Army Airfield and School To Be At Marana
The Army plans a new airfield and school near Marana likely costing about 11 million dollars. Cortaro Farms owned land eyed by government representatives for a primary flight training base serving thousands of personnel and multiple runways.
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Marana
Randolph Field
Thomas Campbell
Cortaro Farms, Inc
Ard
Arizona
Cortaro Farms
Campbell
Ben Ormand
Tucson
Southern Pacific
Kalinin Says Occupied Russian Republics Will Return
President Kalinin declared in a message that the hour is near when all occupied republics of Russia will return to the Soviet Union. He said the Red Army closes on borders of White Russia Latvia Estonia Lithuania and more occupied Ukraine areas return to Russia daily.
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Moscow
Michael Kalinin
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Ukraine
Senate approves largest naval appropriation to date
The Senate fast tracked a 26.5 billion naval supply bill, boosting military appropriations in the opening month to about 39 billion. The measure passed 72 to 0 and moves to President Roosevelt for signature, with prior approval of a 12.55 billion Army airplane fund.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
White House
China
Secretary of the Treasury
Roosevelt
Tucson Plans Observance Of Savings Time
The city prepares a proclamation asking Greater Tucson residents to set clocks back one hour on Monday in line with war time savings. Mayor H. O. Janstad announced the plan and noted uncertainty about whether city offices begin at 8 or 9 a m. Schools in District No 1 will shift to daylight saving time starting Monday, with Superintendent Robert D. Morrow stating three weeks of higher electricity use before longer daylight reduces demand.
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Greater
Tucson
H. O. Janstad
Robert D. Morrow
U S Pamphlets Rain On France During World War II
Washington reports a massive pamphlet bombing by U S bombers dropped in occupied France with 1 417 500 leaflets in the latest raids and over 2 000 000 in initial strikes. Brittany is highlighted as a primary target with Roosevelt pledges printed for rebels ready to revolt.
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Washington
R. A.F
U.S.A
France
America
Stephen Early
Brittany
Doughboys
United Nations
Early
Drive To Raise Objector Fund Gets Underway
Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of the Federal Council of Churches spoke at a peace fellowship meeting on funding for conscientious objectors. He urged support for objector camps, noted arrears in the $35 monthly payments, and warned that a funds shortfall could prompt government action.
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Walter W. van Kirk
Federal Council of Churches
National Christian Mission
van Kirk
Germany
Earle H. Warner
University of Arizona
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
British Admit Japs Advance In Burma Area
British officials acknowledged Japanese patrols crossed the lower Salween near Moulmein and Paan as Rangoon vowed to hold the city at all costs. Martaban defense and Salween river chokepoints hinder further Japanese river crossing while air raids hit Rangoon twice before dawn.
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Burma
Rangoon
Salween
Moulmein
Paan
RAF
Burma Road
China
Martaban
Salween Mouth
Soerabaja Naval Base Hit Again In New Raid
Japanese bombers started new fires in a second raid on Soerabaja naval base, as Amboina’s fate remained officially unresolved. Reports noted no news from Amboina after yesterday’s bitter fighting and no word on Kendari’s battle turn.
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Batavia
Soerabaja
Amboina
Antea
Midway
Celebes
New Guinea
Kendari
Burma
American Planes Beat Back Japanese Over Java
U S war department says American P 40 fighters in Java engagement destroyed one Japanese bomber and one pursuit plane amid heavy odds. A U S fighter is reported missing while U S bombers with long range have operated in the far theater as MacArthur’s forces halt the Japanese drive on Bataan.
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Washington
U.P
Java
Dutch East Indies
War Department
United Nations
Soerabaja
Pacific
MacArthur
Philippines
Bataan Hospital Defies Hardships Amid Battle Injuries
In Bataan Philippines Gen MacArthur’s army operates field hospital No 1 staffed by swift surgeons who work long shifts to save American and Filipino soldiers. Despite blackout conditions and limited power the teams treat casualties as the field ambulances bring in more wounded. The hospital has moved five times in the war zone.
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Philippines
Allies Must Hold That Line a date
The Allied defense in the southwestern Pacific faces its supreme test as the war nears the end of eight weeks. Reinforcements promised by Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell threaten to arrive too late to save Singapore, Burma, and the Dutch Indies. The Japanese extend across nearly 5000 miles, with greater forces and shorter supply lines, awaiting a May window to push forward.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Pacific
Archibald Wavell
Singapore
Wavell
Burma
Dutch Indies
Japan
Strait of Malacca
Barrier
Australia
mid-Pacific
Singapore Under Siege as British Guns Bombard Johore Front
Reports from Singapore describe a heavy artillery duel across the Johore straits as British forces mass for a defense against a potential Japanese assault. The island’s big garrison, air raids, and naval firepower dominated the opening phase of the siege with planes, shells, and reinforcements noted.
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Singapore
U.P
Johore Straits
Johore
Straits
Malaya
Hospital ship Mactan bombed nine times in East Indies raid
A hospital ship carrying wounded U S soldiers and nurses from the Philippines to Australia was attacked nine times in one day by Japanese aircraft off Celebes. The 2067 ton Mactan reached Darwin after sailing from Manila before New Year.
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Melbourne
Australia
Philippines
U.S. Army
Darwin
Manila
Dutch East Indies
Celebes
American Red Cross
U. S. Army
Red Guerrillas Create Panic Behind Lines
Soviet guerrilla detachments are reported to be behind German lines causing panic as Nazis fortify and counter-attack. raids disrupt railway lines critical to German reserves while Kalinin front recaptures five localities with 5300 German casualties and gains six villages. More from frontline reports describe young and even female partisans in action.
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Moscow
Kalinin
Price ceiling set on women’s nylon hosiery
Washington February 5 price administrator Leon Henderson ordered a cut in wholesale prices for women’s nylon stockings and warned retail prices would peak at permitted levels. The ceiling matches the highest prices charged by manufacturers wholesalers and jobbers during the period through October.
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Washington
WUP
Leon Henderson
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