Russians Capture Kharkov and Push Westward
The Associated Press reports Soviet forces seized Kharkov after fierce street fighting and continue offensive operations along a wide eastern Donets front. Russian troops advance from the city, threatening Poltava and Dnieper Petrovsk as German resistance remains stubborn in the evolving winter campaign.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Rostov
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Caucasus
Restov
Kursk
Russia
Addison Farm House Destroyed by Fire
Addison Feb 17 The Vernon Moore farm four and a half miles southwest of Addison was destroyed by fire early this morning. Mr and Mrs Moore work nights in Adrian defense plant and their three children stayed with relatives nearby. The fire was spotted about 2:30 by Church's Corners residents. Neighbors alerted the Addison fire department which prevented spread to other buildings. The house and contents were destroyed with partial insurance coverage.
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Pelegram Addison
Vernon Moore
Addison
War Ration Books No 2 To Be Issued In Lenawee County
About 44 000 war ration books No 2 will be issued in Lenawee County during next week’s registration. Reg events span 19 locations with volunteer chairs and staffs. Registrants must complete consumer declarations to avoid forfeiting supplies.
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Lenawee
War Price and Rationing Board
Registration Places For Ration Books In Lenawee County
The Lenawee county war price and rationing board lists 19 towns, locations and chairmen for ration book No 2 registration. Registration runs daily 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday details follow.
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Lenawee County
Eberstadt Leaves WPB Amid Shakeup in War Production Board
Ferdinand Everstadt, WPB center of the upheaval, resigns as Vice chairman after Nelson augments Charles E. Wilson to exclusive vice chairman and assumes policy control. Senators applaud granting one man full control of war production. Eberstadt plans army duty while urging lieutenants to stay, as WPB divisions shift reporting to Wilson.
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Washington
Ferdinand Everstadt
War Production Board
Field Artillery
Eberstadt
Donald M. Nelson
Charles E. Wilson
WPB
Nelson
Kittgore
D.-W. Va
Pepper
Wilson
Fred Searls
WPS
Papers Asked to Aid Rationing Program
The Office of Price Administration urged U S newspapers to publish the official consumer declaration form for the forthcoming processed foods rationing program. Readers would clip the form from papers to speed registration, and each family must provide counts of coffee, person, and canned goods owned, along with ration book details, for those aged 14 and over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ration book registration form on page seven
The Telegram notes a consumer food declaration blank for Lenawee residents to fill for ration book No. 2. Families should complete the coupon and present it at designated registration centers from February 23 to 25. Page 7 also carries details on the point rationing system and registration locations.
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Lenawee
Tax cancellation debate reshapes 1943 income taxes
Washington February seventeenth House Ways and Means panel advances pay as you go plans amid talk that a substantial portion of 1943 federal income taxes could be abated to keep 44 million taxpayers current TheTreasury estimates cancellation could wipe about 6.5 billion in government assets and stimulates debate over canceling 1942 taxes as proposed by Bearsdley Rum of the New York Fed
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D.N.C
Treasury
Bearsdley Rum
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Veteran Marine Colonel Harold Shannon Dead at 50
Veterans affairs report says Colonel Harold D. Shannon, 50, of North Bergen New Jersey, commanded Marine ground forces at Midway. He died in San Diego from pneumonia after surgery. He wore the Distinguished Service Medal and French and Mexican honors. He served in World War I and II, was wounded and gassed in France, and helped in postwar occupation duties in Germany.
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San Diego
Catil
Midway Island
Midway
Harold D. Shannon
North Bergen
N. J
M. H. Kingman
Fleet Marine Training Center
Col. Shannon
Chicago
France
Rhine
Honningen
Kreis Wittlich
Cold Weather Slams Atlantic Seaboard With Fatalities
Two days of severe cold across the Atlantic seaboard cause at least 36 deaths, widespread crop damage from Maine to Florida, and severe fuel oil and gas shortages. Utilities warn four days of fuel for New York City gas manufacture, urging reduced gas use and laundry curtailment while schools close and trains run late. Temperature lows include Hancock New Hampshire 58 below, Boston 14 below, Hartford 24 below, New York 8 below.
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FHE
Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Middle Atlantic
New England
Consolidated Edison Company
Brooklyn Union Gas Company
New York City
War Production Board
The
Petroleum
War
Hancock
N. H
Warrensburg
Boston
Hartford
Allied air raids hit Japanese positions in Timor and New Guinea
Allied headquarters reported follow up air attacks in the southwest Pacific on Timor and New Guinea after two days of broader raids. In New Guinea’s Wai Mubo area 35 miles southwest of Salamau the enemy slowly withdrew while Australian patrols killed 17 Japanese. American aviators attacked Lae and Salamaua Peninsula from low altitude, and bombers struck Dili, Portuguese Timor, igniting fires with all Allied aircraft returning safely.
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Australia
Alfies
Southwest Pacific
Timor
New Guinea
Wai- Mubo
Salamau
Hawn Mitchell Barbers
Lae
Salamaua
Hudson
Dili
Portuguese Timor
Tecumseh Workers Receive Treasury Bulls-Eye Flag
Tecumseh Products employees, over 1200 strong, staged a mass meeting at the factory to receive the Treasury Bulls-Eye flag for investing more than ten percent of wages in war bonds. Reardon Piersel of Flint announced the honor, noting past Navy E and Minute Man awards and nearly $300,000 invested last year. Maj. W. M. Young and Ensign H. O. Danielson attended, as the program featured a patriotic sing and music by a local quintet and quartet.
