U S Superior In Pacific War Says Naval Experts
Washington reports by naval experts claim three months of Pacific sea warfare proves American ships and crews are qualitatively superior to Japanese equivalents. Five major engagements since Pearl Harbor, including Macassar Strait and the January 2 raid on Marshall and Gilbert bases, underpin the assessment as U S production and armament pace outstrip prewar forecasts.
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Washington—i
Torlay
Pacific
Navy
Comané
China Sea
Pearl Harbor
Macassar Strait
Japan
Marshall
Gilbert Island
British War Leader Fears Cripps to Replace Churchill
A London source predicts Sir Stafford Cripps could replace Winston Churchill as prime minister within three months due to cabinet unrest and waning British support. It cites Cripps’s Russia work and his cabinet rise as signposts amid opposition over war decisions and Beaverbrook appointments. In Java, Japanese pincers threaten Batavia and Bandoeng, with Java’s defense collapsing as losses mount across western and eastern fronts. overall, Japanese forces hold airfields and ports while Dutch, British and U.S. troops resist the invasion.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
Britain
Doughty
Churchill
United States
Crete
Stafford
Russia
Privy Seal
Prince of Wales
Malaya
Lord Beaverbrook
Bandoeng
Java
Batavia
Saerabaja
Soerekarta
Jave
Betayia
Wesr
Soerabija
United Nations
Indramajoo
Krawang
Batavie
Bantam
Tangerang
Poerwakarta
Sosbang
Kalidjati
Han+doeng
Defense Military Command
Paeat
Soerakarta
Solo
Rembang
Bodpanegara
Soerabaja
Tjilatjap
Aneta
Alfatra
Kingsport Plans 25th Birthday Celebration March 19
Kingsport civic clubs and the Merchants Association plan a birthday party to honor 25 years since Kingsport became an incorporated city. A joint meeting of the Kiwanis Rotary Civitan and merchants group will announce details. Due to an emergency, this may be the only formal celebration this year.
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Civie Clubs and Merchants Association
Kingsport
Iwanis
Rotary and Civitan
Merchants Association
Tennessee
Woman Convicted of Slaying Boss in Houston
Helen O Keefe was sentenced to 25 years by a four jury for murdering her employer J C Franklin on November 12. The 1u-year-old blonde did not testify. Her mother testified she was at home at the time the state fixed for the crime.
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Houston
Tex
Helen O' Keefe
J. C. Franklin
Elizabethton to Get Two Manganese Plants
War Production Board plans reveal Elizabethton Tennessee will host one large and one small manganese plant as part of a ten-plant program to lift US output above 600000 tons annually. New extraction methods target high grade concentrates from 10 to 12 percent ore.
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Washington
War Production Board
Elizabethton
Tenn
WPB
United States
William L. Batt
WRB Materials
Bureau of Mines
Geological Survey
Las Vegas
Battle Mountain
New Crosby
Min Chamberlain
S. D
Batesville
Ark
Phillipsburg
Mont
Delta
Utah
Cartersville
MacArthur Says Thousands Drawn In U S Air Attack
Washington General Doug MacArthur reported to the war department that thousands of Japanese soldiers were drowned in a surprise air raid by the U S forces on Subic Bay near the Bataan peninsula. Three large vessels were sunk, transports carrying troops were hit, and casualties resulted from drownings or ammunition explosions. American planes reportedly suffered no damage.
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Washington
Doug
MacArthur
War Department
Hétle
Subic Bay
Batsan Peninsula
Philippines
Asi
Henderson Says No Rubber For Passenger Cars
Washington officials told the senate defense investigating committee that not a single pound of crude rubber would be available for new tires or retreads on up to 30 million passenger cars. The War Production Board member predicted drastic civilian cuts in rubber use and warned only about 7.4 million cars could remain operable over three years due to tire wear.
