Weekly News Analysis: Senate Votes Farm Deferment Rise in Pacific Power
A Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Senate approval of farm deferment and reports a growing U S. advantage in the Pacific near New Guinea. It forecasts RAF offensive in Europe and hints at an upcoming invasion. The editorials reflect the opinion column style of the era.
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Senate Group
New Guinea
U. S
Pacific
Raf
Europe
Western Newspaper Union
Japs Persist In South Pacific Offensive
Allied air forces attacked a Japanese convoy heading toward New Guinea as Gen. MacArthur warned of large Japanese buildup in island bases around Australia. Warplanes sank or damaged four ships and dispersed the rest, with a 10,000 ton transport sunk and several escorts hit in the Lae area operations.
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South Pacific
Austria
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Lae
Pay as you go plan eyed in 20 percent withholding proposal
The plan would withhold 20 percent of taxable income from 31 million wage earners beginning in July under sponsor Chairman Cooper. Deductions would be collected weekly or monthly and applied to year end taxes. It would not alter 1942 1943 or prior tax obligations.
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Treasury Department
Cooper
House
Ways and Means Committee
Farm Workers Draft Deferment Favored by Senate Panel
Senate military affairs committee approved a stop-gap amendment to the Selective Service act to defer every registrant in an agricultural occupation from training and service for the remainder of the year. No such registrant may leave the occupation without local board permission.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
Prelude to invasion RAF softens Nazis with mass Allied bombing
The article casts Allied air power over Berlin as a pivotal opening in the plan to invade Europe. Nightly raids produced vast destruction, with more than 900 tons dropped in one attack and reports of massive fire and smoke. Capt Harold Balfour says the raids are the opening bars leading to a future march on Europe.
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Europe
Berlin
London
Hitler
Harold Balfour
Air
Russian Front follows weather in renewed Russian advance
Timoshenko again leads Russian forces pushing along the northwest front while thawing conditions shift attacks. Russians recaptured 302 towns and 1,000 square miles, edging near Staraya Russa as 11,000 Nazis died or were captured. Donets basin sees German counteroffensive momentum. Moscow notes local German gains but cannot confirm Barvenkiva recapture.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Donets
Barvenkiva
Kharkov
Kiev
Navy pilot Simpler to receive third decoration
Lieut. Com. Le Roy O Simpler of Milton Del whose fighter squadron has shot down 77 planes and claimed 16 more in Solomon Islands operations will be awarded a third decoration joining Navy Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross and Gold Star. A Swiss correspondent reports United Nations bombing planes caused wide spread damage in Italy with evacuations in Milan Genoa and other cities.
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Leroy
Milton
Del
Solomon Islands
Navy
Zurich
Italy
United Nations
Milan
Genoa
Axis Diversion Attempt Fails as Rommel Retreat Pressures Grow
American pressure tightens on Marshal Rommel at Kasserine while Axis forces strike at Beja to divert Allied attention. British resistance holds, and momentum fades. Allied advances push from Sheitla toward Kasserine as Montgomery targets Mareth line. Air power expands with raids on Palermo, Bizerte docks, and rail bridges between Sfax and Sousse.
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Kasserine Pass
Beja
Tunis
Tunisia
Sheitla
Kasserine
Eighth Army
Bernard Montgomery
Mareth Line
North Africa
Palermo
Sicily
Bizerte
Sfax
Sousse
Prospects Bright as Allies Eye Direct Drive on Japan
From China to Washington, reports claim prospects are brighter for striking Japan directly. Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault says the war in the Pacific could end this year if full Allied effort shifts to the Pacific, while Adm. Chester W. Nimitz states the navy is ready to push toward Japan’s industrial core.
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Pacific
China
Claire L. Chennault
Japan
Chennault
Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Oil for Spain No U S Deprivation Diplomacy Smoothed
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles defended U S oil shipments to pro Axis Spain amid oil scarcity protests in the East He asserted the shipments aligned with U S interests and did not reduce petroleum available to American consumers.
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Sumner Welles
Spain
Mr. Welles
United States
Rationing Rules Expand As Housewives Watch Funds
A survey outlines current rationing limits across staples including coffee sugar shoes tires fuel oil and gasoline with eastern and western area differences. Meat and butter are upcoming restrictions many anticipate clothing controls before summer. The note also covers shortages and the broader wartime context in Washington amid public concern.
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District of Columbia
Gandhi fast ends with refocused Indian independence drive
Mohandas K. Gandhi completed a 21 day protest fast though failing to secure his release. The action drew global attention to the Indian struggle for independence and caused moments of embarrassment for British authorities.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Building A Peaceful World By Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs Roosevelt urges viewing all people as individuals beyond race or creed to foster global peace. She links Freedom from Fear to protecting people from aggression hunger and persecution and highlights Britain America aid as a foundation for a new era of cooperation and lasting peace.
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Lin Yutang
Africa
Solomon Islands
Great Britain
Australia
London
America
United States
United Nations
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