Envelopment of Huge Nazi Army At Rostov And Donets
In Iran under the Elburz Range American and British forces are streamlining efforts to supply the Soviet Union, aiming to peak the flow of materials by spring. General Connolly leads the logistics push with General Somervell stressing the top duty to keep Russia supplied. Officers describe the drive as unselfish wartime service across theaters from Iran to China and India.
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Donets
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Russia
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Persian Gulf
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Somervell
E. F. Brown
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Chungking
China
India
Ireland
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Middle East
Allied Troops Beat Back German Attack Near Tunis
Allied spokesmen report heavy fighting east of Ousseltia Tunisia as French Algerian Spahis capture 53 Italian prisoners in patrols near Pont Du Fahs and Robaa. Rome says front quiet due to bad weather. patrols take 31 Italians north of Ousseltia and 22 more in snowstorms.
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Pont du Fahs
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Reuters
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Calabria
Italian High Command
Associated Press
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Tokyo Admits Loss Of Only 7 Warships
The Tokyo radio said Japan lost seven warships and damage to six in battles around the Solomons and New Guinea since Aug 7 1942. Navy communiques in Washington tally Japanese and American losses through Feb 7, noting multiple ships sunk and damaged including carriers Wasp and Hornet for the United States.
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Tokyo
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New Guinea
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Wasp
Hornet
New York
Associated Press
Weekend recess after session for North Carolina legislators
In Raleigh on February 13 a small group of lawmakers finished their work for the weekend and began a recess until Monday night. The Joint Appropriations Committee left on schedule and will reconvene Tuesday afternoon to continue detailed review of the biennial spending bill. The panel approved additional allocations for the state hospital in Raleigh and for Semahen hospital, boosted state aid to public libraries, and added funds to the Health and Physical Education Program in public schools. They also favored measures financing a state guard and authorizing up to 50,000 for guard equipment if needed. The Joint Finance Committee reported the tax bill on Thursday.
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Joint Appropriations Committee
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Semahen
Department of Public Instruction
Joint Finance Committee
Spot News To Be Furnished By Newspapers Despite War
Washington February 13 AP editors at the American Society of Newspaper Editors pledge spot news will be served as long as presses run. They met with war leaders and officials to gauge shortages in newsprint zinc and manpower and to discuss wartime censorship and information handling.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Young American Officer Earns Battle Fame in Tunisian Front
Lieutenant Walton Goodwin of Richmond Virginia led the rescue of a wounded comrade after his tank was wrecked in the Sened area. He amputated the leg with a pocketknife, carried the injured man to safety under fire, and hid using smoke grenades. The unit later promoted Goodwin to company commander amid praise for his courage.
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Noland Norgard
U. S
Walton Goodwin
Richmond
Goodwin
United States
Sened
Sergi
Alfred A. St. Germaine
Cincinnati
Ohio
Donald F. Aishton
Beaverdam Road
Asheville
N. C
Lady Astor Challenges Luce Maiden Speech in Parliament
In Plymouth England on February 13 Lady Nancy Astor criticized Clare Boothe Luce's maiden Congress remarks asking what "global money" means. She urged democracies to cooperate for a bigger world and noted Roosevelt's call to unite to defeat ignorance and war.
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England
Nancy Astor
Congress
Clare Boothe Luce
Lady Astor
Mrs. Luce
Wallace
United States
Rep. Luce
Franklin Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Ex Burke Sheriff and Deputy Face Conspiracy Charges
Morganton February 13 ex sheriff Paul M Dale and deputy Wilburn Wilson face conspiracy to violate liquor and slot machine laws and malfeasance charges. They are to stand trial in Burke Superior Court with each held on 2500 bond.
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Paul M. Dale
Burke County
Wilburn Wilson
Burke Superior Court
Dale
Wilson
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
Raid on Munda air base hits three times
U S planes bombed the Japanese air base at Munda on New Georgia Island three times Friday destroying a gun position and starting fires. Navy said total raids on Munda since November 23 rose to 63 with across the Central Solomons area exceeding 100.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Solomons
Navy
U. S
New Georgia Island
Eighth Army Clashes With Armored Cars
Cairo, Feb 13. British Eighth Army patrols in Southern Tunisia battled enemy armored cars in the central sector. The northern wing was east of Ben Gardane, about 20 miles inside the Tunisian frontier. Allied air operations faced stormy weather. one Axis bomber and one Allied plane were reported lost.
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Eighth Army
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Ben Gardane
Middle East
Mediterranean
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Libya
Deyton Expected to resign from North Carolina budget post
Raleigh Feb 13 Robert G Deyton assistant director of the budget since 1937 is expected to retire and join a large North Carolina corporation in an executive role. Disputes with department heads over authority and policy have grown, with friction at Capitol Hill and questions about successor timing as the General Assembly adjourns.
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Raleigh
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Hoey
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Soviet Plans Envelopment Drive Near Rostov
MOSCOW February 13 AP Soviet armies closed in on Axis forces pocketed in the western Caucasus north of Novorossisk and prepared a southward push from Krasnoarmeisk to envelop a large German force at Rostov and in the southern Donets Basin.
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Russia
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Krasnoarmeisk
Rostov
Donets
Germans Reported Setting Fire to Rostov City
CBS Moscow dispatches say Germans were reported firing Rostov city. British radio claimed Rostov was being rapidly developed as German forces driven from Shakhty 45 miles northeast tried to escape westward.
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New York
CBS
Moscow
Shakhty
Russian advances encircle key Donets Basin towns near Rostov
Soviet communiques report thrusts seizing Krasnoarmeisk Voroshilovsk Shakt ty Krivyanskaya and Dinskaya, pushing toward Stalino and the Sea of Azov. Rails cut and pincers formed around Voroshilovgrad as Germans are squeezed along the Black Sea shore. Axis strength estimated about half a million in Donets Basin and Rostov area.
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Caucasus
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Stalino
Sea of Azov
Donets
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Shakhty
Moscow
Novocherkashk
Novocherkassk
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Akhtar
Taman
Kerch Strait
Crimea
Hale Million
London
Kharkov
New Device Used In Tracking Subs
London reports intensified battle against U boats with new tools from the RAF and Royal Navy. The air force uses a radio manic eye to locate surfaced submarines in fog and darkness, while the navy relies on radio locators. An official says the RAF also employs a delayed action bomb that explodes if moved before detonation, requiring factory areas to be cleared when dropped.
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RAF
Royal Navy
Air Force
British Navy
Bombers Hit Japanese Transport Off Solomons Sea
A United States heavy bomber on armed reconnaissance over the Solomons sea sighted a 6,000 ton Japanese transport off Cape Ford at mid afternoon today and bombed it to a standstill.
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United Stats
Solomons Sea
Ape Orford
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