Japanese Convoy Reported En Route to Lae
The 14 ship Japanese convoy was said to move under cover in a weather front toward Lae in New Guinea as Allied and Australian air forces prepared to strike. U.S. and Australian planes reportedly sank or damaged multiple transports and fought a major air battle, with heavy enemy planes shot down. The Japanese reinforcement effort was believed largely abortive.
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Associated Press
Lae
New Guinea
Pacific
Navy Reports Air Raid On Munda Air Base
The Navy reported American dive bombers attacked the Japanese air base at Munda on New Georgia in the Solomons. The 80th raid on Munda since late 1943 followed warnings by Gen. MacArthur of Japanese concentration in the islands around Australia. Allied forces pressed air and ground operations from Waingapo to Alexishafen with patrols near Salamaua.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
New Georgia
Solomons
Mun
Guadalcanal
Wau
Salamaua
Lae
MacArthur
Australia
Talasea
Penin
New Britain
Waingapoe
Soemba
Timor
New Guinea
Mubo
Knox Promises Destruction Of Japanese Fleet
Senate hearing quoted Secretary Knox pledging to utterly destroy the Japanese fleet before the war ends and to deny Japan future fleets. He urged extended lend lease legislation as the House approved a companion bill for debate. He said policing the Pacific rests on the United States after the war.
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House
Nation
Affairs Committee
Hirohito
Hitler
Mussolini
Knox
Senate
Pacific
United States
Objections To Changed Draft Mount Washington
The Senate military affairs committee again postponed a showdown vote on a bill to halt indue armed services. Col. Lewis B. Sanders testified that passage would not solve farm labor shortages. Rep. Wadsworth urged mobilization of manpower. debate centered on deferments and work or fight orders.
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Washington
The
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
Lewis B. Sanders
Sanders
Col. Sanders
Reynolds
Army
Navy
Congress
Senate
Manpower Commission
Selective Service
Schlutz Keller Win In Council Contests
In Muscatine a dispirited city election produced two Republican alderman winners George Schlutz in the second ward and Norton Keller in the fourth ward. Schlutz defeated Democrat Leonard Fuller 468 to 217, while Keller edged Lemuel Massey 286 to 269. First ward alderman William Boldt and third ward alderman Thomas Dilley were reelected without opposition.
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George Schlutz
Norton Keller
Schlutz
Leonard Fuller
Fourth Ward
Lemuel Massey
Fuller
Keller
Massey
William Boldt
Thomas Dilley
Boldt
Dilley
Harold Hanson
Recorder
I. V. Howenstine
Ralph Figg
William Rhoads
Ernest Sylvester
L. A. Crull
Crull
Robert K. Stohr
U. S. Marine Officers Training
Quantico
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Backers Push New Proposals On Withholding Tax Plan
Washington backers of the Ruml plan push to attach a 20 percent withholding levy on annual wages to legislation. The measure, to take effect July 1, would fund taxes through payroll with the first two 1942 installments due March 15 and June 15. The debate centers on applying the levy to 1942 or 1943 obligations as Congress considers canceling a tax year.
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Washington
Congressional
Rumiplan
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Doughton
Ways and Means Committee
Beardsley Ruml
Cooper
D.-Tenn
Rum
Chemical Plant Blast Kills One in Bristol
A series of explosions and a fire at Rohm and Haas Chemical Co. in Bristol near Philadelphia killed one person and injured 15. Duncan Merriwether, assistant treasurer of the company, estimated damages at least 100000 dollars.
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Bristol
Rohm and Hass Chemical Co
Philadelphia
Duncan Merriwether
Muscatine Voters Endorse Airport Commission and Public Welfare Department
In Muscatine annual city election voters approved two special questions by large margins. The airport management was placed under an airport commission with 1 464 in favor and 191 against. The department of publicity development and general welfare was also approved by 1 011 in favor and 410 opposed, a 601 margin. The outcome aimed to ease technical and legal hurdles to expand CAA flight training programs.
