Russian Push Drives Ahead in Donets and Kharkov Sectors
Soviet forces press in the Donets Basin and Kharkov Kursk area amid heavy German counterattacks. In Rostov region fighting concentrates near Taganrog while the Red Army advances west of Kharkov, capturing towns and inflicting German losses.
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Moscow
Muddyets
Kharkov-Kursk
Red Army
Atorsk
Voroshilovgrad
Redtar
Thesimen
Ingrad
Novgorod
Ya Russa
Orel
Kharkov
Rostov
Dis Nee
Taganrog
Sea of
Kursk
Red Yv
299Th Artillery Regi T
299Th Infantry Divi
Gerny
Comunique
Stalin
Europe
Donets
Themy
Soviet, British And American Crisis Over Second Front Not Likely
New York correspondent Henry C Cassidy says no Soviet American British crisis over a second front is likely. He notes Stalin’s statements signaling cooperation and expects the second front by fall, but predicts two more years of heavy fighting before German defeat. Cassidy—former Moscow bureau chief—sees no current tension in the Allied alliance.
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Clark Lee
New York
Henry C. Cassidy
Joseph Stalin
Cassidy
Associatedress Bureau
Moscow
Stalin
Russia
Red Army
North
Africa
United States
Great Britain
Hitler
Europe
Germany
Allied Combat Teams Drive To Airport In Africa Action
Allied forces push from Kasrine toward Thelepte airport southwest of Tunis as British and American troops blunt German armor along a 55 mile front. Axis prisoners exceed 400 as Von Arnim's units attack Sidi Nsir and Bou Arada area. British Eighth Army envelops positions under Montgomery in southern Tunisia.
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Daniel Deluce
Africa
Bizerte-Tunis
Tunisia
Kasserine
Thelepte
Sidi Nsir
Beja
Jebel Mansour
Bou Arada
Mateur-Beja
Churchill
von Arnim
Mateur-Tabarka
Medjez-E-Bab
Goubellat
Committee cautions against expecting payment in gold for lend lease
The House Foreign Affairs Committee warned Congress against counting on gold or goods as repayment for postwar lend-lease aid. In a formal report, the panel urged continuation of the lend-lease act and said settlement by gold or barter has historically proven self-defeating.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs
Congress
OPA Chief Forecasts Large Split of Ration Books This Week
Duty OPA Administrator Paul O Leary estimated tonight that about 125 million food ration books will be issued during this week’s operation. The figure is well above the roughly 100 million issued in the initial rationing for Ration Book No 1 in spring.
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Washington
OPA
Paul O'Leary
Boeing Aircraft Workers Cancel 24 Hour Meeting
Boeing workers who build the Army Flying Fortresses cancelled a 24 hour general meeting planned for Monday as the War Labor Board moved toward wage settlement. Senator Byrd urged federal legislation to curb wartime work stoppages while AFL officials said the delay came from new developments and the union would meet instead. The WLB said progress was being made and would stay in session until a settlement is reached, with starting wages rising from 62 to 95 cents an hour sought by the unions.
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Washigton
War Labor Board
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
AFL Aeronautical Mechanics Union
Seattle
WLB
Senator Wallgren
D-Wash
William H. Davis
Joint Union War Production Board
Hollywood
Boeing
Boeing Com
McNutt to Stay on Job Despite Funding Rejection
Paul V. McNutt will remain as head of the manpower program despite Congress refusing funds. Fowler Harper said progress might suffer. McNutt’s continued tenure was not guaranteed by the money. Harper later clarified his remarks as his own views. McNutt did not attend the planned press conference.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Congress
Fowler V. Harper
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Harper
WMC
Fowler
48 Hour Week Ordered For Lumber and Mining
The War Manpower Commission ordered a 48 hour work week for the lumber industry and for metal mining excluding iron. Regulations give area and regional directors discretion to apply the 48 hour week in labor shortage areas while ensuring workers are reemployed elsewhere first. By April 1 firms must file how many workers would be released and continue current schedules until authorities approve suitable employment elsewhere.
