Noted columnist warns of Pacific coast sabotage threat
Walter Lippmann, writing from San Francisco, urges mass evacuation and internment of enemy aliens amid a claimed Japanese coastwise reconnaissance and internal sabotage risk. He argues the United States must act quickly to prevent organized strikes on reservoirs, harbors, power plants, and military targets, citing his respected reputation as grounds for alarm.
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Chicago
Ill
Walter Lippmann
San Francisco
Paul Revere
Lippmann
Pacific
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Holland
Norway
Scripps-Howard
Wash
American fliers strike four Japanese planes in Indies
American fighter planes and bombers aiding the battle for the Dutch East Indies damaged Japanese aircraft and invasion forces in southern Sumatra. Dutch bombers shot down two more Japanese, and a joint American-Dutch force sank a large transport while damaging two others and a fleet of troop barges near Palembang.
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Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Sumatra
Southwest Pacific Command
Indies Defense Forces
United Nations
Soerabaja
Aneta
United States
Palembang
Indies
Dutch High Command
Britain may reinforce Middle East amid Turkey threat
London admiralty hinted heavy British reinforcement of armies in the Middle East to counter a potential German move into Turkey. Convoys through the Mediterranean were reportedly escorted safely between February 13 and 16 with only two merchant ships lost. An Italian claim cited a destroyer and seven merchants sunk en route to Malta, raising speculation Malta could be fortified or used for an invasion base.</s>
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Associated Press
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Middle East
Turkey
London Admiralty
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Alexandria
Egypt
Malta
Libya
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Africa
Sicily
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Balkans
Bulgaria
Greece
Greek
Europe
Judge Refuses Execution Stay in Louisiana Case
District Judge Charles Holcombe denied a request to block Governor Sam Jones from signing a death warrant for Hugh Pierre a 26 year old crippled black man condemned for murder in St John the Baptist parish The ruling holds that changing methods from hanging to the electrocution chair did not lessen the punishment and Pierre plans an appeal to the state supreme court as the case has already reached the U S Supreme Court twice on racial issues
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Charles Holcombe
Sam Jones
Louisiana
Hugh Pierre
St. John the Baptist
Pierre
State Supreme Court
Holcombe
United States Supreme Court
Ignace Roussell
Senate approves probe of Normandie fire
The Senate naval committee unanimously backs Sen Vandenberg plan for a fire inquiry to decide if negligence or sabotage caused the Normandie blaze. Chairman Walsh says audit panel likely to approve a $5,000 spend to enable Senate action this afternoon, with no superseding of Navy or FBI investigations.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Vandenberg
Republican
Michigan
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Audit Committee
Senate
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attack on MacArthur Lines Promised in Bataan
War department bulletin reports intensified Japanese air activity and heavier artillery as reinforcements land at Olongapo in Subic Bay near Bataan. Allied bombers strike Bangka island transports. two enemy ships sunk, barges destroyed.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Olongapo
Subic Bay
Bataan Peninsula
Department
Bangka Island
Sumatra
Borneo
Philippine Theater
Cabcaben
Cavite
Netherlands Indies
Woodard Freed of Mail Fraud Charge in Louisiana
In Shreveport Louisiana February 18 a federal judge dismissed a mail fraud charge against State Senator Marshall E Woodard Arcadia after he withdrew a 1940 plea of nolo contendere The judge noted Woodard was least involved and followed acquittals of co defendants in the prior trials
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Marshall E. Woodard
Arcadia
Malcolm Lafargue
United States
Woodard
Ben C. Dawkins
Bienville Parish
J. Rush Wimberly
Lorris M. Wimberly
House of Representatives
J. L. Williams
Bien
Gandhi and Chiang Kai-Shek Meet in Calcutta Visit
Mohan Das Gandhi and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek met in Calcutta as Chiang tours India and holds discussions with Indian leaders today.
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Gandhi
Chiang Calcutta
Moohandas Gandhi
Chiang Kai-Shek
India
Navy reports E. H. Blum tanker damaged off Atlantic coast
Washington February 18 The navy department announced that the E. H. Blum a tanker owned by Atlantic Refining was damaged off the Atlantic coast on Monday February 16 The navy gave no information on how the damage occurred or its extent
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Washington
Navy Department
E. H. Blum
Atlantic
Navy
Atlantic Refining Company
Production Chief Urges Postponed Washington Birthday Holiday
Washington February 18 The War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson urged all plants to cancel February 23 holidays and work full time to aid war efforts. He said the nation must not waste labor or machinery and promised help in settling terms if disputes arise. He framed the day as a tribute to George Washington by sustaining production for victory.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
The
Nation
Nelson
United States
War Production Board
George Washington
F D R Prepares to Discuss War Address Draft
President Roosevelt planned a day of data gathering and drafting for a forthcoming national radio address on the war effort. He met only with Sumner Welles, stayed in the White House, and aimed to finish the first draft for a Monday night broadcast at 10 pm Eastern War Time.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
White House
Senate Passes House War Fund Bill for $32 Billion
Washington Feb 18 House approved a record 32,070,901,900 war appropriation by 371 to 0. The measure funds the war department with major ordnance and production boosts and allows half for lend-lease. Senate also backed a 163,806,854 deficiency bill including 100,000,000 for civilian defense, sending it back to the House for minor amendments.
