Yankee Fliers Outfox Japs In The Pacific
In the South Pacific a new air combat tactic emerges as pilots learn to counter decoy attacks. Tech Sergeant John H. Cooper of Rochester, N Y, credited with downing three Japanese planes, explains how pilots now use a blind-spot tactic to draw attackers over the target and survive. Cooper awaits a new assignment at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No 1.
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Japan
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John H. Cooper
Army Air Forces
Rochester
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Hari-Kari
Beebes Bathysphere Goes To War For Depth Charge Testing
The bathysphere once used by Dr. William Beebe for deep sea study has been repurposed for war work to test depth charges and determine effective submarine engagement methods. Fairfield Osborn, president of the New York Zoological Society, announced the shift and noted the society’s broader wartime research includes sharks, electric batteries, drinkable sea water, and the study of rasitized fish as food.
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International News Service
New York
William Beebe
Fairfield Osborn
New York Zoological Society
Army
Navy
Zoo
New York cosmetic maker Elizabeth Arden divorced in Maine court
Mrs Florence N Evianoff of Mt Vernon identified as Elizabeth Arden, founder of a New York cosmetics company, was divorced from Michael Evianoff in Kennebec Superior Court by Justice George L Emery. She cited cruel and abusive treatment. The report notes that about 20 of every 500 U S workers in war plants are injured or killed annually.
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Augusta
Florence N. Evianoff
Mt. Vernon
Elizabeth Arden
New York
Michael Evianoff
Kennebec Superior Court
George L. Emery
Senator Moore Fears Arabian Oil Pipeline Treaty
Senator Moore declares the proposed 1 000 mile pipeline in Arabia a treaty requiring congressional approval. He says Interior Secretary Ickes must explain the plan. Secretary Hull says negotiations for rights of way are not yet formal.
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Washington
Moore
Okla
Arabia
Congress
Ickes
Pet Reserves Corporation
PRC
Arabian-American Oil Company
Gulf Exploration Oe
Kuwait
Hull
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Chicago foundry workers strike over wage dispute
Members of the Foundry Workers Union of North America AFL walk out in Chicago in more than 35 foundries. The strike follows the Regional War Labor Board's failure to approve a 6 cent an hour wage increase, stopping production in most of the 36 plants involved.
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Chicago
A and Foundry Workers Union of North America
AFL
War Labor Board
Robert D. Phelps
Chicago Foundrymen’s Association
No Justification For Strikes Says Green
Kansas City February 7. With the lives of our fighting men at stake and victory hanging in the balance there cannot be any justification or excuse for any strike or stoppage of work. William Green AF of L president told delegates to the International Boiler makers union convention.
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Kansas City
William Green
American Federation of Labor
International Boilermakers’ Union
Airmen Training Total 165000 Grads In One Year
Washington report to the house military aviation sub committee states 165,000 men graduated last year from the training command to keep the air force in flight. Since 1939 the air forces trained 100,799 pilots 20,086 bombardiers 18,805 navigators 107,218 aerial gunners and 555,891 technicians. Argentina's San Juan and Mendoza trace their founding to 1561-62 by Chilean colonists.
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Washington
Army Air Force
Military Aviation
Moscow radio signals new Polish and Bulgarian moves in war panorama
The Moscow broadcast outlines a plan for a treaty with the new Polish government and hints a democratic Poland could join the Soviet commonwealth. It accuses Bulgaria of aggression and suggests Bulgaria, Greece, and Yugoslavia could shift toward communist governments linked to Moscow.
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Balkan Peninsula
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Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
Red Army encircles German forces as floods hinder escape
Pravda reports Soviet ring tight around German units in the Cherkasy Kanev region, with guerrillas inside the ring seizing forests and ravines. The air blockade holds while some Germans slip out by gravel routes, delivering officers and scarce provisions. Wet snow hinders Soviet skirmishers near Narva Estonia as civilians flee eastward.
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Cherkasy- Kanev
Zveniga
Narva
Estonia
Narova
U.S. Carrier Raids Target Five Japanese Atolls
Nimitz said army bombers and navy carrier planes struck five Marshall atolls still in Japanese hands on Feb 3 4 and 5 Enietok Wotje Maloelap Mili and Ujelang none of our planes were lost The attack marks the navy first mention of Ujelang airfield neutralization amid U.S. invasion actions.
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Marshal
Kwajan
John S. Hoover
Malcolm R. Johnson
Bombing Cape Hoskins Base Highlights Pacific War Update
Allied headquarters announced a 167 ton air raid on Japan's Cape Hoskins supply and refueling base in New Britain. General MacArthur called attention to the raid and noted the enemy’s weakened air defense at Rapapoal base on the same island.
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Southwest Pacific
Japan
Cape Hoskins
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Rapaul
Carrier Ticonderoga joins James River in Newport News
The big aircraft carrier Ticonderoga was launched today at the News Shipbuilding and Drydock plant in Newport News Virginia. Bernard M Baruch, a presidential adviser, will serve as adviser to the new postwar planning committee announced by Congressman Colmer.
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Newport News
Ticonderoga
James River
News Shipbuilding and Sorydock
Baruch
Washington
Colmer
D-Miss
Bernard M. Baruch
New House
Weather Outlook for North Carolina and High Point Vincity
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight. Tuesday showers in North Carolina and colder by afternoon and night. High Point and Vincity: partly cloudy tonight, Tuesday similar temperatures with little change. Lowest temperature tonight around 32.
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High Point
Vincity
Night bombardment on Kurubu point by Japanese task force
An eyewitness accounts a Japanese bombardment near Kurubu point during a night raid. Ships shelled shore targets including a small merchant vessel while fires blazed and tracer rounds lit the night, with heavy ships and destroyers executing a precise, timed operation led by Capt. H. L. Gearing and Commodore Gehers Exraiders.
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Sree Af Gat
Erato
Mey
Kurubu Point
H. L. Gearing
Sea of Pain
Japan
Eli Hill
Dawson
Georgia
Ubeun
Gehers
One Killed Soldier Wounded In Tavern Fight
Fayetteville dispatch reports Roscoe Hyatt of Route 7 died after a tavern brawl on the Lumberton road Saturday night. Sergt. Russell W. Tallie of Ft. Bragg was wounded and hospitalised. Wesley Hall of Route 7 is named as the assailant in the incident. Hyatt died in a local hospital Sunday.
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Roscoe Hyatt
Route 7
Sergt
Russell W. Tallie
Ft. Bragg
Lumberton Road
Lier Derb Carter
Wesley Hall
Hyatt
Sergt. Talle
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