Manila Declares Open City To Spare Metro Area
Japanese air activity circled Manila as MacArthur proclaims the capital an open city to protect life and property. Quezon plans to govern from outside Manila while American troops tighten posture and fronts report continued pressure from Atimonan to Mauban with no new landings.
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Manila
Sayre
America
Manuel Quezon
MacArthur
Atimonan
Mauban
Lamon Bay
Aparri
Luzon
Tugue
Peace Terms Discussed in War Context
A report on peace terms notes that after the war, access to raw materials must be guaranteed for all nations to prevent endless wars. Senator McCarran of Nevada argues in favor of prioritizing American interests in any peace treaty, saying others will look after themselves.
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McCarran
Nevada
America
Churchill Addresses U S Senate On War Unity And Resolve
Britain and the United States vow unified wartime effort as Winston Churchill portrays Axis forces as vast and ruthless. He speaks before Congress, praising Allied resolve, detailing Africa fighting and the growing Atlantic supply lifeline, while stressing hard times ahead and the need for shared purpose.
Rites Planned for 4 Victims in Louisiana Slayings
West Monroe police hold Jack Ross and May Eller Morgans in the slayings of Alma Graves and a Smith negro while Ollie Beverly is jailed in a related case. Coroner Dr. J. T. French to appoint juries for inquests into Perkins and the two other deaths. Bodies moved to nearby funeral homes. accident victims from Choudrant identified. Sheriff Frazier notes head‑on crash between Dallas and Poe cars.
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Monroe
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Ollie Beverly
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J. T. French
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French
Choudrant
McClure
Ruston
Fasel
Dallas
Arnold
Parker
Crowville
Mulhearn
Winnsboro
Poe
Texas
Frazier
Mrs. Parker
Tax plan sketches half funded by borrowing
The article outlines projected outlays with about 17.0 billion dollars in next year’s taxes plus 4 to 5 billion in new levies, creating a half tax and half borrowing funding. It notes possible cuts of at least 1.5 billion in non defense spending and cites the joint economy committee led by Senator Byrd proposing multiple savings measures across agencies and programs. It also mentions potential defense spending growth reducing need for relief and the committee’s plan to later review defense costs for waste and inefficiency.
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Treasury
George
Joint Congressional Economy Committee
Byrd
Virginia
Civilian Conservation Corps
National Youth Administration
Farm Security Administration
Japanese urge to surrender. Singapore drive slows
A 15 minute Japan London exchange with Sir Mark Young led to their unconditional surrender. Lieutenant Colonel Tokuchi Tada said he would become a prisoner and ordered British forces to cease resistance. Reports say Japanese drive southward toward Singapore and Kuala Lipis slowed, with lighter British casualties than expected. Across the China sea, Sarawak coast guard and native rangers rallied against landings at Kuching, while Hongkong fell.
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Mark Young
Hongkong
Tokuchi Tada
Peninsula Hotel
Kowloon
Domei
Malayan
Singapore
Malaya
South China Sea
Kuching
Sarawak
North Borneo
Plans Made to Put Japs on Defensive
Canberra reports Prime Minister John Curtin announced a joint Allied effort with Britain and the United States to reverse Japan's offensive advantage. Curtin said he could not detail the plan but noted growing Allied reinforcements and expressed optimism about the turn of the war.
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Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Broadcasting Today
Britain
United States
Japan
Curtin
Fair Enough Critique of Union Power During War Strain
A political op-ed argues strikes must be allowed in peril, yet condemns union bosses and corruption. It contends labor, capital, and wages are tied to workers, warns against wartime enslavement by unions, and urges emancipation via laws targeting corrupt union leaders to free workers and aid national effort.
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Congress
Supreme Courts of
Mike Boyle
Chicago
Boyle
Hts
New York
More Vessels Sunk by Dutch Reported in War Update
A first page report details Dutch naval activity with ships sunk and a 6,000-ton freighter abandoned under foreign nationality. An air raid on a Dutch airdrome in outer possessions left only minor material damage and no casualties. An admiralty note says six more crew members were saved from a Dutch submarine that hit a mine and sank. initial reports claimed only the quartermaster survived.
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Admiralty
Yeasterday
Red Counter Drive Sweeps Through Unchecked Front
A wartime dispatch reports Hitler ordered actions and German defenses at a fortified town as the Red Army captured it after two days of street fighting. It notes praise for Italian and Slovak troops aiding the Donets river front and ongoing hard fighting in the Moscow sector.
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Hitler
Donets
Ukraine
Moscow
Berlin
Fuehrer
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