Civil defense bill warned as funds earmarked
The House appropriations committee reports a 160.59 million deficiency bill with 100 million for civilian defense and 29.89 million for gas masks. It notes inadequacies in city protection against gas attacks and cites La Guardia’s call for 50 million masks for coastal air raid zones. The proposal also funds emergency fire equipment, helmets, medical supplies, venereal disease control, plague and typhus measures, a Panama Canal highway project, and FBI and secret service expansion.
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House
Fiorello la Guardia
OCD
Public Health Service
Thomas Parran
Army
Navy
Axis Casualties Reported In Libya Engagements
Cairo reports British Middle East command says Axis transport columns in Jebel El Akdar region were attacked with many vehicles destroyed and substantial Axis casualties. Italians claim Axis troops occupy Tmimi, 60 miles west of Tobruk.
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Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Libya
Jebel el Akdar
Tmimi
Tobruk
Defense bonds and stamps urged for daily support
The Tucson Daily Citizen urges Americans to buy defense bonds or stamps now and regularly. Bonds cost as little as 18.75 dollars and stamps as low as 10 cents, purchasable at banks post offices and some retail stores.
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The
Tucson Daily Citizen
Roosevelt Reveals Existence of Pacific Council in War Effort
President Roosevelt stated a Pacific council has operated from Washington to London for a month handling military and governmental questions. He explained Dutch exile HQ in London and British representation, and noted Army Navy chiefs handle military queries while Washington and London address political issues.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific Council
London
Council
Army
Navy
Western Pacific
House of Commons
England
Churchill
M. Roosevelt
Archibald P. Wavell
Wavell
Germans Rush Troops By Air To Meet Reds
Moscow dispatches report German airlift boosts reinforcements to block the Soviet offensive, while the Red Army presses forward. Observers note German numerical superiority at one point as winter travel limits aid transport, with Izvestia and Pravda praising Red Army advances and denouncing the Hitler regime.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Army
Izvestia
Hitler
Pravda
Axis press predicts Allied invasion of Europe this spring
Bern report cites Axis press speculation that the United States and Britain may attempt an invasion of Europe in the spring. Admiral Ducci in Oggi predicts British and American strength will focus on Pacific defense while countering a new Axis drive against Russia. He says the invasion would target the Balkans in the north.
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Bern
Switzerland
Axis
United States
Britain
Europe
Ducci
Oggi
Pacific
Russia
Balkans
Via
Singapore
Java
Luzon
United Nations
Japan
Hitler
Japan Plans Invasion Of United States
Western Mexico railway workers union says Japan aims to seize Mexican territory as prelude to attacking the United States. The statement cites data from Guadalajara and Sinaloa divisions of Southern Pacific of Mexico and Mexican National lines.
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Mexico City
Japan
Mexico
United States
Avila Camacho
Guadalajara
Sinaloa
Southern Pacific
Pacific
Jap Planes Press Siege of Singapore on North Shore
Reporter Harold Guard describes intensified air and artillery attacks along the Johore strait as British defenses brace for further assault. The navy rescues about 2,000 isolated troops, with small groups crossing the strait to reach Singapore while volunteers rally on the north shore.
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Harold Guard
Singapore
U.P
Straits of Johore
Malaya
Strait
Johore
Malayan
Batu Pahat
Johore Bharu
Stamford Raffles
Naval
Japanese Guns at Manila Bay Destroyed by U S Fire
Washington reports American artillery has destroyed Japanese gun emplacements on the southeastern shore of Manila Bay aimed at Corregidor. A wartime communique notes nine Japanese transports unloading troops at Lingayen Gulf to reinforce large concentrations in Bataan and Luzon as the Bataan front remains relatively quiet.
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Washington
Manila Bay
Corregidor
War Department
Lingayen Gulf
Bataan Peninsula
Luzon
Bataan
Philippine Theater
Philippines
U S Treasury to Borrow 1.5 Billion Next Friday
The treasury announced it will borrow 1.5 billion dollars through the sale of securities next Friday February 13. The move aims to finance government obligations during the current funding period.
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Japan
Washington
The
Treasury
26 Rescued As India Arrow Sunk By Nazis
The 8,327 ton tanker India Arrow was torpedoed and sunk off the New Jersey coast by a submarine on a clear night. Seventeen crewmen were rescued, 11 plus the captain, with 26 reported missing after lifeboats and a cod fishing boat aided survivors. Captain Carl S. Johnson described the sinking and escape.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
New Jersey
Fourth Naval District
U. S
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Carl S. Johnson
Staten Island
N. Y
Russia Remains Bright Spot On Vast Allied War Fronts
United Press reports from war desk describe Russia as a bright spot as the war widens across fronts. The piece links Russia's eastern front gains to Allied aims in the Far East, stating the U S must delay Japan to buy time while Russia seeks advantage before spring offensives.
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Russia
Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Far East
Libya
Germany
Japan
Britain
United States
Pacific
Douglas Union Row Agreement Fails
The war labor board said a mediation panel failed to reach agreement in a dispute involving Phelps Dodge at Douglas Arizona. The CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers seek wage increases vacations and seniority rights at the plant affecting 700 workers. Case will go to the full board for action.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Douglas
Arizona
CIO
Phelps Dodge
Japanese take Samarinda in Borneo as war spreads
Batavia reports Japanese forces occupied Samarinda, 60 miles north of Balikpapan, a key oil and coal town in East Borneo. Dutch communications note continued fighting at Amboina and alert that Samarinda serves as a feeding point for Balikpapan.
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Batavia
N.el
Samarinda
Balik Papan
Borneo
Netherlands Indies High Command
Amboina
Indies
United Nations
Australia
Kutai
High Command
Aneta
Soerabaja
Pacific
Singapore
Japanese claim Dutch U S warships hit in Java Sea
Tokyo reports two Dutch cruisers sunk and another Dutch cruiser plus a Marblehead class U S cruiser heavily damaged by Japanese naval planes in the Java Sea. A further 5 000 ton enemy vessel also sunk and one Japanese plane is missing. The report cites ships sunk and damaged as of Feb 6.
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Tokyo
United States
Java Sea
Domei
Soera
Netherlands East Indies
Kangean Island
Java
Salween Crossing Disrupted By Bombers
In Rangoon Burma on Feb 6 American volunteers and British fighters halted a large Japanese daylight raid. The communique credited the Allies with downing ten Japanese planes and possibly destroying ten more with seven confirmed North American kills. The defense reported no Allied losses.
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Rangoon
Burma
Salween
Martaban
Paan
China
Salween River
Coventry
British Bombers Check Burma Drive at Salween Front
British bombers attacked near Paan disrupting a major Japanese attempt to bridge the Salween. Bombers hit troops and pontoon bridge units in waves as the Burma front reports show the drive checked.
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Burma
Rangoon
Paan
Salween
Hospital to name Reagan successor in Phoenix
The state hospital for the insane board will meet to accept the resignation of business manager Dr. J. C. Reagan who cited legal constraints and criticized farm operations. A successor is expected to be appointed and Frank McGrath will attend his first meeting, succeeding J. M. Smith who left for the highway commission.
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Phoenix
Board of Control of the State Hospital For the Insane
J. C. Reagan
Reagan
Frank McGrath
J. M. Smith
State Highway Commission
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State Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Osborn
Mohave County
John A. Duncan
State Department of Liquor Licenses and Control
Luzon Island
Douglas Union
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