Feb. 9 Nation sets clocks ahead one hour in adopting war time. Liner Normandie catches fire at New York pier. Japs fail to gain at Bataan or Singapore. Feb. 10 Russ claim recapture of 80 cities. Japanese intensify drive against Java. Feb. 11 Hope for Singapore sinks rapidly. Vice Admiral C. E. L. Helfrlch of the Royal Netherlands Navy is named Allied Commander of the Western Pacific Fleet, replacing Admiral Thomas C. Hart of the U. S. Navy. Feb. 12 Flank attack against MacArthurs troops on Bataan fails; defenders blast sea borne Japs from water. Feb. 13 Three Nazi ships, the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and the Prince Eugen, successfully race through English Channel under fire of British planes, ships and shore guns. Nippon forces reach Singapore suburbs. U. S. Navy claims sinking of five Jap warships in surprise raid on Marshall and Gilbert Islands on Jan. 31. Feb. 14 More than 100 Jap planes drop parachute troops in southern Sumatra. British demand probe of escape of Nazi ships. Feb. 16 First attack made on land near America as U boat shells oil installations in the Dutch West Indies. Japs block evacuation at Singapore, threaten Burma Road with new drive in that region. All previously unregistered male citizens from 20 to 45 register for possible U. S. Army service. Feb. 17. U. S. airplanes clear West Indies of submarines. Dutch defenders burn 540,000,000 oil fields as Japanese approach. In U. S., oil industry warns of impending shortage of gasoline. Feb. 18 Japs launch long expected assault on Bataan with bomb and. artillery attacks. British speed evacuation of Rangoon. Feb. 19 A small number of American troops arrive in Java with United Nations expeditionary force. Japs increase pressure on Bataan. U. S. Navy reports that 2.210 American prisoners are held by Japanese. Feb. 21 American. Dutch fleet units win first naval battle in defense of Dutch East Indies, sinking two Jan destroyers. Feb. 23 Allied navies destroy or scatter invasion fleet in Dutch East. Indies. Enemy submarine shells Bankline Oil Refinery near Elhvood, Calif., in first attack on U. S. soil in World War II. Feb. 24 Java waits Jap attack. U. S. destroyer and a naval stores ship pounded to pieces in storm off Newfoundland, sinking with a toll of 189 officers and men. Feb. 25 Los Angeles antiaircraft guns blaze away at an object in the sky. Nothing comes down but the remains of the anti aircraft, shells. Allies sink three Jap transports off Macassar. Feb. 26 MacArthur surprises Japs with offensive on Bataan, gaining several kilometers. Army and navy claim a total of 74 Japanese ships sunk since beginning of war. Russians continue offensive. Rangoon burned to prevent supplies falling into hands of Japanese. Feb. 27. Japanese forces move toward India. MacArthur holds to gains. Feb. 28 Trials by court martial ordered for Major General Walter C. Short and Rear Admiral Husband E. Kernel commanders in charge of Hawaii on Dec 7. Trials to be held when public interest and safety permits. Church leaders cancel April Conference. March March 2 President Roosevelt reorganizes U. S. Army, establishing three basic units, ground forced air forces, and services of supply. Java Allied forces take offensive. March 3 Enemy ship shells western Puerto Rico Destroyer Jacob Jones sunk off New Jer sev coast on Feb. 28, Navy announces. Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau proposes 9 percent billion dollar war tax program. March 4 British bomb Pains suburbs, killing more thari 600 persons. MacArthurs improvised bombers sink two enemy ships, damage others in surprise attack on Subic Bay. More U. S. troops reach Ireland.March 5 Japs within 10 miles of Batavia, Javas main city. Nippon troops smash last barrier in drive toward Rangoon. March 6 Defenders evacuate Batavia. India Nationalists demand full freedom as price for war aid. Utah receives first influx of Japs ousted from Pacific Coast. March 7 Official Java radio goes off the air, saying: We are shutting down now. Goodbye till better times. Long live the queen. Life and death battle faces U. S. forces in Bataan as foe extends gains. March 9. British abandon Rangoon. Japs report capture of Java. Gen fomoyuki Yamashita, conqueror of Singapore, takes command of Jap forces in Philippines following reported suicide of Lieut. Gen. Masharu Homma. March 10 Admiral Ernest J. King named supreme commander of U. S. naval operations. March 11. Hitler orders Italy Hungary and Slovakia to furnish 2,600,000 fresh troops for spring drive. U. S. air power begins to slow Jap drive toward Australia as 15 ships are sunk or damaged near New Guinea. March 12 Australia musters fighting power to repulse probable invasion. March 13 New York gets scare as anti aircraft gun goes off accidentally, fires eight shells into Wall Street area. Japs turn toward New Zealand. MORE BAD NEWS March 14 The Navy announces that 13 Allied ships, including the Arfterican cruiser Houston and the destroyer Pope, were lost in the battle for Java. Australian premier requests U. S. aid to meet Japs. March 16 Russia masses 3,000.000 troops, dares Hitler to attack. March 17 General MacArthur, ordered transferred to Australia, escapes from Bataan, reaches Australia, and is named supreme commander of all Allied forces in the Pacific. March 18 U. S. Air Force smashes 23 Jap ships off New Guinea. Hugh C. Brown, Salt Laker in RAF, reported missing in action. March 20 Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell placed in command of U. S. forces in China, India, Burma. March 23 U. S. troops on Bataan pledge to continue resistance under leadership of Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wain wright. Japs open aerial attacks on Port Moresby in New Guinea. March 25 U. S. Navy blasts Wake and Marcus Islands, bringing war within 950 miles of Tokyo, which orders blackouts. Japs occupy Andaman Islands in Bay of Bengal 650 miles from Calcutta. March 27 More than 250 large RAP bombers blast Krupp munitions plant in Ruhr. Japs bomb Corregidor seven times in 24 March 28 British Commandos raid St. Nazaire, great Nazi submarine base on French Brittany coast in attempt to smash harbor. Philippine defenders raid Jap lines. March 30 U. S. seizes air control in New Guinea, lessening chances of Jap invasion of Australia. April April 1 India rejects Cripps plan for post war dominion status. 12,000,000 troops prepare for new Russ German clash. U. S. troops burn Jap Mindanao supply base. April 2 Japs mass 150,000 troops at Java, Singapore for probable Australian invasion attempt. April 6 The First Presidency announces that more than 25,000 Latter day Saints are serving the Allied causes in the armed forces and war activities. Japs make gains on Bataan peninsula. April 7 Donald M. Nelson announces that production of most consumer durable goods will top by May 31. It is disclosed viat General MacArthur escaped from Bataan in U. S. Navy motor torpedo boat. April 8 U. S. forces in Bataan retreat under new Jap drive. April 9 An heroic three month battle ends as Bataan defense collapse. U. S. Army of 36,853 faces capture or death. Unknown number escape to island fortress of Corregidor. General says: No army ever did so much with so little.