MacArthur forces seize gains near Manila bay on Bataan drive
U S forces on the Bataan peninsula push the Japanese back several kilometers in a lightning thrust along the 13 mile front near Manila bay. The right flank yields tangible gains near Pilar as MacArthur’s army harasses enemy units while guerrilla actions continue in northern and central Luzon. Mindanao patrols report desultory action with Japanese reinforcements.
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United Press
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Manila Bay
War Department
MacArthur
Pilar
Corregidor Fortress
East Indies
Luzon
Mindanao
Philippine Island
State Rescinds Recruiting Ban In Recruitment Battle
The conflict over manpower between selective service and recruiting services ends with new state instructions. Boards may release draftees for enlistment if in 1-A and subject to induction, with credit toward quotas. Navy and Marine recruiters previously pressed men barred by army exams, but policies now adjust to permit enlistment with board permission while preserving the national selective service ban on enlistment without local board approval.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Selective Service
Marines
State Headquarters
Lewis B. Hershey
Gen. Hershey
British Submarine Scores Hit On Prinz Eugen Type Of Cruiser
The United States notes 일본se naval toll against Japan while German U boats pressure the Atlantic. Since Dec 10, 74 Japanese vessels sunk or damaged. in the Atlantic 114 submarine attacks reported Jan 1 to Feb 23 with 34 ships sunk or damaged from Canada to the Caribbean. Three submarines reportedly sunk. navy counts Japan losses at 15 combatant and 38 noncombatant ships. army claims 21 more killed or damaged. News from London confirms German ships Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen immobilized after Brest escape, with Prinz Eugen possibly damaged off Norway. Churchill and admiralty report long-term damage probable.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
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Navy
Japan
United Nations
Canada
Caribbean
Foe
Knox
International
London
Brest
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Scharnhorst
Hitler
Germany
Gneisenau
Prinz Eugen
Straits of Dover
Norway
Trident
Norwegian
Trondheim
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Channel
Winston Churchill
The
Army and Navy
Sugar ration plan tied to Ohio schools in March rollout
Ohio schools to aid civilian sugar distribution says Assistant Director O E Hill. Registration for ration booklets may begin March 9 with estimates due March 5. Local officials have only Columbus press notes on details and will rely on pupil counts to estimate community populations.
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O. E. Hill
Columbus
State Education Department
Ohio Defense Council
Jesse Mason
T. C. Knapp
Hill
Mr. Hill
Burma Forces Reinforce as Rangoon Burns in Burma Battle
British Empire troops faced a last ditch clash in lower Burma with Rangoon ablaze as 21 Japanese planes were shot down. Chinese forces reportedly enter Burma while evacuees say reinforcements move south of Mandalay. If Rangoon falls, the Burma Road may be severed and Rangoon left undefended.
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United Press
Mandalay
Burma
Lower Burma
Rangoon
Imperials
All-India Radio
Sittang
China
Chiengmai
Thailand
Salween
Pegu
War Fronts Update From World War II Actions
Fronts report substantial Allied wins across theatres. SEA American forces claim sinking 74 Japanese vessels and damaging 21 German subs. Dutch East Indies US air raids target Bali fleet. Burma British burn Rangoon and pull back to a new line. Russia Moscow says German 16th Army is encircled near Staraya, with key Nazi Romanian units crushed in Ukraine. Philippines Japanese advance stalls as MacArthur thrust meets resistance.
Russians Press Trapped Enemy In Battles Across Staraya Russa
Izvestia described the 16th German army encircled at Staraya Russa as hopeless after two weeks of brutal fighting. German units including the 290th and 30th divisions were overwhelmed at isolated points while Nazi breakout attempts failed. Russian forces reportedly hunted down detachments in a war of extermination, and a parallel Ukrainian front claimed the destruction of four German Romanian divisions with heavy casualties. Cavalry and infantry then pressed the offensive, encircling a Romanian detachment and seizing railway targets as the night report noted.
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United Press
Moscow
Izvestia Today
Staraya
Russia
Staraya Russa
Ukraine
Allied and Japanese naval actions near Bali and Java
American bombers attacked a new Japanese force off Bali while U S submarines reportedly torpedoed four or five invasion vessels over two days. Dutch reports say U S subs hit two troop ships and a freighter, with fighting continuing at Celebes and Borneo as Japanese forces push toward Palembang and Sinkand in western Borneo.
