War Today Typifies Nazi Propaganda Tactics
The column describes the first German spring offensive as a strategic move to damage Anglo American unity. It cites Nazi radio and rumors as tools, notes U S and British morale concerns over Singapore, and reports on a planned Near East news agency financed by U S funds with Jewish hires, while warning of coordinated propaganda efforts. The piece critiques morale manipulation and the spread of false narratives across continents.
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Britain
Maginot
Meuse
America
Singapore
England
Trans-Ocean
Stockholm
U. S. of America
United
United States
Philippines
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Ankara
Jerusalem
Near East
U.S
Cairo
U. S
Nazis Driven Back In Libya
Cairo report says German mobile columns were driven back by British imperial forces west of Ain El Gazala in Libya. The battle area lies about 40 to 50 miles west of Tobruk as Middle East command reports patrols and mobile columns, with air support, pushed back several enemy mobile columns.
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Ain el Gazala
Cairo
Egypt
Libya
Tobruk
Middle-East Command
Bomb raids across Tobruk Matruh Malta and Greece
Italian high command reports Axis air raids hit British supply centers and fuel depots near Tobruk Matruh and Elpencait 60 miles southwest of Tobruk Malta endured about 1500 raids since the war began Eight British planes shot down by German fighters raids also struck Argos Sicily and Ca t any causing civilian casualties and damage in Banca Villa and Santa Maria de Licerlia
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Rome
Tobruk
Matruh
el Pencait
Tobru
Malta
Libya
Argos
Greece
Catania
Sicily
Banca Villa
Santa Maria de Licerlia
High Command
Rubber Status To Be Probed By Truman Committee
Akron Feb 14 AP Senator Ralph Brewster said the Truman committee will launch an investigation to uncover the rubber situation in the United States. He cited concerns over how Jesse Jones’s synthetic program has been handled and questioned plant locations, construction speed, and prior expansion steps. The probe will be a closed session with Thurman Arnold handling DOJ questions.
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Akron
Truman Committee
Ralph Brewster
R-Me
Brewster
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Jesse Jones
Jones
Federal Loan Agency
Maine Republican
Price
Leon Henderson
Summit County
Far East
Washington
Thurman Arnold
Department of Justice
Chennault Credited For Record of Volunteer Pilots
Washington reports attribution of the Flying Tigers success to Brig. General Claire L. Chennault. The volunteer group claimed at least 135 Japanese planes shot down and 50 more destroyed on the ground by end of January, with 71 American pilots lost.
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Washington
Air Corps
Claire L. Chennault
Texas
Army Air Force
Burma Road
Flying Tigers
Big Guns Blaze Away On Bataan In Pacific War Report
The War Department cited heavy artillery dueling on the Bataan Peninsula and resumed Japanese siege fire on Corregidor. Communique says enemy entrenching in places, while Japanese planes active. No material harbor damage reported. Also notes air activity along the front and no other theatres reporting changes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Batan
Philippines
Corregidor
War Department
Bataan
Sitwe
S. Philippine
Cavite
Congress
Navy High Command
Japan
Pacific
Wendell L. Willkie
Macarthur
Senator Hill
D-Ala
Big ship building funds approve in House
Washington, Feb 1 AP A 3 832 000 000 ship building allotment for the maritime commission and a new 430 000 000 fend leased measure were approved today by a House appropriations subcommittee. The total rose to an unprecedented figure and the omnibus bill will be sent to the House near Tuesday. It will include 22 888 901L900 in funds for the army.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
House
Army
Germany claims six more ships sunk in recent battles
Berlin reports via German broadcasts that two naval vessels and four merchant ships were sunk by U boat and air attacks in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Four additional surface craft were damaged. a corvette and three merchantmen totaling 26,400 tons were claimed sunk in the Atlantic. A convoy near Tobruk faced plane assaults in the Mediterranean. one destroyer and a 10,000-ton transport were deemed lost. German destroyers also sank two British motor torpedo boats in the Channel battle. one patrol vessel was the only German loss.
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Berlin
Atlantic
Mediterranean
High Command
Tobruk
Lull in Fighting Reported Near Rangoon Front
UPI dispatch from Barna states an army communiqué reports reduced fighting after two years of heavy clashes in the Panngeen area, with activity slackening along the entire East Burvina front and signs of the second major Japanese effort to cross the Satween Riverine faltering.
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Rangoon
Barna
UPI
Panngeen
East Burvina
Secord
Satween
Singapore Under Prolonged Japanese Bombardment
British, Australian, Indian and Malayan defenders hold Singapore amid intense Japanese shelling and air strikes. Tanks enter open country for first time to counter the assault. Communique notes continued pressure from the race course, water reservoirs, rail line area, and Paya Lebar as Tanglin area nears two miles from the city center.
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Preas
London
Singapore
Batavia
Strait of Johore
Paya Lebar
Serangoon
Tanglin
Lion
War Strategists Confer With FDR At White House
Eleven British and American war consultants met with President Roosevelt at the White House in a continued joint staff session on war strategy. Delegates included General Sir John Dill, General Colvinne Wem yss, Air Marshall Arthur T. Harris, Admiral Sir Charles Little, US officials Knox Stimson Marshall Ignold Stark King Hopkins. The session followed no official briefing, with Singapore and the Nazi naval escape in the English Channel expected to dominate talks.
