Biggest RAF Raid on Berlin Overwhelms German City
Reports say the RAF and US heavy bombers unleashed a massive night strike on Berlin, dropping an estimated 900 tons of bombs including two and four ton blockbusters. The raid, sixteenth night foray over Europe, caused fires and heavy damage with 19 planes missing. Berlin landmarks stood out amid clear weather as crews observed the city from the air.
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United States
Berlin
Harold Bafour
Air
United Nations
Europe
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London
Germany
Harold Balfour
Bricelin
Bremen
Hannover
France
L. H. Hedrick
Bitler
Apri
Luebeck
Inez
Cologne
Tka
Cape
Lir
Fallaw-Ay
St.Nazaire
Wilhemshaven
Nuernberg
Lint Erder
Timoshenko Offensive Drives Deep Into German Lines
Soviet dispatches report Marshal Semeon Timoshenko pushing across a broad Northwestern front sector, smashing the German 16th Army and reclaiming 202 villages. The eight day campaign yields many reoccupied towns including Demyarka, Lychkovo, and Zaluchye as railways are cut and German forces retreat westward.
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Moscow
Red Army
Semeon
Timoshenko
16Th Army
Tetays
Valdai Hills
Kharkov - Kursk
Hes Stalin
Stalin
Germany
Tsvestin
Lake Imen
Staraya Russa
Valdat
Demyarsts
Lychkovo
Zaluchye
Lyzhokove
Borogoc
Eveska
Demyansk Alydromeé
Tself
Eithar
Orel
Caueaans
Black Sea
Slush
Waler
Tursk
Kharkov
Vernaktlovgrad
Poshiona
Donets
Rostov
Caursaus
Nazis May Bomb U S Coast Soon Warn Berlin
Berlin propaganda outlet hints at possible American coast bombardment within months. Berlin cites RAF raids and aviation fear to claim Washington and Boston could face attacks, warning of intensified pressure from Europe as tensions rise.
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U.S
Berlin
Weather Blocks Allied Attack on Jap Convoy
Allied air units awaited a potential strike against a large Japanese convoy moving west from New Britain toward New Guinea as bad weather and cloud cover hindered reconnaissance. The convoy, sighted off Talasea, lies about 175 miles from Ra bal and 250 air miles from Salamiua and Lie on the northeast New Guinea coast, with fighters escort and a weather front ahead.
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Australia
Pacific
New Britain
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Talasea
Rabal
Salamiua
Hly Tweather
Allies Repel Germans In North Tunisia in World War II
Allied forces report repelling General Jurgen von Arnim's attacks in northern Tunisia while capturing Scheitte and advancing near Beja. Air successes include 25 Axis planes shot down as Rommel’s trail operations expand, with American and British units entering Sbeitla Kasserine and Feriana.
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Alfied Kenpa
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Axia
Scheitte
Beja
Tunis
Mediterranean
el Aroussa
Medjez-El-Bah-Goubeilat
Touksabour
Medjez-El- Bah
Rommel
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Feriana
Feld
Sheitla
Headaaar
Tata
Atcusk
Palermo
Sicily
la Hencha
Brax
Anther
Brazil Orders Roundup of Spies
The Jozo Pessoa police chief in Parahuba ordered immediate apprehension of suspicious individuals along a coastal belt 16 miles from the Atlantic. The move follows reports that U boats have landed spies and saboteurs at isolated points on the Brazilian hump.
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Rio de Tenejiro
Jozo Pessoa
Parahuba
Congress Accused of Hindering War Policy
The House of Delegates denounces national Congress activities as hindering the war effort. They urge immediate actions to curb obstacles and delay, condemning what they call practical politics during critical times. The speech frames unity and swift intervention as essential to support wartime goals.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Todiy
Ohstines
McKellar Fights TVA Exemption in Merit Bill Clash
Senator Mel McKellar argues against applying federal salary and staffing limits to the Tennessee Valley Authority, urging TVA retain merit based hiring. Senator Will D. Allen counters TVA differs from other agencies and should be exempt to safeguard its mission and operations. The dispute centers on whether McKellar’s bill would disrupt TVA’s governance and effectiveness versus extending conformity to all federal entities.
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Washington
Mel Kellar
Tennessee Villey Authority
Will D-Alad
TVA
Congress
Hill
McKollar
van Nuys
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lost Kingsport flier found adrift after bomb crew parachuted
Bill Richardson of Kingsport, 28, a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, and his bomber crew survived five days adrift in the icy North Atlantic after bailing out during a gale off New Brunswick. Found on an ice floe near Shediac, they were ferried to Cape Tormentine and then Monckton Hospital in good condition.
