Ground and Air Forces In Heart Of East Indies
Aneta news agency reports foreign troops including a small number of Americans have arrived in Java. American ground troops and bomber and fighter pilots are seen in the Indies, with a cordial welcome but not yet large numbers. The Sumatra front delays the Japanese assault on Java as Dutch forces fight to hold Palembang.
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Batavia
N. E
Aneta
Java
Indies
Dutch East Indies
United Nations Supreme Command
Southwest Pacific
East Java
Sumatra
Palembang
Jap ships sunk or damaged total 182 by Feb 14
A.N. E. T. reports 182 Japanese ships sunk or damaged by United Nations forces through February 14. Of these, 109 sunk, 28 probably sunk, 43 damaged, with American forces credited for 84 sunk, 15 probable sunk, and 28 damaged. Sub totals include battleships, cruisers, destroyers, submarines, transports, cargo vessels, tankers, and minors not counted.
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Tne
Mrs. John L. Lewis Undergoes Operation
Mrs. John L. Lewis wife of the union leader was reported doing very nicely at Johns Hopkins Hospital after an operation performed yesterday by brain surgeon Dr. Walter E. Dandy. The doctor’s office did not disclose details.
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Baltimore
John L. Lewis
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Walter E. Dandy
Sewer Issue Again Before Mayor And Aldermen
Mayor Lloyd C. Culler will call a special meeting to address buildings not yet connected to the city sanitary sewerage system. About 700 connections remain. Warrants issued but few trials. a list of noncontributors is being prepared. Plumbing Inspector Mobley continues notices and may pursue delinquents in court.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Board of Aldermen
Bill to extend unemployment aid tabled by Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means committee voted to table the administration's 300 million dollar unemployment benefit program for workers idled by wartime factory conversions. Chairman Doughton indicated any new measure would have to start over. Reported vote was 16 to 8.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-N. C
Fast Trains Wrecked On Seaboard Airline
Seaboard Airline Railroad officials reported two fast passenger trains wrecked at Hypoluxo seven miles south of West Palm Beach Florida. Physicians were summoned and ambulances dispatched though no details were available. The Sun Beam from Miami and the Sun Queen were the involved trains.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Seaboard Airline
Hypoluxo
Here
Sun Beam
Miami
State's Attorney foresees February grand jury completion
State's Attorney Patrick M Schnnauffer said the February grand jury should finish its business and report to the Circuit Court by Saturday morning. Witnesses are listed through Friday. the jury may visit the jail and Montevue tomorrow afternoon or Saturday morning.
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Patrick M Schnnauffer
Circuit Court
Montevue
New 1942 Income Tax Forms Explained by George
Alexander George of Wide World debuts a six story series to clarify tricky details on the 1942 tax return forms for both new and old contributors. The first installment appears on this page.
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Alexander George
Wide World
War Bulletins and Political Developments
Reports from Chungking note Chinese forces poised to strike into Thailand as a flank counter-offensive against Japan, while a minor action in northeastern Burma saw Japanese forces pushed back. In Washington, Sumner Welles presses Vichy over Libya aid, with new instructions to Ambassador Leahy. In France Blum denounces the court as unconstitutional amid the trial, as supply routes shift to India to bypass Burma. Churchill hints Cripps and Lyttleton to join the war cabinet ahead of a decisive Commons debate.
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Chungking
Thailand
Burma
Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Vichy
Libya
William D. Leahy
Blum
France
Leon Blum
Pale
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Changking
China
India
Chiang / Kai-Shek
Pressure On Our Forces Is Increasing In Bataan
The War Department said Japanese pressure on General MacArthur's defenses in the Bataan Peninsula is rising. The communique noted heavy artillery and troop movements hinting at an offensive resumption, with three enemy artillery pieces and flame throwers captured in a minor local action along with ordnance. Corregidor defenses along Manila Bay faced shelling, especially Fort Frank, with no major damage reported.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippines
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Fort Frank
Philippine Theater
Cavite
France
Stimson Plans Offense as U S Prepares for Wider War
Secretary of War Stimson said the United States will strike back and press offensive as war expands. He announced 90,441 January volunteers and three divisions ordered into active service while National Guard square divisions will be reorganized into triangular units to speed expansion toward 3.6 million soldiers.
