Germans in Full Flight Biggest Air Battles in Tunisia
Allied forces under Montgomery press the Axis retreat in southern Tunisia as Eighth Army advances through the Kasserine Pass and Hatab River area. American B 24s help strike Messina harbor while RAF and US planes pound retreating German and Italian units, with Rommel suffering heavy losses. See ROMMEL Page 8.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Hatab River
Carl Spaatz
Thala
Kasserine
Rommel
RAF
Sheitla
Feniana
Bombing at Rabaul and New Guinea raids by Allied air forces
Allied flying fortresses attacked the Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain Island damaging a 7 000 ton cargo ship and blasting waterfront installations. Simultaneous strikes hit Tocal Kai Islands and air raids hit Mubo Waipali Guadasal and Mubo villages as forces push back toward forward positions.
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Don Caswell
United Press
Gen. MacArthur
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Sikkkum Bay
Hudson
Tocal
Kai Islands
New Guinea
Ara
Mubo
Turks Press Turkey Will Try To Stay Out Of War
The Office of War Information quotes President Ismet Inonu pledging to defend the fatherland if needed but keep Turkey out of World War II. Ankara radio says Turkey aims to avoid entanglement while supporting a peaceful society of nations. In London a Russian communiqué notes fierce fighting in Yugoslavia with over 1,000 Axis casualties.
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United Press
Office of War Information
Ismet Inu
Turkey
Radio Ankara
Society of Nations
London
Yugoslavia
Soviet raid attempt on Helsinki repelled by ground defenses
A Helsinki Radio broadcast reported by AP said Soviet planes made five waves yesterday at Helsinki but were driven off by ground defenses. The incident was described in a concise wartime update with no additional details.
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London
Helsinki
Associated Press
Allies gain equal immunities with British forces in Iraq
In Baghdad the Chamber of Deputies granted all Allied troops, like British forces, the immunities and privileges under the Anglo Iraq treaty for the duration. Farmers receive gasoline rations for tractors and nonhighway equipment for six months at a time, upheld by the OPA.
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Bagdad
U.R
United States
United Nations
Iraq
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
OPA
Thieves' Safecracker Claim Leads to Police Involvement
Dominic De Cicco 25 went to a police station to report three safecrackers cheated him in a $3,000 warehouse burglary 106 days earlier. They allegedly tied him up after promising to share the loot. A magistrate set bail at $2,500.
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New York
U.P
Dominic de Cicco
Cicco
Sign of the motor age in war front tale
In North Africa on February 24 a Senegalese soldier shot two German parachute troopers who claimed they were Americans. He told his French commanding officer I knew they were not Americans because they did not have a jeep.
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Allied
North Africa
Clash Over Draft Deferments Shapes Capital Battle
Washington fights over draft rules as Wheeler pushes a plan to exempt fathers with families from service while older men and childless married men face induction. House debate targets Kilday's bill to protect the family, probe government-worker deferments, and a federal appointments vetting bill as Democratic unity strains on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Capitol Hill
War Manpower Commission
Wheeler
Montana
Chairman Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kilday
Texas
House Military Committee
WMC
McNutt
Panhandle gas wells banned amid war supply limits
The petroleum administration barred drilling new natural gas wells in the Texas Panhandle field effective immediately. Deputy Administrator Ralph K. Davies cited 1,700 wells producing gas and full pipelines, saying scarce materials should not be used for wells whose output cannot reach consumers due to transportation limits. The prohibition applies to Carson, Collingsworth, Gray, Hansfield, Hartley, Hutchison, Moore, Potter, Sherman and Wheeler counties.
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Ralph K. Davies
Davies
Wheeler Counties
Texas
Reds Break German Lines Below Orel in Ukraine Advance
The Red Army pierced a German defense below Orel, claiming new gains in Ukraine. Soviet communiques report crossing a water barrier, capturing villages, wiping out 600 German troops, and taking prisoners and booty. Vorsoviet forces moved toward Lebedin and Knotop, with Sumy and Akhtyrka also cited.
