Women Children Die In Jap Raid On Bataan Tip
War dispatch reports 23 women and children killed and 22 wounded in a bombing on Cabcaben at the southeast tip of Bataan. The War Department notes rising enemy air activity, artillery reinforcement, and leaflets dropped on refugee camps as a deadly note in the fighting along the Philippine front. Congress pushes all out aid to China, aiming to hasten arms and supplies to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Cabcaben
Cavite
Greater Asia
Defenseles
Cacaben
China
Japan
Austin
Vermont
Seven Die as Navy Bomber Crashes Near Buena Vista
NORFOLK VA Feb 17 Seven men were killed when a U S navy patrol bomber crashed in the mountains about nine miles east of Buena Vista Virginia The plane burned as it returned from a routine flight Two crew members escaped serious injury Forest rangers aided in locating the wreckage and recovering bodies Memorial services will be held later The navy did not disclose the survivors names The list of dead includes Ensign Charles A Daum 25 pilot Ensign Donald G Hall 23 co pilot and Edward T Shaw 24 aviation machinist mate 2nd class USN Two survivors unnamed
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Norfolk
U. S Navy
Buena Vista
Fifth Naval District
Forest Rangers
Navy
Charlés A. Daum
USNR
Fo Murphy
Waterside Avenue
Northport
N.Y
Donald G. Hall
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward T. Shaw
Enemy Craft Attack Near Canal Zone
United States bombers were believed to have inflicted swift vengeance on German submarines after they sank or damaged seven tankers and left 69 sailors dead or missing along the Venezuelan coast. Lieut-Gen Frank Andrews faced shelling of the Aruba refinery as U S planes rose from Aruba and Curacao to counter the submarines.
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Chandler Diehl
Balboa
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Netherlands West Indies
Aruba
Curacao
Gen
Andrews
Areba Harbor
Welders Back For Duration At Tacoma Shipyard
Tacoma welders idle for months end walkout after riots at shipyard entrance. spokesman Charles L Brinkerhoff says the strike is over and no more work stoppages while the country is at war. dispute centers on AFL union dues and autonomy against closed shop contracts.
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Tacoma
Wash
AFL
Charles L. Brinkerhoff
American Federation of Labor
Puget Sound
APL Queral Trades Department
Roosevelt Pension Plan Draws Fire From Critics
President Roosevelt faces criticism over the Congressional Retirement Act as supporters cite the bill’s pension terms while opponents say it forces excessive back payments. The article notes the president’s service record for pension calculations and outlines required repayments from January 24 onward. The piece hints at further discussion and continues on page three.
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Washington
Ay Ray Tucker
Roosevelt
German Battleships Crippled Churchill
Australia mobilizes all resources for defense as Prime Minister Curtin orders a full war footing and creates Allied Works Council under E G Theodore. Churchill reports Germany’s Gneisenau and Scharnhorst out of action after Channel dash. RAF and Navy to pursue future ships.
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Sydney
Australia
John Curtin
Commonwealth
Curtin
Allied Works Council
Oilmen Ask Ickes To Shut Stations
Secretary Ickes told a House committee the oil industry urged immediate closing of all filling stations in the East from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on weekdays and all day Sunday, with gasoline rationing if needed to offset dwindling stocks. He recommended an $80 million Texas to Northeast pipeline and said consumption might rise 135 percent Feb 15 to Apr 15. West Coast curtailment was urged to match East.
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Washington
Interior
Ickes
House
East
Texas
Philadelphia
New York
Two Italian Warships Hit By RAF Torpedo Attack
CATRO Feb 17 British naval aircraft scored torpedo hits on two Italian cruisers and a destroyer in the central Mediterranean. An RAF communique said one cruiser was left ablaze and another destroyer likely hit. The raid occurred Sunday night with four planes missing and two pilots reported safe. Continued Axis air activity over the Libyan front and damage to Malta were acknowledged. In Raleigh, the National Munitions Corp of Durham received a charter of incorporation with authorized capital of 10000 and 51000 subscribed by Jones Fuller, R. P. Reads, and William GB Umstead, all of Durham.
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CATRO
Mediterranean
RAF
Malta
Asafe
GEFS
N.C
Raleigh
National Munitions Corp. of
Duryham
Thad Eure
Jones Fuller
R. P. Reads
William GB. Umstead
Durham
Java at the gates as enemy threat grows warns broadcast
Bulletin from Batavia reports a government broadcast warns Java's 40 million people that the enemy is at the gates of Java and seeks to storm them amid Japanese advances in South Sumatra. Senate defense critique says the United States is almost defenseless and may require bringing the navy home to protect the nation.
