Fall Of Java Held Imminent Japs Storm Closer To Rangoon
Burlington Iowa March 5 Official death toll from a TNT plant blast rises with 16 dead and over 30 injured. Names of victims listed as Hartzell Popejoy Harold Kientz Kenneth N Van Sickle Andrew Jacques Voorhees William Buford England Herschel H Goddard L Peart Clifford Carver Harold B Wyatt L Murray Grover C Keith. Fire and debris fill a three story shell loading building. a 300 foot flame sheet and a roar accompany the blast.
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Java
Rangoon
Burlington
Hartzell Popejoy
Fairfield
Harold Kientz
Ollie
Kenneth N. van Sickle
Rock Island
Andrew Jacques Voorhees
Raritan
William Buford England
Calusa
Herschel H. Goddard
Oskiloosa
L Peart
Clifford Carver
Mount Plessant
Harold BR. Wyatt
Keokuk
Tatt L. Murray
East Moline
Grover C. Keith
Cedar Rapids
Fort Madison
Army
Washington
Hurley Elsad
Otto M. Jank
Lme
Jank
No Rubber For Passenger Cars Says Henderson
Henderson told the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that no crude rubber would be available for tires on about 90 million privately owned passenger cars and that talks had occurred about requisitioning tires for ordinary citizens. He warned UN rubber needs for two years could reach 2.9 million tons while supply might be 1.4 to 1.5 million tons.
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Henderson
Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate Defense Investigating
Jesse Jones
United Nations
Utmoat
Chaoel Tetenay Oe
Believe Thousands Of Jap Soldiers Drowned In Philippine Raid
General MacArthur reports to the War Department his belief that thousands of Japanese soldiers were drowned in the Subic Bay surprise raid. Three large enemy transports were sunk. deaths resulted from drowning or ammunition explosions. No American aerial opposition. one Japanese plane bombed near Honolulu but caused no damage.
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Washington
Mar
Douglas MacArthur
War Department
Subic Bay
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Hawaii
Honolulu
Yanks Superior To Japanese In Pacific War Effort
Washington experts say after three months of sea war in the Pacific a qualitative American edge is evident in ships and men. Surface and air units show U S superiority per ship and per man, raising questions not of endurance but of how Japan's numerical edge can be equalized in the western Pacific and stressing production needs for ships and armament.
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Nippinese
Washington
Mar
Pacific
Japan
United States
U. S
Western Pacific
Javaila Indica
Warden's Duties Know No Bounds
Santa Barbara report describes Allan Wilson and George Cudworth discussing warder duties. Cudworth asks Wilson to watch children so he can visit the hospital and assist Mrs. Cudworth with their baby. The piece notes air raid wardens have extensive responsibilities beyond ordinary duties.
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SANTA_ BARBARA
Calif
Allan Wilson
George Cudworth
Wilson
Milk and Food Trucks May Procure Retreaded Tires
Washington March 5 The Office of Price Administration under new tire rationing regulations effective February 19 may grant certificates for retreaded tires for milk trucks and other essential food deliveries to the extent such deliveries are essential. Leon Henderson, after informing Representative Case of South Dakota, said tire supply will limit these certificates by rubber quotas. Case had suggested to Henderson that retail delivery vehicles be made eligible for tires.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Vision
Leon Henderson
Representative Case
South Dakota
Republican
Henderson
Rapid
Troops in Northern Ireland begin training amid new arrivals
Newly arrived United States troops reinforcing the ARF in Northern Ireland shed sea legs through football and exercises. General Hartle plans continued training and defense of the war zone as the mixed unit, including Iowa men, settles in Europe. Private Julius van de Voorde of Fairfield, tied to a Belgian commander captured by Germans, underscores personal links to the conflict. The contingent spans states from the Pacific to the Midwest, with forebears from many European nations and a possible Swedish thread in Redieta born Ken Rott.
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U. 5
Northern Ireland
United States
ARF
Ebene
Russell P. Hartle
Iowa
Julius van de Voorde
Fairfield
Armay
Low Countries
France
Pacific
Europe
Ken Rott
Redieta
Cod
Sweden
Japanese Planes Armed With Cannon
Australian airmen report Japanese Zero fighters are highly maneuverable and can reach speeds up to 240 miles per hour. They are armed with cannon as well as machine guns. One Australian gunner said the opposing plane mounted four cannon.
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Sydney
Australia
Malaya
Thear Toda Japan Is Having Her Own Way Now
War analyst notes the Orient situation shows Thear Toda Japan making gains but facing stiff opposition from enemies. The piece forecasts Japan’s possible push to Burma, a strategic gateway controlling routes to China and the region.
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Japan
Burma
Ees
China
Eadratfords
Russians Crush 36000 Nazis at Staraya Russa Front
Soviet dispatches report grim reverses for Hitler as 36000 Nazis are killed in the 18 day Staraya Russa battle. Red Army traps 8th German army, 95000 troops encircled, and Nazi prisoners speak of days without food. Isolated 24000 Germans near Orel are denied surrender by Col Gen Heinz Guderian. Western fronts show renewed fighting with Rommel’s forces and internal British Army purges underway as leadership reshuffles.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Staraya Russa
Stockholm
Red Army
Orel
Moscow
Heinz Guderian
Otra
Yugoslavia
Denmark
London
Tthat
Smolensk
Hitler
Donets Basin
Ukraine
Ernest Rommel
Post and Liberty Magazine Price Increases Announced
Philadelphia announces price hikes for The Saturday Evening Post and Liberty Magazine effective April 11 and in yearly subscriptions. The Post rises from five to twenty cents per issue and annual cost from two to three dollars. The move ends a long era of five cent issues. Marie Hammerquist, longtime region figure and former Teal Ident, dies, obituary noted with limited hometown details.
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Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Curtis Publishing Company
the Post
New Tax Program Faces Opposition
Washington March 5. Senator Taft Republican Chicago and other finance committee members questioned the Treasury plan for unprecedented income and corporate tax hikes. They warned major burdens could reduce personal earnings and business and war production, suggesting Congress may seek softer rates or a sales tax to raise needed revenue.
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Washington
Mar
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
House
Way and Means
Capitol
Taft
Chig
Congress
Ohio
Wallace J MacLean Dies After Heart Attack at Sioux Falls
Wallace J. MacLean 52 Mitchell lumberman died of a heart attack Wednesday in Sioux Falls shortly after opening and presiding as president over sessions of the South Dakota Lumbermen’s Association annual convention. He managed Fullerton Lumber Co. at Mitchell. Survivors include his widow and others.
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Sioux Falls
Wallace
James MacLean
Mitchell
South Dakota Lumbermen’s “Association
En Fullerton Lumber Co
Mitell
Maclean
Hiram 'G.' Ross
Mitchell “Survivons
Ene
United States
Speier
Mes
Borky
New
Invasion Hordes Seize Key Java Towns Threaten Batavia
Japanese forces pushed through Java as six key towns fell and Batavia and Bandaeng faced imminent threat. Dutch and Allied lines fought fiercely while reinforcements and air strikes tried to blunt the advance. The Burma front also collapsed toward Rangoon, raising Australian invasion fears.
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Batavia
Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Hubertus J. van Mook
Dutch East Indies
United Nations
Java
van Mook
Far Pacific
Bandaeng
Rising Sun
Tjilatiap
N. EB
Bandoeng
Kalidjati
Rembang
Bodjanegara
Soerabaja
Soerakarta
Solo
Sittang
Rangoon
Australia
Darwin
Sydney Daily Telegraph
Esat Indies
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John Merger
al Oberg
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Neve'York
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