Russians Break Through to New Bridges Over Donets
Soviet forces under Col. Gen. Nikolai Vatutin push west and south across Ukraine and the Donets Basin smashing German communications and threatening encirclement. Izyum and Yuma taken give third and fourth Donets bridgeheads while Vatutin’s mobile units dash into enemy rear. Rostov suburbs reported, with five miles to the city, though not independently confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Donets
Hitler
Rostov
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Kursk
Izyum
Yuma
Kamensk
Proletarsk
Vatutin
Stockholm
London
London Telegraph
City
Berlin
Associated Press
Don Estuary
Mussolini Dismisses Ciano in Likely Hitler-Ordered Move
London observers view Mussolini's sudden removal of Galeazzo Ciano as a cornered ruler's action. The cabinet shakeup tightens control as Italy orders broad mobilization for war industry and faces Axis setbacks amid Casablanca talks and Soviet defeats.
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Mussolini
Ciano
Hitler
London
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Africa
Il Duce
Russia
Casablanca
Rome
Reuters
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Agriculture
Churchill Visits Eighth Army and Parade in Tripoli
Prime Minister Churchill visited the British Eighth Army in Tripoli, reviewed Empire and American troops in Piazza D Italia, then departed for an undisclosed destination. He flew 1,000 miles from Cairo to Castel Benito and praised the army’s deeds. An Algiers radio broadcast claimed Montom ery’s forces were deep inside Tunisia advancing toward the Mareth line.
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Cairo
Churchill
Casablanca
Eighth Army
Tripoli
Bernard L. Montemery
Ripoli
Piazza D'Italia
Axis
Gibraltar
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Portuual
Francisco Franco
Spain
General Montgomery
United Nations
Castel Benito
Turkey
Cyprus
Peo- Churchill
New Zealand
London
Algiers
Bernard L. Montery
Tunisia
Mareth
Rommel
Reuters
Bergonzoli Reported Prisoner in Washington
Italian newspaper claimed General Annibale Bergonzoli former Black Shirt commander captured in Libya in 1941 was moved to Washington as a prisoner of war. No confirmation from Washington authorities despite Red Cross notification to his sister. He was last reported in northern India among 52 Italian generals held at a war prisoner camp.
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I Popolo D'Italia
Cannobbio
Italy
Annibale Bergonsoli
Black Shirt Corps
Libya
Washington
Associated Press
Switzerland
Begonzoli
India
Bengasi
Ethiopia
Spain
Fourteen Die in Midair Bomber Collision Near Newberry
Greenville Army Air Base officials confirm fourteen airmen died when two medium bombers collided during a routine training flight from Tampa. Witnesses sighted wreckage in a pine woods near Hubert Carlisle’s farm south of Newberry. A board of officers investigates possible collision as cause.
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Greenville
S. C
Greenville Army Air Base
Newberry
Tampa
Fla
H. T. Wong
Hubert Carlisle
Guadalcanal Grip Tightened On Island Fight
American ground forces tightened their grip on Guadalcanal as sea and air combat continued around the Solomons. Distant skies and nearby seas aided the effort to check Japanese reinforcements in the ongoing Southwestern Pacific battle.
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Guadalcanal
Washington
Solomons Islands
Pacific
Moderate Japanese and U S losses in Solomons, Knox says
Secretary Knox reported that both Japanese and American air and surface forces suffered moderate losses as the Solomon Islands battle develops. He noted no decisive Japanese objective or force size is yet known and described the action as in a preliminary stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solomon Islands
Knox
Navy
Solomons
Another Bridge In Burma Hit By U S Airmen
New Delhi Feb 6 American bombers again struck the Myitnge bridge near Mandalay a key link in Japanese Burma communications The 10th U S Air Force said direct hits with small caliber bombs and near misses with larger bombs were achieved Japanese efforts to repair the bridge continue along with anti aircraft defenses drawn from other theaters Escorts protected bombers as they hit northern Burma railways and cuttings south of Meza to induce landslides All aircraft and personnel returned safely
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Gua
Solomon Island
Navy
Guadalcanal
Tassafaronga
Tassafaronga Beach
MacArthur
Ambon
Lorengau
Talase
U. S
Solomon Islands
Pacific
New Delhi
India
Myitnge
Mandalay
Burma
U. S. Air Force
Rangoon
Irrawaddy
Meza
Japs Claim Pacific Fleet Losses In Solomons
The Berlin radio quoted Japanese claims that U S naval losses in the Solomons totaled six battleships, four aircraft carriers, 34 cruisers, 21 destroyers and several submarines and minesweepers. No Allied confirmation was given and a Navy spokesman called the numbers grossly exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States Navy
Berlin
Solomons
Navy Department
Washington
Allied theater of operations announced in North Africa
Allied force headquarters 발표 today established a North African theater of operations with Lieut General Dwight D. Eisenhower as commander in chief of all Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
North Africa
Allied Force Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Inexperienced U.S. Forces Prepare for Tunisian Clash
Allied Headquarters reports an untested American armor and infantry force poised to for its first confrontation with a veteran Axis army of about 170000 in Tunisia. Axis troops stream reinforcements, including new tanks and Me 109s, while Rommel faces pressure from the British Eighth Army and a logistics push from Ike’s command.
