Rommel’s North Tunisia Drive Presses Westward Toward Tebessa
Allied reports say Rommel with a 70-tank spearhead pushed west from Kasserine toward Tebessa and Thala in central Tunisia. British and American forces counter with heavy engagements costing the Germans tanks while Rommel seeks renewed room to maneuver.
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Allied
North Africa
Rommel
Thala
U. S
Kasserine Pass
KremamSa Plateau
Tebessa
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Kasserine
Mediterranean
Tunis
Bizerte
Altho Rommel
Algeria
Shiba
Medjez-el-Bab
Bernard J. Montgomery
Medenine
Gabes
Mexico City Quake Strikes Dense District Killing Five
A strong earthquake in Mexico City collapsed a rooming house in a crowded area, killing five people. The epicenter was about 250 miles southwest in the Pacific, with multiple shocks felt and seismographs knocked out. The 3:21, 3:22, and 4:45 a.m. tremors included a violent second wave lasting five minutes and forty four seconds.
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Mexico City
CPLA
Pacific Ocean
Allied Bombers Push Attacks in Solomons Burma and Indies
Allied air forces hammered Japanese positions in the Solomons and Burma with large bomb loads. Bombers hit Buin Fassi area and Ambon, while RAF planes attacked near Mandalay and the Irrawaddy. Chinese reports claim a Salween crossing repulse. Japanese declare occupation of Kwangchowwan Liuchow peninsula. United States submarine Argo nav sunk in South Pacific with heavy loss. another sub sank two Japanese transport ships.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Solomons
Burma
Buin-Fassi
North Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
Ambon
Dutch East Indies
India
R.A.F
Mandalay
Irrawaddy River
Chungking
Salween River
China
Unnan
Kwangchowwan
Liuchow
Kwangtung
Washington
United States
South Pacific
Pearl Harbor
U. S
U S Armor Fends Off Tunisian Ambush and Hits Six German Tanks
U S armored forces evaded a planned tank ambush in the Hatob valley near Kasserine, crushing at least six German tanks and repulsing crack Nazi units that advanced ten miles from Kasserine pass. American tanks and artillery counterattacks pursued the enemy as smoke rose from burning vehicles.
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U.S
United States
Hatob River
Kasserine Pass
Cairo
Libyan
Rommel
Egypt
U. S
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Bab
Djedeida
Sbeitla
Senate committee urges simple fuel oil rationing plan
A Senate investigating committee proposed centralizing fuel oil controls under the Petroleum Administrator for War and replacing coupons with a straight percentage cut based on 1941-42 use. The report criticizes Ickes authority as limited and cites poor military civil coordination and price incentives that shift supply toward gasoline.
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Washington
Senate
Binoney
D-Conn
Ickes
Office of Price Administration
Gandhi Weathered Crisis Amid Fast In India
Gandhi showed improved comfort and cheer on the 12th day of a two day fast. A Bombay government bulletin reported no bulletin today and noted his heart remained weak.
Red Cross War Drive Heads Eudora Township Campaign
Mrs JC B Johnson and Mrs Fred Rothberger will lead the Red Cross war drive in Eudora township with a $1000 quota. They are aided by a list of volunteers including Mrs Stein Rev W O Watson and many others. Funds solicitation begins Monday March 1 with class members assisting high school and school groups.
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JC. B. Johnson
Fred Rothberger
Red Cross
Eudora Township
Stein
W. O. Watson
George Gerstenberger
William Neustifter
C. F. Weidensaul
B. F. Figen
Deferment Policy Shift For Federal Workers Proposed
A Roosevelt committee urges testing deferments by essential war work rather than blanket rules. It recommends each agency form a deferment panel and issuing certificates of honor able deferment to protect workers from social embarrassment, while the War Department halts new 3-A officer candidate applications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paradise
Paul Bellamy
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eric Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Otway Tead
New York City
War Department
Awards to 115 men in air medal awards list
London reports 115 more bomber crewmen in the Eighth U S Army Air Force win air medals for meritorious service. Among the recipients are Technical Sergeant Kenneth C. Hassler of Chapman Kansas and Sergeant Murel A. Murphy of Manhattan Kansas.
