Furious U S Blows in Strait Battle Against Japanese Armada
United States fliers reported strong blows against a Japanese invasion armada trapped in the Macassar Strait north of Java. Dutch forces claimed major sinks and bombers damaged several ships as Allied forces pressed a broader campaign near Singapore and Malaya.
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Dutch East Indies
U. S
Macassay Strait
Java
War Department
U. S. Armembers
Japan
Macassar Strait
Goh
Archibald P. Wavell
United Nations Command
Dutch East Borneo
Celebes Island
N.E.I
Balik Papan
East Borneo
Balik’ Papan
Batavia
United States
Twn
Gneral Wavell
Singapore
Pacific
Kluang
Malaya
Sengrarang
Bat Pahat
Emmdhaven
Paka Sumatra
Malacca Strait
Kendari
Knox Pictures Navy as Engaged In Job of Fighting in All Seas
Secretary Frank Knox framed the U S Navy as in a gigantic assignment to fight in all oceans against a single total enemy. He spoke at a Chicago luncheon saying the war spans the Pacific Atlantic Russia China Malaya Libya as one war and stressed security and public information policies. He noted Japanese uncertainty about fleet movements and urged readiness for any action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Navy
Chicago
Frank Knox
United States Navy
Nana Oweneldacan
Lulall
WEA Uvels
Chicago Association of Commerce
Hitler
Pacific
Atlantic
Russia
China
Malaya
Libya
Red Army press on toward German lines in 1943 counter-offensive
Soviet dispatches report renewed advances on a 250 mile German defense belt northwest and southwest of Moscow with 79 towns recaptured. Red Star notes encirclements near Velikie Luki and Rzhev while Soviet claims of destroying German generals and blockading retreating forces accompany Allied air raids on Brest and Boulogne.
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Russia
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Velikie Luki
Vyazma
Bryansk
Erwin Rommel
Hitler
Mussolini
Crimea
Prat
Black Sea
Red Army
Red Star
Rzhev
Upper Volga
Dno-Velikie Luki
Orel
Soviet Information Bureau
United States
Churchill
Brest
Boulogne
Benefit for Red Cross at Lone Star Hall
Colyer Community club and Lone Star Ladies Missionary Society stage a Red Cross benefit show at Lone Star Hall on Saturday at 8 p.m. The Colyer group presents The Dutch Detective while the missionary society serves refreshments. Goff sisters provide music between acts. A 10 cent minimum free will offering collected at the door plus refreshment proceeds will go to the Red Cross.
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Colyer Community Club
Lone Star Ladies’, Missionary Society
Red Cross
Lone Star Hall
Misionary Society
Goff Sisters
Australians Fear Japanese Invasion Threat
Melbourne reports government circles doubt Japan will invade mainland Australia but warn that landings on outer barrier islands pose a direct threat. The Sydney Mirror criticizes Britain’s wartime record while praising Churchill for doing a magnificent job.
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Melbourne
Australia
Churchill
Commonwealth
Sydney Mirror
Britain
Brazil Breaks With Axis As Peru Ecuador Dispute Stalls
Brazil's government severs diplomatic and commercial ties with Germany Italy and Japan following a Pan American decision. Bolivian and Ecuadorian talks falter as mediation efforts continue and a border dispute looms over the upper Amazon region.
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Rio de Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Japan
Conference of American
la Paz
Bolivia
Fujitaro Irie
Peru
Ecuador
Oswaldo Aranha
Axis
United States
Sumner Welles
Julio Tobar Donoso
Alfredo Solf Y Muro
Petropolis
Oswaldo
Tobar Donoso
Birthday Ball Tickets Hit One Hundred Sold
Tom Parker announces about 100 tickets sold for the President's Birthday ball in downtown sales. Simon Hurwitz and A. G. Ransdell lead sales, teaming to move 28 tickets in one drive. Mrs. J. W. Stone heads the women's division with committee members listed. The event, Saturday night 9 to 12, at the Armory features Clayton Harbur and his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Parker
Simon Hurwitz
A. G
Slim) Ransdell
J. W. Stone
Emily Jane Lauter
W. T. Allen
Esther Leigh
C. J. Topping
Dora Rice
Armory
Clayton Harbur
Roosevelt OKs $100 Million Civilian Defense Fund
President Roosevelt approved an act creating a civilian defense fund of 100 million dollars. The fund enables OCD Director Fiorello H. La Guardia to arrange facilities services and supplies for civilian protection from bombing attacks sabotage or other war hazards.
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Civilian Defense Fund
Washington
Roosevelt
OCD
Fiorello H. la Guardia
Sub sighted off the Texas coast near Port Aransas
Navy patrol planes spotted a submarine about 15 miles from Port Aransas, with a second possible craft nearby. Commander Bernhard said the sub likely German and may have entered during the night to attack oil tankers. Smoke signals from the water were noted four miles south of the sighting as planes and ships policed the area.
