U S Sub Sunk In Collision Near Panama
The U S submarine S S-26 was sunk in a collision off Panama on January 24 with a second U S vessel. Divers found the sunken craft January 29 in 301 feet of water with no life signs. Three survivors were rescued from the bridge after six divers were sent to the Canal Zone to assist salvage efforts.
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U.S
Frank Knox
U. S
Panama
Earl C. Hawk
Saugerties
N. Y
Robert E N. Ward
Antioch
Calif
Joe B. Hurst
Ada
Oklo
Frank H. Sadler
15Th Naval District
Thomas J. Doyle
Navy
Canal Zone
U.S. Navy
Portsmouth
N. H
Carlos Bean
Comdr
Lieut
Hawk
Brooklyn
Saugerties High School
Naval Academy
Saugerties Light Station
Saugerties, N. Y
Colorado
Last Reserve Units Called Into Service
Roosevelt authorizes the War Department to activate 27 organized infantry reserve divisions that exist on paper. The move begins mobilization of reserve officers and recalls about 200,000 enlisted reservists released last fall. The 27 divisions will be reorganized into streamlined triangular formations as they shift to active duty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Stimson
Swedish freighter Amerikaland torpedoed off Atlantic coast
The Navy said the Swedish ship Amerikaland was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast and 11 survivors arrived in New York today.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
New York
New Sports Will Be Discouraged In Schools
Phoenix report states the executive committee of the Arizona Interscholastic Association will discourage new athletic activities but keep scheduled high school events, including the state basketball tournament, through the rest of the school year.
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Phoenix
Arizona Interscholastic Association
Commanders In Hawaii Seek Retirement After Pearl Harbor
Maj. Gen. Walter C Short and Rear Admiral Husband E Kimmel, commanders in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor attack, have applied for retirement. Both were relieved from duty after the attack and faced derelection charges in the Roberts report. Their retirement requests await War and Navy Department decisions.
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Walter C. Short
Husband E. Kimmel
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
War and Navy Departments
General Short
Army
Hawaiian
Admiral Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Roosevelt
Pacific
Roberts Commission
Stimson
Short
War Department
Navy
Kimmel
Civil Defense Funding Faces House Opposition
The House may refuse to fund civilian defense salaries for Melvyn Douglas head of the OCD arts council and Myrna Chaney in charge of children’s activities in the OCD. Congress shows a wary mood as it weighs defense spending amid wartime needs and a Disney payment dispute.
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Washington
House
Office of Civilian Defense
Melvyn Douglas
Maynus Chaney
Douglas
OCD Arts Council
Miss Chaney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
OCD
Donald Duck
Treasury
Walt Disney
U S Asks Vichy for Aid to Axis Information Request
Sumner Welles, undersecretary of State, said the United States had asked Vichy for information on reports of French aid to the Axis in the Libyan campaign. He noted no official information but confirmed inquiries were made based on published reports.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
United States
Air Force Will Be More Than Million Air Force Will Be More Than Million
The War Department announced the Army Air Forces would expand to a million officers and men this year with a plan to double that number later. West Point cadets will train as pilots to shorten air training, with flying instruction starting next month at Stewart Field.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Forces
Military Academy
West Point
George C. Marshall
Stimson
Britain
Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
United States Army
Roosevelt
Stewart Field
Arizona hospital seeks 61 310 emergency funds for food
Phoenix February 7 an appeal to Governor Osborn requests an emergency appropriation of 61 310 for the state hospital for the insane to cover urgent needs including food and supplies rising in price The request covers monthly food costs of 3 000 through June 30 1943 and additional funds for board travel deportation of non residents farm and laundry equipment kitchen and canning gear plus salary increases for resident physicians
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Phoenix
Osborn
State Hospital For
Hospital
Board of Control
Hospital Board of Control
Arizona
Proclamation Not Needed as Daylight Saving Time Begins
Tucson will shift to daylight time at 2 a.m. Monday under the new federal law, with clocks moved forward one hour before Sunday night. Mayor Henry Jaastad said the decree is mandatory and the change lasts six months after the war, unless Congress acts sooner. Citizens awake to daylight time after the change.
