Bombers Strike In One Area Subs In Another To Slow Burma Invasion
German radio reported the Rangoon Mandalay railway, first leg of the Burma road to China, cut in several places by Japanese troops. British forces fought near Rangoon as fires raged in the city. Evacuations to Mandalay spoke of Indian and British reinforcements south of the city.
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Java
London
Rangoon-Mandalay
Burma
China
Mandalay
U.P
Lower Burma
Rangoon
Chiengmai
Thailand
Sittang
Imperials
Rangoon-to- Mandalay
Salween
Pegu
Oosthaven
Sumatra
Palembang
Sinkand
Pontianak
Borneo
Army War Secretary cites enemy aircraft over California
The War Secretary said aircraft probably operated by enemy agents flew over southern California during the raid alarm. A second alert lasted from 7 40 p.m. to 1 a.m. and reached San Diego and Riverside counties with no planes seen and no blackout. Key officials and civilian authorities were informed only.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
California
San Diego
Riverside
Stimson
Willkie Criticizes Conflicting Air Alarm Reports
Wendell Willkie protested conflicting Army and Navy statements on the southern California air alarm. He said the nation is confused by the departments reports and urged leaders to act responsibly while asserting the public remains unharmed.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Wendell Willkie
Army
Navy
California
War Department
Navy Department
Planes Fire Antiaircraft in Washington Frontline Alarm
In Washington today about 15 aircraft provoked anti aircraft fire from the continental United States for the first time in this war. Officials say Army Navy and civilian agencies will probe western areas to locate possible secret air bases. Some authorities dispute whether planes were overhead during yesterday morning’s alarm and conflicting statements persist about their exact flight path.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Army
Navy
Santa Monica
Long Beach
Huntington Park
A. C. Jewell
Eugene Biscailuz
Los Angeles
Oran
Frank C Kelton Claimed by Death University Engineer Dies
Frank Caleb Kelton 61 head of the University of Arizona civil engineering department died at St Marys hospital after a long illness. He was born in Montgomery Vermont in 1881 and educated at Arizona and California. Survived by wife Eleanor H Harrison and three sons. He had taught since 12.
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Frank Caleb Kelton
University of Arizona
Department of Civil Engineering
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mr. Kelton
Montgomery
University of California
Tucson
Eleanor H. Harrison
Frank C. Kelton
Kenneth Otis Ketton
Raymond Harrison Kelton
Kelton
Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Phi
The
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
American Society of Civil Engineers
Japanese claim US carrier Yorktown sunk near New Guinea
Berlin reports a Tokyo dispatch via German News Agency Afro Tokyo claimed Japanese forces sank a United States aircraft carrier northeast of New Guinea. The Yorktown, 19,900 tons, commissioned 1936, carried over 2,000 aboard and had space for more than 100 planes.
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Berlin
United Press
London
Tokyo
United States
New Guinea
Yorktown
British Sub Smashes Big Nazi Cruiser
British naval review in the House of Commons reports the Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen knocked out of the war for some time. The submarine Trident likely torpedoed the Prinz Eugen class cruiser and may have hit an escorting destroyer.
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Associated Press
London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
House of Commons
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Trident
Brest
France
Dover Strait
North Sea
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Nazi Reserves Routed In Desperate Staraya Russa Fight
Russian troops claimed victory over German reserves in the Staraya Russa area as the 16th army survivors faced encirclement. Reports said a German 56th regiment from the fifth division was beaten while attempting to break through to aid trapped troops. Russian air and anti aircraft units disrupted German resupply efforts by air.
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Moscow
Staraya Russa
Florence and Peoria Win Tourney Games
Florence high school edged Prescott 32 to 31 in the 22nd Arizona high school tournament opener. Raul Mariscal led Florence with nine points while Don Corbitt topped Prescott with 10. Peoria beat Globe 19 to 17 with Don Bissinger scoring eight for Peoria.