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Port Aransas
Bernhard
Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Mustang Island
Port Arthur
Tex
Navy
R. R. Ferguson
Ferguson
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Gulf Coast
Gulf of Bays
Texas
Twelve Survivors From Torpedoed Tanker Saved
Twelve survivors and the body of at least one crew member from the torpedoed tanker Francis E Powell landed at Chincoteague and will be brought to Norfolk Virginia for further handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk, Va
Francis E. Powell
Chincotague
Nor
Hurley Nomination for New Zealand Post Submitted
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate the nomination of Patrick J. Hurley former secretary of war to be minister to New Zealand. Hurley already served in World War I and earned the Distinguished Service Medal. He had been seeking active duty as brigadier general before the diplomatic post.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
New Zealand
Senate
Roosevelt
Hurley
White House
France
Stephen Early
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Civilians and Livestock Ordered From Singapore Shore Strip
Civilians and livestock were ordered evacuated by noon Friday from a one mile deep strip along the northern shore of Singapore island facing the Malay Peninsula across the Johore Strait. The order came as fighting swayed about 50 miles away and Singapore endured another bombing by 27 Japanese aircraft. The front held firm for the moment according to the night communique.
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Singapore
Johore Strait
Malacca Strait
Rengit
Senggaran
Sinapore
Price Fixing Near Washington Sets Stage for Rationing
The war production board empowers Acting Price Administrator Leon Henderson to ration retail commodities as Congress sends a strengthened price control bill to Roosevelt. Officials say rationing seems inevitable though immediate orders may wait on the new law.
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Washington
War Production Board
Leon Henderson
Senate
Roosevelt
Henderson
Price Administration
America
WPB
OPA
Yankee fliers score air victory east of Rangoon
Yankee volunteer pilots in Rangoon Burma engage in a daylight dogfight destroying six Japanese fighters. Official word says a disrupted formation of 37 probably lost six more and damaged nine others amid the exchange.
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Yankee
Rangoon
Burma
Cour
Lyle S. Powell
Red Cross
Powell
Kansas
Civilian Air Patrol
Deal Six
Douglas county men sign up for draft at Armory in Lawrence
Douglas county men must register February 16 at the Armory in Lawrence. Bruce Cameron, chairman of the selective service board, says all registrants should come to one place for efficiency. Registration runs 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.. limited Saturday and Sunday sessions for travelers.
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Douglas County
Selective Service
Armory
Lawrence
Bruce Cameron
Selective Service Board
Cameron
The
United States
Draft Board
Draft Boards
Journal-World Photo
Neal. M. Wherry
John E. Bowers
Night School Public Speaking Class in Lawrence
A new public speaking and human relations class is organized at the Lawrence evening school. Enrollment opens Thursday. The class meets each Thursday from 7:30 to 9:00, with progress noted by Ralph Graber, director.
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Lawrence Evening School
Ralph Graber
Graber
Stock Market Index Edges Down Slightly
The average of 60 stocks closed at 38.0 yesterday, a small dip from 38.1. The report notes modest movement amid mixed trading and no major shifts in leadership sectors.
Germans Charged With Dumping War Spoils In U S Markets
New York January 28 UP The German high command and agents in New York were indicted for dumping plundered loot in U S markets to fund propaganda in the Americas. The conspiracy names a New York corporation its president and three others. Diamonds seized in Belgium and the Netherlands figure in the scheme with about 100000 dollars of diamonds and 50000 dollars traced to Pioneer Import Corporation.
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New York
High Command
New York City
United States
North
South America
New York Corporation
Belgium
Netherlands
U. S
Bruno Lachner
Treasury Department
Germany
Pioneer Import Corporation
Rival bids roil Kansas Republican governor race chatter
Visitors in Topeka watch two leading names Lieut. Gov. Carl E Friend of Fay Seaton emerge as top contenders for the 1942 GOP nomination. Seaton from Manhattan and Friend, a Lawrence lumberman, draw growing support while backers clash gently and party leaders weigh the prospects.
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Topeka
Carl E
Fay N. Seaton
Lawrence Lumberman
Seaton
Manhattan
Kansas Social Welfare Board
Lawrence
Friend
T. E. Chandler
Riley County Republican Club
Chandler
Robert C. Rankin
Harold K. Snider
Henry S. Buzick, Jr
Sylvan Grove
Stockman
Thale P. Skovgard
Greenleaf Farmer
E. A. Briles
Stafford
Jeff A. Robertson
Kansas City
Dwight Green
Illinois
Kansas Day
Hilk Blackett
Chicago
County War Role Reports Heard By Douglas Civilian Defense Council
Douglas county Civilian Defense Council met at the courthouse to review progress and war measures with Civilian Defense Director Mrs. W C Nelson. Attendees discussed farming pledges, scrap iron, fire prevention, water safety, first aid and nursing classes, victory gardens, farm machinery care, and rural registration.
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Douglas County
Nelson
Lou Griffith
Frank Gray
Re Cross
George Humphreys
American Sion
Turner Succeeds Brigman as Salvation Army Head in Lawrence
Capt. Hugh Turner of Coffeyville will succeed Capt. Olin Brigman as head of the Lawrence Salvation Army post. Brigman, in charge since March 1938, leaves for Emporia next Wednesday while Turner arrives the same day. Brigman will conduct a farewell service Sunday at 7 45 p m.
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Hugh Turner
Coffeyville
Olin Brigman
Lawrence
Salvation Army
Brigman
Emporia
Turner
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Texas Coast
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Alva Bernhard
Naval Air
Strip
Friend VS
Civilian Defense Council
Arthur Lawrence
Emil Larson
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