Jap Planes Bomb Andaman Islands Westward Japs Reach
Japanese warplanes attacked Indian territory for the first time by bombing and machine-gunning the Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal. Port Blair was hit with two civilians killed and five wounded as Allied bombers struck back at Bangka and Palembang in Sumatra. Edmonton-based reports say Dutch forces welcome Allied troops to Java while Rangoon endures a ghost town image as Burma roads feel the strain.
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Indian
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Rangoon
Burma
United Nations
China
Russia
Far Pacific
Port Blair
Calcutta
Dutch East Indies
Bangka Island
Java
Bangka
Sumatra
Batavia
Japan
Ceylon
India
Palembang
Australia
Rabaul
New Britian Island
Soerabaja
Hein Ter Poorten
Netherlands Indies Army
Western Pacific
Mandalay
Burma Road
American Tanker R. P. Resor Torpedoed Off Jersey Coast
Feb 27 1943 Manasquan New Jersey survivors landed two men report a motor lifeboat carrying about 30 people after the R. P. Resor tanker was torpedoed about 20 miles southeast of Manasquan. One body arrived at Belmar. The 7451 ton ship built in 1935 belonged to Standard Oil and sailed from Wilmington Delaware.
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Manasquan
N. J
R. P. Resor
Belmar
LaVallette
Barnegat Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Standard Oil Company
Wilmington
Del
Kearney
Navy
Navy Department
Atlantic
War council in Melbourne plans immediate Allied offensive
In Melbourne a secret war council with high allied advisers debated offensive strategies amid Japanese pressure on New Guinea and New Britain. The Melbourne Herald said decisions target defense and a near term counter offensive as Java defense weighs on Australia’s threat assessment.
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Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth War Council
Exchange Telegraph Agency
New Guinea
New Britain
Rabaul
Melbourne Herald
War Council
Burma
Netherlands Indies
The
Herald
Java
Japan
U S Warns Vichy on Supplying Axis War Material
Washington reports Roosevelt warned Vichy that any transfer of war materiel or supplies to Axis powers would classify France as aiding enemies. Acting Secretary Welles quoted the president and noted Paris reassured neutrality while reaffirming abstention from military aid to belligerents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vichy
Welles
United States
Petaini
MacArthur's Troops Hold Their Advanced Positions
Washington reports continued fighting on the Bataan front in the Philippines. General MacArthur's forces hold advance positions showing gains from about one to eight kilometers along the front in the last 48 hours.
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Washington
Bataan
Philippines
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Rescue ship brings Cassimir crew. five bodies recovered
The sixth naval district public relations office said a rescue ship arrived in Charleston with 31 Cassimir crew members after the freighter sank in a collision at sea. Names of the other vessel and rescue ship were withheld. Five Cassimir crewmen were recovered. two remain missing.
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Charleston
S. C
Sixth Naval District Public Relations Office
Cassimir
Two Missing After Tanker Fire Off Avon Wharf
In Martinez California on February 27 two crewmen of an Associated oil tanker were reported missing and presumed dead after a fire swept the tanker and nearby dock on Suisuna Bay. Four others were injured and rescued by coast guard boats and hospital care.
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David Brombach
Lloyd Shelden
Phil G. Barnett
Coast Guard
Contra County
Martinez
Avon
William Klaus
Charge Kansas Oil Leases Produce Excess Quantity
Topeka Kansas February 27 the Kansas corporation commission will hear March 23 charges that 21 Kansas oil leases produced 210000 barrels of excess oil in 80 months ending last June Harold Medill chief attorney for the commission filed the charge He asks wells shut down until other operators catch up and lease owners pay investigation and hearing costs totaling 9885 with 1500 more expected Seven lease operators are being prosecuted for alleged proration violations five cases heard with no orders issued.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Oil
Commission
Harold Medill
Medill
Women of Winfield protest halting war production
Women in Winfield Kansas held a mass meeting to oppose strikes delaying war material output. They authorized protest telegrams to President Roosevelt John L Lewis William Green and Sidney Hines and planned nationwide support to keep production at top speed.
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Winfield
Kan
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
William Green
Sidney Hines
Basketball Scores From Kansas Oklahoma Tilt At Norman
The Journal World will provide four reports from the Kansas Oklahoma game in Norman. Tip off is at 7 45 and first update will follow after ten minutes of play.
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the Journal-World
Norman
WPA Jobs in Iowa Cut to Aid Farm Workers
Discontinue WPA projects in 10 Iowa counties, with 21 more slated for closure to free workers for farm labor during the summer months.
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WPA
Washington
Iowa
Stock Market Index Rises to 36.9 After Day
The average of 60 stocks stands at 36.9 point, up from yesterday's 36.7 as market activity shifts. Investors watch gains in key sectors and seek further momentum.