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Batavia
Java
Palerubang
Sumatra
Deeenseless
Washington
Walsh
Dmass
Senate Naval Committee
Senate
Navy
Tank Cars Loaded From Baton Rouge to Greensboro Pipe Line
Charlotte Feb 17 Chief Engineer R A Riddle of Standard Oil Company says tank cars are being loaded from the Baton Rouge to Greensboro pipeline for shipment to Eastern seaboard points. The sinking of coastwise tankers by U boat threats has prompted the move to supply 40 000 barrels daily. Plantation Pipe Line Company began 20 000 barrels daily loading at Greensboro for rail transfer. Next week pumping will rise to allow 40 000 barrels daily from Charlotte. War demands require round the clock work.
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Charlotte
R. A. Riddle
Carolinas
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Baton
Greensboro
Seaboard
Riddle
Plantation Piper Line Company
Billion More For Russia Considered
Washington reports a new lend lease credit of about 1 billion dollars to Russia is being negotiated. A prior 1 billion credit issued last fall had been nearly allocated and contributed to planning further weapons production. Details remain unsettled amid wartime shipping difficulties and secrecy around supply status.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Russians Kill 3 650 Germans on Winter Front
Soviet information bureau reports 3 650 German casualties across four engagements on the winter front. In the Leningrad region 2 500 were killed in a single day as Nazi dugouts were destroyed and materiel seized. Berlin acknowledged a breakthrough near Vyazma with 1 848 prisoners and 5 000 enemy dead counted thus far.
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Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Leningrad
Red Army
Adolf Hiller
Berlin
Vyazma
Gandhi and Chiang to Meet in Calcutta
Bombay Feb 17 reports Mahandas K. Gandhi left Wardha for Calcutta where he is expected to meet Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek during his India tour. Also present are Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mohammed Ali Jinnah leaders of the Indian National Congress and Moslem League respectively.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Wardha
Calcutta
Chiang Wai-Shek
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian National Congress
Chiang
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
all-India Moslem League
Bill for 32 Billion More for War Materiel Presented to Congress
Alexander Si Singleton reports a $32 billion appropriations bill for arms, war supplies, and merchant ship construction goes to Congress. The measure would push war funding past $80 billion since Pearl Harbor and $135 billion since defense prep began, with details on allocations to the War Department and lend-lease, plus shipbuilding plans and maritime funds.
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Congress
Alexander SI. Singleton
Washington
Pearl Harbor
United States
Robert P. Patterson
House
Donald Nelson
R. C. Moore
Army
Bureau of Budget
War Department
Maritime Commission
Emory 5S
Commission
Indies Crisis Is Expected Momentarily
Japanese planes bombed and machine gunned small Sunda Strait islands as Java faces a direct attack amid Dutch resistance. Dutch bombers hit a Japanese transport and shot down two fighters at Palembang while warning that Java's defense tightens under a looming climax strike from Sumatra and surrounding waters.
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Batavia
N. E
Java
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Palembang
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
H. V. Quistel
Netherlands Indies
Netherlands
London
Leningrad
Mostow
MGS
Soerabaja
United Nations
Southwest Pacific Command
Singapore
Irom
Battleline Of Burma Drawn
RANGOON Burma Feb 17 The battleline of Burma was drawn near the Gulf of Martaban where the Burma Road links China to the sea and India. The British withdrew 30 miles to Bilin River to use it as a springboard for counterattacks and to avoid being overwhelmed piecemeal. The move shifts the right flank about 40 miles north of Moulmein and places Rangoon roughly 103 miles by road. Japanese forces advanced 60 miles from Martaban in six days, crossing the Salween from Moulmein, while Britain reports a new imperial line on the Bilin is providing concentrated positions. Japanese reportedly did not hinder the withdrawal, merely shadowing it with gunfire.
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Rangoon
Burma
Gulf of Martaban
China
India
Thafon-Duyinzcik
Bilin
Thaton
Moulmein
Martaban
Salween
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Kangka
Musi
England
Rvar
Churchill
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Britain
MacArthur
Canal Zone
Venezuela
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N. EB
Treasury
White House
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W. J. Seally
E. J. Holloway
Germany
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
English Channel
House of Commons
Royal Navy
United States Navy
Ministry of Defense
Admiralty
House Committee
Bulletin
Gandhi
Kaisher
Indies
Dewitt Hancock
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