Jap Cruiser Sunk by Dutch Navy Near Amboina
Dutch high command reports a Japanese cruiser sunk and another cruiser and a submarine damaged off Amboina as part of a string of battles in the Indies. A large Japanese transport was also sunk by Dutch air action west of Borneo. The Indies Navy is declared intact and ready for action.
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Ene Associated Press
Batavia
NLEWL
Amboina
Dutch High Command
Netherlands Indies
Borneo
Pacific
Indies
Celebes
New Guinea
Moluccan Sea
Pontianak
Dutch West Borneo
Tarakan
East Borneo
Balikpapan
Menanda
Kendari
Soerabaja
Indies No. 1
United Nations
Singapore
Java
Palembang
Sumatra
Bali
United States
Marblehead
San Diego Bay
Orient
U. S
Tokyo
Rangean Island
Java Sea
Navy Department
Washington
War Today Reflects On Grim Military Outlook
The piece notes a shift to plain analysis of Japan's Pacific and Atlantic threats, urging a sober stock-taking of the broader war situation. It recalls prewar talk in 1939 about a seemingly easier conflict, with quotes from Hitler Goering and Chamberlain cited, and warns of a looming gloom without defeatism.
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Macassar Strait
Mandated
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Europe
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Russia
London
Paris
Hermann Goering
England
Neville Chamberlain
Submarine S-26 Sunk After Collision Off Panama
The Navy says submarine S-26 collided with another vessel on January 24 and sank off Panama with only three survivors. Lieut. Commander Earle C. Hawk and Lieut. Robert E. N. Ward along with Seaman Joe B. Hurst were rescued after being thrown clear. The notes indicate crew remained in the central compartment as rescue bells failed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Panama
Earle C. Hawk
Robert E. N. Ward
Joe B. Hurst
Frank H. Sadler
15Th Naval District
Thomas J. Doyte
Hawk
Brooklyn
Saugerties
Wardis
Antioch
Calif
Hurst
Ada
Oklo
Noted Cartoonist Killed In Action Over Burma Road
RANGOON Burma Feb 3 Delayed Piwert Christman 26 cartoonist known for Lurdy Smith air adventures drawn for AP Feature Service died in Burma while serving with American volunteers under the Chinese flag. His body, harnessed to an open parachute, was found within hours after the patrol. Christman formerly served as a U S naval pilot and drew Searchy Smith for AP Feature Service before joining military service. Bert Christman was born May 31 1915 in Fort Collins Colorado and studied engineering at Colorado State College before moving to New York in 1936 to work in art and features.
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Rangoon
Burma
Pi— Wert Christman
Air Adventures
Lurdy Smith
War Department
Fort Collins
Colo
Christiman
Christman
Searchy Smith
Associated Press
Bert Christman
Colorado State College
New York
Wide World Features
Russians Trap Nazi Garrison Near Rzhev Front
Allied fronts report heavy losses and advancing Red Armies near Rzhev, 100 miles west of Moscow, amid German jitters over a potential British invasion of the European continent. Soviet dispatches claim encirclement near Rzhev and major local battles with claims of German casualties.
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Russia
Rzhev
Moscow
Berlin
Stockholm
Winston Churchill
Norwegian
U. S
Churchill
Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Germany says 55 ships sunk off American coast
Berlin reports German submarines sunk six more ships off the east coast of North America, bringing total vessels sunk in this Atlantic region to 33. The ships totaled 390000 tons, with today’s six additional vessels adding 38000 tons.
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Germany
American
Berlin
North America
Atlantic
Long Range Guns Sink Canadian Freighter Near Singapore?
Forty five survivors reach a Canadian port in three lifeboats after an enemy submarine sank a coastal freighter off the Canadian coast. Twenty seven crewmen remain missing as searchers seek a fourth lifeboat. Survivors report the ship went down from two torpedoes, one of which hit. The crew, all Britons, were evacuated in good condition and were examined in an emergency hospital.
Small Enemy Boats Reported In Johore Strait
Japanese long range guns shelled residential areas of Singapore for the first time as British artillery silenced a Nipponese battery and engaged enemy small boats in Johore Strait. The communique did not clarify attempts to land forces on Singapore Island while noting increased shelling and bomb damage.
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Singapore
Johore Strait
Johore Strai
British Far East Command
Johore
Executive order calls reserve army units to active duty
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to call into active military service all organized reserve units of the army not already on active duty. Dates for calls will be announced by the Secretary of War, with service for the duration of the war plus six months after, and possible earlier discharge. Reservists largely include selective service trainees and national guardsmen released last fall. exact numbers were not disclosed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Army of the United States
Stimson
War Department
New Eighth Grade To Be Established In State Schools
Raleigh February 7 The executive committee for the 12 year school program approved a curriculum plan. A B Combs of the State Department of Education said the measure creates an entirely new eighth grade. The 1941 legislature added a 12th grade, affecting 60 000 to 70 000 pupils now in seventh grade. Most schools start this year, though universal effect will take years. The new eighth grade will broaden prep for high school.
