Richelieu Arrives in New York With French Battleships
The 35 000 ton Richelieu crossed the Atlantic and arrived in New York with French warships to join Allied forces. Admiral Fenard said the ships will refit along the Atlantic coast to keep African sea lanes open.
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New York
Richelieu
Prance
Atlantic
Adolf Hitler
Dakar
United States
Fenard
Henri Giraud
United Nations
The
Miral
Fantasque
Terrible
Philadelphia
Montcalm
RAF Bomb Cologne and Milan Spezia Raid Jolts Axis
Royal Air Force bombers struck Cologne in a night raid plus attacks on Milan and the naval base at Spezia. Eleven planes were lost in the Cologne raid, while Milan suffered heavy damage and casualties as Italian reports confirmed deaths and injuries. Swiss and German broadcasts noted cross country air movements and anti aircraft activity. A second item describes James Mah, a Chinese restaurant operator in Topeka, scolding a dishwasher over dirty dishes.
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Italy
London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Milan
Spezia
RAF
British
Air Ministry
Radio
Rome
Europe
North
Africa
Britain
Germany
Turin
Genoa
Adolf Hitler
Switzerland
Lake Geneva
Savoy
Americans Forced Back 20 Miles in Tunisia Battle
Axis forces push 20 miles into central Tunisia around Faid Pass threatening American positions at Sbeitla and Sidi Bou Zid as German and Italian columns attack from two directions. Allied air raids continue against Axis targets in Tunisia Crete and southern Italy while American bombers strike El Aquino airfield in Tunis.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
North Africa
Faid Pass
Tunisian
Erwin Rommel
Jorgen von Arnim
Fair Pass
Sfax
Sousse
Sbeitla
Sidi Bou Zid
Afrika Korps
Libya
Sir Bernard l. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Ben Gardane
Gafsa
Gulf of Gabes
Crete
Italy
Sicily
Middle Eastern Command
Royal Air Force
Benghazi
Africa
High Command
el Aquino
Tunis
Cold air to sweep in with strong winds tonight
Weather bulletin says another surge of cold air arrives tonight with strong winds. Temperatures may drop to between 15 and 20 degrees while today remains mild with fresh winds. Yesterday's high reached 55 degrees and the morning low was 26.
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Bureau
Roosevelt request for farmer incentive payments denied
A House appropriations subcommittee voted six to one against President Roosevelt's request for 10 million dollars to fund incentive payments to farmers to boost food production. Pelley loses appeal in Supreme Court ruling on Sedition Act violations linked to Fellowship Press publications. A 25 letter man, Cadet Jack Bernard, is noted at Chapel Hill with postmen delivering 25 voluminous letters from his New York girlfriend.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Pelly
U.P
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirt Organization
Supreme Court
Fellowship Press
Chapel Hill
N. C
Jack Bernard
Navy Free Flight School
New York
Battle for Kharkov tightens as Red Army advances
Fierce tank battles rage on Kharkov outskirts while German garrison retreats feebly. Five Soviet columns threaten to close encirclement as Rostov, Voroshilovgrad falls shift momentum toward a major Red victory in Ukraine.
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Moscow
Kharkov
London
Red Army
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
Dnieper
Rostov
Don
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Rogan
Zolochev
Red
Azov
Hitler
Stockholm
Stalino
Sea of Azov
Russia
Caucasus
Krasny-Sulin
Donets Valley
Taganrog
Dniepropetrovsk-Sevastopol
Donetz
Frank Ellis Wins News Tip Prize in Amarillo Globe
Windy stories topped the news tip parade with a $5 prize for Frank Ellis of 909 B Harrison Street. Other winners include Mrs. Lester Moffitt for a report about a woman injured by flying glass and Harry Britt for a dissension caused by a drunk who wandered into the wrong house. The paper urges readers to submit wartime shortage and rationing experiences and to report the white horse seen in Palo Duro Canyon.