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Washington
i-Pi
Roosevelt
White House
High Command
John Dill
Colvinne Wemyss
Arthur T. Harris
Charles Little
United States
Navy
Knox
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Henry H. Ignold
Air
Harold R. Stark
Ernest King
Harry L
Japs Seize Seletar Naval Base Amid Singapore Fighting
Tokyo reports Japanese troops have occupied the Seletar Naval Base in Singapore after British forces abandoned it during the siege. Domei said Japanese planes bombed and set fire to several British ships in Singapore harbor while artillery bombardments continued from Changi Blakang Mati and nearby reservoir defenses.
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Tokyo
Singapore Island
Seletar
Singapore
Domei
Asahi
Port Ranjan
Changi
Blakang Mati
Soviet Troops Continue Advance on Front as Reserves Melt
Soviet information bureau reports continued advance against German lines with a ski-troop spearhead operating in White Russia and Latvian riflemen aiding in a village capture. In the western front sector, 300 German dead, two tanks and two field guns fell to Russian infantry. On another sector, two machine guns, one gun, 2000 shells and mortars plus grenades and titles were seized. German losses totaled 200 dead. Reserves on the Kalinin front are described as melting rapidly with Russians claiming 200 enemy dead in one clash and 170 in another.
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Moscow
Red Army
White Russia
Soviet Information Bureau
Latvia
Tureau
Kalinin
Storm of Criticism Vents Against Churchill and Cabinet
London editors condemn Prime Minister Winston Churchill as German warships reach a German port. Newspapers debate Churchill’s methods while awaiting a wartime broadcast survey, with Beaverbrook defending him and others calling for clearer leadership and faster action.
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Churchill
London
Sev Tre
Winston Churchill
Bremen
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
News Chronicle
Liberal
Japan Drops Parachutists on Sumatra Near Palembang
Japanese airborne assault near Palembang, Sumatra, conducted from over 100 planes with paratroopers. Dutch defences claimed to hold. unofficial reports suggested Bandjermasin may have fallen. Australian and other British imperial troops reportedly landed at Batavia for defense. Casualties and continued fighting noted as reports evolved from the Northeast Indies theater.
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Associated Press
Batavia
N.E. L
the Indies
Japan
Sumatra
Palembang
Lanmnaca Slen
Warn Renart
Java
Bandjermasin
South Borneo
Java Sea
Soerabaja
Netherlands Indies
Long
N. E
Tandjong Padan
Billiton
Borneo
Navy Probing Cause Of Fire On French Ship
A Navy court of inquiry has begun investigating the fire aboard the USS Lafayette on February 9. Secretary Knox convened the court, which will probe all circumstances to determine the cause and responsibility, under Rear Admiral La Mar R. Leahy.
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Washington
Navy
Lafayette
New York
Knox
Admirral la Mar R. Leahy
USN
Shipyard Workers Attack Pickets at Tacoma Yard
In Tacoma Washington on February 14 nearly 1 000 AFL shipyard workers overwhelmed a 400 strong independent picket line of welders at the Seattle Tacoma yard and Birchfield Boiler Works. Police at the gates stood aside as the melee began in both locations outlining a second day of violence amid patriotic shouts and factional clashes.
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Tacoma
Wash
AFL
Seattle-Tacoma
Birchfield
Chinese Troops Hit Burma Front as Japanese Press Salween
RANGOON Burma February 14 Military trucks pour fresh Chinese veterans into Burmese bases while British Imperial troops defend the Lower Salween line against a second Japanese push at Paan. Chiang Kai-shek forces reinforce eastern frontier gorges to bolster the allied stand toward Rangoon and the Burma Road.
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Burma
Salween
Paan
Chiang -Kai-Shek
Kwangsi
Rkroosevelt
Chiang
King George
Roosevelt
Lower
Martaban
Royal Airforce
Jayimese
Civilian Defense Commission
Laura Ingalls Held in Federal Jail Awaiting Sentence
Laura Ingalls, a ascribed unregistered German agent, is jailed awaiting sentencing after a February conviction for failing to register with the State Department. She admitted receiving $300 a month from the Nazi embassy to deride Britain in America First lectures last year. Prosecutors expect no suspended sentence. next Friday likely delivers judgment.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
Germany
Hitler
Britain
State Department
America
Neil Andrews
Attorney General's Office
Polier Enlists in Army Air Corps at Morris Field
Charlotte News sports writer Ban Polier enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was assigned to Morris Field in Charlotte.
Don Hell Killiam Seeks renomination as solicitor
Raleigh February 14 Don Hell Killiam of Tarboro current solicitor of the Second District filed with the State Board for renomination in the Democratic primaries. He paid a filing fee of 15 dollars. No other candidate has filed for the position.
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Raleigh
Don Hell Killiam
Tarboro
State Board of i
Posiliom
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