de Gaulle Fading and Giraud’s Role in France
Our Daily Bread notes two minor headlines about de Gaulle fading after Casablanca and Giraud allegedly held by Nazis. The piece argues the UN must rescue the French nation, not only its army, and that Giraud’s political influence may accelerate this effort than de Gaulle’s lone military stance.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
America
Dritlan
Algiers
Cagablanca
de Gaulle
Davlun
Vichy
Henri Honore Girault
Darlan
Laval
Petain
Casablanca
Giraud
United Nations
Germany
Francy
Moscow hints at Baltic republics fate in postwar plan
Washington reports broad Moscow hint that postwar planners should keep hands off Bessarabia and the Baltic republics seized by Soviet Russia in 1940. Pravda editorial rebukes a Washington columnist and asserts those territories remain part of the USSR, tied to Russia and its constitution, with the Red Army defending their independence.
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Washington
Mossow
Bessarabia
Baltic Republics
Assia
Russia
Hitler
France
Britain
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Europe
Moscow
Pravda
Fierc
Communist Party
Constantine Brown
Washington Evening Star
Thussia
Germany
Tran
Persian Gulf
Bessaripla
Bailie
Bessarbin
California
Alaska
United States
Soviet Union
Baltie
Ussr
Red
Newsman Promoted at Camp Robinson
Walter E. Hussman of Texarkana has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain at Camp Robinson. Col. Greger C. Graham, camp commander, announced the promotion. Hussman is vice president of the Texarkana Gazette and News and has past experience with Hot Springs newspapers.
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Camp Robinson
Walter E. Hussman
Texarkana
iCamp Robinson
Greger C. Graham
Hussmans
Heer
The
Texarkana Gazette and News
Hot Springs
Senate Farm Bloc Presses for Price Hike
Washington reports farm state senators formed a push to raise farm prices and probe administration agriculture policies. Chairman Smith D SC named Stewart D Tenay Wheeler D Mont Aiken R Vic and Bushfield R SD to build public support for higher prices to sustain farming and food production.
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Washington
Smith
D-Sc
Agriculture Subcommittee
Stewart
Tenay
Wheeler
Mont
Aiken
R-Vic
Bushfield
Roosevelt
War Production Chief Warns of Broad Rationing Impact
Washington Feb 12 The War Production Board chairman Donald M Nelson told the Senate Military Committee that $90 billion in weapons cannot be produced this year without widespread casualties in non essential industries. He warned of civilian job cuts and possible clothing rationing as manpower shifts to munition plants create strains on the home front. Nelson urged keeping civilian services from being cut too far to avoid hampering war production.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
Baurel
Nelson
Senate Military Committee
WPB
Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
United States
Bombers Strike Munda Base in Solomons Action
U S bombers targeted Munda on New Georgia and Kolumburig in the Central Solomons. Reports say large fires started after morning and evening raids by Marauder bombers with Airacobra escorts. Japanese positions at Mundas and Bolonburigu were hit. one enemy plane was shot down.
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Washington
Munda
Kilembangair
Navy
South Pacific
Mediwimn
Marlin Bed
Airacobra
Fightning
Mundus
Airacahry Escors
Bolonburigutu
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Amita Arrfield
Kolumibuigars
Rommel Wounded Report From Tunis Front
The Sun cites a Tunisian front dispatch claiming Marshal Rommel was wounded in a heavy American bomber raid on Gabes and may be in a Tunis hospital. The report, unconfirmed, notes no details on injury severity and relies on a usually reliable source.
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New York
The
Sun
Marshal Rommel
Gabes
Gault MacGowan
Rommel
Tunis
FDR to Discuss Foreign Home Front Problems on Radio
President Roosevelt will address the nation by radio tonight from Washington first since his Casablanca trip. He will cover foreign and domestic issues including North Africa, labor shortages, price controls, manpower allocation, rationing, and postwar planning in a 20 minute speech broadcast at 8 40 p m Central War Time. The White House noted a broad review of allied efforts and recent diplomatic moves with Churchill and General Eisenhower. The Democratic National Committee has organized Washington birthday dinners with attendance tied to donations, with plates at 100 dollars in Washington and 50 in New York.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Churchill
Lincoln
Democratic National Committee
White House
North Africa
Dwight D. Hisenhower
Stimson
Japan
Welles
Germany
Vichy
France
Frank C. Walker
New York
General Says Many Killed in Battle at Guadalcanal
General Alexander Patch Jr announced that Japanese forces had been driven from Guadalcanal after a brutal campaign. He described the fighting as digging enemies out of jungles and hills and noted the necessity of close combat and effective artillery.
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Guadalcanal
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
Nan
United States
Hogs Lose Gridder Johnson to Army Air Forces Call
Vir sil Red Johnson star football end and basketball guard withdraws from the University of Arkansas to answer an Army Air Forces call. Johnson hails from Malye and duniue.
