House Ways and Means Backs Pearl Harbor Salary Ceiling Plan
In Washington the House committee endorsed a bill to repeal Roosevelt salary caps and set wartime pay at Pearl Harbor levels. The proposal would tax after payments to $25 000 for individuals and $50 000 for married couples, despite the President's push for a super tax. Chairman Doughton said the measure ends the salary dispute, though concerns remain about wage controls and debt limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Ways and Means Committee
Pearl Harbor
Doughton
D-Nc
Disney
D-Okla
Coughton
Jimmy Byrnes
House
America
Newsprint Limit Frees Press Power From Government
Walter D. Fuller of Curtis Publishing addressed the Georgia Press Institute in Athens urging that government limits on newsprint threaten press freedom. He warned officials withhold facts behind paper curtailment and criticized theWPB order for devaluing newspaper and periodical production.
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Athens
Walter D. Fuller
Curtis Publishingmpany
Philadelphia
Tha
Georgia Press Institute
Fuller
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Seeks Military Aid From U S
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek urged continued American war matériel aid to China during a White House press conference with President Roosevelt. He pledged swift action, citing transportation as key, and projected a total armed force of about 10.8 million with 7.5 million in khaki by end of 1943.
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Chiang Kaishek
Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Madame Chiang
United States
Congress
Douglas B. Cornell
White House
Roosevelt
United Nations
Japan
Pacific Islands
America Volunteer Group
America
Goebbels Alarmist Address Seen As Appeal For Support
Bern observers say Goebbels used a speech on danger to the west to appeal to world opinion for Nazi Germany. He targeted the United States and Great Britain, stressing Bolshevism and alliance with Russia while arguing a strengthened eastern front.
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Thomas PF. Hawkins
Bern
Switzerland
Paul Joseph Goebbels
West
Nazi Germany
Soviet Russia
Goebbels
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Churchill
Britain
Roosevelt backs high school aid to farm labor in emergency
President Roosevelt said last August set army size at 7.5 million enlisted by year end with total armed services near 10.8 million. He argued farm labor shortages can be eased by employing high school age youth and cited Moscow's 1942 example of mobilizing youth to cut wood and farm to sustain food and fuel. He noted he supports getting physically fit men rather than focusing on married versus single status.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Moscow
Kilday
D-Tex
Chinese Rout One of Seven Jap Columns
Chinese high command said a Japanese column was routed in northern Kiangsi Province. An enemy force advancing from Fengjin west of Hanchang was repulsed near Kaoan with many Japanese dead and seized arms. Far southwestern fronts saw several columns moving near the Salween to Yunnan as fighting continued in five battle zones.
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Chungking
Kiangsi
Daily
Comunique
Fengjin
Hanchang
Kaoan
Yunnan
Burma
Salween River
Tengyueh
Salween
China
Robeson County Slayer Is Executed In Raleigh
Palmer Meares, 35, of Robeson County, was executed in the gas chamber at Central Prison Raleigh at 10 01 am for the shotgun slaying of his uncle George Allen in May. He waved to Sheriff E C Wade and smiled as the mask was adjusted.
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Raleigh
Palmer Meares
Robeson County
Central Prison
George Allen
E. C. Wade
Lumberton
Bill to smooth differences in Amendment on school boards
In Raleigh on February 19 Senator Brooks of Durham introduced an administration backed school board amendment to settle divides over other amendments attached to the constitutional measure consolidating North Carolina school boards. The proposal would cut board size to 13, add eight educational districts, and place two at large governor appointed seats, with other officials on the board.
