British Defenders Hold Singapore Against Japanese Onslaught
Singapore radio reports British imperial forces determined to die rather than yield as Japanese tanks and artillery press the center. London confirms intensified attacks in the eastern half, with reservoirs and naval base reportedly under pressure while defenders counterattack.
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Calcutta
Singapore
London
Paya Lebar
Asia
Cable & Wireless Co
Batavia
Japanese Dead Estimated At 165000 In 10 Weeks
Washington February 14 wartime estimates by conservative military experts put Japanese army and navy casualties at about 165000 over ten weeks of Pacific blitz warfare against the Philippines Malaya Singapore and the Dutch East Indies. Estimates include 125000 to 150000 army losses and 10000 to 15000 naval fatalities with naval manpower bolstered by a 300000 rising sun fleet.
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International News Service
Washington
Pacific
Philippines
Malaya
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
United Nations
China
Changsha
Rising Sun Navy
City traffic mishaps injure seven in late Friday and today
Seven people including two women passengers and a pedestrian were injured in city traffic incidents late Friday and this morning. One driver, Willard Glidden, faced reckless driving charges after a 1 am crash at 11th street and Dueber avenue SW. Police reported injuries ranged from minor contusions to lacerations and minor rib injuries. all but one were released from hospital.
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Accident Prevention Bureau
August Krajci
Leed SW
18Th St
Starkave
William Swagger
Alexander
Swagger
Mercy Hospital
Dorothy Stuffel
14Th St
Kathleen Manning
Cottage
Meyers Lake
Howard Bryan
Greenfield Ave
Willard M. Glidden
17Th St
11Th St
Dueber Ave
Bryan
Aultman Hospital
Whitticar
Miss Stuffel
G O P Names Stark County Republican Executive Leaders
Clarence O Humker from Canton named chairman of the Stark County Republican executive committee with George D Brown Alliance as vice chairman Carl F Wise is finance chair Randolph Fawcett treasurer Sherwood Ake secretary Mrs Louella Baker remains as women’s division chair B E Freehole and George H France resign with Jeannette Harsh Glenn Vogelgesang William Shiel added from Canton Publicity chair position deferred Humker calls for civic duty amid wartime policy considerations and support for Gov Bricker’s reelection.
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Clarence O. Humker
Canton
Stark County Republican Organization
Robert Graham
Alliance
George D. Brown
Carl F. Wise
Randolph Fawcett
Sherwood Ake
Louella Baker
Graham
B. E. Freehole
George H. France
Jeannette Harsh
Wise
Glenn Vogelgesang
Fawcett
William Shiel
Humker
Stark County
Gov. Bricker
Forces in Bataan clash as heavy guns roar in defense
Washington reports 24 hours of fierce Japanese and American combat in Bataan with heavy artillery and aggressive infantry skirmishes. Allied lines held with enemy entrenching in places as air attacks increased. Japanese shore batteries fired on Manila Bay defenses near Corregidor and nearby forts. no material damage. Senate debate grows over sending fresh troops to aid MacArthur’s forces, amid fears of naval risks and broader stakes in the Pacific.
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Washington
Bataan
War Department
Department
MacArthur
Cavite
Manila Bay
Fort Mills
Corregidor Island
Drum
Hughes
Frank
Hawaii
United Nations’ High Command
Singapore
Dutch Indies
Soerabaja
Java
Senate
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Paratroop Assault Hits Palembang Oil Center
Batavia reports a large Japanese air attack on Palembang Sumatra with over 100 transport planes and escort fighters. Paratroops dropped at three sites, dozens killed, but officials say Palembang itself is not threatened and the situation remains not unfavorable to Dutch defenders.
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Batavia
Palembang
Sumatra
Islands
Malacca Strait
Singapore
Netherlands Indies
Medan
Defense stamps free with gas at Smith Tire
Gas customers at Smith Tire, located at 2nd and McKinley NW, receive free defense stamps with purchases. Adv.