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William T. Peacock
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Employment Service
Fowler YV
Harper's
Sergeant Sherman recaptures Kasserine Pass in two hour fight
U S forces at the Tunisian Front praise Glade Sherman 38 of Anderson Tennessee for leading 115 men to retake Kasserine Pass from Axis rear guards. The lean top sergeant held the pass overnight until a battalion arrived and prepared for the next mission despite 18 years in service and limited direct support.
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Noland Norgaard
U. S
Kasserine Pass
Glade Sherman
Anderson, Tenn
Sherman
Charley Eastburn
Meridian
Miss
Noble H. Abney
Leesvile
Pilot Saves Pilot Then Is Saved Himself
Lieut. Don Starbuck of Williamstown Massachusetts crash landed a P-38 after a dogfight with two Messerschmitts while escorting bombers over Bizerte. He saved a fellow flier in the exchange and was rescued by Lieut. Lewis Murdock of Middleburg Virginia who drove off the German fighters. The action followed bombing runs by heavy four engined bombers that morning.
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Don “Bucky” Starbuck
Williamstown
Mass
Bizerte
Starbuck
Bucky
Lieut. Murdock
Speer calls economists to match Allied wartime output
German munitions chief Albert Speer convened 140 leading economists at a castle near Kulmbach to devise methods to close the gap with Allied production. The plan includes saving raw materials and energy as Germany faces material shortages amid sustained Allied supplies and broader mobilization.
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Stockholm
Albert Speer
Germany
United Nations
Berlin
Dagens Nuther
Kulmbach
Japs Retreat Further In New Guinea
Allied high command reports renewed fighting near Salamaua as Japanese withdraw toward Wau and Mubo leaving dead scattered. In February 660 Japanese killed and 73 captured around Buna Lae area. 15 000 dispersed or destroyed during Papuan Peninsula conquest. resistance in Papua ended January 22 though scattered groups remain in jungle.
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Australia
Salamaua
New Guinea
Wau
Mubo
Lae
Huon Gulf
Buna
Lae-Salamaua
Papua
Interagency plan urges coal conversion for Carolinas users
In Charlotte on February 27 an interagency federal committee announced that large fuel oil users in the Carolinas who could switch to coal must do so or face revocation of oil rations. War Production Board priorities chief Arthur F. Black cited oil scarcity as the reason for mandatory conversion of oil burning facilities.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Arthur F. Black
War Production Board
Germans Burn And Destroy Behind Them In Ukraine Visit
Reporter Eddy Gilmore with the Red Army describes the thawing Ukraine front as Soviet forces push after retreating Germans. He notes ruined cities like Kharkov, German scorched earth tactics, looted stores, and German wine and champagne stocks while Maj. Gen. George Zaitsev predicts spring drives will continue despite slush.
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Wrnter
Ukraine
Eddy Gilmore
RED Army
Kharkov
George Zaitsev
Europe
France
Bulgaria
Greece
Australia
Norway
Allied Planes Striking All Over Hitlerdam
American Fortress and Liberator bombers hit Brest on the French coast while RAF Venturas attacked Dunkerque as part of a sustained Allied air assault from the North Sea to the Bay of Biscay. Bombers returned safely with light losses, fighter cover praised, and a continued push to weaken German submarine bases ahead of landings in Europe.
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Russia
Edward D. Ball
London
Brest
French
Dunkerque
North Sea
Bay of Biscay
U. S
Paris
Calais
RAF
Cologne
Ue Boat
Wilhelmshaven
Haven
Lorient
St. Naszaire
Mica
France
USAAF
Oscar D. O'Neill
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Raf Spits
Arnold L. Burston
Des Moines
Stimson Pushes Compulsory Manpower Control Bill
Secretary of War Henry Stimson urged the Senate military committee to pass the Austin Wadsworth bill creating compulsory manpower control. He cited shortages in agriculture mining and industry and said current controls were inadequate to fully utilize workers for essential war jobs.
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Washington
War Stimson
Senate Military Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Stimson
War Department
Austin
R-Vi
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Congress
Austin-Wadsworth
Leynolds
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Kramatorsk
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Mc Nutt
Sergeant York
Harold V. Boyle
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