War Today Urges United Action Against Jap Aggression
Admiral Standley voices urgent warning on Singapore fall and Japanese momentum in the Orient. He urges unity and rapid American and Allied reinforcement to prevent further defeats and safeguard India, Burma, and China’s Burma Road. Reinforcements from Britain and America are awaited as German production accelerates. A reader letter from Sioux hints at complacency at home.
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India
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Burma
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Philippines
Orient
Britain
Hitler
Sioux
Ships sunk off American coast raise wartime toll to 25
New York reports the total of ships sunk or attacked off the United States and Canada reaches 25. The 6182 ton tanker W L Steed was torpedoed off New Jersey on February 2. Three survivors, rescued after two icy days, described the torpedo hit at 12:45 pm and that the submarine fired 17 shells as the ship sank. Crew of 38 others remain missing. A lifeboat with bodies was sighted off the Atlantic coast but fled when a submarine surfaced nearby.
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United States
Canada
Navy
W. L. Steed
New Jersey
Opch
Louis Hartz
Philadelphia
Ralph Mazzucco
Joaquim R. Vrea
Third Naval District
Atlantic
Dutch Fight to Thwart New Nippon Drives
Dutch Indies high command reports continued resistance against Japanese invasion in Celebes and Borneo as Aneta notes Dutch forces strive to blunt advances toward Macassar and Bandjermasin. Japanese aims center on controls connected by highway, with beachheads at Barombong Djeneponthé and Balangnipa and a lone bomber forced from Soerabaja by Dutch fighters.
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Dutch Indies
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Barombong
Macassar
Djeneponthé
Balangnipa
Gulf of Bone
Djeneponto
G O P Drive Opens Today
Washington February 12 Lincoln Day rallies open the Republican congressional campaign with Alf Landon calling for new leaders to avert bungling He assailed the Roosevelt administration over the war as a political project and urged sacrifice while Willkie Dewey Taft and others spoke at Lincoln Day events across the nation Landon urged a 25 percent cut in non military spending and a ban on war profiteering He said citizens must back the President but warned of steep sacrifices ahead.
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Alf M. Landon
Wendell L. Willkie
Boston
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Knoxville
Tenn
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Tandon
Roosevelt
Germany Strikes Back In Donets Front Reports
Adolf Hitler's high command said German Romanian and Croatian troops pushed Russians back on the Donets front as Soviet offensives near Kharkov intensified. British raids and North Africa actions were noted, with Berlin justifying stricter measures behind lines. The roll of losses and resistance continued to shape the war news.
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Kharkov
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Ukraine
North African
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Tobruk
Red Army
Leningrad
Berlin
Royal Air Force
London
Washington By Ray Tucker Dancers Ad Spending Showcases Gov Publicity
The federal government's 1941 advertising outlay totals about thirty million dollars actual spend, excluding vast circulars and yearbooks. Post office free distribution costs reach fifty two million, while Agriculture leads in publicity spending with over eleven million for headlines. The Bureau of the Budget notes hidden costs push total well above visible figures.
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Ray Tucker
Bureau of the Budget
Harold D. Smith
Morgenthau
Ballyoo
Three Warships Launched As U S Fetes Abe Birthday
The United States marked Abraham Lincoln's birthday with wartime demonstrations as three new warships two destroyers and a cruiser were launched in Philadelphia and Camden New Jersey. Lincoln Day dinners were held nationwide as Republicans kick off their congressional campaign. Alf Landon in Washington urged new leaders to avert bungling and secure victory.
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Washington
Five Army Fliers Die In Large Plane Crash
Five army fliers were killed when their multi motored plane crashed during a routine flight between East Granby and Harrifville near Bradley Field Windsor Locks Connecticut. A sixth was reported missing and an open parachute was found near East Willington with no trace of its occupant. Names released include Second Lieutenant Walter C Boyle La Crosse Wisconsin Staff Sergeant Michael Kaufman Windsor Locks Sergeant Gordon G Johnson Renovo Pennsylvania Sergeant John T Howey Jr New York City and Sergeant Thomas F Quinn Upper Darby Pennsylvania.
