Arizona Train Length Law Ruled Unconstitutional
Judge Levi S. Udall in Apache County delivered a 15 page decision ruling Arizona's train length limit unconstitutional and unenforceable. The case against Southern Pacific was dismissed and Conway said an appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court will follow.
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Arizona
Levi S. Udall
Apache County
Pima County
Udall
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Joe Conway
Conway
Supreme Court of Arizona
Los Angeles
el Paso
Yuma
Lordsburg
Nevada
Two More Air Cadets Die In New Mexico Crashs
Two Army Air Corps cadets reported missing were found dead after crashes near Hachita New Mexico during a night navigation flight from Luke Field Arizona to El Paso Texas. The crashes brought total deaths to four as a fifth ship piloted by Thomas A Bohr parachuted to safety. Victims named include Earl Fritz Fay Book Walter Beamer and Charlie Coates. Weather changes and a blinding rainstorm were blamed for the disaster.
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Phoenix
Army Air Corps
Hachita
N. M
Luke Field
Ariz
el Paso
Texas
Thomas A. Bohr
Detroit
Mich
O. R. Deering
Lake Field
Earl Buster Fritz
Owen
Wis
Whitewater State Teachers College
Fay Edward Book
Sterling
Ill
Marquette University
Walter S. Beamer
Lansing
Charlie B. Coates
Lubbock
Fritz
Book
Beamer
Coates
Columbus
Marechal Joffre Evades Manila Capture Ships Free French Crew
Free French headquarters announced the Marechal Joffre escaped Japanese held Manila with 63 French officers and crew plus U S merchant seamen. The 11,000 ton liner formerly on the Marseille Orient run reached an Allied port and the crew joined Free France. She will be converted into a troop carrier.
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London
Marechal Joffre
Manila
United States
Marseille- Orient
Japan
Singapore Fall May Prolong Pacific War For Extra Year
Washington reports warn the fall of Singapore would extend the war by at least a year for the Allies. Losing the fortress complicates the Dutch East Indies defense and pushes UN strategy toward Australia as the main Pacific bastion between Hawaii and India. Experts say regaining Singapore would require heavy blood and treasure and time to rebuild air and ground power.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Singapore
Pacific
Dutch East Indies
United Nations
Australia
Hawaii
India
East Indies
Malay Peninsula
Japan
Britain
Western
FDR Urges Swift Action on Rivers and Harbors Bill
President Roosevelt asked Congress to speed defense projects in a rivers and harbors bill estimated to cost 1 billion dollars. In a letter to Chairman Mansfield the senator noted committee support and urged expediting action on the St. Lawrence waterway and power development projects.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Mansfield
D.-Tex
House
St. Lawrence
Japs Prepare for New Bataan Drive
Feb 11 dispatches report rationing of retreaded tires to begin Feb 19 with limited crude rubber, plus a war department note of renewed enemy activity in the Philippines. MacArthur’s forces on Bataan resist as Japanese divisions mass for a possible attack, while Roosevelt frames Allied strategy.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
War Production Board
OPA
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
Manila Bay
Cavite
Philippine
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
MacArthur
Roosevelt
United Nations
Indies
Hart Relieved As Commander Of Naval Unit
The Navy announced Admiral Thomas C. Hart was relieved as chief of Allied naval forces in the western Pacific due to illness and Vice Admiral C. E. L. Helfrich of the Netherlands navy was named his successor. Hart, 64, had requested relief for health reasons and had led Allied commands in ABDA area alongside American leaders.
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Washington
Navy
Thomas C. Hart
Western Pacific
C. E. L. Helfrich
Roy Netherlands Navy
Hart
Naval Command
United States Asiatic Fleet
United States
William A. Glassford, Jr
Southwest Pacific
Herbert F. Leary
Helfrich
Combined
Abda
Netherlands East Indian Navy
Java
Naval College of
den Helder
Netherlands
Ranneft
Admiral Hart
Macassar Strait
United Nations
Pacific
C. E. I. Helfrich
Dutch Planes Break Up Jap Bomber Group
Dutch Indies fighter planes intercepted and dispersed a Japanese bombing formation before it reached Soerabaja naval base. The communique cites landings at Macassar Celebes and attacks at Balangaipa and Djene jonto with destruction already carried out in the Macassar area.
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Batavia
Netherlands Indies
Soerabaja
the Indies High Command
Aneta
Macassar
Celebes
Balangaipa
Djenejonto
Nazi General Killed by Red Guerrillas in Smolensk Region
MOSCOW February 11 Tass reports Red army actions across a wide front from Leningrad to the south. Guerrilla grenadiers killed a German general by destroying a staff car in Smolensk west of Moscow as Soviet forces repelled a German counterattack with heavy losses.
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Moscow
Tass
Red Army
Leningrad
Smolensk
Battle for Singapore Rages Amid Heavy Bombardment
British defenders fight under intense bombardment as Japanese land and air forces press the siege of Singapore. Dispatches report fierce counterattacks, evacuations from the harbor, and the possibility of relief as darkness falls on a city under heavy assault.
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London
U.P
Singapore
Torn Body Of Missing Boy Found Near Tenderfoot Peak
The body of two year old Ronald McGee, missing since Saturday, was found on Tenderfoot Peak about 12 miles northwest of Congress Arizona. Deputies and trackers followed the trail to the body which showed extensive scratches and tearing. Authorities believe the child died from exhaustion and exposure after signaling from a high point.
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Congress
Ariz
Ronald McGee
Tenderfoot Peak
Here
Yapapai County
John Bond
Jack Crist
Wickenbury
Homer Keeton
James Cramer
Bond
Crist
M.W.T
Keeton
Ronald
T. H. Gerard
A. P. Rhodes
Last Message From Singapore By McDaniel
C Yates McDaniel reports from Singapore as bombardment and fires rage over the city. He notes Japanese air attacks circling and diving on troops, RAF fighters countering bravely with aging planes, and anti aircraft batteries firing in a city under siege. The piece ends with a warning of more fighting as the battle reaches the outskirts.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Singapore
Profits Seen From Defense Contracts Draw Fire
A congressional committee accused defense brokers of amassing untold millions in profits from war contracts and urged immediate action to recover profits and curb future excess commissions. The report cites 3 to 75 percent commissions on subcontracts and calls for War Department reform and potential deductions from future contracts. The inquiry centers on Remington Arms and subcontracts managed by Leon K. Shanack.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Department of Justice
Commission
Remington Arms Company
Bridgeport
War Bonds and Stamps Urged for Victory
The Tucson Daily Citizen urges Americans to support the war effort by buying defense bonds and stamps. Bonds start at 18.75 dollars and stamps as low as 10 cents, available at banks post offices and some retail stores.
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Japan
Tucson Daily Citizen
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State of
FDR
U. S
Naval Base
Edward W. Beattie
Hang
Tokyo
Radio Berlin
London Evening News
Great North Shore Naval Base
Southwest
Jokore
Kranji River
North Island
Jurong River
Kranji
Defense
Rep. Faddis
D.-Pa
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