Allies Lash Back Against Germans
British and North African troops, driven back 225 miles in under two weeks, resumed attacking Rommel's forces in Western Libya as part of a counter-offensive. A British spokesman stressed destroying the enemy in desert warfare over area size, noting that tanks trucks and men matter most. Cairo HQ reported nearing Slonta about 1035 miles northeast of Benghazi and 225 miles northeast of El Adem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Cairo
Slonta
Bengasi
Welders Plan New Strategy in AFL Jurisdiction Dispute
In Tacoma Washington February 3 idle Puget Sound welders announce a new undisclosed tactic in their rebellion against compulsory AFL union membership. Led by Shelly Knutson they vow a different approach after a stern wartime broadside from War Production Director Nelson and top defense officials condemning the walkout. Knutson says the group will press a new strategy on the jurisdiction issue, with no word on continued picketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Puget Sound
AFL
Shelly Knutson
Seatte
Seattle
Donald Nelson
Henry L. Stimson
Navy
Frank Knox
Maritime Commission
Emory S. Land
Yan
Knutson
United Brotherhood of Welders, Cutters
Huge Japanese Convoy Seen Off Amity in Formosa Strait
CHUNGRING Feb 3 A Chinese army spokesman said a massive Japanese convoy of 69 ships including 41 warships and transports capable of carrying a division was sighted steaming south in the Formosa Strait off Amity. He noted additional divisions diverted to Tsingtao and Shanghai loading trains and ships, with 10,000 bodies reported at Saigon from the 16th Division’s losses near Johore Bahru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungring
Formosa Strait
Amity
Tokyo High Command
Southwest Pacific
Tientsin-Pukow
Tsinan
North China
Tsingtao
Shanghai
Pacific
Johore Bahru
Johore Strait
Singapore
Saigon
Indo-China
Farmers Told. Prices Peak Yet. Parity Aims Loom
Washington report from Feb 3 states Leon Henderson and Secretary Wickard agree that living costs must stabilize. Government stocks will supplement private grain and cotton, and feed prices stay low enough to spur meat and livestock production. Parity around 1909–14 levels could guide farm prices, with Roosevelt signing a price control bill granting veto power to the agriculture secretary. Senator Thomas urges cutting subsidies and department funding to push lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Wickard
Wickerd
Senate Agriculture Committee
Secretary of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Henderson
Thomas
Okla
Department
Retreads Face Restrictions Looming Order
Washington February 3 government sources say rationing of retread tires may begin this month alongside new tires and wires. Officials would not confirm the reports but delays in finalizing the order pushed its issuance to this week with state and county quotas similar to those set January 1 for new tires. The camelback shortage was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spol
Office of Price Administration
Jackson blocks move to fuse federal espionage power
In a dramatic last act before joining the Supreme Court, Robert H. Jackson blocked a plan backed by several officials with fascist leanings to unify the FBI and military intelligence into a single massive espionage organization. President Roosevelt welcomed the notion briefly as World War II loomed, with Colonel William J. Donovan named as prospective head. Hoover pressed Congress to resist. The report notes lobbying from both services and questions about the proposal's feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Ray Tucker
Spring
Robert H. Jacksons
Supreme Court
Amercan Gestapo
Hitler
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Army
Navy
der Fuehrer
Russia
Joe Stalin
Sing
Jodge
Bill
F. B
J. Edgar Hoover
Capitol Hill
Lower Entrance Standards For Army To Swell Roll By Hundreds Of Thousands
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, said entrance standards would be lowered as manpower needs grow and predicted that men with minor defects would be inducted in the hundreds of thousands for limited service. He urged controls on competition for manpower while warning the nation cannot meet all demands with fully fit recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
House
Wershey
Hershey
Lershey
Nazis Reinforce Southern Front Amid Red Army Resistance