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Fayetteville
Red Johnson
University of Arkansason
Johnson
Malye
Weather Delays May Hit Tunisian Allied Drive
Allied command in North Africa clears the way for a broad Tunisian offensive but bad weather, including rain and snow, threatens to delay major actions by four to six weeks. Storms hamper operations from Sened to Mateur as Allied air and ground actions continue with evolving troop dispositions and Eisenhower coordinating plans with British and Middle East officers.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Arvigd
North Africa
Tunisia
Cairodiss
Sened
Maknassy
Calgo
Sicily
Reuters
Mateur
CBS
Eighth Army
Marishal Rommel
Bizerte
Italian High Command
Rome
Tunisian
Rhodes
Crete
Bougic
Algeris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Middle East
Hoarders Blame Shortage for Meat Crisis in Nation
Chicago reports that National Retail Meat Dealers Association official John A. Katal cites widespread hoarding of meat in lockers across the country. He notes government storage data is scarce and warns spoilage risk if power to cold storage fails, urging action from Washington.
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Chicago
John A. Katal
National Retail Meat Dealers Association
Kaltal
Euckers
McClellan to Speak in Little Rock on Feb 25
John McClellan notified the legislature he will address a joint House Senate session in Little Rock on February 25, following an invitation extended last month. The speech aims to cover civic and legislative issues likely to influence state affairs.
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Lille Rock
John McClellan
House - Senate
Russian Pincers Clamp Nazi Held Donets Basin
Russian forces have two enveloping advances around the Donets basin extending toward Kharkov. One arm spans the basin top, the other moves north and south from Kamensk to Novocherkassk, with Lozovaya severing Kharkov’s rail link and threatening the Dnieper region. The offensive also aims at Rostov from Melikhovsk, Bogumyev, Kerchik, and nearby towns, while fighting continues in the Miromorsk area and along the Donets to the Azov coast. The Black Sea fleet bombarded western Caucasus positions, and Russian Marines reportedly killed many Axis troops ashore. North of Kharkov fighting persists with gains in Belgorod and Kursk sectors.
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Eddy Gilmore Mostow
Red Army
Donets
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kamensk
Lozogvaya
Kharkav
Crimea
Kuamensk
Melikovsk
Don River
Novocherkassk
N. F. Vatulin
Rostov
Rostey
Melikhovsk
Bogummyev
Mechetny
Bogurayev
Zaitsevka
Mechelny
Kerchik
Malikhovsk
Bougurayev
Likhaya - Stalingrad
Shakhty
Lozovaya
Great
Dnieper
Red
Dnieper - Opetrovsk
Sea of Azov
Azov
Miroma-storsk
the Caucasus
Caucasus
Moscow
Monitor
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Don
Belgorod
Kursk
Guadalcanal Evacuation Losses Highlight Naval Drift
American air forces claimed decisive naval successes near Guadalcanal and New Georgia on February 4, sinking three Japanese destroyers and damaging several more while repelling carrier air attacks. Japanese losses across the six month campaign were estimated up to tens of thousands, with US and allied forces reporting inconsistent totals as the fighting stretched from Guadalcanal to New Guinea and Burma.
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Associated Press
Stroyers
Guadalcsnal
Prize Island
U.S
New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal
Cape Esperance
Alexander Vandegrift
Philadelphia
Vandegrift
Millard F. Harm
U. S. Army
South Pacific
New Guinea
Ge Douglas MacArciur
Mubo
Salamaua
Imperial Tokyo
Australia
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Bay of Bengal
Donbaik
Rathedaung
Akyab
Babies and Adults Share The Same Meat Rations
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will set a single meat allowance for all ages when rationing starts around March 28. Plans abandon age graded rations to avoid depriving teething babies, with coupons issued in a sealed points system predicting about two pounds per person per week, varying by hamburger, liver, or steak choices. Public ration books begin Feb 22.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
OFA
RAF Strikes Again at Nazi Naval Base
The German naval base at Wilhelmshaven was hit by a heavy RAF attack last night, according to the air ministry. Three planes failed to return from the raid, the first major strike since Sunday when the submarine base at Lorient was attacked.
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RAF
Loviden
Wilhelmshauven
Eulinent
Lorientt
Wrance
Public Warned to Help Fight Off Inflation
The Federal Reserve Board urged public cooperation to curb inflationary pressures from wartime spending. It called for wider sales of government securities and tax measures to siphon at least 16 billion dollars, aligning with President Roosevelt’s drive and Treasury plans for a new victory fund in April.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenshau
Reserve Board
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
FDR aiming for a fourth term, predicts GOP victory
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Representative Joseph W. Martin Jr. believes President Roosevelt will seek a fourth term but will be defeated. Martin, House minority leader, spoke at a Lincoln Day dinner and cited Republican gains in the last election as evidence of a 1944 GOP victory.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Roosevelt
House
Servicemen Exempt From State Tax
Little Rock reports a House bill by Rep. Burke Lee passed the Senate 250 to 0 that exempts servicemen from state income tax on military pay with an emergency clause. The measure, if signed by Governor Adkins, would apply to taxes due this year and does not exempt income from non service sources.
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Little Rock
Fon
Burke Lee County
Senate
Adkins
Corporation Commission
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