Kursk Falls To Red Army After Rail Line Breakthrough
Soviet forces smash through sagging German lines at Kursk and Kharkov, encircling the Kursk army commanded by General Schneider. Russians reach suburbs, sever Kursk-Lgov rail link, and push toward Rostov and the Donets basin as Pravda notes the Kursk army no longer exists.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Kursk
Moscow-to- Crimea
Schneider
Kharkov
N. F. Vatutin
Kramatorsk
Donets
Sea of
War At A Glance: Global Fronts Move Amid Evacuations
AP summary notes Japan evacuating Guadalcanal and Buna in New Guinea with Knox stating progress and no resistance on Guadalcanal. Dutch pier attacks by American planes hit Dobo, while raids target Kahili airfield, Buna, and other targets in New Guinea and New Britain. Russia reports a Kursk breakthrough and Rostov bombardment as Allied air raids strike Messina and Copenhagen. German authorities admit RAF raids on Lorient with evacuation of the city’s area.
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JHE Associated Press Pacific
Tokyo
Erman Radio
Guadalcanal
Buna
New Guinea
Knox
Dobo
Aroe Islands
Kahili
Buin
Solomons
New
Lorient
Bauer Hurt in Plane Battle in Northwest Africa
Staff Sergeant Clarence E. Bauer former St Josephs high school student son of Mr and Mrs John Bauer of 933 South Main Street was slightly wounded in action in northwest Africa January 29 according to a telegram received yesterday by his parents He was a gunner on a flying fortress His parents say he wrote of Captain Fred W Dallas the pilot who crash landed after being damaged by five German MB 109s Dallas was critically wounded and five other crew members were slightly wounded The No 3 engine was knocked out and the bomb doors could not be closed due to electrical failure The ball turret gunner was wounded by flak The bomber crashed after a steep dive but all crew members escaped Bauer earlier received a flight heroism medal for aiding an officer his unit reported from Tripoli last month.
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Clarence E.bauer
St. Joseph's High School
John Bauer
South Main Street
Northwest Africa
Bauer
Fred W. Dallas
Houston
Texas
Dallas
Teh
Associated Press
Flying Fortress
Tripoli
British submarine sinks four ships off Italian coast
Allied air and naval operations across the mid Mediterranean report a British submarine sinking four ships in a single day off the Italian west coast. Daylight bombing on Messina and Sousse harbors, plus heavy air battles over Gabes, are tied to ongoing Tunisian front offensives and persistent Allied air superiority.
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London
North Africa
mid-Mediterranean
Middle East
Messina
Eisenhower
Sousse
Gabes
City War Effort Tin Drive Urges Households Curb Cans
The Adrian Public Works backs a county wide tin can collection for the war effort. Commissioner Vedder urges housewives to save cans and have them ready by March 25 for curb pickup. The drive aims to collect about 43 tons, with city trucks aiding the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Cans from paint, oil, varnish, and evaporated milk should be discarded. usable cans include coffee and other food tins, properly cleaned and with tops removed for detinning.
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Adrian
Vedder
Lenawee Ration Board Warns of March Point Rationing
Lenawee Point rationing board chair Rex Forrister warned residents to prepare for the point system starting March 1 for canned goods and related items. A freeze on sales begins February 20 to allow retailers to set up books, with five can per person allowances and declarations for cans beyond five. Stores must display point values on shelves or containers to guide shoppers.
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Lenawee
Forrister
Mr. Forrister
Fire Inspector Checks Adrian Buildings For Safety
William Massengill of the state police fire marshal inspected Adrian properties surveying recent updates. A steel fire escape on the Morris Store rear was approved after delays caused by metal supply. Gerald Fidler owned two apartments where repairs were ordered but not finished. An electrical issue at the State Street building prompted a board of inquiry into a crash involving overloaded circuits and improvised cooking heat.
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William Massengill
State Police
Adrian
West Maumee Street
Morris Store
Jack Hawiey
Carl Muzillo
Eloise
Gertrude Wood
Massengill
Hawley
Gerald Fidler
State Street
Francis Hettinger
Seni
Fire Strikes Evansville State Hospital for the Insane
Evansville Indiana February 9 fire destroyed the Evansville State Hospital for the Insane leaving about 1,200 inmates to flee into an outdoor yard guarded by police, home guards and American Legion members. No deaths reported though many inmates were unclothed or in night shirts. Total damage estimated in thousands while origin undetermined.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville State Hospital
American Legions
Nowak Falsification Case Dismissed In Detroit
The citizenship falsification case against State Senator Stanley Nowak was dismissed and shelved, after a motion by a U S attorney general aide was granted by Judge Edward J Moinet. The indictment had accused Nowak of lying about Communist Party ties in his 1939 citizenship application. Schweinhaut said Biddle accepted responsibility for the error in pursuing the indictment.
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Nowak
Detroit
Stanley Nowak
U. S
Francis Biddle
Edward J. Moinet
Communist Party of America
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Biddle
Schweinhaut
Filipino Knife Turned In By Gilbert
George Gilbert retired Adrian mail carrier turned in a Philippine machete with a 21 inch curved blade and carved handle. The knife was given by Louis Manchester who served in the Spanish American War. James Campbell donated a Sheffield steel knife eight inches, meeting paratrooper Bailey’s specs. A hunting knife was donated by Allen T. Clark. All knives remain at the station for forwarding to service members overseas.
