U S Fighter Planes Engage Over Dutch East Indies
American Army fighter planes battled Japanese air forces over Java, claiming the downing of one enemy bomber and one escort plane amid heavy odds. A U SP40 formation was reported missing one aircraft, with reinforcements arriving as Gen Wavell and Gen MacArthur's forces coordinate in the southwest Pacific theater.
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Wallington
Java
Dutch East Indies
Archibald Wavell
United Forces
Southwest Pacific
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Bajaan
Pacific
Peammunique
PAQ
Macarthur
Philippines
Defense survey makes splendid progress in Elyria
Sevens group in Elyria reports rapid completion of a civilian defense survey to gather information on every family for air raid protection. Neely Powers and Mrs. C. A. coordinator told about 600 volunteers at an Elks hall meeting that the program is the best in Ohio. Women from the Elyria Sevens lead the effort with about 110 women interviewing and coordinating neighbor homes, some already finished.
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Elyria
Neely Powers
C. A
Women's Aces
Elks Hall
Ohio
Powers
Ely
American hospital ship attacked nine times by Japanese
American nurses and wounded troops arriving from the Philippines at Sydney reveal nine air raids on the hospital ship Mactan. The vessel carried about 200 wounded and reached Sydney January 31. Tokyo claimed the ship sailed unimpeached. Survivors recalled bombs, bursts and grit, and American nurses described the flight chaos and sticks of buttered bread amid the attacks.
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Melbourne
Philippines
Mactan
Sydney
Tokyo
Two Day Vacation After School Bus Crash
Students at Stonkside School Sheffield Lake enjoy a two day break after a morning bus crash that left 52 children safe. Driver A J Wearsch said a broken spring on a pothole damaged bus caused it to skid off Lake Breeze road and tip. One student Henry Dotzol 14 suffered a knee injury and was taken to St. Josephs Lorain for checks. The Sheffield Lake school board voted to close today and tomorrow and have three buses inspected, criticizing road conditions and noting another bus was laid up from a broken spring yesterday.
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Stonkside School
Sheffield Lake
Lake Breeze Road
A. J. Wearsch
Wearsch
Henry Dotzol
St. Joseph’s Hospital Lorain
Sheffield Lake School Board
Ellis Nog
Henry Garber
Barney Youngblood
Thelma Kauffman
Walter McAllister
Worker Hurt In Mill Fall Fractures Leg
Albert Lapp of 269 P avenue is hospitalized at St Josephs with a leg fracture after slipping at the National Tube Company mill. He was at work when a pipe slipped and fell, injuring him this morning.
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Albert Lapp
P. Avenue
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorsin
Lee
National Tike Company
Lapp
County to Buy Two Diebold Safes for Treasurer Office
County commissioners announce plans to purchase two new safes from Diebold Safe and Lock Co of Canton Ohio at 369 dollars to replace an out of order safe. The safes will store sales tax stamps and food stamps once the program begins. The purchase follows a request from County Treasurer Walter J Wright.
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Wiay
Diebold Safe & Lock Co
Canton
Walter J. Wright
Allies Plan Invasion Of Nazified Europe
Ottawa reports United States British and Canadian staff officers in Britain have drawn plans for a final invasion of German occupied Europe. General A G J McNaughton said such an invasion is inevitable and that plans were prepared at conferences in Britain. He emphasized readiness as a natural course of events.
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Ottawa
United States
Britain
Europe
A. G. J. McNaughton
McNaughton
Canada
Fall In Barn Fatal To Ohio Farmer
A Frenchtown farmer fell eighteen feet from a beam to the barn floor and died shortly after from neck injuries. He was unmarried and survived by his parents and six brothers.
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Ohio
Tiffin
Marcid Till
Frenchtown
Jermin Shen Hr
Nicholas Toll
Anc
Peter
U S Destroyer Launched At Norfolk Navy Yard
A U S destroyer was launched at the Norfolk Navy Yard in six months. The ceremony took place near NOWFOLK with officials present to mark the completion and fitting of the vessel named Morndon.
Highways tighten load limits on overloaded routes
The Ohio Highway Department moves to strengthen enforcement by posting signs on several secondary roads with load limits set at 25 percent below legal limits. The action cites a long overdue problem of overloaded trucks on key corridors between Medina and an between state lines as an example of deteriorating highway conditions.
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Columbus
Reese
Ohio
Betacenate Anal Medina
Costly Blaze Near Boston Navy Yard
A four alarm fire near the Boston Navy Yard caused over 75000 dollars in damage to a large wooden ware house, with a brick wall stopping the spread to volatile chemicals. Firemen from four cities fought a hour and a half in a snowstorm. one man broke a ankle and six others were treated for minor injuries. The blaze damaged the First National Stores section, while the Du Pont chemical stores area was spared. A wooden barge at Pier 45 also sustained damage.
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Boston
Boston Navy Yard
Samuel Pope
First National Stores, Inc
New Fogland Grocery
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc
Pier
Senate backs 3.5 million China aid authorization
Washington February 5 Senate Foreign Relations Committee approves unanimously a 3,500,000 authorization to bolster China's internal economy and speed material aid to Chinese forces. Hearings included testimony from War Navy Treasury and Commerce secretaries. Action rushed to Senate for prompt consideration. Franklin D Roosevelt would be granted broad latitude in distributing funds.
