Palembang Seizure Threatens Java Oil Riches
Japanese forces captured Palembang amid heavy fighting on Sumatra as Dutch and allied units defended the oil fields and disrupted the invasion with air strikes. Allied aircraft supported Dutch ground forces while transports and barges faced continuous bombardment in the Musi River area.
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Batavia
N. E
Palembang
Sumatra
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Equatorial
Celebes
Macassar
Java
United Nations Command
Indies
Strait of Sunda
Lubocklingan
Telok Betong
Indian Ocean
India
Burma
Iran
Africa
Singapore
Musi
RAF Scores Great Libya Air Victory
In the Acroma area near Tobruk RAF Kittyhawk pilots claimed 20 Italian and German aircraft shot down in five minutes, with no enemy planes left undamaged. The victory involved Empire pilots from RAF and RAAF squadrons. The Admiralty announced Allied submarine losses against Mediterranean shipping and a hostile trawler engagement.
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London
North Africa
Acroma
Tobruk
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Rome Claims Seven Ships Sunk From British Convoy
Italian High Command reported seven ships in a British convoy from Alexandria to Malta destroyed by a combined Axis air and sea assault. The communique praised the operation as a brilliant success achieved by Axis air and naval forces acting in close collaboration from different Mediterranean bases.
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Rome
Alexandria
Malta
Mediterranean
Russians Hit Nazis Winter Line Across Front From Leningrad To Sea
Russian forces pressed along a broad front from Leningrad through the Kalinin sector toward Smolensk and Kharkov, with reports of German losses and Soviet gains. Guerrilla actions, frontline advances, and sizable German casualties were cited in the daily communiques across various sectors.
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Leningrad
Lake Imen
Red Army
Smolensk
Kharkov
Donets
Dnieperopetrovsk
Sea of Azov
Taganrog
Germany
Russia
Moscow
France
Crimea
Sald
Legislators Schedule Schenectady Plant Inspection Tour
New York State legislators led by Assembly Speaker Oswald D. Heck depart for an inspection tour of Schenectady defense industries. They will visit General Electric and American Locomotive Works with executives Willson and Dickerman slated as dinner speakers. Lieutenant Governor Poletti will stand in for Governor Lehman.
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Schenectady
Albany
New York State
Assembly
Oswald D. Heck
Numerus Defense
General Electric Company
American Locomotive Works
Charles E. Willson
William C. Dickerman
American Locomotive
Colny
Charles Polett
Lehman
Heavy Jap Guns Shell Bataan Line As MacArthur Holds
War update reports Japanese forces near Bataan pressing for a renewed drive on Luzon while MacArthur’s line holds near Bagac and Pilar. Singapore’s fall frees reinforcements as Homma warns of disaster, and Filipino resistance, including a truck driver named Cueva who sacrificed himself, stiffens defiance.
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Haru
Homma
MacArthur
Bagac
China Sea
Pilar
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Bataan Peninsula
Masatahu Homma
Singapore
Bataan
Olongapo-Hermosa
Manila
War Department
Cueva
Batangas
Cavite Naval Base
Arms Bill Mapped at Former Peace Talks Table
Washington observers describe the $32.17 billion wartime appropriation as the largest in history, shaping funding for the War Department 22.89 billion, lend-lease for Allies 5.43 billion, and the Maritime Commission 3.85 billion to boost Navy power since Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
America
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
U. S. Maritime Commission
Pearl Harbor
Lehman to Aid Victory Loan Drive in Canada
Governor Herbert Lehman announced he would travel from Albany to Montreal to support Canada's second victory loan campaign. He had just returned from Washington and said departure would be almost immediately. Lehman may visit his son Peter, stationed at a Royal Air Force training center, and plans to speak at loan events and tour defense industry centers.
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Lehman
Canada
Albany
Herbert H. Lehman
Montreal
Washington
New York State
Peter
Capitol Hill
Australia Embraces Fight or Work War Duty
Australia shifts to a work or fight stance as it braces for imminent Japanese attack. A cabinet meeting is planned, with War Council and conscription proposals under review. Parliament to hear a Curtin wartime address while aliens register for militia or factory work. Darwin mobilizes mass labor for defenses.
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Sydney
Australia
War Council
Canberra
John Curtin
Army
F. M. Forde
Darwin
Japanese Attack On Sea Of Timor Reported
Melbourne reports an unsuccessful Japanese air attack on Allied shipping in the Sea of Timor between Timor and Northwestern Australia. An Australian Air Force communiqué says Australian fighters continued reconnaissance over islands in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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Melbourne
Sea of Timor
Timor
Australia
Bismarck Archipelago
Bank robbers use welder torch to cut safe door in Missouri town
In Easton Missouri on February 16 robbers damaged the Farmers State Bank by burning a hole through the safe door with a welder’s torch. They escaped with eleven dollars in pennies.
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Easton
Farmers State Bank
Detroit Aluminum Plant Reopens After Brief Strike
Detroit workers at the Aluminum Company of America plant returned to work after a 36 hour walkout that affected 2000 employees in war material production. State Labor Mediator Victor Swearingen cited a wage adjustment demand in the core assembly division as the direct cause and noted a worker's death linked to the stoppage.
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Detroit
INS
Aluminum Workers’ Union
Aluminum Company of America
Victor C. Swearingen
Swearingen
Peterson's Ointment Advertises Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment for eczema itching pimples red blotches and irritated skin. It claims quick relief with a money back guarantee if one application does not help and notes use on itching feet and cracks.
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Peterson
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Libya
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Port Darwin
EV Ralele Istaalgts
Ieee
Agi Torr
Lincoln National Bank & Trust Company
Syracuse
New York
Peterst Ae Insurance Corporat
Thomas
State
N.Y
Wilkins
Oneida St
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Dickey
Jay Cobbs
Salina Street
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