Navy hero Lieut Bulkeley blasts Jap cruiser in night attack
Lieutenant Joan Bulkeley, 30, formerly of San Antonio now based in New York, commands a torch-ship torpedo boat that surged into Subic Bay and torpedoed a 500-ton Japanese vessel while under machine gun and shore battery fire. The raid, part of Admiral Hert’s Far Eastern operations, yielded one cruiser sunk and earned Bulkeley commendation for executing his mission under perilous night conditions.
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Washington, Gar
Navy
Joan 1
Bulkeley
San Antonio
Long Island City
New York
Binanga Bay
Allrw
Adiial Thomas S. Hert
Far Eastern
Navy Department
Binsars Bay
Subic Bay
Luzon Island
Far East
John Betry
Delaware
Stephen Decatur
Tripali
Ivean Isanel
Neve
Alle
Joan
Bunky
Jasper
Fermily
New Yorker
Frederick Wulkeley
Remington, Rand, Inc
Hackettatown, N. 2
South America
Tater Ws
Texas
U. S. Naval Acadesem
Randolph Field
War Roundup From Tokyo and Pacific Fronts
Allied warships batter Japanese invasion forces on Malay coast as Tokyo asserts gains toward Singapore. MacArthur’s defenders in the Philippines launch counterattacks with heavy losses on both sides. Guerillas strike Luzon airfields as Japanese push in Celebes and New Guinea. Britain reports Thai and Japanese clashes near Burma, while Soviet forces celebrate a major victory and press toward Smolensk. German lines face pressure on the Moscow front as Emden is bombed. several planes remain missing.
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Irene
Tokyo
Malay
Singapore
Tojo
Japan
United States
Britain
Roosevelt
Pacific
MacArthur
Burma
Frontier
Russia
Napoleovic
Smolensk
Hitler
High Command
Ukraine
Kharkov
Moscow
Berlin
Emden
DNB
Chinese Offensive Across Four Provinces Reported
A Chinese communique states coordinated offensives across four provinces from the Kwangtung coast to northwest of Hankow with intensified frontal assaults and raids deep into Japanese lines. Chiang Kai-Shek reportedly shifts more troops along the Burma road to reinforce British Burma defenses. The air force with American volunteers maintains patrols over northern Burma as raiding forces strike at Japs in Chiangshing and Suihsien Yingshan. The report also notes breakthroughs in Hapeh and damage to the Fancheng-Chunghsiang railway north of Hankow and ongoing pressure on Hwalyang in eastern Lonan.
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Kwangtung
Hankow
China
Kywangtung
Chiangshing
Klangsi Province
Suihsien
Yingshan
Hapeh
Fancheng - Chunghsiang
Hankaw
Ino
Hwalyang
Lonan
Natural Causes Verdict in Death of Jon Brith
Justice Wiley returned a verdict that Jon N. Brith, 75, died of natural causes after being found dead in a chair on the back porch of Claudia apartments at 202 Fourth Street. The coroner indicated a heart attack as the likely cause.
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Justice of the Feavenf
Wiley
Jon N. Brith
Claudia Apartments
Fourth Street
Bmith
Convoys Urged To China By Chinese Press
Crungking China January 21 Chinese press appeals to United States and Britain to institute a convoy system to push war materiel to China and extend credits to the Chungking government An article claims American leaders statements dispelled Chinese fears about Pacific efforts and urges efforts to inflict heavy losses on Japan to hasten defeat while concentrating on Germany.
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Crungking
China
United States
Britain
Chungking
Haye
Pacific
Germany
Japan
Tate
U. S
Frank Knox
Adolf Hitler
America
Blasting Jap Planes Justi Routine Job
Montrose California January 21 A woman recalls Pearl Harbor day when her husband Second Lieutenant Edgar B Barr was shot down during the attack and he replied nothing after she asked what happened keeping the details secret as he spoke.
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Montrose
Calif
Katherine Palmer Barr
Aonglulu
Pearl Harbor
Edgar B. Barr
Barr
War 25 Years Ago Today Highlights Across Fronts
Reported skirmishes reference British actions on the Tigris northeast of Hut El-Amnen and French bombardments near Loos. German gains included a bridgehead at Nanesti on the Sereth line in northern Romania, with other notes on Tobruk and Balkan patrols. a December 1539 order may permit war material shipments to Saylet.
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LN. Sy
Tigris
Hut- El-Amnen
France
Byitlss
Loos
Nanesti
Sereth Line
Rumania
Tobruk
Romania
Hitcharest
Cg, S
Russi
Saylet
Ex S A Naval Hero's Wife Predicts Daring Feat
Mrs Hildin Atlee Bulkeley speaks proudly of Lieut John Duncan Bulkeley OA sinking a Japanese vessel in the Philippines aboard a tiny motor torpedo boat. The Bulkeley family shares care for their child Joan Isabelle and pets as war tensions rise, with news from Shanghai and memories of their paths to the U S Naval Academy and a Shanghai wedding.
