Chinese forces encircle Japanese in major Changsha battle
Chungking dispatches report 5,000 more Japanese dead or wounded as Chinese troops close the ring north of Changsha along the Laotao and Milo rivers. Chinese reinforcements seal artillery and machine gun positions while Nipponese survivors attempt to reach Yochow.
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Chungking
Changsha
Laotao River
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Laotao
Milo
Yochow
OPM Rejects Auto Labor's Control Plan
Washington reports labor's bid to share direct control of the wartime auto industry was rejected by the OPM due to a deadlocked 5 5 committee. A new six member panel will advise the OPM with three management and three labor reps plus an OPM official. Edsel Ford C C Carlton of Motor Wheel and C E Wilson of General Motors were named as managers on the initial group. Wilson condemned an idea of structural socialization as harmful to America’s wartime record.
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OPM
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C. C. Carlton
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Motor Wheel Corporation
C. E. Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
America
Detroit Air Show Postponed Due to War
Robert B. Evans announced the postponement of Detroit's international aviation show scheduled for January 17 to 26 because of the war. The event originally planned in Detroit is deferred as flight displays and demonstrations are suspended amid wartime needs.
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Detroit
Robert B. Evans
Today
No Inner Tube For Indian Medicine Man
The Dalles Oregon January reports Abe Showaway from Celilo Indian Village sought an inner tube for his joloppy. Sales were limited to physicians and others in vital tasks, but the medicine man did not receive the tube. In Kokomo Indiana January 8 a horse theft worth $200 was reported, a rare crime after years without such a theft.
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Abe
Showaway
Celilo
Kokomo
Ind
Carl Amos
Streetcar Tieup Ends With Passengers Forcing Car Stop
Chicago report says street car passengers rebelled when the conductor shouted this is as far as we go and ordered them off into the cold to wait for another car. The crew continued the trip for about four more miles before stopping.
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Chicago
Fifty two lab technicians in air corps training school
Denver January 8 (4) Fifty two laboratory technicians assigned to the air corps photography training school are listed in the regional roster awaiting final assignments and duties.
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Denver
Air Corps
Defense stamps tied to exam scores at Lowry Field
At Lowry Field soldiers agreed to invest 10 cents in defense stamps for every five points below a grade of 75 on weekly exams. Fort Madison reports Iowa State Penitentiary inmates prefer cabbage and gravy with bread pudding, an editorial notes the pudding is disliked after meals, and suggests mixing is unnecessary.
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Lowry Field
Defense
Sam
Joseph Rindeikis
Fort Madison
Iowa State Penitentiary
Seattle Legion post backs Japanese American Boy Scout troop
Seattle officials report that the citys No 1 American Legion post will sponsor Boy Scout Troop 59, a unit consisting entirely of Japanese American boys, asserting the war with Japan does not involve American born children of Japanese.
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Seattle
American Legion Post
Japan
Japanese Raiders Strike Amboina Isle Two Days Running
Netherlands East Indies command reports two Japanese air raids on Amboina Island near New Guinea and the Celebes. Seven planes attacked yesterday causing one soldier and several civilians to be wounded. eight flying boats bombed and machinegunned the base. Air raid precautions similar to England's are in place and hospitals prepare with emergency power and service guarantees.
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Amboina
New Guinea
Celebes
Amboina Isle
Batavia
N. E
Netherlands East Indies
I Tainannee
Netherlands Indies
England
Dunkirk Picks Site for Commercial Airport
Washington reports the Civil Aeronautics Administration approved a site at Dunkirk New York for a commercial airport. No project details were released.
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Dunkirk
Washington
James M. Mead
D-N. Y
Civil Aeronautics Administration
N. Y
Coldest Weather In Two Years Grips Midwest
The Chicago area and much of Illinois faced record cold as temperatures plunged to around 10 below zero in parts of the state. Forecasters predicted further subzero readings with northern areas seeing minus 14 before noon and up to 20 below in extreme cases.
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