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South Pacific
George Gilbert
Adrian
Louis F. Germond
Mr. Gilbert
Louis Manchester
Telegram
U. S. Army
Phillippines
James Campbell
Scott Drive
Franklyn Bailey
Paramarines
Germond
Allen T. Clark
Manpower Meetings Set in Adrian for War Prosecution
Two Adrian meetings organized by the United States Employment Service will urge employment stabilization for war work. John L. Thurston of the WMC will speak at 3 p.m. at the employment service HQ and 4 p.m. in the circuit court room. Clifford J. Rice invites 36 Lenawee manufacturers and 16 labor groups to form four member committees to plan equitable labor distribution.
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Adrian
United States Employment Service
John L. Thurston
WMC
Circuit Court
Court House
West Church Street
P. P. Verner
Detroit
U. S. Employment Service
Clifford J. Rice
Employment Service
Lenawee County
Employment Service Headquarters
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Thurston
OPA to Peg Milk Prices Aims to Curb Retail Hikes
Washington Feb 9 The Office of Price Administration plans nationwide ceilings on prices farmers receive for fluid milk with a temporary order pegging prices at the highest levels paid to producers last month. A permanent regulation will follow in 60 days. Pegged prices will be 113 percent of parity, ranging 2.75 to 4.80 per hundredweight by area. The OPA will also cut alfalfa hay prices by 4 to 8 per ton in Pacific states to ease farmer feed costs while a 60 day interim study assesses dairy production and producer prices. The move follows directives from Economic Stabilization Director James F Byrnes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
California
Oregon
Economic Stabilization
James F._ Byrnes
Editors Plan War Meeting For Confidential War Talks
Washington February 9 The American Society of Newspaper Editors to hold a two day war meeting this week with editors and war leaders. Sessions cover war information censorship and talks with Roosevelt Hull Wickard Marshall King Arnold Nelson McNutt and Byrnes. A White House dinner and Byrnes inflation address to follow.
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Washington
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Byron Price
Office of Censorship
W. 3. Gilmore
The
Detroit News
Davis
Price
Roosevelt
Hull
Wickard
Marshall
Admiral King
United States Fleet
Henry H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Prentiss ™. Brown
James M. Landis
Civilian Defense Board
Lewis B. Hershey
John Jestyn Liewellin
British Supply Council
James F. Byrnes
White House
Solomon Islands Guadalcanal Campaign Chronology
Chronology of major actions in the Solomon Islands from January to February including Japanese advances and setbacks, U S and Allied landings on Guadalcanal, battles at sea around Savo and Tulagi, airfield operations at Henderson Field, and subsequent Allied offensives led by Marines and Army under General Alexander Patch. Key dates mark air and naval battles, reinforcements, and Japanese evacuations.
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Associated Press
Solomon Islands
U. S
Guadalcanal- Tulagi
Solomons
USA
Guadalcanal
Henderson Airfield
Tulegi
Savo Island
Wasp
Navy
U. S. Army
William F. Halsey
Robert L. Groomley
Porter
Hornet
Munda
Titi
Cape Esperance
Louisiana Governor Gets Freedom Plea
A 32-year-old oil field worker, once jailed in Missouri for forgery, seeks clemency from Governor Sam H. Jones in New Iberia after fleeing Missouri in 1919. He has built a family in Louisiana and is described as an ideal father and citizen while Missouri demands liquidating two years of a 1916 sentence.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Missouri State Penitentiary
Sam H. Jones
Ben Anderson
Missouri
New Iberia
William Lourd
Jones
Anderson
Jasper County
Oklahoma
Texas
New [Herta
Japanese Admit Buna Is Evacuated
Washington reports the Navy Secretary Knox said the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in the Solomons and Buna in New Guinea. He stated resistance there has ceased, opening the way for U.S. offensives against key bases. A jungle campaign lasting six months ended in Japan’s withdrawal.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Knox
United States
South Pacific
Australia
Eddie Rickenbacker
Buna
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Navy
Berlin
Tokyo
Indefinite Tax Abatement Debated by House Ways and Means
Washington February 3 lawmakers on the Ways and Means Committee pressed for a precise 1942 tax abatement level as they questioned the administration’s stance on cancelling past taxes. Treasury counsel Randolph Paul and Budget Director Harold Smith offered open-ended statements, while some members sought a concrete forgiveness amount as proposals for a pay-as-you-go shift circulate.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Randolph Paul
Treasury General
Harold D. Smith
Smith
Paul
Beardsley Rumi
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Navy reports lend lease transfers 285 ships and 231 staff craft
Secretary Knox testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee that lend lease moves have shifted 285 ships and 231 staff craft valued at 127.09 million dollars to allied nations. He urged a one year extension, noting reverse lend lease sped US weapon development and data sharing. An OPA source said an order to end ration board control over recapping tires with reclaimed rubber is expected by March 1, with no reason given for delay.
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Washington
Knox
House Foreign Affairs Comittee
United States
Lend Lease
Office of Price Administration
Ration Board
OPA
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