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WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (U.P.) -- For the last several days the pattern of the Japanese attacks on the defenders of the Philippines and their stepped-up tempo have suggested that the Japanese were preparing for an all-out assault on the last remaining centers of organized resistance, determined to end the Philippines campaign quickly, whatever the cost.
Japanese seen trying to smash Allied air and sea power
Bataan defenders' morale aided by gens' daring
1942Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Carole King Klein is an American singer-songwriter and musician renowned for her extensive contributions to popular music. She wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that charted on the Billboard Hot 100 during the latter half of the 20th century and 61 songs that reached the UK charts, establishing her as the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts from 1962 to 2005.
1942Lauri Kristian Relander, Finnish politician, 2nd President of Finland (born 1883)[†]
Lauri Kristian Relander was the second president of Finland (1925–1931). A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as President.
1942Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is reinstated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.[†]
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time, or summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The standard implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn.