Army Induction Doubled in Wartime Draft Push
Officials disclosed that inductions into the army are being stepped up to double the peacetime rate with a goal of a four million man land force. The drive accelerates current registrants and taps 8 to 10 million fit men, with plans to equip and expand up to two million officers and men immediately and more as needed.
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Washington
Britain
Stimson
War Department
United States
Th.reatern
Two Girls Remember Pearl Harbor Respite in Frederick County
Ann and Yvonne Kremer daughters of Sergeant Dallas M. Kremer arrived with their mother after Pearl Harbor and Hickam Field bombing. They reside with grandparents near Greenspring while their father remains in Hawaii on duty with the U S Army Air Corps.
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Ann
Yvonne Kremer
Sergeant
Dallas M. Kremer
Pearl Harbor
Hickam Field
C. T. McCarty
Greenspring
Frederick County
Army Air Corps
Hawaii
Marine Barracks
Government Denies Plans to Seize Private Cars
A government statement assures the public there are no plans to commandeer private automobiles. The denial follows questions raised at a January press conference when Henderson described automobiles as a wartime necessity and noted the government is presently well supplied, with no need for citizens to offer their cars.
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Henderson
Instructions On Sale of New Tires Received
Sample copies of applications for authorization to purchase new tires and tubes have been received from the Office of Price Administration by the committees for Frederick and council. Applications cannot be received until the committee executive officers oath is approved by Federal authorities.
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Office of Price Administration
Force
Frederick Coin
Winchester Debaters Ride Sleigh to Martinsburg
Winchester debaters traveled by sleigh to Martinsburg to compete in a debate 58 years ago. The report notes only that the Winchester team won the decision while recalling Mr. Lynch as the remaining member and mentions Mr. Hyde, with continued coverage on later pages.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Mr. Lynch
Hyde
Toelite
Landis to Share Responsibility With LaGuardia
Dean James M. Landis of Harvard Law School was named to execute civilian defense activities alongside New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Landis will draft and implement organization and policies, with responsibility for staffing and field execution as criticism mounted over La Guardia's workload.
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Washington
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Fiorello la Guardia
Stephen Early
Landis
la Guardia
New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Office of Civilian Defense
Elcomes
Boston
Congress
Yesae Te House
War Department
Burma Air Raid Reports Heavy Anti Aircraft Fire
Rangoon Burma January 9. The city heard the heaviest anti aircraft barrage yet when Japanese planes bombed the area north of Rangoon from 445 to 545 am. A small squadron of the American volunteer group flew across the jungle near Thailand and bombed Mes Hod airdrome near Bangkok destroying seven grounded Japanese bombers. The assault appeared to have cost the American volunteer group one plane missing at its operating base and the bomb torn airport of Mes Hod.
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Rangoon
Burma
Thailand
Meshod
Bangkok
House Approves Daylight Saving Bill
The House passed a daylight saving bill by a 67 to 20 vote in Washington. It orders a uniform one hour advance of the nation s clocks to start daylight saving time.
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Washington
House
Jungle Conflict A Scene Of Carnage In Malaya
British front line dispatches describe brutal jungle fighting in Malaya with heavy casualties as waves of Japanese troops are crushed by concentrated British fire. Chinese forces push toward Canton and Nanchang amid counter offensives, while Japan fears blockade and U S submarine activity in Far East waters.
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Associated Press
Malaya
Hirohito
China
Chungking
South China
Canton
Nanchang
Kwangtung
Kiangsi
Changsha
Hunan
British
Burma
Japan
Philippine
War Department
Douglas Macan
Batan Peninsula
Navy
Far East
Imperial Toukoh
Ming
Izu Shine
Lesl
Tokyo Kohamam
Nipognese
United States
Tokyo
Troika
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Far East Head
Slim River Tor
Kuala
German War Machine Broken In Russia Claims Aspeds Press
Allied dispatches report Soviet forces breaking sieges of Leningrad and Sevastopol with Red Army counter offensives in Crimea and the Kerch peninsula. Moscow radio says the German machine is broken as Sikorski predicts a German retreat to a line near Smolensk.
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Germany
Russia
Associated Press
Leningrad
Sevastopol
Lake Ladoga
London
Red Army
Poventsa
Stalin Canal
Crimea
Black Sea
Kuibyshev
Kerch
Moscow
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Smolensk
Separate Aerial Force Opposed by General Staff
Senator Chandler of Kentucky said the general staff opposes creating a separate air force and that War Department officials urged a reversal of a Senate Military Affairs hearing on Sen McCarran’s aviation department proposal. He noted the staff wants air power integrated with land and naval forces and expected to bow to their judgment.
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Washington
General Staff
Congress
Chandler
D.ky
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
McCarran
D.-Nev
Department of Aviation
Department
Kentucky
Star Sets Record High Daily Circulation
The Star reports a record daily NET PAID circulation for the month ending last week in December 1941, the highest in 45 years. Editor Harry F. Byrd Jr. notes the growth brings greater responsibility and gratitude.
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the Star
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Langley Sunk Claim Sparks Navy Denial in War Rhetoric
A U S Navy spokesman refutes Japanese shortwave claims that the Langley aircraft tender was sunk, accusing Tokyo of the old Nazi tactic to smoke out its location. The Langley, among the first U S carriers, was later converted to a tender and had previously been reported sunk in Pearl Harbor events.
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Washington
U. S
Langley
United States
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Figure Predicts Invasion Of U S Continent
The article asserts a Japanese figure claimed it was probable that armed forces of Japan could land on the American continent and that a trained army could sweep opposition aside. It compares U S invulnerability to myths about the Maginot line and Pearl Harbor.
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Thay
United States
Maginot Line
Singapore
Pearl Harbor
British Cruiser Galatea Sunk by U-Boat
London reports the 5 720 ton cruiser Galatea was torpedoed and sunk by a U boat. Cairo dispatch notes Rommel’s forces press air assaults on land routes while coastwise ships suffer direct hits from RAF.
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London
Admiralty
Cairo
Egypt
Genera Rommel
R. A. FP
RAF Drops 2 Million Leaflets Over Occupied France
The White House said the RAF carried out its first mission for the U S government distributing more than two million French language leaflets in occupied France. The leaflets, featuring Roosevelt speeches, warned the enemy and hinted at further distributions across occupied Europe.
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Washington
Kwite House
R A. F
United States
France
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Europe
Many Fires Left At Nazi Base
London reports numerous fires left burning in the German occupied naval base at Brest France after a strong RAF bombardment. The fourth consecutive night of attack targeted Brest and the ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Docks at Cherbourg were also bombed and two British aircraft failed to return. Ten airmen received awards for December Brest raid and hits on the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau amid heavy anti aircraft fire and enemy attacks.
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London
Brest
France
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministery
Cherbourg
Injuries Fatal To Horace W. Reid
Horace Wilton Reid, 58, who was badly injured days before Christmas in an automobile crash near Howellsville, died at about 10 a.m. today in a Front Royal hospital without regaining consciousness.
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Front Royal
Horace Wilton Reid
Howellsville
City And County Brevities
A note from Mrs A A Cooper of Inavale Nebraska renews her Star subscription noting a thermometer at 19 below. The item also mentions the late Bentley Kern and two other relatives, with references to military training at Wichita Falls Texas and extended family ties.
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Inavale
Neb
The
Star
Bentley Kern
Bese
Pvt
Bentley 4
Bagtley Kern
Bentley Dayitee
Kern
Wichita Falls
Texas
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