CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 20, 1942

Tuesday January 20, 1942

ARMY BOMBERS SINK JAP CRUISER

      ENEMY TANKER ALSO LEFT IN FLAMES

U. S. Batteries on Batan Hold Out Despite Lack of Warplane Support

REDS CAPTURE KEY CITY OF MOZHAISK

     Russian, Fighting in 25-Below-Zero Cold Open Way to Smolensk

World Today

(By the Associated Press)

British admit Japanese invaders now attacking only sixty miles north of Singapore

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 19 1942

Monday January 19, 1942

U-BOATS RAID U. S. EAST COAST

    TANKER IS SUNK OFF N. C; 22 MEN LOST

NAZIS AND REDS BATTLE FOR MOZHAISK

      Desperate Hand-to-Hand Fighting Rages in Key City Near Moscow

Singapore Battle in Critical Phase as British Withdraw Further

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 18, 1942

Sunday January 18, 1942

British Bombers Smash at Land and Sea to Delay Drive on Singapore

Jap Ships Sunk Total 27 with sinking of Three Merchantmen off Tokyo Bay by Submarine

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 17, 1942

Saturday January 17, 1942

SUB SINKS 3 SHIPS OFF TOKYO

    U. S. NAVY SAYS CARGO SHIPS BAGGED

Carole Lombard, 21 Others perish In Flaming Plane Crash

JAPS OPEN FLANK DRIVE OON BATAN PENINUSLA

BRITISH BOMB JAPS IN MALAYA RIVER

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 16, 1942

Friday January 16, 1942


NAVY SINKS 5 MORE JAP SHIPS
     ASAIATIC UNITS SCORE VICTORY

Fresh Australian Troops Join in Malay Battle
    BRITISH FORCES BOLSTERED BU AUSSIES


MASSES OF RED TANKS ATTACK TAGANROG
Russians Pound Gate of Nazi Held City in Ukraine Offensive

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 15, 1942

Thursday January 15, 1942

ARMY INCREASED TO 3,600,000

    BIG EXPANSION BEGUN, SAYS SIMPSON

      New Divisions to Be Formed by March 26; New Camps To be Built

JAPS POUND AT M'ARTHURS'S FORCES

     Luzon Defenders Hold Ground; Corregidor Guns Down 2 Bombers

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 14,1942

Wednesday January 14, 1942


JAPS TO SHOOT 'VIOLATORS' IN MANILA
    Death Penalty Decreed for Attacks: Ten Hostages Will Be Seized

Dutch East Indies Subs War on Japanese

HEAVY RAIN SLOWS UP JAP ADVANCE IN MALAYA

ENEMY ALIENS IN B. C. WILL BE MOVED
    Japanese, Others to Be Taken From Defense Areas, Ottawa Decides

Tuesday January 13, 1942

ALLIES RUSH HELP TO FAR EAST
FORCES ON WAY TO WAR ZONE, REPORT

JAPS SMASHED BY ARTILLERY ON LUZON
American Batteries On Bataan Superior; Enemy Columns Shattered

SUB SINKS SHIP OFF CANADIAN COAST
Large Steamer Torpedoed Off Nova Scotia; 94 Men Lost, 89 Saved

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 13, 1942

Tuesday January 13, 1942

ALLIES RUSH HELP TO FAR EAST
FORCES ON WAY TO WAR ZONE, REPORT

JAPS SMASHED BY ARTILLERY ON LUZON
American Batteries On Batan Superior; Enemy Columns Shattered

SUB SINKS SHIP OFF CANADIAN COAST
Large Steamer Torpedoed Off Nova Scotia; 94 Men Lost, 89 Saved

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 12, 1942

Monday January 12, 1942

Fire Destroys Transport Clevedon
LOSS OF P. A. F. MOTORSHIP IS REVEALED
Flames Raze 7,514-Ton Freighter in Alaska; All Aboard Rescued

JAPANESE SEEK QUICK WIN IN FAR EAST
Drive Carries Them nearer Singapore, Stirs Dutch Hornets Nest

MALAYA LINES NOW NEARER SINGAPORE

U. S. Navy Will Strike When Ready And Not Before, Knox Tells Mayors

Midway Apparently Still Held by U. S.

