Prophecy of a Detroit magnate in national life and politics
Westbrook Pegler argues a despised industrial leader or major businessman will gain civic and political standing from Congress and the public. He recalls postwar bitterness toward big business and asserts patriotic industrialists will leverage wartime production to rehabilitate their reputation and influence.
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Detroit
Washington
Congress
Joe Lash
Fountain of Youth
Young America
Dean Landis
Harry Hopkins
Union Square
Corn Field
State Survey of Education Is Completed
Baton Rouge La February 13 All field work on a major Louisiana education survey has finished The results will inform recommendations to the legislature Governor Sam Jones the state department of education and other officials The project involves broad citizen and teacher participation a large staff and cooperative studies of economic resources health and educational practices.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Carleton Washburne
Sam Jones
State Department of Education
Washburne
Winnetka
Lil
Progressive Education Association
Louisiana State University
Selective Service Third Registration Schedule
All men aged 20 to 24 must register in the third Selective Service registration set for Saturday Sunday and Monday. Registration is compulsory and not for civilian defense. Eligible residents born February 17, 1897 to December 31, 1921 must register at any point between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on those days.
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News-Star
World
Russians penetrate White Russia as Nazis face north flank
Soviet front reports ski troops crossed into White Russia from the Valdai region near Moscow and reached Toropets amid a push toward Smolensk. In the Atlantic, RAF bombers target three major German warships sheltering off Brest as Britain seeks to block the Kriegsmarine escape route through the Dover Strait. German high command claims heavy air battles with ships sunk.
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Associated Press
Russia
White Russia
Old Poland
Germany
Brest
France
Valdai
Moscow
Toropets
Smolensk
Dnieper
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
England
Strait
Dover
London
Helgoland Bight
North Sea
Channel
Evening Standard
Helgoland
Britain
Red Fleet
Michigan Act Upsets Time Across the State
Michigan legislature moves to place the entire state in the central time zone. The bill requires clocks to be set back one hour on Monday at 2 a.m. Governor Van Wagoner is expected to sign, ending a 1931 split where the east used eastern time and the west central time. The change aims to fix the 23 hour and 25 hour days caused by wartime time shifts.
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Detroit
Michigan
Murray D. van Wagoner
United States
Pagel Pleads Guilty in Espionage Case
Hans Helmut Pagel, 20, one of seven charged with conspiring to violate the espionage act, changed his plea in federal court and admitted guilt. Five men and a woman remain under indictment in a case the government says Kurt Frederick Ludwig led, involving high German officials.
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New York
Hans Helmut Pagel
Pagel
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Laura Ingalls Nazi agent case goes to jury
The Laura Ingalls trial, charged with acting as an unregistered Nazi agent by posing as a Nazi sympathizer to learn German secrets, goes to the jury after four days of testimony.
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Washington
Laura Ingalls
Mata Hari
United States Pacific Fleet Attacks Marshal Gilbert Islands
Navy officials report on the February 1 raid across the Marshal and Gilbert islands detailing the destruction of four air bases, 16 ships sunk, two modern military villages wiped out, and the loss of at least 38 planes. The operation aimed to clear Japanese forces from the central Pacific route to Australia.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States Pacific Fleet
Marshal and
Gilbert Islands
mid-Pacific
Hawaii
Australia
United States
Navy
Navy to Award Daring Raids on Marshall and Gilbert Islands
The Navy announced rewards for officers and men who led raids on Marshall and Gilbert island bases January 21 harming Japanese vessels and planes. Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. received the distinguished service medal for planning and executing the attacks. Commander Miles R. Browning was recommended for promotion to captain. Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher, from Marshalltown Iowa, led a raid unit. Further recognition was said to follow after all recommendations are reviewed.
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Washington
Navy
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
William F. Halsey, Jr
Miles R. Browning
Halsey
Frank J. Fletcher
Marshalltown
Iowa
la Plata
Fletcher
Norris seeks to end war frills and pension voting
Sen Norris Independent Nebraska urged immediate senate action to remove civilian defense frills and repeal congressional pension legislation. He argued these moves damage public faith in government amid wartime air raid preparations and broader national unity concerns.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Congress
House
Office For
Navy Dead From Pacific Raid Rest in Arlington Cemetery
U S Pacific fleet casualties from the Marshall and Gilbert Island raid are laid to rest in a navy cemetery. Hundreds gather for farewell rites aboard a ship and ashore as Admiral Nimitz attends. Separate services honor the diverse faiths of the fallen. No official death toll released yet.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Chester Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Endurance fliers Fred and Al Key aid Java region effort
A couple of long distance fliers, Fred and Al Key, famed for a 27 day airborne record over Meridian Mississippi in 1935, are now turning their attention to the Java region against Japan.
