MacArthur Defenders Repel Desperate Philippine Offense
Gen Douglas MacArthurs troops on Batan peninsula and Corregidor repelled a two pronged Japanese assault. West coast forces were driven to the sea and many drowned attempting to flee. East coast attacks were crushed before they could fully form. The plan called for a knockout blow to US resistance in the Philippines.
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Reinforcements Reach Singapore as Japanese Threat Grows
British and Allied defenders brace for a last stand at Singapore as reinforcements arrive to bolster defenses along the Johore strait. Singapore Authorities impose a 9 pm curfew and civilians are withdrawn from the northern island while artillery and trench positions prepare for an anticipated assault. Sir Shenton Thomas says substantial reinforcements have been received, with Churchill promising aid.
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Reds Sweep On In All Sectors
Unbroken Russian advances against the Germans on the major front and a continuing British retreat from Germans and Italians on the secondary front tightened the score today in the European-African war. The African successes of the Axis, however, were far short of offsetting German misfortunes in Russia. In sea warfare, the German high command reported the sinking of a destroyer off the Canadian coast, a corvette west of Gibraltar and an armed ship off Cirenaca and another off Murmansk all apparently credited to U boat action and bomb hits on three merchantmen off the southeast coast of England. The British retreat in north Africa found the erstwhile attackers fighting a defensive engagement about 100 miles northeast of Bengasi. The British Middle East command said Axis forces were pressing on east of Barce in considerable strength. The announcement implied that Barce, 60 miles northeast of Bengasi, was lost, as reported by the Axis. The British said the Seventh Indian infantry brigade, having escaped entrapment in the Axis occupation and by passing of Bengali, had fought its way to bases in eastern Libya. The Italian high command, aside from its optimistic reports on the Libyan campaign, reported German planes had carried out new severe raids on a British airdrome on Malta, destroying numerous grounded planes. Russian forces carrying on unceasing warfare against the Germans and their allies in the snows and cold of deep winter were reported to have scored fresh gains from Leningrad to the Crimean peninsula.
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Pacific Fleet hits Japanese flank in bold Marshall Gilbert raid
U S warships and planes attacked six Japanese bases in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands inflicting damage on ships and installations. American forces under Admiral Nimitz pressed a wide Pacific offensive while MacArthur’s troops mopped up at Batan and Corregidor batteries repelled Japanese attempts. In other theaters, British and Dutch actions pressed against Japanese positions as Red Army advances continued near Leningrad.
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Roosevelt seeks 500 million loan to China
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve a 500 million dollar loan to China. The White House said he sent a letter to Speaker Rayburn and that leaders met with Morgenthau and Jones to discuss the request. Leaders backed the plan and Rayburn would introduce the resolution in the House.
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Japanese water-cut strategy doomed for Singapore defense
By International News Service Batavia Feb 2 the United Nations Far Eastern command says Japan cannot starve Singapore out or seize the bastions by cutting water supplies. With rationing of food and water, the garrison and civilian population can hold out indefinitely.
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Japanese Fishermen Roundup by FBI in Los Angeles Harbor
In Los Angeles on February 2 the FBI began rounding up Japanese alien fishermen at Terminal Island. Richard Hood of the FBI in San Francisco said the men were being moved to Immigration headquarters on the island as part of a long range plan to remove potential enemy agents from areas at risk of sabotage or espionage.
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Immigration Bureau
Navy ordnance plant completes at Rafford Street Westinghouse project
Rust Engineering Co of Pittsburgh finishes a 20 million dollar navy ordnance plant on Raffid SW for Westinghouse. Four manufacturing buildings office cafeteria housing and incidental structures are completed. Peak labor reached 3000 with 24 hour operation and seven day work weeks.
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Louisville
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Egyptian Cabinet Resigns in Cairo
The Egyptian cabinet resigned today in Cairo as the government faced sudden political upheaval. The move follows escalating tensions and signals a potential restructuring of leadership ahead of possible parliamentary actions.
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Groundhog’s shadow proclaims six more weeks of winter
A lighthearted broadcast defied censorship as the famed Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter after peeking from his burrow. Russian reports jeered, while observers noted the sun, snow, and lingering shadow signaling colder days ahead.
Canton Sets New Defense Savings Bond Milestone
Canton posts a strong January in Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps with 1.69 million in maturity value, more than doubling December. Bonds and stamps total 1.77 million, pushing nine month city sales to 5.16 million as banks, savings firms, and post office report heavy demand fueled by wartime defense effort.
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Canton
Defense Savings
Pearl Harbor
Defense
Louis J. Elsaesser
Treasury Department
Defense Savings Bonds
Chilean election gives Rios mandate over Axis foes
Santiago Chile Feb 2 Juan Antonio Rios Radical party candidate of the Anti Fascist Democratic front won the presidency defeating Gen Carlos Ibanez del Campo by 55945 votes in yesterday's election officially tallying 257980 to 202035 He will be inaugurated within 60 days for six years succeeding Pedro Aguirre Cerda Rios campaigned on anti Fascist platform and supported the United States and its allies signaling a likely severing of relations with Germany Italy and Japan and a shift toward allied alignment after the Rio de Janeiro foreign ministers conference.
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Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
Democratic Front
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Radical
Carlos Ibanez del Campo
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Ibanez
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Japan
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Rio de Janeiro
No Retread For Folding Money Paper Bills Spent Too Fast
Washington reports that currency wear has accelerated with faster turnover as bills wear out in about seven months. Edward F. Barrell of the treasury bureau said postwar business changes increase wear, noting nine months life before 1942. Mints run 24/7 to meet demand as funds circulate rapidly.
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Edward F. Barrelt
Treasury
Bureau of Accounts
Sweet Cider Daily at Apple House Fulton NW
Daily fresh cider from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Apple House in Fulton Northwest. Advertising note.
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