Kharkov encircled as Russians seize rail links
Soviet communiques report Kharkov, Germanys eastern defense hub, within reach of Russian artillery from three sides. Main rail lines north south and northwest cut. Russians advance to 22 15 11 and 24 miles from the city as they tighten grip on Rostov on the Don and push toward Belgorod.
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Associated Press
London
Kharkov
Germany
Ukraine
Red Army
Bryansk
Rostov
Don
Belgorod
Zolachev
Kharkov- Bryansk
Liptsi
Rogan
Kamennaya-Yaruga
iKhazachye-Lopan
Grand Rapids Bidder Faces $10 Million Plane Plan
In Washington on February 13 the Smaller War Plants Corpora tion announced its first prime contract of 100000 dollars for furniture to support a high profile government project. The order covers beds tables chairs mattresses and related items to be sub contracted among manufacturers in Grand Rapids Michigan and other locations. SWPC will manage delivery and subcontract portions of the work.
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Grand Rapids
High Point
Ashington
Corpora
Mich
Lic Housing Administration
SWPC
Lafollette Urges Postwar Global Cooperation
Winston-Salem February 13 Republicans rally behind world cooperation after war. Rep Charles Lafollette of Indiana says Americans cannot withdraw from global duties, addressing the 10th annual Lincoln Day dinner. North Carolina Republicans and Young Republicans participate in the event.
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Winston-Salem
Rica
Coopera
Charles M. Lafollette
North Carolina
Follete
Young Blicans
Japs Pressed On Salamaua Lae Approaches In New Guinea
Allied headquarters in Australia reports continued減 whittling down Japanese resistance on the Salamaua and Lae approaches in New Guinea. 32 more Japanese dead bring total in weeks to at least 1,000 as patrol clashes and ambushes unfold around Mubo Wandumi and nearby areas. Air bombardment targets Rabaul and strikes along Madang and Finschhafen ignite fires and threaten coastal shipping.
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Associated Press
Australia
New Guinea
Huon Gulf
Salamaua
Lae
Allied High Command
Jan Odel
Mubo
Wandumi
Douglas MacArthur
Raebaul
New Britain
Rabaul
Madang
Finschhafen
Government and CIO urge workers to curb absenteeism
Washington reports the CIO and government appealed to war workers to cut absenteeism, warning days off cut man hours and production. Murray says absenteeism is contagious and that prewar rates around 3 percent have risen to 4.5 percent for men and 6.5 percent for women, urging cooperation among government and management.
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I Ashington
E Cio
Jip Murray
Industrial Organiza
Ives
Urray
Indus
Murray
Office of War Information
War Manpower Commission
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
War Production Board
Labor Department
OWL
OWI
Manpower Commission
Daylight Raid by British Bombers Targets France and Holland
British bombers hit Boulogne and St Malo docks and Holland’s Ijmuiden iron works in daylight today after a second straight night of industrial air attacks in western Germany. No bombers were lost though six escort fighters were missing. three enemy fighters were downed.
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London
France
Holland
Germany
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
Boulogne
St. Malo
Channel
Ijmuiden
English
Continent
House Committee Rejects Ceiling On U S Incomes
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a measure to erase Roosevelt’s $25,000 after tax salary cap and set a more liberal limit. Sponsored by Rep. Disney Oklahoma the move challenges executive orders under war powers. The plan links higher salaries to levels on December 7 1941 and ties to raising the debt limit to 210 billion.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Executive
Disney D.okla
Nurse Attacked By Two Men In Cramped Office
Miss Wilma Bland nurse in Dr M H Allens office reported two white men battered and slashed her after she refused to dress a bullet wound around 2 30 a m in Cr Christianity? Cramerton Feb 13 The sheriff said she was beaten and knife lacerations covered several parts of her body The assailants demanded she tend the wound and warned her not to call a lawman. One man carried a bullet hole in his left hand.
