Nazi Tanks Break Through U S Lines In Tunisia Fight
American and French garrisons face a major German tank assault near Faid Pass and Gafsa in southern Tunisia as Rommel veterans push forward with about 100 tanks. Air attacksIiming to weaken enemy concentrations, U S and Allied forces struggle to hold Sidi Bouzid and Gafsa, with evacuation feared.
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Tunisia
Thelateau
Faid Pass
Sheitla
Gafsa
Rommel
Marshal Rommel
Faid
Reuters
London
Sbeitla
Sened
Gafsa-Sidi Bouzid
United States
Sidi Bouzid
Jurgen von Arnim
Africa Corps
Sfax
Berlin
Transocean
New York Develops Expanded Social Security Plan
Secretary Frances Perkins told the New School for Social Research that a broader social security plan would charge premiums of 10 percent of the national payroll shared by employers and the government. The plan covers the permanently disabled and those with extended illness, maternity, hospitalization, and industrial accidents, tying social insurance to postwar economic recovery.
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New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Frances Perkins
New School For Social Research
Labor Secretary
William L Anderson Suffered Broken Hip in Fall
William L. Anderson has been hospitalized at Memorial since last Thursday with a broken hip from a fall at his Kentucky street home. He was longtime with Anderson's Bakery, now Drake's Bakery.
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William L. Anderson
Memorial Hospital
Kentucky Street
Anderson
Anderson's
Drake’s' Bakery
Bombers Strike Rabaul in Largest Allied Raid Yet
Allied forces conducted a massive assault on Rabaul New Britain using over 30 heavy bombers dropping more than 50 tons of explosives and 3500 incendiaries. Four formations targeted the naval and air base for over two hours starting fires and damaging ships. Liberators hit Port Ubili New Britain while Catalinas raided Buin airdrome. In New Guinea Liberators hit Madang airfield and Lae airfield attacks destroyed two grounded planes and started fires.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Kenneth McCullar
Batesville
Miss
Malta
Solomons
New Guinea
Liberators
Ubili
Buin
Liberator
Madang
Lae
House committee rejects 100 million crop subsidy request
A House appropriations subcommittee voted six to one to refuse President Roosevelt's bid for 100 million dollars in incentive payments to raise food production. Tarver dissented while Hatch urged ending subsidies and fixing prices at fair parity. The issue to be revisited with Secretary Wickard this week.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Representative Tarver
D-Ga
Agriculture Appropriations
Congress
Tarver
Hatch
Dn.m
Agriculture Subcommittee
Wickard
Navy says 15 Japanese planes down in Pacific actions
Navy communique No. 281 details a February 13 14 action in the North and South Pacific. Fifteen Japanese planes were destroyed and a Japanese cargo ship was hit. Two U S bombers and six fighters were lost with U S ground activity on Guadalcanal limited to patrols.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Solomon Islands
North Pacific
Kiska
United States
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Grumman
Lightning
Buin
Shortland Island
U.S
Guadalcanal
Archie L Mills Arrives For 21 Day Navy Leave
Lieutenant Archie L Mills of the U S Navy arrives from the Pacific to spend a 21 day furlough with his parents at 454 Lincoln street Lawrence. After travel time deductions he will have 17 days in town. He recently received the distinguished flying cross for his role in the Midway operations.
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Archie L. Mills
U.s.navy Air Force
Pacific
J. S. Mills
Lincoln Street
Lawrence
Mills
Midway
Record Cold Hampers New England and Mid Atlantic
Cold wave grips the northeast with sub zero readings and record lows in Watertown Ogdensburg Warrensburg Gloversville New York City Boston Hartford and others. Schools close for fuel saving. OPA appeals for fuel ration relief and emergency oil shipments. The weather disrupts rail schedules and causes two deaths linked to the cold.
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New England
Middle Atlantic
Watertown
N. Y
Ogdensburg
Warrensburg
Gloversville
New ‘York City
Boston
Hartford
Buffalo
Joseph J. Kelley
Office of Price Administration
New Haven
Conn
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Two Missouri Cities
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt stops in Kansas City to inspect a WAAC radio training school and WAAC quarters at the Aladdin hotel. She then motored to Columbia to address Missouri university students before flying back to Washington. Mrs Hobby continues to Dallas.
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Kansas City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
WAAC
Columbia
Missouri University
Des Moines
Oveta Culp Hobby
Waac Corps
Aladdin
Roosevelt
Washington
Hobby
Dallas
Jap Fleet Refused to Fight Near Guadalcanal
The Japanese navy, after extensive aerial scouting of the U S Pacific fleet, refused battle in the final stages of Guadalcanal fighting. The Pacific fleet reportedly halted a heavy reinforcements attempt by signaling strength and then withdrew to New Britain and Shortland bases north of Guadalcanal.