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Frank Ellis
Harrison Street
Lester Moffitt
Buchanan Street
The
Globe
Moffitt
Harry Britt
Jackson Street
Amarillo
Palo Duro Canyon
Johnnie Harris
Woods Hotel
Nina Ruth Young
M. B. Darby
West Sixth Avenue
Dorothy Eutley
Mary Hickman
West Forty-first Avenue
Lawsen
Grand Court
H. T. Wicken
G. W. Tower
van Buren Street
Raymond Mock
East
Fourth Avenue
J. C. Johnson
Fillmore Street
Taylor Brown
W. B. Hulen
Grant Street
Jerry Autry
East Fourth
Gandhi's Goat Eats Alfalfa and Gandhi Fasts
Mohandas K. Gandhi enters day six of a fast in the Aga Khan's palace as Indian leaders appeal for his release. The fast amid nationalist tensions draws reactions from leaders and officials including Lord Linlithgow while Gandhi shares prayers with his wife Kasturba and secretary Madeline Slade.
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Darrell
Berrigan
Gandhi
Lord Linlithgow
All-India Congress Party
Gamdhi
Madeline Slade
United Press
Aga Khan
Madras
Central Provinces
New Delhi
Amarillo Sergeant Wounded in Western Europe Action
Technical Sgt. David D. Fanning of Amarillo was slightly wounded in Western Europe on February 4. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Fanning of 1602 Fillmore Street, were informed by the War Department. He serves on a bomber gun crew and has been in England about six months.
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David D. Fanning
Amarillo
Western Europe
L. R. Fanning
Fillmore Street
War Department
Fanning
England
Man Breaks Car Window Over Overcrowded Streetcar
George Swift waited 20 minutes for a street car in Philadelphia and pounded the door until the pane shattered. Magistrate John Coyle ordered Swift to pay 2.50 for the broken glass, while the motorman defended the car as overcrowded.
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Philadelphia
George Swift
John Coyle
Swift
Japanese Fleet Refuses Battle at Guadalcanal
From the U S S Fleet in the South Pacific dated February 15 the Japanese navy, after aerial scouting the U S Pacific fleet, refused battle and withdrew instead of reinforcing Guadalcanal. They stayed near Britain and Shortland bases north of the island, signaling strength but not engaging. A bulletin to the ship's crew described the enemy as out in force then withdrawing after assessing the situation.
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Norman Bell
U. S S
South Pacific
United States Pacific
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Britain
Shortland
Heavy air raids pound Rabaul and New Guinea fronts
Allied air forces conducted heavy raids over Rabaul for nearly three hours, targeting Simpson Harbor and surrounding facilities. Meanwhile Australian troops pressed mopping up in the Wau area as Japanese forces retreated toward Salamaua after heavy losses.
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Rabaul
Simpson Harbor
Wau
Northeast New Guinea
Wanduma
Salamaua
Catalina
Buin
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Ubili
New Britain
Madang
New Guinea
Lae
Huon Gulf
Weather report for Amarillo and West Texas
Mild with fresh winds this afternoon. Becoming colder with strong winds tonight. Tuesday morning temperatures 15 to 20. West Texas colder tonight, well below freezing except near the Rio Grande. Fresh to strong winds across the Panhandle. New Mexico section notes missing. 24 hour high 55, low 26, noon 49 at 6 30 A M.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rio Grande
Panhandle
New Mexico
Names of three Will Rogers Field fliers killed in crash
The Public Relations Office announced the identities of three fliers killed in yesterday’s light bomber crash west of Eldorado Oklahoma. Pilot Flight Officer Sgt. C. P. Anderson twenty three from Littlefield Texas. Also Sgt. Carlton Weall twenty one of Bradford Rhode Island and Sgt. Howard J. Smith thirty two of Tell City Indiana.
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Oklahoma City
Will Rogers Field
Eldorado
Oklahoma
C. P. Anderson
Littlefield
Tex
Carlton Weall
Bradford
R. J
Howard J. Smith
Tell City
Ind
Ryti Re elected Finland Leader With Near Unanimous Vote
President Risto Ryti was re elected to head the government of Finland today in a virtually unanimous parliamentary vote during wartime.
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Finland
Helsinki
Risto Ryti
Clothiers Fight Buying Spree Urges From National Trade Group
The New York Times reports the National Retail Dry Goods Association sent telegraphs to 30 leading members nationwide urging leaders to head off a sweeping clothes buying spree.
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New York
New York Times
National Retail Dry Goods Association
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Mah
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Sidi Bouzid
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