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Newspaper

Moulton Eagle

Location

Moulton, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1943

Page

3

World War II Early 1942 Milestones

The year opens with major moves as the U S bans new car sales on January 1. On January 2 Manila and Cavite bases fall to Japan. Roosevelt pledges a 60 000 plane and 45 000 tank victory program in a January 6 message. By January 11 Japan invades the Netherlands East Indies and the Allied forces land in North Ireland on January 26.

OPM Manila Cavite Congress Roosevelt Netherlands East Indies AEF Ireland Java Wavell New Guinea Australia MacArthur Pailipines Makin Island Burma St. Nazaire Donald Nelson Chicago Welles Rio Director of Defense Transportation Eastman Army Navy Coast Guard Earl Browder American Communist Party Civil Aeronautics Board Emergry Emnnery Corps Communist Party Ha Bridges CIO Francis Biddle FBI Age Ts New York City Philadelphia William van Pelley Indianapolis Washington, D. C Atlantic Charter Churchill James Bennett Jr New York White House James M. Mead John McCloy Nancy Harkness Love War Department Selective Service Maj Office of Economic Stabilization United Mine Workers Cincinnati Convention U. S Britain China Thiopia United Nations WPB Department of Justice James C. Petrillo Chicago U. S Josh Lee Okla Senate Wendell Willkie Rulrowe WMC McNutt Stimson Alcan Overseas Division of Office of War Information West UMW House of Representatives France Laval Eddie Rickenbacker All Herbert H. Lehman Works Progress Administration Spangler Iowa Avenge Republican Party Detroit OPA Fk Henderson Office of Price Administration

World War II Timeline Highlights Through December

A dense chronology covers major events from Hitler assuming command on the Moscow front to Allied advances across North Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. It notes Singapore falls, Midway, Dieppe raid, Stalingrad, Tobruk actions, and Allied landings in Australia and Africa with key battles, surrenders, and casualties. The record cites ships sunk, troops captured, and strategic shifts, preserving names like Rommel and Eisenhower while tracking the global conflict month by month.

Hitler Moscow Manila Dutch East Indies MacArthur Luzon Burma Tauoy Australia U. S Macassar Strait U. S. Aef North Ireland Malaya Singapore Russia AEF Far East Navy Borneo Brest Kiel Sumatra Darwin Churchill Timor France Sydney Harbor Essen Dutch Harbor Alaska Midway Island U. S. Navy Aleutians Kiska Harbor Tobruk Rommel Egypt Solum Sidi Omar Solomons Kiskapas Stalingrad Dieppe Solomon Erwin Rommel Wakefield Atlantic Yorktown Powey Madagascar

War Year Notes From The Nation War Daze Timeline

Summary of wartime policy shifts and events including gasoline, steel, and food rationing actions. It lists cabinet reshuffles, legislative battles, and troop and draft developments across 1942 1943, with mentions of Roosevelt Churchill and key agencies like OPA WPB and UMW.

1941 Sports Roundup Highlights and Football Scores

Major 1941 sports recap with Rose Bowl results Oregon State over Duke 20 to 16 and Fordham over Missouri 2 to 0. Joe Louis KO of Buddy Baer in first round. Joe DiMaggio player of the year. Hans Betz and others amass records in track swimming tennis and boxing.

Durham N. C Oregon State Duke New Orleans Fordham Missouri New York Chicago Bears Joe Louis Buddy Baer Madison Square Garden Joe DiMaggio Yankee Willie Hoppe Chisago Welker Cochran

Notable Deaths and Declines: A Century of Public Figures

Long list of prominent figures with ages and roles spanning theater, science, politics, and arts. Names include Otis Skinner, Rutherford, Grant Wood, James Cruze, Joseph Weber, and John Barrymore among others. Entries note contributions from law, aviation, publishing, industry, and education, with several titled positions and affiliations.

Year Ends With Military Shifts Across Fronts

The year closes with notable events: on the 14th Nazis retreat from El Agheila Libya. on the 15th U S troops seize Buna in New Guinea. on the 16th Admiral Jean Darlan declares the French fleet will join Allied naval units. on the 17th Leon Henderson resigns as head of the Office of Price Administration citing recurring physical difficulty.

Russia Tunis U. S Tunisia Darian Petain Pearl Harbor Office of War Information el Agheila Libya Buna Gona New Guinea Rommel Adm Jean Darlan French Africa Leon Henderson Office of Price Administration

Ten Biggest Events of 1942 Selected

A.W. Baukhage lists key 1942 events including the second front in North Africa the rationing drive the fall of Bataan the November Republican gains and German failure against Russia Tokyo air raids saboteurs captured in eight cases six executed Japanese strongholds in the Aleutians the Midway battle and the Eisenhower Darlan accord.

Baukhage WIU Washington North Africa Bataan Germany Tokyo U. S Aleutian Islands Midway South Pacific

Major 1941-42 Disasters Listed Across U S Regions

The record summary lists numerous fatal events including a Las Vegas transport crash killing Carole Lombard and 19 others, a Mount Harris coal mine disaster with 34 miners dead, multiple tornado outbreaks across Arkansas Mississippi Alabama Tennessee and Georgia causing 18 to 150 deaths and millions in damage, a Burlington Iowa ordnance plant explosion with 16 dead and 51 injured, airliner and bomber crashes with dozens more killed, and extensive Midwest tornado devastation with high casualty counts.

Carole Lombard Las Vegas Nev Colorado Mount Harris Mile Burlington Iowa Mountain Peak Pendleton Ore Boise Idaho

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