Britain raids Ostend and Genoa in bold naval air strikes
Britain ends the week with a crippling Ostend bombardment followed by fog cloaked air attacks on invasion ports from Boulogne to Ostend. RAF planes struck Hannover and targets across France Belgium Holland and Italy. About 40 British planes were reported shot down and civilians were killed or wounded in Hannover.
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London
INS
Britain
Ostend
Genoa
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Boulogne
RAF
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Italy
Sicily
Rhodes
Libya
Easton
Hannover
Reich
Bremen
Air Ministry
Pitainutes
Berlin
GHQ
Liquor Profit Split With Cities Okayed By Legislature
Gov Neely's plan to share liquor profits with municipalities won committee approval as the House of Delegates moved a measure toward final passage. The bill would distribute 65 000 a month on a population basis, aided by a gasoline tax extension to July 3 1943 for secondary roads. The Senate also sent a debt levy bill to the senate for current uses and investigated Lakin state hospital for the Negro infanoy and the boys' industrial school at Pruntytown.
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Neely
Legislative Committee
House of Delegates
Communist Party
House
Senate
Ineal
Lakin State Hospital
Boys’ Industrial School
Pruntytown
House Finance Commlittee
Liquor Commission
Ballard
Mercer
Senate Education Committee
Willie Witlis Birthday Clothes Comment
Willie Witlis says he dislikes receiving clothes for his birthday feeling it removes the surprise of a present and makes the occasion less enjoyable. He notes the item is something he must have anyway, reducing the sense of celebration.
Reich Troops Said Speeding Into Bulgaria
Belgrade dispatch reports German troop transports speeding toward southeast Europe with hundreds of Nazis in civilian overcoats already in Bulgaria. Parachute troops were said to be moved into Bulgaria and Romania as tensions rise after Britain cut ties with Bulgaria’s regime. Turkish press blamed Bulgarian premier Bogdan Philoff for not answering Churchill’s accusations about German airmen in Bulgaria. Telegraph agency said Churchill’s claim of Nazi occupation of Bulgarian airports was false.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
Pewsaper
Bulgaria
Bosphorus
Scandinavia
Rumania
Britain
Russia
Balkan
Philoff
Bogdan Philoff
Churchill
Bulgarian Telegraph Agency
Bulgarian
Otrat Politika
Free French column advances in Libya and Ethiopia
Cairo dispatch reports a Free French force under Col LeClerc completing a 100 mile Libyan desert march and seizing several oases in the Cufra area threatening Italy. The column disrupts Italian inter-communication as Libyan desert fighting continues. The Free French claim an Italian air base was stormed on February 7 after a heavy air attack.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ethiopia
Libyan
Italy
London
LeClerc
Libya
Explosion Kills Three Injures Six At Loop Laboratory
A blast at a 12 story building near Chicago Loop destroyed a top floor chemical lab in the Bawin Laboratories building. Three men were killed and six injured as a roof section and wall were blown out, bricks were hurled, and windows rattled within a half mile. The explosion occurred today with a wirephoto on page 9.
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Chicagg
Feb
Vasa
Bawin Laboratories
Kanawha Medical Society Backs General Hospital Plan
The Kanawha Medical Society voted to back a general hospital for the area and to form a civic group of business and professional people to plan the project. A continuing factfinding committee was named to cooperate with agencies, with Dr. Pat Tuckwiller leading the committee and Dr. Thomas Reed as chair. The report urges public responsibility for hospital facilities, noting the burden on medical professionals has grown and urging public support.
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Kanawha Medical Society
General Hospital
Pat. Tuckwiller
Special Hospital Committee
Thomas Reed
Chatltman
R. 8. Mclaughlin
Five die in three gas explosions in Philadelphia
Five people were killed and 26 injured as three gas explosions and a fire ripped a block of row houses on Greenwich Street in North Philadelphia. Firemen searched the devastated area for more victims after blasts at 5 a.m., 2 a.m., and four hours later. Eyewitnesses and officials described collapsed fronts, frightened residents fleeing, and rescuers pulling a family from a home amid the debris.
