Island hopping in Pacific urged as key to Japan victory
Retired General Thomas Holcomb argues the Pacific campaign requires amphibious advances on major islands to squeeze Japan from all directions. He notes Tarawa and Cape Gloucester lessons, stresses production pace, and warns of costly but necessary assaults to isolate and defeat Japanese defenses.
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Thomas Holcomb
United States Marine Corps
Central Press Association
Washington, D. C
Pacific
Japan
Tokyo
Berlin
Tarawa
Marine Corps
Truk
Rapaul
Marshalls
Pearl Harbor
Weather outlook for the Carolinas and Georgia
Cloudy with showers and little change in temperature Sunday and Sunday night. Monday partly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers. Partly cloudy and continued warm Sunday and Monday with occasional showers in northern portions.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Crises on Eastern Front Amid Allied West Threat
The article analyzes the eastern defense against a looming allied two-front war, noting weather as a major factor for German plans. It cites a possible spring thaw influencing Russian offensives, while Britain and Italy intensify night bombings on German war industries.
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Black Sea
Russia
Germany
Britain
Italy
Dnieper
French sabotage story highlights plant attacks in wartime
The report notes that the French government leverages plant owners and managers to aid sabotage. It cites a case where a prominent industrialist’s son joined terrorists and was tasked to destroy his father’s plant, aided by removing the night watchman to simplify the act.
Americas gains widen in Pacific as Japanese evacuations noted
Allied reports detail swift Allied actions in the Pacific including assaults on the Marshall Islands Truk and the Marianas. Burke's destroyers raid in the Coral Sea area disrupt Japanese bases while Mountbatten advances toward Akyab. In the Philippines the puppet president Laurel orders a broad draft of able bodied Filipinos for agricultural labor.
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Baul
Kavienk
Truk
Tokyo
Burke
Rabaul
New Zealand
Adm
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Akyab
Burma
Philippines
Jose P. Laurel
Japan
Younger officers in ring clash with axis rupture stance
APPOINTMENTS shows Col. Filomeno Velazco as police chief after displacing Col. Emilio Ramirez before Gen. Ramirez rested. Lt. Col. Julio Lagos, an aviation officer, took charge of the post office and communications. The group opposed Argentina breaking with the axis and opposed Gilbert and Gonzalez for backing the rupture, and feared last Wednesday’s developments.
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Filomeno Velazco
Emilio Ramirez
Ramirez
Julio Lagos
AXIS
Argentina
Gilbert and
Gonzalez
Argentine Plan to Liberalize Government Rumors Stir
Gen. Ramirez reportedly aims to reintegrate Gilbert and Gonzalez and push a liberal program. He allegedly ordered mass nationalist arrests, including Manuel Fresco, ex governor of Buenos Aires province. A police chief freed 90 detainees last night. Fresco might become federal commissioner as rumors of military movements spread from Buenos Aires.
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Ramirez
Gilbert
Gonzalez
Manuel Fresco
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Fresco
Uenos Aires
Ten massing forces to retake beaches after early landings
The spokesman said the five week old landings posed a serious threat to German communications and to the political potentialities. Marshal Kesselring moved the Fourteenth Army to the beachhead and built it to at least ten divisions by February 20. Three reinforced infantry regiments were brought from Germany, and the landing disrupted Germany’s plan to move strong divisions from Italy to bolster the western invasion coasts.
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Tenth Army
Arshal Kesselring
Fourteenth Army
Germany
Italy
Europe
Hannegan Criticizes GOP Policy At Texas Dinner
Dallas Feb 26 Democratic chairman Robert E. Hannegan accused Republican aspirants of seeking power by exploiting wartime discontent. He cited a Texas fundraiser noting the party aims to raise 105000 dollars as he warned against harming domestic gains and aiding enemies.
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Dallas
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Hannegan
Berlin
Tokyo
Rity
Ereas Mares
America
Hitler
Minneapolis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Democratic Party
Reich air industry ravaged as Allied bombings rise
An American spokesman says Germany’s aircraft sector has suffered its greatest losses, with twin and single engined fighter production cut sharply since January 1. He notes the Eighth U S Air Force dropped 7,935 tons last week, raising total to 9,425 tons with Italy based forces. Germany’s defense is no longer able to halt strategic bombing.
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RAF
U. S. Army Air Forces
Reich
Eighth U. S. Air Force
Rmany
15Th U. S. Air Force
Germany
Democratic Italians face Allied policy clash
The article cites Sforza disputing Churchill on Italy's postwar governance. It defends a democratic path opposed to the present Italian government, arguing it must aid Allied war aims. Sforza says Churchill misreads the loyalty of anti-Fascist generals and asserts the king’s presence would hinder war effort.
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America
Britain
Sforza
Churchill
Concealed Weapon Lands Man In Jail
Jule Hammett a 47 year old resident of 1110 Davis Street was jailed last night in default of bonds totaling 250 on charges of being drunk and disorderly and carrying a concealed weapon. Officers found a razor and a half pound pocket knife in Hammett s possession described as the largest concealed weapon seen by the local police.
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Jule Hammett
Davis Street
Hammett
Federal ballots spark state rights clash in service voting debate
The debate centers on whether federal ballots infringe state election sovereignty. Senators discuss a compromise requiring states to certify federal ballots under their laws. Some lawmakers, including Hatch, regard the plan as unworkable before elections. A 1942 act could still allow a war ballot for servicemen if states fail to agree.