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 11, 1942

Sunday January 11, 1942

British Forces Retreating In Malayan Campaign Carry Out Scorched Earth Policy
Rich Tin Mines Flooded, Thousands of Rubber Trees Slashed in Desperate Measure

Chinese May Be Launching Far East Offensive
Bombing of Japan and Bases From Chinese Soil Now Seen as Possibility

JAPS BELIEVED TO BE PREPARING NEW THRUST

CURRENT EVENTS JABUARY 10, 1942

Saturday January 10, 1942

JAPS GAIN IN SINGAPORE DRIVE
WEARY BRITISH FORCES AGAIN FALL BACK
San Francisco, Jan. 10. ---(AP)--- Tokyo Broadcasts heard here by CBS, today claimed the Japanese had captured Kuala Lumpur, in the drive toward Singapore.

WAVES OF REDS HIT “WALL OF BLOOD”
Germans Radio Admits Russian Have Broken Lines On East Front

FRESH JAP TROOPS MOVE INTO LUZON AS GUNS DUEL

British Cruiser Galatea Went Down In 3 Minutes, Larry Allen Reveals

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 9, 1942

FRIDAY January 9, 1942

Japs Smash Through British Line With Tanks In Malaya Offensive
MASS DRIVE ON SINGAPORE IS INCREASED
Fall of Kuala Lampur Reported; British Air Power Appears Weak

Chinese Reach Canton and Nanchang In South China Drive Against Japs

DRAFT DOUBLED BY ARMY; 4 MILLION MEN GOAL

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 8, 1942

Thursday January 8, 1942

JAPAN LOSES 7 WARSHIPS
COST OF WAKE ATTACK TOLD BY NAVY
Cruiser, 4 Destroyers Sunk, Account of Island Battle Reveals

SINGAPORE NOT 'NEGLECTED,' SAYS EDEN
Defense Weighed, He Avers; Atlee says Jap Pacific Fleet Biggest

LUZON DEFENDERS BRACED FOR BIG ATTACK

R. A. F. Blasts Bangkok, Leaves Big Fires Raging in First Counter-Attack
Rangoon Burma, Jan. 8, ---(AP) Capital of Japanese occupied Burma.

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 7, 1942

Wednesday January 7 1942

1943 BUDGET $59,000,000,000

Japs Open Savage Drive On Defenders of Luzon
NON – STOP BOMB RAIDS BEGUN ON FORT
MacArthur's Men Fighting Back Bravely; More Jap Planes Downed

RUSSIANS DRIVE INTO CRIMEA AREA
REDS TIGHTEN TRAP AROUND NAZIS AT SEVESTAPOL; PUSH NEAR KHARKOV

PRICE CONTROL TO PREVENT RISE IN COSTS URGED

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 6, 1942

Tuesday January 6, 1942

U. S. Forces To Be stationed IN British Isles, Roosevelt Reveals
WAR WILL COST 56 BILLIONS NEXT YEAR
U. S. To Produce 125,000 Planes, 75,000 Tanks In 1943, He Says

GERMANY TIGHTENS HOLD ON EUROPE AMID UNREST
Malay Battle Creeps Near Singapore
British Pushed Back On Both Flanks Under Jap Land, Sea Attacks

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 5, 1942

Sunday January 5, 1942

U. S. BOMBERS BLAST JAP WARSHIPS
ONE DESTROYER SUNK IN RAID
Jan, 5---(AP) The War Department announced that a formation of heavy American bombers attacked Japanese warships off the island of Mindanao.

Japs Mistreat American Civilians in Manila, Charge; Tokyo Denies It

U. S. Warship Damaged At Hilo, Tokyo Claims

MEN 20 – 44 SIGN UP FEB. 16 FOR SERVICE

FINLAND MAY STOP FIGHTING RUSSIA

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 4, 1942

Saturday January 4, 1942

San Francisco Blacked Out; Japs Frustrated In Second Attempt to Land in Malaya
Unidentified Planes 80 Miles Off Golden Gate; Air Attack Continues on Philippine Citadel

GERMAN RETREAT IN RUSSIA SPEEDED UP

COUNTY WILL BEGIN RATIONING TIRES TOMORROW

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 3, 1942

Saturday January 3, 1942




AMERICANS HOLD MANILA FORT
   January 3 (AP) The War Department reported a five hour Japanese air attack on Corregidor Island at the entrance to Manila Bay.

