Berlin Heavily Bombed In RAF Record Load Night
The RAF dropped well over 2,800 tons on Berlin in an 800 aircraft raid, the heaviest single attack on the city. Forty five aircraft were missing. cascades of flame and smoke rose miles into the sky as bombs hit residential districts and transports. A feint hit Frankfurt and targets in western Germany and Holland.
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W. W. Hercher
London
RAF
Berlin
Ger- Reich
Germany
Reich
Frankfurt-On
Altos
Westimany
Holland
Stockholm
Rlin
Teau
Zurich
DNB
Huns
Allied Forces Seize Green Islands in Solomons Drive
Adm. Halsey’s forces and MacArthur’s announcement seal a bold Green Islands seizure at the Solomons tip trapping about 22,000 Japanese. Troops landed under cover of navy strength after twilight, isolating garrisons at Choiseul Shortland Bougainville and Buka.
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Asahel Bush
South
Pacific
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Green Islands
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
MacArthur
Choiseul
Shortland
Bougainville
Buka Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Kavieng
New Ireland
Halsey
Rendova II
Guadalcanal
Vunakanau
Tobera
Lakunai
Panapai
Momote
Admiralty Islands
Manchuria
Korea
China
Southwest
Aday
Japan
Broughton Denies Willkie Quotation In Raleigh Statement
Governor J Melville Broughton denied telling a Philadelphia reporter North Carolina might back Wendell Willkie if Roosevelt seeks a fourth term He said Willkie is better known in NC for his recent appearance and would likely get more votes than any other Republican but that none could carry the state. The remark was misquoted by AP.
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Karl von Runstedt
Europe
Germany
Maginot Line
Hitler
Atlantic Wall
France
Algiers
Raleigh
J. Melville Broughton
Philadelphia
North Carolina
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Associated Press
Pribeerigine
Broughton
Rosevelt
Gover
Wake Forest
Sheriff Erskine Released After Federal Conviction Term
Anderson Feb 16 Sheriff W J Erskine freed after completing his term for a federal conviction of striking a Negro prisoner in custody.
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Anderson
D. C
W. J. Erskine
Attorney General Urges Vigorous Antitrust Enforcement
Wendell Berge, assistant attorney general, told a House subcommittee that postwar policy should stress vigorous antitrust enforcement in both domestic and international markets. He warned against private international cartels without government sanction and disclosed investigations into large loan shark chains operating across ten or more states using threats to acquire rivals.
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Washington
Wendell Berge
Congress
Berge
House Appropriations
Department
Antitrust Division
Brakeman M D Collins Dies From Train Injuries
M D Collins, 39, of Greensboro, a brakeman for the Southern Railroad, died in a Goldsboro hospital yesterday from injuries sustained in a February 4 train accident.
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Goldsboro
M. D. Collins
Greensboro
Southern Railroad
MacArthur Urges Ground Action To Defeat Japan
General Douglas MacArthur said blockade and bombing cannot defeat Japan alone and called for decisive land operations. He emphasized combined ground, sea, and air forces and urged bringing ground troops into contact with Japanese forces at decisive points to secure victory.
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MacArthur
Marlin Spencer
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Germany
Red Army advances in the north near Pskov and Byelaya
Soviet units of Gen. Govorov's Leningrad army push toward Byelaya and Kepfilova-Pustin on the Luga Pskov highway while German forces guard Cherkasy in the Dnieper bend. The drive follows highways to outlying defense towns as Pskov offensive preparations intensify.
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San Sien
Lug Pskov
Byelaya
Kepfilova-Pustin
Lake Peipus
Pskov
Dnieper
Cherkasy
Wade
Fritz von Mannstein
Luga
Gdov
Argentina Near Break With Germany Amid Diplomatic Turmoil
In Montevideo on February 16 a diplomatic source said Germany’s protest over detainment of Gen. Friedrich Wolff pushed Argentina toward war with the Reich. Argentina’s cabinet reshuffle included J Honorio Silguira as justice minister and navy Vice Admiral Benito Suero as acting foreign minister as Gen. Pedro Ramirez’s government faced internal nationalist divisions. Germany warned of reprisals in Argentina and its territories, while Foreign Minister Gilbert pressed for war, but officers could not unite for rupture with Germany and Spain. Unusual military preparations were reported in Argentina.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Germany
Friedrich Wolff
Argentina
Alberto Gilbert
Pedro Ramirez
J. Honorio Silguira
Argentine Bar Association
Gustavo Marinez Zuviria
Navy
Benito Sueyro
Domingo Cortese
Enrique Gonzales
Wolff
Gilbert
Spain
Pedro
Japan
Ramirez
Enrique Gonzalez
Hitlers Plea To Save Troops In Finnish Trap
North Carolina and South Carolina fared in a Pacific action near Rabaul where five Zeros were attacked. First Lt. Robert E. Lee and Capt. William Beerman, both from North Carolina, shot down a pair of fighters as Wake Avengers. In Finland, a German commander urged Hitler to recall troops to avoid entrapment amid German peace talks with Russia and Finland.