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Philadelphia
Devast
Tomight
Todd
Greenwich Street
North
Patladeiphia
Dares Clarke
Frank Rubi
Suraie Pas Teotrran
Watt of & Hove
Angelina Cherotala
Legal Gambling Is Urged in Maryland
A bill to legalize all forms of gambling in Maryland was introduced in the legislature. Sponsored by Dels. Fred Howell and Walter J. Locke the measure would set license fees from 25 dollars per table for certain card games to 50 dollars for other times or devices.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Craps
Faro and
Rowlette
Dels
Fred Howel
Baltimore
Walter J. Locke
5Th
Balto
Spain's Role in War Thoughts Crystallizing
Reports from Wichy indicate high level talks among Spain Italy and France as peace negotiations shape Spain's alignment with the Rome Berlin axis. Berlin dispatches suggest possible German attacks on Gibraltar via Spain and ongoing Franco Franco channels with Petain and Mussolini era figures amid secret Genoa talks.
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Wichy
Spain
Italy
France
Wiehly
Yatta
Rome-Herlin
Gibraltar
Marsal Henri Petain
Ahier
Villenueve Loubet
French Riviera
Bellaved
Ween
Berlin
Germans report peace talks with Greece amid Albania gains
NBC London broadcast reports a claimed German Greece peace negotiation that would allow Greece to retain all territory won in Albania. Several reports cited, but no confirmation from involved nations.
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New York
NBC
London
Greece
Albania
Italians vow to oust Mussolini with Free Italian committee
London reports a Free Italian committee supported by British Information Ministry aims to topple Benito Mussolini and aid Allied victory. Secretary Dr Dario Petrone and Treasurer Antonio Zanelli, labeled enemy aliens, were interned as authorities examine the movement.
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London
Ministry of Information
Benico Mussolini
Alles
Italy
Dario Petrone
Antonio Zanelli
Nat
Fragmented Query From Page Four Collides With Clues
The text reads as a partial line from page four possibly noting column or item reference SL a. Readable fragments show little context or clear event, making a definitive summary impossible but indicating a column note or brief item.
Greeks Advance In Tepeleni Area During War Front Push
Athens reports Greek troops resume initiative on the Albanian front after repelling Italian counterattacks. The Athens radio says 53 new British air attacks hit Fascist positions, aiding a Greek push in the Tepeleni area following a British air raid.
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Athens
Royal Air Force
Tepeleni
Willkie Testimony Urges Aid to Britain to Defend Freedom
Washington reports outline Wendell L. Willkie's Senate Foreign Relations testimony urging strong aid to Britain. He warns isolation could let totalitarian powers dominate Europe, notes Britain’s fight affects U.S. liberty, and argues lending material and destroyers speeds relief better than cash alone. He expresses belief Germany cannot successfully invade Britain.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
U.S
Germany
Ex Red’s Death Blamed on OGPU by Associates
Washington reports Associates of Gen Walter Krivitsky allege his death by suicide was staged as an OGPU murder. Attorneys and associates cite threats and prior murders of Bolsheviks as motives while authorities withhold a formal suicide certificate.
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Washington
Walter G. Krivitsky
OGFU
Louis Waldman
Gemen
OGPU
Albert Godman
Leon Trotsky
Mexico City
Chicago
Krivitsky
Mexico
Leathernecks Demonstrate Parachute Jumps at Lakehurst
Fifty two men at the naval air station near Lakehurst completed a course to become skilled parachute swoopers. They performed static line jumps from transport planes at 750 feet with parachutes opening automatically. The trainees are part of eighty parachute troops training at Lakehurst.
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Barehurst
N. J
INS
Naval Air Station
Lakehurst
Willkie Backs Lease-Lend Plan For Britain
Wendell Willkie urged passage of the lease lend bill in a crowded Senate committee room, proposing fast action and modifications to aid Britain, Greece, China, and the British empire. He warned Britain’s fall could push the U S into war within a month or two, and urged sending bombers and destroyers while reserving powers and clarifying terms. LaGuardia and Conant supported the measure, with Willkie stressing unity and speed.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate Foreign Relations
Britain
America
U. S
England
Great Britain
Willkie
Sen. Clark
D-Mo
Roosevelt
Willsie
LaGuardia
Conant Willkie
New York
James B. Conant
Harvard University
Europe
British Empire
Greece
China
U. 3
Sen
Johnson
Calif
Sen. Reynolds
D-N
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