Navy reports sinking of destroyer Jacob Jones by submarine
The Navy announced the destroyer Jacob Jones was sunk by an enemy submarine off Cape May New Jersey before dawn February 28. Only men of the crew survived, with total losses far above 100. the commanding officer Lieutenant Commander H D Jack of Oradell New Jersey was among the dead. The submarine fired torpedoes and depth charges caused the destruction. remaining crew were from engine rooms and one apprentice seaman.
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Washington
Mar
Navy
Jab. Jones
Cape
N. J
H. Do. Jack
Oradell
Eil
Stroyer
Jacob Jones
Reuben Jamesich
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Natz
Coast Guard
Alexander Hamilton
Teel . Fuss
Alexander Hamil
War Production Chief Calls Speeed Up Arms Output
War Production Chief Nel urges rapid expansion of munitions as Japanese pressure grows in Java and Burma. He warns lack of ships and transport hampers deployment, while U boats threaten sea lanes. Britain’s A V Alexander calls this the battle of the seven suns, signaling a spring offensive preview.
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Nel
Java
Evie Hitler
Burma
Russia
Britain
A. V. Alexander
Dutch Take Full Charge In Indies
The United Nations acknowledged Japanese successes in the South Pacific and the Dutch assumed supreme command in the Indies. Sir Archibald Wavell is moved from Java to India, with officials saying no strategic change but a tactical shift, following Malaya losses and Japanese entry into Sumatra.
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Washington
Mar
Java
Indies
United Nations
South Pacific
British India
Archibald Wavell
India
Burma
Wavell
Malaya
Sumatra
Daladier claims French industry sabotaged war effort
Former Premier Edouard Daladier testified at the war guilt court accusing French industrialists of sabotaging arms production. He named Schneider-Creuzot steel trust for拒 refusing to join a state private arms plan in North Africa and alleged Brandt stole mortar plans after nationalization.
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Riom
France
Edouard Daladier
Schneider-Creuzot Steel Trust
North
Africa
Daladier
Schneider-Creuzot
Leon Blum
Schneider-Curezot
Edgar Brandi
Schneider- Creuzot
Brandt
Chatillon
Income Tax Doubles In Some Cases
Secretary Morgenthau outlined a $9.61 billion war tax plan to fund the war effort. He urged doubling most personal incomes, higher corporate taxes, new excises, estate and gift taxes, plus Social Security increases to meet Roosevelt's $27 billion tax goal. The package aims to curb purchasing power and inflation while funding armaments, with a denial of a general sales tax.
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Washington
Mar
Congress
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Allied forces prepare for intensified Pacific push
United Nations planners predict the stiffest resistance since the Japanese southward advance as American mobilization grows. The Allies report unitary command nearly in place, with Dutch foresight and a combined force of soldiers, submarines, light craft, planes, and artillery ready to meet an oriental assault. Subtle Japanese surprises are expected to be less effective, though enemy manpower remains a relative edge. Continued on Page Nine.
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Ashington Byray Tucker
Java
United Nations
Singa
Japs Shelling And Landing Men On Philippine Islands
Japanese naval units shell several Philippine ports and land troops from four transports escorted by a cruiser at Zamboanga Mindanao as MacArthur reports minimal ground and air activity in Bataan. The communique cites attacks on Cebu Negros and Mindanao, with Mindanao’s Davao area as the only large occupied region besides Luzon.
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Washington
Philippines
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Department
Philippine
L. Philippine Theatre
Cebu City
Argao
Cebu
Misos
Totong
Dumaguete
Marcia Bong
Negros
Bugo
Davao
Luzon
Manila
India’s Dream Near Reality
British reports predicted an offer of dominion status to India as General Wavell was reassigned to India’s command. The move followed his Pacific duties and Burkina Burma operations, seen as a step to boost Indian morale and accelerate independence talks amid the war. Some sources warned Wavell faced limited authority in Java as defenses were reorganized.
