[Homer_J_Simpson]

The vertical lines get worse as we near the end of the last January reel. It will improve in February.

Bataan Line Holds (Hurd) – 2
The War Summarized – 2
Japanese Ashore – 3-4
Red Army Drive in Ukraine Menaces Dnieper River Bend (Brigham, Parker) – 4-5
M’Arthur Officer Honored by Nation – 5-6
‘Sighted Sub; Sank Same,’ Radios a Modern Perry in Naval Plane * – 7
Bengazi Retaken, the Axis Declares (Levy) – 8
Hitler Promotes Rommel to Marshal for Bengazi – 8
Japanese Warning Given Free French (Forman) – 9
Toll of Capital Ships (Baldwin) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 11-13
Labor Continues Big Nazi Problem (by G.H. Archambault) – 13

* Never mind the modern Perry. How about the captain who took his crew 2,000 miles in a lifeboat? He sounds like a modern Captain Bligh.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jan42/f30jan42.htm

Bataan under attack by Japanese
Friday, January 30, 1942 www.onwar.com

Japanese advance through the defensive lines on BataanIn the Philippines... Japanese pressure on the American defensive positions in Bataan increase. As well the Japanese make successful amphibious landings along the coast of the peninsula.

In the Dutch East Indies... At Amboina, the Japanese attack the second largest naval base in the area.

In Burma... The Japanese 55th Division begins attacks on Moulmein.