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Allied
North Africa
Tunisia
Libya
North
Africa
Hitler
Mediterranean
Marshal Rommel
Eighth Army
Ember
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Union Seamen Cleared Of Unloading Charges
The House Naval Sub-Committee, after hearing testimony about rumors that union sailors refused to unload ships at Guadalcanal, found no such incident occurred. Chairman Magnuson and members Herbert and Bonner called the stories untrue and planned further inquiries with Beacon Journal sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Naval Sub-Committee
Guadalcanal
Charles C. Miller
Akro (O) Benson-Journal
Navy
Knox
Alexander A. Vandergrift
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Magnuson
D-Wash
Herbert
D-La
Bonner
DNC
Beacon Journal
Miller
Helen Waterhouse
Brereton Takes Command of U S Forces in Middle East
Maj. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton assumes overall command of American forces in the Middle East, succeeding Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews who becomes commander in the European theater. The changes connect Brereton with early aviation pioneers and his prior leadership of the Ninth U.S. Air Force in the Egyptian Libyan campaign.
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Cairo
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Middle East
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Dwight D. Eisenhower
French North Africa
London
Brereton
Henry H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
U.S. Air Force
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
War Council Formed by Giraud Reflects FDR Influence
The Cassablanca linked war committee replaces the Darlan era imperial council with Giraud as commander in chief and secretary general Jean Bergeret. Auguste Nogues Pierre Boisson and Marcel Peyrouton join as governors general of French Morocco West Africa and Algeria respectively. The panel may expand to include De Gaulle representatives, signaling progress in the Giraud De Gaulle liaison. Catroux is expected to join in Algiers, shaping the new administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Creacon
Cassablanca
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
West Africa
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Imperial Council
Chie
de Gaulle
See-Saw Fight Over Hill 648 in Tunisia Struggles
In Tunisia a see-saw battle for Diebel Mansour Hill 20 miles southwest of Pont Du Fahs continues amid bad weather that slowed air activity. German, Italian forces claim a dominating position while Allied efforts seek to hold Bou Arada and nearby routes through the mountain corridor. Air actions target Axis transport and ground patrols, with mixed results for missing pilots and ongoing clashes along the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Tunisia
Diebel Mansour
Pont du Fahs
Bou Arada
Tunisian
Gabes
Gafsa
Italaan High Command
Rome
Flynn acquitted on statutory rape charges in Los Angeles
Actor Errol Flynn was acquitted today of three counts of statutory rape after a 13 hour jury deliberation. The court found no proof of intimate relations with two alleged victims Peggy La Rue Satterlee and Betty Hansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Betty Hansen
Fear Lend-Lease Goals Harden By Shipping Strains
Washington reports congressional fear that U S lend-lease commitments and foreign relief are beyond reach due to strained shipping and civilian manpower. Agriculture Secretary Wickard warned some farming commitments lag and a food shortage may loom amid calls for over 200 million dollars in relief funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Joun H H. Wiggins
Washington
Lendlease
Wickyard
Herbert H. Lehman
Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Committee
Shortened Legislature Sights No-Show Session In Raleigh
In Raleigh the General Assembly met briefly with 19 members present to consider local bills only. The Senate passed six local measures while the House added one new bill and approved two on liquor funds. hearings on a statewide liquor referendum were announced. The appropriations panel added 835,468 to the biennial budget and approved annual funds for the Lexington Orphanage, Gastonia Hospital, and other state homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
House
New Hanover
Durham
Rep. Price of
Rutherford
Rep
Brawley
Joint Appropriations Committee
North Carolina Junior Order
Lexington
N.C. Orthopedic Hospital
Gastonia
State Home and Industrial School
Masonic Orphanage
Oxford
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Sened
Britain
Gen
Bergonzoli
The
Kalarno Mannio
Pilot
Crystal Falls
Mich
Donald G. Alley
Rockford
John E. Wilson
Muscatine
Iowa
Julius *. Zarchin
Navigator
New York City
Randolph V. Donaldson
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Francis Bardell
Co-Pilot
Brooklyn
N. Y
John B. MecFalls
Fred McFalls
N. C. Tech
Lyle Vinson
Arrowsmith, Dl
Allen M. Steen
Crowley
Basil R. Link
Camden
Ind
Harold B. Brown
Aledo
Ill
Franklin G. Morris
San Francisco
Dean Loren
Minneapolis
Sec. Knox
Douglas
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Gen. Brereton
War Council
FDR
Giraud-De Gaulle
Georges Catroux
Syria
Army
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