Singapore Front Under Heavy Japanese Air Attacks
Harold Guard recounts a frontline visit near Singapore as Japanese planes bomb and strafe advancing British lines. He notes troops crouching in ditches, frequent air raids, and high morale among defenders including the Argyle regiment, with observers fearing rapid fall of Singapore.
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Harold Guard Bingalore
EWT
Singapore
London
Castor
Singae
Argyle Regiment
Ipoh
Malaya Peninsula
Secretary Sweeney Rejects Reappointment of Lorain Election Chair Stetson
Secretary of State Dolan S. Sweeney announced he will not reappoint Frank A. Stetson, Lorain County Election Board chair, citing arbitrary conduct in contracts and failure to appear before budget hearings. He may also question Fates B. Seward to gauge attitude toward election board functions. Both men were endorsed by local party committees.
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EMBWK
Dolani
Siverney
Hea
Frank A. Stetson
Loeain County
Marcel J. Sweeney
Seelson
Sweeney
Fates B. Seward
Kiyria
Wntil
Seward
Lis Fernt
Mirell
Ben XN
Harris
Lorain
Charles W. Thuvis
William , Galvin
Secretary of State
Alleviy
Otter
Beal
Davis
Isle
Yarvis Jill
Stetson
Calvin
Sioners
Supreme Court
Lorain County
Suffers Fracture Of Arm When Car Rolls Over
Miss Bernadine Taft twenty of Fields Corners suffered a fractured right arm at nine thirty five p m yesterday when a car driven by Russell Page skidded and rolled over on Sugar Ridge road east of Elyria. Deputy sheriffs reported she was taken to Elyria hospital by a passing motorist. Page said the car skidded on slippery pavement and rolled over.
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Bernadine Taft
Fields 2 Corners
Russel Thomas Page
Renyon Avenue
Suger Ridge Road
Elyria
Taft
Elyria Hospital
Page
James F. Watson
Vulcan Street
Woodford
Vulcan
Anthony Zurinsky
Cleveland Street
Myron Freeman
Columbus Street
Maras A.derden
Wellineum
Jonten
East Avenue
Broad Street
Charles
Bez
Weet Sprend
Repel Street
Esr
Malratm
Drateh
Gulf Farms
Kath Peck
VNCA
Mere
Ohio Strent
Repet Street
Weather Update Amid Snow and Mild Temperatures
A fragmented weather note reports light snow in eastern portions with a mild, shifting temperate trend. The forecast mentions cooler conditions moving in from the southeast and a damp, unsettled atmosphere across the region.
Death summons C A Seltzer of North Olmsted
Charles Alden Seltzer 66 a renowned western author and former North Olmsted mayor died yesterday in Cleveland after a long illness and leg amputation. Survived by wife three sons and daughter, services set for 2 pm Thursday at Westlake burial Sunset Memorial Park. Longshoreman John Toarh 61 died after falling from a houseboat gangplank in Cleveland area.
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Charles Alden Seltzer
North Olmsted
Helen Watton
East River Street
Elpha
Cleveland
Leyas
Selizer
New Mexico
George E. Walton
Elyria Polite Dipartment
Smother
Eéna Landitich
North Dimeter
Louis B. Seltzer
Rover
Cleveland Press
Robbi M. Slat
Niwspaper
Charles A. Seltzer
Pevae Funetal Services
Wil de Goat
Ciffard Prase
Suneral Hame
Twer Center Road
John Toarh
Wisland
Wotay
158 Volunteer Registrars Are Ready
Preparations for Selective Service registration of more than 2,000 Elyria men were nearly complete after the assignment of 158 volunteer registrars by the Elyria Draft Board. Registration runs from noon to 9 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. next Monday with centers at Elyria High School and the Elyria Township trustees office. Registrars meet at Elyria High School Thursday to receive instructions from A. L. Ormsby, draft board chairman. Registrars serve without pay. third registration under the Selective Service Law targets men who turned 20 by December 31, 1941 and have not yet reached 40 on February 1, 1942. Downtown registrants may use the township trustees office.
