Reuther plan dismissed as political fake in war prep
Detroit Feb 10 The so called Reuther plan for motor industry reorganization during wartime prep was a fraudulent political scheme. It would place UAWCAO in management with a third government authority, risking government hostility to private ownership and inviting mob influence and chaos.
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Detroit
Reuther
United Auto Workers of the
Roosevelt
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Michigan
Victor
Kchigan
Ice Murphy
Walter Reuther
Russia
Mayors Race Sees Only Two Candidates Qualified
A Democratic executive committee report from West Monroe shows only two mayoral candidates qualified by Tuesday: C. C. Bell, former mayor, and D. C. Monk Golson. Hawkins qualified for alderman with John McCormick the sole qualified member on the committee. The bid deadline is midnight Tuesday with a primary set for April 7.
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Democratic Executive Committee
West Monroe
C. C. Bell
Ayor
D. C
Jr. Myor
Monk Golson
Marlin Hattany
Lee Hawkins
S. D. Kennedy
A. McDonald
F. Cotham
Fred M. Grant
Ames McCormick
US Consulate in Singapore Closes
Singapore Feb 10 United States Consul General Kenneth S Patton closed the American consulate yesterday and turned American interests over to Swiss authorities. Consul Harold D Robinson and Vice-Consul Charles O Thompson remain to arrange transport from the embattled island.
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Singapore
United Sates
Kenneth S.tton
Esterday
Patton
Harold D. Robinson
Charles O. Thompson
10 Week Drive Against Enemy Presses Ahead
Allied war dispatches report Soviet forces have liberated 80 cities and over 4,800 towns in ten weeks while claiming German losses in Sevastopol. Red armies push in the Donets basin and toward Smolensk as Leningrad front reports heavy attacks. British patrols remain active from Tripoli to El Mechili with limited change on land. German high command says Nazi bombers hit a protected British convoy off the Egyptian coast.
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Associated Press
Russia
Crimean
Sevastopol
Red
Donets River
Ukraine
Smolensk
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Tmimi
el Mechili
Tobruk
Egyptian
China’s Chiang Kai-Shek Visits India for Allied Synergy
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek arrives in New Delhi amid talks with Indian officials. Lord Linlithgow calls the meeting a seal on China India unity, signaling joint resistance to Japan and potential Burma India supply routes.
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New Delhi
India
United Nations
China
China War
Lord Linlithgow
Japan
United Nations’ High Command
Chiang
Burma
Rangoon
Thailand
New Orleans Audit Finds Payroll Rise and Administrative Gaps
Ernst and Ernst reported 41 percent city payroll growth before 1940 elect ion and found lax enforcement of regulations and weak administration. Mayor Maestri pledged audit recommendations include a certified budget director and a permanent merit based purchasing agent. The report also urges a trained executive assistant and cautions about temporary hires and 65 LSU scholarships granted in 1939 40.
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New Orleans
Ernst and Ernst
Commission Council
Robert S. Maestri
Maestri
Louisiana State University
Americans Down Eight Jap Planes in Philippines Fight
In the Philippines, American forces report seven enemy planes shot down in the last 24 hours as ground fighting continues amid heavy odds. The Royal T Frank freighter was sunk in Hawaiian waters January 28 with 29 missing and 33 survivors. In the Netherlands Indies a small American fighter flight downed one bomber and no planes were lost.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Royal T
Philippine Theater
MacArthur
Bataan
Lingayen Gulf
Cavite
Hawaii
Hawaiian Department
United States Army
Hawaiian
Netherlands Indies
Neutrality Act repeal urged by Senator Clark
Senator Clark of Missouri urged complete repeal of the neutrality act as an alternative to Roosevelt's plan to suspend a section prohibiting financial transactions with belligerents. Clark, longtime supporter of the act, said he would rather see the law wiped off the books than altered piecemeal. President Roosevelt asked Congress to suspend section 7 to allow essential financial dealings during the war.
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Washington
Clark
Missouri
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U S Air Route to Ireland Approved for Temporary Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board issued a temporary certificate for American Export Airlines to fly New York to Foynes with stops at Bermuda Horta the Azores and Lisbon for refueling only The action received approval from President Roosevelt and the board cited urgent wartime needs for expanded European air service including direct links to the Irish Free State.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York
Foyneés
Ireland
American Export Airlines, Inc
Bermuda
Horta
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Roosevelt
Europe
Irish Free State
British Isles
Germans Plot Mighty Front to Straddle Eurasia
Swiss dispatches report German forces massing for a spring offensive aimed from central Russia toward the Caucasus, Egypt, and Iraq with possible Turkish transit rights and Bulgarian aid. Observers say Rommel may have started a Libyan advance as part of a broader axis plan involving Asia.
