War Today reports Pacific fleet victory over Japanese bases
The War Today editorial lauds a bold U S naval air and sea victory in the Marshall and Gilbert islands, debunking Pearl Harbor defeat rumors and boosting Allied morale while cautioning against overoptimism about Singapore and the Singapore defense. It notes reinforcements, a looming grim fight, and the risk of poisoned water supplies.
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Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Scandao
Hawaiian Islands
Australia
Western Pacific
Orient
Singapore
OPA Fixes Auto Prices
Price Administrator Leon Henderson set maximum wholesale and retail prices for new passenger cars for eligible buyers, effective after February 26. Wholesale ceilings match the highest Oct 1-10, 1941 prices, while retail ceilings rely on manufacturer list price marks, taxes, freight, and storage allowances within specified formulas.
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Washington
Leon U Henderson
British Fall Back On African Front. Welders Idle
British forces reportedly retreated about 100 miles from Bengali due to Axis pressure. For the war effort, over 1,000 independent welders joined picket duty while shipyards in Seattle and Tacoma kept essential work moving. The Middle East communique cited fighting near Bengasi and Slonta Arta, with a British counterattack at Maratta.
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Tacoma
Wash
Seattle and Tacoma
America
Associated Press
Cairo
Anis
Middle East
Maratta
Bengasi
Slonta Arta
Derna
Cyrenaica
Baree
Chilean election victory for pro-US candidate Rios
Santiago dispatch reports Juan Antonio Rios, 18, a pro cooperation with the United States, defeating former President Carlos Ibanez del Campo as Axis-backed forces failed to stop the pro democratic wave. With 9,000 votes left to count, Rios led by about 257,980 to 202,033, Thane conceding. Rios’s triumph signals a clear stand for continental cooperation and democratic ideals.
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Santiago
Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
United States
Carlos Ibanez del Campo
Rios
NWO
Thane
Thanez
Knox Explains Navy Production Cutbacks to Congress
Secretary of the Navy Knox told Congress the navy faces a critical military situation and bottlenecks in turning out aircraft engines as 18,000 planes yearly are targeted with a $26,265,474 naval supply bill. He cited only about 10 percent of workers on early morning shifts and 60 percent on day shifts, urging expansion of engine production amid a record war appropriation projected to exceed 39 billion dollars in a single month.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Congress
Navy
Singapore Withdrawal Lull After Causeway Destruction
Australian forces report 36 hours after the Johore Singapore causeway blast with little military action, glimpses of Japanese cars, shelling of the crossroads, and rapid fatigue recovery among troops. Civilian evacuations, dense tropical growth, and ruined infrastructure mark the scene on Johore Bahru and Singapore Island.
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Ian Fitchett
Imperial Forces
Singapore Island
Australian Associated Press
Johore-Singapore
Malaya
Johore Bahru
Singapore
Esland
Funale
Naval appropriation bill sails through Senate
The naval appropriations measure, largest of its kind, won Senate approval and heads back to the House for amendments. It would provide about 8.1 billion for new airplanes and the same for ships, plus 7 billion to sustain current fleet operations, totaling over 6.1 billion more than previous House totals.
German U boats claim several sea victories in Atlantic
Berlin reports German submarines sunk a destroyer off Canada and scored bomb hits on three medium merchant ships in the North Atlantic. The communique also says a corvette was sunk west of Gibraltar and an armed ship sunk off Cirenaica with another sent to the bottom near Murmansk.
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Berlin
Germany
North Atlantic
Canada
German High Command
DNB
High Command
Gibraltar
Cirenaica
Murmansk
Allies Bombard Kadu Island in Burma Frontline Update
Allied bombers hit Japanese forces on Kadu Island in the Salween estuary between Moulmein and Martaban. RAF says all planes returned safely and additional patrols scouted Salween front as Flying Tigers possibly participated. Frontline status remained unchanged according to army headquarters.
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Rangoon
Burma
Kadu
Salween River
Moulmein
Martaban
Salween
Japs Expect Singapore Fall Before Feb 11
A German telegraph from Tokyo reports the Japanese public expects Singapore to fall before February 11, a date tied to Japan’s patriotism and the February anniversary Ningenetsu marking the legendary 660 B.C. founding of the empire.
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Singapore
Berlin
Japan
Tokyo
Cabinet resigns in Cairo after student protests
Cairo February 2 The Egyptian cabinet of Prime Minister Assi Sirry Pasha resigned today in the wake of student demonstrations that challenged the government. The move follows pressure from protests across major cities and signals a political shakeup in the interim period.
