Allied Tanks Drive Germans From Sedjenane In Tunisia Drive
Forty ton Churchill tanks of the British First Army report to have expelled German forces from Sedjenane near Bizerte as Allied air forces mount a major offensive in Tunisia. In Russia the Red Army advances northwest of Moscow, taking 52 towns while widening a pincer toward Kharkov. Allied forces press Mareth Line efforts in Central Tunisia as American and French units close on Faid Pass and Nefta in a broad push.
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First Army
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Tunisia
Red Army
Moscow
Kharkov
Sharine the See
North Africa
Mateur-Tabarka
Jurgen von Arnim
Faid Pass
Erwin Rommett
Nefta
Chott
Salt
Gafsa
Henri Giraud
Meat price ceilings set for pork and other goods nationwide
Price Administrator Brown announced retail ceiling prices for beef veal lamb and mutton with pork ceilings to follow within weeks as meat rationing nears. Zone based pricing aims to curb black markets and ensure fair distribution among stores and communities.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Charles M. Elkinton
OPA
Chicago
Elkinton
Brown
London Air Raid Shelter Disaster Kills 178
London officials blamed a German air raid for a crush at a crowded subway shelter that killed 178 people and injured about 60, including many children. King George VI ordered a separate inquiry as witnesses described bodies piled on stairs and rescuers lifting the unconscious.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
George VI
G. H. Davis
Dunkerque
Thomas Wilson
Cagney and Garson Win 1942 Oscar Honors
James Cagney earns best actor for Yankee Doodle Dandy and Greer Garson wins best actress for Mrs. Miniver. Mrs. Miniver named best picture as Roosevelt lauds cinema as a weapon of democracy in total war.
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Hollywood
James Cagney
Greer Garson
Otion Picture Academy
Cagney
Warner Brothers
Miss Garson
MGM
Roosevelt
Close Friend of Lee Is Dead in Virginia
Henry Taylor Wickham 93 longtime Virginia public figure and president pro tempore of the Virginia Senate died after illness since December following a hip fracture in a fall. He was an alumnus of Washington and Lee University and a relative by marriage to General Robert E. Lee.
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Richmond
Henry Taylor Wickham
Virginia Senate
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Senator Wickham
Robert E. Lee
Union Leader Opposes Reporting of Absentees
N. P. Alifis of the International Association of Machinists opposed a bill requiring absentee records of war workers for draft boards. He warned the measure could be used to suppress strikes. In a separate item, RAF bombers raided Japanese-occupied Akyab in Burma after daylight attacks on Rathadaung and Kamai.
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Washington
N. P. Alifis
International Association of Machinists
AFL
House Naval Committee
Akyab
New Delhi
RAF
Burma
Rathadaung
Kamai
Wool production in 1942 tops previous year record
The Agriculture Department reports 1942 wool output reached 459,073,000 pounds, the highest on record, up from 456,368,000 pounds in 1941.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Reich Cities Raided Again
Royal Air Force bombers struck targets in Western Germany for the ninth straight night. One aircraft is missing and mine laying in enemy waters occurred. Targets were not specified but likely Ruhr heavy industry. Paris and German radio stations went off air.
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London
Royal Air Force
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Paris
Thirty County Blackout Declared Successful by AP
Civilian defense officials called Ohio’s 30 county blackout last night a successful test. One serious accident occurred with two volunteers wounded in a head on collision amid simulated incidents. Warren tested emergency services under air raid conditions with fires, gas, police and ambulance crews.
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Ohio
Ralph Stone
Robert S. Harsh
Leason
Fifth Service Command
Fifth Region
OCD
Cleveland
Civil Air Patrol
Elias Bloch
Steubenville
Jefferson County Defense Corps
Bloch
Warren Caruso
Auxiliary Police of
Pleasant
Take Steps To Eliminate Meat Black Markets
The Regional Office of Price Administration will seek injunctions against more than 120 slaughters and packers across 25 Ohio cities and neighboring states. Actions target illegal meat practices, record keeping failures, and possible quota exceedances uncovered by broad investigations into buyers markets auctions and packing operations.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
West Virginia
OPA
James C. Gruener
Liberalize Deferment Rules for Specialists
Selective Service announced broad changes to draft deferment rules for students in scientific and specialized fields. Undergraduates who are full time students in standing should be considered for occupational classification, a shift from requiring partial completion to gauge scholastic ability.
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Washington
Selective Service
New Nazi Antipersonnel Bombs Warned By Britain
The Ministry of Home Security warned Britons about a small new antipersonnel bomb dropped by Nazi planes. The device, about the size of a cigarette can and weighing four pounds, may explode with the slightest touch.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
Stone Filled Hydrants Kill Two Children in Cincinnati
Cincinnati AP report says a house fire that killed two children might have been controlled if hydrants nearby had not been jammed with stones. Deputy Sheriff Albert Pining said children likely packed hydrants in play. Victims are Robert Daniels seven months and Delores Jean Fields two. Wartime textile mills urged to adopt 48 hour weeks and three shifts.
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Cincinnati
Albert Pining
Robert Daniels
Delores Jean Fields
Allied airmen destroy Japanese convoy and down 82 planes
Allied headquarters in Australia reports Southwest Pacific Command airmen sank two destroyers and brought total enemy aircraft shot down to 82. The action targets a Japanese convoy of 22 ships. American British Dutch and Australian fliers participated.
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Australia
Southwest Pacific Command
Japanese Fail to Report Disaster Off New Guinea
Allied communique details a massive Japanese convoy loss near New Guinea. Eleven ships sunk, 15,000 Japanese troops and thousands of sailors killed, 82 enemy aircraft damaged or destroyed, and a strategic setback for Lae defenses. An Allied analysis awaits on warship identities amid continuing air raids and searches.
