Court martial ordered for Short and Kimmel over Pearl Harbor
Washington reports courts martial ordered for Major General Walter C. Short and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, leaders in Hawaii during Pearl Harbor. Stimson and Knox announce charges for dereliction of duty based on the Roberts inquiry. Short and Kimmel retirements accepted, effective soon, with trials to be delayed for public safety.
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Gen. Short
Kimmel
Washington
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Stimson
Knox
Pacific Fleet
Roberts Inquiry Commission
Admiral Kimmel
Short
Roosevelt
Pacific
War Department
Secretary of War
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
H. E. Kimmel
U. S. Navy
Roberts Commission
No Books For Sugar Hoarders
The Office of Price Administration announced sugar ration books would be denied to hoarders holding more than two months’ supply until stock levels return to normal. Registration for sugar rationing is set for a four day period likely in late March, needing 1.4 million registrars and 245000 public schools. Teachers will register under local boards, with about 130 million ration books to be issued nationwide to civilians except the armed forces and certain inmates. Each stamp buys one week’s allotment, about 12 ounces, with possible reductions to eight ounces. Two months’ stock could total four to six pounds per person.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Sielks
United States
OPA
Serious On Burma Front Braces for renewed Japanese assault
London reports Japan massing troops for a new blow at Rangoon with the Burma front described as very serious. A British commentator notes likely Japanese road and rail cuts north of Pegu and prepares for a major onslaught against British forces west of the Shiang river. Japanese infantry casualties reach about 2000 in recent bridgehead attacks across the Sittang.
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London
Rangoon
Burma
Pegu
Shiang River
Sittang
Dutch Tens Echo Our Score In Batavia Communique
The Associated Press notes Dutch usage favors ten rather than twenty in round numbers. The Batavia dispatch translates Japan's invasion ships as several tens, a direct rendering of the Dutch phrase tentallen.
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Associated Press
Batavia
No More U S Jobs For Her First Lady Says No More U S Jobs
New York February 28 Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt says she will not take government positions while her husband is president She notes she cannot head or join any public office role and mentions resigning from the Office of Civilian Defense before flying to Seattle to visit her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John Boettiger
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New York
Franklin D.roosevelt
Women's Auxiliary Air Corps
Roosevelt
Youth from Frederick Sentenced in Martinsburg Robberies
Robert Anderson, 20, once of Frederick, was sentenced to one to ten years in a West Virginia State prison after a Martinsburg trial on charges tied to robberies of Rosenour's and Bill's Sandwich Shop. Calv in Lidie, 18, also faced larceny charges. Lidie’s plea yielded a suspended sentence while authorities seek his whereabouts.
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Robert Anderson
Frederick
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Anderson
Frederick County
Rosenours
North Market Street
Calvin Lidie
Rosenour's
Bill
Lidie
Marlinsburg
Lidice Free
Gene Lidie
Manuel M. Weinberg
Navy
Sunspots Disrupt Radio and Telophone Lines
Sunspot activity disrupts short wave radio causing fade outs and minor disturbances in Associated Press circuits. Long distance telephone lines also affected. Heyden planetarium suggests northern lights may be visible tonight as in similar disturbances last September.
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New York
Associated Press
Heyden Planetarium
Japanese envoy in Moscow resigns over ill health
Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Tatekawa resigns as ambassador to Moscow due to ill health. Naotake Sato, currently adviser to the foreign office, is named to succeed him, according to Domei.
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Tokyo
Yoshitsugu Tatekawa
Moscow
Naotake Sato
Foreign Office
Domei
Nazi Troop Planes Shot Down Near Staraya Russa
Russian reports claim big Nazi troop transports from Germany were downed while attempting spring reinforcements for the 16th German army trapped near Staraya Russa. Red Army pressure tightens with gains near Leningrad and in the south, while German manpower concerns grow and reports link 300,000 Italians…
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Moscow
Germany
Staraya Russa
Red Army
Leningrad
Red
Soviet Information Bureau
Santa Fe Train Wreck Near Marietta Oklahoma
A Santa Fe passenger train was wrecked about six miles north of Marietta Oklahoma today Gainesville Texas reports rushed medical teams to the scene with no further information available at once.
