Second Russian loan planned
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Straus’ resignation is accepted
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Intervention with U.S. radio charged in Cuba
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German society’s records seized
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U.S. Navy Department (February 19, 1942)
Navy Communiqué No. 41
Far East.
A U.S. submarine has sunk a 5,000-ton cargo ship in the East China Sea.
There is nothing to report from other areas.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (February 19, 1942)
AUSTRALIA IS BOMBED FOR FIRST TIME
War carried to north coast city of Darwin
Nipponese airpower strikes important Allied naval base; refuge for American wounded
Sydney, Feb. 19 (AP) –
Port Darwin on the northern Australian coast has been bombed, Prime Minister John Curtin announced today.
Japanese planes have been reported in the Darwin area before but this was the first bombing attack.
Darwin is about 675 miles south of the Japanese-captured Dutch island base of Amboina, and is one of the few naval bases in the Pacific war region left to the United Nations.
Haven for American wounded
Australians working in record time had laid a road through the middle desert wastes of this continent to link Darwin with southern Australia.
An American hospital ship evacuating wounded from the Philippines recently arrived there.
Australia has garrisoned the area and erected a network of defenses extending inland to repulse landing attempts.
Army plane falls; pilot killed
Tiffin, Ohio, Feb. 18 (AP) –
An Army pursuit plane crashed on a farm near here during a heavy snowstorm today, killing its pilot who was identified tentatively as Lt. Tom F. Almon of Detroit, attached to the Army Air Corps.
Coroner William H. Benner said papers in the plane wreckage indicated he had left Port Niagara, Buffalo, at 10 a.m. (EWT) en route to Selfridge Field, Mich.
Congress hails blow at "boondoggling"
Conferees assure vast funds for OCD
Speedy final passage of $100,000,000 appropriations certain; Miss Chaney out
Washington, Feb. 18 (UP) –
Congressional conferees today speedily approved legislation appropriating $100,000,000 for the Office of Civilian Defense after Mayris Chaney, dancing protégé of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, had resigned her $4,600-a-year job in the agency.
The money grant – approved by both houses only after limitations had been imposed on future use of funds for what Congressional critics described as “fan dancers, movie lovers and boondoggling” – is part of a $163,789,819 deficiency bill.
Only for vital equipment
In its present form, the measure specifies that the OCD fund can be spent only for vital civilian defense equipment, and requires Senate confirmation of officials of the agency receiving $4,500 a year or more.
The action of the conferees assured quick final approval by both chambers, probably tomorrow or Friday.
Under the bill, $57,217,271 will be spent for firefighting equipment and training; $7,998,545 for protective clothing, steel helmets, etc.; $4,890,290 for emergency medical supplies and equipment, and $29,893,894 for gas masks and facilities for their manufacture.
The resignation was accepted “without comment” by OCD Director James Landis. It was different in Congress where her departure was hailed as a triumph over “boondoggling.” There was speculation also about the date of the probably retirement from the agency of Mrs. Roosevelt and movie actor-director Melvyn Douglas whose association with the OCD has been under legislative fire.
Retread ration order delayed
Set for Feb. 23, blanks awaited
Washington, Feb. 18 (AP) –
The Office of Price Administration issued last minute orders today delaying the start of retreaded tire rationing until Feb. 23.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson said the delay was necessary because required rationing forms had not yet been distributed to all local rationing boards. The retread rationing program was to have begun tomorrow.
All provisions of the rationing program, other than the actual distribution of retreaded tires, will take effect at midnight tonight, however. After that hour, no further sales or deliveries or retreaded or recapped tires can be made to consumers without rationing certificates.
Despite the four-day delay, Henderson said, eligible truck operators may continue to obtain new tires through local ration boards until midnight Feb. 22.
Pensions repeal bill advanced
Committee votes approval; measure to be reported to Senate today
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Alvin York ready to sail
World War I hero eager to get snipers
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Japs lose many planes
By Witt Hancock, Associated Press staff writer
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Japs launch big assault on MacArthur
American positions on island bombed almost steadily
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Invaders of Burma cross river
Civil evacuation of city speeded; Chinese reported hitting foe’s flank
By Daniel De Luce, Associated Press staff writer
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BULLETINS!
