Jap Invasion Push Threatens Java as Forces Land
Japanese assault on Java intensified with new landings near Macassar on Celebes and advances toward Bandjermasin on Borneo. Dutch garrisons conduct delaying actions as communications with Bandjermasin fail. Aneta notes enemy landings and destruction of installations at Macassar.
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Batavia
N.el
Java
Dutch East Indies Islands
Macassar
Celebes
Bandjermagin
Borneo
United Nations
Soerabaja
Macassar Strait
Balikpapan
Bandjermasin
Aneta
Indi
Defense Plans Prepared For Extra Session
Arizona law and finance committee of the Civilian Defense Coordinating Council met to draft a program for a special legislative session. Governor Osborn plans to call the session next week and issue the official call Wednesday. The primary aim is to grant the council legal status and fund its operations while clarifying laws per the state supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Law and Finance Committee
Arizona Civilian Defense Coordinating Council
Osborn
Civilian Defense Council
State Supreme Court
FBI raid targets Japanese in Monterey County towns
FBI launches simultaneous raids in Salinas Watsonville Monterey Pacific Grove and Carmel arresting enemy aliens and seizing contraband under Nat J. Pieper San Francisco office. The operation involved 126 officers including 54 FBI agents and 72 local and state officers searching for firearms radios cameras and other prohibited equipment.
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Salinas
Calif
Monterey County
Nat J. Pieper
FBI
San Francisco
Watsonville
Monterey
Pacific Grove
Carmel
Pieper
LaGuardia Quits as OCD Director
President Roosevelt announced that New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia will resign immediately as director of the Office of Civilian Defense. OCD executive James M. Landis will assume the role. no formal appointment was made, and New York constitutional issues were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York
Office of
Civilian Defense
OCD
James M. Landis
White House
LaGuardia
New York State
Nazis Prepare To Strike In Spring
Associated Press notes the fall of Singapore would endanger Allied bases from the Suez Canal to Pearl Harbor and free Japan’s Malayan forces for attacks on Java Burma and possibly Australia. It would weaken U.N. manpower in the southwest Pacific unless evacuations of 60 000 British troops on Singapore island could occur, a near impossible task. It would grant Japan free passage to the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Singapore
United Nations
Suez Canal
Egypt
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Japan
Java
Burma
Australia
Southwest
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Bay of Bengal
English Says Finemeth Giving Help To Nasa
An official spokesman said the German army in Libya received supplies from French North Africa. He cited cars, lorries, wheat, wine, olive oil, gasoline and aviation fuel. The United States and Washington were consulted about possible French involvement. deliveries may have come via Tunisia or metropolitan France.
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London
Libya
North Africa
United States
Washington
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
France
Vichy
French North Africa
Tunisia
England
Committee Recommends Evacuating Pacific Coast Areas
The Pacific coast committee on alien enemies and sabotage urged congressional delegations today to remove all aliens and citizens from strategic coast areas. Only those granted special licenses should remain or return to those zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pacific Coast Committee On
Alaska
Axis plan seen to widen war in Soviet front and Near East
Swiss reports quote foreign observers who cite a major German push aimed at stabilizing northern and central Russia before spring thaw. They forecast a Mediterranean and Caucasus focus with Bulgaria and possibly Turkey drawn in, including routes toward Egypt Iran and Iraq.
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Bern
Switzerland
Russia
Mediterranean
Caucaus
Egypt
Iraq
Suez Canal
Bulgaria
Turkey
Germany
Erwin Rommel
Libya
Balkans
Axis
Red Army
Ukraine
Crimea
Donets
Caucasus
Iran
Normandie Sinks Deeper in Hudson Mud After Fire
The Normandie lies on her port side in 40 feet of water in Hudson river mud after a devastating blaze. Salvage experts expect the burned liner could be righted in two or three months. Navy officials say salvage is not yet ruled out and will decide on next steps after further talks.
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Normandie
Hudson River
New York
Navy
Third Naval District
Allies Must Prevent Break Through
President Roosevelt said Americans were becoming more realistic about the war and that the first objective is to prevent a major breakthrough while destroying and damaging as much enemy material and personnel as possible. He commented while asked about public complacency regarding bad news.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Two Army Plane Crashes Leave Two Dead Two Missing
A heavy rainstorm grounded a U. S. Army Air Corps training flight between Lake Field near Litchfield Park Arizona and El Paso Texas. Cadets Earl Buster Fritz Fay Edward Book died in crashes while Walter S Beamer Charlie B Coates were missing and Thomas A Bohr survived by parachute possibly alive.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U. S. Army Air Corps
Hachita
N. M
Desert
Lake Field
Litchfield Park
el Paso
Tex
Earl Buster Fritz
Owens
Wis
Fay Edward Book
Sterling
Walter S. Beamer
Lansing
Mich
Charlie B. Coates
Lubbock
Thomas A. Bohr
Columbus
Beamer
Coates
Causeway repaired by Japanese forces advancing in Malaya
Tokyo reports the half mile Singapore causeway, breached by the British, has been repaired and Japanese troops and supplies are crossing it. Japanese engineers worked overnight while British blew sections on Jan 30. Domei says Tengah airdrome fell and Japanese forces pressed past the British front toward Singapore.