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New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Lae
Finschhafen
Has Six Sons and One Daughter in Service
Columbus woman Alice M. Boutwell lists seven children in military service six sons and a daughter. Since the war began six sons have joined, with daughter Anna Jeanne, 20, gaining WAVES enlistment this week.
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Columbus
Alice M. Boutwell
Allied victory at Bismarck Sea rattles Tokyo plans
Chungking dispatch reports the battle of the Bismarck Sea as a decisive Allied triumph. The China Times calls the win a severe setback for Tokyo and predicts it will cause Tokyo serious trouble.
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Chungking
Bismarck Sea
China Times
Tokyo
War paths over ration book custody in New York case
Mrs Edward T Griffith is sought by her husband in a New York court to compel her to produce the family ration book and their six year old daughter. He alleges she left with both items in January and seeks court action to require her appearance.
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Edward T. Griffith
New York
OWI Activities Dominate Washington News Debate
Washington scene centers on Office of War Information as Elmer Davis denies political aims in a Roosevelt life pamphlet printed in 12 languages with over 500000 copies. Rep Tabor accuses propaganda to push a fourth term and dictatorship while OWI faces GOP charges about news sources.
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Washington
Office of War Information Activities
Owl
Elmer Davis
Roosevelt
Representative Tabor
R-Ny
House
Survivors Relate Submarine Sinking of Passenger Vessel
Survivors recount heroism after the North Atlantic sinking of a passenger cargo ship. The Navy announced two ships sunk within four days, 850 dead including soldiers, with 185 of 750 passengers saved and 28 merchant crew members plus 13 Navy gun crew rescued.
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Boston
United States
North Atlantic
Navy
Train Hits Auto at Crossing Kills Couple
A Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck an automobile at a Shreve crossing, killing Charles Jackson, 24, and his wife Delores, the car occupants.
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Wooster
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shreve
Charles Jackson
Delores
Allies bomb Italy and Sicily amid wider World War II action
Allied air and naval strikes hit enemy convoys in the Sicilian Straits and bomb Naples Salerno and San Vitaliano. Soviet reports claim German retreats as Red Army advances toward Velikie Luki and Orel while Britain and U S air forces target French railways and Rotterdam docks. An unconfirmed Italian claim cites sunk Brazilian and American ships in the South Atlantic.
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Djedeida
Tunis
Sicilian
Naples
Salerno
San Vitaliano
Bougie
Philippeville
Dnieper
Smolensk
Baltic
Lake Ilmen
Red Army
Kharkov
Lgov
Moscow
Sevsk
Bryansk
South Atlantic
See Little Chance of Equalling 1942 Crop
The Senate Military Committee reported the 1943 food crop is almost hopeless to match last year. It urged legislation to restrain farm labor movement to prevent a tragic result and backed passage of a bill to defer induction of farm workers into the Army for 1943.
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Washington
The
Senate Military Committee
Senate
Royal Navy Lost 416 Warships During War Report
Lord Bruntisfield told the House of Lords that Britain has lost 416 warships to date. A. V. Alexander stated the Royal Navy is stronger than a year ago, despite the losses, in the wartime briefing.
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Royal Navy
London
Britain
Lord Bruntisfield
The
Admiralty
House of Lords
A. V. Alexander
Press upheld as vital war factor by Rep Halleck
In a House speech Rep Halleck argues the nation’s newspapers are essential to victory. He criticizes bureaucrats who decry the press and warns that destroying newspapers would erode public confidence and aid an Axis triumph.
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Washington
Halleck
R-Ind
House
January Plane Output Triples That of 1942
Washington AP Undersecretary of War Robert P Patterson reported January war production rose to three and a half times the January 1942 rate. About 5 000 airplanes were built with over 65 percent combat types and 70 000 1 000 pound bombs delivered. He noted mass production for new items such as a carbine and cited 80 000 Garand rifles, 27 000 aircraft machine guns, 7 000 20 mm aircraft cannon, 68 000 sub machine guns and 37 000 000 square feet of metal landing mats.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Patterson
Barnes Named Administrative Assistant to Roosevelt
James M. Barnes former Democratic congressman from Illinois was named an administrative assistant to President Roosevelt. He will earn ten thousand dollars a year under a Congressional act allowing six administrative assistants for the president.
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Washington
Stephen Early
James M. Barnes
Illinois
Roosevelt
Barnes
Simpson
R.I
Congress
Letters to Servicemen Salvaged After Crash
The mail from the Yankee Clipper crash in Lisbon is salvaged in London. Thousands of letters dumped into the Tagus River arrive in soggy condition and are being recovered. About five thousand have been sent to Army camps and officials estimate ninety five percent will reach their destinations.
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London
Great Britain
Tagus River
Lisbon
Ohio Nurses Lead Evacuation Unit From Tunisian Front
Allied Headquarters in North Africa reports three Ohio nurses among a 25 member Army Air Force evacuation team that flies back wounded and sick soldiers. Head nurse Catherine Grogan of Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus is joined by Ursula J. Thomas of Youngstown and Leona F. Van Sickle of Salem.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Ohio
Catherine Grogan
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Ursula J. Thomas
Youngstown
Leona F. van Sickle
Salem
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NEA Radio-Telephoto
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
Agriculture
Wickard
Lee
America
Paler
NEA Telephoto
Paul S. Heckman
Philadelphia Mint
Reich
War Production Board
U. S
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