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Bern
Switzerland
Russia
Mediterranean
Caucasus
Egypt
Iraq
Suez Canal
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Balkans
Axis
Red Army
Ukraine
Crimea
Donets
Iran
Black Sea
Asia
Japan
Balkan
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Rome
Jacques Doriot
Deferment Plan for Farm Youths Proposed by Senators
Senators Norris and Nye urged a national policy to defer essential farm labor from military service, warning shortages threaten food supply. They argued draft boards should follow general rules to keep farm workers on the land, noting current memoranda guide boards but lack a fixed policy. Continued on Third Page.
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Washington
Norris
Independent
Nebraska
Nye
Republican
North Dakota
Lewis B. Hershey
Destruction at Macassar Straits by U S Destroyers
BATAVIA N E 1 Feb 10 A group of United States destroyers delivered a main set back to a Japanese naval and troop expedition in the Macassar straits during the January 23 26 running battle. The action saw four American destroyers engage a Japanese cruiser sighted south of the Borneo coast and break through a protecting line of three and then two additional destroyers. The destroyers charged full steam into the line sank guns and forced the Japanese to chase northward leaving transports exposed.
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United States
Macassar Straits
Straits of Macassar
Borneo
Removal of Tonsils May Cause Polio
Memphis report: Dr. Philip M. Stimson of Cornell warns during the Midsouth Post Graduate Medical assembly that tonsil and adenoid operations may trigger severe poliomyelitis during epidemics. He urges avoiding throat surgery, keeping the head dry, avoiding chilling, and treating any illness as potential poliomyelitis with prolonged bed rest.
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Memphis
Tenn
Philip M. Stimson
Cornell University
Stimson
University
Medical College
Six Germans and an Italian held as dangerous aliens
Six German waiters and an Italian baker at White Sulphur Springs were arrested in Huntington as dangerous enemy aliens. They were to be turned over to immigration authorities in Cincinnati. White Sulphur Springs had hosted about 510 German and Italian diplomats and newspapermen with families after the war began.
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Huntington
W. Va
White Sulphur Springs
R. J. Untreiner
Huntington F. B. I
Untreiner
Cincinnati
Five Alarm Fire Destroys Dallas State Fair Park Building
A massive blaze at State Fair Park in Dallas damaged the gigantic automobile building housing a roller skating rink and basketball court. One fireman was hospitalized, several others treated for smoke exposure as roof and a wall collapsed. losses likely reach hundreds of thousands with insurance coverage noted.
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Dallas
Tex
State Fair Park
Roy Rupard
State Fair Association
Fair Park
American reinforcements land at way stations along route
Boston reports via Christian Science Monitor correspondent Joseph C. Harsch that U S forces landed at Wellington New Zealand as the vanguard of Admiral Herbert F Leary s allied force in the Anzac area He described American reinforcements landing at way stations along the 4000 mile route from Pearl Harbor to Wellington and praised the morale and efficiency of the sailors aboard ship and ashore
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Boston
Wellington
New Zealand
Christian Science Monitor
Joseph C. Harsch
Pearl Harbor
Harsch
Herbert F. Leary
Leary
Anzac
Monitor
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
mid-Pacific
Tropic Islands
Hawaii
Wellington Harbor
America
Far Pacific
Japan
Sumup
Far East
Tropic
Robert Louis Stevenson
Confidence Vote by Lords Narrowly Squeaks By
London Feb 10 The government escaped a defeat in the House of Lords by a margin of three votes The motion by Baron Gaindard to disapprove any increase in the hours of employment for under 16s under the December 23 1941 emergency order failed 20 to 17 with Baron Wolmer calling it a censure on the ministry of labor national service and unions involved.
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London
House of Lords
Commons
Baron Gaindard
Lords
Baron Wolmer
Ministry of Labor
National Service and Trade Unions
Japanese Masses Overwhelm Singapore Island Forces
Japanese troopers swarm Singapore Island as British defenders withdraw toward the fortified city. Aerial blasts and smoke engulf key battle sites while reports say Japanese infiltration reached Singapore city and possibly the radio station.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Singapore Island
Britain
Far Pacific
London
Singapore
Japan
Normandie Fire Sinks After Burning in Hudson River
The renowned liner Normandie listing on its side in 40 feet of water sank in the Hudson after a three hour blaze. Two hundred twenty crew and workers injured. welder Frank Trentacosa died from a skull fracture sustained jumping to the pier. The Navy plans a later decision on salvage as fireboats battle remaining flames.
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Normandie
Hudson River
Navy
Third Naval District
Manhattan
Frank Trentacosa
United States Naval Auxiliary
Lafayette
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Martin
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