Gandhi’s 21 day fast intensifies Indian crisis
India news column reports Mohandas K. Gandhi entering a crisis point on day 12 of his 21 day fast in protest against detention and British rule. Government bulletin notes Gandhi’s heart weakness but he remained coherent and hydrated. Appeals for his release pour in from across India as government maintains its stance.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bombay
India
Gandhi
all-India Congress Party
Lord Linlithgow
Hindustan Times
White Heat
Enterprise Today
DeWitt MacKenzie
MacKenize
United Nations
Red Army advances in Donets Basin and toward Dnieper
Soviet forces push through towns in the Donets Basin about 50 miles south and southwest of Voroshilovgrad and seize Pavlograd and Krasnograd, rail junctions that open paths toward Dnieper river towns. Russians report westward drives near Rostov Kursk Orel and Krasnodar with heavy fighting and German losses around Kramatorsk and Stalino.
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Donets
Red
Voroshilovgrad
Dnieper
Pavlograd
Krasnograd
Rostov
Kursk
Orel
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Bokovo-Antratsit
Nagolchik
Kramatorsk
Stalino
Paviograd
Dnieperopetrovsk
Dnieper River
Zaporozhe
Poltava
Kharkov
Rommel Drives Tank Assault Toward Thala in Tunisia
Allied reports describe a fierce two thrust battle eight miles from Thala as German forces push from Kasserine toward Tebessa and the Great Kremamsa Plateau. American and British units claim heavy German losses while defending the Thala corridor amid a day and night clash.
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Middle East
Rommel
Thala
Faid Pass
Kasserine Gap
United States
First Army
Eighth Army
Kasserine
Sbiba
Hatob River
Rommel Delays Allied Africa Schedule With Tunis Drive
Rommel gains ground from Kasserine Pass threatening longer German Italian delaying actions in Tunisia. The Allied timetable to clear Africa is pushed back possibly weeks or months as Rommel fights a delaying rearguard offensive and could target Tebessa or advance toward Medjea El Bab.
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Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Tunisia
Rommel
Kasserine Pass
Africa
Hitler
Red Army
Medjea- El-Bab
Tebessa
Informa
Very Strong Earthquake Felt Near Mexico City
A strong quake originating near Mexico City was recorded on Weston College Seismograph at 5:31 a.m. and lasted three hours. Separate readings from John Carroll University and Fordham University seismographs in Cleveland and New York reported medium to severe shocks about 2,500 miles away.
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Weston
Mass
Mexico City
Weston College
Michael J. Ahern
Here
Cleveland
John Carroll University
Joseph
Johiat
Mexico
New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Newark
Hitler Keeps Reinforcing Eastern Front Command
Adolf Hitler appoints Col. Gen. Heinz Guderian as inspector general of German armored forces under the Fuehrer's direct command. Observers view the move as signaling continued personal direction of Wehrmacht operations in the east. Berlin Radio, cited by AP, notes Guderian left the central Russian front in November 1941 for health reasons and has now recuperated.
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Adolf Hitler
Heinz Guderian
Feuhrer
Hitler
Berlin
Associated Press
Guderian
Thefuehrer
German Troops Reported Moving Toward Spanish Frontier
A Reuters dispatch from Zurich reports trains crowded with seasoned German troops pouring through the French Pyrenees toward the Spanish frontier, with troops moving day and night.
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London
Reuters
Zurich
French Pyrenees
Government Moves to Stop Black Market Meat Trade
The government speeds action to halt illegal cattle and hog slaughter and black market operations. Wickard plans licensing of slaughterers and requires farmers to sell only to licensed operators or their agents. Brown calls black markets treason and warns of poisoned meat and public health risks.
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Washington
Wickard
Dentss Brown
Brown
U S Forces Smash Six German Tanks At Hatob River Ambush
United States armored units evaded a German ambush in the Hatob River valley near Kasserine Pass and knocked out at least six tanks. They repelled Nazi units that advanced ten miles into the valley, taking the initiative after spotting five stationary Mark IV tanks used as bait.
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Noland Norgaard
U. S
United States
Hatob River
Kasserine Pass
Bremen Bombed Heavily in RAF Raid Returns Intact
London reports Bremen endured a heavy RAF raid with all bombers returning It was the first attack on Bremen since October and targets included its submarine yards The air ministry said none of the RAF aircraft were missing Wilhelmshaven and Hanover also figured in recent raids
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London
Bremen
Air Ministry
Wilhemshaven
Hanover
Wilhelmshaven
RAF
Germany
House To Hear Final Reading Of Revenue Bill Tonight
RALEIGH Feb 22 The legislature returns from week end recess to finish the biennial revenue bill in the house and dispose of the nine month school bill in the senate. The house rejected 47 38 a sales tax cut proposal and the wine control measure remains on the calendar. A joint appropriations subcommittee will report the biennial spending bill tomorrow for floor action later in the week.
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House
Senate
Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Assembly
Farm Laborers Accused of Orgies by Florida Grower
Florida grower L. L. Chandler told a Senate agriculture subcommittee that farm laborers supplied by government agencies have engaged in orgies in the fields. He said whiskey and loose women accompany many workers under Farm Security Administration contracts, describing them as mostly riftrats whites and Negroes. Continued on Page Eight.
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Washington
Florida
Farm Security Administration
L. L. Chandler
Goulds, Fla
Senate Agriculture
Chandler
Three American Soldiers Struggle Back From Rommel Trap
Three U S soldiers isolated on Dijebel Ksiira Mountain after three days behind German lines trek 100 miles to friendly camp. Sergt Robert C Wells of Kansas led companions Leo Raymond of Maine and Howard Anderson of New York through ditches and ruined ground while fighting off German forces and destroying equipment.
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Rommel
Harold W. Boyle
U.S
Tunisia
Maine
New York
Kansas
Dijebel Ksiira
Faid
Robert C. Wells
Baxter Spring
Leo J. Raymond
Frenchville
Howard Anderson
Nelliston
N. Y
University of Chicago
Wells
Sbeitla
Allied Bombers Set Fires In Palermo Harbor
Allied aerial squadrons set fires in Palermo harbor, damaged three merchant ships, and blew up one Axis vessel in a Mediterranean sweep. Despite bad visibility, smoke rose from a large merchant ship, with another westbound vessel hit at its stern.
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Cairo
Sicilian
Palermo
Eighth Army
Marshal Rommel
African Corps
Mareth Line
Molos Harbor
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