Navy plans to train 30000 pilots a year in war effort
The Navy announced a plan to turn out 30,000 pilots annually in a major aviation training drive. Four large universities will be leased to serve as Navy air schools, forming an Annapolis of the air, with campuses in four regions. Operations aimed by May 1, cadet flow of over 2,500 a month, and a three month toughening program will precede service.
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Washington
Navy Department
Naval
Annapolis
Midwest
Navy
Knox
Wickard warns of strong curbs on farm prices
Secretary Wickard told the Senate agriculture committee the administration could use its power to buy and sell commodities to keep farm prices from soaring. He suggested government surplus stocks might be released to prevent prices reaching ceilings, drawing anger from some senators over perceived shifts in price control strategy.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Senate Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Smith
South Colina
Newal
Thomas
Oklah Sota
MacArthur reports prisoners taken as fighting continues
General MacArthur said while his forces held the line against Japanese attacks in the Bataan peninsula area they also captured prisoners after a 48 hour hull. He noted sporadic fighting and increased enemy air activity as attempts to infiltrate defenses were rebuffed. He warned of prior Japanese violations of the Geneva Conventions and discussed concerns over treatment of American prisoners.
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Washington
MacArthur
Jts
Batan Peninsula
War Department
Convict Shot While Attempting Escape at Angola
Ray Seter, 31, serving four years for breaking and entering, was shot and killed during an escape attempt at Camp Bo, Angola. A coroner's jury found the guard justified in shooting to prevent the escape. Seter, a life prisoner with prior time served, had been sentenced in LaSalle parish in 1940 and was near completing his term.
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Angola
Ray Seter
State Penitentiary
D. D. Bazer
Sam Jones
Camp Bo
Seter
Bazer
Navy bill gains approval with ship transfer limits
Senate appropriations committee approves a record 26.495 billion naval supply bill and restricts presidential power to transfer or lease U S warships to other nations. Senator Overton says the lease request is too broad while Senator Norris opposes leasing and favors patrols with Latin American forces.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Overton
Louisiana
Budget Bureau
Norris
Nebraska
United States
Pilot and observer missing after Gulf search
A pilot Lieutenant Arthur F. Davies of Savannah Georgia and army observer Lieutenant Walter F. Gardner of Albany New York were missing after an army plane reportedly crashed during a routine Gulf patrol south of the Mississippi coast. Rescue craft and planes scoured the gulf while Gardner's wife spoke of his duty and prior steel industry service.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Mississippi
Arthur F. Davies
Savannah
Gapitot
Walter F. Gardner
Albany
N. Y
N.Y
Massixsinor Gulf
Walt
Mary Faulkner Gardner
Gardner
Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
Watervliet
Japs Strike at Best of East Indies
A furious battle raged on land sea and air as Japanese forces attacked Amboina the Dutch held stronghold in the East Indies strategic bastion. Dutch demolitions raced to deny the invaders vital points while ships bombarded the port and the island’s defenses burned. The action threatens wider access to Java and northern Australia as the UN forces try to hold the line.
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Batavia
Amboina
East Indies
United Nations
Java
Australia
Molucca
Molucca Passage
Banda Sea
Celebes
New Guinea
Port Darwin
Predicts Gains by Republicans in Senate and House
Senator Austin of Vermont, Republican assistant minority leader, said Republicans may gain 11 senate seats in the November elections and challenge a House majority, asserting a bid for every possible seat despite the war. He noted current GOP hold is 29 of 96 seats and warned Southern Democrats are strong.
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Washington
Austin
Vermont
Senate
House
Congress
Chamber
South
LSU Professor Takes Embassy Job
Baton Rouge January report states Dr. T. Sven Smith of LSU sociology will serve as a rural sociologist attached to the American embassy in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. He receives a one year leave of absence and will relocate with his family when state department instructions arrive.
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Baton Rouge
T. Sven Smith
Heart of Lousiana State University
Department of Sociolog
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Smith
State Department
Red Army Push 115 Miles Past Taganrog in Ukraine
The Red Army reportedly breached German lines, driving 115 miles beyond Taganrog toward Berestovaya, threatening a flank on the Sea of Azov. Red Star cites aims to disrupt Nazi divisions retreating from Rostov as Berlin reports heavy Soviet losses amid Italian, Romanian, and Slovak support.
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Associated Press
Ukraine
Taganrog
Red Star
Berestovaya
Sea of Azov
Meliopol
Mariupol
Rostov
Berlin
Red Army
U Boatmen Bum Shooters in Virginia Coast Sighting
Survivors of the tanker Rochester report the attacking German submarine fired 13 shells after torpedoing the ship off the Virginia coast. Three crewmen were killed. Eyewitnesses differed on the sub’s size but agreed it was not large, while the vessel surfaced and warned to clear the line of fire. Continued on Fifth Page.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Socony- Vacuum Company
L. J. Davidson
Little Falls
N. J
Charles McDonald
Wichita
Kas
A. L. Clark
Tot Walks After Seeing President
New York reported that four year old Gerry King, previously paralyzed, walked a few steps in his home kitchen after returning from a luncheon with President Roosevelt at the White House. His mother said the feat mirrored his White House debut where he also stood and walked briefly, shedding crutches he had used for years.
