MacKenzi Esquire Tyce Message From Press Writer
A press writer whose work spans many York papers reports a lengthy tone abroad and a strengthened line as he returns from an extended trip. He describes his overland journey eastward after about a month and a half away, noting his observations and evidence gathered on the ground.
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My Esquirle Tyce Miame
DeWyit Mackfeny Asioeistw Press
Wiler
Qinatyeung Yorke Events Ie
Mace Han Hoo
Fur East
Predicts Conquering Of Hitler This Year
A veteran analyst and foreign correspondent, visiting Ireland and other locations, predicts Hitler’s conquest will end in 1944 with Japan failing to push to the end of the year. He cites Allied power building in Europe and across the globe, and outlines expected outcomes from North Africa to the Libyan Front and beyond.
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Caucasus
Japan
Amalie
Ireland
Buyin
Lisbon
Athey
Reypt
Eighth Army
Chungking
Tre Puuried
Portine
India
Untitled wartime plan hints at Soviet strike strategy
The text outlines a 1944 wartime analysis showing Allied emphasis on a Soviet push to breach German lines via a major supply route from the Persian Gulf to Russia. It mentions plans to degrade German capacity and coordinate a broader Allied and Soviet offensive, aiming to prevent a prolonged Axis resistance and accelerate victory.
Russians 36 Miles Beyond Kharkov In New Drive Upon Kiev
Registration drive underway as volunteers sought to assist enrollment at local schools starting Monday morning. Officials outline division-based registration by alphabet, with hours and locations at Senior High Hardie Concord Jumbo High and Washlatan schools. Volunteers to complete consumer declaration forms and attach with ration bank numbers for Book No 2.
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Kharkov
Kiev
Rommel
Sbeitla
OFA
Tle
la Naip
Rouen
Dewey
Wil
Hardie
Concord
Jumbo High
Washlatan Eehoals
Dseh Ward
Fim
Gas ration widened as OPA eases rules
The Office of Price Administration expanded gas ration eligibility to thousands more motorists by allowing Q book use under certain circumstances despite occupations. Applications must be approved by local gallon boards and district OPA offices. Proving work-related driving and lack of alternatives is required, with car pooling noted. Senator Buckman dies at 64 in Langhorne after a yearlong illness.
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OPA
Agsnciated Press
Washington
Gailon
Japan Plans All-Out Assault In China
Tokyo asserts it will crush Chungking resistance as new central China offensives begin an all-out drive. Reports say Japanese air and ground forces push in the Yangtze valley near Shasi and Ichang while Allied forces strike back in New Guinea and the Solomon Sea theaters.
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China
Associated Press
London
Tokyo
Reuters
Japan
Yangtze Valley
Shasi-Ichang
Bombardier Colin Kelly's Gunner Listed Dead
Staff Sergeant Meyer Levin of Brooklyn, a bombardier who helped fire on the Japanese battleship Haruna with Captain Colin Kelly, was listed as killed in the Pacific. Levin, 25, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star for earlier actions, while Kelly perished during the Haruna strike in the early war weeks.
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Associated Press
New York
Meyer Levin
Brooklyn
Colin Kelly
Pacific
Samuel Levin
War Department
Young Levin
Ha- Hina
Kelly
Haruna
Levin
Second Bush Brother Held As Deserter
The second of two Bush brothers sought by military police, George R. Bush, 21, was captured in Jamestown New York and returned to Pittsburgh by Pvt. Richard H Linkert MiB. His brother Lawrence was arrested in Jamestown and sent to Pittsburgh. Harold Schalk of Erie, a third deserter, escaped earlier but was recaptured south of Jamestown. Both brothers left the 12th Tamront? unit at Camp Livingston over a year ago.
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Jamestown
N.Y
Pittsburgh
Richard H Linkert
George R. Bush
Third Street
Corr
Lawrence Bush
James Bush
Carrol
Harold Schalk
Erie
Bush
Bush Brothers
12Th
Tarantrr
Camp Livingston
Treasury report shows large day-to-day deficit on Feb 16
Treasury records dated February 16 list receipts of 24.88 million dollars and expenditures of 208.60 million, leaving a balance of 6.23 million. Total debt stands at 117.10 billion with an increase of 116.45 million over the prior day.
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Treasury
Washington
the Treasury
Finland Signals End of War Aim With Reds Soon
Helsinki aims to quit the war with the Reds as soon as possible and seeks U S help to switch sides from Hitler and move toward peace with Soviet Russia. Riita Ryti pushes for friendly United States ties as a new cabinet forms to exclude the current German minister, Rolf Witting, amid wartime strain and manpower limits.
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Finland
Reds
Glenn Babb
Helsinki
United States
Russia
Hitler
Red Army
Riato Ryti
Rolf Witting
Gas Pressure Maintained In Lines As Cold Snap Bites
Record cold drives temperatures to 22 below zero at times with lower readings across districts. Gas company officials report stable pressure in new lines despite prolonged frigid spell. Consumers urged to economize fuel to conserve supply.
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Howard Tevnery
Pennsylvany Gas Company
Maple Avenue
Paes
Ges Company
New U S 6th Army Forming in Australia
The United States to form the 6th Army in the southwest Pacific with Lieutenant General Walter Krueger slated to command. MacArthur remains commander in chief, and Major General Courtney Hodges will lead the new field army as a lieutenant general. Robert L. Eichelberger retains corps command. Krueger’s posting follows Pacific-area growth.
