New Pacific War Council Formed With Eight Nations
The White House announced the creation of an eight-nation Pacific war council with representation from Australia and New Zealand. Roosevelt said the United Nations must align policy for the Pacific effort, with London and Washington councils to coordinate actions and ensure teamwork. Attendees include Evatt, Nash, Louden, Wrong, Soong, and Lord Halifax for the first meeting this week.
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Washington
Australia
New Zealand
White House
Roosevelt
Canada
Great Britain
Netherlands
China
United States
United Nations
Bhan
London
Washington Council
London Council
Frst Council
Herbert V. Evatt
Walter Nash
Alexander Louden
Hume Wrong
Legation
T. V. Soong
Lord Balifax
County Salvage Committee Plans 110 Members
Sullivan county forms a salvage committee of about 110 people from 22 districts to collect scrap metal and paper for war plants. Arthur J. Doggett chairs. drive targets include used toothpaste and shaving cream tubes. Members urged farmers to salvage scrap while avoiding unusable implements.
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Bristol
Tera
Cour
Sullivan County
Ore
Jors
Arthur J. Doggett
Norman Suttles
Kingsport Boy Scout
E. B. Blankenbeeler
Kingsport Masonic Salvage Commiiistee
Tennessean On Casualty List
Pvt. Clarence A. Conant, son of Mrs. Anne Conant of Route 2 Oilvet Springs near Knoxville, was the sole Tennessean on the Pearl Harbor casualty list. The War Department added 87 more names, bringing total U.S. deaths to 926 and wounded to 3,396, with 273 recovered and returned to duty.
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Washington
Clarence A. Conant
Anne Conant
Oilvet Springs
Knoxville
Pearl Harboor
War Department
Department
Endred
Isham
Truce In Labor Debate Called By Congressmen
Washington and Sewanee reports describe Congress planning a two week cooling-off period with no major legislation on wartime labor law and related measures. Senate and House leaders aim to pause action while public opinion forms, as committees prepare routine appropriations and defense oversight hearings.
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Washington
House
Senate
Langer
R-Nd
Capitol
Senate Labor Committee
James A. Ulio
James J. McEntee
Civilian Conservation Corps
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
CCC
National Youth Administration
National Defense
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Thurman Arnold
Connally
D-Tex
Vinson
D-Ga
Naval Affairs Committee
Rep. Case
R-Sc
Flood And Allied Air Blows Cripple Japs In New Guinea
Japanese forces retreated 27 miles in New Guinea as floods from heavy rains inundate the Markham valley. American and Australian air strikes crippled cruiser strength while raids on Lae Salamaua and Finschhafen press Japan back. Port Moresby and Darwin endured raids as Gen. MacArthur plans next moves amid worsening weather and advancing Allied air superiority.
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New Guinea
Melbourne
Australa
Markham Valley
Japan
Lae
Salamaua
Finschhaven
Nadzab
Drakeford
Douglas McArthur
Port Moresby
John Curtin
Darwis
Lac
Markham
Indecisive battles rage across Europe and Libya
A chaotic war panorama spans western Europe and the Mediterranean, with Luftwaffe and RAF clashes, ship and convoy losses, and renewed Russian front actions. Reports cite a German destroyer sunk, a 10,000-ton transport hit, air raids on Lubeck and the Ruhr, and Soviet activity near Kharkov. Closer to home, Marjorie A. Charrin becomes Claremont town clerk, the first woman and youngest to hold the post.
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Adolf Hitler
Europe
Mediterranean
Arctic
Murmansk
Russia
Libya
Timimi-El Mechili
Claremont
N. H
Marjorie A. Charrin
Jap Losses High In Bataan Attack
After a heavy Japanese assault on the Bataan Peninsula fighters and fortresses guarding Manila Bay endured a lengthy weekend battle. The War Department said Japanese losses were heavy while American Filipino forces suffered lighter casualties and retook positions. Corregidor faced day and night air raids with strong anti aircraft fire keeping enemy planes at bay.
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Bataan
War Department
Manila Bay
Batasa
Washington
Philippines
Corregidor
Nisee Y Dando
Waintree
Wright
Department
United States
Douglas Macy Arthur
Batsan
Fort Mills
Fort Drum
Fort Frank
Negro Prisoner Held for Slaying Camp Mate
Gate City report says 21 year old Alfred Washington killed fellow inmate Walter Armstrong during a late night stabbing in a Scott County prison camp barracks. Armstrong, serving a larceny term, died from a severed jugular. Washington, held on a prior murder sentence, claims ongoing trouble with Armstrong. Indictment by April term expected. camp workers building the road between here and Wickelyling toward Russell County.
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Gate City
Walter Armstrong
Alfred Washington
Bagen Richmond
Commonwealth
Taat Armstrong
Richmond
Armstrong
Washington
Scott County
R. R. O'Meara
Wickelayilig
Russell County
Seals Drive Sees Strong Early Returns In Sullivan County
Officials at the Sullivan County office report the Easter Seal sale campaign has been highly successful and expect to reach the $2,000 goal. Full returns are anticipated sometime next week, said sale chairman L. J. Pepper.
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Sullivan County
Society For Crippled Children
L. J. Pepper
Bodies found after plant blast at Remington Arms plant
Seven bodies recovered after a massive explosion at the Remington Arms munitions plant in Bridgeport Connecticut. Only two victims identified, both women. 80 injured, 40 hospitalized. Officials blamed a nail hammering into cartridge primers. sabotage theory ruled out by company statement.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Company
Cial
Movement of Japs Frozen in West San Francisco
More than 100,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast were ordered to stay in place as the army halted further evacuation. The latest order forces residents to remain at their current communities until inland relocation can proceed.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court upholds picketing limits in Texas law
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 to uphold a Texas statute that restricts picketing to the industry area where a labor dispute arises. The ruling focuses on limiting protest activity to relevant workplace zones within labor disputes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Gulf
Caracas
Venezuela
Ministry of War and Marine
Gulf of Paria
Trinidad
Simple- way O'Hare tells how he fought many planes
Editor notes a task force in the southwest Pacific faced an attack by Japanese bombers on Feb 20. Lieutenant Edward H. O Hara of Pearl Harbor described single-handedly tackling nine twin engined bombers and damaging others, while carrier operations continued and his squadron leader John Thach vouched for his actions.
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U. S. Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Pearl Harbor
T. H—F
Edward H.baten
O'Here
Dhue
O'Hare
St. Louis
John & Thach
Fordyce
Ark
O'Hara
Thach
Bambers
Burma and India in the Burma War Front Report
Allied forces press the Burma drive with Chinese troops retaking villages near Toungoo and a western push toward Prome. Britain leans on India's wartime consent for postwar freedom as Japan sustains losses and contemplates an India strike. Allied counts claim over a thousand Japanese planes destroyed since Pearl Harbor.
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Japan
Australia
Burma
India
Britain
Toungoo
Lavere
Preme
A S. Drakeford
Approntices
Mandalay
Fos
Sittang
Prome
Paungde
Irrawaddy
Tokyo
Traffic deaths fall in February after long rise
Chicago America’s climbing traffic deaths were checked last month for the first time since July 1940. The National Safety Council reported February toll at 2,380, down 3 percent from 2,590 in February 1941, ending 18 months of continuous increase.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
Unclear debate on 40 hour week and French labor
The speaker notes a key point in the 40 hour week argument, comparing France where labor kept the limit to German wartime work. He questions how many hours the French now work for how much bread under German occupation.
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France
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