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York
Upu
Hildin Atlee Bulkeley
Brian
Navy
John Duncan Bulkeley
Binanga Bay
Leutenant
Elizabeth Bulkeley
Bhebs
Usbike
Bulkeley
Long Island
United States
Japan
Bulseley
Thich
Avi
Fihilkeley
Hin
Shanghai
Swatow
Hongkong
Shu
Manny
Oscar
Japs Land on Indies Island
Japanese forces on the Celebes Minahassa peninsula began occupation after landing south of Menado and from eastern shore sloops. Allied air and naval strikes reportedly hit Japanese cruisers and transports. four Australian Hudson bombers were lost. Belawan and Medan areas faced air attacks with some aircraft damage reported.
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Hatavia
NE. 1
Jay
Minahassa
Celebes
Netherlands Indies
Menado
Delawan
Medan
Sumatra
Malacca Strait
Metan
Dutch Borneo
Belawan
Tha
Aussies Heroes in Battle for Roads
Australian and Japanese forces clash in western Malaya in a struggle described as the battle for the roads. An Australian private exposed a sniper target to save comrades, suffering wounds but remaining with his unit as patrols sweep jungle to clear the area.
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Aussies
San Pitchett Odfelal
Malaya
Associated Press
Muer-Hat Gahat
Sigang
Mersing
Singapore
San
Te Pittance
Oll
Neous
Nant Gemas
Frosch Formigny members sentenced to death by maritime tribunal
Four offboys and a stoker from the Frosch Jesteomet Formigny were condemned to death by a maritime tribunal. They faced charges related to a coercive act aboard a vessel. The tribunal heard evidence before issuing the death sentence. Meanwhile Pan American Airways received authorization to extend service from Lisbon to Points, with details not disclosed.
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Wichy
Frosch Jsteomet
Formigny
Maritims
Pan-American
Ireland
London
Pan American Airways
Tla Atrvicy
Lischon
Poynes
Annaguncement
Ph Apakeaman Deters Ek Ure
British Raid Naval Base Reported by Air Ministry
London Tan 21. The air ministry announced British raiders made a night assault on the German naval base at Zinden. Several raids were started and four parties claimed success. German bombers reportedly hit British harbor installations an inland industrial plant in the east and a radio station in the southeast.
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London
Tan
Zinden
Air Ministry
Leva
Hort
Farae
England
Jap Planes Mammer at New Guinea
Melbourne report bills a large Japanese air raid on eastern New Guinea and the Bismarck archipelago lasting hours. Key targets include Keinety at Cape York, Macaig Hala Lina Bulolo and Lio in New Guinea, with Kayleng attacked as Curtin warns peril to Australia is nearer and deadlier than ever.
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Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Acsttalian Air Command
Keinety
North Cape
New Ireland
Catorling Islands
Kayleng
Frlme
John Curtin
Brooks Address Frames Hardware Convention Theme
Dr T D Brooks dean of arts and sciences at Texas Lands college told about 1600 delegates at the Texas Hardware and Implement Association convention that coal oil electrical power and metal are vital ingredients of victory. Speakers included Iverson Peterson director of the National Rental Hardware Association Gus C Street and George Noble as part of a program noting the need for raw materials in modern wars. The convention runs through Thursday at the Municipal auditorium.
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Texas Hardware and Implement Association
Municipal Auditorium
T. D. Brooks
Texas Lands. College
Hivers Peterson
Indianapolis
National Rental Hardware Association
Gus C. Street
U. &, Department of Labor
George &, Noble
OPM
Board Will Hear Fireman's Appeal in Ely Civil Service Hearings
The Ely civil service board will hear the petition of B. Cowart a recently discharged firefighter from Line No. 4 at 4 19 a m Friday The petition states Cowart was discharged January 14 and the matter was considered today officials said
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Ely Civil Service Poara
B. ¥. Cowart
Line Hon ‘No
Cowart
Chinese Kuomintang Delegates Pledge War Aid to Roosevelt
Representatives of Southern Kuomintang units met at Sooth Presa Street headquarters in San Antonio to back America's war effort. L. M. Ren of San Antonio Ger Dam Sam of Houston and Henry Ong of Phoenix signed a telegram to President Roosevelt urging united action against Japanese aggression. The group urged defense bond purchases and pledged full support from the Southern United States Kuomintang regional office.
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Kuomintang
Chinese Nationalist Party
Sooth Presa Street
America
Roosevelt
L. M. Ren
San Antonio
Ger Dam Sam
Houston
Henry Ong
Phoenix
Far East
United States
Honda
Crom
New York City
Private Rites Planned For Carole Lombard Victims
Los Angeles scenes shift to Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale as the bodies of Carole Lombard Elizabeth Peters Otto Winkler and others are returned from a Nevada air crash. A coroner jury in Las Vegas rules Lombard Peters and Winkler killed in the crash while funeral services are planned for tomorrow with events at Union Station and private ceremonies for about 40 attendees.
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Van
Clark Gable
Nevada
California
Tha Xtar
Pomona
Here
Adré Carole Lombard
Elizabeth K. Peters
Otto Winkler
Rogers
Marie Dresster
Jean Harlow
Lois Hamilton
Detroit
TWA
Air Corps Ferry Command
Las Vegas
Table Mountain
Maj
H. W. Anderson
Hne
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