War Today analyzes Japan's spreading battlefront and risks
The War Today feature argues Japan's forces have expanded to form a wide triangle from Tokyo, with rear lines overextended. It warns that without rapid reinforcement, defense, and counter-offense, key territories like Hanoi Singapore and the Dutch East Indies could fall, threatening Australia and China.
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Japan
Hanoi
Pan
Dutch East Indies
Borneo
Celebes
New Guinea
New Britain
Newsland
Solomons
Howev
Singapore
Imatra
Java
Indies
Australian
Burma
China
Red Army Breaks Nazi Winter Line In Dataled Push
Pravda reports a Red Army breakthrough along the Nazi winter line near Kholm as forces feint, lure German units out of position, and sweep westward beyond the Idai hills. The offensive claims 2,000 towns recaptured and 17,000 German losses, with supplies seized in Andreapol and Peno, while Kiev and Minsk corridors push southwest toward new targets.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Prav
Red Army
Kholm
Unst Ag
Idai
Bvina
Mingrad
Vyazma
Jensk
Pravda
Australia mobilizes defenses to deter feared invasion
Australia rushes to defend its shores as Japan lands troops near Rabaul on New Britain. War Minister Francis M. Dorde orders rapid mobilization and accelerated drafting of married men under 33 and single men under 45 while Tokyo’s expansion threatens the mainland.
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Melbourne
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Francis M. Dorde
New Guinea
Keita
Solomon Islands
South Americans Agree On Break With Axis
Five South American nations near severing Axis ties on a compromise anti Axis resolution from the Pan American conference. Argentina resisted earlier versions but appears to accept a non binding severance with Japan Germany and Italy. Uruguay Brazil Bolivia Paraguay Peru expected to follow within days leaving Chile Ecuador still on the fence. Sumner Welles urged a stronger, clearer measure.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Japan
Germany
Italy
Argentina
Alberto Guani
Uruguay
Bolivia
Paraguay
Peru
Chile
Ecuada
Sumner Welles
United States
Pipe Line Makes First Delivery of Gasoline
ATLANTA Jan 24 Ph Pumping of 520,000 gallons of gasoline from Baton Rouge to Meridian made the first delivery over the new 1 261 mile plantation pipe line. The inaugural shipment went yesterday to the Standard Oil Company of Kentucky Station at Meridian. The northern terminus is Greensboro N C with schedules to reach there by Feb 13. The line can supply 60 000 barrels a day to stations in the region and will add five spur terminals soon.
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Atlanta
Baton Rouge
Aleridian
Miss
Plantation
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
Meridian
Greensboro
N. C
C. R. Younts
Jeaks
Younts
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
New Tank Battle Begins In Libya Along Side Gulf
Britain reports major force clash with Rommel in Libya near the Gulf of Sirte north of Agedabia. Rommel has massed tanks in a triangle near Agedabia Saunnu Antelat. RAF raids claim punishing blows on Axis transport as fighting continues.
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Libya
Side Gulf
Associated Press
CARO
Britain
Gulf of Sirte
Agedabia
Erwin Rommel
Saunnu
Antelat
Neil Metheun Ritchie
Eighth
Rommel
Ritchie
el Agheila
RAF
Bengasi
Allies Wipe Out Bombers Over Rangoon In Nineteen Forty
In Rangoon Burma January 24 U S and British fighters shot down seven large Japanese twin engine bombers near the city. Four Japanese pursuit ships were lost and all Allied aircraft returned safely. The tally for two days reaches 32 enemy planes downed, with 21 prior victories yesterday.
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Burma
Rangoon
U. S
RAF
Dutch Bombers Strike Japanese Fleet At Balik Papan
Dutch Army bombers launched a second attack on Japanese ship concentrations in the Straits of Macassar. An official report says a large passenger liner off Balik Papan was capsized, another large transport and a destroyer were hit, and a 66 pound bomb hit the liner. Dutch bases in Borneo claim all refineries and oil installations are already destroyed.
