Loss Of Singapore Foregone Conclusion Aboard Front Lines
A wartime dispatch reports Singapore near fall amid heavy Japanese air raids and shelling. British defenders are stretched along the coast with the Argyle regiment and other units fighting near Singapore City. Observers fear the fall may come within 24 to 48 hours as planes strafed and dive bombed allied troops.
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Singapore
London
Singafie
Gard
Nix
Sinngapore
Argyle Regiment
Ipoh
Malaya Peninsula
Matt Jack
Sweeney rules out Stetson reappointment over election board row
Secretary of State Sweeney said he would not reappoint Lorain County election board chair Frans A J Stetson when his term ends March 1 amid findings of arbitrary contract awards and public dissatisfaction. He will also question James Seward of Elyria to gauge attitude toward board functions. Seward and Stetson had county committee endorsements.
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Sweeney
Seward
Harris
Lorain
Charles W. Davis
Lorgin
Siveears
Wiliam
Davis
Mareis Ig Ul Ina Lorain Hospital
Stetson
Calvin
Budset
Election Board
Supreme Court
Lorain County
Miss Bernadine Tall Suffers Arm Fracture In Car Rollover
Miss Bernadine Tall 20 of Fields Corners fractured her right arm when a car driven by Russel Thomas Page 23 of 416 Kenyon Avenue skidded on a slippery Sugar Ridge Road east of Elyria and rolled over. She was taken to Elyria Hospital by deputies who investigated the crash. Minor traffic accidents were also reported.
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Bernadine Tall
Fields Corners
Russel
Thomas Page
Kenyon Avenue
Sugar Ridge Road
Elyria
Taft
Elyria 4 Hospital
Adrpity
James F. Watson
Vulcan Street
Woodford
Vulcan
Anthony Zuringsky
Cleveland Street
Freeman
Columbi
Marry A. Jorden
Route
Wellington
Jorden
East Avenue
Broad Street
Charles Low
West Segond Street
Malechin Dentech
Peek
YMCA
FE. T
Sampeed
Weather Notes From Dothan March
Fragmentary weather dispatch reports Tehy aim et ree am sn vast near Dothan such as MuArdsharke and Val with mixed observations. Data appears inconsistent with unclear percentages and locations.
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MuArdsharke
Death Nominates C A Seltzer of North Olmsted
Charles Alden Seltzer 66 a noted western author and former North Olmsted mayor died in Cleveland after illness since fall. He wrote more than 40 westerns with over a million copies sold and his last book So Long Sucker appeared last December. Services set at Pease funeral home with interment at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Charles Alden Seltzer
North Olmsted
Helen Walton
East River Street
Elyria
Cleveland
Seltzer
Wester
New Mexico
West
Wilaze
Genrer EL Walton
Mis Fons Landstied
Lewis B. Selizerenna
Cleveland Press
Hobe Ert
M. Seherr
Flat Sparen
Charles A. Seliver
Field Pease Funeral Home
Taner Center Road
Westlake
Sunset Memorial Park
Volunteer Registrars Prepare for Selective Service in Ely
Ely draft board assigns 158 volunteer registrars to run the third registration for men reaching 20 by December 31, 1941 and not yet 45 by February 16, 1941. Registration runs 12 noon to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday and 7 to 9 pm Monday with centers at Elytia schools and township office. Registrars meet Thursday at 7:30 pm at the Elytia High School Auditorium for instructions from A S Ormsby.
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Elyvia
Elyria
Elytia
Elytia Township
Elytia High School
Ormsby
Draft Board
New Bill Seeks 27 Billion More For War Planes and Tanks
Congress prepared for rapid action on a new 26.74 billion armament program to expand production of planes tanks guns and warships. President Roosevelt sent the bill with 22.89 billion for the army and 3.85 billion for the Maritime Commission merchant fleet. Hearings start tomorrow under Appropriations Chairman Cannon as the nation stacks up for World War II scale mobilization. The total war funding since June 1940 climbs to 142 billion with a debt limit dispute looming and Morgenthau signaling possible increases.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Howe Appropriations Committee
Clarence Cannon
D. Mu
Budget Bureau
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Dri
Three children die in Valley Park house fire
In Valley Park Missouri three children perished in an early morning house fire. Their mother Bertha Allen escaped by leaping from a second floor window and was found unconscious on the ground when her husband returned home from work.
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ST. Louis
Valley Fark
Bertha Allen
Don
Liner Normandie Laid Low By Costly Blaze
The 83,000 ton liner Normandie now U S S Lafayette lies on its side in the Hudson after a four hour blaze that gutted the vessel. Fire crews and engineers work to right the crippled wreck as water caused a top heavy tilt and the ship settled near the dock.
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New York
Normandie
U.S.S. Lafayette
Hudson River
Bhime
Pormerly
U. S. S. Lafayette
United Tress
City Hall Stays Open On Lincoln Birthday Wartime Gesture
Mayor Lausche of Cleveland follows wartime practice and keeps city hall open on Lincoln birthday while observing Washington’s birthday with a half holiday. Offices will stay open until noon on February 5.
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Lausche
Cleveland
Joseph Q. Petra
Mrs Roosevelt Set to Speak at Oberlin Conference
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will headline the Intercollegiate Student Conference at Oberlin College campus on Friday and Saturday March 14. She will speak Saturday afternoon after study commission reports on The State of Youth in Reconstructing. Ohio college delegates are invited to attend. event sponsored by Oberlin Fire and International Student Service New York City.
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Oberlin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tiosevelt
Ohio
Oberlay Fire
New York City
Want Ads Urge Farmers to Sell Seed Machinery and Livestock
The notice touts abundant sugar and no rationing in the Want Ads. It promotes quick, extra cash for farmers selling seed, used machinery, horses, or livestock through the inexpensive Want Ads. Contact numbers 4412 or 4413.
Japanese Forces Press On in Fierce Battle on Bataan
U S reports say Japanese dive bombers launched a savage assault on General MacArthur's lines on the Bataan peninsula aiming to break through Luzon defenses. Japanese aircraft bombed positions as American and Filipino troops, outnumbered, defended fox holes and prepared for a major push near Tingayen Gulf and Subic Bay.
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Washington
U P
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Bataan
MacArthur
U. S
Luzon
War Department
Tingayen Gulf
Subic Bay
MacArthnio
China Sea
Manila Bay
Singapore Defenders Back Against Japanese Invasion
Singapore faces a critical siege as Japanese landings expand from the north and east coasts. Allied forces struggle to contain artillery barrages and airshells while civilians flee westward toward central districts amid reports of a possible junction near Panjang and Singapore City.
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Nick
Sungei Kranii
Sungei Mandai
Newax
Jwhare Bahru
Pure City
Sumapore
Panjang
Japanese Invasion Forces Close On Java and Celebes
IV PAVIA Feb 10 Japanese invasion forces pressed toward Java and Celebes with new landings on Minahasa west coast of Celebes and an attack on Makassar. Dutch defenders put up a delaying fight but were overwhelmed as installations were destroyed. A second thrust pushed down the northeast coast toward Tornoe. Continued on page ?
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Pavia
Sdueng
United Nations Supreme Headquarters
Torneo
Towanl
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Dilghes
Phar
Ginven
Shun
Sec. of State
C. A. Seltzer
Horeman
Lafayette
Phree
Ireland
Saldiors
Iceland
City Hall
Mrs. Roosevelt
General MacArthur
O—W.p
Salaan
Hawalian Islands
U.P
Java
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