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Washington
Leot Henderson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
War Production Board
Senate
Henderson
United Nations
Wenderson
Vindlian Supply
America
Senators Urge Immediate $1.3 Billion Excise Levy
Washington senate finance committee urged immediate enactment of a $1.3 billion excise tax separate from general revenue. Treasury proposed $1.244 billion in added excise taxes on manufactured articles as part of a plan to raise $7.61 billion in new revenue, with further favored income tax rises.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George!d-Gay
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Brown
D-Mich
Dessibie
Randolph Paul
Ways and Means Committee
Department
Congress
Paul
Taft
Ohio
Finance Committee
Clerks to Assist Income Tax Filing in Kingsport Office
The Internal Revenue office in the Kingsport post office building will be open daily until March 15 to assist persons in filing income tax returns. A deputy collector announced that visitors should know their exact income for 1941 and that income blanks are available on the building's second floor.
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Internal Revenue Office
Kingsport
Nazi Reverses Reported as Reds Strike Deep
Soviet front lines report heavy losses for Hitler's forces as 86,000 Germans encircled near Staraya Russa claim 66,000 Nazis killed and remnants destroyed. Isolated 24,000 German troops near Ore reportedly face surrender rejection by Col Gen Heinz Guderian. Russian strikes push toward Smolensk while Donets basin offensives claim success. In North Africa, Rommel's forces hold Tobruk area as Britain purges veteran officers and promotes younger leadership.
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Adolf Hitler
Staraya Russa
Stiuraya Russa
Stockholm
Moscow
Heinz Guderian
Smolensk
Japs Clear Last Rangoon Barrier Near Pegu
Japanese invasion forces crossed Sitlang river and moved along the Gulf of Martaban toward Rangoon, reaching Waw near Pegu. An official communique said British forces set a town ablaze at Waw, with further contacts unclear. Allies feared a push to sever rail links from Rangoon toward Tharrawaddy and Prome.
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Mandalay
Burma
Sitlang River
Gulf of Martaban
Waw
Pegu
Rangoon
Chine
Waew
Peru
Tharrewaddy
Prome
Irrawaddy
Burjima
Burlington Blast Kills 16 at TNT Plant
A deadly explosion at a Burlington munitions plant killed 16 workers and wounded 42, leveling a three story shell-loading building near production line 3. The blast caused a 300 foot flame plume, was felt miles away, and followed a December blast that killed 13. An army board was to investigate.
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Burlington
Town
J. B. Hdgetty
Fort Madison
Army
Washington
Otto M. Janik
Red Cross With AEF In Northern Ireland
Red Cross representatives prepare a northern Ireland field headquarters to support AEF troops. The mission is led by J S Disci sway, field director from San Antonio Texas.
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Red Cross
AEF
American Red Cross
Northern Ireland
J. S. Discisway
San Antonio
Tex
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes Hints On Gasoline Rationing Decision
Washington Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said he expected to decide by week end if gasoline rationing will be needed. He added that he would likely follow industry recommendations.
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Washington
Ickes
Soviet Boosts Attack Against German 16th Army
Soviet dispatches report Red Army tanks entering battle in the Stursyo region as they press a successful assault against remnants of the 16th German Army in the frontline sector.
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Musnow—2
Red Army
Stursyo Russa
Dutch East Indies Leader Calls for Continued Resistance
Lieutenant governor general urged Jeves inhabitants to keep up stout resistance to the Japanese. He spoke before the people's council promising future Allied actions from another side to launch the attack soon.
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Bandoeng
Suva
Leutenant
Dutch East Indies
Jeves
People's Council
Bombs Land Near Honolulu Quiet After Night Raids
Four bombs fell near Honolulu marking the first attack on the islands since December. The blasts woke residents at 2:15 a.m. with two explosions occurring together. Craters measured 25 to 40 feet across, about 600 yards apart, in forested terrain north east of Roosevelt High School, two miles from downtown, causing no casualties or damage.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
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Sergeant Lockward
Igit
Robert 4. Gilmore
San Francisco
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N. J
U. S
John M. Tightower
Western Pacific
Isle
Cripps
U.S
Reds
Ernest Rommel
Tobruk
Army Council
Royal Air Force
Tee
Sittang
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Jeff
Mr. Smith
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