War moves widen to Java and Burma defense plans
Dispatches describe Allied retreat to interior highlands in Java as Batavia falls to Japanese forces. Paratroops operatives loom large with air raids and naval action near Darwin. Curtin moves to mobilize all men under 60 while British and Chinese forces fight to hold Rangoon and Pegu.
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Berlin
Comei
Bandoeng
Soerabaja
Burma
Rangoon
Pegu
Sittang River
Batavia
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Darwin
Tokyo
Australia
Wyndham
Broome
John Curtin
Commonwealth
Canberra
United Nations
Pengalengan
Indian Ocean
Tulatjap
Viereck Is Found Guilty In Isolationist Literature Case
In a courthouse basement room Judge Letts presided as Viereck smiled and kissed his wife after a 12 day trial. The government argued he masterminded a campaign to flood the nation with anti British and isolationist material while he claimed actions were personal. He had registered as agent for German princes. the ruling required full disclosure of activities.
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Lette
Viereck
State Department
Morosini
Judge Letts
Expansion Plan Sought for Harter School to Accommodate Growth
Schools petition for eight classrooms and an auditorium gymnasium addition at Harter to match the existing building. Enrollment rose from 211 to 280 since the filing, with nearly all new students from the Mellett Homesteads defense housing project on Tuscarawas Street.
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Harter
Mellett Homesteads Defense Housing Project
Tuscarawas St
Java Defenses Center on Bandoeng Highlands
Elevations up to 12000 feet shape Java’s spine as Dutch forces mass in Bandoeng. The Preanger plateau provides defensible terrain with surrounding peaks and mountain guns. Batavia lies at sea level, while rail links to Tjilatjap reinforce northern coast defenses. War plants near Bandoeng produce airplanes, ammunition, guns, grenades and precision instruments.
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Java
Bandoeng
Tjilatjap
Batavia
Hubertus J. van Mook
Bataan
MacArthur
War production surge and global combat outlook outlined
War production accelerates as arsenals forge bombers fighters tanks and other weapons while American manpower swells toward 3.6 million by end of 1942. The piece surveys battles from Pearl Harbor and the Pacific to Atlantic naval losses, overseas deployments, prisoner camps, and looming threats to Alaska and Asia with Japan's expanding reach and strategic positions.
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Northern
Ireland
London
Europe
Burma
Bataan
Bali
Marshalls
Gilberts
United States
Pearl Harbor
Filipinos Mkuu Surrender Bolos to Japanese War
United Press reports Japanese forces in occupied Philippines order all Filipinos to surrender any weapon or tool that could be used as a weapon, including bolo knives. General MacArthur interprets this as fear of native uprisings, while Japan delays large offensives after losses at Subic Bay.
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United Press
Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Subic Bay
Roosevelt Sign Deed Expands War Aid and Funding
Debt history signed by President Roosevelt channels vast new funds for the army lend lease and maritime commission. Total appropriations for 1941 to 1943 rise above 142 billion dollars with about 23 billion for the army and half of that amount eligible for ally aid. The package includes 1.5 billion in direct appropriations and 2.35 billion in maritime contract authorizations to fuel a massive shipbuilding program. Musical instruments can be sold through the want ads.
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Roosevelt
Army
Maritime Commission
Baldwin Wallace Cancels Classes Over Scarlet Fever
Baldwin Wallace College in Berea Ohio canceled classes and social events for the rest of the week due to three scarlet fever cases among about 800 students.Three fraternity houses and two boarding halls were quarantined.
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Hymited Press
Berea
Baldwin-Wallace College
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