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Batavia
N.E. L. Jan
Japan
Straits of Madassar
Balik Papan
East Borneo
Borneo
Straits of
Macassar
Tich Borneo Oi
Railways Seek 10 Percent Intrastate Rate Increase
Raleigh January 24 The States Utilities Commission disclosed that railroads in the State have applied for permission to raise intrastate passenger and freight rates by 10 percent. A hearing on the proposed passenger rate increase is set for February 3 in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
The
States Utilities Commission
Piedmont Chemists Meet in Greenville Winter Session
In Greenville South Carolina on January 24 the Piedmont Section of the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists opened its Winter meeting. About 150 members are expected to attend the convention which will close with a banquet tonight.
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Greenville
S. C
Piedmont
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
Red Army Hopes To Deal Final Blow To Hitler Next Winter
Sir Stafford Cripps says the Red Army aims to deliver the final blow to Germany during fall and winter 1942. He notes nine million men under arms, doubled Urals production, and continued aid to China. He praises Stalin as a great strategist and urges Britain and the United States to help equip the Soviet forces for spring and summer campaigns.
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Red Army
Hitler
London
Stafford Cripps
Aloscow
Germany
Joseph Stalin
Moscow- Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Whoas
Stafford
Urals
China
Stalin
Libya
Germans Claim 18 Ships Sunk Off America
Berlin report says German submarines active in North American waters sunk 18 merchantmen totaling 125000 tons and two naval units in an unspecified period. One U boat under Captain Hardegen sank eight ships totaling 33000 tons near New York harbor. additional raiders are said to be off Canada and near Long Island.
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Berlin
North American
High Command
Atlantic
United States
U. S. Navy
Canada
Hardegen
New York Harbor
New York
Long Island
Baltic peoples urged to rise against invaders in wartime appeal
London Jan 2 Soviet Russia appealed to Lithuania Latvia and Estonia to aid in fighting Nazi forces. Through pamphlets and radio broadcasts the USSR urged Baltic guerrilla activity or revolt to aid Red Army advances reported as recapturing 2,000 communities in 13 days. The report also notes 230 German officers and men killed in securing a town marked as "S" on the continuation page.
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London
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Red Army
Kholm
Valdai Hills
Smolensk
Leningrad
Soviet Information Bureau
Fresh Japanese landings push at MacArthur left flank
Fierce fighting on the Batan Peninsula and Subic Bay reports heavy losses on both sides as Japanese reinforcements pour ashore under naval gunfire. American and Philippine troops, fatigued but undiminished in resolve, repel some advances while others remain in enemy hands. A harsh Japanese order demanding death for trivial offenses signals intensified control over occupied areas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philippines
Batan
Subic Bay
The
Department
MacArthur
South China Sea
Philippine Theater
Ratan
Commonwealth
Sugar Runs Push US to Begin Rationing Plan
Washington reports heavy runs on sugar supplies push the Price Administration to draft rationing books and implement rationing machinery. Large industrial users already face 1940 month-to-month limits, while many grocers cap purchases and some customers cannot buy sugar. Post Pearl Harbor demand surged after Japan's attack, depleting a full month's supply in a week.
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Washington
Tess Office of Price Administration
Pearl Harbor
Gunners Pour Shells Into Jap Columns
Australian gunners along the Singapore front poured shells into Japanese columns driving south on the main highway. The exchange involved tanks and trucks. RAF bombed enemy troops and supply lines 20 miles beyond Japanese forward posts near Batu Pahat. Labis road near Labis faced air bombardment, with British planes hitting vehicles and troops on the railway corridor from Singapore.
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C. Yates McDaniee
Singapore
Young Peng
Batu Pahat
RAF
Labis Road
British Far East Command
Labis
War Production Board Slashes Radio Output for Solvitation Use
The War Production Board ordered a near 50 percent cut in civilian radio and phonograph production for the next 90 days to free facilities for military contracts totaling about 2 million units. Large producers face 43 percent civilian cut, small plants 35 percent, with reductions saving copper, aluminum, and steel. Airlines and repair parts deemed safe for civilian needs.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
WPH
WPA Employees in Raleigh to Work Five Hours Extra Weekly
Raleigh reports say starting Monday state WPA staff will add five hours to their weekly schedule. Indications suggest other federal agencies may also lengthen working hours.
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Raleigh
WPA
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Volgandreapol
L. L. Weiss
W. B. Valyon
Panama
Balboa
Canal Zone
U.S
Earl Dowdy
Savannah
Cape Hatteras
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