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Bulletin
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Joan Te Ching
Sugar Rationing To Be Big Job
Washington reports the nations 9 000 rationing boards will guard the sugar supply. Home meals buyers will need sugar stamps before purchase, while hotel and cafe meals are not stamp eligible. The Office of Price Administration aims to use 27 010 rationing board members nationwide to issue stamp books.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
United States
Greece Starvation Amid Nazi Food Plunder Described
In a press conference Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles described a famine in Greece caused by German food seizure. He noted reports from Americans, neighboring countries, and the Greek legation and said Germans had taken all food, leaving Greeks to starve with high infant mortality. Britain plans some relief via Turkish routes.
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Washington
Ren
Greece
Stele
Sumner Welles
Toda
Welles
Turkey
Senators Move to Repeal Pensions for Congressmen
Washington reports four senators led by Harry F Byrd push to repeal pensions for members of Congress under the civil service retirement law. The group aims to avoid immediate action, awaiting post election decisions while highlighting political pressure from the Townsend plan. The act lets reelected members delay deciding on entry until after election. Byrd's amendment would have required back payments. Burton and Johnson voted for it. Bailey did not vote. measure defeated 34 to 2. The senators argue Congress should limit pensions to future elected officials.
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Washington
Fric
Harry F. Byrd
Harold
Senate
Sen Byrd
Johnson
Burton
Byrd
Bailey
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Townsend
War summary lines from a 1942 era brief
Singapore under siege as British heavy Huns silence Japanese artillery and Japanese forces halt further advances. Burma massing across Salween while Allied air attacks strike. Philippines defenders under MacArthur hold rapid Japanese assaults in place. In Asia Japanese bomb Surabaya and Port Moresby, New Guinea, while Soviet and Allied actions report shifting Nazi lines near Kharkov and Axis advances in Africa and Europe.
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Singapore
Burma
Salween River
Reds Drive On Killing 5700 Nazi Soldiers
London reports the Red Army near Moscow advancing on fronts west and north, killing about 5 700 Germans and capturing several populated places. A Russian artillery unit led by Alexander Chapayev disrupted a German counterattack, while Soviet gains continued near Belgorod Kharkov and Kursk despite heavy German counteractions and snowbound conditions.
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London
Red Army
Moscow
Alexander Chapaimey
Hank
Kalnin
Sovie
Belgorod
Kharkov
Kuibyshev
Kursk
Accident Results In Two Suits For $40,000
A Detroit motor collision on West Waver Road near Furnasesitive involved Joan and Mabel Titsky of Lorain suing Frank Kirmen for injuries totaling 40000. Inez Avert 16 and Mabel Alesky, a passenger in Kirmen's car, claim concussion and brain injuries. The husband sues for damages arising from his wife’s injuries. The case references high claims but details are unclear.
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Fao
Frank
Kirmen
Detroit
Joan
Mabel
Titsky
Lorain
West Waver Road
Inez
Alesky
Kirmin
Revere
Petvian
Het Hughand
Injuries Fatal To Cleveland Woman
Cleveland woman Imian Brown, 49, mother of five, died from injuries after an automobile crash that seriously injured her youngest son, Mewin, 6, days earlier. The crash occurred in Cleveland on February 5.
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Cleveland
Imian Brown
Wwen
Mewin
Heavy Guns On The Besieged Island In Malaya Siege
Japanese big guns move toward Singapore to bombard the island and threaten a direct assault across the Johore Strait. Singapore braces for a finish fight as British guns rain shells on enemy columns and Japanese air raids continue over the harbor and coast.
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London
Johore Sultanate
Singapore
Johore Straits
Far East
Malaya
Bugapore
Johore
Foy
British Bomb Japanese Troops Near Moulmein
British bomber attacks near Moulmein press foray by Japanese forces along the Saiwetsa river amid attempts to cross the Shweli and threaten Rangoon. Civil defense reports light civilian damage with no confirmed fatalities as Japanese air raids strike Rangoon suburbs and an airfield in central Burma.
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Rangoon
Saiwetsa
Paan
WO Wes
Moulmein
Americer
Rush
Pavan
Thaton
Rangoon-Mambalaya
Burma
Calpe
Jap Air Rally
Fale
Civil Defense
Sert
Japanese Raid On Soerabaja Naval Base Reported
Dutch Indies command admits fires and material damage at Soerabaja naval base in Java during a second raid. Communique says the strike earlier in the week caused heavy losses, with numerous planes involved and some personnel possibly trapped.
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Java
Socrabaja
Netherlands Indies
Naval Air Base
Netherlands Indies Command
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Onio
The
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Telegram
Army
Albuquerque
N. M
Morndon
Neafolk Navy Yard
China
Orien
Soerabepa
Fort Moresby
New Guinea
Russia
Avprica
Harold Guard
Whch
Soerabaje
Kopaa
Netherland
Belk Papem
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