Japan’s Vulnerable Position in Pacific and Indian Ocean
The piece argues Japan can’t sustain global reach. It notes Japan already battles China and Burma, may lack forces for an Indian Ocean push, and risks exposing its rear to the United Nations if overextended. It connects supply lines via Malacca and Capetown with U S and British pressure through naval operations.
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London
Japan
India
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Hitler
Russia
United States
Britain
United Nations
Burma
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Sumatra
Borneo
Celebes
Java
Batan
Phillippines
Australia
Singapore
Strait of Malacca
Capetown
Suez
Persian Gulf
Vichy
Middle East
Western Pacific
New Zealand
Pacific
United States Navy
Mashall
Gilbert Islands
Nazi transfer orders move 400000 Russians to southern Ukraine
Berne reports Germany orders 406,000 Russian farm workers moved from northern to southern Ukraine as part of a 1942 food production program. The plan includes resettlement of White Russia with farmers from occupied Denmark and Holland. In Melbourne, wounded Australians reaching Batavia disclose Australian nurses stayed in Singapore to nurse 4,000 wounded empire soldiers.
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Ukraine
Berne
Germany
Russia
Denmark
Holland
Melbourne
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Singapore
Aid To China May Use Marco Polo Road For Supplies
American observer Harrison Forman reports China may use the Marco Polo road to transport aid if the Burma road is severed. The route runs from Mongolia to Tibet and Turkestan, linking Iran and Iraq via rail through Russia to Chungking, with motor caravans already using it.
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Mongolia
Tibet
Turkestan
Soviet
Russia
China
Burma
Harrison Forman
Chungking
Iran
Iraq
South Atlantic
Africa
Thugh
Siberia
Lanchow
Kansu
Sinkiang
Loss of Tankers Signals Worsening Gasoline Shortage
Munitions Minister Howe told The Canadian Press that Canada's gasoline shortage is growing more acute as tanker losses rise. He noted sinking US tankers in the Gulf of Venezuela would not directly affect Canadian supply while warning rationing coupons may remain five gallons each when the plan begins April 1, with possible adjustments if conditions change.
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Ottawa
Canada
Howe
United States
Gulf of Venezuela
Vansittart Calls Postwar German Disarmament Mandatory
Lord Vansittart told the Never Again Association that after the war all Germans must be disarmed for at least a generation and reeducated. He warned against indulgence toward Germans and urged occupation, destruction of the German Army, and strict controls on German arms firms to ensure lasting peace.
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London
Lord Vansittart
Germany
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hitler names Richard Bohrmann third in line of succession
A New York Times despatch from Berne reports Hitler appointed Richard Bohrmann as No. 3 in the Nazi line of succession after Rudolf Hess. Bohrmann, noted as a violent anti Catholic Nazi, would follow Marshal Goering if anything happens.
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New York
New York Times
Berne
Switzerland
Hitler
Richard Bohrmann
Rudolf Hess
Marshal Goering
Bohrmann
Tea supplies assured for home consumption in Canada
Toronto's tea controller T. K. Wade says there is plenty of tea for home consumption and in sight. Shipments continue from Ceylon with no expectation of transportation curtailment soon.
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Toronto
T. K. Wade
Canada
Ceylon
Greece Starvation Forecast From Nazi Occupation
J Wes Gallagher reports from London on Greece under Nazi control where the population faces extreme hardship. He says natives rationed to dig for roots as authorities warn of at least two million deaths from starvation in the coming year.
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New York
J. Wes Gallager
Associated Press
London
Gallagher
Greece
Athens
German Ship Spreewald Torpedoed by Axis U Boat
The admiralty announced the German steamship Spreewald of 5083 tons was sunk by an Axis U-boat. An SOS relay on January 31 claimed a British ship was involved, then corrected with urgency to reveal the true stricken vessel. Patrols searched the area. no survivors details were provided.
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Erman
London
Admiralty
Azores
Pictou yard to build four 4,700 ton ships by 1942 end
Wartime plans call for ten more freighters in 1943. Pictou Foundry and Machine Company has laid berths and built a plate shop as it expands to produce ships for Wartime Merchant Shipping. Keels for three vessels will be laid soon with rest starting later. Steel arrives from central Canada until local plate mill can supply. A marine railway up to 2000 tons is to operate by July. The yard is planned as a permanent facility after the war.
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Empire Sea
Merchant Shipbuilding, Limited
Pictou Foundry and Machine Company, Limited
Canada
Col. Montgomery
Sydney
Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation
Men Of Canadian Infantry Division Train In England
Canadian infantry officers and NCOs, part of a division being converted to armor, will train in England. They will attach to the Canadian armored formations overseas, spend weeks with the tank brigade in southern England, visit British armored units and tank gunnery schools, and then return home to accelerate armor training in Canada.
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England
Armored
Canada
Lieut. Buchan Engaged to Miss Hope Gilmour in London
Announcement from London reports Miss Hope Gilmour, Ottawa daughter of the late David Gilmour and Mrs. Gilmour, to marry Lieut. Alastair Francis Buchan, youngest son of the late Lord Tweedsmuir. Buchan, adjutant of the 5th Canadian Reconnaissance Battalion, met his fiancée in Paris two years ago. Gilmour has served with the Women's Transport Service and, in Britain, with the Polish army as an ambulance driver.
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London
Eng
Hope Gilmour
Alastair Francis Buchan
David Gilmour
Gilmour
Ottawa
Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
Lady Tweedsmuir
Lieut
Sth
Canadian Reconnaissance Battalion
Paris
Miss Gilmour
Canadian Bomb Plant Largest Of Its Kind In World
Montreal officials describe a new Quebec munitions plant as probably the largest of its type in the British empire or world. Brunning cites rapid production goals: 200,000 shells monthly, 3,000,000 artillery cartridge cases monthly, and over 25,000,000 fuses and related equipment. About 18,000 workers are in filling plants with 10,000 women. total capacity could reach 27,000 workers. 34 chemical and explosive projects cost 120 million dollars.
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Montreal
Quebec
E. J. Brunning
Department of Munitions
British Empire
Bruning
Canada
Ammunitio
Death of Frank J Packard Author of Jimmie Dale Series
Frank Lucius Packard aged 65 died at his home in Lachine after a brief illness. The Montreal born author, famed for the Jimmie Dale amateur detective stories, had retired from writing and was educated at McGill graduating in 1907. He also studied at LiInstitut Montefiore and worked in engineering in the United States before turning to magazines in 1906.
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Frank J. Packard
Jimmie Dale
Montreal
Frank Lucius Packard
Lachine
Mr. Packard
McGill University
Liinstitut
Montefiore
Uiversity of
Liege
Belgia
United States
Japanese Losses Reported in Singapore Battle by Escaped Fliers
Three Australian airmen who fled to Java claim Japanese pilots in the Singapore siege numbered at least 200 dead. They say Japanese forces, holding Kelang, repaired planes in a garage and pressed toward Java through intense anti aircraft fire. Royal Navy and RAF claim 148000 tons of Axis shipping sunk on Libya supply routes in three months to Jan 31, 1942 per A V Alexander.
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Singapore
Batavia
Nei
Aneta
Java
Kelang
London
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Libya
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
BBC
Ban on Public Gatherings in Riga Area
Deutsche Zeitung Ostland reports German authorities in former Latvia ban all gatherings and assemblies in the Riga region to combat typhus spread. The order restricts public events and crowds to curb disease.
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Berne
Deutsche Zeitung
Ostland
Latvia
Riga
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F. F. Worthington
Defence Headquarters
Nova Scotia
WIN
Lieut. Buchan
Ope
Karsh
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