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Tecumseh
Tecumseh Products Company
United States
R. W. Herrick
Carl Falkender
Reardon Piersel
Flint
War Savings Staff
W. L. Berkhof
Treasury Department
Pieysel
Michigan
United States Treasury
U. S. Army
H. O. Danielson
U. S. Navy
Detroit
Berkhof
Paul Johnson
Archie ‘Boyd
Ned Harington
Wiley McCann
Roma Driscoll Waters
Neil DePuy
W.S. Costigan
Leonard Weissner
DePuy
Congress Faces Manpower Strain Across War Fronts
Washington February 17 Manpower shortages loom as Army officials testify on exact needs and overseas strength while Congress grapples with labor laws and draft threats to fathers. Senate inquiry chaired by Bankhead questions 8.2 million soldiers planned, with officials projecting 3 million overseas by year end. Critics warn expanding the force could drain labor and curb food and armament production. Page 27.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Appropriations
Idwal H. Edwards
United Nations
Nye
Thomas
D.-Okla
British submarines sink and damage Axis ships in central Mediterranean
London reports three British submarines operating from the central Mediterranean destroyed six to seven Axis supply ships and damaged seven more. Four sunk and two damaged beyond repair, with actions from Tunisia's eastern shore to Sicily and Italy, including a daring shelling of a railway train on Sicily's northern coast.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
Syas
Gulf of Hammamet
Gulf of Taranto
Brindisi
Morenci Switches to Central Time Over Eastern Time
Morenci city council voted Monday to switch to Central Standard Time, setting clocks back one hour at midnight Sunday. Tecumseh village council chose to stay on Eastern Time, leaving Morenci as the only U.S. community changing time.
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Tecumseh
Morenci
Morenes
Bricker Signs Ohio Time Law Amid Protests
Governor Bricker signed a bill to slow clocks in Ohio, aiming to aid agriculture, while vowing the legislature could revisit the issue. He noted many cities would remain on eastern wartime time, listing major urban areas that would not observe the change. The governor warned of ongoing confusion and urged cooperation with Congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission on interstate time standards.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Cleveland
Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Barberton
Toledo
Sandusky
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Steubenville
Conneaut
Warren
Salem
Xenia
Dover
Ashland
Shelby
Mt. Verton
Pomeroy
Middleport
Canton
Athens
Bucyrus
Galion
Crestline
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
President chides Congress over postwar planning funds
Washington Feb 17 The National Resources Planning Board led by Frederick A Delano faces a clash with Congress over a 1.4 million budget for postwar studies and coordination of projects. The President accuses Congress of budget neglect while lawmakers resist restoring funds, risking the board's funds after July 1. He says advance planning could save billions by saving time and employment and notes the board has prepared a backlog of public works projects.
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Washington
National Resources Planning ‘Board
Frederick A. Delano
Roosevelt
Roosevelt-Congress
Congress
Resources Board
Congressional l
Independent Offices
Planning Board
New liquor rationing order set limits at two quarts per person
State Liquor Control Commission bans more than two quarts to a single buyer or more than one weekly sale. Distributors must keep a purchaser register with name, address, date, and quantity.
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Sing
State Liquor Control Commission
Germans Break Through American Lines Near Sbeitla in Tunisia
Allied headquarters report one of the Tunisian campaign’s gravest reverses as German 21st and 10th armored divisions drive to the outskirts of Sbeitla, threatening to split Allied forces. American counterattacks faltered amid heavy losses while British and American withdrawals continued toward Tozeur and Medinine, with units isolated near Sidi Bouzid.
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Associated Press
Sbeitla
Rommel
21St
10Th Armored
Libya
Hnes
Paris
Reuters
London
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Mareth
Cairo
Medinine
Ben Gartiane
Tunsia
Pans
Sidi Bouzid
Gafsa
Tozeur
Chott Djerid
Faid Pass
Ousseltia
Fortana
Tunisia
War At A Glance War At A Glance
War reports show German retreat toward the Dnieper after Kharkov fall as Reds chase toward 250000 fleeing Germans in the south. Montgomery’s drive toward Medenine and Mareth line meets Axis resistance while Allied air and naval actions target Sicily, Italy, and the Atlantic.
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Russia
Dnieper
Kharkov
Rostov
Tagenrog
Montgomery
Medenine
Ben Gardane
Mareth Line
Sicily
Italy
RAF
Lorient
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Pvt
Alphonse Ewasnieski
Evanston, Ill
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Austal
Battle Creek
Adrian
Armory
Town Place
Adrian Ee
Mary Betz Addison
Eeeess Council
Reva Herbison Blissfield
C. Mulder Britton
Carl Bradlee Clayton - Clinton
E. F. Gilbert
Town Hall
J. R. Foreman
Tipton
Louneil
Wade Jones
Macon
Grange Hall
Alden Erlenbush
Mills Swick Holloway
Blouch
Carmichael Sand Creek
James Zander
Archie Bruce
Tecumseh Products
BARIS
Bricker
Bulletins
Shortland
Solomons
Navy
National Railway Mediation Board
Mdes
U. S
Custan
al Linehan
Saltte
Geo. Brablee
Blisseld
J.C. “Dickerson
Fred’. G. Greenwald
Chiatoe
North
Pack Merithew
Riga
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