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Muscatine
Department of Publicity, Development and General Welfare
CAA
Gandhi Near End Of Fast Final Visitors Call
Mohandas K. Gandhi, 73, nears the end of a 21 day fast in Poona as he prepares for a last visit day. He will be confined to prison status at 8 am Wednesday with no visitors except his two sons Ramdas and Devadas. Officials report no change in his health and he remains in good spirits.
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Poona
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Devades
Ramdas
Allies Drive Toward Kasserine and Sbeitla In Tunisia
Allied forces repelled Von Arnim's attacks in northern Tunisia and seized Sbeitla while advancing toward Kasserine and Feriana. American and British air power concentrated heavy blows on Axis ground and air strength as Fortresses attacked Palermo and ships.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Sia
Sbeitla
Beja
Tunis
Mediterranean
el Aroussa
Medjez-El-Bab- Goubellat
Kasserine
Rommel
Feriana
Palermo
Sicily
la Hencha
Sax
Allied
Mareth
RAF and US Bomb Berlin and Naples in Major Allied Raids
The RAF and US heavy bombers hit Berlin and western Germany in a heavy night raid with about 900 tons of bombs, part of a six night campaign. Naples and Palermo in Sicily were also targeted as Allied forces continue a round the clock assault on the Axis. Berlin suffered extensive fires and substantial destruction, while Allied flyers reported the defense ring and anti-aircraft fire were below normal. Brig. Gen. Hedrick praised the raid as significant, noting Hitler may have been impressed.
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London
RAF
Europe
Berlin
Germany
Air Ministry
Harold Balfour
United States
Balfour
United Nations
Reichsmarshal Goering
Mediterranean
Naples
Tunisian
Palermo
Sicily
Britain
Hall
Bremen
Hanover
France
Continent
L. H. Hedrick
Hitler
Mercury Slips Below Zero in New Cold Wave
Frigid conditions grip Muscatine area as temperatures dip two to five degrees below zero at night and fail to rise above three during the day. Sunlight offers little relief with continued cold through tonight, slight moderation expected midweek. Decorah records a midnight low while Ames reports a high of 34 as Iowa endures a cold spell.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Mercury
Decorah
Ames
Farm Production Seen By Hoover As No. 1 Problem
Former President Hoover urges maintaining 1942 farm production levels to ensure food for armed forces and allies. He cites manpower shifts, machinery and fertilizer shortages, and reduced protein feeds as risks. He disputes moves to cut army size and says farm labor can aid 1943 planting and harvest after shipping limits are eased.
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Chicago
Hoover
Great Britain
Russia
Wallace
Sen. Greer
Rhode Island
Prisoners Killed In Camp Outbreak
Forty eight Japanese war prisoners were killed in a mutinous outbreak at a camp. The incident was announced today in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Wellington
N. Z
Victory Committee Page Will Appear Each Week
The Muscatine Journal will publish a weekly Victory Committee page starting this week. Sponsored by the Committee For All-Out Victory the feature promotes wartime morale and support for the war effort including Red Cross drives and local cooperation with business and professional leaders.
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Muscatine Journal
Committee For
Muscatine County
American Red Cross
Ingles Named U S Deputy Commander for European Forces
Maj. Gen. Harry C. Ingles, 55, a Pleasant Hill Nebraska native, is named deputy commander of U S army forces in the European theater. He will assist Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews who took over from Eisenhower, while Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle remains in command of troops in the field. Ingles is a West Point graduate who previously led mobile forces in Panama. he is married with a wife, a daughter, and two sons living in San Antonio Texas.
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London
Harry C. Ingles
U. S. Army
Army Headquarters
Ingles
Pleasant Hill
Neb
Frank M. Andrews
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russell P. Hartle
Eisenhower
North Africa
Inaks
West Point
Panama
San Antonio
Tez
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Red Army
Semen Timoshenko
16Th Army
Timoshenko
Kharkov - Kursk
Stalin
Izvestia
Lake Simen
Staraya Russa
Caldai Hills
Demyansk
Lychkovo
Zaluchye
Caucasus
Orel
Black Sea
Kursk
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Rostov
Northern
Tunisia
U. S
Victory Committee
Gen. Ingles
U.S
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