U S Debt To Reach 110 Billion In World War II Update
War reports say U S debt nears 110 billion as Allied forces in the Philippines resist Japanese bombing on Corregidor and Batan. battles continue near Manila with heavy fighting and casualties. Additional dispatches describe U S bombers sinking ships at Davao Bay and threatening Dutch Indies targets to curb Japanese expansion.
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Philippine
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U. S. Navy
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Celebes
New Guinea
Amboina
South Pacific
Cam Ranh Bay
Saigon
Spratley
British Retreat Deepens as Japanese Advance In Malaya
Japanese forces press south along the Malayan peninsula inching toward Singapore. British withdrawals continue as heavy fighting persists in Perak with a reported Japanese breakthrough at one point. Kuala Selangor area shows no further progress and Singapore air alert passes without bombing.
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Malayan
Perak
Kuantan
Selganor
Kuala Selangor
Selangor
Malaya
Remnants of Japanese Army in Flight After Changsha Defeat
Chinese dispatches report 100000 Japanese casualties and 7000 more as forces flee north after a failed Changsha offensive. Some 40000 troops are said trapped on the Laotao plains while rains slow the retreat. Roosevelt unveils a 56 billion war budget with heavy taxes and borrowing to back World War II effort.
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China
Changsha
Hunan
Laotao
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yochow
Yangtze River
U. S
Japanese seaplanes bomb Rabaul in fourth raid
Canberra reports Japanese seaplanes bomb the Rabaul air base on New Britain in the fourth raid since Sunday. In Washington Senator Brown pushes price control bill as a wartime necessity. The Interstate Commerce Committee backs daylight saving time use in the war. In Ambon Japanese flying boats attack targets, dropping 20 bombs, killing three civilians and wounding four. Attorney General Biddle says re-registration of enemy aliens is being considered for tighter wartime control.
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Australia
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Batavia
Ambon
Netherlands East Indies
Biddle
London RAF and Navy Raid on Hellesfjord Coast
A joint operation by British naval forces and the Royal Air Force occurred yesterday against the Hellefjord area on the Norwegian coast and was announced today.
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London
Hellefjord
New AEF Likely To Make Britain Huge Invasion Base
President Roosevelt announced a new American expeditionary force would be sent to the United Kingdom. Observers say a token unit may arrive first to bolster defenses as Canada and Britain train assault tactics for potential spring operations. Air units from across the empire are represented, with American airmen planned to join and gain combat experience under veteran guidance.
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Britain
London
Roosevelt
Far East
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United Kingdom
Home Guard
British Isles
Hitler
Norwegian
British Empire
Nazis May Have Withdrawn From Leningrad Siege Lines
The Helsinki dispatches report German forces along the Soviet front may have retreated from the Leningrad siege as Red army units push in Karelia and southern sectors. Russian troops strike from the north and south while sea and land actions unfold around Sevastopol, Kharkov, and Crimea.
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Moscow
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Narofominsk
Borovsk
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Kaluga
Mozelsk
Belev
Tim
Kursk
Donets River
Stalino
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
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Berlin
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Gulf of Finland
Right of Court To Restrict Beer Sale Is Doubted
Kingsport attorney Tom Dodson Sr. argues county court overstepped authority in trying to set beer sale hours. He cites a Tennessee Supreme Court ruling Wright vs State reversing a lower court on similar beer hours restrictions. The Lawrence county Sunday ban and weekday 10 p m to 7 a m limits are under review.
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Kingsport
Dodson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Wright
State
Tennessee
Lawrence County Court
F. T. Fancher
War Department Budget Tops U S Defense Outlay
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a war budget of about 52.79 billion dollars for national defense. The War Department would receive 18.62 billion, nearly three times the Navy and close to the total for all war spending in World War I.
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Roosevelt
Congress
War Department
Two Treated for Injured Fingers at Holston Valley
A washing machine wringer injury sent Carol Sue Price to Holston Valley Community Hospital for a left middle finger laceration. Taylor Jacobs, 16, was treated there for a left fourth finger fracture while playing. Neither was admitted.
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Sam Price
Carol Sue
Bristol Highway
Taylor Jacobs
Holston Street
British Mediterranean Fleet Chief Reports 1941 Wins
Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, commander in chief of the British Mediterranean fleet, said 1941 battles were won against long odds. He noted Libya’s coast is in British hands thanks to the army and air force, and that the last enemy remnants are rounded up in a New Year message from the flag ship Queen Elizabeth.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Libya
One-Man War Board Advocated for War Production
Senators Connally and Byrd urged a single director to oversee the vast war production expansion under Roosevelt. They call for one supreme head of the Office of Production Management to coordinate 60,000 planes 45,000 tanks 20,000 anti aircraft guns and 8,000,000 tons of ships with direct accountability to the president.
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Congress
Roosevelt
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D-Tex
Byrd
D-Va
Foreign Relations Committee
Office of Production Management
OPM
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Knox Leads in State Highway and Bridge Contracts
Nashville reports that Tennessee counties shared 52 highway and bridge projects costing 8 798 375 dollars last year. Knox County topped awards with three projects totaling 898 314 dollars, followed by Shelby 868 715 Davis son 719 569 and Hamilton 718 445 across four projects.
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Tennessee
State Highway Department
Knox County
Shelby County
Davidson
Hamilton
President seeks $9 billion new taxes to fund war costs
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise $9,000,000,000 in new taxes for the next fiscal year as part of a record $26,852,000,000 tax plan to finance war costs. He urged defense bond purchases totaling $33,000,000,000 and proposed higher social security and income taxes with options for monthly withholding and expanded coverage.
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D-La
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