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Smith Tire
2Nd & McKinley NW
Flier Laura Ingalls Convicted On Nazi Propaganda Charge
Laura Ingalls, 38, was found guilty by a district court jury of willful failure to register as a German agent for selling propaganda services to the German government and not reporting them to the state department. Justice Morris revoked her $7,500 bail and remanded her to district jail pending sentencing, which had no date set.
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Laura Ingalls
United Press
Washington
State Department
James W. Morris
Charges in Slaying Reduced by Police
Sadie Cook, a 42 year old Negro woman, was freed on $10,000 bond after charges were reduced from first degree to second degree murder. She is accused of killing Nick Rosetti and Armando Vega and wounding Joseph Yura with a hunting rifle at a resort on 337 Walnut ave SE. Arraignment set for next Tuesday at 9 a.m. Municipal Judge Gordon J. Burris ordered the bond and she was released from city jail.
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Sadie Cook
Walnut Ave SE
Jack Beatty
Gordon J. Burris
Nick Rosetti
Penn Pl
Armando G
Nazi Fleet Coup Rocks England
Britain reels from the Brazen Brest to Heligoland flight of German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and cruiser Prinz Eugen. Churchill orders a grand inquiry as Parliament debates the German threat and potential naval unification including Tirpitz, Admiral Scheer, Luetzow, Hipper and possibly Graf Zeppelin and Deutschland.
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International News Service
London
Britain
Brest
Strait of Dover
Heligoland
Winston Churchill
Scharnhorst
Prinz Eugen
Churchill
Daily Express
Tirpitz
Tirpitz, the Pocket Battleships Admiral Scheer
Luetzow
Admiral Hipper
Graf Zeppelin
Deutschland
Judges defer action on Doney trial plea
Three judges of the common pleas court took Buffert Ray Doney s motion for a new trial under advisement after brief oral arguments by defense counsel Milton C Moore and Prosecutor A C L Barthelmer The court will study cited legal references and testimony from the three day trial Doney was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of his daughter Almeda Whitmer 23 last November 22.
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Common Pleas Court
Buffert Ray Doney
Milton C. Moore
A. C. L. Barthelmer
Almeda Whitmer
Deney
Third Registration For Draft Starts in Stark County
The third draft registration began across Stark County and nationwide with plans to register men ages 18 to 20 and 45 to 64 within months. Registration centers opened at noon and run until 6 p.m., with 134 sites operating 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday. Officials expect over 15 000 registrants in the 20 to 44 bracket locally and urge all men not yet enrolled who were 20 by December 31 1941 and under 45 on Monday to register. Nationwide, about 9 million more men may join the pool, bringing total registrations to over 42 million. Close to 1 million have been inducted. the army aims for 3.6 million by year end.
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Stark County
Selective Service
Washington
Army
Stimson
Allies Shatter Burma Attacks Fronts in Salween Reach
United Press dispatches report heavy Japanese casualties on the Salween river front after Allied aerial reinforcements and fresh Chinese troops arrived in the northern Burma area. British bombers struck enemy concentrations as reinforcements strengthened the defense line and Paratroop use was noted at Palembang.
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United Press
Rangoon
Burma
Salween River
Martaban
Paan
Salween
Moulmein
Sittang
Burma Road
Kunming
New Delhi
Chiang Kaishek
Salween Line
Russia mobilizes women for war production
Moscow radio announced that President Kalinin decreed mobilization of Russian women to take up war material production and construction work, as the Soviet Union steps up home front effort during wartime.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Michael Kalinin
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
War Work Contracts Brought To City By Staff Ot Caravan
War work orders arrive as WPB caravan halts in Canton for three days. Two 35 foot units show torpedo parts and private contractor supplies, enabling immediate booking of war orders with local plants. Officials of Stark and other areas plan plant engagements.
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Canton
Ohio
Australians land in Batavia to defend Java
Australian and other British imperial troops have landed in Batavia and are taking up positions for the defense of Java. The broadcast did not specify whether the forces came from Singapore or another location.
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International News Service
New York
Batavia
Java
CBS
Singapore
Damon Runyon
Canton
Paul Mallon
Walter Lippmann
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