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Bougainville
North Carolina
South Carolina
Rabaul
Marine Corsair
Robert E. Lee
Alcola
N. C
William Beerman
Greensboro
Wake Avengers
Carolina
Tobera
Stockholm
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Edward Dietl
Dietl
Chaplin Faces Mann Act Prosecution
U S Attorney Charles H Carr said Chaplin will be prosecuted on federal Mann Act charges and for conspiring to deprive his former protégé of her constitutional rights despite blood tests indicating he is not the father of Miss Joan Berry's four month old daughter.
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Los Angeles
U. S
Charles H. Carr
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Cone official dies in Florida at age 66
Clarence M. Guggenheimer, 66, vice president of the Cone Export and Commission Company of Greensboro, died yesterday in Miami Beach, Florida.
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CONE
DLES
Greensboro
Clarence M. Guggenheimer
Cone Export and Commission Company of
Miami Beach
Fla
Soviet silent on Finland peace terms reports
Moscow reports no official comment on Finnish peace terms while noting Finland’s wartime actions with Germany. Russians view Finland with strong hostility after Finnish shelling of Leningrad and participation in the war.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Finland
Leningrad
Germany
Doubt Over Hitler’s Adherence To Diet Advice
An informant doubts Hitler will follow Diet's counsel as Russians recapture key nickel mines in Ukraine leaving Finland as Germany’s main remaining nickel source. The informant notes Col. Gen. Hans Juergen Stumpff has largely left his Finnish HQ for Oslo and ordered withdrawal of fighter and bomber squadrons from Rovaniemi.
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Hitler
Diet
Ukraine
Finland
Germany
Hans Juergen Stumpff
Oslo
Stumpff
Rovaniemi
Seamen Die as British Ship Strikes Boon Island Reef
Twenty four crew members of a 7244 ton British freighter were lost when the vessel hit Boon Island ledge off York Maine. The ship split in two after 2:23 p.m. detailing rescue by coast guard and U S vessels with thirteen bodies recovered and seven survivors brought to Portsmouth New Hampshire for treatment.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Boon Island Ledge
York
Naval District
Admiralty
Cady
la iChief Gineer Svend Hancencan
Coast Guard
U. S. Naval
Portland
Tha Wata
Anzio Beachfront Under Heavy Gunfire and Bombardment
Allied siege guns bombarded Monastery Hill and opened breaches in the Cassino sector while U S artillery battered the area. American troops hold part of Casino as German counterattacks and ground fighting continue near Carroceto and Campoleone. RAF bombers hit Rome suburbs and a B 36 blitz struck railroad yards.
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Belman Morin
Algiers
Monastery Hill
Cassino
Carroceto
An«zio
Mt. Cassino Abbey
Key Hill
Casino
Cisterna
Careroceto
Aprilia
Campoleone
Rome
Paris
Castel Gandolfo
Eighth Army
U.S
Broughton appoints recreation committee members
Governor Broughton has appointed Lloyd B. Hathaway of Winston-Salem and Wade Cushion of Chapel Hill to the North Carolina recreation committee. The announcement was made in Raleigh on February 16.
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Broughton
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
Lloyd B. Hathaway
Winston- Salem
Wade Cushion
Chapel Hill
North Carolina Recreation Committee
Tobacco Farmers Strike in Lancaster Over 1943 Prices
About 275 Lancaster county tobacco growers, many owning premier acreage, announce they will not plant next spring until the Office of Price Administration settles the ceiling price dispute for the 1943 crop. The stand reflects widespread frustration with current pricing policy.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Office of Price Administration
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