Reds Roll On Toward Pskov Drive Opens
London reports the Soviet push toward Pskov with 114 villages seized and over 2200 German troops killed or captured. Berlin says Russians threaten Krivol Rog while Korsun remains a German defense focus amid ongoing battles across the Dnieper region.
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London
Berlin
Red Army
Minsk
Lake Peinus
Moscow
Luga
Novbeyond
Shimsk
Staraya Russa
Simen
Sta- Russa
Ine
Krivol Rog
Germany
Dnieperbend
Ernst von Hammer
DNP
Rog
Korsun
Dnieper Civer
Zashkov
Jehes
Ger
Fourth Of German Fighter Production Knocked Out
A 2000-plane daylight raid by American air forces damaged about a quarter of German fighter production and claimed 126 enemy planes shot down. The operation, described as the greatest daylight air strike, hit Leip zing and other German centers, with RAF forces attacking Stuttgart afterward and U S Marauder bombers striking the Coxyde airbase in Belgium.
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Gladwin Hill
London
H. H. Arnold
RAF
Stuttgart
Germany
Europe
U. S
Leipzig
Eighth Air Force
Belgium
Americans Move Swiftly To Close Death Trap On Eniwetok Isle
In a Pearl Harbor dispatch the invasion of Eniwetok is described as U S infantry and Marines drive Japanese from the western atoll. Nimitz reports half of the 6000 yard island seized with light casualties and Parry Island still held by Japan.
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Eniwetok Isle
Elmont Waite
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marshall Islands
United States
Eniwetok Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Long Island
Amatoll Group
Parry Island
Admiral Nimitz
Engebi Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok Islands
Bimn
Eniwetok
William L. Worden
Associated Press
Allied forces repel Nazi assault at Anzio bridgehead
Allied headquarters said American British forces halted a major Nazi push, throwing the enemy two miles back toward Carroceto after 48 hours of intense fighting. Allied naval air and artillery support, plus heavy armor, helped blunt the thrust as German divisions and units pressed toward Anzio.
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Carroceto
Anziate
Rmans
Jes
Italy
Eberhard von Mackensen
Fifth Army
Cassino
10Th
Heinrich von Vietinghof
Albert Kesselring
Four Negroes Arrested After Tampa Riot
Four thousand people gathered in Tampa after a street disturbance sparked by an arrest in a narcotics raid on marijuana. Officers described the event as a crowd forming to demand the release of the detained man. Four white men were also arrested on narcotics charges.
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Fla
Cas
H. Doss
State Air of Narcotics
Doss
W. J. Tedford
Third Air
Central Avenue
Tam
Norman Hand
Denaturalization Move Aims at Puerto Rico Native
The Justice Department asks denaturalization of Isidro Conde Hernandez of San Juan Puerto Rico who arrived from Spain in 1915 and was naturalized in March 1942 amid concerns he joined the fascist aligned Falange in Spain and Italy Germany ties.
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Washington
Age
Spain
Italy
Germany
Justice Department
At of
Assassination Attempt Claimed on King Peter of Yugoslavia
Moscow radio Tass dispatch says fascists attempted to assassinate King Peter. The claim, cited by Soviet monitor, blames Yugoslav soldiers returning to fight with Tito. Tito’s partisans reportedly rout a German column in Slovenia as allied powers favor Tito.
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London
Moscow
Peter
Yugoslavia
Monitor
Dispatch
Josip Broz
Tito
Slovenia
United States
Britain
Russia
Posoe
Incendiaries Scattered Over London In Short Attack
London residents faced a brief but fierce raid by Nazi air forces that scattered firebombs and explosives across multiple districts. The smaller force followed Saturday’s pattern, drew heavy anti-aircraft fire, and reportedly left several fires and casualties, as Prime Minister Churchill visited damaged areas and greeted workers amid cheers.
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London
Berlin
Churchill
American Fighters Set Deepest Penetration Into Axis Europe
London reports the deepest American fighter penetration of World War II as Lt. Col. Don Blakeslee led Mustangs on a 535 mile flight to Leipzig accompanying bombers. They set a 1070 mile round trip record, exceeding the prior 900 mile range to Brunswick and were within sight of Berlin as another Lightning group also pushed far into enemy territory.
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London
Europe
Don Blakeslee
Fairport Harbor
Leipzig
Brunswick
Berlin
Turk government criticized in Moscow radio broadcast
A Moscow Task broadcast accused German propagandists of boosting activity with Turkish official circles. It named Nazi propagandists who visited Turkey and said their work aimed to deepen ties between Goebbels propaganda and the Turkish press.
