Australian commandos strike Japanese base at Mubo New Guinea
Australian jungle trained troops conducted a two day commando style raid on Mubo near Salamaua in northwest New Guinea and counted 116 Japanese dead. Allied forces pressed toward Sanananda Point as air forces pounded Lae Salamaua and surrounding coast under heavy rain.
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MacArthur
Australia
Japan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mubo
Salamaua
Huon Gulf
United States
Sanananda Point
Lae-Salamaua
Bakumbari
Buna-Gona
Bonnet dispute ends with jail for husband
Mrs Ella Painter told Justice of the Peace that her husband Chester Painter slammed a pot of chicken stew on her head when she asked for a new bonnet. Justice Boy Erickson sentenced Painter to 60 days in jail after a peace disturbance complaint.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Ella Painter
Erickson
Chester Painter
Mussolini Has Fallen Arches Mussolini Arches Damaged
Cairo reports airmen in the Libyan desert say Mussolini is suffering from fallen arches as RAF bombers strike road junctions once marked by triumphal arches near Tripoli.
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Cairo
Libyan Desert
Mussolini
Tripoli
Senate panel approves Brown for price administrator post
The Senate banking committee unani mously approved Prentiss M. Brown to head the Office of Price Administration succeeding Leon Henderson. Brown, a former Michigan senator, was named by President Roosevelt and faced no objections to confirmation today.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Prentiss M. Brown
Leon Henderson
Brown
Michigan
Roosevelt
OPA
RAF Bombers Raid Lorient Submarine Base in 1943 Kickoff
London reports the Royal Air Force struck Lorient on the French Atlantic coast in the first heavy raid of 1943 targeting German U boat bases. Two planes missing. The attack aimed to neutralize the submarine pens despite expected heavy damage and loss of life in the town.
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London
U.P
Royal Air Force
Lorient
Atlantic
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
French
RAF
Cologne
Byrnes borrows Judge Marvin Jones for agriculture policy
Economic Director James F. Byrnes announced a temporary addition to his staff. Judge Marvin Jones of the United States Court of Claims will lend counsel on agriculture policy without resigning from the court. Jones, a former Texas representative and former House agriculture committee chair, joins to aid policy discussions.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Marvin Jones
United States Court of Claims
Jones
Texas
House Agriculture Committee
Byrnes
The Fuehrer Knows Best Pep Talk Broadcast
Berlin radio urged German troops at the Stalingrad front to persevere with the claim that the Fuehrer knows best. The message emphasized duty and faith in leadership amid the siege as the front line faced attrition.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Reds Advance On All Fronts In World War II Update
The noon communique reports Soviet gains on three fronts. In the north Caucasus and Don fronts they seized inhabited points and towns, with gains near Moscow and Stalingrad including street fighting and relief of defended sectors. The Red Army repelled counterattacks and continued offensive operations.
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Caucasus
Don
Moscow
Stalingrad
North Caucasus
Ivan Maslennikov
Lower
Frances Farmer Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Actress Frances Farmer begins a six month jail term in Santa Monica for probation violation on a drunken driving charge. She was escorted in a straight jacket to solitary confinement after resisting officers, while her family and Hollywood associates seek to aid her.
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Frances Farmer
Glamor
The
Screen
Los Angeles
Hollywood
E. M. Farmer
Seattle
Santa Monica
Marshall Hickson
Hickson
Eleanor Roosevelt Says She Will Travel If My Day Pays
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt states she will not curtail travels while she can earn money from her My Day newspaper column to cover expenses She answered questions about whether she should stop gadding about due to the OPA ban on pleasure driving and travel limits in Red Bank New Jersey on January 15.
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Red Bank
N. J
Eleanor Roosevelt
OPA
Japanese build bamboo rafts for transport of army materiel
A Tokyo report cited by Berlin says Japan has begun constructing bamboo rafts with a 10 000 square meter surface to move army supplies. The work follows tests overseen by Japanese military authorities and suggests shipping losses prompt the new method. Nearby references note City Ranch Loans and Neely Greenhill Lowndes Insurance.
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New York
Berlin
Tokyo
Rope and Bell Alarm Fixs Morning Tardiness
Two McKenzie boys living at 616 North Cleveland Street were chronically late until neighbors solved it with a rope tied between houses and a cow bell at the McKenzies reacting to Mrs. Fleming pulling the rope when the alarm rang. The novel setup replaced missing clocks in a time of shortages and restored punctual arrivals at Horace Mann School.
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McKenzie
North Cleveland Street
Horace Mann School
Victory
Jo Johnston
Horace Mann
Mrs. Fleming
Allied Subs Hit Supply Ships and Bombard Tunisia Front
The Paris radio claimed 2 000 Allied deaths and 20 tanks at Pont du Fahs southwest of Tunis with heavy fighting across Tunisia. American Fortresses and Lightnings raided Sousse Sfax Malares area, while B 26s hit roads near Sfax. Allied and Axis reports hint a major push toward Tripoli and Tunisia by Montgomery is imminent. British subs sunk Axis ships near Naples and shelled the South Italian coast as raids continued.
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Paris
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
United Nations
North Africa
Sousse
Sfax
Mahares
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Amy
Afrika Korps
Tripolitania
Naples
Montgomery
Tripoli
Libya
Wadi Zemzem
Middle East Command
Germany
Africa
Amarillo Eyes 1943 War Boom in a Crystal Ball
Amarillo looks back at 1942’s surge in war work and money and ahead to 1943. Mayor Joe Jenkins, ex mayor Ross Rogers, and Chamber chief Rex Baxter foresee continued war economy growth with possible shortages and new city projects tied to the war effort. They expect more employment, maintained streets, and limited capital investments beyond water works expansion.
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Amarillo
War Industries
Mili
Amarillo Globe
Ross Rogers
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Jenkins
Rogers
Baxter
Jenkins
Senate Panel Orders Public Hearings on Flynn Nomination
The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously ordered hearings on President Roosevelt's nomination of Edward J. Flynn to be minister to Australia. Chairman Connally said he would confer with Flynn and other parties to set a start date, with the full committee to conduct the hearings likely beginning Wednesday or Thursday.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Edward J. Flynn
Australia
Connally
Texas
Flynn
Travelers' air misadventure ends with first landing
Bob Harvey, a Cleveland to St. Louis salesman, endured two Tulsa trips and two Chicago hops in 24 hours due to fog and weather. After a circuit of airports, he finally landed in St. Louis on the last plane from Oklahoma City and kissed the runway on arrival. An unrelated incident in New Jersey reports Louis B. Kirsch's car fell into Deal Lake as police guarded its tires. In Washington, tax chief Robert L. Coughton warns the 1942 income tax return is due by March 16 regardless of pay-as-you-go talks.
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ST. Louis
Tulsa
Chicago
Cleveland
Bob Harvey
Harvey
Oklahoma City
Asbury Park
N. J
U.P
Louis B. Kirsch
Deal Lake
Washington
Robert L. Coughton
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means Committee
Weather Outlook For Amarillo And Panhandle
Mild and windy today in West Texas with a colder night and snow squalls expected by Saturday morning. Temperatures fall to 15 to 20 degrees Saturday, with continued cold and strong winds. Snow squalls also possible in New Mexico and Panhandle South Plains regions, with no major temperature change elsewhere. Noon readings show 59 degrees as the day progresses.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle-South Plains
New Mexico
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