San Francisco, Feb. 18 (AP) –
San Francisco and the Bay Area was blacked out for the eighth time at 9:01 p.m. tonight. It was the first in this area since Jan. 3. The Fourth Interceptor Command gave no reason for the order which followed an alert of approximately 30 minutes.
London, Feb. 19 (AP) –
American Eagle Squadron fighter pilots swooped down to 50 feet to attack factories and a freight train in occupied France during a daylight sweep yesterday, the Air Ministry said last night.
Oslo, Feb. 19 (AP) –
A Quisling government decree said last night that all American credits in Norway and all capital belonging to American subjects in Norway must be declared by March 30. In many Axis-controlled territories, this procedure has been a forerunner of expropriation.
Dublin, Feb. 19 (AP) –
New censorship orders today instructed the press to submit everything except stories on sporting and social events for approval.
Dublin, Feb. 19 (AP) –
Hans Marchner, a German parachutist who landed in County Wexford Mar. 3, 1941, escaped from an Erie prison Sunday and is still at large, the government announced today.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9066
Authorizing the Secretary of War to prescribe military areas
Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U.S.C., Title 50, Sec. 104);
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War, and the Military Commanders whom he may from time to time designate, whenever he or any designated Commander deems such action necessary or desirable, to prescribe military areas in such places and of such extent as he or the appropriate Military Commander may determine, from which any or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Military Commander may impose in his discretion. The Secretary of War is hereby authorized to provide for residents of any such area who are excluded therefrom, such transportation, food, shelter, and other accommodations as may be necessary, in the judgment of the Secretary of War or the said Military Commander, and until other arrangements are made, to accomplish the purpose of this order. The designation of military areas in any region or locality shall supersede designations of prohibited and restricted areas by the Attorney General under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, and shall supersede the responsibility and authority of the Attorney General under the said Proclamations in respect of such prohibited and restricted areas.
I hereby further authorize and direct the Secretary of War and the said Military Commanders to take such other steps as he or the appropriate Military Commander may deem advisable to enforce compliance with the restrictions applicable to each Military area here in above authorized to be designated, including the use of Federal troops and other Federal Agencies, with authority to accept assistance of state and local agencies.
I hereby further authorize and direct all Executive Departments, independent establishments and other Federal Agencies, to assist the Secretary of War or the said Military Commanders in carrying out this Executive Order, including the furnishing of medical aid, hospitalization, food, clothing, transportation, use of land, shelter, and other supplies, equipment, utilities, facilities, and services.
This order shall not be construed as modifying or limiting in any way the authority heretofore granted under Executive Order No. 8972, dated December 12, 1941, nor shall it be construed as limiting or modifying the duty and responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with respect to the investigation of alleged acts of sabotage or the duty and responsibility of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice under the Proclamations of December 7 and 8, 1941, prescribing regulations for the conduct and control of alien enemies, except as such duty and responsibility is superseded by the designation of military areas hereunder.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
The White House
February 19, 1942
Sharpshooters from Tennessee wanted by MacArthur
Sniping days are soon ended for one 'rattlesnake of Bataan’
Green-painted, hidden marksman of Mikado nearly gets two majors and one correspondent
By Frank Hewlett, United Press staff writer
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Dutch leader urges Allies begin drive
Van Mook says time is ripe for offensive against Japanese
By Brydon Taves, United Press staff writer
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GOP leader asks economy
Martin calls for curb on non-defense costs
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 18 (AP) –
Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr. (R-MA), appealing for economy in government during war as well as peace, said that:
The individual who uses the peril of this nation and the stress of our needs to cover up or to justify waste and inefficiency betrays his country.
The chairman of the Republican National Committee, in an address here tonight, continued:
You are aware that the very necessity for huge expenditures for the war effort makes it imperative we call a halt on non-essential non-defense spending.
He said that 65,000,000 individuals who have life insurance would be adversely affected by inflation or debt repudiation.