Battle Stations In Britain As War Expands
In the new congress session Roosevelt outlined plans to thrust U S land air and sea forces into the British Isles and to strike the Far East. He cited a budget of 56 billion dollars for the war next year and outlined a 26-nation coalition under a mixed high command to spearhead the Pacific war. General MacArthur’s depleted army held a last stand north of Manila as Allied hopes rested on potential fleet actions and rear-area pressure on Thailand and Indo China. In Singapore and Malaya, British forces fought a delaying action as RAF attacks intensified and allies ponder a sea and air counteroffensive. The Russians, gaining momentum, aimed to push fighting onto German soil by spring amid guerrilla threats in occupied Europe. In Libya, Auchinleck’s troops pressed the front near the Egyptian border after capturing Bar dia, leaving a possible pocket of resistance.
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Congress
Roosevelt
U. S
British Isles
Far East
United States
Manila
Philippines
Churchill
Southwest Pacific
Archibald Wavell
Thomas C. Hart
George H. Brett
Henry Pownall
Chiang Kai-shek
Burma
Siam
Indo-China
Darwin
Australia
Sumatra
Java
Strait of Malacca
Singapore
South Pacific
China Sea
MacArthur
Manila Bay
Washington
Malaya
Thailand
IndoChina
Sen. Connally
Texas
Japan
Penang
Kuantan
Royal Air Force
Libya
Auchinleck
Bardia
Tobruk
All-Out War Demands Shift in Home Front Efforts
The government reports no factory stoppages and a drive to end car production for essential wartime needs. Prices and wages face potential controls, taxes surge, and wealth is taxed. Civilians adjust with reduced driving, tire recapping, and factories retooling for tanks as a civil air patrol forms to aid the Army Air Force.
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OPM
United States
Senate
Vanderbilt
Miscellany of wartime quirks and Hollywood shocks
The Paris press aligned with the Nazis blamed collaboration failures on government members including American envoy Leahy. Irene Dunne’s estate fire alarm sparked gunfire when an armed guard argued and wounded another. A Fort Slocum private seeking a death by own action volunteers from a non combat laundry unit. Camera crews timed to film Winston Churchill but he merely styled his coverall with zippered shoes.
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Paris
Leahy
Hollywood
Irene Dunne
Fort Slocum
Washington
Newsrest
Winston Churchill
White House
Record Year Ahead for American Farm Crops Prompts War Push
A wartime projection argues 1942 will top all farm yields as America increases food for Allies. It notes labor, machinery, and processing needs to meet higher goals, with milk plants and cheese factories planned, while farm horses may return only slowly due to mechanization and supply limits. The piece highlights the army’s demand for metals and the broader push to ration and mobilize American agriculture and industry.
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WNU Service
H Street
Washington
D. C
America
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Russia
China
Good Earth
Wly Wimgoom
My Kingdom
Sixteenth Street
George Jean Nathan
A Taunter
Spain
Hugh Johnson
LaGuardia
Orchids
Herbert Bayard Swope
Defense Bonde
Roosevelts shipboard services noted in brief
Brief mentions Roosevelt as first commander in chief to hold divine services aboard a ship. White House grounds protected by extra police but passerby indifference to Japanese pin oaks along the approach to the Executive Office entrance.
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White House
Executive Office
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Japan war material drive tightens as metals scarce
By Baukhage Japan presses hard for war supplies and metals are scarce. Reports to the commerce department say frantic efforts focus on gathering old railway cars, kitchen utensils, iron fences, manhole lids, pipes, and wire.
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Japan
Commerce Department
Inside story of Free French seizure at St Pierre Miquelon
The piece links the St Pierre Miquelon takeover to Anglo American policy shifts as Churchill and Roosevelt push closer coordination. It notes British support for De Gaulle against Vichy backed by Muselier, Hull’s insistence on a deal with Vichy, and the scramble among diplomats to resolve cross purpose actions. It touches on lend lease curiosities and military tech hints while urging teamwork.
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North Atlantic
St. Pierre-Miquelon
State Department
Winston Churchill
White House
Vichy
Berlin
Newfoundland
Atlantic
U. S
General de Gaulle
Muselier
Canada
Angus MacDonald
Hull
Jugoslavvs
London
Robert
Martinique
Tennessee
U.S
Winant
Malcolm MacDonald
United States
Britain
Lord Beaver ‘Broak
Washington
Churchill
Roosevelt
de Gaulle
Syria
DeGaulle
Man About Town Sees Echoes of War and Liberty
William B Bankhead in final remarks recalls moral contrasts and leadership, while wartime notes recount labor unity, Nazi subversion arrests, and defense bonds. The column jokes about vaudeville, Hollywood figures, and Liberty Work, with mentions of Hess, Goebbels, and Hugh Johnson amid civic defense chatter.
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J. R. Mickler
N. S. Journal-American
Orchids
FBI
Hans Sievernich
N. Y
Dr. Goebbels
DNB
Sievernich
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Dewey
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