The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-22
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FOSTER GILROY
SINGAPORE Base Fired

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,he East" suffered its worst attack
rhn waves of Japanese bambers
al fire to large oil reserves. In
sri.a of the stiff resistance of re-
;nforeements from Australia, the
Inns continue their advance along
The Malay Peninsula. The British
ma desperate stand to prevent the
occ,pation of Singapore Island it
self have called UP all alcoholics
men under Al years regardless Of
their civilian status.
Burmese Minister Detained
IONDON-The Foreign Office has
announced the detention of Saw,
prime Minister of Burma, on his
.ray back to Rangoon, after a fruit
less attempt to secure dominion
status" for his country from Bri-
tain. The reason given is that he
has been "incontact with Japanese"
following the failure of his London
mission.
MacArthurs Lines Hold
Neutrality-suspicious. attempts by
the japanese invaders to break Gen.
eral Douglas MacArthur's new lines
of defense have failed with heavy
loss of life to the Japs. The AM
erican Philippine forces have
not only held their strongly forth
fed positions, but have retaken
several positions originally oyer-run
by the invaders.
Nazi Retreat Grows
MOSCOW German troops have
been driven from the important
Gty Of Mozhaisk, 60 miles west Of
Moscow. The capture. of this rail-
center in the first Nazi drive WAS
hailed by the German Supreme
Command as preliminary to the
certain fall of the Soviet capital.
In the present Russian offensive
t2 towns and cities have been re-
captured from the Germans.
Crashes Kill Twenty-nine
LAS VEGAS, NEVEDA- Carole
Lombard, motion picture actress;
her mother, Is Army officers and
enlisted men, two other passengers
and crew of 8 were all victims of
. crash when a TWA sky-liner
struck Table Rock Mountain near
here head-on. a terrific explosion
followed the accident and most of
Of the victims were burned beyond
recognition. -
oPANDO, FLORIDA-Two USA.
officers and an enlisted man were
xlled when their medium bomber
fel into nearby lake.
RIVERSIDE, CAL-Lieut H. F..
Soest was killed when his Army
pursuit plane crashed in a forced
landing near here.
MONROE, IA.-An Army pilot
and his passenger were killed when
sneir plane developed motor trouble
ana was forced down in a cotton
neld near this place.
sCHENECTADY, NY. - After
Goering a Civil Aeronautics Author
Wy student to bail out, a Cornell
sfaduate failed to make a safe
Anolng and was killed in the SUBJ
@quent crash.
Labor Peace Forecast
WASHINGTON - Unless plans
INV practically agreed upon hit an
wiorseen snag, the CLIO. and AT.
= l. VIII bury their differences and
merge as one Jorge labor organi-
= s4on' with George Meany, A. F..
- L. secretary treasurer. Under
NC pan, William Green, now A. F.
"a !. =. PRESIDENT, would retire on
0u1 per year for life. John l..
s.' ss' founder Of the CLIO. would
Mue as head Of the United
Ane Workers.
Nazis See War Horrors
b; ssscknolm, Sweden-The crippled,
a and dead Germans from the
es.s slan front can no longer be con-
from their kinsfolk in the
tsr..s efiand. Hospitals in conquered
~. ies are so filled with Nazi
ss1s ana dying that many thou
N mad to be evacuated to Ger
ss sy Itself, with the result that
h. IS learning for the first time
extent of Hitler,s debacle in
Il a Although the Gestapo tries
Inn. p all manned soldiers away
mn ene public places, together
Ss WIDOWS dressed in mourning,
srs. terror of Nazi losses is
h,,ss gloom throughout the
sps s aaes OF Germany. The alb
sos;s.o OF fuel and edible food is
dm 70 the widespread break
ass. ~ morale and the sudden ILL
sa. ano death of high German army
sal -s contributes to the gen.
nth splclons that all is not well
ka me chief gangsters in the