Mme Chiang Kai-Shek warns Congress against delaying Jap attack
Madame Chiang Kai-shek told the Senate that the four freedoms proclaimed by President Roosevelt are a deadly weapon for the United Nations adversaries. She urged swift action, noting Japan's resources and the need to support China for humanity's sake. She spoke to a packed Capitol and to a House audience, stressing shared ideals and friendship between the nations.
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Washington
Chiang Kai- Shek
Senate
Roosevelt
United Nations
China
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mme. Chiang
Capitol
Miefang
Japan
Germany
Sun-Tse
Chiang
Russians Break German Lines in Kharkov Kursk Pushes
Moscow dispatch reports a Red Army drive widening wedges in Kharkov and Kursk sectors and pushing into Donets basin. Kharkov falls acknowledged by Germans as Soviet offensives press on north of Kursk and toward Orel with gains around Bogodukhov and Zmiev.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Kursk
Donets Basin
Rostov
High Command
Lake Ladoga
Bogodukhov
Sumy
Zmiev
Alekseevskoe
Lozovaya
Dniepera-Petrovsk
Khursk
Graivoron
Fatezh
Dmitriev
Seim
Orel
London
Dnieper
Kiev
Zaporozhe
Dnieperopetrovsk
Stalino
Donets
Finland seeks break with Germany for peace new cabinet forming
AP analyst notes Finland pursues separation from Germany to gain a separate peace with Soviet Russia. President Ryti reelected as Finland weighs survival guarantees from major powers, while consular ties with the United States persist amid Allied postwar frontier questions.
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Finland
Associated Press
United States
Soviet Russia
Hitler
Europe
Axis
Risto Ryui
Witting
Russia
Viipuri
Hango
Germany
Washington
Moscow
Japan
Britain
Rommel Seizes Key Axis Tank Positions In Tunisia Front
Allied reports say American armored formations retreated into Algeria near Tebessa after a sharp clash with Rommel’s desert corps. Rommel’s tanks captured Sbeitla Kasserine and Feriana in a 66 mile push from Faid Pass, with Montgomery advancing toward the Mareth Line in Tunisia.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Tebessa
Algeria
Erwin Rommel
Desert
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Feriana
Faid Pass
Tunisia
Senators Move to Close Farm Labor Gap With Deferments
A coalition of over 30 senators proposed legislation to defer farm workers and release others from the armed forces to aid harvests. Senator Bankhead said the bills would be introduced soon with broad support. War Dept policy to release units in emergencies was cited, though critics warned small farmers would gain little relief.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Army
War Department
Eighth Army Reaches Medenine in Tunisian Drive
British Eighth Army elements reached Medenine an outpost on the Mareth line inside Tunisia from the Tripolitanian border. The advance followed Ben Gardane's fall and extended patrol activity toward Foum latouse and the Mareth line amid restricted air operations.
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Cairo
Eighth Army
Medenine
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Ben Gardane
Foum [Latahouse
Sicily
Malta
Tokyo Emphasizes All-Out Offense in Central China
Tokyo signals a full-scale push to crush Chinese resistance with a new offensive in central China. Reports cite heavy Japanese attacks along the Yangtze middle, near Chungking, and possible drives toward Changsha and Mantung as allies may aid Chiang Kai-Shek.
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London
Tokyo
Reuters
Japan
Chungking
China
Yangtze Valley
Shasi- Ichang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hunan
Changsha
Manchang
Kiangsi
Chiang
New Guinea Squadron Action Surpasses North Africa Unit
A-20 squadron in New Guinea exceeds African unit metrics with 709 sorties and 2,367 flight hours through Jan 31. The outfit logged 185 sorties in one month and up to 162 in others, surpassing the prior 41 raids figure from Major Kegelman’s North Africa unit.