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Gainesville
Tex
Marietta
Okla
Paratroops Of Britain Raid North French Coast
British parachutists and seaborne infantry hit a German radio detector post on the north coast of France in a coordinated raid. RAF fighters and naval support protected the operation as troops withdrew after wrecking the post and dispersing German guards. Possible air clash with German bombers suggested. officials cautioned on ships' return. The strike marks a major early raid on northern Europe and the first use of regular infantry in France since 1940.
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London
France
Royal Air Force
England
English Channel
Arctic Circle
Bay of Biscay
RAF
Channel
Europe
Italy
BEF
Brest
Britain
Ten Canned Fruits and Vegetables Under Price Ceilings
Washington Feb 28 Price Administrator Leon Henderson set a 60 day emergency ceiling on ten canned fruits and 15 canned vegetables to halt profiteering and curb hysteria. The freeze covers prices at the February 23 to 27 peak and could extend to retail prices if needed. Fruits include apples apple sauce apricots cherries fruit cocktail peaches pears pineapples and plums. Vegetables cover asparagus beans beets carrots corn peas pumpkins sauerkraut spinach sweet potatoes tomatoes and tomato juice.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Military Law Proclaimed For Northern Australia
Canberra Feb 28 Army Minister Francis Forde proclaimed military rule for the entire northern territory of Australia. Previously rules had applied only in the far north around Darwin. Maj Gen Gordon Bennett, former Malay forces commander, arrived back in Australia by Dutch plane. Forde said he reached Alice Springs and would be in Sydney tomorrow as Melbourne hosts wartime strategy talks.
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Australia
Francis Forde
Darwin
Melbourne
Commonwealth War Council
Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Singapore
Forde
Alice Springs
Northern Territory
Sydney
Fighting In Philippines Dwindles in Week of Counterattack
Washington reports in communique number 128 that fighting on the Bataan peninsula has dwindled to patrol skirmishes. General MacArthur’s American-Filipino force holds the advance positions gained in recent days, while Japanese forces retain their main battle lines. Abucay remains 22 miles from Manila Bay as defenders push northward along a road, marking the farthest reached during the midweek counterattack.
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Washington
Bataan
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Httle
S. Philippine
MacArthur
Abucay
Manila Bay
Bataan Peninsula
China Sea
Bagac
Moron
Corregidor
More Speed For U S War Effort
The War Production Board launches an immediate campaign to boost military output and push for faster expansion in spring and summer. President Roosevelt urges that the coming months are critical and victory hinges on enhanced production across all plants with war contracts. Nelson says the drive targets rapid conversion of plants to war work and speeding up current operations.
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Washington
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Sve
Ng Nelson
Vatican says Pope Pius XVI slightly indisposed
London February 28 Vatican report states Pope Pius XVI is slightly indisposed with doctors advising him to avoid strain and rest. No cause for anxiety given by Vatican broadcaster.
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London
Vichy
Vatican
Pius XVI
Java Sea Battle Rages As Jap Fleet Fails Invasion Bid
Japanese warships and transports massed to storm Soerabaja but failed to land troops. Allied forces, led by ABDA and U.S. units, battered the fleet in a nightlong clash in the Java Sea. Japanese retreat northward, regrouping for a renewed assault near the naval base.
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Bandoeng
Java
United Nations
Soerabaja
Java Sea
Aneta
Java Sea battle pits Japan against Allied navies
A Reuters dispatch from Bandoeng reports the Java Sea clash as the war’s largest Pacific engagement to date. Japanese expedition fleets target Batavia and Soerabaja, while Allied ships and air forces from the United States, Britain, the Netherlands, and Australia assault the invasion with strong air support under Vice Admiral Helfrich. The fight continued through Friday into Saturday under a bright tropical moon.
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Aneta
Indies
U.S
U. S. Navy Department
Washington
C. F. Helfrich
ABDA
Southwest
Pacific
United States
Java Sea
U. S. Navy
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Borneo
London
Reuters
Bandoeng
Batavia
Soerabaja
United Nations
Four Causes Behind Delay In Japanese Operations Aneta Explains
Aneta lists four factors delaying Japanese actions: Allied naval losses and shipping damage hindering communications, Dutch scorched earth tactics, guerrilla operations in occupied areas, and Japanese failure to neutralize Allied air and military bases on Java. She notes Japan must divert large forces to counter harassment.
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Java
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