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Raleigh
A. B. Combs
State Department of Education
North Carolina
Combs
Three German Generals Reported Killed in Africa
London dispatch via Reuters cites Rome radio reporting the deaths of three German generals Protlwitz Sommermann and Filkoff in action in Africa. The broadcast adds no further details on dates or battles.
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Africa
London
Pima Reuters
Rome
Protlwitz
Sommermann
Filkoff
Congress Blocks Spending on Chaney Douglas and Donald Duck
In a Washington war era move the House debated a 160.6 million dollar omnibus bill while inserting a prohibition against using any of the 100 million defense funds for dancers and theatrical performances. Miss Chaney and Melvyn Douglas faced criticism over OCD posts as Walt Disney's Donald Duck cartoon film was cut. Fire House eliminated 80 thousand dollars for a Donald Duck tax return cartoon.
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Washington
House
Maynus Chaney
Melvyn Douglas
Donald Duck
Miss Chaney
Fire House
Philadelphia
OCD
Children’s Fitness
Douglas
Arts Council
Cannon
D-Mo
Appopriations Committee
Expansion of Army Air Forces to a Million Men
Washington reports the War Department will expand the army air forces to a million officers and men this year with potential doubling later. Cadets at West Point will graduate as pilots to speed air training, and flying instruction will begin next month under General George C. Marshall. The aim aligns with Roosevelt’s goal of 185,000 planes in two years and 60,000 in 1942.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Forces
Military Academy
West Point
George C. Marshall
Stimson
Britain
Royal Air Force
Germany
Luftwaffe
United States Army
Roosevelt
Committee Will Probe Morganton Hospital Conditions
A five-member committee of newly-appointed directors for the Morganton State Hospital will investigate charges raised in recent newspaper reports. The appointees, not linked to the hospital during the articles' timeframe, include Mrs D. R. Bailey Ashe ville Rex Gass Winston-Salem Harley B Gaston Belmont Dr C Poindexter Greensboro and Dr R H Crawford Rutherfordton. They met to discuss with Dr James Watson of the mental hygiene division. The reports were authored by Tom P. Jimison, a former preacher lawyer and columnist, reflecting his hospital stay of over a year.
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Morganton
Feb. T
State Hospital
D. R. Bailey
Asheville
Rex Gass
Winston-Salem
Harley Bgaston
Belmont
C. Poindexter
Greensboro
R. H. Crawford
Rutherfordton
James Watson
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Tom P. Jimison
Rome Claims Raid On Malta Caused Extensive Damage
Rome says Italian planes hit Malta in a heavy raid scoring direct hits on docks workshops airdromes naval bases and military objectives. It asserts fires raged and British losses were light while one Italian bomber failed to return.
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Rome
Malta
High Command
Williamston District to Test Blackout Monday Evening
The Williamston district will stage a test blackout Monday between 5 and 10 p m. State director of civilian defense T S Johnson announced the test, the fifth district to be tested following Wilmington Goldsboro, Lamberton and Tarboro.
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Raleigh
Feb. T
Williamston
T.S. Johnson
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Lamberton
Tarboro
Burmese RAF Hurricanes Rout Japanese Raiders at Rangoon
Py-Royal Air Force Hurricanes routed a reconnaissance flight of 24 Japanese fighters over Rangoon after an early morning Japanese bomber raid. The action reportedly destroyed three raiders with no losses to the RAF.
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Rangoon
Burma
Royal Air Force
Heavy Artillery Bombards Fort Drum Fort Mills Fort Hughes
War Department dispatch reports Japanese heavy artillery pummeling the Fort Drum Fort Mills and Fort Hughes sector at Manila Bay. No material damage. In the Pacific, Dutch Indies P-40s engage Japanese fighters near Bali, shooting down at least three enemy planes with one American loss. MORIOKA IX COMMAND.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Manila Bay
Netherlands Indies
Bali
Bataan
Philippines
Fort Drum
el Frade
Fort Mulls
Corregidor
Fort Hughes
Morioka
Philippine Theater
Fort Mills
Kimmel and Short Apply For Retirement From Service
Major General Walter C Short and Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel, former Hawaii and Pacific Fleet leaders at Pearl Harbor, have filed for retirement in civil life. Both face possible court martial or reassignment as options. Kimmel, 60, is on temporary duty in San Francisco. Short, 61, at his Oklahoma City home.
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Washington
Walter C.short
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
War
Navy Departments
Short
Army
Hawaiian Department
Admiral Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Roosevelt
Pacific
Roberts Commission
Stimson
War Department
Navy
Kimmel
San Francisco
Oklahoma City
Henderson
Fillmore
Til
University of Illinois
1St Army Corps
Columbia
S.C
France
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Chaney, Douglas
Rep
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D-Pa
Taber
R-Ny
Douglas and Chaney
Ickes
Joseph Lash
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