Pacific War Updates From Segamat To Singapore
Japanese pressure mounts in the Pacific theater as Segamat lies on the main rail to Singapore. Australian and British forces claim success on the Malay coast while Singapore endures air attacks and fuel depots are set ablaze. MacArthur’s forces retreat 20 miles on Luzon as Japan readies a new push.
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Segamat
Singapore
Gemas
Malayan
Russia
Africa
Henry Gordon Bennett
Argentine Brazilian talks loom in wartime severance plan
Foreign ministers Guinazu and Vargas conferred as United States officials shaped a compromise on severing diplomatic and economic ties with Germany Italy and Japan. Castillo reportedly discussed with Vargas while Rossetti spoke with Welles, signaling a high-stakes bid to reconcile divergent positions before today's defense committee vote.
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Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Getulio Vargas
United States
Welles and Aranha
Guinazu
Vargas
Ramon S. Castillo
Buenos Aires
Juan B. Rossetti
Welles
Germany
Italy
Japan
Castillo
Defense Committee
Mexico
Colombia
Venezuela
Australia to curb defeatism rumors amid munitions war
The government will take stern action against a campaign of defeatism and rumor spreading that criticizes munitions staff and officers. Navy minister N O J Makin says all rumors were investigated and proved baseless, arising from malice or treason, with emergency measures ready to be strengthened.
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Navy
N. O. J. Makin
How You Can Get A 100 Loan From Household Finance
A readable old loan advertisement explains small monthly payments for loans of 25 50 and 100 dollars at Household Finance. It outlines total costs monthly instalments and comparison with other lenders plus easy application no guarantors and private terms. The piece notes charges 2 percent monthly on balances under 300 and 14 percent on balances over 300 with no minimum fee and no extra charges.
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Ohio
Lombard Death In Plane Crash Noted Inquest
In Las Vegas coroner's jury probes Miss Lombard's death from a TWA crash en route to Los Angeles. Her mother Mrs Peters, also a victim, awaits identification as funeral plans stay indefinite. Otto Winkler and others linked to the Defense Bond trip are tied to the tragedy.
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Saturda
Gable
Miss Lombard
Mahlon Brown
Las Vegas
TWA
Los Angeles
Otto Winkler
Middle West
Elizabeth Peters
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Jean Harlow
Will Rogers
Marie Dressler
Hollywood
Peters
Army Ferry Command
Civil Aeronautics Author
Registration boards plan local district access and facilities
Stark county registration rules force residents to register within their home district. Boards will use their own headquarters and add public buildings as needed to ease lines. Canton boards outline site plans with wards 9 and 10 in Board 5 and central transients registration at courthouse annex. other boards consider voting places or post office basements.
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Stark County
Board No. 5
County Election Board
Board 3
Board No. 2
Election Board
Ohio Boards Prepare For Reclassification
Ohio's draft deferments for dependents will undergo broad reconsideration under a new order. Local boards will assess claims, with registrants possibly presenting financial statements to prove need. Neese says new rules tighten the meaning of dependent deferments and focus on class 3-A, about 70 percent of registrants. Public offices and civic groups will assist, and registration starts February 9 with green cards sorted by district.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Edward S. Neese
America
Oqohio
Neese
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Hershey
Trial reveals clash over speed at fatal intersection
The state argues the car sped 60 to 65 mph to beat a red light as witnesses testified. Defense claims 35 mph through the green light. Christian said he felt an impact after clearing the intersection and later learned he had struck a pedestrian. Inspectors began the official wreck investigation and planned further study.
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Christian
Monroe Ave
Feodosiya recaptured as Donets clashes persist
European fronts show mixed gains with Feodosiya reportedly retaken by German and Romanian forces, while Russians counterattack along the Donets. London and Moscow reports claim heavy fighting, air raids against British and allied targets, and intensified street fighting in Mozhaisk as the Soviet offensive grows.
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Crimea
Feodosiya
Hitler
Tosing Feodosiya
Donets
Gulf of
Sirte
Salum
Britain
Shetland Islands
Russia
Murmansk
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Red Star
Tanker Sinking Off New York Coast Amid War-Era Losses
A tanker named Coimbra flying an Allied flag sank about 75 miles from New York after a collision or attack. Two crewmen from its opposite vessel Norness are missing while 39 were rescued. The Allan Jackson, a 6635 ton ship built in 1921 in Alameda, California, with home port Wilmington, Delaware, is noted in the report.
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Long Island
Coimbra
New York
Norness
Allan Jackson
Alameda
Calif
Wilmington
Del
Let's Make It A Billion Defense Bonds Drive
The article urges massive Defense Bond and Defense Stamp purchases to fund Allied victory. Citing November sales at 233 million and December at 528 million after Pearl Harbor, it calls for a heroic monthly total reaching a billion. Citizens are urged to buy at post offices banks and stores.
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Pearl Harbor
Ameri
Song Of U S Luzon Troops Defy The Enemy
A war front diary from Batan Peninsula shows American and Filipino troops under siege singing a poem Dive Low Dive Bombers by Corp. Dumot F. Wade. The piece blends frontline life with vivid jungle terrain, malaria meals, and joint defense around Manila Bay with key figures and places named.
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Batan Peninsula
Corp
Dumot F. Wade
Coronado
Calif
Wade
Ancient Egyptian Balance Weighing From Early Era
A historical note states that crude weighing machines using balance principles existed in Egypt at least 5,000 years before the Christian era, indicating early scientific practices in ancient commerce and measurement.
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Egypt
Americans Hold Ground as Japan Pauses Offensive
Japanese forces paused their assault on the Philippines allowing American units to regroup and resupply. The latest U.S. communique said Japan made scarcely any gains in the week of hard fighting with several sharp skirmishes to reestablish positions. Prisoner reports from Japanese propaganda listed Franz Weisblatt, a United Press journalist with Gen. MacArthur, among those captured in the Battle of Bataan.
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MacArthur
Batan
Franz Weisblatt
United Press
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United Nations
Netherlands East Indies
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
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Mr. Gable
Seclu
Sion
el Rancho Vegas
Tel
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First National Bank Bldg
Canton
H. H. Coltrane
George P. Maloney Motor Company
12Th Street
Chrysler-Plymouth
Europe
U. S. Luzon
Philippines
Clark Lee
Associated Press
Joe
Midlands
Manila Bay
Washington
Gen. MacArthur
Dr. Scholl
Scholl Foot Comfort
J. A. Pawsey
Cleveland Ave
U.S
Fennen
Beller
ACME
Schroye
Rane
Clie
Mea
Uneek
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