War Today from the Pacific front at 1500 miles of jungle
Bewitt Mackenzie and Fred founderschmidt report on eight weeks of brutal Pacific combat. British forces in Malaya siege Singapore hold precariously while McArthur’s troops face fierce resistance at Bataan Corregidor and Ambon. Japan tightens grip across the East Indies as Dutch defenses destroy key naval sites and hold back the invader.
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Amerin
Malaya
Singapore
McArthur
Batan
Corregidor
Japan
Lusheatherlands
Indies
Molucca Passage
Ambonia
Strait of
Macassar
Teir
Borneo
MacArthur
A. E. Percival
Bata
FDR Grateful For Birthday Celebrations
President Roosevelt, grateful for wartime duties and nationwide celebratory events, thanked Americans in a national broadcast after a White House luncheon with 23 Hollywood stars. Four-year-old Gerry King, a polio survivor, attended, and a 650-pound birthday cake topped a large arena celebration. The president announced that county chapters may use this year's infantile paralysis funds to aid children of service members, a boon to families serving the flag.
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Ruth Cowan Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Gerry King
New York
Mickey Rooney
Vesare House
National Foundation For
Gerry
Mrs. Roosevelt
Dorothy Lamour
Battle of East Indies Fifth Front Opens in Amboina
The Japanese launched a fifth front in the East Indies with air and sea assaults on Amboina Island as Dutch high command said the fighting was raging everywhere. A Dutch warship reportedly sank a Japanese submarine while destroying vital points on Amboina and nearby areas.
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Batavia
Batte
East Indies
Amboina
Netherlands East Indies
High Command
Netherlands
Indies
Celebes
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Balik Papan
Pemangkat
Aneta
Ambaina
New Guinea
Molucca Islands
Mindanag Island
Sumatra
Sabang
British Determined To Hold Out At Singapore
Singapore falls into a siege as British Imperial troops withdraw under cover of night. Lieutenant General A E Percival calls on all residents to defend the fortress until reinforcements arrive. The Johore causeway to the island is breached, signaling the start of the Singapore defense amid air superiority by Japan.
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Singapore Island
C. Yates McDaniel
Singapore
Malaya
A. E. Percival
Causeway
British Far East Command
Johore
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Johore Strait
Johore Bahru
Moulmein Captured as British Withdraw Across Salween
RANGOON Burma January 31 The British announced evacuation of Moulmein with troops retreating over the Salween river after removing stores and equipment. They reported heavy Japanese casualties in defense forces that repelled attacks until dawn. Moulmein sits along the Salween near the Gulf of Martaban as Burma remains a strategic route to India and China.
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Rangoon
Burma
Moulmein
Salween
India
China
Gulf of Hartaban
Rochester Survivors Tell Of Bum Shot U Boat Action
Norfolk report details the sinking of the 6836 ton tanker Rochester off the Virginia coast by a German submarine. Survivors recall 13 shells fired after two torpedoes struck, noting the crew were “bum shooters” yet polite as they warned men to flee. Two crew were injured, and Captain A L Clark suggested armed ships might have offered some protection.
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Norfolk
Naval Operating
Virginia
A. L. Clark
Clark
West Bedford
Mass
L. J. Davidson
Little Falls
WN. J
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
New York City
Jed
Davidson
Atlantic
RAF Fliers and Italians Trek Across Libyan Desert
RAF Sunderland crew escape sinking after enemy attack in Libya. Nineteen crew and a dog swim to shore and march along the coast with 40 to 50 Italian soldiers who become mixed captors and prisoners. Italian officers later clash with their soldiers while both groups head toward Benghazi amid tension and deaths.
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Edward Kennedy
RAF
North
Africa
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Apalonia
Bengasi
RAF Teader
Senate Appropriations Panel OKs Huge Navy Fund
The Senate Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a record 26 495 265 474 navy appropriation after limiting presidential power to transfer ships. Senator Overton said leasing would be restricted to smaller convoy and landing ships as emergency construction, a measure likely to satisfy the administration. The sum funds about 25 000 aircraft for the Navy.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Overton D-La
Administration and Budget Bureau
Overton
Budget Bureau
Navy
Senators Question Wickard On Farm Prices
Washington January 31 Senators pressed President Roosevelts farm price policy stance and asked Secretary Wickard to state policies under the price control measure The Senate Agriculture Committee summoned Wickard to testify in a closed session regarding his recent remark that farm prices should not rise much above parity Farm bloc senators warned against altering the 110 percent parity ceiling arguing it protects farmers buying power and parity would be eroded if prices rise freely O Mahoney said parity has lost practical relation to prices given industrial output
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wickard
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Farm Bloc
Gillette
Iowa
O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
Axis May Plan To Challenge Control Of Mediterranean
A third hand report suggests Axis moves to curb British control of the Mediterranean. Italy may sharply cut passenger trains tomorrow as Berlin and Rome plan operations, with German planes concentrated in southern Italy. In Libya Rommel’s recent success spurred hopes of striking Malta. Soviet forces report gains in 1942 winter battles as they recapture villages and towns and seize captured German war matériel at Sukhinichi.
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Mediterranean
Italy
Exchange Telegraph
Zurich
Switzerland
Rome
Adolf Hitler
Malta
Edwin Rommel
Bengasi
Sicily
Red Army
Sukhinichi
Legally Last Day To Buy Auto Stamp
Washington January 31. Legally today is the last day to buy automobile use tax stickers. A federal law requires stamps be on cars by Monday. The Treasury admitted no systematic method to enroll the tax and would take motorists' money as it comes in. Congress rejected most of a Treasury enforcement appropriation. The stickers cost 2.09 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Mrs Roosevelt Attends Birthday Celebration in Chapel Hill
In Chapel Hill on January 31, Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrives for the Orange County birthday celebration. She will join postwar planning conference sessions, lead discussions, and participate in a 4 to 4 15 pm radio broadcast. At 8 15 pm she addresses the conference on the Stake of Young People in the Crisis before departing for Greensboro en route to Florida.
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Chapel Hill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Orange County
Full Pack Carried by Japanese Snipers on Batan Peninsula
Japanese snipers use captured gear to operate behind lines for up to a month. Equipment includes a gas mask mosquito net camouflage hood and nets. A wire eyescreen and rope complete the field kit enabling covert infiltration tactics in Matar and Luzon theater.
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Clark Lee
MacArthur
Batan Peninsula
Luzon
Ma- Taya
Conan
Tacoma Yard Welders Idle in Seattle-Tacoma Strike
About 720 of 1,180 welders at the Tacoma yard of the Seattle-Tacoma shipbuilding plant stayed idle amid a wage dues dispute with the AFL unions. Night and day shifts walked out after nine were fired for dues nonpayment, threatening production at five Seattle yards and Boeing plants. An independent union movement claims 4,600 Seattle welders will skip noon shifts, underscoring a nationwide clash with the AFL over control and representation.
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Tacoma
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
AFL
Charles L. Brinkerhoff
Tacoma Welders’ and Burners Council
Governor Howes Redden Will Get Democratic Post
RALEIGH January 31. Governor Broughton will recommend Monroe H. Redden of Hendersonville for the State Democratic executive committee chairmanship. The committee elects its chair, but usually follows the Governor. Redden was Western North Carolina manager for Broughton’s 1940 gubernatorial campaign.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Monroe H. Redden
Hendersonville
Emery B. Denny
Gastonia
Supreme Court
Heriot Clarkson
Redden
Staite Democratic Post
Western North Carolin
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