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Allen
Miss Bland
Robinson
British Halt German Attack In Tunisia Front
Allied reports say British troops held positions east of Ousseltia in Tunisia as a strong German assault was repelled. Eighth Army engaged Rommel’s rear guard with artillery while Allied planes bombed northwest of Sened and strafed tents near Pont du Fahs.
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North Africa
Ousseltia
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Pont du Pahsa
Middle East Command
Bengazi
Libya
Pont du Fahs
Robaa
Eee
Italian High Command
Associated Press
Sicily
Calabria
Bougie
Bone
Linden
Reuters
Congressmen Praise Pay-As-You-Go Income Tax Plan
Congressmen reported that mail from constituents heavily supports a pay as you go income tax plan with broad disagreement on details. The Rum plan was the most cited, though many misperceptions exist about its effect to cancel 1942 taxes.
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Washington
Hitler death rumors questioned by veteran AP chief
Louis P. Lochner, longtime AP Berlin Bureau chief and author, weighs whether Adolf Hitler is dead amid rumors. He notes Goering has enemies in the party and questions of succession, while warning there is no evidence of a power seizure or clear direction in the Nazi hierarchy.
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AP Berlin
Hitler
Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Lochner
Germany
Fuehrer
Nazi Party
Herman Goering
Goering
Edda
Irreplaceable Men 18-38 To Miss Service This Year
Washington reports a new draft outlook: 12,000 men daily must enter the armed forces this year with no deferments for men ages 18 to 38 unless their work is essential and irreplaceable. Paul V. McNutt and Major General Lewis B. Hershey disclosed the rate on a national broadcast.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Blue
McNutt
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Army
Hershey
Puerto Rico Starvation Fears Prompt Senate Warning
Sen Homer Bone warned in San Juan that many Puerto Ricans may starve as a result of wartime shipping shortages. Testimony said the average citizen receives only 30 percent of a normal diet amid food and material shortages. The probe linked sugar exports to scarce staples like dried fish beans and rice.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Homer T. Bone
Burton Heath
NEA Service
Enterprise
Rico
Bone
Benitez
Senate Moves Fast Puts 101 Bills Through During Busy Week
Raleigh report notes Senate action on 101 bills including a unified board of control for mental institutions and labor relations reforms. House passes 79 of 137 introduced while continuing debates on the wine control bill. The Civil Air Patrol gets $30,000 and judges are reappointed. tobacco price ceiling policy urged to reflect buyers’ averages.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Representatives
Office of Labor Conciliator
Board of Control
North Carolina
Misseye
Civil Air Patrol
Eastman Urges Flexible Speed Limits Be Adopted
Joseph B. Eastman director of defense transportation urges state legislatures to adopt flexible speed limits instead of a rigid 35 mph standard. He says governors or state officials should be able to change the limit as needed. An ODT spokesman notes faster schedules for war material carriers may be allowed and private cars pace could be reduced in some areas.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Eastman
ODT
ASNE
Met
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Price
Dentss M. Brown
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
James Byrnes
John Jestyne Llewellin
Baptist invite churchmen to Raleigh to fight booze
Baptist leaders in North Carolina were invited to a February 26 meeting at First Baptist Church Raleigh to discuss a campaign against increased use of alcoholic beverages, especially near military camps. Invitations signed by M. A. Huggings and other church leaders were mailed to hundreds of men and women of all denominations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Baptist State Convention
First Baptist Church
M. A. Huggings
Trust In Reds Is Essential Says Davies
Former ambassador Joseph E. Davies urged mutual understanding and trust between the Soviet Union and the United Nations for victory and peace. Speaking on WMAL radio from the 11th Metropolitan Victory Rally in New York, Davies praised the Soviet people for honesty and devotion to building a peaceful postwar world.
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New York
Joseph E. Davies
Soviet Union
United Nations
WMAL
Washington, D. C
Davies
Off The Record ASNE Meeting Details Secrecy Pact
Washington editors hear off the record briefings from Marshall King and other leaders on wartime progress and policy. Sworn secrecy cards bind disclosure and background information. Additional sessions cover economic stability and industry impacts with Byrnes and other officials.
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Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Army
Navy
ASNE
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