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Montgomery
Ala
Fred
al Key
Meridian
Miss
Java
Nazis Get Chance To Unite Mighty Fleet In Atlantic
England reels as three German warships escape Brest and slip through Dover to Heligoland bases, raising fears of a united North Atlantic fleet capable of striking from Orkneys to Long Island. London papers demand cabinet accountability as Soviet reports claim Red Army advances and naval actions.
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Mighty Fleet
Atlantic
Associated Press
England
Brest
France
London
North Atlantic
Orkneys
Long Island
Britain
Strait of Dover
North Sea
Churchill
Three German Capital Ships Break Out From Brest
Three German warships led by the 26 000 ton Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the 10 000 ton Prinz Eugen escaped from Brest, racing through the English Channel under heavy British air and sea fire. Britain acknowledged a shrewd coup by Germany though at a cost of 18 fighter planes and damage to ships.
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London
Germany
Britain
English
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Brest
Radio Industry Faces War Production Conversion Order
The War Production Board ordered the $200 million radio manufacturing sector to convert all facilities to arms production within four months or risk government takeover and reallocation of assets. The ultimatum, issued at a meeting with 55 manufacturers led by R. R. Guthrie, follows a 40 percent cut in civilian output as part of a larger $2 billion arms contracts program.
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War Production Board
R. R. Guthrie
WPB Bureau of Industry
Gripping Sea War Narrative From Pacific At Dawn
Joseph Rucker recounts a dramatic wartime moment aboard a U S carrier on February 1 as American forces attacked Japanese positions in the central Pacific. He describes the tense preflight, engine starts, and the dawn spectacle of raid planes taking off in formation toward the intended objective.
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Pacific
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Joseph Rucker
Paramount News
United States
mid-Pacific
Associated Press
Rucker
Oahu
MacArthur for top command urged by Willkie in Boston
In Boston, 1500 diners rose as Wendell Willkie urged promoting General Douglas MacArthur to supreme commander of all armed forces. He argued central coordination would reduce waste and bureaucratic barriers, and give the nation hope that skilled leadership directs war effort. He cited dissatisfaction in the air force and navy as proof of need for reform.
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Boston
Douglas MacArthur
Wendell Willkie
Middlesex Republican Club
Willkie
United States
War Department
Americans Down Two Japanese Bombers in Philippines
The U S war department reported two Japanese dive bombers shot down by American anti aircraft fire in the Philippines The dive bombers reportedly bombed their own infantry causing heavy casualties among the 122nd Japanese regiment of General Akira Nara 65th division This update covers twenty four hours of sporadic fighting around Bataan with no other notable reports.
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Washington
Philippines
War Department
Akira Nara
Bataan
Siege armies within two miles of Singapore heart
A Singapore communique reports British defenders holding out as Japanese siege armies press to two miles from downtown. Tokyo radio notes firm resistance while Domei says the invaders are two miles from the center. Curtin calls parliament as Bataan battles intensify and Dutch Indies chiefs hint at a possible retreat to Australia.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
A. E. Percival
Singapore
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Domei
Australia
John Curtin
Pacific
Philippines
Bataan
Dutch Indies
N.ebl
Java
United Nations High Command
Batavia
Eight Sentenced in Garrett Court Plea Deal
Eight defendants appeared before Judge David J. Garrett on Friday morning. T. A. Sills received 60 days in parish jail for larceny of tools valued at 8.05 dollars. John Faust, 24, got 12 months for larceny of an automobile from Windes Motor Co. Willie B. Miller, 18, was sentenced to ten years in the state penitentiary for breaking and entering Mrs. Mitchiner’s home. Miller and Stoney Allison faced burglary charges. Allison later drew death by electrocution for rape in McGehee. Katie Wilson, 26, drew three to nine years for penitentiary time. Jack Ross, 56, faced fatal stabbing charges in a related case.
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David J. Garrett
T. A. Sills
Windes Motor Company
John Faust
Willie B. Miller
Calypso Street
Lula Nash
Breard Street
Katie Wilson
Jack Ross
George Perkins
Monroe Negro
President Signs Aid to China Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill providing 500 million dollars in aid to China. The money, authorized to be loaned in a prior act, aims to bolster China’s internal economy and support its war effort.
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China
Washington
Roosevelt
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