British Scorched Earth Delays Japanese Advance in Malaya
Washington reports Secretary Knox questions German unrest rumors as strategic naval control shifts. In Singapore area, British troops retreat toward a narrow peninsula neck, destroying facilities ahead of a Japanese push. Japanese air raids cause casualties while RAF boosts strikes on air bases and Port Swettenham.
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Singapore
Malay Peninsula
Seremban
Negri
Sembilan
Aluar River
Ministry of Informtion
Kuantan
Johore Strait
RAF
Singora
Thailand
Port Swettenham
Malayan
Churchill aides face changes as London cabinet reshuffle looms
London reports cite imminent shifts in Britain’s wartime leadership as ministers may be replaced or reassigned. Possible temporary role for Lord Beaverbrook abroad and John Llewellin considered for supply and aircraft duties. Duff Cooper and Cripps also mentioned for new roles amid debates on allied coordination and Soviet relations.
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Oply
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Allied
East
John L. Llewellin
Ormer
Ministry of Supply and Airraft
Llewellin
Fafford Cripps
Assin
Alfred Duff Cooper
Singapore
Far East
Rifens
Churchill
London Times
Empire
Pire
Australia
Anti Aircraft Reinforcements Arrive For Burma Defense
An official announcement from Rangoon Burma states further anti aircraft reinforcements have arrived and more are on the way. Ground personnel for aircraft also have arrived according to the communique.
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Rangoon
Burma
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LUATIODUR ERIE MELIGES SS Pe Washington
The farm bloc defied Roosevelt by denying Wickard authority to fix prices on agricultural products, seeking Leon Henderson to set ceilings. After initial low limits, Henderson raised them but rural groups pressed for more, shifting income control toward Henderson’s influence. Continued on age.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Secretary Wickard
Leon Henderson
White House
Congress
Far East
Henderson
Agricul
Tural
Leon
FL Qamr
Million-strong Army Projection Sparks Labor Debate
Sidney Hillman warned at the United States Conference of Mayors that the new US army could reach 5,000,000 troops. He noted 3,000,000 workers were in war production at year end 1941 and argued for adding at least 10,000,000 mothers to the labor force by 1942, totaling over 13,000,000. He urged rapid training of women workers and expanded pre-employment programs to mobilize labor.
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Walhington
Sidney Hillman
United States
Office of Production Management
United States Conference of Mayors
Hillman
Japanese claim torpedo hits on Lexington class carrier
Tokyo reports a Japanese submarine scored two torpedo hits on a U S aircraft carrier of the Lexington type west of Hawaii. The Lexington and Saratoga, 33 000 ton ships listed in 1925, normally carry 24112 officers and men. The claim notes the submarine could not confirm sinking due to diving to evade destroyers.
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Tokyo
Apanese Imtperial
Hawaii
Lexington
Saratoga
U.S
Washington
Imperial Headquarters
Two Lighters Destroyed In N E I Raid
Army report on January 14 states three American bombers with Netherlands Indies forces attacked a Japanese naval force near Tarakan in Borneo. Two Japanese fighters were destroyed, planes returned undamaged, and Mindanao and Jolo are cited as potential Japanese bases to support Malay and Indies operations.
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Washington
Netherlands ‘Indies
Tar‘akan
Borneo
Mindanao
Luzon
Jolo
Sulu
Malaya
Netherlands East Indies
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
I. Philippine Theater
Mlaya
Netherlands Indies
Tarakan
Britain weighs sending food to Greek-occupied Greece
London reports the Ministry of Economic Welfare said Britain is considering delivering food to German-occupied Greece. Officials noted lifting the blockade would set no precedent as Germans starve Greece to pressure Britain. The notice frames the move as a test of blackmail by Berlin. A separate item from Thermopolis, Wyoming advertises an old car for sale at 75 dollars with tires or 15 dollars without.
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London
Ministry of Economic Welfare
Britain
Greece
Red Army Near Hitler Base 100 Miles From Smolensk
Soviet dispatches say Red Army forces push within 100 miles of Adolf Hitler’s winter headquarters at Smolensk as Mozhaisk and Gorokhovo exchange hands. Moscow reports claim a 200,000 German losses since Nov 16 with 29,000 in the Donets basin, while Russians recapture Staraya Russa and retake vital Mozhaisk rail junction amid ongoing battles.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Red Army
Kharkov
Russia
Pittsburgh
Moscow-to- Mozhaisk
Moscow
Hitler
Donets River
Mozhaisk
Russian Pincers Closing In Fron
Vichy
London
Irov
Gorortsovo
Gorokhovo
Staraya Russa
Lake Ti
Chinese Press Criticizes Allied Help In Far East
Chinese press denounces lack of British and American reinforcements in the Far East and warns that without swift land, sea, and air support Japan could seize Malaya and the Dutch Indies, complicating Allied counteroffensives. The Sao Tang Pao cites British missteps in Malaya and questions Allied readiness after Pearl Harbor.
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Chungking
Far East
Pacific
Malaya
Sao Tang Pao
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Knox
United States
America
Britain
Sao ‘Tang Pao
Dutch Indies
Amer
Ecuador Presses Peru Settlement Before Parley Sessions
At the Pan American Conference in Rio de Janeiro Ecuador demands a boundary settlement with Peru before entering general discussions. Argentina resists belligerency moves while Tobin Nieto of Venezuela signals participation only after a secure accord. The talks hinge on boundary disputes and future chairmanships as delegates push pet projects.
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Alburn
Rio DE Janeiro
Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers
Argentina
Ecuador
Por
Axis
Buenos Aires
Ramon Castella
Enrique Ruiz Guienazu
Ruiz Guienazu
Tobin Nonose
Devador
Peru
Varios
Panavia
Allied Planes Raid Invasion Bases Of Japs
News from Batavia reports Allied air forces striking Japanese invasion bases while Dutch forces fight hand to hand with invaders along the Sarawak border and in Minahassa on Celebes. Wavell arrives in the Netherlands Indies with his staff. Brett also arrives as second in command. Dutch bombers attack Tarakan harbor and a Southern Philippines base used for invasion forces. Aerial and ground actions are described with limited detail. several Japanese and Dutch casualties are noted.
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Henry Hoogendoorn
Netherlands Indies
Brett
George H. Brett
United States Army Air Corps
Netherlands
Balik Papan
Dutch Simea
Tarakan
NEI
Philippines
Tura‘an
Star
NEI Navy
Sarawak-Dutch Borneo
Minahassa
Celcbes
Commiunnique
Minakuss
Lake Tondano
Menado
Sarawak
Korneo
Charles Vyner
Brooke
Tiwo
Ternate
Celebes
Tandjoeng Ochan
Kie Archipelago
Singapore
Scrap shortage menace to war program in 1942
Washington officials warned the nation faces a potential scrap metal shortage era 1942 threatening the war program. In a second item Senators Connally and Wiley urged giving Donald M. Nelson full authority over production and supply when he is named head of the War Production Board.
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Washington
Jan
Japan
Connally
D-Tex
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
Donald MM. Nelson
Nae War Production Board
Aliens To Be Moved From Defense Area in BC
Ottawa announced that all enemy aliens will be moved from the defense area of British Columbia where about 25,000 Japanese residents live. The only exception is the continuation of police permits to remain.
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Ottawa
Jan
British Columbia
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Labor Board
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National War Labor Board
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