Courts Martial of Kimmel And Short Delayed
Major General Walter C Short and Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel were ordered to stand trial by courts martial on dereliction of duty for failing to safeguard Pearl Harbor. They may retire on 6000 dollars yearly until trials, which are delayed while war conditions continue.
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Washington
Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
War Stimson
Knox
Roosevelt
Roberts Inquiry Commission
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Short
Admiral Kimmel
Sailors Speak of Japs Desert Wake Island Heroic Undersea Action
US sailors recount months underground at sea and bold patrols in the Far Pacific. Wake Island, captured after 14 days of fierce assault, is described as deserted. Submarines claim torpedoing multiple ships and evading destroyers, with one boat sinking a 5,000 ton freighter and another shelling an enemy carrier area before surfacing.
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Honolulu
Pacific
Wake Island
Wake
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Mogami
Church to Cancel Annual Spring Conference in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City church officials announced the usual spring conference will be scaled back to limit travel and reduce risk. Only stake presidents and general authorities will meet this year, ending the large gathering that has drawn up to 29,000 in past years.
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Salt Lake City
Latter Day Saints Church
Tabernacle
Church First Presidency
Java Bearing Burden of Turning Japs
The article notes March signs a renewed Allied strategy where the United States holds the key to weapons and decision making. It explains Singapore's fall shifting Java’s burden to defend the allied line while U S power is mobilized to counter Japan. A Java victory or loss could reshape the western Pacific front.
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Kirke L. Simpson
U.S.A
Washington
United Nations
Singapore
Java
Japan
Pacific - Indian Ocean
Thefts Reported In Marion Area
Bruce Barrett of the Marion hotel reported to police Saturday that a wheel and tire mounted on his car parked in the 100 block North Railroad Avenue were stolen Saturday evening. Eddy's Bakery at 303 South Fifth also reported Saturday the theft of a spare wheel tire and tube from one of the company's machines.
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Bruce Barrett
Marion Hotel
Railroad Avenue
Eddy
South Fifth
Mrs Coppard Tells Her Story Of Paul Tipton Shooting
In Preston Idaho Grace Coppard testifies to a jury she shot Paul Tipton Sr in self defense after a confrontation in August. She describes Tipton arguing cursing choking her after forcing his car off the road and grabbing her gun, which she used until he stopped moving.
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Mrs. Coppard
Paul Tipton
Preston
Idaho
Grace Coppard
Tipton
Soda Springs
Charles L. McCracken
Caribou County
Gas Explosion Kills Two in St Johns
Sheriff John Nunn 54 and Marion Wilhelm 32 died when a truck filled with butane gas exploded at Whiting Bros garage entrance in St Johns Arizona. A fire consumed an entire block worth about 200000 dollars. Mrs Ray Hale suffered severe injuries from flying debris. Several others were injured across town.
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ST. Johns
John Nunn
Whiting Bros
Nunn
Marion Wilhelm
Whiting
Ray Hale
Post Office
Office of Security and Public Welfare
Apache County
AAA
Ritz Theater
Nazis Strive to Rescue Trapped Forces With Luftwaffe Relief Drops
Desperate German attempts to air‑lift the 16th Army were hindered by Soviet anti aircraft fire and fighter sweeps on the Straya Russia front. Dispatches say 38 German aircraft were destroyed, with 15 by air combat and 3 by anti aircraft fire. Russian escorts reported further losses near Moscow and raids along the Sea of Azov as German counter attacks aimed to divert pressure from the northwest.
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Moscow
16Th
Straya Russa
Germany
Sea of Azov
Arctic
Red Marine
Donets Basin
Crimea
Red Army
Train Crash Kills Eight Near Kingston Jamaica
Eight killed and 32 injured, 17 seriously, in a railway accident six miles from Kingston. A diesel passenger coach reportedly struck the rear of a freight train, causing the crash Saturday.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Arrests For Reckless Driving And Intoxication In City
Auto driver Jack B. Forrest of 443 North Grant was arrested Saturday on a reckless driving charge for running a stop light at Center and Main and driving erratically. William Sunshine and Joseph McCarty were arrested Saturday on intoxication charges.