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London
Moscow
Turkey
Goebbels
Submarine Claims Sink Allied Destroyers Amid Baltic Rumor
Berlin radio reported that German submarines sunk 11 allied escort destroyers in the Atlantic in recent days. The claim lacked independent confirmation and was deemed unverified.
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London
Berlin
Atlantic
Indian Division Isolated In Burma Fighting
In Burma the seventh Indian division has been cut off near Ngakyedauk pass as Japanese forces in the area disintegrate. British relief troops advance from the north toward the eastern exit while a Japanese refugee column two miles east is hemmed in. An enemy column that crossed the Mayu range into Kalapanzin Valley toward Buthedaung has been split up and a raiding group along the Bawli supply road was eliminated except for a small remainder.
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Ngakyedauk Pass
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Mayu Range
Kalapanzin
Buthedaung
Bawli
Japan Partially Repaid For P. H.
United States Pacific Fleet reports a partial settlement for Pearl Harbor as aircraft sank two light cruisers three destroyers an ammunition ship a seaplane tender two oilers two gunboats and eight cargo ships at Truk. American planes destroyed 127 enemy aircraft and damaged more than 50 more with 17 of their own planes lost. Shore facilities and shipyards sustained heavy damage while no landings occurred and no enemy air opposition on the second day.
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Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Truk
Tokyo
Japanese leadership shaken after Truk raid
Allied forces report a heavy blow at Truk with at least 19 ships sunk and 201 war planes destroyed over a two day bombardment. The Tokyo government admits destruction and reports firing navy and army chiefs, with Premier Tojo taking over as chief of general staff.
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Hideki Tojo
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Former Governor On Trial For Conspiracy
Oklahoma City Feb. 21 The red haired Leon C Phillips former Oklahoma governor was scheduled to go to trial on a charge of conspiracy to accept a $500 parole payoff The 300 pound Phillips who shifted from the Populist party to the Republican has called the accusation a political frameup Mrs J W Eissminger testified she paid for clemency for her husband
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Phillips
J. W. Eissminger
Engineer And Navigator Of Flying Fortress In Glorious Failure
A World War II bomber crew jammed a damaged fortress through eight hours of perilous flight from Leipzig to a British base. The engineer and navigator traded control as the co pilot and pilot were killed and wounded. The craft crashed on landing, killing the engineer and navigator, while the pilot died later. Fellow crew and base officials lauded the heroism amid the wreckage.
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U. S
England
Leipzig
Carl W. Moore
Williamsport
Moore
Britain
Eugene A. Romig
Byesville
Ohio
Romig
Japanese Army and Navy Chiefs Relieved in Tokyo Shakeup
Tokyo radio reports a sweeping reorganization after the Truk attack. Premier Hideki Tojo assumes army general staff chief duties while Admiral Shigetaro Shimada becomes naval general staff chief. Osami Nagano is relieved as navy chief. Sugiyama is removed as army chief. Emperor Hirohito approves Tojo’s new roles.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Truk
Navy
Hideki Tojo
Army General Staff
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
United States
Imperial Headquarters
Navy Ministry
Osami Nagano
Japanese Navy
Hirohito
Shigetaro Shimada
Naval General Staff
Japanese War Ministry
Gen. Sugiyama
U. SS
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Tace
Domei
Emperor Hirohito
Tojo
Army
Rayburn Foresees Roosevelt Tax Veto Upheld
Speaker Rayburn said President Roosevelt would send a veto message tomorrow on the $2.315 billion tax bill and that the veto would be sustained. Democratic leaders met at the White House. some urged the President to sign. The bill amounts to about one fifth of the administration’s request and action on the veto was postponed to Wednesday. House leaders plan to avoid controversial votes due to Washington birthday observances. Rep. Gore condemned the measure as unworthy and allowing wartime pilfering loopholes.
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Washington
Rayburn
D-Tex
Roosevel
Congress
White House
Congressional Democratic
Gore
D-Tenn
Toll Of Jap Navy Ships Since Pearl Harbor
New York feb 21 Japan has lost 306 naval ships since Pearl Harbor while American losses total 130 in AP count from communiques and unofficial announcements. Japan also lost 869 non combatant and merchant ships. Of American naval losses 96 were sunk in the Pacific, about one fourth of Nipponese wartime losses there.
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Japan
Pearl Harbor
Associated Press
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