Solomon Islands naval losses reported with battle tallies
The Japanese losses in the Solomons are tallied through February 7 with 40 combatant ships sunk and 24 non combatants, plus 182 total ships sunk or damaged. Battles listed include Savo Island, Eastern Solomons, Cape Esperance, Santa Cruz, Guadalcanal, and Lunga Point with U S and Japanese results. The report notes carrier Hornet sunk at Santa Cruz and Wasp damaged off battle actions.
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Solomons
Navy Review
Savo Island
United States
Eastern Solomons
Cape Esperance
Santa Cruz Islands
Itle
Guadalcanal
Lunga Point
U. S
Solomon Islands
Santa Cruz
Nelson predicts ramp up and later drop in war production
Nelson states war industries need 1.8 million more workers now and 1.3 million will be taken from plants by armed forces this year. Replacements will come from older workers the disabled and those released by civilian curtailments, with some drawn from farms. Buffaloes historically used telegraph poles as rubbing posts.
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Nelson
North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Weather Update
Colder tonight and Sunday with slightly higher central temperatures on Sunday in North Carolina. Occasional rain in the extreme east tonight. South Carolina sees colder tonight and Sunday with scattered showers near the coast early tonight. Georgia cooler tonight and Sunday with a few scattered showers near the coast early tonight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
North Africa Faces French Unity Crises Amid Axis Struggle
The text notes three French factions resisting Unity under Giraud and de Gaulle while North Africa weakens ties to Vichy. It reports a push to unite despite terms, mentions Petain’s illness seen as a turning point, and cites a Communist letter urging action against fifth column sabotage and Axis propaganda.
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Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Vichy
Marshal Petain
Petain
French North Africa
France
Axis
de Gaullist
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Allied airmen attack convoy near Wewak and New Guinea
Allied airmen pursued a 22 ship Japanese convoy near Wewak 370 miles north of Port Moresby despite bad weather. The Bismarck Sea battle killed about 237 Japanese in the Mubo Salamaua area as Allied patrols found bodies. Strikes on New Britain targeted Baaf Bay Gasmata airfields and installations.
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Wewak
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Bismark Sea
Baaf Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Salamaua
New Britain
Mubo
Bismarck Sea
Lae-Salamaua
Babo
Wide Bay
Gasmata
King Cotton Faces Postwar Risk Despite War Boom
Industry observers note a wartime cotton textile surge may fall short after hostilities end. Demand for fabrics, strong export potential, and government loans boosted output, but fears persist of overcapacity, Japanese competition, and the need for industry wide postwar planning to sustain profits and employment.
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Bernard
Japan
New England
Pacific
Germans Grab French Youths For War Work
German forces intensified mobilization in occupied France with youths aged 16 to 19 being gathered for Todt work camps. Reports from Lausanne and Geneva indicate barbed wire camps, forced labor, and forceful recruitment of men 18 to 50 from Bordeaux and Paris offices. Resistance grows as locals flee to mountains and clashes with mobile guards intensify.
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France
Geneva
Haute Savoie
Tribune de Geneve
Gazette de Lausanne
Todt
Lausanne
France de Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Petit Parisienne
Balkans
Italy
Japs Claim Red Ship Sunk By U S Sub
A Tokyo dispatch relayed by the Associated Press says the 6000 ton Soviet freighter Kohla was sunk by an American submarine the night of February 17 in the East China Sea. The claim lacks UN confirmation. Japan and Russia share a neutrality pact but have clashed over mines and a fishing agreement. Domei also said a drifting Kohla lifeboat with four exhausted sailors was found March 5 and the Soviet embassy was informed.
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Associated Press
Domein
Tokyo
Kohla
East China Sea
United Nations
Japan
Russia
Domei
German Deutschlandsender Radio Off Air
The FCC reported that the German Deutschlandsender radio station went off the air tonight indicating a possible RAF assault on the continent.
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New York
FCC
Air raids on Cologne and Essen mark largest Allied bombing yet
Reports say the May 30 1942 raid dropped over 1500 tons on Cologne in the first 1000 bomber assault. Observers note the raid surpassed prior efforts against German war industry and compare its scale to El Alamein artillery and Montgomery’s tactics.