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Tokyo
Singapore Island
Johore State
Domei
Johore Bharu
Malayan
Tengah
Comei
Johore
Singapore
Dive Bombers Press On In Major MacArthur Defense
Japanese dive bombers pounded MacArthur's lines on the Bataan peninsula in a major effort to clear a path for a victory drive against outnumbered American and Filipino defenders. The assault focused on softening defenses while Japanese shock troops seek a breakthrough on Luzon as U S forces fight with limited aerial support and anti aircraft fire.
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Washington
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Bataan
MacArthur
U.S
Luzon
War Department
Lingayen Gulf
Subic Bay
China Sea
Manila Bay
Loss of Indies Seen From Pacific War Front
United Press reports three key Pacific points under threat numbers Singapore Java and Burma with Singapore’s breach repair and new landings risking the island while Java prepares for an assault. Malay Archipelago could fall if Indies lost, altering war supplies and postures for UN forces toward Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis F. Keemle
United Press War Desk
Southwest Pacific
Singapore
Singapore City
Java
Burma
Soerabaja
Batavia
Battle of Singapore Reaches Climactic Phase
By Harold Guard Singapore February 10 The battle of Singapore reaches a climax with estimates of a decision by noon Wednesday as troops deploy guns in Singapore city suburbs and Japanese forces threaten from the island’s west. The front reports unopposed air attacks and British troops crouch in ditches awaiting further action.
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Harold
Singapore
U.P
Japs Feared To Have Crossed Salween River
British forces in eastern Burma on the Salween contested a small Japanese force north of Martaban but did not confirm any crossing. Martaban sits on the river’s west bank, with a British hold since January 31 after pulling from Moulmein on the opposite bank. Japanese bases at Paan and raids on Thaton were reported as RAF bombers hit targets along the line. Land fighting remained desultory with limited skirmishes.
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Daniel Deluce
Rangoon
Burma
Salween
Martaban
Moulmein
Paan
Thaton
Rzhev Cut Off By Russia On Moscow Front
Russian forces appear to have cut off Rzhev on the Moscow front amid fierce snowbound fighting. German troops, including elite units, were trying to break Russian lines to reach the beleaguered garrison as seven inhabited points fell in a western front sector after strong resistance. Russian counteroffensive reports suggest momentum slowing.
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William R. Downs
London
U.P
Rzhev
Moscow
Five Billions for Lend-Lease Asked
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate an additional 5,430,000,000 dollars for lend-lease aid through June 30, 1943. The request lists spending for agricultural and industrial commodities 3,567,115,000 ships 734,420,000 services and expenses 680,000,000 testing and reconditioning 208,000,000 trucks and vehicles 129,015,000 facilities and equipment 111,450,000.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Japanese advance tightens grip on Singapore area
Reports from Singapore say Japanese forces push toward the city with a two mile front between Sungei Mandai and Sungei Kranji. London sources describe the situation as very bad with British withdrawal under severe pressure and no comfort for defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Singapore
Reuters
Britain
Singapore Under Siege as Japanese Attackers Press Advance
Huge flights of Japanese planes dive bomb and machine gun as defenders struggle to hold Singapore. British troops still have power but the island faces extreme gravity with reinforced attackers. Movement is restricted by passes and patrols. residents urged to report suspicious activity and aid in arrests as British forces fall back under heavy landing forces from the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
No Axis Advance Made in Africa
Cairo Egypt February 10 British patrols active over a wide area from Tmimi to El Mechili about 50 miles west of Tobruk. No close fighting with Axis forces reported for the third straight day as enemy parties were engaged by artillery but no direct clash occurred. Royal Air Force bombers targeted rear areas while land operations continued.
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Cairo
Egypt
Tmimi
el Mechili
Tobruk
Tengeder
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Pier
West Side Highway
Enland
Finemeth
NASA
Thomas F. Hawkins
Hudson
Fifth Lake
Singapore Causeway
By Everette R. Holles
Palembang
Sumatra
Indies
Salween River
Moscow Front
Africa
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