Reds Warn Japan Not To Invade Siberia
In Moscow Pravda warned Japan against invading Siberia as the Japanese are portrayed as blubbering over war ambitions. The advisory came on the first anniversary of the Japanese Russian neutrality pact while new ambassadors presented credentials.
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Associated Press
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Russia
Russian East
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Communist Party
Germany
Soviet Union
Naotake Sato
United States
William H. Standley
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RAF
Italy
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Supreme Court rules libel claim against anti antisemitism charge
The Supreme Court, in a close ruling, upheld a circuit court decision that it is libelous to allege a public official endorses antisemitism. Rep. Martin L. Sweeney sued Schenectady Union Star publisher over a December 23 1933 column the Washington Daily Merry Ground allegedly linking him to opposition against Emerich Burt Freed as federal judge. The case seeks 250000 dollars in damages.
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Schenectady
Nion Publishing Company
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Alt Cleveland
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Washington Daily Merry Ground
New York
Federal District Court
Couit Coun
Jap Column Advances Toward Prome Oil Fields
A Burma front communique reports a Japanese column advancing up the main road from Sinbaungwe, 70 miles north of Prome, on the Irrawaddy’s east bank near Yenanyung oil fields. Chinese forces hold Sittang front near Toungoo as Generalissimo Chiang Kai- shek returns to his capital after talks with Allied leaders.
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India
Burma Front
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Prome
Irrawaddy River
Yenanyaung
Burma
Rangoon
United Nations
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sittang River
Toungoo
Kralsherk
United States
Joseph W. Stibwell
Harold Alexander
Taungdwingye
London
Irrawaddy
Allanmyo
Utilities Board Hearing On Atlantic States Line Application
The Utilities Commission began a hearing on Atlantic States Motor Line Inc of High Point seeking permission to operate intrastate freight carriers in 66 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
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Atlantic States Motor Line, Inc
High Point
North Carolina
Labor status frozen eyed as wartime policy urged
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission, urged Congress to freeze all labor management agreements for the duration of the war to curb daily agitation. He praised voluntary actions but said statute could follow if needed, and he opposed expanding the 40 hour week. (Con. on Page 2 Col. 5)
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Washington
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
Land
House Naval Committee
United States
Washington Seeks Change In Conscientious Objector Rules
The Lew Ayres case sparks calls to amend the Selective Service Act omen. Critics argue regulations fit peacetime army needs, not total war. Supporters want beliefs to exempt individuals regardless of church ties, mirroring the British system. Quaker draft data show low utilization of rights outside Pennsylvania and modest compliance inside. Treasury notes warn against artificial pricing as wartime scarcities bite. Continued on page 9.
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Washington
Ray Tucker Kilel
Lew Ayres
Hollywood
Society of Friends
Statiute
Pennsylvania
Indian rejection of British dominion offer in war
The Indian rejection of Britain s offer of dominion status amid World War II defense needs is seen as aiding Axis aims. Nehru reveals Berlin and Tokyo frantically woo India to abandon Britain, inviting potential Japanese invasion while Indians seek independence and stand against foreign overlords.
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Pandit Nehru
All-India Congress
Nationalist) Party
Berlin
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Nehru
America
Hindustan
Navy Fliers Die In Crash Near Livermore Hills
Fourteen U S Navy fliers died when two PBY-3A patrol bombers crashed and burned in the Livermore hills amid fog while on an undisclosed mission about 30 miles southeast of Alameda Naval Air Station. One crewman survived with minor injuries. The 12th Naval District listed the dead: Lieut. Frank S. Fernald, Lieut. Edward F. Denney, James A. Wagner, Henry T. Morgan, Roscoe E. Rambo, Robert A. Frank, Oliff P. Flynt, Robert W. Hastings, and others on Plane No. 2. Continued on Page 2-Col. 3.
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Calif
U. S&s. Navy
Livermore Hills
Alameda Naval Air Station
12Th Naval District
San Francisco
Frank S. Fernald
Edward F. Denney
James AM. Wagner
Aviation
Henry T. Morgan
Roscoe E. Rambo
Robert A. Frank
Oliff P. Flynt
U. S. Gunners Sink Several Small Boats
War Department communique reports Corregidor gunners sank several small Japanese boats in Mariveles harbor and kept air raids at high altitude. Fifteen raids over two days caused only minor damage with some casualties. Cebu communications cut off. ships Liberty and Meigs lost in Far East with crew rescued and casualties reported.
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Washington
War Department
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Philippine Island
Philippine
Manila Bay
Cebu
Far East
Army Transport Service
Liberty
Meigs
Bali
Netherlands Indies
Soerabaja
Darwin
Australia
F. S. Link
Fire Rages Through Kewanee Business District
A massive blaze destroyed most of Kewanee Illinois downtown, sparing only two buildings. Fire began in the three story Kewanee Dry Goods Store at 2 am and burned for hours as crews from seven nearby communities fought the flames. The conflagration razed more than twenty stores offices apartments and two theatres amid a south wind. Officials had not yet tallied the total damage.
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Kewanee Dry Goods
Illinois
Tremont Street
Waters Near India Dominated By Nippon Warships
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed that Japanese forces dominate the Bay of Bengal with at least three battleships five aircraft carriers heavy and light cruisers and destroyer flotillas. He cited Hermes Dorsetshire Cornwall losses and Japanese carrier strength including Nagato type ships. He blamed weather for hindering counterattacks and noted limited Allied success while keeping fleet disposition undisclosed.
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Associated Press
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Ceylon
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The
Mussolini Reported In Prostrate State On Frontier
A Daily Mail correspondent cabled from the Italian frontier that Premier Mussolini was in a state of complete prostration when examined by a specialist. The dispatch said he sobbed, then laughed hysterically, and the specialist reported the Duce lost control of himself and could no longer manage Italy’s affairs, now in chaotic condition.
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London
Daily Mail
Mussolini
EH Duce
Italy
Hopkins and Maisky Meet as Aid to Russia Intensifies
In London Harry Hopkins and Gen. Marshall conferred with Soviet ambassador Ivan Maisky and plan to brief Churchill. The talks stressed accelerating U S aid to the Soviet Union, including planes tanks and munitions via Murmansk and the Gulf of Persia, with pilots joining RAF bombing Germany within a month.
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London
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Ivan Maisky
United States
Britain
Russia
Hopkins
Murmansk
Gulf of Persia
Northern Ireland
Marshall
RAF
Germany
Hiller
Allied Airmen Hit Japanese Bases North of Australia
Melbourne report details a mounting Allied air offensive from Timor to the Solomon Islands. Raids on Rabaul and Koepang marked the fourth straight day of attacks, with ships and airfields targeted. A Japanese carrier reportedly hit. Allied fighters claimed several enemy aircraft downed. Army Minister Francis Forde urged nationwide unity to resist a ruthless foe.
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Australia
Melbourne
Timor
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Koepang
Dutch Timor
New York Times
United Nations
Lae
New Guinea
Faisi
Army
Francis Forde
Reynolds Denies Evading War Draft Service in World War I
Senator Robert Reynolds rejected a charge he dodged WWI service, asserting his War Department record proves his compliance. He defended his pre Pearl Harbor isolationist stance, noting he opposed stepping into war and voted against early war measures, yet supported war after Pearl Harbor and Germany's declaration.
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Robert KR. Reynolds
War Department
Reynolds
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Enka
N.C
Pearl Harbor
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Germany
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