Big Soviet gains reported as Red Army widens Kharkov front
Red Army forms a 50 mile assault front east of Kharkov after capturing Chuguyev and Volchansk and Pechenegi. Reports say furious battles, tank thrusts split German defenses, while landings occur southwest of Novorossiysk and Rostov encirclement tightens.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Belgorod
Chuguyev
Red Army
Kharkov
Russia
Volchansk
Red Star
Pravda
Communist Party
Half Million In Africa For Climax Attack
Prime Minister Churchill declared that the Allies had landed nearly a half million men in Africa and planned an offensive campaign over the next nine months to engage the enemy on a large scale at the earliest moment. The statement marked a major pledge for sustained operations in the theater.
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Robert E. Bunnelle
London
Churchill
Africa
Eisenhower To Command 8th Army In North Africa Unification
Churchill told the House that as the British Eighth Army moves into Tunisia it will come under General Eisenhower with General Harold Alexander as deputy. The North African command is unified under Eisenhower, with Sir Arthur Tedder and Admiral Cunningham heading air and sea forces. Churchill noted unification follows Casablanca talks and pledges broad Allied unity.
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Lonon
Churchill
House of Commons
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Alexander
Middle East
Fisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mediterranean
Arthur Tedder
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Hershey Opposes Draft Deferment Based On Parenthood
Major General Lewis B. Hershey testified against a bill to defer men with children until all single and childless married men are drafted. He warned the measure would complicate selective service administration and urged considering the registrant’s actions over their parental status in the coming months.
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Hershey
Associated Press
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Director of
Selective Service
House Military Committee
War Manpower Commission
Drys Flock To Legislature To Support Price Measure
North Carolina prohibitionists gathered in Raleigh to back Rep. Price of Rutherford’s bill restoring the state to bone dry status as it was a decade ago. House committee chair Brawley of Durham said the pros and cons would be heard at 2:30 pm, with a large crowd expected.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Rep
Price
Rutherford
Brawley
Durham
House Committee On
Arnold Nominated By Roosevelt For Court Of Appeals
President Roosevelt nominates Thurman W. Arnold assistant attorney general in charge of antitrust prosecutions for associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Juggling potential successors Hugo Cox and Tom C. Clark is mentioned as possible fill ins at the Justice Department.
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Washington
Thurman W. Arnold
Roosevelt
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Arnold
Senate
Wiley B. Rutledge
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Hugh Cox
The
Board of Economic Warfare
Tom C. Clark
Broughton Urges Action on ANC Rail Line Problems
Governor Broughton urged the legislature to appoint a special committee to promptly address the financial issues facing the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad which is in default. He noted federal funds could aid construction and maintenance from New Bern to Morehead City near Cherry Point. A survey estimated over 635000 needed for repairs including ballast ties and structures, with heavy rail unavailable. The federal effort hinges on the railroad providing up to 200000 locally.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
New Bern
North Carolina
Morehead City
United States Marine Base
Cherry Point
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company
Eighth Army Advances Deep Into Southern Tunisia
The Eighth Army pushed more than 30 miles from Pisida into Southern Tunisia along the coast, storming 20 miles toward Ben Gardane and clashing in sharp artillery duels as Rommel’s rearguard fights to join with the First Army. Allied air forces attacked targets in Sicily and Crete with bombers striking Palermo harbor and Candia Castellia Pediada.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Marshal Rommel
Ben Gardane
Bernard L. Montgomery
Pisida
Rommel
Montgomery
First Army
Mareth Line
Malta
Sicily
Palermo
United States Army Air Forces
Candia
Castellia Pediada
Crete
Stimson Warns of Heavy Casualties as Axis Routed From Africa
Secretary of War Stimson told reporters the nation should brace for heavy American casualties in plans to drive the Axis from Africa. He cited British 8th Army advances into Tunisia, Allied troop consolidation in western Tunisia, and Russian successes in the Caucasus as part of a broader progress report. He noted the Guadalcanal victory was aided by a combined amphibious operation near the island.
