Rationing Of Shoes To Begin Tomorrow
London reports Prime Minister Churchill returns from a 10000 mile air tour of North Africa and the Middle East. He met ministers soon after arrival and will deliver a first hand report to the House of Commons amid calls to speed the invasion of Europe. Observers note the Russian advance threatens the German position.
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London
Churchill
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Times
Casablanca
Cairo
Adana
Algiers
England
Amer
Ican
William van der Klott
Sarasota
Fla
Roosevelt
Aadan
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Cyprus
Tripoli
Henri Honore Giraud
Georges Catroux
Dwight D. Eisenhower
K. A. N. Anderson
First Army
Britain
House of Commons
Sudden Shoe Rationing Ordered by Byrnes
Economic Stabilization Director James Byrnes announced a shoe rationing program starting immediately with three pairs per person per year. Exemptions cover house slippers and infant soft soles, while many types including women evening slippers and spike shoes are banned. Coupons come from sugar stamps, with No. 17 valid until June 15, and no refunds for other ration coupons. Stores may stock and sell as needed.
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Washington
White House
Economic Stabilization
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Armed Services
Harold W. Volk
Dallas
Texas
National Shoe Retailers Association
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Soviet Push Opens Fourth Battle for Rostov
Soviet forces shell German positions across the Don toward Rostov as Azov falls, isolating Rostov and threatening Kharkov and Kursk. Vatutin’s army advances on multiple fronts, with rail lines cut and German reserves rushed to stem the assault in Southern Russia.
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Rostov
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Savitsi
Kharkov
Slavyansk
Nicolai F. Vatutin
Donets
Oskol
Kursk
Kupyansk
London
Vatutin
Kramatorskaya
Sea of Azov
Caucasus
American bombers strike Naples harbor in daylight raid
Heavy American bombers attacked Naples harbor in two waves, causing large fires and hitting three ships. Brig. Gen. Patrick Timberlake called it one of the most successful U S Air Force raids in the theater and a prologue of things to come. Two Me 109s shot down, one bomber missing. targets included Massaniello and Vittorio Emanuele piers.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Naples
Patrick W. Timberlake
U. S. Air Force Bomber Command
Middle East
United States
Massaniello
Vittorio Emanuele
Naples Harbor
Lorient Faces Worst RAF Bombing Of War
The RAF pounded the German submarine base at Lorient France last night in what the air ministry called its worst hit of the war to date. The raid damaged the port turning it into a sea of flames and involved seven bombers reported lost. The attack also hit Ruhr industry and northern Italy with daylight U S air forces joining in.
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Lorient
France
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Italy
U. S
Berlin
Atlantic
Folkestone
Dover Strait
Germany
England
Rhineland
Belgium
Record Claim Highlights Large Nicholson Family in Army
Hartsville South Carolina February report notes Richard Nicholson a 58 year old farmer from Darlington County says he and his wife have 24 sons serving in the armed forces. He lists 12 sons including Andrew Whit Dan Raymond Piles Bill Graham Fred Dock Will Ezekiel and Isaac and says he has 12 more children for a total of 24.
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Hartsville
8. C
Richard Nicholson
Darlington County
Andrew
Whit
Dan
Raymond
Piles
Bill
Graham
Fred
Dock
Will Ezekiel
Isaac
Wine Control Slated For Third Reading
Raleigh February 8 The wine control bill moves to third reading in the House as the General Assembly resumes. Introduced by Rep Shelley Caveness it would create a wine control department with a $6000 annual head and raise the alcoholic content limit from 14 to 20 percent in dry counties. A public hearing on a statewide prohibition referendum is set for Thursday at 2 30 p.m. in the House chamber.
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General Assembly
Shelley Caveness
Guilford
House
Brawley
Durham
Price
Rutherford
Manpower Taxes and Lend-Lease Top Congressional Hearings
Congress hears from Herbert Hoover and three cabinet members on manpower distribution between armed forces and home front. Wickard warns food shortages without increased production. Stimson Knox and Emory Land face questions on lend-lease aid to Allies including China. White House may push pay as you earn income tax bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitol Hill
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Senate
Wickard
Senate Military Committee
Stimson
the Navy
Knox
Emory S. Land
Maritime Commission
China
White House
Land's Figures Spur Lend Lease Use and War Manpower Bill
Land disclosed that American vessels logged 1 745 lend lease sailings through Oct 31 1942 with 1 375 to Britain 304 to Russia and 66 to China He predicted increased lend lease sailings in 1943 and a dry cargo fleet surpassing Britain by year end A second measure proposes a National War Service Act granting President Roosevelt sweeping power to mobilize manpower and womanpower for war effort with no change to existing labor laws The act targets all registered under the Selective Service Act except active military members including WAACS WAVES and SPARS
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China
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Congress
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N-Ny
Austin
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Selective Service Act
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WAVES
SPARS
Hoover Sees Army Size Shrink in 1943 For War Needs
President Hoover said the army size must be modified at least for 1943 and urged mobilizing up to 1,000,000 more workers in farming metal and oil. He noted a three year war ahead, predicted 11,000,000 military by year end, and warned against overstraining the home front.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Germany
Comic Strips Reduced to Four Columns for Conservation
The Enterprise will switch to four column daily comic strips for the duration to save paper and metal. NEA Service Corp notes zinc is limited and asks papers to join the move.
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NEA Service Corp
U S Warplanes Raid Cagliari Across Mediterranean
Allied headquarters reported American B 26 Marauders and B 17s with P 38 escorts bombed Cagliari Sardinia yesterday afternoon. Ground fighting in Tunisia minimal as Wellington bombers hit additional Axis air fields. several enemy fighters shot down, one Allied plane lost.
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Mediterranean
Cagliari
Sardinia
Tunisian
Tunisia
Tyrrhenian Sea
Italy
Budget Director urges urgent action on pay as you go plan
Budget Director Harrd D. Smith told Treasury and Congress to move immediately on pay as you go tax legislation so the plan can start April 1. He hinted White House influence to resolve legislative details and suggested possible cancellation of up to three quarters of 1942 taxes to start current collections.
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Budget Appeals For
Washington
Harrd D. Smith
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Smith
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Administration
Fourth battle of Rostov shatters Nazi lines under shellfire
World War II updates report heavy fighting about Rostov with Nazi positions under siege. Russians claim breakthroughs near Kharkov and on both sides of Kursk as Allied air and ground actions intensify across the Mediterranean and Pacific fronts.
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Associated Press
Rostov
Kharkov
Kursk
U S Troops Hold Strong Position At Guadalcanal
American forces report a 40 to 50 mile overland thrust placing troops in a strong strike position on Guadalcanal near Cape Esperance five miles from Japanese headquarters at Titi. MacArthur’s forces push in New Guinea around Wau threatening Salamaua as 39 Japanese casualties are tallied in Wag area skirmishes.
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Guadalcanal
Cape Esperance
United States
Cape
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Solomons
Knox
Titi
MacArthur
Wau
New Guinea
Salamaua
Big Island
Australia
Lawmakers Cancel Planned Camp Lejeune Trip
Raleigh February 8 The legislature will not take its proposed trip to Camp Lejeune and Seymour Johnson Field near Goldsboro Major General Julian Smith commanding officer of the Marine base at New River said today that vehicles were not available to transport lawmakers on the junket.
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Camp Lejeune
Seymour Johnson Field
Goldsboro
Julian Smith
Marine
New River
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