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U.S
South Pacific
United States Pacific
Guadalcanal
Britain
Shortland
Plea Entered in Drunk Driving Case
Roy Dean Peek pleaded not guilty in justice court to a drunk driving charge after arrest by State Police officer Harvey Schmedemann. The case was continued to February 26, with Peek posting a $200 bond.
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Roy Dean Peek
Harvey Schmedemann
Justice Court
O. J. Lane
Peek
Treasury opposes Beardsley Rum plan to cancel 1942 income tax
Washington February 15 The treasury reasserted its opposition to Beardsley Rum s proposal to cancel the 1942 individual income tax year as a step toward a pay as you go system for taxpayers.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Beardsley Rum
Rostov Captured by the Russians
Soviet forces captured Rostov after heavy fighting with German defenders. Taganrog and Voroshilovgrad fell as the Red Army pushed westward, with Kharkov under threat and German counterattacks reported. Hitler ordered last-stand defense as Soviet tanks and reserves drive in a broad southern campaign.
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Tov
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Donets
Kharkov
Ukraine
Moscow
Berlin
Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Associated Press
Pravda
Communist Party
Hitler
Snow and Winds Sweep Kansas Tonight
Topeka reports light snow in the eastern part with winds up to 35 mph. Weatherman S D Flora warns winter isn’t over as Dakotas hold 16 inches of snow. Temperatures across Kansas range from 12 to 20 as Goodland sees 50 yesterday and Ellis records 18 last night.
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Topeka
Kansas
Dakotas
S. D. Flora
Goodland
Ellis
Gieseman Named Kansas Federation Executive Secretary
Miss Rose Gieseman was elected executive secretary of the Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs at a Wichita executive board meeting. She is the first to hold the post since its creation by last June’s state convention. Gieseman serves as First National Bank secretary to the officers in Lawrence and has chaired the federation’s service and vocational guidance committee. She also acts as publicity director for the first district.
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Rose Gieseman
Kansas Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Wichita
Miss Gieseman
Fort Scott
First National Bank
Lawrence Business and Professional Women’s Club
Supreme Court orders reargument on citizenship case
The Supreme Court ordered a reargument on government power to cancel an alien's citizenship for Communist party membership. Wendell Willkie argued for the Communist involved. The court also agreed to reconsider a 6 to 4 ruling on municipal license taxes for Jehovah's Witness literature.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Wendell Willkie
Rutledge
Sheriff Hale Arrested on Liquor Charges in Ottawa
Sedgwick county Sheriff George W. Hale faced charges of intoxication and liquor possession in Ottawa. He pled innocent and was released on bond. the case was continued to March 1 as Attorney General Mitchell said he would investigate and consider suspension or ouster if proven.
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Topeka
Sedgwick County
A. B. Mitchell
Schoeppel
Hale
Mitchell
Ottawa
F. H. Bullock
George W. Hale
Sedgwick
Bullock
Wichita
John Madden, Jr
Edgwick County
Sheriff Hale
Harold Fish
Harold Furlinger
Paola
Kansans Survive Battle Inside Japanese Lines
Guadalcanal January 16 A delayed report says two Kansan soldiers from Wichita and Leavenworth among 12 tank crew members fought off Japanese forces for over an hour inside enemy lines. A disabled tank trapped them. two other tanks arrived to rescue and all 12 survived.
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Guadalcanal
Jan
Kansas
William IT
Unger
Wichita
Corp
Maurice Menson
Leavenworth
KBI Has Busy Record Since 1939 Formation
Kan Bas Bureau of Investigation reports 716 major criminal inquiries since July 1 1939. Of these 656 closed by conviction dismissal or trial held. 188 minor investigations conducted. Major categories include grand larceny of cattle 65 forgery 63 narcotics 62 burglary 64 robbery 45 and gambling 42.
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Topeka
Kan- Bas
Rickenbacker Opposes Overtime Pay 48-Hour Week
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker voices opposition to Roosevelt's 48 hour work week. He says workers should endure 48 hours for the high hourly wages and to protect themselves.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Rickenbacker
Roosevelt
Average of 60 stocks shows mixed gains and losses
The report lists an average of 60 stocks with 45.1 as a general figure and a separate Saturday value of 44.8, indicating fluctuating market performance.
Yorktown Sailor Recalls Carrier's Final Hours at Midway
Chief Pharmacist's Mate J L E Wilson, a Yorktown survivor, spoke at Rotary about the carrier's first six months of war. He described torpedo hits, swift repairs, and the salvage attempts before Yorktown sank near Midway on June 7.