BRITISH CONVOY WINS BATTLE WITH SUBS

GERMANS FACE DISASTER IN RUSSIA
    Sequel to Napoleon's Retreat Looms for Hitlers Shivering Armies

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 2, 1942

Friday January 2, 1942


MANILA, CAVITE FALL TO JAPS

CAPITAL, NAVAL BASE YEILDED BY U. S.

Strengthen Aleutian Islands, Send More Planes, Dimond Urges.

26 NATIONS PLEDGE FIGHT TO THE FINISH AGAINST AXIS

CURRENT EVENTS JANUARY 1, 1942

Thursday January 1, 1942


BATTEL RAGES NORTH OF MANILA

Jap Sub Shells 3 HAWAIIAN ISLAND; NO DAMAGE

JAP SUBS MAY SHELL CITIES ON COAST

People of Allied Powers Confident 1942 to Bring Them Nearer to Victory

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 31, 1941

Wednesday December 31, 1941


JAP HORDES CLOSE TO MANILA
   INVADERS PUSH WAY TOWARD CAPITAL
     Outnumbered Defenders Fall Back Before Tanks and Dive Bombers

Germans Retreat All Fronts As 1941 Ends

HITLER ADMITS REVERSES IN CRIMEA

HITLER SAYS REDS WILL BE BROKEN NEXT YEAR

Navy on Alert for thrust against Alaska or Aleutians; Kodiak Warned


JAPS ADVANCE INTO MALAYA ,TIN, COAL SECTION

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 30, 1941

Tuesday December 30, 1941


JAP SUBS OFF KODIAK, REPORT
   ISLAND WARNED OF JAPANESE MENACE

ENEMY FIGHTS WAY NEARER MANILA
   MacArthur urges U. S. Strike Back At Japs for Air Attack on Manila

RUSSIANS WIN BACK KERCH, CRIMEAN CITY, REPORT

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 29, 1941

Monday December 29, 1941


YOUNG FILIPINOS HALT JAP DRIVE

F.D.R. Pledges Philippines Full Help; U. S. Fleet 'Active”

SUICIDE SQUADS HELP REPEL ENEMY

2 U. S. FREIGHTERS SUNK OFF HAWAII
  The Manina of the Matson Navigation Co. and the Pursa of the Lykes Brothers line

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 28, 1941

Sunday December 28, 1941


Reinforcements Rushed to Northern, Southern Luzon; Filipinos Refuse to Quit

Tokyo Order that Filipino Army Lay Down Its Arms Greeted With Derision

REDS CONTINUE TO PUSH BACK GERMANS

British reports Hint At Russian Move to Counter-Attack in Crimea

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 27, 1941

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1941


JAPS BOMB OPEN MANILA
  FIRES RAGE IN WALLED CITY DISTRICT
      Ships, Buildings Blasted in 3 Hour Raid; Casualties Feared High

JAP SHIPS LAND MORE TROOPS IN LUZON

Fleets Pour More Men Into Invasion; One Force 55 Miles From Manila

Japan Practices Hitler's Barbaric Methods, Hull Declares of Bombing

(E T's note: Page 5 of this issue of the Bellingham Hearld has a picture of the battered freighter Abasaroka being towed to a west coast port proudly flying the American flag.)

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 26, 1941

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1941


JAPS STEP UP DRIVES ON MANILA
    LOSSES SEVERE IN GUN, TANK BATTLES

U. S. Staff Leaves Manila 'Open City'; Bombers Strike at Bases

MARINES HOLD OUT ON MIDWAY ISLE, SAYS NAVY

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 25, 1941

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1941


HONGKONG SURRENDERS
HEROIC BATTLE OF COLONY ENDED

Army Bomber Sinks Jap Sub Off California

UNDERSEA SHIP BLOWN UP BY BOMB HIT
    Submarine, Caught on Surface, Tries to Dive; Debris Litters Sea

U. S. FORCES ON LUZON BATTLE FIERCELY
    Troops 'More Than Holding Their Own'; At Least 2 Jap Ships Sunk

JAP WARSHIP SUNK BY DUTCH; FORCE ON BORNEO

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 24, 1941

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1941


LUZON DEFENDERS OUTNUMBERED AS 40 JAP SHIPS LAND TROOPS
   TWO DRIVES ON MANILA NOW BEGUN
         MacArthur Reports More Enemy Forces Landed, One Close To City

SUB TORPEDOES VESSEL OFF COAST
     Efforts Made to Tow Freighter Absaroka to Port After Sea Attack

LONG BEACH, Calif. Dec. 24--(AP)-- The McCormick freighter Absaroka was torpedoed but not sunk today by a submarine off the California coast and attempts were made quickly to tow it to a harbor. Some observers from shore said that it appeared to have been crippled. Later it disapeared.

