MacArthur holds Corregidor and Bataan under siege
Japanese forces hammer Corregidor and Bataan with heavy bomber assaults as U S and Allied leaders assess strategic gains. The fight concentrates men and materiel in a kidney shaped Manila northwest position while Davao hosts a growing Japanese naval concentration. Allied leadership plans joint defense with Dutch and Chinese forces to curb Japanese advance toward Singapore and the Dutch East Indies.
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Tokyo
Manila
U. S
Bataan
Zambales
Subic
Olangapoo
Subic Bay
MacArthur
Pampanga
United States
Davao
Mindanao
War Department
Netherlands East Indies
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific Command
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Non-war budget figures show gains and cuts for 1943
The article outlines the 1943 non-defense budget excluding fixed charges with expenditures and savings across departments and programs. It notes increases for civil services and works projects and shifts in WPA funding, including a tentative WPA request and Byrd committee recommendations to abolish CCC and NYA.
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Work Projects Administration
WPA
Byrd Committee
CCC
NYA
Byrd Group
Pacific War Front North of Manila Under Heavy Bombardment
The Philippines and Corregidor defenses near Manila Bay endured hours of bombing and machine gun fire as American and Philippine troops resisted. At least 45 Japanese bombers attacked Corregidor and Batan defenses with unknown damage, while overall front fighting intensified and casualties remained undetermined.
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Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Batan Peninsula
War Department
Canton
Philippine
Batan
Washington
Davao
Japan
Indies
Australia
Archibald P. Wavell
Far East
Java
Batavia
Molotov Brands German War as Systematic Plunder and Mass Atrocity
Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov accused Germany of a preplanned campaign of looting, terror, and massacres across occupied Soviet territories. He cited towns leveled like Istra and Klin, mass executions, rape of women and girls, destruction of culture, and use of civilians as shields, asserting the Nazi regime orchestrated bandit warfare aimed at subjugation.
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Motolov
Molotov
Volovo
Kursk
Boikova
Tikhvin
Leningrad Front
Kolodetskaya
Kiev
Lvov
Odessa
Kamenets Podolsk
Dniepropetrovsk
Mariupol
Kerch
Budget in Brief Roosevelts 1943 fiscal year outline
The January 7 government summary outlines President Roosevelts 1943 budget with figures for estimated receipts and expenditures, debt changes, and tax proposals. It notes a net social security trust fund excess of about 2 billion dollars in 1943 under proposed legislation and includes comparisons with 1942 and 1941 data.
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Terest
Washington
Roosevelt
Eee
Rcee
Ee Eee
Russian Front Shifts as Soviet Counterattack Advances West
British reports say Soviet reinforcements flood Red Army lines while Russia aims to push the Nazi retreat beyond the Leningrad to Mozhaisk arc. Front extends 280 miles from Leningrad to Vysokoe and Mozhaisk, with advances toward Belev Tim Kursk Donets and Taganrog. Finnish leaders hint at separate peace. Hogland recaptured. Dijon incident in German-occupied France.
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Russia
Leningrad-Smolensk- Dneper
Moscow
London
Leningrad
Vysokoe
Kalinin
Staritsa
Mozhaisk
Volokokalsk
Narofominsk
Borovsk
Matoyaroslavets
Kaluga
Mozelsk
Feodosiya
Stockholm
Finland
Berlin
Hogland Island
Gulf of Finland
Brazzaville
French Congo
France
Dijon
Allies Hope To Halt Japanese Drive In Southeast Asia
British reports say reinforcements are due in Malaya to slow the Japanese offensive as air and land support arrive. Observers note Japan’s gains yield only rubber and tin with Penang in question, while a scorched earth policy and rice deliveries shape resistance. Victory hinges on defending Singapore and surrounding islands to project power and prepare a final assault to end the invasion.
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Malaya
Singapore
Penang
British Broadcasting Corp
New York
Lower
Perak
Sumatra
Java
West Borneo
South China Sea
Java Sea
Malacca Straits
Roosevelt outlines budget plan with price controls and tax reforms
In a budget message to Congress Roosevelt argues for price control legislation to support a modest price rise. He cites postwar debt, proposes social security expansion, new tax measures, and a broad fiscal program to curb inflation and strengthen revenue while increasing defense production.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Cold Wave Strains Gas, Halts Some Plants Across Ohio
A $1,500,000 liquefaction plant stores gas in liquid form after extreme cold. Gas officials promise ample heating supply. Skaters flock to Canton lagoons as snow recedes, routes clear. East Liverpool potteries curb output to save gas. Lisbon plants suspend, 40 workers sent home. Ohio roads icy, snow flurries in spots. George Sharkey, 73, found frozen to death near Jackson.
