War Fears Rise in Philippines as Orders Cancel Clear Routes
Reports from Manila describe growing anxiety over Pacific tensions. The State Department advised Americans to leave the Orient while Dutch ships in Far Eastern waters supposedly act under a Dutch naval officer's orders.
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Shipping delays strand Americans abroad in Far East
With shipping facilities scarce, many Americans including missionaries and a group of 50 in Tientsin cannot depart. President liners Feb 26 and March sail at capacity, with tourist bookings full through July. April offers limited first class space. State Dept advised Americans to withdraw using available transportation, no special vessels planned.
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Hong Kong Americans Disturbed by Warning
American residents in Hong Kong crowded the U S consulate seeking clarity on Shanghai circular urging withdrawal to the United States for women children and non essential men. Consul Addison Southard said no new developments since last October and the reiteration was not alarm. In Singapore the U S consulate said no instructions to advise departure from British Malaya for American women children and non essential men.
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Bard Nominated as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
President Roosevelt nominates Ralph A. Bard of Illinois to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. The move follows Bard’s career in government service and aligns with wartime administration plans announced on February 14.
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Knox Washington
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Illinois
Roosevelt
Navy
Valentine Sent To Sonja Henie is Made of Ice
Judge Valentine Sr and other L County court figures cited a book by his son in ruling yesterday. The case involved a family dispute over a property deal with Jonathan C. Valentine assisting county. The odd phrase about ice and Sonja Henie reflects garbled OCR from the source.
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Pullman High Faculty Triumphs in Surprising 62 Point Effort
Clarkston Washington reports a surprising basketball game where Pullman High School faculty scored 62 points while Clarkston High faculty posted 112 in the same contest. The note hints at student involvement in the scoring and a mixed result from the two schools.
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Wash
Pullman High School
Carkston High
Krivitsky Funeral Arranged by Friend in Seclusion
In New York a plain pine coffin marked Samuel Ginsburg rests in a Brooklyn mortuary awaiting a private funeral for Gen. Walter G. Krivitsky former chief of Russian military intelligence in Western Europe found shot in a Washington hotel. His wife and son are in seclusion and a family friend arranged the funeral. A Washington jury ruled death by suicide though friends claim murder or coercion due to disclosed Soviet police operations.
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Samuel Ginsburg
Brooklyn
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Europe
Washington
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Pay Boosts Studied By Woolen Firm
A Woolen Company proposal for wage increases and an annual paid vacation for 22 000 American Woolen Company workers in 22 mills is under consideration. Company and union officials released a joint statement after a conference of five groups yesterday. another meeting was expected soon.
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Textile Workers’ Union of America
American Woolen Company
Deaths of Prominent Americans Listed Across Cities
Swagar Sherley 69 Democratic congressman from Kentucky 1903 to 1919 and adviser to President Wilson dies in Louisville. John J. McKenna SJ linked to the Mr Dooley stories dies in Chicago. William H. Gartley 86 former Philadelphia Gas Works chief engineer and US Naval Academy graduate dies in Philadelphia.
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Chicago
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Australian leaders press for swift defense amid Pacific tensions
War warnings grow as Britain and Australia face Japanese moves in the Pacific. Shanghai and Tokyo circles discuss a potential encirclement strategy linking the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and Singapore.
Nazi Raiders Believed Supplied by Japan
Australia frets over Far East tension amid reports of rising Japanese pressure in the South Pacific. German raiders, allegedly supplied from Kobe and other Japanese ports, threaten British bases as Kobe liner El Ede carries supplies to aid raiders. Bangkok air base bid and Thai British ties noted amid evolving regional crisis.
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South Pacific
Singapore
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Saigon
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Gulf of Siam
Floating hotels proposed for bachelor defense workers
Washington reports four to six former Hudson River boats could be converted into floating hotels at Hoboken New Jersey to house defense workers. If Congress funds the purchase, the ships would be used as single occupancy quarters for about 2560 men to relieve housing shortages in coastal towns. The Maulie Commission has options on the vessels but funds for purchase are not available yet.
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Hobonem
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Congress
Japanese War Planes Shifted From Central China to South China
Shanghai reports indicate about 300 Hine warplanes stationed from Central to South China. Japanese forces in Northern Indo China rise from 7,000 to about 13,000 as replacements for units under French authority. Tokyo says Far Eastern peace efforts will continue, while signaling potential actions if faced with strong pressure.
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Spratley Islands
Singapore
Borneo
Japan
Maj
Kuniomin
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China
New York Milk Pool Sets January Price at $2.05
Dairy farmers supplying the New York metropolitan milk pool will receive $2.05 per hundred pounds for January milk, 11 cents below December and nine cents under January last year. Administrator N J Cladakis cited higher milk output and lower values of surplus products, noting a 10 million pound rise in pool deliveries over the prior year.
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New York Metropolitan
N. J. Cladakis
Ciadakis
Knights of Columbus Dance in Auburn February 21
Auburn Coun cil 207 Knights of Columbus hosts a Washington's Birthday dance February 21 at Hotel Osborne with proceeds supporting council activities in Auburn.
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Osborne
Diplomatic squeeze on Japan coordinated by Allies
Washington and London announced a joint pressure tactic with Australia and the Netherlands East Indies to deter Japan from striking in the Far East. Consular warnings urged Americans to return home while Tokyo faced cautions about German efforts to pull Japan into war.
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Netherlands East Indies
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Dutch East Indies
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Germany
Far East
Indo-China
Netherlands
East Indies
Independent faction frames Pacific interests with American protection
The passage notes that the group prefers the term Independent faction used by the United States and other powers to defend their own interests. It also stresses that safeguarding British and Dutch interests in the Pacific aligns with protecting American interests.
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Bss
Pacific
Matsuoka Talks Diplomacy and Soviet Relations in Diet
Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka told the budget committee that diplomacy must adapt to changing conditions beyond formal agreements with the Soviet Union and Manchukuo issues. He noted slow Soviet temper and the need for a long term fishing treaty and a commercial pact amid ongoing negotiations. Retirees return to work under defense program as 2,500 monthly.
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Matsuoka
Budget Comiittee
Viacheslaff M. Molotoff
Russia
Washington Eyes Pacific Crisis as Australia Prefers Readiness
Washington observers note Australia fears a major wartime move in the South Pacific and urges the greatest preparedness. Analysts split over whether Britain and America are encircling Japan or if Tokyo aims for a strategic clash. Reports cite Guam and Samoa fortifications as signs of a broader encirclement plan amid Japan’s pressure.
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