Britain unprepared in foreseen war warns in wake of Singapore threat
DeWitt MacKenzie argues British leaders neglected Far East readiness. Churchill returns to cries for cabinet expulsions amid calls of military weakness. He notes prewar foresight lacking, blaming European focus and American delays, while Hitler looms and Japan threat grows. The piece urges fuller wartime preparedness across the empire.
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Churchill
Ashington
Singapore
House of Commons
Cabiet
Britain
Premie Law
Burma
Arma
Nippon
China
Apas
India
Sam
Tottering
Far East
Hitler
Roosevelt seeks 28.5 billion for defense 1942 43
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 28.5 billion dollars in appropriations and contract authorizations for the War Navy and defense activities for the 1942 and 1943 fiscal years. He proposed 8.77 billion for Navy needs, 13.4 billion for Army, 7 million for the Inter American Highway, and 5.95 million for the FBI.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Coness
War and Navy Departments
Navy
Naval Services
Army
Air Corps
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Australians Hold Ground in Malaya Muar River Fight
Major General Gordon Bennett reported Australian Imperial Force units in Malaya stabilized the Muar River area against an enemy tank assault. He said eight enemy tanks were lost and that the Australians repelled further attacks, holding positions across the front.
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Melbourne
Australia
Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Muar River
Bennett
Francis Forde
Battle of Singapore reaches critical phase as British withdraw
Reports from Singapore and Johore State indicate a deeper British retreat along the west coast while Japanese forces hammer lines near Segamat and the central Malayan railway. The warfront also notes Japanese air raids in the Dutch East Indies as Abu patrols press in the Philippines.
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Singapore
Philippines
Netherlands
Fast Indies
Hamamer
Johore State
Segamat
Johore Strait
Mank
Muar
Segemat
Gemas
Washington
Premier Of Burma Seized By British Over Japanese Plot
London report states U Saw, former premier of Burma, arrested by Britain for conspiring with Japan. Detained after admitting contact with Japanese since the Pacific war began. He will not be allowed to return to Burma, location of custody undisclosed.
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A Saw
Burma
London
U Law
Singapore
No.110
Downing Street
Churchill
U Saw
Pacific
Washington
Hawaii
Lisbon
Cairo
New York
Britain
Reds Open Major Assault On Ice Of Lake Ladoga
The Russian command reportedly opened a major assault across Lake Ladoga to cut off the Schlosselburg end of the German line near Leningrad. Reports say fighting intensified as Red troops breached defenses between Schlosselburg and the Moscow Leningrad railway but a large breakthrough had not yet occurred.
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Associated Press
London
Lake Ladoga
Schlosselburg
Leningrad
Schluisselburg
Moscow-Leningrad
Ritter von Leeb
Red
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Orel
Red Star
Russia
Arctic
Black Sea
Man Power Mobilization Board Proposed by FDR Aides
A plan to create a Man Power Mobilization Board dominated by New Deal officials would control U S labor supply and possibly supersede the Selective Service System. It names Knox Stimson Perkins McNutt Meer Hillman Mitchel La Guardia as members and seeks policy coordination of all man power recruitments, echoing British practice.
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Washington
Kay Tucker
United States
New Deal
Knox, Stimson
Perkins
Social Security
McNutt
O. P. Meer
Sidney Hillman
Civil Service
Mitchel
la Guardia
Great Britain
National Service
Immediate Debate On English Setback In Far East Asked
Government critics press for an immediate parliamentary debate on Britain's reverses in the Far East as Prime Minister Churchill plans to delay the war strategy statement. Reports say Churchill may study developments since his Washington trip before releasing results and consider War Organization changes, though cabinet shakeups are not expected.
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Far East
London
Britain
Churchill
Washington
Con
Carole Lombard Dies In Las Vegas Plane Crash
Las Vegas January 19. The bodies of actress Carole Lombard, her mother, two other women, her press representative, 15 army fliers, the pilot and co pilot lie in a Las Vegas morgue as snow hampers removal of 13 additional victims from the mountaintop wreck. Edgar Mannix identifies Lombard from hair and features. inquests declare death from crash injuries. Clark Gable remains in seclusion. Spencer Tracy visits with friends.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Carole Lombard
Miss Lombard
Ava Worm
Edgar J. Mannix
M.G.M. Studios
Los Angeles
Clark Gable
Elizabeth Peters
Studio
Otto Winkler
Gable
Winkler
Indianapolis
Spencer Tracy
Mart Opens Here 490 Register As Buyers In Opening Hours
The annual mid winter show of the Southern Furniture and Rug Market opened today with 490 buyers registering by mid day at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. Trading was light during opening hours as industry officials noted most buyers would need hours to survey exhibits.