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Jack B. Forrest
North Grant
Center
Main
William Sunshine
Joseph McCarty
Mother of Slayer Attends Funeral
Mrs. Carl Wagner, mother of Clarence McDonald who killed Dorothy Broz, 17, attended the funeral in Chicago. She sat anonymously in a side pew and later knelt at the grave to offer a prayer for both victim and slayer after the procession.
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Chicago
Dorothy Broz
Carl Wagner
Clarence McDonald
Ceiling ceilings rise on canned fruits and vegetables
The government set price ceilings on 25 canned items marking the first use of such rules for foods other than sugar. OPA will deny sugar ration books to those with more than two months’ supply. Canned goods including apples, peaches, corn, beans, and tomatoes are capped at the highest February 23–27 price. Henderson warned against hoarding. retail price stabilization may shift to the retail source. A sugar rationing book registration will occur later in March.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Armed Services
All-Out Fight Opens On Last Stronghold Of Dutch East Indies
FE. W. Rowles, 66, Idaho Falls merchant and Rowles- Mack founder, lies in critical condition after being struck by a truck Wednesday morning. A well known figure in Pocatello and Blackfoot’s early days, his status is described as poor by L.DS. hospital staff.
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Dutch East Indies
L.ds
Idaho Falls
FE. W
Japanese Landings Hit Java Coast As Allied Defenses Hold
Japanese invasion forces landed at three northern Java spots including Bantam and Rembang while allied warships and air attacks struck back. Dutch Aneta reports front action as United Nations forces, including American, British and Australian troops, defend the port and coast amid ongoing bombardments.
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Bandoeng
Java
United Nations
Java Sea
Netherlands East Indies
Aneta
Batavia
Bantam
Sumatra
Rembang
Javas
Indramaju
Netherlands East Indies Army
Navy
Washington
Soerabaja
Bembang
Aliens Ready To Leave
Mike Masaoka of San Francisco the Japanese American Citizens League national secretary and field executive says the organization plans a mass evacuation of the Pacific coast for Japanese and foreign born alike Circulars urge readiness to move to an inland location under government supervision and to abandon California Oregon and Washington He urges a peaceful patriotic sacrifice without bitterness or rancor for defense of the United States.
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Los Angeles
Mike Masaoka
San Francisco
Japanese American Citizens League
Pacific Coast
California
Oregon
Washington
United States
Java in Battle as Japan Lands on Bantam and Rembang
Allied forces face a Japanese landing on Bantam province and Rembang as the Java campaign escalates. Dutch American and Australian aircraft and ships counter the assault, crippling key enemy ships while fleets disperse transports and await a renewed push toward Soerabaja.
Sheriff Identifies Crash Victim Near Farmington
Sheriff Joseph Holbrook of Davis county said a February 16 automobile truck collision near Farmington killed Darrell D. Fortner about 25. Earlier identification listed Dale Bellamy of Pueblo Colorado, and other victims Jerry Bellamy and Vivien McAllister. Fortner was identified by War Department records revealing past residences and birthplaces in Michigan Missouri.
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Farmington
Utah
Joseph Holbrook
Davis County
Darrell D. Fortner
Dale Bellamy
Pueblo
Colo
Jerry G. Bellamy
Vivien A. McAllister
Midvale
Holbrook
War Department
Fortner
Marysville
Mayview
Mayfield
Lexington
Detroit
Mich
Higginsville
Paratroopers Strike Nazi Radio Base in Bruneval Raid
British parachutists and infantry launched a surprise raid across the Channel into Nazi-occupied France, seizing the Bruneval radio location near Le Havre and taking prisoners as the operation reported no Allied losses. RAF and Navy support backed a swift assault, with light casualties and a successful withdrawal back to Britain. This marks a new 1942 style offensive on the western front.
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London
France
Englsh Channel
Seine
Germany
RAF
Royal Navy
le Havre
Bruneval
Bloc Shifts to Seek Agreement on Farm Price Policy
The Senate farm bloc voted to seek a conference with President Roosevelt on commodity price policies. A seven member committee will request a meeting next week, signaling a strategic retreat to gain broader support for price controls. Some expect Senator Thomas to drop his parity price rider from the war appropriation bill amid a weeklong hold over price restrictions.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Roosevelt
Thomas
Okla
Senate
Thomas Rider
In & Ally
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Denver Navy Yard
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U.S.S
Mountain Maid
West Coast
Mother of Slayer
Invader
Associated Press
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Bloc
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