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Stimson
Axis
Africa
Associated Press
Washington
Tunisia
United Nations
Tunisian
Caucasus
Kurch Strait
Crimea
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Guadalcanal
Becach
Millard F. Harmon
FDR to Deliver Radio Address Friday Night
The White House announced President Roosevelt will give a 20 minute address at 9 30 p m Eastern War Time tomorrow night covering foreign and home fronts He will also speak on Washingtons Birthday February 22 at the George Washington dinner under the Democratic National Committee The Lincoln Day speech will air on all networks It is his first national address since Casablanca and is expected to mention the 48 hour work week order.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
George Washington
Democratic National Committee
Casablanca
French Troops Withdrawn For New Equipment
Allied reports from North Africa say French units were pulled from action in Tunisia for reequipment and training with American arms. U.S. forces take over key French lines in Central and Southern Tunisia while the British First Army extends its positions to relieve the exhausted French units. General Juin says French forces will be reformed and reappear soon with modern arms.
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North Africa
United States
Tunisia
First Army
Marshal Rommel
Tunis
Alphonse Juin
U S British Leaders Meet With Kai Shek
United States and British leaders meet Chinese leader Kai Shek to discuss Allied strategy in the Far East. The talks focus on coordination against Japan and sustaining supply lines through Asia amid ongoing wartime pressures.
UN advance planned against Japan outlined by allied leaders
The British government announced high ranking Allied leaders met in England, China, and India to coordinate offensive plans against Japan. Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek, Wavell, Arnold and Dill were cited, with MacArthur to coordinate in the southwest Pacific. In New Guinea, Allied forces claimed 800 Japanese killed in 13 days toward Salamaua, and Australians pushed beyond Wau while MacArthur dismissed Japanese claims of a smaller victory.
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Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Khartoum
Egypt
Russia
Sir John Dill
Henry H. Arnold
Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Britain
Japan
United Nations
London
Chiang Kai- Shek
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Marshal Wavell
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Chiang
New Guinea
Salamaua
MacArthur
Wau
Cold Wave Forecast Warns North Toward Florida
The weather bureau forecast a cold wave with heavy killing frost reaching northwest Florida. Farmers in the Carolinas Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Florida were urged to brace for increasing cold late today and tonight with freezing temperatures along the coast and a hard interior freeze.
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Atlanta
UPA
Florida
Weather Bureau
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Eisenhower Nominated Full General as Allied Commands Unified
President Roosevelt nominates Lt Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower to full general rank. Churchill reveals Allied forces in North Africa will be unified under Eisenhower command. He would be the fourth full general in U S armed forces, joining Pershing, Marshall, and MacArthur.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
North Africa
Eisenhower
Senate
John J. Pershing
AEF
Europe
George C. Marshall
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Allied air leaders named for Mediterranean theater
Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder leads Mediterranean air operations under Eisenhower. Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham commands U S and British fleets in the theater. Air Vice Marshal Arthur Coningham directs air support for Allied forces in Tunisia with other top commanders including Maj Gen Carl Spaatz and Air Vice Marshal R K Park.
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Arthur Tedder
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Andrew Browne Cunningham
U. S
Arthur Coningham
Tunisia
Tedder
Carl Spaatz
Theuropean
48 Hour Week Aims to Free Workers for War Production
The War Manpower Commission announces a 48 hour minimum work week to free more workers for war production with leniency for cases where longer hours do not help. Overtime pay may not be required for many workers outside wage and hour rules, including farmers and domestic staff, who might seek higher paying overtime jobs. A new manpower bureau will assist management and labor in optimizing worker utilization.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Allied Bombers Sink Axis Ships Off Tunisia
Allied bombers and fighters sank one small Axis troop ship and left another sinking off the Tunisian coast in a Sicily to Tunisia sea sweep. Pilots estimated each ship carried about 250 fully equipped troops as they attacked from the Sicilian Straits near Cape Bon.
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North Africa
Tunisian
Reuters
London
Sicily
Tunisia
Trapani
Sicilian
Cape Bon
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New Orleans
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William Lourd
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Oslo
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Stockholm
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Rostov
Krasnodar
Taman
Sea of Azov
Don
Moscow-Rostov
Novocher
Commons
8Th Army
Court of Appeals
ANC
FDR
Kai-Shek
Edward H. Higgs
Paul V. McNutt
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