Germans suffer heavy losses as Krivoi Rog siege tightens
Soviet dispatch reports 15,000 German troops killed and 2,000 captured at Nikopol while encirclement closes on Krivoi Rog. Allies press toward Kherson and Nikolaev after breaking German lines in the Dnieper Bend. Red Star notes spring arrival and harsh mud hindering retreat.
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Moscow
Krivoi Rog
Black Sea
Kherson
Nikolaev
Dnieper
Nikopol
Hitler
Russia
Luga
Krivoi
Iron Center
Delenivka
Nikolaev-Kiev
Red Star
Cherkasy
Germany
Finns Deny Surrender Despite All-Out Pressure
Stockholm Feb 9 Finnish foreign office spokesman denied any surrender intention even if Helsinki were razed and said the war stance would not change. Reports of a statement by Finland's legation in Washington were rejected as false. The Pravda editorial warned of Soviet border protection east of Petrozavodsk and promised retribution, while German and Swiss papers suggested talks under Hull's warning could shape negotiations.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Finnish Foreign Office
Legation
Inshington
Eee
Hustadsbladet
Ashington
Foreign Office
Te Hull
Nder
Finland
Pravdat
Petrozavodsk
Red
Soviet Union
Inki
Red Army
la Suisse
Geneva
Hull
Hull'sing
Bankhead Defends Food Subsidy Bill in Senate
Senator Bankhead argues against ending government payments to regulate consumer food prices, claiming subsidies boost consumer purchasing power and help stabilize wartime inflation. He supports extending the Commodity Credit Corporation and the current subsidy program beyond June 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hyndman
Washington
Senate
Ator Bankhead
D-Ala
Bankhead
House
Comity Credit Corporation
CCC
Strike Continues in Fall River Textile Mills
The nine week old textile strike continued today as three independent craft members refused to return to work seven mills taken over by the government under a presidential order. The strike affecting 6000 workers was upheld unanimously at a meeting of loom fixers, knotters and slasher tenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Negro Troops Cause Melee In Asheville En Route
In Asheville a four hour brawl involving Black soldiers and police left five soldiers and a city officer slightly injured. The troops, en route to Camp Sutton after a Tennessee assignment, clashed after white military police arrested a soldier in a cafe. The incident damaged cafes and property as officers cordoned the area to restore order.
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Asheville
C. W. Dermid
Eagle
Camp Sutton
Monroe
Tennessee
Dermid
A. B. Cole
Oies
Japanese transport limits use of occupied resources
The Domei dispatch to the Asian press reports the Office of War Information says transportation problems are restricting Japan from utilizing resources in occupied areas.
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New York
Domei News Agency
Asiatic Press
Office of War Information
Japan
U S Marauders Strike German Atlantic Wall Again
U S Marauder bombers joined RAF aircraft in heavy attacks on northern France targets after dawn. The raids followed night operations and aimed at German installations including the Limoges engine works. Allied losses totaled multiple bombers and fighters. Frankfurt, Brittany, and Boulogne were among voiced targets as Rommel reinforced the invasion front.
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London
U. S
France
Germany
Rhone
Limoges
Frankfurt
Boulogne
Calais
Ranger air raid off Norway debunks sunk claim
The U S S Ranger raided enemy waters off Norway destroying at least six ships including four merchants and a tanker. Planes from the carrier, praised by Captain Gordon Rowe, carried out two attack waves totaling 31 000 pounds of bombs and downed two Axis planes.
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Washington
Norway
Atlantic
North Africa
Hitler
Ranger
Otto von Bulow
United States Navy
Gordon Rowe
Seattle
Kansas Warden Resigns Over State Execution Policy
Warden M F Amrine of the Kansas state prison resigned rather than oversee an execution he called an evasive action unworthy of a civilized state. He handed his resignation to Governor Andrew Schoeppel after the governor denied clemency for Fred L Brady and set April 15 for the hanging. He said he did not wish to participate when the state turns to the barbarous rite of killing.