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Archibald Sinclair
Air
Essen
Air Ministry
Sinclair
British Press Association
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Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
el Alamein
Arthur T. Harris
Bomber Command
Germany
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Europe
England
United Nations military force urged to deter future aggression
Senators Hatch Hill Ball and Burton urge a United Nations structure with authority to stop military aggression. They argue broad American support, tie policy to the Atlantic Charter, and insist postwar planning requires nonpartisan, swift action through Congress.
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United Nations
United States
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Ohio
Senate
Truman
Ball
Hatch
Hill
Burton
Welles
Executive Department
Barkley
Kentucky
McNary
Oregon
United Nations Organization
German Aerial Assaults and Tank Push Near Kharkov
Berlin reports say Stukas harassed the front as German panzer divisions attacked on multiple axes. Red Star calls the action nonstop with up to 150 tanks in some sectors and cavalrymen engaging tanks to destroy a dozen. Pravda notes Russians are outnumbered as the Kharkov frontline shifts southeast.
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Red Star
Pravda
Kharkov
Army s Girl Chaser at Kearns Field
At Kearns Field Utah Army Air Forces training center Sergeant Elbert Bish tours Salt Lake City venues to recruit women for clerical jobs. He has led 100 plus hires from 300 approaches with wages from 1260 to 2600 dollars a year for a 40 hour week, aided by free soft drinks.
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Kearns Field
Utah
Sergt
Elbert Bish
Bish
Salt Lake City
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
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Kearns
Russians Drive on Smolensk as Germans Face Heavy Losses
The latest reports describe a major Russian push toward Smolensk, with German casualties totaling around 400 in a single encounter. Soviet forces, aided by U S and British armor and aircraft, advance along the Napoleon Road, while heavy fighting continues in the Iviyum sector near the Donets basin where six German tanks are reported wrecked and 200 Germans slain.
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Donets Basin
Ivyum
Ukraine Steel City
Smolensk
Moscow
Kharkov
U. S
Bely
Allied air strikes sink barges and press Mareth Line defense
Italian forces leave a burning path from the warehouse district as Mitchell bombers and Lightnin fighters attack Axis barges in the Sicilian Straits. Allied fighter-bombers damage enemy vehicles in Sedjenane and smash mareth line positions while Palermo and other Sicilian targets are bombed. Eisenhower vows to push the Axis back to the sea with continued naval and air support.
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Scilian Straits
Mitchell
Sedjenane
Western Desert Air Force
Mareth Line
Palermo
Comiso
Porto
Empedocle
Arnim
Jurgen von Arnim
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Eisenhower
Sfax
Gabes
Montgomery
Egypt
Bone
Philippeville
Algeria
Snake Incubation: Only Python Hatches Born Alive
The text explains a distinction among reptiles noting that the python incubates eggs within its body. It contrasts oviparous snakes that lay eggs exposed to sun with ovioviparous snakes that retain eggs until hatching and give birth to live young.
Rationing Roundup Details March 29 Start and Coupon Rules
Rationing begins March 29 for meats fats oils cheese and canned fish under a point system with red coupons. Blue coupons cover fruits vegetables canned frozen dried and baby foods with no fresh fruit limits. Sugar coffee shoes gasoline fuel oil have staggered March dates and zone based limits for volumes and inspections.
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Washington
Oregon
Kentucky
Ohio
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War Spending Hits New High
War spending reached a daily rate of 253.4 million dollars in February, with total war outlays at 6.081 billion. Expenditures were 2.8 percent below January’s total but about two and a half times February 1942’s. Since July 1940 the government has spent 80.5 billion on war activities through February.
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Washington
Treasury
Navy Announces New Women's Unit Formation
The Navy unveils a new women led unit to help guard waterfront installations. Mrs. William J. Clothier of Valley Forge Pennsylvania will head the organization. It will join the Coast Guard volunteer port security force then comprised of men serving in spare time. Mexico is warring on medical fakors.
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Washington
Armed Services
Navy
William J. Clothier
Valley Forge
Coast Guard
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