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Gerry King
New York
Hell's Kitchen
President Roosevelt
White House
Pauline King
Gerry
Roosevelt
Liberator crew report routine coastal patrol engagement
A British Liberator bomber crew describes a 15 hour Bay of Biscay patrol during which they shot down a Heinkel seaplane, strafed a surfaced German submarine, and attacked a German warship. The pilot says the mission was routine despite the ordeals.
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San Diego
Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Bay of Biscay
Pacific Crisis Deepens for United Nations in Pacific Front
The piece frames the Pacific as a grave front for the Allies, likening it to the 1940 crisis in Europe. It notes Britain's endurance under Churchill, the threat to Singapore and Dutch colonies, and the unresolved questions about Japanese expansion and American coordination, highlighting England's resilience and the drive toward eventual victory.
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United Nations-Axis
Pacific
England
France
Isle
Hitler
Russia
Dan
Singapore
Far Pacific
Churchill
Britain
Empire Pacific
Girl Drowns After Water Drinking Contest in Newark
In Newark New Jersey twelve year old Margaret Boylan died in her mother’s arms after drinking about five quarts of water in a kitchen contest with siblings Philip and Kathleen. Essex County medical examiner Harrison Martland termed the death internal drowning noting Philip had a brief heart palpitation but Kathleen was unaffected.
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Newark
N. J
Margaret Boylan
Harrison Martland
Essex County
Thomas J. Birmingham
Margaret
Philip
Kathleen
Cottage Street
Birmingham
Ds. Martland
Welles Reports Greatest Unity After Pan American Conference
Sumner Welles says a Pan American war conference achieved the greatest unity among nations. He led 30 diplomats on a 33 hour flight from Rio to Miami then to Washington, describing the flight and meals aboard the daytime Pan American chopper as a record aviation feat.
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Miami
Fla
Sumner Welles
Germany
Italy
Japan
Welles
Rio
Washington
Pan- Aerican
Girl Found On Bridge Rail After Family Trouble In Louisiana
State police found a 15 year old girl perched on a high bridge rail over the Mississippi river before dawn. She said she left home two weeks earlier after family trouble and had worked as a barroom hostess to think things over.
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Baton Rouge
Mississippi River
Chinese chase Japanese troops after five day battle near Canton
Chinese communique says Japanese retreat toward Canton after a five day clash east of the city ends in a Chinese victory. Waichow port could aid the drive to liberate Canton and possibly Hongkong. To the north Japanese assaults near Nanchang face Chinese resistance as General Chiang Kai-Shek's forces hold.
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Chungking
Canton
Waicnow
Hongkong
Waichow
Kiangsi
Nanchang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Commander Cope Receives Navy Cross for Heroism
New Orleans January 31 Navy Cross awarded to Commander Harley F. Cope U S N former New Orleans resident for extraordinary heroism in handling the torpedoed tanker Salinas and bringing it to port after sustaining severe damages in an October 30 1941 engagement with an enemy submarine Vice Admiral Royal E Ingersoll presented the award Cope a Dallas native has served on battleships submarines and coached service football teams with notable wins at New London Connecticut in 1923 and Hawaii in 1926 and 1928
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New Orleans
GP Fighth Naval District
Harley F. Cace
U.S. N
Salinas
Royal E. Ingersoll
United States Atlantic Fleet
U. S. S. Salinas
Dallas
Tex
Cope
New London
Hawaii
Evacuation of Moulmein and Malaya Crisis Deepens
British forces withdraw to Singapore as Malay defense collapses under Japanese advance. General Percival proclaims readiness to hold fortress island and weed out threats while awaiting reinforcements. Australians, Highlanders, Sikhs, Gurkhas, and Malayan units complete last retreat across Johore Strait under navy and air support.
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Singapore
Malaya
A. E. Percival
Far East
Johore Strait
Auto tax stamp deadline shifts to Monday
Washington reports that federal motor vehicle use tax stamps can be driven without penalty on Monday if no stamp is on the car, since taxes due February 1 fall on Sunday. Stamps sold through February and March at rising prices, with penalties for noncompliance and for missing display.
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Washington
Treasury
Manship Family Wedding in Baton Rouge
Lucie Jane French daughter of Mrs Aaron French of Springfield New Jersey wed Douglas Lewis Manship younger son of Mr and Mrs Charles Phelps Manship in a double ring ceremony at the Manship home. Rev Philip Werlein officiated and both families have ties to journalism with Manship serving as publisher of the State Times and Morning Advocate and president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association.
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Baton Rouge
Lucie-Jane French
Aaron French
Springfield
Douglas Lewis Manship
Charles Phelps Manship
Manship
Philip P. Werlein
St. James Episcopal Church
Louisianatate University
The
State Times and
Morning Advocate
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
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