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Washington
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Treasury
War Department
Death rate drops in United States in 1941
The U S Public Health Service reports a notable decline in the general death rate in 1941, about 50 fewer deaths per thousand than 1940, while deaths from automobile accidents rose 18 percent and non auto deaths up 2 percent. Tuberculosis diabetes cerebral hemorrhage heart disease pneumonia and kidney disease were relatively fewer. influenza outbreaks did not materialize as feared, with 4899 new cases last week versus 61809 a year ago.
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Washington
United States
United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Army
Navy
Shreveport Boy Fatally Struck by Trolley Car
Nine year old Gerald Weaver, son of Mrs Guy Lucas of Shreveport, was fatally injured when hit by a trolley car at a street viaduct in the Allendale section while on his way to school today.
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Shreveport
Gerald Weaver
Guy Lucas
Allendale
Five French leaders to stand trial at Riom
Daladier Blum Gamelin la Chambre Jacomet face charges for the Republics fall. Petain regime sets a Riom tribunal to weigh responsibility as former premiers and top officials await trial in Vichy.
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Gamelin
Jacomet
la Chambre
Vichy
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Petain
Riom
Council of
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Leon Blum
Maurice Gustave Gamelin
Pierre Jacomet
National Defense Industries
Guy la Chambre
Pierre Cot
Air Minis
Cot
United States
Bourassol Chateau
Porta-~let
Pau
Portalet
Paul Reynaud
Republic
Georges Mandel
Interior
Reynaud
Mandel
Cold wave to hit Louisiana tonight
New Orleans reports a forecast of below freezing temperatures reaching 14 to 18 degrees in North Louisiana and up to 28 degrees in southern parts. Warnings include storm advisories from Morgan City to Brownsville and small craft alerts from Morgan City to Pensacola with winds up to 45 mph and gusts tonight.
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Morgan City
Brownsville
Tex
Pensacola
Fla
Famous writer of dog stories dies at 69
Albert Payson Terhune prolific author of dog tales died at his Sunnybank estate in Pompton Lakes New Jersey at age 69 after two years of ill health. A heart ailment caused death and funeral is planned for Saturday. Survived by widow Anice Stockton Terhune and daughter Mrs Lorraine Stevens of New York.
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N. J
Albert Payson Terhune
Terhune
Sunnybank
Collies
Anice Stockton Terhune
Lorraine Stevens
New York
President warns U S shores vulnerable in new war risk
President Roosevelt cautioned that American shores could be attacked and a possible U-boat base in the Caribbean appeared to loom after a cautious Balboa rumor. The Shaw destroyer, previously listed as lost at Pearl Harbor, arrived for reconditioning after a two month, 2000 mile voyage.
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Washington
Canal Zone
Caribbean
Pacific
United States
Shaw
Hawaii
Navy
Honolulu
Knox
Roosevelt
New York
Detroit
Alaska
Balboa
Aruba
Rio de Janeiro
Mother and five children die in Dallas fire
A mother Mrs L V Sharp, 37, and her five children Jack 10 Joyce 9 Kenny 4 Martha 3 Leonard 1 perished when a two story rooming house at 1408 South Harwood burned. Two others injured include Mrs Othella Meadows 34 and daughter Annete 7. An oil stove explosion is suspected to have started the blaze. Sharp's husband was at work. Twenty six escaped.
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Dallas
Tex
South Harwood Street
L. V. Sharp
Jack
Joyce
Kenny
Martha
Leonard
Othella Meadows
Annette
Sharp
Officer Believed Killed In British Plane Crash
A senior American officer is believed dead after a British aircraft crashed at sea off the southeast coast of England while en route to the United Kingdom. Officials fear the plane's passengers and crew, including the American officer and British personnel, were all lost.
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London
United Kingdom
England
Offensive by Van Mook Urges Allies to Fight
Eye witness reports from lower Sumatra describe native Dutch Indies troops using pistols and klewangs in fierce hand to hand fighting against Japanese forces as the battle for Java looms. Van Mook appeals to the united nations to seize the offensive or risk losing the war while China reports unconfirmed incursions into Thailand by Chinese troops.
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Associated Press
Sumatra
Dutch Indies
Sunda Strait
Java
Hubertus van Mook
Dutch East Indies
United Nations
Winant visits U S troops in Ireland during war tour
United States Ambassador John G. Winant flew from London to Northern Ireland to visit US bases, praising the troops as a great outfit. He joined Major General James E. Chaney and Major General Russell P. Hartle, ate with soldiers, and noted good sanitation, morale, and meals, with men mostly from the Midwest.
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Northern Ireland
John G. Winant
London
James E. Chaney
British Isles
Russell P. Hartle
North Ireland
United States Army Air Corps
Middle Western States
Winant
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