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Elyria
Elyria Draft Board
Elyria Township
Ria High School
Ormsby
New Armament Bill Speeds Planes Tanks Guns Ships
Congress prepared to advance a $26.75 billion armament package for army anti aircraft and armored vehicle production plus $22.89 billion for army ordnance and $3.85 billion for the Maritime Commission merchant fleet. President Roosevelt sent the bill to Congress as part of a broad all out war program. Hearings begin tomorrow before the House Appropriations Committee. The total war appropriations since June 1940 reach $142 billion, with $56 billion to be spent in the 1943 fiscal year. Morgenthau discusses expanding the debt limit to cover further spending.
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Washington
J.R
Congress
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Clarence Cannon
Tatest
Budget Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Senn
Three Die In Valley Park Fire As Mother Fails To Warn
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 collapsing on the ground after her husband returned home from work.
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ST. Louis
Valley Fark
Bertha Allen
Liner Normandie Crippled by Major Hudson Blaze
The $60,000,000 Liner Normandie lay on her side in the Hudson after a four hour fire that damaged the ship undergoing conversion to war service. Firefighters fought flames as water poured in and the vessel rolled onto the river bottom, leaving a crippled hul k with much of the superstructure submerged. Continued on Page 7.
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New York
Lafayette
Hudson River
U.S
United Press
City Hall Stays Open On Lincoln Birthday War Time Gesture
Mayor Joseph Q. Petro declares city hall will not close on Lincoln's birthday anniversary but remain open for business. Following Mayor Lausche of Cleveland, the city will observe Washington's birthday with a half holiday on February 23, offices open until noon.
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Lausche
Cleveland
Joseph Q. Petro
Lincoln
Washington
Mrs Roosevelt to Speak at Oberlin Conference
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt will address an Intercollegiate Student Conference on the Oberlin College campus, Friday and Saturday, March 14. She will speak Saturday afternoon after a report by study commissions, on the topic The State of Youth in Reconstruction. Student delegates from China are invited to compete. conference sponsored by Oberlin International Studier Vice of New York.
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Oberlin
Franklin PD Roosevelt
Oberlnn College
Roosevelt
Mie Peport
Res
Chin Tees
Oberhittend
She International Studer’ Vice
Kew
Want Ads Spur Cash by Selling Farm Goods
In the local Want Ads farmers can quickly earn extra cash by listing seed, used machinery, and livestock for sale. The notice promotes advertising in the inexpensive Want Ads and provides contact numbers 4412 and 4413.
Japanese Forces Hammer MacArthur on Bataan Peninsula
Washington reports a "particularly savage" battle rages on the Bataan Peninsula as Japanese dive bombers strike low over the lines. U S officials say MacArthur’s defenders, outnumbered perhaps 10 to 1, fight to hold a 15 mile front from the China Sea to Manila Bay while greater Japanese reinforcements threaten a breakthrough on Luzon. A submarine action near the Sawalinn Islands is also noted, as Japanese forces intensify the offensive in the Philippines.
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Washington
U.21
Douglas Macdrthue
Bataan Peninsula
Sawalinn Islands
U P
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan
MacArthur
U.S
Luzon
War Department
Lingayen Gulf
Subic Bay
W. MacArthur
China Sea
Manila Bay
Singapore Defenders Brace as New Japanese Landings Press City
In western Singapore the rattle of machine guns and artillery echoes as Japanese invasion forces push inland. British defenders struggle to slow the advance while coastal shells burst and a smoke veil rises west of the city. Japanese broadcasts claim proximity to Singapore City near Panjang as landings press onward.
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Singapore
UPI
Cty
Singapore City
Acrinus
Ketyoon Sungei Kranai
Sungei Mandai
Jap Invasion Advances on Java and Celebes Shores
Reports say Japanese invasion forces landed on Celebes near Manado and pressed toward Java, with aerial attacks and destruction of installations. Dutch defenders reportedly resisted but delayed by superior Japanese numbers as a second major push from Borneo nears.
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Satavia
U.P
Java
Celebes
Managsar
Mf United Nations Supreme
Borneo
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Sec. of ‘State
C. A. Seltzer
Ireland
United States
Perthery
Irdendar
Normandie
City Hall
General MacArthur
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