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Moscow
Red
Orel
Ukraine
Maloarchangelsk
Lebedin
Kharov
Knotop
Bryansk
Sumy
Akhtyrka
Aerial Fighting Revises Solomons Front and Santo Raid
Navy reports a new surge of serial air battles in the Solomons with five American attacks and two light Japanese raids on Espiritu Santo. An American aircraft hit a troop barge during one raid while the other results are described as mild. In Dallas the OPA announces dried beans peas and lentils can be bought for gardens without a ration certificate.
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Washington
Solomons
U. S
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides Islands
Navy
Dallas
U.P
OPA
Anti Hungarian Demonstrations Reported in Romania
Advices from Hungary say anti Hungarian demonstrations have broken out in Romania after a month of calm. In Washington the OPA announced that war tires made from reclaimed rubber will be available after March 1 only to motorists with monthly mileage above 560 miles, leaving low mileage drivers with weed and recapped tires.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hungary
Rumania
Washington
OPA
Lend Lease Aid Approved by House Committee
Washington February 24 The House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved a bill to extend the lend lease act for one year extending mutual aid supply lines between the United States and its war partners.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sign Up for Food Stamps Details for Rationing
The article explains sign up for food rationing at nearby elementary or rural schools after 4 pm today and on Thursday Friday and Saturday. Bring a filled customer declaration form and your No 1 ration book or apply at room 111 in the county courthouse. Amarillo hours 8 am to 9 pm in schools and 9:36 am to 5 pm in rural booths closing Saturday noon.
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Amarillo
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Forecast Update
Colder today with lower temperatures tonight across West Texas Panhandle near 20 and South Plains around 26. New Mexico sees colder today and tonight with scattered showers or snow flurries in northern mountains, high 63 and low 28 in a 24 hour window. Leather brief cases, Russell Stationery Company.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Pecos
New Mexico
Gandhi Rallies as Fast Enters Third Week in Poona
Mohandas K. Gandhi enters the third week of his 21 day fast in Poona amid optimism from friends that he will survive. He remains detained at the Aga Khan's palace where visitors report him cheerful and engaged. In New Delhi Churchill backs India's stance on not freeing Gandhi, rejecting an appeal for intervention.
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Poona
India
U.P
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Aga Khan
Mahatma
New Delhi
Winston Churchill
Sugar ration trimmed to five pounds for 11 weeks
Washington reports a new sugar allowance of five pounds per person for 11 weeks starting March 16, down from a prior half pound per week. Stamp No. 11 for three pounds expires March 15 as Stamp No. 12 is set to replace it to save manpower and handling.
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Washington
OPA
Patterson to answer questions on war production at banquet
Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson agreed to reply in writing to questions on war production problems from 800 industrialists at a banquet. He joked about getting lost in the Pentagon Building as he faced the audience with a light quip.
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Pittsburgh
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Pentagon
Patterson
Nazis' radio Vichy reports Allied convoys reach Gibraltar
Radio Vichy said two Allied convoys of 44 and 28 ships reached Gibraltar from the Atlantic. Thirty four merchant vessels of medium tonnage entered the roadstead from the Atlantic as numerous planes landed and took off at the Gibraltar airfield.
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London
Vichy
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Axis retreats as Eighth Army pushes near Gabes and Chatt El Djerid
A DNB Radio report via AP in London says reconnaissance units of the Eighth Army moved toward the area southeast of the Chatt El Djerid near the great salt lake, with German commander in retreat as Rommel's thrust stalls after three days of heavy fighting. Allied HQ notes backwash from the Rommel offensive as American and British forces hold line.
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Mareth Line
DNB
Associated Press
London
Eighth Army
Chatt el Djerid
Salt Lake
Gabes
Tunisian
Thala
Kremamsa
Tunisia
Berlin
Atlas Mountains
Ration cuts hit restaurants and hotels March first
The Office of Price Administration announced a sharp cut in rationed foods for restaurants hotels and other eating establishments effective March 1 based on December 1942 consumption. Institutional allowances use new point values and set sugar and coffee limits while home rations remain separate.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Oman
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