Japs Stage All Out Drive to Crush MacArthur’s Men
The War Department reports enemy troop movements signal an early large scale attack on Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces in the Philippines. Intermittent artillery fire at Manila Bay and Cavite shore accompanies significant aerial combat in which American fighters claimed six of seven enemy planes shot down over Cavite province. Roosevelt highlighted the battle’s significance as a stark test for the besieged forces on Bataan.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
Manila Bay
Cavite
Department
Philippine
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Ular
Singapore
MacArthur
Roosevelt
FBI rounds up Jap officials in Salinas raid
Federal agents seized a score of Nipponese residents in Salinas California during a raid on a ring of Japanese colonies. A Buddhist temple raid yielded three priests and a truckload of contraband. One priest was Rev Koyo Tamanaka described as a former Tokyo police chief. Laundry proprietor Yaichi Takata yashi identified as former high Japanese police official and emperor Hirohito’s brother’s friend.
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Salinas
Calif
Isuk
Koyo Tamanaka
Tokyo
Landis Takes Over OCD Job
James M. Landis assumes the role of chief of the Office of Civilian Defense on his first day announcing a thorough reorganization. Named by President Roosevelt to succeed Fiorello La Guardia, he says Mrs. Roosevelt will continue as assistant director as he aids reorganizing community and volunteer participation efforts.
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Washington
James M. Landis
Office of
Civilian Defense
OCD
Landis
Harvard Law School
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor Neely Urges Moose To Buy Defense Bonds
Charleston dispatch reports Governor Neely supreme head of the Loyal Order of Moose will stress defense savings bonds support to the Red Cross and aid to families of servicemen in Moose club talks nationwide. He left last night on the trip’s first leg.
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Charleston
Defense Savings
Red Cross
Armed Services
Neely
The
Loyal Order of Moose
GOP Dinners Planned as War Effort Mixed with Unity
Washington and Cincinnati dispatches report Republicans plan Lincoln dinners to rally for fall elections, stressing unity and support for the war, while preserving the two party system. Two workers were injured in a Fries and Fries Chemical tank explosion in Cincinnati, Alf Landon hospitalized in fair condition. Louis Schneider, 51, suffered a leg fracture. Edward Hudson, 27, sustained rib fractures and cuts from debris.
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Washington
Lincoln
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
London
Cincinnati
Fries and Fries Chemical Co
Evanson
Alf M. Landon
Louis Schneider
Edward Hudson
Auto Gasoline Octane Content Quietly Red uced War Demand
In Cleveland on February 11 a wartime note explains gasoline octane reductions across brands. Premium now about 78 to 76 octane, regular about 72 to 70 octane, per federal coordinator requests due to higher aviation fuel needs and lead shortages. An Ohio Oil executive says the public was not warned to avoid causing a panic and to prevent runs on higher octane grades.
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Cleveland
Federal Petroleum Coordinator
Ohio Oil Company
The
Authoress of Mrs Wiggs Dies At Louisville Home
Alice Hegan Rice, 72, social worker and author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, died in Louisville of heart disease. A Kentucky native, she published her famous novel in 1901 and later wrote articles and books while aiding the Cabbage Patch neighborhood.
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Louisville
Alice Hegan Rice
Wiggs
Shelby County
Kentucky
Retread Tire Rationing Begins February Nineteenth
Price Administrator Leon Henderson announced that retreaded and recapped tires will be rationed starting February 19 with limited crude rubber also to be allocated. The program, including Camelback rubber, will be overseen by existing tire rationing boards. Cars may see none this month. trucks may receive limited retread allowances.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Carl Henderson
War Production Board
Hitler's Armies Stiffen Resistance Across Front
Allied reports say Hitler's invasion forces, driven back up to 200 miles in places, are stiffening their defense as winter wanes and combat intensifies along the 1,200 mile front. Soviet dispatches claim the Red Army is advancing, capturing villages and German fortifications on the Southwest Ukraine front.
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Associated Press
Adolph Hitler
London
Ukraine
Travel Danger on Slippery Highways Across West Virginia
Sleet and freezing rain created hazardous travel across central and eastern West Virginia with state cinder crews called out. In Kingwood area temperatures hovered at 25 degrees as U.S. 50 remained passable after cinders. Rain froze in Clarksburg district counties including Monongalia, Marion, Taylor, Doddridge and Harrison, while Elkins district roads iced on mountain routes but valley roads stayed clearer.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Kingwood
Clarksburg
Monongalia
Marion
Taylor
Doddridge
Harrison
Elkins District
Almost Constant Air Raids On Singapore Reported
Singapore reports almost constant Japanese air raids with hedgehopping bombers over the city. Anti-aircraft crews fire back as RAF pilots struggle against odds in antiquated fighters. A correspondent recalls ducking behind a wall as bombs landed, while gun crews push on through smoke and limited visibility. The all clear arrives amid continued peril.
