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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1942
Page
11
British and Japanese forces traded heavy tank and infantry assaults in western Malaya near the Sum river as casualties mounted on both sides. The high command reported a damaging raid on Singapore with limited civilian impact, followed by a second raid on Klang with minor casualties.
Fire last night destroyed the Standen home on Sugar Ridge Road built about 50 years ago. Occupied by Mr and Mrs Harry Standen and five children, damage estimated at 410. The blaze discovered by Mrs Standen as smoke issued from registers. Fire spread rapidly and she attempted to fight it with water before emergency crews arrived.
The National Tube Company plant at Lorain will operate as this week with five blast furnaces and one open hearth furnace continuing in operation. The Bessemer converter will run daily and other departments maintain similar capacity levels.
Ohio low temperatures plunge tonight with readings expected to dip below zero in most areas. Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus report near and below freezing while Parkersburg and other stations show single digits. Elmer F. Kruse warns the cold may kill cinch bugs and other grain-feeding insects, threatening winter wheat’s early development.
Washington announced a partial reorganization of the Office of Civilian Defense with James Landis of Harvard as executive and Fiorello La Guardia continuing as director. The plan aims to create organizations to enact policy, with Landis earning 510,000 a year and assisting in policy development in consultation with LaGuardia and the executive.
A Wakeman man named Robert Ostierne was treated for a head injury after being struck near East Bridge and Bread. The vehicle driver Bernat Kohler fled the scene and later surrendered to authorities. a parked Reatte of Tl 1 4 Wakeman was damaged at Broad Street when struck.
Omo River accident reports a boat with two men, O Ja P ulrsmulth and Ralph Williams, breaking ice. Sanders, 35, drowned after an ice floe upset their small craft. Williams, 25, escaped and swam downstream aided by dam workers. Both wore life jackets.
Alvin J. Plocher, vice president of Lorain County Savings and Trust, named general chairman to lead and promote Defense Bonds and Stamps in Lorain County. Roy Moore, Defense Savings Staff chair, announced the appointment and noted forthcoming program details from the state staff. Plans for organizing the county effort will be developed soon.
County commission plans February bids for erecting a fence around the Hriv Avenue bridge abutments and for reinforcing the bridge understructure as protective work. Estimated cost around 31,600 dollars.
Washington January 9. Top treasury secretary Morgenthau and lawmakers George and Doughton discuss a 27 billion dollar tax plan to fund the war effort. The proposal would lift overall tax take by about 8 billion, with potential new levies including a three percent sales tax, three percent withholding on income, higher rates for individuals and corporations, and estate and gift tax reductions. The leaders caution Congress must act, not the Treasury, and debate centers on fair limits for business and industry.
Washington reports new account of Wake Island defense praising Marines for courage and duty. Six antiaircraft guns and a small battery held back a major Japanese assault, with several ships sunk and heavy losses for the attackers. Marines cited for gallantry and resolve in stand at Wake Island.
Twenty seven teams of volunteers continue the Red Cross War Fund drive in Elyria aiming to raise fifteen thousand dollars. Four days into the campaign over three hundred dollars had been collected at downtown Red Cross tables and volunteers report steady gains despite bad weather. Local workers include twenty three teams ringing doorbells and four service club teams in Solloway seeking funds with a five dollar option and a weekly one dollar plan. The Elyria Chapter faces a twenty thousand dollar quota with fifteen thousand to be raised locally.
The White House announced that the United States with help from the Royal Air Force began dropping leaflets on Nazi occupied France. Over 2,000,000 copies have been dispersed, with 1,389,000 in the Dans area and more than 600 in Lille this week. The pamphlets show the Statue of Liberty and promise a future war end and peace, stressing U S and French friendship and detailing the wartime effort across the United States.
Mrs Sarah L Dickinson 75 was struck and killed by an automobile while crossing the street in front of her Marion home. Police questioned the car driver Dale E Sparks of Prosovet.
Washington reports that Japanese troops moved toward MacArthur's lines, signaling an imminent all-out assault on Bataan Province and Corregidor. The official communique notes a calm before the storm with reinforcements and forward-area movements, while minor skirmishes persist and Japanese air raids subside to reconnaissance.
London reports say Red Army reserves struck along the entire front from the Crimea to Finland lifting the siege of Sevastopol. Russians captured multiple towns and villages as new armies and tanks joined the drive, with heavy German casualties and predictions of a winter offensive that could push Axis forces west of Moscow.
Jan reports show Gen. MacArthur's troops facing heavy Japanese assaults on the Malay Peninsula while British Far East forces pull back as Japanese infantry and air units press advances. A Japanese freighter sinks under the Home Waters while actions unfold on the Russian Front with new formations and gains near Sevastopol.
A coal truck collided with an Erie freight nine miles from Marysville. The accident killed Harry Kosch, 24, of Lally Pausing county, and Ben F. Carder, 34, of Continen tal, Putnam county. State patrol at Bellefontaine reported the Derte-hound truck and its seven men involved, with uncertain details remaining.
Tokyo dispatch quotes Times Advertiser saying a Japanese invasion of the United States is possible after the American fleet losses. The report notes that disembarking Japanese forces on the American continent is not just probable but could become a reality.
Tokyo reports that the U S aircraft tender Langley was sunk by a Japanese submarine west of Johnston Island and south of Hawaii. The U S Navy confirmed the loss in dispatches from New York via press associations. One submarine attacked in clear Pacific waters near midline of the Johnston Island area.
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