Java Battles Reach Soebang as Japanese Advance Surges
Allied and Dutch forces report heavy fighting as Japanese troops push 40 miles toward Soebang near the Dutch East Indies capital region. Soebang falls after landing at Indramaju, with major naval exchanges and losses on both sides. The counteroffensive by American, Dutch, British and Australian units follows, aided by air and sea bombardment.
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Bandoeng
Java
Japan
Soebang
Indramaju
Java Is Rich Prize in South Pacific
Java stands as the key strategic prize in the Dutch East Indies campaign with Allied and Japanese forces clashing along the coast around Blora and Indramaru. American British and Australian troops bolster Dutch defenses as Japan presses ashore on multiple fronts throughout the island.
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Java
South Pacific
Japanese Are Driven Back North of Pegu
Japanese troops crossed the Sittang river under cover of darkness and neared the Burma China highway north of Pegu but were repulsed. British forces reported enemy movement toward Shweg yin on the east bank of the Sitタン tang, about five miles from the Burma road at Nyaunglebin, threatening Rangoon's supply line and communications toward Mandalay.
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Moscow
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Karl Horst
Smolensk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Pegu
Burma
Sittang River
Burma-China
Shwegyin
Sittang
Burma Road
Nyaunglebin
Rangoon
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mandalay
Explosions Reported Off Atlantic City shores
Explosions at sea near Atlantic City were heard in intervals on Sunday night as police reported hearing two blasts at 10:05 p m from about five miles at sea. Earlier, residents described at least five louder explosions rattling windows in beachfront hotels along the shore.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Early Butcher
Quakes Return to Northwestern Illinois After 30-Year Gap
Residents in seven northwestern and central western Illinois counties felt the first tremors in over three decades. Two quick quakes, seconds apart, centered in Henry county at about 8 44 a m M W T, were also reported in Bureau Knox Stark Rock Island Mercer and Peoria counties.
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Chicago
Illinois
Henry County
Bureau
Knox
Stark
Rock Itand
Mercer
Peoria
Ski Chiefs Plan Montana Course Inspections
National Ski association officials head a touring inspection of Montana ski courses this week. Roger Langley leads the party checking the Beef Trail at Butte Tuesday and visiting Helena and surrounding areas Thursday. The group includes Charles M. Dole Whitman Reynolds and local guides Buck O'Donnell I A Helmo Runser Kolstad and Chuck Hibbard with John Morrison joining at Helena.
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National Ski Association
Montana
Army
Roger Langley
National Ski Group
Whitman Reynolds
Butte Club
Buck” O’donnell
Rocky Mountain Association
I. A. Helmo
E. J. Runser
Ole Kolstad
Pro
Chuck” Hibbard
Helena
John Morrison
Army to announce evacuation program for aliens
Army says it is near releasing a plan for evacuating aliens based on military necessity. Lieutenant General J L Dewitt urges civilians and local officials to stop unfounded rumors and emphasizes national security overrides local objections. He adds no one speaks for him beyond his authority under the executive order.
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Army
San Francisco
Ments
Dewitt
Alien Roundup Extended to Idaho Area
Federal agents and local officers conducted 100 searches across nine Idaho communities from the Panhandle to the south seeking contraband forbidden to enemy aliens. Rifles revolvers shotguns ammunition and cameras were found. no Montana searches occurred and arrest information was not released. Towns involved included Wallace Kellogg Pocatello Rexburg Thatcher Boise Blackfoot Idaho Falls and Nampa.
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Idaho
Panhandle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Butte
Montana
Wallace and Kellogg
Pocatello
Rexburg
Thatcher
Boise
Blackfoot
Idaho Falls
Nampa
Pacific Coast
Vanderbilt Dies Aboard Yacht At 68 In Miami
Cornelius Vanderbilt 68, great grandson of the Commodore and scion of a vast industrial empire, died Sunday on his yacht near Miami. He had achieved notable business success and was a prominent figure in American industry. details continued on page 2.
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Smolensk
Bantam District
Batavia
Sunda Strait
Sumatra
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Miami
Fra
Commodore Vanderbilt
America
Vanderbilt
Senate Committee Plans Hearings on Rubber Supply
The Senate small business committee will open hearings Tuesday on securing civilian rubber supplies without harming the war effort. Government officials tire manufacturers and dealers will be heard and asked to agree on a policy in this crucial situation, announced Chairman Murray.
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Washington
Senate Small Business Committee
Murray
Fall of Rangoon: Matter of Days in Burma Crisis
London reports on intensified Japanese activity near Rangoon as Burma defenses hold behind the Sittang river. American volunteer airmen and imperial air forces strike back, but analysts say a fall of Rangoon could be measured in days or hours amid dwindling escape options for British forces.
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London
U.P
Burma
Rangoon
all-India
Sittang River
Sittang
United Press
China
Nelson to detail plan for total war production
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson will address 130 million Americans with a radio outline of the Victory production drive. The plan calls for around the clock operation of plants, greater labor management cooperation, and plant committees to boost armament output during total war. The President urged faster results, saying the coming months are critical to spring and summer production.
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Washington
U.P
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Nelson
Battle for Java Tests Allied Resolve Amidensive Naval Losses
War reports describe Dutch Indies hold wavering as Allied ships and planes struggle near Soerabaja. An untried 150000 strong Allied land force faces veteran Japanese troops while air power, largely American, presses the fight in the southwest Pacific.
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Java
Netherlands Indies
Soerabaja
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Guerrilla Assault Drives Japanese From Luzon River Valley
American Filipino guerrilla forces based in northern Luzon attacked and drove Japanese from a river valley in the Abra region, a move viewed as having little strategic value but signaling persistent native resistance. Manuel Quezon proclaimed that Philippine resolve remains undaunted as civilian resistance grows and informers vanish amid the war. The Bataan front stayed quiet with implied positional warfare suggested.
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Washington
Luzon
War Department
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Commonwealth
Manuel L. Quezon
Lauzon
Quezon
MacArthur
Fighters For Freedom
Abra
Cervantes
Bangued
Bishop Willging Honored at Pueblo Reception
Several hundred parishioners and friends honored Most Rev. Joseph C. Willging, first bishop of Pueblo, at a reception in the Immaculate Conception parish center after his consecration. The event featured remarks by Rev. Hoff and other clergy, a testimonial from Pat R. Gagner, and musical entertainment.
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Joseph C. Willging
Pueblo
Colo
Immaculate Conception
John T. Ryan
Willging
Immaculate Conception Church
Norbert C. Hoff
Pat R. Gagner
Father Hoff
Patrick Casey
Drummond
Montana
Catholic Register
Michael Pirnat
Holy Savior
Kathleen Harris O'Keefe
James Cummins
Sullivan
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Indramaru
Rawang
Associated Press
Netherlands East Indies
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Pacific
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FBI
Senate
the War News
Edward EF. Bomar
United States Army
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