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Cleveland
Liverpool
Lisbon
State Highway Department
Painesville
Chardon
Jefferson
George Sharkey
Jackson
Roosevelt Promises Major War Program To Defeat Axis
The president argues half the estimated national income must fund war with taxes and bonds. He asserts the price is worth it and cites London’s resolve to “give it back with compound interest.” The plan envisions 300 armored divisions and 18 million tons of merchant shipping by 1943, with Britain and other nations contributing as part of 26 united nations.
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Roosevelt
Treasury
London
Congress
Pearl Harbor
Wake
Midway
Manila
British Isles
Far East
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Soviet Russia
Germany
France
United States
United Nations
Assembly of the
Berlin Radio Skews Roosevelt Address for Germany
The Berlin radio aired a truncated version of President Roosevelt's state of the union, dubbing the President with insults while omitting U.S. plans. The Nazi commentator claimed the United States cannot sustain its arms program, ignoring that America will produce 60,000 aircraft this year and double next year.
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International News Service
New York
Berlin Radio Today
Germany
Roosevelt
NBC
United States
Senators Seek One Man in Charge of War Production
Congress members urged established one director of the war industries program to coordinate sprawling aims. Senators Connally and Byrd pressed for centralized control as plans foresee 60,000 planes 45,000 tanks and 8,000,000 tons of ships while Barkley argued the current setup could expand to cover the larger expenditures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Connally
Texas
Byrd
Virginia
Sen. Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
Office of Production Management
OPM
William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Sen. Byrd
Final Tire Rationing Procedure Prepared
A three man Stark county tire rationing board was to meet today at 2 p m at Civilian Defense HQs to choose a county coordinator. Members include Stewart O McHenry Minerva chairman W F Espenschied Hartville and Lewis C Wiggins Massillon. Representatives from Canton Massillon Alliance Minerva Louisville and other areas will select the coordinator to allocate quotas and settle disputes. Felix Hinkle civilian defense chairman would preside.
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Stark County
Stewart O. McHenry
Minerva
W. F. Espenschied
Hartville
Lewis C. Wiggins
Massillon
McHenry
Canton
Alliance
Louisville
Felix Hinkle
Ohio World War I veterans to register Feb 16
An estimated 21,000 Ohio World War I veterans aged 36 to 44 are expected to register for military service on February 16, according to officials at Ohio American Legion headquarters.
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Ohio
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio American Legion
Roosevelt taunts foes with war machine praise
Roosevelt mocks enemy secrecy and expresses hope that production figures become common knowledge in Germany and Japan, describing the machine as the most awe inspiring ever to take the field. He notes such figures are usually secret.
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Roosevelt
Germany
Japan
A E F Talk Renews Pressure On Ireland
London reports reliable informants forecast Roosevelt will press for American naval and air bases in Ireland. The speech is seen as signaling an end to the hands off policy toward Eire and possible U S pressure, though moves would wait until American units reach the Atlantic side. Irish neutrality remains officially unchanged.
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United Préa
London
Roosevelt
British Isles
Eire
Great Britain
Atlantic
United States
Navy Denies Sinking of U. S. Battleship
The Navy Department denied reports of a naval engagement in the southeast Pacific resulting in the loss of a U.S. battleship. German controlled broadcasts via Hilversum claimed U.S.S. New Mexico and U.S.S. Mississippi were sunk, but Washington called the report untrue.
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International News Service
Washington
Navy Department Today
Southeast Pacific
United States
Hilverson
London Evening Standard
U. S. S. New Mexico
U. S. S. Mississippi
Navy Department
Fire Destroys Car Belonging to Wilbur Smith in Massillon
A Massillon massillon area car owned by Wilbur L Smith of RD 4 Massillon was destroyed by fire Tuesday at 8 p.m. Deputies say the owner attempted to prime the carburetor with gasoline when the blaze began in the motor.
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Wilbur L. Smith
RD 4
Massillon
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