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Strait is Crossed (Fitchett) – 2-3
The War Summarized – 3
2 Flanks Attacked (Peters) – 5
Chungking Fights Huge Price Rises (Forman) – 5
U.S. Generals’ Daring on Bataan Improves Their Troops’ Morale (Floyd, Lee) – 6
Japanese Striving to Crush Growing Allied Air Power (Durdin) – 7
Movies are Put in Essential Class by Draft Ruling – 7-8
Japan’s Bases in the Mandated Islands (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 10-11
USO Mobile Units Cheer Oahu Forces (by Foster Hailey) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-14

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/feb42/f09feb42.htm

Japanese planes attack Batavia
Monday, February 9, 1942 www.onwar.com

In the Dutch East Indies... Japanese aircraft raid airfields near Batavia, the capital.

In Burma... Japanese forces cross the Salween River.

In the United States... The troop transport Lafayette (83,000 tons) — previously the French liner Normandie — catches fire in New York harbor.

In Britain... Soap is rationed to 4 oz (113 g) for household use or 2 oz (56 g) for toiletry use per person per month.

In Canada... In four by-elections the “anti-conscription” candidates are heavily defeated.

In Delhi... Chiang Kai-shek visits.