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Singapore
C. Yates McDaniel
RAF
Malacca
Admiral Hart Relieved as Pacific Naval Chief
The Navy announced Admiral Thomas Hart is relieved from his post as chief of Allied naval forces in the western Pacific due to illness. Vice Admiral J C B L Helfrich of the Royal Netherlands Navy was named his successor. Hart, 64, requested release from the command and his health status was not specified. He previously commanded the United States Asiatic Fleet before a regional reorganization announced February 7.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas ©. Hart
Western Pacific
JC. B. L. Helfrich
Royal Netherlands Navy
Hart
United States Asiatic Fleet
Java
Admiral Hart
Rationing Of Sugar For Convicts Starts Sunday
MOUNDSVILLE Feb 11 Beginning next Sunday about 2000 state penitentiary inmates will receive 12 ounces of sugar weekly instead of a full pound under a voluntary rationing plan tied to the national program. Road camp prisoners are not affected as they are fed by the State Road Commission.
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Moundsville
M. E. Ketchum
Prison Imbor Division
State Road Commission
Sugar shortage seen as blessing by biochemist
NEW ORLEANS February 11 sugar shortage is a blessing in disguise says Dr Sidney Bliss professor of biochemistry Tulane School of Medicine noting per person sugar consumption rose from 8.8 pounds in 1823 to 108 pounds in 1931 and nutritionists favor vitamin rich foods and minerals as sugar substitutes.
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New Orleans
Sidney Bliss
Tulane School of Medicine
United States
Bliss
Salvage Plan Remains Unanswered for norms Normandy
New York February 11 The fire ruined Normandie remains a grotesque hulk settled on Hudson river mud. A board of experts will survey salvage prospects while Navy clings to hope. The liner once became USS Lafayette after its wartime service and faces months of rest beside its pier with eight fathoms of water and silt.
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New York City
Lafayette
Hudson River Pier
U. S
Frank Trenta Costa
Central I’vess
New York
Hudson River
Navy
Naval
Labor Will Get Voice In Co. Defense Bodies
Charleston February 11 Labor groups will choose their own representatives to join county councils in West Virginia under a policy adopted at a Washington conference. Carl Bachmann said labor will contribute fully to OCD activities, stressing its vital role in maximum production protection and volunteer participation during the war.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Carl G. Bachmann
State Defense
Washington
Bachmanin
OCD
Federal Funds To Hire Ration Board Assistants
Charleston dispatch reports federal funds will be made available soon to hire clerical and stenographic help for county rationing boards and the state rationing office Carl G Bachmann announced that employment will be via board members but workers must come from federal civil service lists he added
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Charleston
Carl G. Bachmann
Life On Pacific Convoy Told By Naval Diarist
San Francisco reports the inside life of a convoy warship during World War II. An unnamed Navy public relations officer chronicles daily routines, blackout rules, air patrols, and encounters with enemy submarines. The diary notes sinking a submarine and a close encounter with a Russian merchant ship, with vivid details of lookout signals and shipboard life.
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Pacific
San Francisco
Navy
Twelfth Naval District
Slayer of Police Chief Is Refused New Trial
Beckley reports Lawrence Edward Ward, a Glen White man convicted of killing Police Chief J. R. Gautier during an arrest attempt, had his request for a new trial denied by Circuit Judge Clay Crouse. Ward’s lawyers won a stay of execution to pursue an appeal to the state supreme court, arguing improper hiring of a special prosecutor and improper evidence.
Reverend Kimber Moulton Speaks at Parkview Church Tonight
Notice announces hear Rev. M. Kimber Moulton general president N P of Baltimore Md speak at Parkview Church of the Nazarene tonight at 7:30.
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M. Kimber Moulton
Baltimore
Parkview Church
Defenders of Island Base Lashing Back
British forces defending Singapore launched counter attacks against the Japanese with some success despite overwhelming enemy numbers of infantry, guns, and planes. London officials warned reinforcements were needed as the situation remained dire and uncertain.
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London
Singapore
Singa
Page
Final Battle of Singapore advances toward city
Japanese broadcasts report troops a few miles from Singapore city preparing to enter the metropolitan district as main forces encircle the British defenses. In central sector Japanese capture Bukit Timah peak and push defenders from the island.
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Tokyo
Singapore Island
Dome
Ee Mountain
Singapore City
Bukit Timah
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