(E T's note) This ship did make it to a harbor and was made famous by a full page picture (Jan, 26, 1942 issue of Life Magazine) of Jane Russel standing in a gaping hole in the side of the ship holding a sign stating “A SLIP OF THE LIP MAY SINK A SHIP” someone had crossed out SINK and inserted HAVE SUNK THIS.)

Manila Port Rocked by Jap Bombs; Officials May Declare 'Open City'

CURENT EVENTS DECEMBER 23, 1941

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1941


SUB SINKS CALIFORNIA TANKER
    RESCUE BOATS FIRED ON BY ENEMY
       Union Oil's Montebello sunk; Richfield Carrier (Larry Doheny) Escapes Attack

BIG BATTLE OF LUZON RAGES IN NORTH
     Japanese Increase Attacks On Lingayon Gulf; Planes, Tanks Used

JAPANESE LAND ON WAKE ISLAND; NO DETAILS

CURRENT EVENTS DECENBER 22, 1941

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1941


100,000 JAPS ATTACK LUZON

HEAVY FIGHTING RAGES NORTH OF MANILA

Subs Fire On Two Ships Off California Coast
   4TH ATTACK OF WEEK-END IS DISCLOSED
       S. O. Tanker Story, Steamer Samoa Escape Torpedoes; Lahaina Sunk

Local Brothers Lost in Action
     Joseph and Charles Starkovich serving with the U. S. Navy were reported lost.

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 21, 1941

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1941


Submarines Shell Two U. S. Oil Ships Near California Coast; One Hit One Flees
    Report Follow Disclosure That Enemy Submarines Are Active Off Two Coasts

Fierce Fighting Continues on Mindanao Island, Jap Foothold in Philippines

RESIDENTS WARNED TO BE ON ALERT THIS WEEK
   A warning that all Bellingham residents are to be on the alert during this Christmas holiday and to follow blackout rules set by the Washington Defense Council.

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 20, 1941

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1941


ALLIES 'SUPERIOR IN MEN AND GUNS, HITLER WARNS GERMANY

JAPS IN SOUTH PHILIPPINES INVASION

BRITISH FORCES IN HONGKONG HOLD OUT
   Garrison Staves Off Capture In 'Terrible' Attack, Japan Admits

JAPS IN SOUTH PHILIPPENES INVASION

These Men Will Probe Pearl Harbor Attack
    ( E T's note; Congress has launched it's investigation for the failures.)

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 19, 1941

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941




FALL OF HONGKONG NEAR
  JAPS HOLD HALF OF ISLAND FORTRESS

Japan Has 'By Far' Largest Naval Force In West Pacific, Knox Warns

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 18, 1941

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941


U. S. Subs sink Japan transport

In Far East; Destroyer Also Hit

SENATE REJECTS 21 DRAFT AGE LIMIT FOR SERVICE
   Army to Depend Entirely on Draft In record Expansion, Says Simpson

JAPAN LOSES FIVE SUBS IN ATTACK ON HAWAII

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 17, 1941

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1941


U. S. Subs In Action Against Japs

ARMY BOMBERS DESTROY 26 PLANES

BORNEO OIL WELLS BLASTED AS JAPS MOVE IN

HOUSE REFUSES TO SUBJECT YOUTHS TO DRAFT
   Legislation for registration of 18 to 44 inclusive and those from 21 to 44 inclusive, subject to registration.