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Florence High School
Prescott
Gila Valley Boys
Yavapai
Raul Mariscal
Florence
Don Corbitt
Peoria
40 Hour Week Suspension Debate Gets House Vote
The House approved at 218 to 14 to allow a vote on suspending the 40 hour week and eight hour day during the war. Speaker Rayburn cleared the way by noting a germane amendment to the war powers bill. Representative Smith argued that overtime laws hinder the war effort amid plantwide absences and labor tensions.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
Representative Smith
D-Va
Smith
CIO
San
Lend Lease Repayment Declared Not Required
Senator La Follette told the senate that England and other nations aided under lend-lease would not have to repay about 18 billion dollars in aid. He cited the Anglo American agreement and the Atlantic Charter as basis for concluding no repayments will be required of Britain or any other nations under the lease lend program.
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Washington
la Follette
Wis
Senate Today
England
Congress
Wisconsin
Great Britain
U S Seapower Toll Measured in Pacific Gains and Atlantic Losses
Washington reports show since Dec 10 total 74 Japanese combatant and noncombatant vessels sunk or probably sunk and 33 damaged in the Pacific. in the Atlantic 114 submarine attacks on UN shipping from Jan 1 to Feb 23, with 34 ships officially sunk from Canada to the Caribbean, underscoring a two ocean attrition.
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Washington
United States
Pippen
Pacific
Atlantic
Army
Navy
Japan
United Nations
Canada
Caribbean
Pensions For Congress Act Repeal Nears
A joint Senate-House conference committee nears final deal to repeal the pensions for Congress provision of the civil service retirement law. The panel also accepts an $8 million aid to build new locks at Sault Ste. Marie for alternative iron transport. The package includes aid for dependents of missing or captured service members and tax relief for besieged forces.
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Washington
U.P
Senate-House
Robert Ramspeck
House Civil Service Committee
Sault Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Douglas MacArthur
Arizona Ranch Now Occupied By Jap Aliens
The Triangle T ranch in Dragoon southern Arizona now houses about 35 interned Japanese at 7 to 8 dollars per day. Owned by Mrs. Rosetta LeMesurier, leased to Margaret Murphree and Don Huntington last fall, the site is guarded by border patrolmen. The internees, once linked to a Japanese diplomatic staff, arrived weeks ago.
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Triangle T
Dragoon
Arizona
Rosetta LeMesurier
Margaret Murphree
Don Huntington
Stimson Praises Wavell Bravery As War Deepens
Allied commanders report American bombers attacked a new Japanese warship and transport fleet off Bali while U S submarines torpedoed four to five invasion vessels in a two day underwater campaign. Stimson salutes General Wavell noting his injuries and plans to visit the Philippines front as MacArthur cautions against risk.
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Allied
Java
V.P
Bali
United States
Bali Strait
United Nations
Washington
Stimson
Netherlands Indies
Archibald Wavell
Southwest Pacific
Singapore
Wavell
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
The
United
Soerahaja
Dowade
Celebes
Borneo
Parity Price Backers Move To Foil Presidential Veto
Senate farm bloc seeks to block use of funds in a 32.76 billion military appropriations bill for purchasing crop surpluses at less than parity. Senator Thomas plans an amendment to bar such purchases by the Commodity Credit Corporation. Senator Brown warns Roosevelt would veto if the House passes the measure, with possible delay until Monday for final money bill action.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Thomas
D-Okla
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
Brown
D-Mich
Roosevelt
House
MacArthur the Magnificent cadet days at West Point recalled
The piece recalls Douglas MacArthur as a young end for a West Texas school team winning an appointment to West Point. His joy at news from his mother and brother accompanies scenes of Army lineage and Civil War tales shaping his early character.
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Douglas MacArthur
West Point
Bob Considine
Bataan
Philippines
International News Service
West Texas Military Academy
MacArthur
Douglas
Emilio Aguinaldo
Arthur MacArthur
Annapolis
Gettysburg
Missionary Ridge
Metals Cut For Fire Equipment War Order
The war production board curtailed copper aluminum chromium zinc and other strategic metals. It bans most uses except specified fire protection products such as airplane extinguishers and automatic fire alarm systems. Foam extinguishers are limited to needs for gasoline and other hazardous liquids.
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Washington
War Production Board
India Debate Set in Commons
The house of commons will hold a debate on Indian self-government and Chinese Indian collaboration. L. S. Amery, secretary of state for India, announced the plan in response to questions from commons members seeking a clear Indian policy statement.
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London
House of Commons
L. S. Amery
India
Commons
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