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Southern Furniture and Rug Market
Southern Furniture Exposition
Surviving Crew Members Reach Norfolk After Tanker Torpedoed
Thirteen survivors of the Standard Oil tanker Allan Jackson reached Norfolk after the vessel was torpedoed and sunk off the North Carolina coast. Twenty-two crew members were believed lost. Survivors described flames enveloping the deck and spreading into an oil slick, with only one lifeboat escaping as cries were heard from within the fire.
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North Carolina
Associated Press
Norfolk
Standard
Allan Jackson
New York
Survivors Say Submarines Ranged Thick in Atlantic Waters
Survivors of a Panamanian freighter torpedoed in the Western Atlantic arrived to report enemy submarines were almost as thick as catfish in the waters where they were attacked. Seven crewmen, injured or frostbitten, were landed from a Canadian rescue ship and rushed to a hospital where one died. Two Americans were among the rescued, and two other crewmen were confirmed dead in a life boat after days at sea. A flare signaling the raider attracted fire. Additional Russian crew survivors from a separate sinking were recently landed in Canada, with no confirmed additional fatalities.
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Cana.dianport
Atlantic
W. J. Finch
New York
Philip Wold
Portland
E. G. Stolt
Newark
N. J
Joe Kolinosky
Buffalo
Signae Raider
Finch
Nova Scotia
Canada
All Allies May Obtain Status Of Non Belligerents
Mexico proposed at the Pan American Conference that all united nations be granted non belligerent status in the war against the Axis. Led by Argentina, Latin American nations already recognize the United States as non belligerent, easing warship movements and port stays. The U S urged six measures on subversive activities, Red Cross aid, sanitation, postwar juridical issues, aviation, and communications as ministers pressed for Western Hemisphere unity.
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John P. McKnight
Rio DE Janeiro
Mexico
Pan-American Conference
United Nations
Argentina
United States
Chile
Red Cross
Churchill Piloted Plane On Ocean Trip
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill personally piloted part of the Atlantic crossing in the 74 passenger flying boat returning to Britain on Saturday. Commander J C Rogers, captain of the plane, said Churchill banked the giant craft through two sweeping turns after taking the controls.
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London
Winston Churchill
Washington
Atlantic
Britain
J. C. Rogers
Churchill
Over 14 000 Axis Soldiers Crowded British Prison Camps
Cairo dispatch reports more than 14 000 Germans and Italians were taken as prisoners after British mop-up of Halfaya Salam pockets near the Egyptian Libyan frontier. The British communique tallies include 48 German officers and 1 770 German other ranks, and 173 Italian officers with 2 784 Italian troops.
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Cairo
Egypt
Halfaya-Salam
Bach
Erwin Rommel
el Aghelia
Gulf of
Sirte
Bardia
Salam
Halfaya
Soviet
Russia
Five Army Airmen Die In South Plane Crashes
Five Army airmen were killed in two separate crashes in the South. In Florida a medium bomber from a Florida bombardment squadron fell into Lake Apopka near Orlando, killing two officers and an enlisted man. In Louisiana another bomber from Barksdale Field crashed while attempting an emergency landing east of Monroe, killing two officers. Victims named include Second Lt. William T. Gardner, Second Lt. Walter C. Tsicy, Pvt. 1st Class 724n R. Parrish, Lieut. Donn W. Platt, and Lieut. Frank G. J. Micicii. Bodies recovered. first fatal accident for planes at Orlando base.
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Atlanta
Florida
Lake Apopka
Orlando
Fla
Barksdale Field
Monroe
Wiliam T. Gardner
Detroit
Walter C. Tsicy
Sioux Falls
S. D
R. Parrish
Charleston
S. C
Louisiana
Donn W. Platt
Wissinsec. Fla
Frank G. J. Micicii
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lake Apupka
Orlando Air Base
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