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London
Eighth U. S. Army Air Force
Kenneth C. Hassler
Chapman
Kan
Murel A. Murphy
Manhattan
Merchants to Decide on Wednesday Night Openings
The Merchants Bureau of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow at 9 am in the basement C of C rooms in the Wren building. Chairman John Schrader asks all bureau members to attend as a decision on Wednesday night openings starting March 3 will be reached at the meeting.
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Merchants’ Bureau
The
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
C. Of.c
Wren Building
John Schrader
Bureau
Bill” Boardman
Mia
Paul Stewart
GC. J. Decker
Chamber of Commerce
Civilian Defense Office
Russians Mop Up In Donets Basin and Rail Hubs Fall
Soviet forces pushed into towns about 50 miles south and southwest of Voroshilovgrad while advancing toward the Dnieper after seizing Pavlograd and Krasnograd, cutting German rail links between Kharkov and the Donets region.
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Donets
Moscow
Donets Basin
Red
Voroshilovgrad
Dnieper
Pavlograd
Krasnograd
Rostov
Kursk
Orel
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Bokovo-Antratsit
Upper
Nagolchik
Stalino
Kramatorsk
Dnieperopetrovsk
Zaporozhe
Fron Krasnograd
Poltava
Kharkov
Red Army
Stalingrad
Cold Winds Forecast as February Warms Then Drops
Weather radar and forecasters warn of a shift to much colder conditions across Kansas. S. D. Flora notes the approach of cold air from the west and north with winds up to 30 to 85 mph, following last week’s unusually warm spell. Phillipsburg topped 71, while Ellis sank to 35, marking a notable February swing toward harsher weather.
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Topeka
Kangag
S. D. Flora
Kansas
S. J. Flora
Flora
Phillipsburg
Ellis
Maj Roe Injured In Midland Car Crash On Way To Topeka
Maj M A Roe United States Public Health Service doctor from Kansas City sustained a fracture of the right knee when his government car left the road and struck a concrete filling station sign near Midland shortly after 8 am He was taken to Lawrence Memorial hospital in good condition later that day The incident occurred as he was en route to Topeka to meet a colleague for a Wichita trip
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M. A. Roe
Kansas City
Midland
Topeka
Wichita
Major Roe
United States Public Health Service
Roe
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Durocher Named for Army Induction Next Monday
New York February 22 Leo Libby Durocher manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers will be inducted into the army next Monday, according to his local draft board announced today.
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Durocher
New York
Pi—Leo (Libby) Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Soybean price ceiling set at 1.66 per bushel
Washington news says the Office of Price Administration with Secretary Wickard approved a 1.66 dollar ceiling for top grade soybeans sold to country elevators. The rate covers raw 1942 and earlier crops and excludes beans used for seed in 1943.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Wickard
OPA
Ouster Proceedings Filed Against Sedgwick Sheriff Hale
Topeka announces ouster action against Sedgwick County Sheriff George W. Hale after he failed to resign. Attorney General A. B. Mitchell plans to file in the state supreme court and seek suspension, citing intoxication as grounds. Hale, arrested February 13 for intoxication and liquor possession, pleads innocent with a March 1 hearing set. Madden vows firm defense for Hale.
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Hale Archhol
Kansas
Hale
Ottawa
John Madden, Jr
Mitchell
Wichita
Madden
Schoeppel
Sinking of Two U S Passenger Ships Claims 850 Lives
Washington reports that more than 850 people, mostly service personnel, were dead or missing after two U S medium sized passenger cargo ships were torpedoed and sunk by enemy submarines in the North Atlantic early February. Both ships sank within 30 minutes at night and next of kin have been notified.
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Washington
Navy
North Atlantic
United States
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Ead
Planes Strike in Sicily Harbor and Melos
Allied air units bombed Palermo harbor in Sicily blowing up one axis merchant vessel and damaging three others. Melos harbor was also attacked with a medium merchant ship blown up and a smaller ship set on fire. Four Allied planes were lost. Weather hindered operations over forward areas where the Eighth Army confronts Rommel’s forces along the Mareth line.