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Cairo
Assei Sirry Pasha
Roosevelt shifts course see warships take lead
Pearl Harbor aided by Roosevelt, who adopts a new wartime view favoring naval strength over air power. He assigns top Army and Navy posts to officers from air and sea branches and elevates aviators like McNarney, Cousins, and Eaker.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Lindbergis
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
F.D.R
Tle
Navy
Dunkirk
Crete
Ha- Hic
Gem
Emmons
Honolulu
Chaney
North Leeland
Andrews
Panjama
Joseph T. McNarney
Ralph Cousins
Ira Eaker
McNarney
Roberts Board
Eaker
FDR Requests Half Billion Dollar China Loan
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a 500 million dollar loan for China. The White House said he sent a letter to Speaker Rayburn and leaders from both parties pledged support after a briefing by Morgenthau and Jones. Britain announced funds up to 50 million pounds for war needs in China.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
China
White House
Rayburn
Treasury
Morgentha
Commerce Jones
Stephen Early
London
Foreign Office
Britain
Nimitz Reports Heavy Damage From Pacific Attack
Honolulu February 2 In a supplementary briefing Admiral Chester W Nimitz commander in chief Pacific Fleet said the U S Navy attack on Japanese bases in the Central Pacific caused extensive damage and that U S losses were slight He commended commanders for pressing the attack home as announced in Washington yesterday.
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Honolulu
Chester Wo Nimitz
The
Pacific
Reet
U. S. Navy
Central Pacific
Nimitz
Washington
Negro Prisoners Hit With Tear Gas At Wayne County Camp
Feb. I A group of African American inmates at the Wayne County prison camp in Goldsboro refused to work this morning. Tear gas was fired to force them from their cells. After gathering in the yard, the inmates still refused to work, with Warden Ralph McLean of Central Prison Raleigh arriving to address complaints about the food.
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Goldsboro
Wayne County
Ralph MccLean
Central Prison
Raleigh
New Tactics Of No Avail Against U. S.
A wartime AP report details Japanese assaults on Batan Peninsula that failed, as American forces under General MacArthur repelled two divisions on both sides of the peninsula. The victory followed by a naval and air blow on six Japanese bases, with praise for MacArthur’s Tatori troops and a potential push toward island mandates to relieve Singapore and press Australia.
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Tokyo
Douglas.MacArthur
War Department
Pacific
Batan
Corregidor
South China Sea
Manila Bay
MacArthur
Tatori
Japan
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Australians Adopt Secret Defense Plan
The Australian government moved swiftly to implement secret defense measures decided yesterday as Australian bombers attacked Japanese shipping in the harbor of Rabaul on New Britain. A separate report notes Japanese forces advancing toward Amboina Island near the Dutch naval base as Dutch and Australian actions continue in the region.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
New Britain
Bismarck Archipelago
Rabaul
Amboina
Australia
BaCon
German Forces In Ukraine Are Pushed Back 55 Miles
Soviet reports claim Semeon Timoshenko’s southern front punched into the Ukraine over a 60 mile wide wedge southwest of Kharkov. Bloodied German units faced heavy minefields and counterattacks as Russians advanced, with 1,200 Germans wiped out on one battlefield and 500 killed by Soviet air and ground fire. Dispatches say towns recaptured and near Leningrad German losses climbed, while a bid to blunt the Nazi spring offensive intensified.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Ukraine
Kharkov
Valinin
Norhwestern
Leningrad
Seventh Parachute Division
Treasury and Post Office Budget Request for 1943
A $1,112,926,899 appropriations bill to fund the treasury and post office departments for 1943 was sent to Congress. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testified that fiscal affairs were in better shape than in World War I and free from danger signals. He praised stock and bank stock stability and expressed hope it would continue with safeguards in place.
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Washington
Feb
Treasury
Post Office
Congress
Morgenthau
Treasury Sec
Retary
House
Japanese Prisoner Tells Invasion Story From Bataan Front
Jiro Suzuki, a wounded Japanese private, recounts his unit's December landing at Mauban in Luzon and meeting American and Filipino forces, praising Allied soldiers as highly skilled fighters. He is interviewed with interpreter aid. medical care has kept him recovering for about 100 days. The story continues on page 2.
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Clark Lee
United States Army
Batan Peninsula
Jiro Suzuki
Suzuki
Osaka
Japan
China
Manchukuo
Mauban
Luzon
America
Philippines
Ichiban Jozu
Manila
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OPA
Senate
Kadu Island
FDR
U. S
Clyde A. Farnsworth
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