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Kingsport
Richardson
Straits of Northumberland
Price Edward 1
New Brnunswick
Cape Tormentine
Monckton
W. A. Richardson
West Charlemont St
Labrador
Charlottetown
Newerd Island
Shediac
Northuuberland Straits
Prince Edward Island
North Atlantic
Truxton
Deanslevell
Pyed
Cam
Worker Killed As Overloaded Store Collapses In Chattanooga
A store collapse in Chattanooga traps workers and injures several as heavy stacked feed and seed topple into the basement. N W Walker, 20, from New England Ga, dies under the debris after being crushed. Owner Farry Levin and others suffer cuts, bruises, and fractures amid a long rescue effort.
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N. W. Walker
FiOdoom
Walker
New! Ingland
Homer Edmonson
Munda Air Base Set Afire In Raid
The Navy reported American bombers attacked the Japanese air base at Munda on New Georgia Island in the Solomons, starting fires. It was the second raid on Munda since November 23 as US planes from Guadalcanal intensified efforts to destroy the base.
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Soemba
Timor
New Guinea
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Munda
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Solomons
Soth
Guadalcanal
U.S
Navy Promises to Destroy Japanese Fleet in War's End
Navy Secretary Knox told senators the United States will utterly destroy the Japanese fleet before the war ends and likely impose terms on Japan. He urged Senate Foreign Relations Committee to extend the lend lease act for another year as Allied forces prepare for intensified operations in the Pacific. Canberra said Allied air reserves are ready to confront growing Japanese troop and shipping concentrations north of Australia following MacArthur's reports.
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Mother Heekoshe
Senate Foreign Relations
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Australia
Arthur S. Drckefnrd
MacArthur
Germans Protest Italian Envoy Appointment Cancelled
Berlin reports that Dr. Auguste Rosso’s appointment as Turkish ambassador was cancelled due to German protests. Barbiere Guarigna replaces him as envoy to Paris, and Guarviglia is named ambassador to the Holy See in Vatican City. The issue cites concerns over Rosso’s background and alleged ties to the United States Army.
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Ankara
Marley
Auguste Rosso
Turkey
Barbiere Guarigna
Paris
Guarviglia
Galenaze Clana
Vatirea City
Rosso
America
One Dead and 15 Hurt in Chemical Plant Blast
A Bristol Pennsylvania plant of Rohm and Haas suffered a deadly explosion and ensuing fires that killed Thomas Neely of Philadelphia and injured 15 others. Soldiers sealed the area as blasts continued and molten plastic sprayed workers, with damage estimated at least $100,000.
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Bristol
Lige Rohm and Haas Chemical Company
Philadelphia
Thomas Neely
Duncan Merriwethee
Treasuer
Rooney Deferment Sought by MGM Studio
MGM asks for deferment for Mickey Rooney arguing he is an essential performer in an essential industry. Officials say appeal filed about a month late while Rooney, 21, remains on the local draft rolls. Also reported, Wingston Sangret, 29, convicted of murder in Surrey, England, and sentenced to death. The victim, Jean Walfe, 15, was found Oct 14 buried in a sand mound.
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Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Metro Gerswyn-Mayer Studio
Mickey
West Los Angzeles
Selective Service Board
Statecraft
Adr
Ava Gardner
M-G-M
Wingston
Surrey
England
P— Atgusk Sangret
Jean Walfe
Senate probe asked into Viereck case after Supreme Court reversal
Senator Langer proposed a senate motion to investigate George Sylvester Viereck and his alleged pro German activity reports to the State Department. The Supreme Court reversed his conviction, and Langer urged further inquiry into prosecutorial conduct and potential compensation for his defense costs. Viereck faced broader indictments with others and related sedition charges. officials signaled possible release from federal custody though sedition questions linger.
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Lengerg
FUND
Senate
George Sylvester Viereck
Fuiure
State Department
Pearl Harbor
Langer
Vorminiltre
Hira
Langer Primi Clonday
Supreme Court
Vitveck
Congress
Withholding Tax Proposal Divides Capitol Hill
A House Ways and Means subcommittee approved a 20 percent withholding levy on wages and salaries to be effective July 3, linking it to existing taxes. The plan would not raise new taxes but redirect withheld funds toward current tax liabilities, with no changes to rates or exemptions for 1942 or 1943.
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Asay
House
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Doughton
D-N.c
Fulways Arid Means Committee
Aslways Hospital
Beardsley Rumi
Rumi Plan
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Cooper
D-Tenn
Oye
Run Hias
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