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New Guinea
North Africa
William F. Bont
Wes Gallagher
Yours
Gallagher
Africa
Kegelman
Charles C. Kegelman
el Reno
Okla
Tunisia
Kegelman and Company
Doughton Declines War Salary Tax as House Focuses on Pre Pearl Level
Washington February 18. Chairman Doughton said the House Ways and Means Committee took no cognizance of President Roosevelt's call for a wartime salary super tax and would back a bill to peg salaries above 25000 at pre Pearl Harbor levels. RepDisney to write the report on the salary ceiling.
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Washington
Doughton
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Rep
McGranery
D-Pa
Simly
Disney
D-Okla
Coughton
Congress
House Committee
Senate Passes War Powers Bill Amid School Amendment Snag
Raleigh February 18 The Senate approved the governor’s war powers bill but debated a substitute for the state school amendment proposing a governor appointed board of six from the state at large. The rival plan would create a 15 member board from districts with Lt Governor, state superintendent and treasurer serving on the board. The issue stalled as lawmakers weighed party principles and a prior gentleman’s agreement linked to the November school amendment. Governor Broughton also sent a commission report on agency rules suggesting extended tenure and per diem pay for members.
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Raleigh
Senate
O'Berry
Brooks
Durham
Democratic Party
Taylor
Wayne
Broughton
Senator Carlyle
Forsyth
Carlyle
Kreuger to Lead New Pacific Army in SW Pacific
Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger to command a new 6th Army formed from units in the southwest Pacific. He travels to Australia at Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s request as Gen. MacArthur remains commander in chief. Maj. Gen. Courtney Hodges advances to lieutenant general as Krueger takes over the 3rd Army.
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Washington
Walter Krueger
Australia
Southwest Pacific
Stimson
Krueger
3Rd Army
San Antonio
Texas
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
New Guiana
Courtney H. Hodges
DiMaggio shifts from Yankee outfielder to private on pay cut
Monterey report notes Joe DiMaggio resigns from the New York Yankees to serve as a private in the U S Army. He receives a $50 monthly army pay, a substantial decrease from his former $43 750 yearly baseball salary.
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Monterey
Calif
Joe DiMaggio
Uncle Sam
New York Yankees
Dewitt MacKenzie Predicts Nazi Defeat in 1943 and Jap Fall by 1944
Miami correspondent DeWitt MacKenzie reports after a four and a half month world tour that Germany will be beaten in 1943 and Japan by 1944. He cites Allied power growth, expresses confidence in victory and praises American forces overseas. He plans a detailed column series starting next week.
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Miami
Fla
DeWitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Germany
Chungking
China
Hitler
Caucasus
New York
North Atlantic
Ireland
England
Lisbon
Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Eighth Army
Palestine
India
Iran
Raq
Russia
Iraq
MacKenzie
Great Britain
United Nations
British Isles
Stimson Calls Central Tunisia Losses a Serious Local Setback
Secretary of War Stimson said American forces in Central Tunisia suffered a serious local setback with heavy casualties and tanks destroyed by German dive bombers over four days. He noted incomplete reports but warned against exaggeration and described Axis pressure as aimed at widening the coastal corridor.
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Eighth Army
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Rommel
Egypt
First Army
Washington
Stimson
Tunisia
Gereman
Simson
Tripolitania
Kilday Draft Bill Approved By House Group
The House Military Affairs Committee approved the Kilday bill by a 25 to 2 vote to grant draft deferment priority to men with children and shift draft quotas to a statewide basis. The panel added an Elston amendment to bar inducting men by occupational groups and to curb nonessential work drafting.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Andrews
N. Y
Sheridan
D.-Pa
Elston
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
May
D.-Ky
Military Committee
Rules Committee
House
Selective Service
War Department
Japs May Fill In On Nation's Farms
The agriculture department, with the War Relocation Authority, plans to use Japanese evacuees from inland relocation centers to ease next summer farm labor shortages. Some 40,000 evacuees exist and about half may have farm work experience, including fruit and vegetable growing and poultry.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
War Relocation Authority
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Tepessa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Foum Tatahouine
Montgomery
Medergine
Gen. Kreuger
Pacific Army
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