Allied forces repulse German attacks in Northern Tunisia
Allied headquarters report a decisive halt to recent German offensives in Northern Tunisia with heavy Axis casualties and material losses. In three days of fighting, the Axis reportedly lost at least 600 troops and 24 tanks, while Allied advances regain about a third of lost territory.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Speitla
Erwin Rommel
Beitla
Kasserine
Veriana
Sbeitla
Feriana
Rommel
el Aroussa
Palermo
Sicily
Knox vows total destruction of Japanese fleet
Secretary Knox told a Senate committee that the United States will utterly destroy the Japanese fleet as the war continues. The Navy reported submarine attacks boosted American totals to 133 ships sunk or damaged in the Pacific, including several cargo ships and tanker.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Senate
Pacific
Western Pacific
Haven
France
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Germany
Ifrman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Locomotive explosion injures two Amarillo railroad workers
Ernest Massey engineer and W F Turner fireman suffered serious steam burns when the Rock Island freight engine exploded after sideswiping a car in the Sanford yards about 5 30 yesterday afternoon. Both were taken to St Anthony's hospital with Massey in critical condition and Turner less severely burned. The engine operated by Guy Bennett with Harvey Williamson and John Robinson as brakemen. The incident halted traffic for hours while repairs were made.
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Ernest Massey
North Taylor Street
Rock Island
W. F. Turner
Twadell Coutts
Sanford Yards
St. Anthony's Hospital
Mr. Massey
Mr.Turner
Guy Bennett
Harvey Williamson
John Robinson
Amarillo
Sanford
I Duce Withdraws Ten Italian Divisions From Russia
Moscow reports Marshall Timoshenko’s northwest offensive has driven German forces from hundreds of villages and pressed toward Staraya Russa while Ukraine forces recapture settlements toward the Dnieper. Mussolini orders the Italian Eighth Army home for rest and refilling amid varied explanations.
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Semeon Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Ukraine
Dnieper
Timoshenko
Lake Ilmen
Leningrad
Jin
Izvestia
London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Rome
Mussolini
Eighth Army
Hitler
Italy
Mediterranean
Five Kincheloe Jurors Selected for Kincheloe Trial
Five jurors were chosen in the Kincheloe murder case in 47th district court at Dalhart after a venue change. Only 65 of 200 summonsed veniremen appeared, with Judge Henry Bishop considering contempt charges for missing jurors. The panel includes J. King, G. R. Maxwell, B. F. Fullerton, B. F. Ong, and J. B. Gilmer.
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John Kincheloe
Dalhart
Clark
47Th
B. PF. Fullerton
Amarillo Gas Company
B. PF. Ong
The
Santa Fe
J. B. Gilmer
Farm Security Administration
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
Colder early Wednesday forenoon than Tuesday but afternoon temperatures about 10 degrees higher with light wind. Slowly rising temperatures elsewhere in West Texas and New Mexico with warmer readings in Rio Grande Valley by afternoon. Precipitation not specified.
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Amarillo
Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Rio Grande Va Alley
Wasecersy
Senator O Daniel Attacks Allred Nomination on Principle
Washington March 2 Senator W Lee O Daniel of Texas opposed confirmation of James V Allred for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals calling it a matter of principle not revenge He argued the judiciary must not bow to the executive department and his testimony opened the Senate judiciary committee hearing Reacting observers noted the dispute over Allreds possible appointment and questioned political influences versus judicial independence
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Washington
James V. Allred
Texas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
W. Lee O'Daniel
Senate Judiciary Committee
O’daniel
Overton
Allred
Louisiana
Judiciary
Ellender
Connally
Alfred
Southern District of Texas
Charles Francis
Houston
W. Lee O’daniel
United States Senate
Senate
Rotary Speaker Here Tonight At Amarillo High School
Dr Hugh C Stunts will speak at 8 pm in Amarillo High School auditorium as the first lecturer in the Rotary Institute of International Understanding sponsored by the Amarillo Rotary Club The subject is Neighborly Relations in the Americas The open forum will follow with questions and no admission charge Amarillo High students attend in the afternoon
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Hugh C. Stunts
Amarillo High School
Rotary Institute of International Understanding
Amarillo
Refinery Blasts Near Borger Are Brought Under Control
Flames from a bubble tower explosion at Phillips Petroleum Alamo Refinery near Borger threatened homes. Four explosions triggered evacuation of families on one street. no injuries reported. An engine house burned. fire crews from the area battled the blaze. The cause was not announced and damage estimates were unavailable.
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Borger
Phillips Petroleum Company
Alamo
E. H. Bender
Here
Senate Group Approves Blanket Farmhand Draft Deferment
Senate military committee approved blanket deferment from service for farm workers with a six month limit and a restriction on changing jobs without draft office approval. The vote was 9 to 7, with debate over impact on military needs and food production.
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Senate
Washington
War Department
Selective Service
Senate Military Committee
Holman
Oregon
RAF Raids Berlin Kill Toll Surges and Cathedral Destroyed
British air forces pounded Berlin in a heavy night raid. Casualties rose to 191 dead and 268 wounded, from a prior total of 89 and 213. The Hedwigsdom cathedral and Unter den Linden area faced severe damage as about 900 tons of bombs fell in the sixth straight night of raids ahead of an Allied invasion.
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London
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Die Tat
Zurich
Switzerland
Hedwigsdom
Europe
Battlefronts shift as Allies press center in Tunisia
Axis halted in northern Tunisia as Allied forces push through the center. RAF conducts a massive raid on Berlin delivering the heaviest air assault. Reds advance in the north and stop Nazi counterattacks in Ukraine.
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Ukraine
Tunisia
Journey for Margaret film preview by Red Cross crews
An American correspondent William L. White wrote Journey for Margaret about a bomb survivor he adopted. The film stars Margaret O’Brien and receives a Red Cross preview at the State Theater with 300 volunteers. Donations to the national war fund drive show strong early support as workers canvass Amarillo districts.
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London
Bits
America
Margaret
William L. White
Emporia
Kan
William Allen White
White
Red Cross
Potter County
War Fund
Margaret O'Brien
Lincoln
Office of War Information
John Jones
Oran E. Todd
National War Fund
Amarillo
Drafts of fathers to begin by May first
Washington officials indicate drafting of fathers will start around May 1 as draft boards exhaust single men and childless married men. Inductions for some fathers already occurred after December 8, 1941, or when their deployment was near, with authorization from Selective Service likely this spring for others.
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Washington
United States
Selective Service
Snow General Over Plains
A severe cold wave hit northern Texas and Oklahoma driving temperatures down to near zero and bringing hazardous highways. Amari llo reported a 7 above zero reading with frost and snow for the Panhandle and upper South Plains and flurries as far south as Dallas and Fort Worth. Six children died in Duncan Oklahoma in a stove fire linked to the cold.
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Oklahoma
Amarillo
Panhandle
Upper South Plains
Dallas
Fort Worth
Weather Bureau
Duncan
Okla
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