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London
India
Archibald P. Wavell
Wavell
United Nations
Southwest
Pacific
Burma
North
Africa
Britain
Java
Nazis to Execute Twenty Hostages in France
In occupied France today German authorities in Paris announced that 20 hostages would be shot in reprisal for the death of a Nazi sentry on Sunday. The account says four youths attacked a Paris post and one killed the sentry with a pistol shot. Another set off a bomb that was found before detonation. All four escaped.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Rents Must Come Down in Defense Areas
Washington March 3 Leon Henderson price administrator who also enforces rent control directed 20 communities in 13 states to reduce inflated rents or the government will move in and do the job.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
British Halt Japs In Burma From The Front Lines
British motorized patrols trap and annihilate Japanese infantry attempting to cut the Rangoon Mandalay trunk highway and railway line north of Pegu. The Sittang River sector shows Japanese reinforcements slowed, with eight days of halted progress, while coordinated thrusts north toward Pyinmana loom. Japanese forces reach the vicinity of Bandoeng in Java as part of broader operations.
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Burma
Rangoon
Mandalay
Sittang River
Sittang
Peguo
Pyinmana
Allied forces drive Japanese from Java in counter offensive
American Dutch and Allied ground troops press a counter-offensive against Japanese invaders in Java as air and naval units seek to cut off sea lanes. Dutch bombers strike near Rembang in Northeastern Java while reports say only five of twelve ships in the concentration remain.
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Bandoeng
Java
United Nations
Rembang
Anela
Allies Drive Japanese From Java Fronts Amid Heavy Bombing
London dispatch reports Netherlands and Allied forces pressing a Java offensive to chase Japanese invaders into the sea. Allied strength estimated at 85,000 to 140,000 troops, with Allied air support countering heavy Japanese bomber raids over the Dutch command center. Casualties uncertain. two killed per Aneta. Reports also say a large Japanese tanker sunk and Allied bombers hit two transports.
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London
Netherlands
Java
Reuters
Bandoeng
Anda
Aneta
United Nations
Armath
Massed Russian Attacks Reported Across Front by German Sources
German military spokesmen and Nazi high command described massive Soviet offensives along the entire front from Crimea to the Donets, with reports of 40 to 50 waves and heavy enemy concentrations. Moscow dispatches claimed columns of troops marching toward front lines, while observers noted conflicting signals and possible German attempts to shape Western opinion.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
16Th
Crimean
Ukraine
Donets
Long Baile
Berlin
Moscow
Donets Basin
Crimea
London
Washington
Russia
Mona Island Shelled Off Puerto Rico by Enemy Ship
A hostile vessel shelled Mona Island, a 20 by 20 mile NYA youth camp site 50 miles west of Mayaguez, marking the first Atlantic side shelling of U S territory since the war began. No damage or casualties were reported, but officials urged protection as forestry crews and naval authorities investigate possible firing practice sources.
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Puerto Rico
Mona Island
Rexford Guy Tugwell
United States
Puerto Rica
Dominican Republic
National Youth Administration
Mayaguez
Remberto Cassaba
Cassaba
Sant Gilstray
NYA
Brazil and U S Sign Three Defense and Development Pacts
Washington March 3 Brazil and the United States signed three agreements to boost Brazilian production of strategic war materials and strengthen defense. A new Amazon basin development company will raise rubber output. additional lendlease aid will bolster Brazil’s navy and army. $14 million is set for the Victoria Minas railroad to tap iron ore. The pacts were signed by Sumner Welles and Brazilian officials Arthur Desouza Costa and Carlos Martins, with Jesse Jones, Will Clayton, and Warren Pierson also taking part.
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Brazil
United States
Amazon Basin
Victoria Minas
Sumner Welles
Carlos Martins
Arthur Desouza Costa
Reconstruction Finance Headquarters
Jesse Jones
Warren Lee Pierson
Export Import Bank
Will Clayton
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Atiolusse Store
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