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Walter C., Boyle
la Crosse
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Gordon G. Johnson
Renovo
John T. Howey, Jr
New York City
Thomas F. Quinn
Upper Darby
Eulogized by Nazi Leader
Berlin February 12 Major General Fritz Todt Adolf Hitlers munitions minister and chief road builder was praised by the Fuehrer at Tod ts state funeral Hitler called him one of his truest colleagues and friends and the greatest road builder the world has known Todt died in an air accident on the Eastern Front announced last Sunday
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Lull in Philippine fighting. Masbate occupied by Japan
The War Department reported a lull in ground fighting on the Bataan front as Japan reorganizes and awaits reinforcements. Masbate Island near the center of the Philippines was occupied, signaling the first notable extension of Japanese occupation. Filipino farmers are urged to return to work, with reports that evicted laborers have fled to Manila or mountains, tightening food shortages.
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Philippine Archipelago
Douglas MacArthur
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Philippine Theatre
Luzon
Crossing At Burma Halted By British Defence
RANGOON Burma February 12 The defenders of Burma and the Burma Road smashed a Japanese attempt to cross the Saliween River in the Paan area forty miles upstream after heavy fighting the attack was defeated and the situation quieter. In Martaban across the Gulf of Martaban from Rangoon the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry distinguished itself in a bayonet charge. Martaban was lost but British retreat saw the enemy flee and abandon weapons with considerable casualties.
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British Forces Fall Back as Singapore Battles On
British defenders counter attacked Singapore amid heavy fighting as Japanese siege forces press toward the city center. Imperial Tokyo said Japanese troops broke British positions with a mopping up offensive while radio reports claimed ships in harbor were being bombed and defenses held at key points.
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War Labor Board narrows wage scale differential at Alcoa
The National War Labor Board cut the northern southern wage gap at Alcoa by granting CIO workers in two southern plants a seven cent hourly rise. The decision, pivotal for southern industry, passed 7 to 5 with four employer members dissenting. The board also boosted night shift pay at New Kensington Pa by three to five cents, with Wayne L Morse writing the majority for the north south ruling. Five plants and 18,925 workers are affected in the long running dispute.
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National War Labor Board
Aluminum Company of America
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Alcoa
New Kensington
Wayne L. Morse
Natoonal Defense Mediation Board
Army Orders Yellow Fever Immunization for All Soldiers
Secretary of War Stimson announced a broad mandate requiring all army officers and men to be immunized against yellow fever to accelerate deployment in tropical regions. Previously only troops in Panama and Puerto Rico received vaccination. current policy already covers paratyphoid smallpox and tetanus. Stimson also said that reserve officer training corps summer camps for college students will be discontinued for the duration of the war and for six months afterward.
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India Offered Representation On War Council
London reports a government spokesman said India has been offered representation at Britain's war cabinet and on the Pacific war council. Although India lacks Dominion status, London states the British government wants it to have the same opportunities as Dominions for war policy formulation and direction.
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India
Britain
Pacific War Council
Planes Used As Artillery Over Burmese Jungle Front
An American correspondent rides in a Blenheim bomber with British and American crews as aerial artillery and cavalry in Burma. The daylight raid targets Japanese HQ at Paan on the Sahween River north of Moulmein and Martaban, starting fires and signaling possible follow up strikes while Japanese pressure shifts elsewhere.
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Associated Press
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London
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Bienheim
Moulmein
Martaban
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Burma
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Paan
Impending Loss Of Singapore Casts Gloom On Capitol Hill
Grim leaders urge redoubled US effort to send planes tanks and guns to East Indies Australia and Burma after the Singapore defeat. Curacao and Aruba garrisons reinforced to deter raids. Bailey counsels resolve and declares we have just begun to fight despite setbacks.
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Enterprise Sunday edition adds feature for subscribers
The Enterprise plans to distribute a new feature in its regular Sunday edition on February 15. The move serves as an added benefit for subscribers and aims to broaden reader engagement across the newspaper’s issue.
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