hospital from burns after slipping into a tub of scalding water. Parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Whitely and brother Russell five reside in Napier Nebraska.
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Norfolk, Neb
Audrey Whitely
Naper
Burke, S. D
Oliver Whitely
Russell
Senate committee urges chamber to deny seat to Langer
Unclear text reports the Senate Elections Committee asking the chamber to deny a seat for Langer amid disrupted proceedings and references to legal authority and obedience. The fragmentary items include remarks on administration and peace, with numerous garbled phrases indicating a legal or disciplinary context.
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Senate Elections Committee
Chamber
Langer
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Hutchinson,Minn
Second
MacKenzie
James E. Shaner
Rio Parley
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Macassar Sea
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Nebraska
Osth
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