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House
Hatch
Austin
Senate
Congress
Finnish Press Sees Possible Peace Move Amid War Outlook
The Finnish paper Karjala notes that censorship allowed Russia terms to be printed signaling potential peace negotiations. Finns were surprised by 1940 peace reports, believing they were winning, as Russia reportedly halted the ground push on Leningrad, implying an opening for a quicker settlement.
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Karjala
Russia
Leningrad
Red Army
Finland
Red Army pushes Germans back on multiple fronts near Pskov
Soviet communique reports 150 communities captured south of Porkhov as Russians cross the Sheldon river toward Porkhov Chirkhachevo highway. In Porkhov to Novosokolniki sector 218 localities and eight railway stations fell, Germans forced back to the Pskov Idnitsa line. one German regiment routed, 700 killed. Adolf Hitler hurried to the northern front to bolster resistance.
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Porkhov
Pskov
Sheldon
Porkhov- Chirkhachevo
Novosokolniki
Adolf Hitler
Poe
Algiers
Hitler
French Police Radios Confiscated Ahead of Allied Landing
New York Feb 26 Nazi occupation authorities plan to confiscate all radio sets and transmitters belonging to French police and prefectorial officials as preparations for an Allied invasion in western Europe continue, the Brazzaville radio said.
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New York
Europe
Brazzaville
It Was Every Marine for Himself In Engebi Landing
Eye witness account of the Engebi invasion by Marines on February 18 reports no fixed battle line as the 22nd Marine Regiment cleared pockets of Japanese resistance. Gunfire reduced the island before landings, with hand to hand fighting and fierce sniper fire, Marines pushing 400 yards inland to secure a decisive beachhead.
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Engebi Landing
Engebi Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Chester W. Nimitz
Atoll
Alva Copking
Engebi
Warren J. Hardine
Saint A
Long Island
David Hodge
Granite City
Corp
Melvin Cathet
San Jose
Calif
Cather
German Troops Evacuate Norway Reported Movements
Stockholm reports a Norwegian legation source stating German troops and war materiel are withdrawing from eastern Norway. A division was moved to Germany and more transfers are believed under way to bolster eastern and western fronts. Anti aircraft guns are being moved and a Norwegian hospital reportedly evacuated in Skien.
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Stockholm
Legation
Norway
Uderstood
Germany
Skien
Churchill's Son in Yugoslavia Confers with Tito
Randolph Churchill son of the Prime Minister met Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia after a probable parachute drop. He is the first MP to be a paratrooper, served in 1941 Middle East, crashed later but returned to action in North Africa in 1942. The mission aims to aid Yugoslav partisans.
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London
Randolph Churchill
Josip Broz
Tito
Yugoslavia
Churchill
Middle East
North Africa
Ensign Grady Morgan Reports for Navy Duty
Ensign Grady Lee Morgan son of Mr and Mrs M L Morgan of High Point received his commission as an ensign in the United States naval reserve after ROTC and a B S in Commerce at the University of North Carolina He will spend ten days leave with his parents before reporting to San Francisco for active duty on a Pacific fleet ship.
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Enterprise
Chapel Hill
Grady Lee Morgan
Rs. M. L. Morgan
High Street
High Point
United States Naval Reserve
University of North
San Francisco
Morgan
Army Radio Uses Substitutes for Commercials to Please Troops
The article reports that the U S Army radio network for Mediterranean troops omits standard commercials but broadcasts substitute ads. These include war bond pitches and malaria pill pleas, plus gags and station identifications. Publicizing may feature Joe Quartermaster underwear and the Send in a piece of Stu Ka gimmick.
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Washington
Army
Joe
Franco's Fall Seen If Shipments Stop
Indalecio Prieto former Spanish defense minister warned that halting all shipments to Spain would trigger Franco's downfall almost immediately. He said a permanent US oil embargo could overthrow Franco eventually but doubted the embargo would be a real blow. Prieto labeled Franco an ally of Hitler and said he aims to restore a republic in Spain.
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Steven Williams
New York
P— Indalecio Prieto
Spain
Francisco Franco
United States
Franco
Hitler
Prieto
Junta of Spanish Liberation
Germany
Two Slightly Injured When Cab Hits Auto
Two persons were injured, not seriously, when a taxicab and another car collided head on on the Winston-Salem road shortly after 8 pm. Mrs De Stoddard was treated and released for superficial wounds. Eldora Nevels remains under hospital care. Luther Leach, cab driver, was charged with reckless driving and released on $200 bond.
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Winston-Salem
Burrus Memorial Hospital
de Stoddard
Green Street
Eldora Nevels
Luther Leach
East
Washington Street
Blue Ribbon Company
British Planes Battle Nazi Subs Off Morocco
In Tangier, February 26, inhabitants witnessed a battle between British planes and several German submarines off Tarifa. A plane located the subs and summoned others to attack with charges and cannon fire. The attack involved at least five submarines and targeted a convoy crossing from the Atlantic into the Mediterranean without loss.
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Tangier
Tarifa
Atlantic
Medico
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Cape Gloucester
Guadalcanal
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Guam
Gght
RED Cross
Marshall Islands
Marianas
Nimitz
Pacific Islands
Arleigh
Kavieng
New Britain
New Ireland
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Grady Morgan
Gilbert’ Island
Second Marine Division
G. I. Radio
Morocco
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