Indian Crisis Threat Of Starvation Greater Danger Than Politics
AP War Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie reports hunger looms as a bigger danger than political upheaval in British India. With 400 million people, imminent food shortages threaten stability and the Allied cause, despite grain imports from Australia and Canada. Sapru warns that famine could drive dire consequences.
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India
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Australia
Canada
Subcontinent
Churchill Blames Gandhi for Fast in Indian Crisis
In a note to Indian nationalist leader Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, Prime Minister Churchill says Gandhi alone bears responsibility for his fast. He cites India’s August decision to detain Gandhi and other Congress leaders and rejects any discrimination between Gandhi and the others. He states the British government must defend India and uphold United Nations duties.
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New Delhi
Churchill
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Government of India
Gandin
Congress Party
India
United Nations
Mr. Gandhi
Congress
Germans Claim 17 Allied Ships Sunk In Convoy
German high command says a wolf pack sank 17 Allied ships totaling 104000 tons in a strongly protected Atlantic convoy. The attack date is unspecified and Allied confirmation is lacking. Berlin radio broadcast the communique. AP in New York recorded it.
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High Command
Atlantic
Iton
Berlin
Associated Press
New York
Aid To States Funds Cut By House Committee
A 6.3 billion appropriation bill was sent to the House after a subcommittee cut three federal aid to states programs. Cuts include 2.97 million for care of children of employed mothers, 3.182 million for High School Victory Corps aid, and 1.2 million for emergency maternity and infant care for wives and infants of enlisted men.
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Washington
House
Ain
Victory Corps
National Resources Planning Board
War Shipping Administration
Emory S. Land
Robert E. Alle
Admiral Land
Texan argues for guns for fighting men not Congress
Rep Mahon of Texas defends War Department action of placing dummy wooden guns atop House offices. He disputes attacks over the disclosure and says Washington’s safety rests with policies for victory, not bombs from within. Cooley had revealed the wooden gun incident.
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Congress
Washington
War Department
Rep. Mahon
Dtex
House
Mahon
South Pacific
North Africa
Rep. Cooley
D-Nc
Reds Deepen Ukraine Drive Aiming At Kiev
Soviet forces pushed deeper into Northern Ukraine northwest of Kharkov seizing Sumy Lebedin and Akhtyrka as planners eye Kiev and the Konotop railway hub. Reports describe advances on a 42 mile front with heavy fighting in Caucasus Donets basin and near Orel while German losses mount and spring thaw aids movement.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Ukraine
Kharkov
Sumy
Lebedin
Akhtyrka
Kiev
Konotop
Kursk
Orel
Maloarkhhangelsk
Dnieper
Tass
Caucasus
Donets
DNB
Berlin
Lake Ilmen
Mius
Maloarchangelsk
Heavy Raids Reported On Jap Positions In South Pacific
Navy communique No 291 details furious bombing of air bases and ground positions in the South Pacific. Japanese air raids on Espiritu Santo Island and five US aerial attacks on Japanese bases followed from Feb 21 to Feb 22 with torpedo planes and Dauntless dive bombers among units involved.
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South Pacific
Washington
Navy
United States
Espiritu, Santo Island
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
Uring
Grumman
Forts Hit Jap Cruiser With Three Bombs
Allied report details Flying Fortress crews under heavy anti aircraft fire dropping three 500 pound bombs on a Japanese cruiser or large destroyer in Rabaul harbor New Britain. Bombing started fires along the waterfront and strafed two schooners from low altitude.
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Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul Harbor
New Britain
Portuguese Timor
Lae
New Guinea
Mubo
Ware River
Tocal
Kai Island
Milne Bay
Gandhi Shows Improvement On 15th Day
Gandhi's general condition shows slight improvement on the 15th day of his 21 day fast. The 73 year old Indian leader remains hopeful for a compromise with the government, which failed to materialize after talks with Horace Alexander. The bulletin notes reduced uremic symptoms and that Gandhi is cheerful with no signs of deterioration.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Horace Alexander
Quaker Relief Agency
Aga Khan Palace
Poona
Congress Party
Lord Linlithgow
Senate Passes Revenue Bill By 45 to 0 Vote
Raleigh February 24 Senate approves a 105 million revenue bill on second reading by a 45 to 0 vote. Amendments remove sales tax from artificial limbs and eyes to aid wounded soldiers. A new state bureau of mines may be created in Western North Carolina to boost mineral development and employment. Sponsors include Bailey, Cherry, Whitaker, Hodges, Graham, Farthing, Smith, Carlyle, Blythe, and Brown.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Senate
Johnson
Duplin
House
O'Berry
Wayne
Finance Committee
Bureau of Mines
North Carolina
Council of State
Board of Conservation and Development
Broughton
Bailey
Haywood
Cherry
Gaston
Whitaker
Swain
Hodges
Buncombe
Graham
Lincoln
Farthing
Watauga
Smith
Surry
Carlyle
Forsyth
Blythe
Mecklenburg
Brown
Yancey
Rommel's German Forces Fall Back in Tunisia Action
Allied reports say Rommel's army withdrew toward Feriana after a severe defeat by American and British troops in southern Tunisia. Montgomery's Eighth Army counterattacks near the Mareth line as Axis defenses falter and acknowledges heavy air and ground pressure.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Feriana
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Kasserine Gap
Rommel
Ferana
CBS
Montgomery
Mareth Line
DNB
Associated Press
London
Chott EF Djerid
Great Salt Lake
Gabes
Tunisian
Thala
Kremamsa
Axis retreat after stiff battle at Thala and Kasserine
AP reporter in Tunisia describes German and Italian forces peeling back from the Thala valley after two days of heavy Allied defense. British and American units shell and halt the Axis push, then Cruisers and Valentine tanks drive the retreat toward Kasserine Pass, briefly threatening Allied supply lines.
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Axis
Thala
Kasserine Gap
Rommel
Fof
Kasserine
Kasserine Pass
Faid Pass
Reuters
Liliana
Hatab River
Harold V. Boyle
Tunisia
Thala Pass
Valentine
Senegalese Soldier Skips Jeep Test to Identify Germans
In North Africa on February 4 a Senegalese soldier shot two German parachute troopers who claimed to be Americans. He told his French commander he knew they were not Americans because they did not have a jeep.
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Allied
North Africa
Flying Fortress Bombs Cruiser in Rabaul Harbor
A B-17 led by Capt. Paul I. Williams and First Lt. Walter Lucien scored three direct hits on a Japanese cruiser in Rabaul harbor after flying under overcast and searchlights. Williams’ 34th mission and Lucien’s 30th, both describing the raid as the toughest yet. The crew described evasive maneuvers under anti aircraft fire and close-quarters bombing of the target.
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Tom Yarbrough
New Guinea
Rabaul Harbor
Paul IL. Williams
Norman
Okla
Walter Lucien
Hudson, N. H
Williams
Lucien
Earlie
Capt
Britain Ready to Use Gas After Nazi Attack Threat
In London the House of Commons cheered Deputy PM Attlee as he reaffirmed Britain's readiness to retaliate with gas if Germany uses poison gas. Attlee rejected a speaker's interpretation of Goebbels remarks, noting Churchill's May 10 1942 broadcast statement and that policy remains unchanged.
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London
House of Commons
Clement R. Attlee
Britain
Germany
Attlee
Churchill
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Goebbel
Colder Weather Set To End Warm Spell Thursday
The weather bureau announced a definite end to the recent warm spell over the eastern U S. Colder conditions already blanket the north and middle west and will push to the Atlantic seaboard reaching North Carolina by Thursday night.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
North
Middle West
Atlantic Seaboard
North Carolina
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