World War II correspondent returns from abroad
AP dispatch notes DeWitt Mac Anwcuted Press critic and correspondent resumes duty after a five and a half day aerial journey from New York to Miami. He describes views on China Germany and Japan and expects Allied victory in 1043 while praising military efforts across Libya Palestine India and Iraq during his extended tour. Page 8.
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Fie
DeWitt Mac
World 4
Convienon
Hitler
Weiss
Cancesus
Japan
New York
Ireland
England
Africa
Pales
India
Rea
Iraq
Miami
Scrap Quota Report Praises Southeast Alabama Drive
The report notes Alabama’s scrap output and a Southeast lead in 1943, with Governor Chauncey and Tom Braggree highlighting the effort. It praises boards and War Production as mobilizing scrap drives to support national defense, urging continued public participation as campaigns shift from 1942 to 1943.
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Boards of Scrap Metal
Alabama
Allied forces push toward key towns in central theater
Fragmentary World War II dispatch reports Allied tank columns advancing about eight miles toward newly recaptured positions near center. Heavy air and naval activity, with Japanese ships and aircraft said to be engaged, while American troops hold the Mareth Line and push toward targets in the Pacific, Alaska, and Aleutians.
Rommel drives into Tunisia as three towns fall to Axis
Allied reports say American armored units withdrew into the Tebesna region after a harsh defeat by Erwin Rommel’s desert tanks. Axis forces captured Sberile Kasgerine and Ferlang, advancing six miles from Gundey near Faid Pass. Tebensa lies about 12 miles inside Algeria near the frontier as Rommel presses southward.
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North Africa
Tebesam
Algeria
Erwin Rommel
Sberile
Kasgerine
Ferlang
Gundey
Faid Pass
Tunisia
Tebensa
Algena
Tunisian
Rommel
Germany
Navy Builds Bigger Battleships And Planes
The Navy advances bigger battleships and larger aircraft while keeping a balanced approach. A tour of Brooklyn Navy Yard and Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp highlights production of powerful warships and Wildcat fighters plus Avenger torpedo bombers. The ships recently escorted air strikes in the Solomons, sustaining minor damage.
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Clark Lee
NEW York
United States Navy
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Wich
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
Bethpage, LL
Solomons
Sufferme
Last Minute BULLETINS From Global Newsroom
AP reports Goebbels claims to tell the unvarnished truth on the front. A Berlin broadcast, Italian editor Gayde denial fuels Axis tensions over a negotiated peace. Gandhi’s fate prompted anxiety in Bombay amid Indian government communique. Navy Secretary Knox says Walter Winchell placed on inactive duty. A cap on early volunteer drafts announced for Army and Navy under a new plan.
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New York
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Germany
Berlin
Associated Press
London
Virginio Gayde
Axis
Giajda
Lotten Rauch
Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Washington (Ap
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
House Naval Committee
Walter Winchell
Naval Reserve
House Votes 35 to 2 for Fathers Priority Draft Deferment
The House Military Affairs Committee approved a bill by a 35 to 2 vote to grant deferment priority to fathers and to shift draft quotas from local boards to statewide. The bill creates four groups with indiction order by marital and dependent status, and adds an Elston amendment restricting occupational-based inductions.
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Washington
House Military Affatra
Basia
Andrews
R.M
Sheridan
D-Pa
Elston
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
May
Military Committee
Rules Committee
House
Selective Service
War Department
Nipponese Plan Renewed Drive in Central China
A Tokyo broadcast quoted a Japanese army spokesman saying Japan plans to crush Chinese resistance with a renewed offensive in central China. He noted eight attacking columns in Hubei with progress limited as Chinese forces regain ground. He also mentioned landings on the Liuchow peninsula near Kwangtow and warned of a potential push toward Changsha in Hunan.
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London
Toksa
Teaters
Japan
China
Centon
Kwantung Province
Changcba
Hunan
Searé
Liuchow
Kwangchowwan
South China
Krueger Named Field Commander For U S 6th Army In SW Pacific
Secretary of War Stimson announces Lieutenant General Walter Krueger will command a new U S 6th Army in the southwest Pacific. MacArthur remains supreme Allied commander in the region. Krueger replaces General Courtney Hodges as commander of the 3rd Army.
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Gen. Krueger
U. S
6Th Army
Washington
Walter Krueger
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Krueger
3Rd Army
San Antonio
Texas
Douglan MacArthur
MacArthur
Hespant
Robert Ya Eichelberger
Evrhelberger
cCorpa
Stamson
Hag Ban
New Guinea
Krieger
Gene A
Courtney H Hodges
Mir
Byrtue
Hla New Joh
Curtain of Dense Vapor Looms Over Panama Canal Zone
AP reports a new dense vapor curtain as a rapid defense line around the Panama Canal and its vital approaches. A smoky screen, tested with torches and burners, dimmed the canal’s view within minutes, signaling early operational capability but leaving many details still secret.