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Tucson
Henry
Jaastad
Congress
Manpower control body eyed to allocate workers
Washington sources report the creation of a manpower control administration to assign Americans between factory, farm and firing line. An executive order could form a policy body within the month, with Sidney Hillman likely to head the agency. The plan aims to direct selective service registrants as Army demands grow, potentially within or alongside the War Production Board.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
White House
Sidney Hillman
War Production Board
Office of Production Management
Hillman
Arizona Officer Named Quartermaster at Enid Flying School
Lt. Col. Romeo C. Haley of Warren has been appointed quarter master at a new flying school in Enid Oklahoma after being called to active duty in January. He studied at the University of Arizona and Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe.
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Bisbee
Romeo C. Haley
Warren
Enid
Oklo
University of Arizona
Arizona State Teachers College
Tempe
Manila Bay Forts Shelled as Bali Air Battle Unfolds
American P-40 pursuit planes squadrons clashed with a superior force near Bali, shooting down at least three enemy aircraft. In Manila Bay, Fort Mills Drumm and Hughes endured a three hour artillery barrage with no material damage, while MacArthur's lines in Bataan received heavy fire.
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Washington
U.P
Bali
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Java
Mills
Drumm
Hughes
MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
Germany Says Britain Plans For Invasion
Berlin reports from Stockholm say Winston Churchill aims for a large scale landing on the Norwegian coast with possible US fleet support. The dispatch, circulated by a semi official German agency, says Churchill may seek Commons approval in a secret session to authorize the risky operation.
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Stockholm
Churchill
United States
House of Commons
Germany
Java Invasion Soon Expected By Japanese Drive
Java is seen as the target of a new Japanese invasion in the Pacific war. Air raids on Soerabaja and other Java towns precede a larger assault, interpreted by Aneta as a step in a two headed push from Indo China Hainan and Formosa toward Java and its strategic gateway location.
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Aneta
Batavia
Java
Southwest Pacific
Soerabaja
South Seas
Pacific
Indian
Indo-China
Hainan
Formosa
Don't Sugar Coat War Pill
DeWitt MacKenzie outlines a grim war stock-taking with plain talk on the Pacific and Atlantic fronts. Fred Vander Schmidt notes the uneasy mood as leaders confront a dark military picture and recalls 1939 European boasts by Hitler and Goering.
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Macassar Strait
Mandated
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Russians Reach German Lines For Offensive
Moscow reports the Red Army has reached points Hitler planned as spring offense jump off sites. Russians claim driving the enemy from two localities and destroying several firing positions and defense works while avoiding disclosure of exact zones.
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Moscow
Red Army
Hitler
Attempted Bombings and Arrests Across Occupied France
In Rouen two hundred people were arrested over an attempted bombing of a German army building. Tours reports an 8 pm curfew as punishment for the community. Amiens records an armed cyclist detained after colliding with a recruiting station storefront. the weapon jammed as he tried to fire. The cyclist identified as 21 year old Aaxziond Go.
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Vichy
France
Rouen
Tours
Petit Parisien
Paris
Long Range Guns Hit Residences In Singapore
Batavia reports Japanese naval gains in Amboina with a sunk cruiser and another damaged, plus a sunken transport west of Borneo. Dutch claims tally 59 ships sunk or damaged. Indies navy remains ready at sea. Soerabaja raid details unclear with minimal damage to cookhouse.
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N.E.L
Amboina
Netherlands Indies Sea
Borneo
Pacific
Indies’ Navy
Celebes
New Guinea
Moluccan
Indies
Pontianak
Dutch West Borneo
Tarakan
East Borneo
Balikpapan
Java
Palembang
Sumatra
Bali
Japan Guns Shell Residential Area
Japanese long range guns shelled residential areas of Singapore today for the first time, as British artillery responded. The report, filed from Singapore by C. Yates McDantel, notes the clash marked a significant escalation in the conflict.
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C. Yates McDantel
Singapore
Federal Speech Submissions Rule Governs Officials
The White House said cabinet members undersecretaries and federal administrators must submit speeches for prior clearance. Stephen T. Early announced shared responsibility with Archibald MacLeish's office to clear speeches. Some officers already complied. the move aims for uniform practice.
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Washington
White House
Stephen T. Early
Archibald MacLeish
Early
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