Weather update for the Carolinas and Georgia cold wave
North Carolina trends show rain this afternoon ending by night with mountain snow flurries and a strong cold wave. South Carolina has showers this afternoon with much colder conditions and a coastal low 32 to 35 degrees. Georgia reports a sharp cooling tonight with a north south divide 20 to 26 degrees in the north and 28 to 32 in the south, coast around 34.
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Rommel Seen Seeking Time To Reopen Tunisian Fight
British observers say Rommel aims to buy time in Tunisia to blunt an Allied spring offensive in Europe. He favors offensive action and may strike at the English army to delay the Axis collapse, using the Mareth Line as a possible jumping off point.
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Home Front Leather Shortage to Curb Low-cost Shoes
War era notes warn leather rationing and WPB limits may reduce inexpensive shoe production in 1943 while higher priced shoes rise. OPA contests shoe quality fears, promising price control and potential wool boosts for civilian clothing. Looming ceilings target canned goods and garden produce ahead of broader price regulation.
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NEA Service
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Stock market roundup with mixed gains across major firms
The Chicago price current quotes show mixed activity as stocks list companies like Pepsi-Cola Phillips Pet Packard and Studebaker among others with varied percentages. Receipts for eggs and overall prices appear unchanged while Utah’s building and construction congress warns Salt Lake City officials about the central fire station condition.
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Meanest Man In Town showing times
Listings include Center for Meanest Man In Town at 1:18 3:02 4:46 6:30 8:14 9:58. Br- Broadhurst Lost Canyon times 12:50 2:37 4:28 6:11 7:58 9:45. Paramount Palm Beach Story times 1:16 3:18 5:20 7:22 9:24. Rialto Westward Ho showings 11:59 1:36 3:13 4:50 6:22 8:04 9:41.
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Allied News Claims U S Seizes Pichon Tunisia
Reuters cites an Algiers radio broadcast stating United States troops occupied the central Tunisian city of Pichon, 22 miles west of Kairouan, while Axis forces captured Sedjenane on the Bizerte to Tabarka corridor.
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Fire department seizes gasoline hoard in unapproved storage
Portland fire crews confiscated a drum of gasoline from a hoarder and kept it overnight at the station before relocating it to safety. Fire damage to the station was estimated at two thousand dollars.
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From Victrola to Metropolitan Opera Star
Jeanette MacDonald rose from an industrial Philadelphia childhood to become a premier opera soprano. A letter she mailed inviting Arthur Moore to her marquee event links a golden-haired girl’s dream with a famous future.
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New York Girl Survives Street Crash Meets Noted Stars
Jean Arthur, a New York student, narrowly avoids a taxi collision. An actor pulls her to safety and hands a witness card. Howard Chandler Christy sketches her for a magazine cover and a studio scout sees her. She later stars opposite Charles Winninger in A Lady Takes a Chance.
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Solomons Air Battle Reporter Records Japanese Losses
Navy communique states five Japanese planes shot down with no American damage in mid February Solo Mons action. Japanese claim sunk two destroyers and a transport. total Japanese ships sunk in Solomons rises to 62 with 116 damaged, 882 planes lost in the campaign to date.
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Churchill Receives Gift Symbolizing British Empire
A London neighbor complains about a seepage issue caused by a living emblem of the empire. The British Lion Winston Churchill, a contemporary symbol of John Bull, is described as a gift received from a Londoner.
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