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Topeka
Kas
M. F. Amrine
Kansas State Prison
Andrew Schoeppel
Fred L. Brady
Amline
German deserter from Nazi ranks aids Allied cause
In Istanbul on February 9, Erich Vermehren, a 24 year old clerk to the German embassy military attache, deserted the Nazis with his wife Countess Elisabeth Pletterberg. He provided valuable information and is now identified by Allied spokesmen as aiding the Allies. The couple reached Allied territory after German agents pursued them and Gestapo investigated.
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Istanbul
Erich Vermehren
Petra Vermehren
Vermehren
Elisabeth Pletterberg
Lisbon
Draul Leverkuehn
Turkey
Vasenteen
Mee
Gestapo
Franz von Papen
Bursa
British concern on US Persian Gulf to Mediterranean pipeline plan
London February 9 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said he expects a report from Lord Halifax ambassador to the United States on the proposed American pipeline from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
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London
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Commons
Anthony Eden
The
House
Lord Halifax
United States
Red and Blue ration tokens to begin Feb 27 delivery
The Office of Price Administration says 14,000 U S bankers will distribute new Red and Blue ration tokens for all rationed foods by February 27 with exchanges starting February 17 so retailers have token supplies on hand when the currency becomes valid.
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Washington
U. S
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Russia Reds Spring New Trap Near Dnieper Bend
Map shows Russian encirclement efforts around the Dnieper Bend trapping five German infantry divisions at Nikopol and Apostolovo. Aims to seal off remnants of about 100,000 Nazis near Cherkasy and northwest of Smela as German-held territory is shaded.
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Dnieper
Nikopol
Apostolovo
Cherkasy
Smela
Toll Of Jap Planes Grows In New Britain
Allied airmen claim 13 more Japanese planes shot down over Rabaul, raising February total to 111 destroyed in seven raids. Ground facilities were hit, with 10 probables. Allied losses stand at 36 planes. The report notes ground wrecks and repeated strikes as Japanese air attacks on Arawe and Cape Gloucester were repulsed.
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Southwe Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Congo
Bougainville
Green Island
War bond talk by Pullman conductor urged in Raleigh
Raleigh February 9 After calling stations Pullman Conductor D B Foster returns to the head of the car and makes a rousing war bond talk Foster appointed himself a committee of one to aid the war effort in May 1941.
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Raleigh
Pullman
D. B. Foster
Foster
Mechanical Cotton Picker Signals Big Southern Economic Shift
Washington reports officials foresee a major postwar economic change in the South with widespread use of two-row mechanical cotton pickers. 15 years may pass before full impact and 400,000 to 500,000 sharecropping families face job losses or shifts to other farming as production concentrates in coastal plains of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi Delta, and new developments in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Washington
South
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi Delta
Oklahoma
Texas
International Harvester Company
Machini
Brazil
Argentina
Egypt
Peru
India
China
United States
Allied Planes Pour Bombs On Cisterna
American air forces pounded Cisterna as part of the Cassino operation while U S and British troops pressed the Monte Cassino ridge and town assault. Allied troops advanced on Mt Cassino crest and attacked fortified Cassino buildings amid heavy German artillery and mortar fire along the Rapido.
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Italy
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
Cisterna
Mt. ‘Assino
Bitter
U. S
Rapido River
Stari On Stripes
Controversial Soldier Vote In Committee
Washington February 9 The dispute over a federal or state ballot for service members moves to a Senate House conference committee. House conferees include Worley Rankin Bonner Lecompte and Ellsworth. Senate earlier approved a federal ballot for military voters within the United States if state systems fail by August 1. Overseas voters may use federal ballots if state ballots arrive late.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Rays Burn
Worley
D-Tex
Elections Committee
Rankin
D- Miss
Bonner
D-Nc
Lecompte
Iowa
Ellsworth
R-Ore
Senate
Rep
D-Miss
United States
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