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Washington
Stimson
Netherlands Caribbean
Aruba
Pearl Harbor
United States
Fort Jackson
S. C
Robert I. Eeichelberger
Alvin York
Camp Claiborne
Omar N. Bradley
Camp Barkeley
Tex
Henry Terrell, Jr
National Guard
Smolensk By-Passed by Russian Forces Near White Russia
Russian troops by a northward flank moved toward White Russia with dispatches reporting recapture of Kresty near Velizh, about 70 miles northwest of Smolensk and 20 miles east of White Russia frontier. Berlin indicates German high command claims repulsed Russian attacks on the central sector with further enemy detachments subrounded.
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Moscow
Smolensk
White Russia
Red Army
Kresty
Velizh
Berlin
Med sea air battle aboard British convoy survivors recount
AP correspondents describe a four day Mediterranean action from Malta to Alexandria. William Menanin aboard a damaged freighter and Preston Grover, aboard a survivor ship, weathered air attacks that sank two merchant ships while another was damaged.
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Tate
Mediterranean
William Menanin
Gibraltar
Alexandria
Preston Grover
Associated Press
London
Egypt
Malta
Ionian Sea
Alexandrina
Destroyer I
Shortage Forces Reduced Red Cross Surgical Dressings Schedule
In Frederick after Pearl Harbor a surge in making Red Cross surgical dressings strained supplies. Gauze and cotton delays force a temporary cut to ten hours a week at the Francis Scott Key hotel headquarters, with evenings Monday and Thursday and afternoons Tuesday and Friday. The schedule will expand as materials arrive.
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Red Cross
Frederick
Pearl Harbor
National Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Helmes PD. Baker
National
Army
Navy
Francis Scott Key
Britain Spends Over Half Income On War Effort
London reports that in 1941 Britain allocated more than 50 percent of the estimated national income to the war effort. A government spokesman stated the figure at a London briefing on February 19.
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Britain
London
Food Stamp Plan May Reach Frederick County Soon
The Agriculture Department announced a food stamp program extension to Frederick County within about a month, potentially aiding hundreds of city and county residents. Officials say the plan lets needy individuals buy more food and helps merchants move surplus goods, with banks expected to cooperate and no county funds required as the federal government finances the effort.
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Agriculture Department
Frederick County
W. C. Royal
Banksy
Welfare Board
WPA
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Secretary of Agriculture
Japs Launch Dual Darwin Raids In Australia’s North
Sydney reports that Prime Minister Curtin announced a second Darwin raid with significant property damage and unclear casualty figures. Earlier, Darwin faced a first raid by 72 bombers and fighter escort, with a second wave of 21 bombers. four of this group were shot down. Australian nurses and civilians faced peril as ships evacuated to the Indies, amid Singapore defenses and shifting coverage from Batavia.
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London
Exchange Telegraph
Sydney
Australia
Curtin Hae
Darwin
Curtin
United Nations
Manu Ali
John Curtin
Sydney Sun
Batavia
Royal Australian Air Force
Singapore
Indies
Paratroops Trained By Great Britain
London reports an official spokesman says Britain is training air-borne troops with parachute and air landing units ready for action. Armored formations in the Middle East have been strengthened and the training continues. In Malaya British forces faced seasoned enemies and lacked time for essential pre battle training amid the jungle climate after a long sea voyage.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Malaya
Another Tanker Hit By U-boat Off Aruba
Willemstad Curacao February 192? A Panama registered tanker was torpedoed off Aruba marking renewed German submarine activity in the Caribbean Sea as reported by a news agency.
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Aruba
Caribbean
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Heart of East Indies
Long
Sunda Strait
U.S
Culler
Seaboard
ABC
MacArthur
New York
America
William McGuffin
By Preston Grover
Wikiam Galla
William McGaffin
R.A. Alf
Great Britain
Willemstad
Curacao
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