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Wasbington
Walter Krueger
Australia
6Th Army
Southwest Pacific
Stimson Krueger
3Rd Army
San Antonio
Texas
Douglas MacArthur
Stimson
America
MacArthur
Krueger
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
New Guinea
Courtney H. Hodges
Pincers Close Around Germans At Orel In Ukraine Drive
Soviet forces push from Kharkov northwest toward Kiev 260 miles away as they strike across the Dnieper region. German resistance concentrates on Orel and the Seim river area while Moscow reports major offensives across multiple sectors from Leningrad to the Caucasus.
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Associated Press
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kiev
London
Dnieper
Hiilier
Bac
Hitler
Enarkov
Nasi
Leningrad
Caucasus
Sea of Azav
Orel
Ain
Moscow
Seim River
Dmitr Ay
Condition of Gandhi Critical in Acanda
Bombay reports Gandhi's health worsens during his fast reaching day nine. Communique signed by six doctors notes he had nine hours sleep but remains unrefreshed with progressive tremors and feebler heart action. Government surgeon general among signatories.
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Bombay
India
Tnedia
Mohandas K. Ganini
Gandhi
Immeluding
House Republicans Win on Funds Bill
Washington Feb 18 A 116972018 appropriations bill bearing the House economy bloc’s imprint was turned over to the Senate today with funding Roosevelts requests for the National Resources Planning Board. The largest cut, 331168 on the 12189200 allotment for the Federal Home Loan Administration.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
National Resources Piafinine Board
Waderel Home Loan
ProTane Gas Blast Burns Three In Columbus Home
A propane gas blast at the HT. Manioe residence in Columbus injured Mrs Charles Weltete and three children, Charles Jr aged 3 and Gloris 4, with one son Jack 7 escaping to the cellar. The explosion occurred as a tank was being disconnected, blowing out living room windows and opening a door. The mother and two children were hospitalized in serious condition, while a fourth child, Bachara 2, was unharmed in another room. Neighbors aided the family before responders arrived.
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Charles, Jr
Gloris
Manioe
Sit
Columbus
Walters
Keppel
Lisle
Ele
Sion
Fares
Wim
Jack
Bachara
Senate bloc urges deferment of farm labor
More than 30 senators propose depistation and furloughs to keep experienced agricultural workers from military service. Bankhead plans to introduce measures with broad support to ease a growing food production shortfall, amid War Department talks of releasing units for emergency harvests. Critics warn small farmers may not benefit.
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Washington
Stinying
Bankhead
D-Ala
War Department
Holiday bill grants deferment priority for men with children
A House military affairs committee vote approved the Holiday bill to give men with children draft deferment priority and to move selective service draft appeals to a statewide board basis rather than local. Also noted, Navy and government actions on salaries and dismissals, plus air raids and RAF bombing reports from the era.
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Assovister Press
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Alcohol Group Seeks Stricter Liquor Controls
Harrisburg February 16 The Pennsylvania Alcoholic Study Inc urged retaining centralized liquor license control rather than local focus. It opposed exempting clubs from quota law and called for license transfer moratorium, appeals to superior court, elimination of emergency tax and licensing power kept with the central board to avoid local influence.
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Pssvenueueres
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ee Study, Inc
General Assembly
Weny
Retai Ucenses
Superior Court
Quar Control Board
Central Board
U S Forces Withdrawal on 30 Mile Front Reported
Washington expects Americans to make a successful stand as stronger defense lines form in the Bear Hill area. Rome states an allied counter attack was repulsed and forces begin withdrawal along a 30 mile front.
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U. S
Washington
Bear Hill
Rome
British Advancing Rapidly to Relieve Pressure on Yanks
Allied field dispatch reports three key Tunisian towns fell to veteran German columns as British forces push toward the Ayis-beld Muaubis Line. American troops retire into Algeria’s mountains near Tebessa as heavy German armor maintains pressure on the front.
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Dy Associabl Press Allied
Tunisia
Ayis-beld Muaubis
Tebessa
Algeria
Wimisian
Aamerism
Stimson Warns of Local Reverses in Tunisia
Secretary of War Stimson said American forces in central Tunisia suffered serious local setbacks with heavy casualties in personnel and equipment. He noted the Axis attack coincided with British reorganizations in Tripolitania and northern Tunisia, stressing the setbacks should not be exaggerated despite the heavy tank losses to German dive bombers.
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Stimson
U. 5
Associated Press
Washington
Tunteta
Stinson
Tunisia
Ath Amy
Tripolitanis
German Defeat With New Mark VI Tanks Reported
Field dispatches indicate a decisive German setback as Mark VI tanks head a failed attack that wrecked American armored strength. Officials doubt the German push will extend far, fearing counterattacks by Montgomery in the south and Anderson in the north. The bulletin notes a six mile thrust from the Fulda region toward Tunisian borders, with Bel such as Sbeltia and Pertain referenced in the confusion.
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Bernard K. Montgomery
K. A. N. Anderson
Germ
Dwight Dy. Eisenhower
Sbeltia
Kasserine
Ferlany
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