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Raleigh
Brooks
Durham
Senate
North Carolina
Broughton
O'Berry
Wayne
Arch Allen
Wake
O’berry
House
RAF Bombers Strike Wilhelmshaven in Heavy Night Raid
RAF bombers attacked Wilhelmshaven and rail lines in France Belgium and shipping off the Dutch coast. The raid hit the naval base heavily in good weather with nine enemy bombers shot down claimed by the German high command. Four bombers were lost along with two fighters and one coastal command aircraft.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
High Command
France
Belgium
Germany
Red Army advances cut German lines near Orel and Kharkov
Soviet forces pushed beyond Orel province capturing Zalegoshey and other towns while 25 miles north of Rostov Taganrog’s lifeline was severed with Matveev Kurgan falling on the Azov coast. In the Caucasus the drive pressed Germans toward the Taman Peninsula as Donets Basin raids troubled German positions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Orel
Zalegoshey
Yelets
Taganrog
Rostov
Matveev- Kurgan
Sea of Azov
Gorlovka
Caucasus
Taman
Kerch
Cremea
Donets Basin
Novoshakhtinsk
Voroshilovgrad
Kramatorsk
High Command
Berlin
Donets
Kharkov
Lake Ilmen
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Novorossisk
Arctic
Murmansk
Vorskla
Russia
2 900 000 Tons Of War Supplies Shipped To Reds
Washington reports that the United States has shipped over 2.9 million tons of war supplies to the Soviet Union under lend lease. Edward R. Stettinius Jr. says most shipments reach their destinations and that January shipments rose about ten percent from December. He notes no losses in December and January 1943, with continued American tanks planes and trucks moving forward.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Lendlease
Edward R., Stettinius, Jr
Russia
Stettinius
Rommel's Tunisian Offensive Report Reveals Setback
Allied dispatches say American tanks and British artillery halted the German push in Central Tunisia and pushed Axis forces back toward the Algeria Tunisia border. French commander Juin cites decisive Allied action. Rommel’s objective of disorganizing U S forces appears attained, while British forces threaten Mareth Line.
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Associated Press
London
Tunisia
North Africa
United States
Algeria-Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
First Army
Mareth Line
Medenine
Alphonse Juin
Morocco
Comunique
Hadjeb el Aiouh
Faid Pass
Feriana
Kasserine
Sheitla
Harold V. Boyles
Jerry
Boyles
Lumberton Man Sentenced For Obstruction
R H Nye a Lumberton businessman was sentenced to six months in prison and fined 500 dollars after conviction on a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge connected with settling a 30000 dollar suit against BC Remedy Company. Judge J Waites Waring imposed the sentence. Defense appealed and Nye posted 2000 dollars bond. L C Mayers of Lumberton was acquitted on a similar charge.
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Rockingham
R. H. Nye
Lumberton
BC Remedy Company
J. Waites Waring
U. S. Court of Appeals
Nye
U. S. District Court
L. C. Mayers
War
Retreat in Tunisia Shows American Resolve and Struggle
U S troops retreating in Tunisia under German pressure are described as a strategic withdrawal. Witnesses recount rugged fighting through the Sbéeila Ferana valley with tank crews and anti aircraft gunners enduring cold, long marches and renewed resolve to strike back once commanded to advance.
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Harold V. Boyle
Tunisia
Jerry
Germany
Star of America
New York
Tunis
Sfax
Sbéeila-Fer‘ana
Allied Lines Readjusted After Rommel Push in Tunisia
Allied headquarters reported Rommel’s central Tunisia drive halted near the Algerian frontier with lines north of Faid Pass being strengthened. American armored units held the Tunisian Algerian border high country as Rommel’s momentum waned, while Montgomery’s Eighth Army seized a key Martmata range point shifting the southern flank dynamics.
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Allied
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Pichon
Faid Pass
Rommel
Feriana
Tunis
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Cairo
Foum Tatahouimne
Matmata
Mareth
California war workers face food shortages spurring talk of rationing
Testimony to a legislative committee shows California aircraft plants losing workers over scarce meat and butter. Senator Hatfield warns drastic steps may be needed to curb the black market and preserve war production while Douglas Aircraft and Northrop executives report premium cafeteria prices and insufficient supplies. CIO official Richard Van Valkenburgh warns absenteeism could rise if conditions aren’t fixed.
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Los Angeles
George J. Hatifield
California
Hatfield
George Gore
Northrop Aircraft Corp
Douglas Aircraft Company
CIO
Richard F. van Valkenburgh
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FDR
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Azov
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U. S
Madder
Michael Higgins, Jr
New York City
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Higgins
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