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Dutch East Indies
U. S
Bali
U.S
Allied
Java
United States
Bali Strait
United Nations
Soerabaja
Celebes Island
Borneo
Pontianak
Sintang
Aneta
Oosthaven
Sumatra
Palembang
Sinkand
Wavell Proposes Aid To MacArthur But Rejected
Secretary Stimson disclosed that British General Archibald Wavell offered to rush to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's side at the start of the Bataan campaign. MacArthur declined the risky move, deeming Wavell's life too precious to jeopardize. Stimson noted Wavell later left Singapore with a broken rib and praised Allied defenses in Java and the Dutch and American air forces.
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United Press
Washington
Stimson
Archibald P. Wavell
Southwest Pacific
Douglas McArthur
Bataan Peninsula
MacArthur
Gen. Wavell
Wavell
Patience. McKinley H. S. Feb. 27 28 Admission 30c 40c
Community notice item for McKinley High School advertising a two day event on February 27 and 28 with admission fees of 30 and 40 cents.
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McKinley H. S
House Seeks Suspension of 40 Hour Week for War Effort
Washington Feb 26 Congress hears Rep Smith Virginia urge suspending 17 laws governing work week and overtime pay to aid war production. He cites 17000 West Coast workers in 250 plants and 3000 CIO shipbuilders at San Pedro who would be affected. CIO AFL wage and manpower pact awaited White House review.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Rep. Smith
Virginia
House
CIO
San Pedro
Calif
Cio-Afl
Roosevelt
Six Army Men Killed in Oklahoma Train Crash
Enid Oklahoma February 26 six enlisted soldiers died and twenty six were injured when their bus was struck by a Rock Island freight train during a blinding snowstorm. The dead include Herbert J. Taylor Eugene Underwood Eugene Sanders Vernon Ohnstad Robert Walker and Cyril Minarcik. Of the injured thirteen were hospitalized two expected to die. The men were returning to base after the accident occurred shortly after 1 am.
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Enid
Okla
Rock Island
Herbert J. Taylor
Lake Kerr
Fla
Eugene L. Underwood
Rogersville
Eugene J. Sanders
Yoakum, Tex
Vernon E. Ohnstad
Georgetown
Minn
Robert W. Walker
Bay City
Tex
Cyrill J. Minarcik
Chicago
John H. Ludlow
Battlecreek
Mich
George H
Bicycles Declared Essential for Civilian Use
Price Administrator Leon Henderson classified bicycles as essential for civilian transportation and urged manufacturers not to raise prices above January 15 levels. The move signals government focus on affordable transport amid wartime pressures.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Leon Henderson
Sugar Page 2 Index Highlights Daily Features
An early 20th century newspaper snippet lists today's index topics across sections Amusements Believe It or Not Bringing Up A Family Comics Crossword Puzzle Damon Runyon Day in Canton Deaths Editorials Markets and Financial Pitfalls of Love Paul Mallon Radio Programs Serial Story Side Glances Social News Sports Up Through a Century Walter Lippmann Weather Report and a note about fresh daily sweet cider from Apple House Fulton NW with hours from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Damon Runyon
Canton
Paul Mallon
Walter Lippmann
Winant to report to Roosevelt during return trip
United States Ambassador John G Winant returns to the United States from England for a brief visit to report to President Roosevelt. The embassy announced the trip is part of his plan to return periodically to keep the President fully informed.
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London
United States
John G. Winant
England
Roosevelt
Cardinal Bogiana Dies After Turbulent Cardinalate
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiana aged 68, famed for a turbulent career within the College of Cardinals, died today in Rome. The longtime church figure had been a controversial presence in Vatican affairs.
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Cardinal Boggiana
Rome
Italia
Tommaso Pio Cardinal Boggiana
College of Cardinals
Stimson Links West Coast Raid Scare to Enemy Agents
Secretary of War Stimson said unidentified airplanes possibly operated by enemy agents over Los Angeles were fired on by anti-aircraft guns between 3 12 and 4 15 a m pacific war time. The planes did not drop bombs and caused no casualties. no American aircraft were in action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
Los Angeles
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Pacific
37Th Coast Artillery Brigade
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