Heavy damage claimed in fight to save East Indies
New York Feb 18 Chinese troops reportedly invaded Thailand while heavy fighting raged on the Bilin river front in Burma. The Rangoon communique said Chinese on the north Burma front may have crossed into Thailand toward Chiangmai 300 miles north of Bangkok. Japanese crossed Bilin by night boats as Gurkha troops countered. Bombers attacked a Japanese airdrome in northern Thailand damaging troops and stores in Salween and Martaban areas.
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Thailand
Bilin River
Burma
All-India Radio
Rangoon
CBS
Chiengmai
Bangkok
Bilin
Salween
Martaban
Batavia
N. E. IL
Dutch East Indies
Sumatra
Southwest Pacific Command
Indies
U. S
Palembang
the Indies High Command
Aneta
Borneo
Minahassa
Celebes
Macassar
Soerabaja
War Department
Russian Shock Troops Smash New Nazi Line
Russian shock troops drive west toward the Polish border smashing a fortified German defense along a line of strategic villages. Soviet artillery tanks and infantry broke the line forcing German retreat with 36 pill boxes destroyed and several villages abandoned. Four Russian fliers claimed air kills while reports from other sectors spoke of heavy artillery action and advancing lines. A German communique claimed large Soviet losses and the Luftwaffe reported many Soviet planes shot down. The BBC cited Radio Moscow saying the White Russia liberation hour is near.
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Moscow
U.P
Kalinin
Messerschmitt
Junkers
Adolf Hitler
NBC
New York
White Russia
Radio Moscow
White Russian Republic
Senate probes Normandie fire to assess negligence or sabotage
The Senate Naval Committee unanimously approved a Vandenberg proposal for an inquiry into the Normandie blaze. The probe aims to decide if negligence or sabotage caused the fire, with $5,000 allotted, and will not supersede Navy or FBI investigations.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Vandenberg
Rmich
Normandie
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Audit Committee
Senate
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nazi Production For War Reaches Heights
London report quotes an official of economic warfare saying Germany is making its greatest wartime effort and mass producing troop carrying gliders. A. V. Alexander notes that in the three months since November the British navy and RAF have sunk 148000 tons of Axis merchant shipping to Libya.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Germany
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Libya
Leaders Push Fast Pensions Repeal Amid Wide Pressure
Congressional leaders urge speedy repeal of congressional pensions with hearings planned this week. Democratic Leader Barkley pushes to attach repeal as a rider to a bill while supporters report 150 House members backing repeal. Senators Clark Mead and others oppose, warning of eroding public confidence.
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Congress
Clark
Didaho
Barkley
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
House Civil Service Committee
Nichols
Okla
House
D.- Idaho
Mead
D-Ny
War Comes Closer To U. S. Shores
Arizona Governor Osborn protests total state share of defense goods allocation to Phoenix area arguing the plan excludes Tucson and fails to reflect state population and strategic location within 300 miles of the Pacific coast and Gulf.
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Phoenix
Osborn
Office of Civilian Defense
Arizona
OCD
D. Kelly Turner
State Defense Co-Ordinating Council
Pacific Coast
Tucson
Turner
San Antonio
Texas
Fourth Defense Command
Gulf of California
American officer killed in British aircraft crash
A senior American officer is believed dead after a British aircraft crashed into the sea off England’s southeast coast en route to the United Kingdom. It is feared all aboard, including British crew, were lost.
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London
United Kingdom
England
Tanker E. H. Blum damaged by blasts off Atlantic coast
The 11,600 ton American tanker E. H. Blum under secret orders was hit by three blasts likely from torpedoes or mines near the Atlantic coast. All 40 crew members were rescued in lifeboats by a coast guard cutter within 30 minutes. The vessel remained afloat and salvage was ordered as crews dispute whether mines or a submarine attacked it. Captain William L. Evans and lookout Ernest Lee Thomas described the strikes and damage.
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U.P
E. H. Blum
Philadelphia
Atlantic
William L. Evans
Coast Guard
Ernest Lee Thomas
Jasper
Fla
Phoenix Fires Magistrate In Prostitute Row
Phoenix dismisses Joseph C. Furst, longtime city clerk and police magistrate, amid a bitter commission clash over prostitution crime. The move follows charges that authorities failed to crackdown on street walkers, with Mayor Reed Shupe and three commissioners backing the ouster.
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Joseph C. Furst
City Commission
Col. Ennis C. Whitehead
Lake Field
Reed Shupe
Newell W. Stewart
M. F. Wharton
Furst
Shupe
Dancer Chaney resigns from Civil Defense post
Washington reports Maynus Chaney blonde dancer protege of Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt offered to resign her 4600 dollar OCD job to serve best interests of the physical fitness program. James M Landis OCD director accepted the offer with no comment. The fitness division operates under Mrs Roosevelt.
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Washington
Office of Civilian Defense
Maynus Chaney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miss Chaney
OCD
Congress
James M. Landis
Landis
Mrs. Roosevelt
British Hunt Nazis in Africa Over Libya Front
Cairo reports British fighter patrols and mobile columns with air cover sweep a wide Libya front area. Operations run southwest of Derna along a line from Tmimi to Mekili after Italian and German withdrawals to a new line about 15 to 20 miles west of El Gazala.
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Cairo
Libya Front
Middle Eastern
Derna
Tmimi
Mekili
el Gazala
Ambitious Japs May Sow Seeds Of Their Own Defeat
United Press war analysis argues Japan faces overextension across 6000 miles from Burma to their islands. It notes heavy commitments in China with Chiang Kai-shek commanding about 5 million opponents and a major Burma operation, risking an Achilles heel against the United Nations.
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Louis Keemle
United Press War Desk
Japan
India
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Hitler
Russia
United States
Britain
United Nations
Burma
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Evacuation Unit Moves Rangoon Workers Inland
Burma civil evacuation department shifts its staff away from Rangoon as about 5,000 Indian evacuees remain in the city and 2,000 more mill about near the palace gardens awaiting transport to India. Military action continues in the Dutch East Indies with Allied air strikes against Japanese forces and bombers at Soerabaja and Palembang.
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Rangoon
Burma
Government of
India
Long Expected Bataan Drive Gets Underway
The war department report signals the start of the anticipated assault on MacArthur's lines in Bataan. It notes increased enemy air activity and heavier artillery fire, with Japanese reinforcements landing at Olongapo while American bombers strike Bangka island transports.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
War Department
Olongapo
Subic Bay
Bataan Peninsula
Department
Bangka Island
Sumatra
Borneo
Philippine
Cabcaben
Cavite
Netherlands Indies
Philippines
U S Planes Drive Submarines From Curacao
United States bombing planes drove submarines off Aruba after they were spotted near Curacao. The attack followed Monday's sinking of three tankers near the oil port and shelling of Standard Oil shore installations. Submarines dived as bombers appeared, preventing a concentrated strike.
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Curacao
Dutch West Indies
Aruba
United States
Aneta
Standard Oil
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