Soviet dispatches report German air and tank reinforcements bolstering the southern front against Marshal Semeon Timoshenko as Red forces claim air superiority and heavy German losses. Moscow radio cites destruction of 17 Nazi planes, multiple supply trains, and fatalities numbering in the low thousands across several sectors as Soviet advances press toward Smolensk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Hitler
BBC
NBC
New York
Napoleon
Smolensk
Allied Move Now Underway In World War II Broadcast
In Canberra the Army Minister Francis M. Forde told overseas forces that a big movement by the Allies is underway. He urged Australian Imperial Force troops in Singapore to hold on as every hour of delay by Japan allows more reinforcements and weapons to arrive. Prime Minister Curtin and state premiers discussed the war situation, noting democracies marshal resources though distance hinders immediate large scale action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Francis M. Forde
Singapore
Forde
John Curtin
Indictment Ties Rivers to State Purchase Scheme
Former Gov E D Rivers and five others were indicted in Atlanta on conspiracy to defraud the state over road machinery and supplies bought during Rivers administration. Named defendants include O G Glover Willis D B Black George C Blount and J G Glover. Indictment extends prior charges of evading competitive bidding laws for state purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
E. D. Rivers
Rivers
Fulton Courtly Grand Jury
O. G. Glover
WLWL
J. G. Glover
Willis
Two Smashes Repelled By MacArthur On Batan Island
Japanese attempts to land troops on the west coast of Batan were broken up during the night of February 2 1942 with heavy enemy losses. MacArthur’s forces counter attacked the right flank overrunning three enemy trench lines. A Tatari raid was repelled by artillery and a second midnight assault by barges under naval escort was turned back by air and ground fire. Brig Gen Clinton A Pierce was reported wounded slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Batan Peninsula
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
MauceArthur
MacArthur
Clinton A. Pierce
Philippine
Batan
German bombers sink three freighters off British coast
Berlin reports that German bombers sank three freighters totaling 10 000 tons and an escort vessel in attacks on convoys off the southeast British coast. A merchant ship was badly damaged and German scout planes raided an industrial center on the Scottish east coast. Fighter planes shot down three British planes over occupied Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
High Command
Britain
Frontal Drive Imminent On Vital Island
Singapore under siege as Japanese bombers pound the city and Johore Strait defenses. British forces and civil defense crews combat fires and coordinate evacuations while Allied air raids strike at Kluang and nearby targets amid heavy bombardment across the island fortress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vital Island
Tokyo Promises Near Term Attack On Singapore
Tokyo says a general offensive against Singapore will be launched soon as part of careful wartime plans. Japanese spokesman Lieut. Col. Hotta asserts Allied forces on Bataan Peninsula are near defeat, while British bombardment and Johore Bahru area fighting are reported via Berlin dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Singapore
Col. Hotta
Batan
Philippines
Freight Cars Needed as Germany Cuts Civilian Rail Travel
In Bern Switzerland on February 3 Germans again restrict civilian railway travel to free rolling stock for transporting fresh supplies of new arms to the eastern front, marking the second such move in under three weeks to bolster the eastern front effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Greeks Starved in Greece Famine Report From Axis Magazine
Bern reports a famine survey in Athens describing starving Greeks pulling weeds for food, fuel shortages crippling coal and heating, halted industries and transport, bread rationed, olives abundant but transport stopped, and daily deaths cited by the Turkish press.
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Bern
Switzerland
Athens
Budapest
Southeast Economist
Axis Magazine
Economix
Ulus
Alus
Germany
Greece
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Philadelphia Record
Frank Toughill
William B. Mellor, Jr
Philadelphia
Africa
Northwest
Amoy
Spencer Moosa
Henderson and Wickard
Georgia
Fulton
Bitish
Malaya
By C. Yates McDaniel
United Nations
Kluang
Ing
Sir Shenton
Straits Settlements
A. E. Peri¢ival
Hancock
Soerabaja
Macassar Strait
Aneta
Malang
Madoira
Magetan
United Nation
Java
Rembang
Conan
DNB
Johore
Asahi Shimbun
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