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Panama Zone
SY Chandler Diehl
ARMY
Panama Canal Zone
Brooke Ve
Panama Canal
Pacific
Mente
Canal de Tenne
Cana Fian
Amien
Registration Hours Set On Ration Books
Houten County residents may register for War Ration Book Two from Monday February 2 through Friday. Ming Elizabeth Eapy of the county War Price and Rationing Board announced registration at all county schools from 9 am to 4 pm. In Dothan, registration days will rotate among schools with volunteer registrars and teachers at Highland Monday, Tuesday at Weet Burdehaw, and Wednesday at No. 6 on Page 4.
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Houten County
Ming Elizebeth Eapy
Informetion
County War Price and Rationing Board
Inar
Dothan
Highland
Jury Opens Trial Of Assault Case At Pittmans Camp
The trial of Pry We are charged with raping Mie toueany fee Berrington at Pittmans Tourist Camp near Montgomery Kilgawa west of triad on a Friday night following arrival. Welch admitted consensual relations with Berrington. The State presented testimony from Mia Berrington Currin Solientes Keener Warley, and Welch faced Grand Jury indictment in December.
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Pry
Mie
Herrington
Ty Taethan
Aleey
Wittmanas
U S Women Return To Kitchen And Sewing Room
AP writer Cynthia Lowry notes a wartime shift with rationing and marriages driving women toward home roles. Stores teach sewing and home economics while society debates work and domestic life amid changing expectations and wartime constraints.
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U. S
Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
Pdith Donne
Ban on Canned Meat and Fish Sells Under OPA Decree
Market restrictions halt public sale of canned meats and fish under an OPA order issued at the request of Secretary Wickard. The rule targets common canned goods and by products while allowing limited sales to canners and bulk buyers to stockpile for shortages. The move aims to protect supply, with easing anticipated in March and new packing rules to follow.
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OPA
Washington
Wade
Aildoight
Agriculture
Wickard
OPA Aeid
York
Atovka
Fepgan
Athndle
Gulf
Senators Form Bloc To Demand Farm Deferment
A coalition of over thirty Senators formed to push legislation for mandatory deferment of experienced agricultural workers and others in the armed forces to address a growing farm labor shortage. The measures, supporters say, aim to protect civilian production and ensure steady food output despite military demands. The report notes Senator Bankhead of Alabama as a leading advocate.
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John IL Wilstyinn Wabhingtoin
Auid
Buih
Arta
Bankhead
D-Alas
Mme Chiang Warns U S of Japan’s Mounting Strength
A wartime report describes Mme Chiang Kai-shek warning the United States about Japan's growing military power and potential aggression. She urges steadfast Allied unity and warns against complacency, stressing the need for decisive action to deter Japanese expansion.
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Mme. Chiang
U. 5
Japan
Japs Claim Huge Losses Inflicted On U S Warplanes
Report from the Associated Press states Japanese air and naval forces claim heavy strikes against U S aircraft over the Aleutians and Pacific fronts. The dispatch notes Japanese counterattacks, bombing raids, and reported downed Allied planes while advancing positions near Japanese-held areas and reporting setbacks for American air power through late January to mid February.
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U. S
Soviet Front Advances Push Germans From Kharkov Area
Soviet reports say Red Army drives pierced into the Kharkov region with gains north of Kurs, claiming destruction of tanks and war gear. Allied radio and Moscow communiqués describe heavy fighting, encirclements, and sustained pressure along a wide front in Ukraine and towards Donbass.
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Moscow
Kharkovan
Nsathera
Darprr
Donets
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WbaArkuv
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Ladoga
Kharkov
Muesian Cou
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Archite
Cul
Geo
Goilkoy
Kherku
Bron
Bombers Attack Japs on Munda Island
US air forces attacked Japanese positions on Munda during February 17th to 18th. Dauntless dive bombers and Wildcats operated from carrier and shore bases, targeting Kolombengern and surrounding areas while U.S. Marines shelled shipping in the region.
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Japanes
Tee Alana Denchs
SAS
Sete
Munda
Uae
Dauntless
Atraconra Bet Pagard
Munda Om New Creepla Toland
United Mates Airestaft
Kolombengern Taland
American Milimarine Tel
Jeraneae Shipping
Acatterad
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