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 16,1941

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1941


Japanese Shell 2 Hawaiian Islands;

Attacks Now Threaten Singapore

NAVY REPORTS NEW ATTACK BY ENEMY

BULK OF AMERICAN FLEET SMASHED, SAY TOJO

JAPANESE TROOPS IN BORNEO; GUAM OCCUPIED

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 15, 1941

Monday December 15, 1941


'U.S.S ARIZONA SUNK' – KNOX
     2,729 MEN DIED IN ATTACK ON HAWAII

Planes blast Japs On Luzon; Invasion Checked

Japan Attacked U. S. While Still Talking Peace, Roosevelt Reports

MARINES CONTINUE BATTLE TO HOLD WAKE ISLAND

RUSSIANS HOPE TO WIPE OUT GERMANS

FRANCE DENOUNCES NAZI ORDERS FOR EXECUTIONS

Air Attacks on U. S. Coast Likely if Enemy Feel Goals worth Risk

CURRENT EVENTS, DECEMBER 14, 1941

Sunday, December 14, 1941


Joint War Drive Against Axis By Five Nations Aim
      U. S., Britain, Russia, China and the Netherlands expected to sign Solidarity Pact

Philippine Army Wipes Out Japs From Two Strongholds;
    Successes Scored By Allies

DANGER OF ATTACK ON PUGET SOUND 'NOT OVER'

DECEMBER 13, 1941 CURRENT EVENTS

Saturday, December 13, 1941




JAPS TAKE GUAM, NAVY REPORTS

PACIFIC ISLAND CABLE, RADIO SILENT
    Force of some 500 Men Heavily Bombed in Landing Assault

Nazi Invasion of Russia Faces Disaster, Claim

REDS PROCLAIM HITLER ARMY SMASHED
           
British Proclaim Catastrophe But See Signs of Attack On Turkey

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 12, 1941

Friday, December 12, 1941


JAP WARSHIPS FLEE U. S. NAVY

U. S. FORCES ON WAKE, MIDWAY HOLD OUT

RUSSIA CLAIMS BIG VICTORY IN NORTH
    Nazis Routed on Two Flanks of Moscow Front; 85,000 Slain, Claim

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 11,1941

Thursday, December 11, 1941


U. S. AT WAR WITH AXIS

Jap Battleship, Two Others Warships are Sunk By U. S. Forces

GUAM WAKE TAKEN BY JAPS, TOKYO DECLARES

HITLER THROWS GERMANY INTO U. S. WAR
     Fuehrer Tells Reichstag Fight On; Italy Sends Declaration Too

AMERICAN TROOPS REPEL JAPANESE
    Manila, Dec. 11--(AP)--Japanese forces which landed on the coast of Luzon island are being disposed of and moped up by Philippine and U. S. troops, a U. S. army Spokesman declared today

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 10, 1941

Wednesday December 10, 1941


JAPS SINK TWO BRITISH BATTELSHIPS

Nippon Troops Land In Philippines, Seize Port

JAPANESE OPEN INVASION OF LUZON

SANFRANCISCO HAS TWO AIR ALARMS
    The alarms were accompanied by reports that a half dozen flares had been dropped over the city,    presumably by enemy aircraft.

CURRENT EVENTS DECEMBER 9, 1941

TWO WARSHIPS LOST: FIGHT CONTINUES

    White House Reveals Heavy Causalities; Old Battleship Capsizes



GREAT BRITIAN AT WAR WITH JAPAN
    Canada, Australia, China and Others Join Fight Against Nipon

TOKYO CLAIMS IT'S NAVY VICTORIUS IN PACIFIC
      Tokyo, Tuesday Dec. 9, Official Radio picked up by A. P.

JAPANESE LOSSES HEAVY, REPORTS MACARTHUR

JAPAN CLAIMS U. S. SEA POWER NOW HANSTRUNG

Angry Seattle Mob Smashes Store Windows To Enforce First Blackout

Current Events, December 8, 1941

U. S. DECLARES WAR ON JAPAN

    3000 Dead And Wounded In Attack On Hawaii

CONGRESS ACTS SWIFTLY ON MESSAGE
    Senate Votes 82-0, House Votes 388-1; Germany And Italy Not Included

(E T's notes: Jeanette Rankin, Republican congresswoman from Montana, was the only dissenting vote. She was the first woman to be elected to the U. S. Congress. Even though she voted against a declaration this of war and also, twenty five years earlier, representative Rankin had also voted against entering WW I, she supported other war measures and worked hard to support the war effort.)