MacArthur's Hold On Bataan Exposed In Fierce Air Battles
Allied forces report continued heavy fighting on the Bataan peninsula as Japanese divisions press the siege while MacArthur fights to prevent a breakthrough. The War Department notes at least five Japanese divisions in action, with American artillery and air power inflicting mounting losses. One Allied plane missing as reserves and coastal operations brace for intensifying bombardment.
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Bataan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
War Department
MacArthur
Roosevelt
United Nations
Philippines
Indies
Manila
Manila Bay
Luzon Island
Karelian
Dutch Smash Air Armada At Naval Base
Japanese landings reported at Macassar Balangaipa and Djemeponto on Celebes as Dutch defenses fall back. Dutch planes defend Soerabaja base in eastern Java and stray raids on Fak Fak New Guinea. Battle lines extend toward Bandjermasin Borneo with intermittent comms from Soerabaja area.
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Celebes Island
Java
Netherlands Indies
Soerabaja
Aneta
Macassar
Celebes
Balangaipa
Gulf of Bone
Djemeponto
Sumatra
Batangnipa
Djeneponto
Maros
New Guinea
Bandjermasin
Borneo
Java Sea
Dutch Garrisons Brace for Japanese Assault in Java
The Netherlands Indies News Agency reports garrisons in Macassar and Borneo cannot halt the Japanese long. Orders urge scorched earth destruction and readiness for attack as Java seems likely to fall. Singapore’s fall would give Japan control of the Malacca Strait and near the Dutch stepping-stones off Singapore. Dutch reports praise gallant defense and continuing fight on Amboina Island near Celebes.
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Washington
Singapore
Pacific
Burma
India
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
United Nations
South Pacific
Iawani
Wellington
New Zealand
U. S. Navy
Netherlands Indies
Java
Malacca Strait
Sumatra
Amboina
Indies
Celebes
Papa Organizes Against Hospital Rules
A Tulsa father A. L. Harrington, three days after birth, rails against hospital regulations that ban fathers from rooming in during nursing and bar nurses from lifting babies to nursery windows. He circulates a petition among fellow dads seeking changes.
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Papa
Tulsa
Okla
A. L. Harrington
Harrington
County boards allocate 2500 for civilian defense councils
The St Lawrence County Board of Supervisors at their quarterly meeting here appropriated 2500 for civilian defense councils in the county.
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Canton
St. Lawrence
Soldier Who Detected Jap Planes Earns Hero Award
Sergeant Joseph L. Lockard of Williamsport Pennsylvania received the Distinguished Service Medal after accurately spotting a flight of unidentified planes on December 7 1941 near Pearl Harbor. He was promoted to staff sergeant and designated to attend officers candidate school at Fort Monmouth New Jersey starting March 13, 1942. The Roberts inquiry noted a duty officer failed to alarm on the detection.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Army
Joseph L. Lockard
Williamsport
War Department
Lockard
Hawaii
Sergeant Lockard
Justice Roberts
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Roberts
Sugar shortage seen as blessing by biochemist in New Orleans
Dr. Sidney Bliss of Tulane School of Medicine argues the sugar shortage may improve national diet by forcing substitutions of vitamin rich foods and minerals. He notes per person sugar consumption fell from 108 pounds in 1931 to 88 pounds in 1923 and says rationing could curb the upward trend, a potential wartime consequence.
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New Orleans
Sidney Bliss
Tulane Schol of Medicine
United States
Bliss
Wartime Sleep Rule Extends Rest for Fort Riley Soldiers
At Fort Riley Kansas on February 11 wartime regulations require taps to be sounded by wartime schedules and reveille by sunrise giving soldiers an extra hour of sleep due to the adjusted daily routine.
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Fort Riley
Kas
Woman Leaves $464,428 Estate Hidden Cash Found
Chicago authorities revealed that Mrs. Jeannette Lincoln, found dead in a cheap room in 1939, left an estate worth 464,428 dollars with 409,333 in cash. The funds were discovered in safety deposit boxes, reflecting a poverty context at the time of death.
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Chicago
Jeannette Lincoln
Murder charge hearing sought for NYA supervisor J Kirby Jones
Arkadelphia February hearing aimed at first degree murder charge against J Kirby Jones 37 NYA supervisor in the death of Mary Dell Furlow 19. The chained body of NYA bookkeeper Miss Furlow was recovered from the Ouachita River near Callon after disappearance from her home. Autopsy conducted by University of Arkansas pathologists, with results not disclosed. Jones aided in locating the body.
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NYA
Arkadelphia
Ark
Richard’ Hale
J. Kirby Jones
National Youth Administration
Mary Dell Furlow
Miss Furlow
Ashdown
Ouachita
Callon
Hale
Bill Wells
Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Wells
Jones
Farmers of South vow full share toward victory
In Edgewater Park Mississippi I W Duggan director of the southern division of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration pledged that Dixie farmers would do their full share toward victory despite wartime difficulties. He warned of possible dislocation of King Cotton yet urged readiness for postwar markets and proposed an international cotton agreement to prevent a price scramble.
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South
Victory Edgewater Park
Miss
AAA
Dixie
Victory
I. W. Duggan
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
King Cotton
Wife killer sentenced to 20 years to life in Clinton Prison
Edward F. Hicks of Schenectady received a 20 years to life term for the murder of his wife Margery Leblanc Hicks in September. He fired a .22 caliber gun and later attempted suicide after the shooting. Ulster County Judge J Edward Conway imposed the sentence following a second degree murder conviction.
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Kingston
Edward F. Hicks
Schenectady
Clinton Prison
Dannemora
Hicks
Margery Leblanc Hicks
Ulster County
J. Edward Conway
Idaho Liquor Stores to Close on Draft Day
Idaho liquor stores operated by the state will shut February 16, the third selective service registration day. Gov. Charles J. Clark said the closure is in the best interest of efficient registration.
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Idaho
Boise
Chas
Clark
British bombers hit Jap concentrations near Burma Road push
British bomber raids, supported by fighter escorts, hit Japanese forces at Chiengrai in northern Thailand and attacked positions in the Martaban sector as reports claim a Salween crossing and a Japanese advance toward Chiengsen. Reconnaissance flights over Burma continued with no confirmed land battles or casualty details.
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Rangoon
Burma
Chiengrai
Thailand
R.A.F
Martaban
Tokyo
Salween
Chungking
Lancelot E. Dennys
China
Chiengma
Thaton
London
Salween River
Domel
Roosevelt nominates New York postmasters
President Roosevelt nominates Richard J. Longtin and others for postmaster positions in New York including North Chill Melvin L. McNees Paul Smiths Victory Mills and Mary M. Buhn with a Washington notice dated February 11.
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Richard J. Longtin
Washington
Roosevelt
New York
North Chill
Melvin L. McNees
Paul Smiths
Victory Mills
Mary M. Buhn
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