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Cairo
Palermo
Eighth Army
Rommel
Mareth
Constantiang
Melos
Crete
Telegraph Merger Clears Senate Action to White House
The Senate completed action on a bill to permit a merger of the Postal and Western Union Telegraph and telegraphing company. The measure now goes to the White House for signature or veto.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Postal and
Western Union Telegraph
White House
Osteopathic Bill Before The House In Kansas
The Kansas House debated an osteopathic bill to allow osteopaths to perform surgery and administer drugs if educational requirements are met. The measure mirrors a 1941 struggle and follows petitions pressuring lawmakers. The bill sits in a Senate committee as budget and war finance questions loom. The session opened with a Washington tribute and lighter votes on school board expense allowances.
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Topeka
Kansas House
Health and Hygiene Committee
Rep
I. E. Nickell
Smith Center
W. FE. Christian
Roxbury
R. I. Montgomery
Montezuma
F. L. Hagaman
Kansas City
Senate
House
George Washington
John Holmstrom
Randolph
Altho
Judiciary Committee
Highway Committee
State Highway Commission
Agriculture Committee
F. B. Ross
Emporia
Schoeppel
Executive Office
Alex Hotchkiss
Lyndon
Twenty six inducted for army from local area
Twenty six men left by bus at 8 27 AM for the induction center at Ft Leavenworth. Fourteen were local registrants and 12 transfers from other boards. This group ends February calls with a few to depart Friday. Next month calls include three white and four colored men on specific dates.
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Ft. Leavenworth
Selective Service Office
Genevieve Carlberg
Meat Supply Woes Trigger Curb on Slaughter and Rationing
Washington reports warn the nation faces a less favorable meat situation with moves to license meat slaughterers and require sales through official channels. Black market operators are denounced as treasonous as authorities rush to curb illegal slaughter and to ration beans and peas as meat substitutes. The action follows warnings that poisoned meats have appeared and that Russia may receive a smaller meat share this season.
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Washington
Wickard
Itventock
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Russia
Beer mixup leads to police search at Wonder Bar
Three kegs of beer from the Wonder Bar at Ninth and Massachusetts were found at 1108 Oregon Street involving C G Forkell. A taxi driver abducted a keg for $3, later returned two more. Forkell was taken to the station and held for possible charges. Parole officer W F E Klamm seeks to review Forkell’s conditional pardon status.
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Ninth
Massachusetts
C. G. Forkell
Oregon Street
Forkell
C. A. Bliesner
Wonder Bar
C. R. Johnson
Bliesner
W. F E. Klamm
State Parole Board
State Penitentiary
Jefferson County
Klamm
Two Cars in Accident on State Highway No. 10
A carload of LOW workers were in a collision five miles east of Lawrence on highway 10 after midnight Saturday. The Chevrolet coach carrying plant workers slid down an embankment and rested against a pasture fence after crossing the highway. Claude Pryor, a state highway patrolman, arrived at the scene soon after. sheriff and county officers were notified. The other vehicle was a 1934 Ford coupe heading east.
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Lawrence
Highway 10
Claude Pryor
de Soto
Army Plane Crashes Near Independence On Training Flight
An Army Air Forces basic flying school plane crashed on a farm six miles west of Independence during a routine training flight. The instructor and cadet were seriously injured. their names were withheld pending relatives’ notification.
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Independence
Kan
Army Air Forces Basic Flying School
Here
Thousands line up for ration book 2 issue in community basement
About 50 volunteers staff six first line desks to issue War Ration Book No 2 and adjust declarations. Registrants present IDs and declarations, stamps are redistributed for coffee and other items, with red and blue stamps to be used in upcoming periods.
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O.K
Weather Update Kansas Turn Cooler and Windy
Kansas weather advisory shows cooler air expanding from the center to the extreme north with little change elsewhere. Expect much colder conditions in the west and north, slightly colder in the southeast, and winds from 80 to 35 mph through Tuesday forenoon with notable regional temperature shifts and a warmer southeast edge.
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Kansas
Atate
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Eudora
Mercury
Maj. M. A. Roe
Hitler
Napoleon
Walter L. Wilson
Cueaday
Sedgwick County
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Federal
Bilt
Labor Committee
Leavenworth
Journal- World
Ratah
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