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U. S
Yorktown
Rotary
J. LE. Wilson
Midway Island
Naval Training Station
University
Arthur H. Buhl
Wilson
Midway
Hammond
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Buchalter Capone Case
The Supreme Court refused to review the murder conviction of Louis Lepke Buchalter Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone for the slaying of Brooklyn storekeeper Joseph Rosen. The trio is under sentence to die at Sing Sing after a December stay to let the court act on the petition for review. The court vacated that stay today.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Emanuel Weizs
Louis Capone
Murder, Inc
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Roberta
Explosion in Berlin Subway Tragedy at Friedrichstrasse Station
A Berlin subway explosion at Friedrichstrasse station killed two people and injured several others. The official German report stated the cause was undetermined and under investigation by the Berlin Metropolitan Railway authorities.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Berlin Radio
Associated Press Today
Friedrichstrasse
Berlin Metropolitan Railway
Erman
Three Army Airmen Sought After Idaho Wreckage
Boise readers learn three of eight Army airmen who vanished January 29 are being pursued in the Idaho backcountry. The squadron, based at McChord Field, faced 16 days in snow after a wing failure. Civilian pilot Penn Stohr aided recovery efforts and supplied the stranded men.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho Mountain
Penn Stohr
Stohr
McChordfield
Wash
Stolin
Dav id Passon Dies at 89 in Lawrence Community
David Passon aged 89 who resided in the community since 1882 died at his home 638 New Hampshire street after months of illness. Masonic funeral at the Temple in Lawrence 2:30 pm with Dean Schwegler in charge. burial in Oak Hill. Survived by wife Rachel and a son Asher. He was a longtime merchant, prominent Mason and Scottish Rite member.
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David Passon
New Hampshire Street
Temple
Lawrence
R. A. Schwegler
University of Kansas
Oak Hill
W.H. Eastman
Dave Horkmann
E. Melvin
Carl A. Pryor
J. R. Holmes
W. L. Burdick
W. J
Turner
Verne M. Smith
W. A. Quakenbush
C. E. Birch
Henry T. Jost
Charles Wolfson
Schubert Funeral Home
Rachel Passon
Asher
Masonic Lodge No. 6
Order of Eastern Star
Kansas
Topeka
Eudora
Workers Suspended After Sit Down Strike in Cleveland
In Cleveland on February 15 150 maintenance workers from the city waterworks department were suspended for insubordination after a sit down protest to demand pay raises. Utilities Director Emil J Crown announced the action tied to a work or be fired order with 12 30 p m deadline.
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Cleveland
City Waterworks Department
Utilities
Emil J. Crown
Crown
A.F.L. Plumbers and Steamfitters Union
Frank J. Lausche
Civil Service Commission
New Plan to Take 2.7 Men Daily From This County
The Douglas county selective service board estimated 2.7 men daily or about 75 men monthly will be inducted if the national quota holds. With the year’s balance, the county may send over 750 selectees, and board members believe the ruling will not cause hardship for registrants.
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Douglas County
Selective’ Service Board
Selective Service Board
Shoes for Going Abroad
Red Cross workers war correspondents and others going abroad today received OPA permission to buy advance rations of shoes. They may apply to ration boards for special certificates.
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Washington
Red Cross
OPA
Ill Kansas City Hospital Patient Leo S Arndt
Leo S Arndt of 2020 Massachusetts Street is seriously ill with pneumonia and currently in a Kansas City hospital.
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Kansas City
Leo S.arndt
Massachusetts Street
Three files today for council post
Carl Graeber, a retired plumbing dealer, filed to run for the unexpired term in the fifth ward. Republican Graeber, who lives at 1017 Rhode Island, serves on the fuel oil panel of the rationing board.
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Carl Graeber
Joe Schoelbar
Graeber
Rhode Island
W. C. Hunsinger
H. E. Eustace
Eustace
R. O. Bergert
Plan for continuation of victory gardens discussed
A round table meeting at the Chamber of Commerce this evening at 3 oclock, presided by Deal Six of the Farm Bureau, plans a towns garden program with lot owners donating land and residents selecting plots. The effort aims to provide fresh vegetables and educate participants on gardening challenges. The meeting is open to the public.
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Victory Gardens
Chamber of Commerce
Deal Six
Farm Bureau
Six
U S Allied Officers Meet Brazil Air Minister in Recife
Three U S generals and a British marshal visited Recife on the Brazil coast en route from North Africa to the United States. They conferred with Brazil's Air Minister Joachim Salgado Jr and inspected military installations along the northwest coast.
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Rio de Janeiro
United States
North Africa
Recife
Brazil
Joachim Salgado
H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Brehon B. Somervell
U.S. Army Service of Supply
Sir John Dill
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Port of
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Missouri
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Sea of Azov
Donets Basin
Taganrog Gulf
Krasny Sulin
KBI
Rickenbacker
Yorktown Story
K.U
In Agree
Honolulu
University Naval Training Station
Armed Services
U.S. Navy
Sing Sing Prison
Masonic
Council Post
Hunsinger
Tennessee
Harold W. Emick
F. A. Russell
A. W. Berger
Ralph Pine
Winda
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