Attacks by Reds Hit Leningrad and Crimea Fronts
Soviet forces launched fierce new offensives from Leningrad in the north and the Crimea in the south as Red cavalry moved toward the Latvian border. Berlin said German and Romanian troops repelled some assaults while Soviet gains near Staraya Russa and Lake Ilmen threatened encircled Nazi divisions. Royal Hellenic airmen to join British forces in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Leningrad
Crimea
Stockholm
Staraya Russa
Red
16Th
Novgorod
Lake Ilmen
Red Army
Lake Ulmen
Adolf Hitler
Sevestopol
Kerch
Lustjevo
Maxim M. Litvinoff
Hitler
Litvinoff
Overseas Press Club
New York
Europe
Balkans
Scandinavia
Berlin
London News Chronicle
Russia
Murmansk
Germany
Trondheim
Norway
Red Star
Royal Hellenic Air Force
Mediterranean
Air Ministry
Warmer Weather Forecast for Kansas Disputed by Snow Cover
Federal Meteorologist S D Fiora says warmer conditions will come to Kansas but a broad snow blanket will melt slowly. Highway patrol warns drivers to beware slick roads as several areas report subzero lows including Ellis 0 below and Dodge City 7 above.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. D. Fiora
Middle West
Highway Patrol
Mercury
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Geneseo
Dodge City
Concordia
Dakotas
Wyoming
Russian General Killed in Army Duty
Major General Alexei F. Levashev is reported dead in action with the Russian army. The official notice provides no details on location, manner, or timing of the death and gives no further circumstances.
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Moscow
Alexei F. Levashev
Firm Action to Curb War Boom Area Rentals by OPA
Washington February 27 The Price Administrator Leon Henderson will soon curb inflationary rents in war boom cities housing over 7 million people Officially designated defense rental areas will have ceilings set and 60 day notices issued to cut rents to government levels If not done locally the OPA may enforce lower rents under the price control law More than a dozen areas likely designated after rent surveys in about 230 communities
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
OPA
McKellar Targets Landis Over OCD Spending Claims
Senator McKellar accuses James M. Landis of violating Office of Civilian Defense laws by misusing funds and pursuing educational work. Landis defends the program as twofold: passive protection against air raids and active morale building for war duties. He maintains compliance while noting funds from other appropriations could cover claimed educational activities.
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Washington
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
James M. Landis
Civilian Defense
Office of Civilian Defense
OCD
McKellar
Landis
Joint Congressional Economy Committee
Appropriations Committee
Farbelows
Four Fliers Killed as Navy Bomber Crashes in Corpus Christi Bay
Four sailors were killed and one injured when a Corpus Christi naval air station patrol bomber crashed into Corpus Christi Bay on Wednesday. Names include Kenneth Spence Antelope Kansas Karl Brehm Hamilton Ohio Myles Ross Seattle Washington John Shepherd Port Arthur Texas. Lieutenant Wayne Stuckey was treated at a naval hospital after the crash. A naval board investigates the cause.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi Bay
Kenneth Eugene Spence
Antelope
Kan
Karl L. Brehm
Hamilton
Myles Stantos Ross
Seattle
Wash
John Henry Shepherd
Port Arthur
Wayne T. Stuckey
Navy Hospital
Naval Board of Investigation
Duke of Windsor Arrives in Miami for Naval Talks
The Duke of Windsor arrived in Miami for conferences on U S naval protection of the Bahama Islands a 70 000 population colony near Florida. High Seventh Naval District officials greeted him and warned details would stay secret. He planned to return to Nassau the next day. the Duchess did not accompany him.
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Miami
Fla
Duke of Windsor
Bahama Islands
United States
Florida
Seventh Naval District
Nassau
Early polio sign told for parents by Kiwanis meeting
Kiwanis members heard Dr. C B Francisco outline infantile paralysis symptoms and three day window for intervention at the orthopedic clinic at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. He urged doctors to visit patients personally and warned against overreliance on plaster casts in Toronto style treatment.
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Kiwanis Club
C. B. Francisco
Betty Anne Frost
Carol Ketchum
Lawrence
Jimmy Lytle
Junction City
Francisco
Kenney
Toronto
Minstrel show ticket sales set for March 12 13
Bundles for America sponsors a minstrel show here March 12 and 13 with all proceeds aiding armed forces. Tickets cost one price, no reservations, and distribution is led by chair Miss Winnie Lawrance with sub chair Mrs George Docking and a team of captains including Mrs Rowlands and Mrs Baty. Tickets available at Rowlands book stores Bell's music store and the high school student council.
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Bundles For America
Winnie Lawrance
George Docking
Robert Rowlands
Marcia Baty
L. C. Harris
Geneva Montieth
William Frowe
Walter A. Johns
Alfred Lauter
G. K. Melvin
Paul Haney
Bernice Swope
H. C. Bigelow
J. B. Virtue
J. Neale Carman
Marcella Kreipe
Senator Carl Hatch Injured in Auto Crash
Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico was injured when his vehicle overturned on a highway about 80 miles southeast of Albuquerque near Lucy. Dr. W R Lovelace said full injury extent awaited X rays due to shock and exposure. Hatch suffered internal and back injuries.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Carl Hatch
D-Nm
Lucy
W. R. Lovelace
Hatch
Daladier Attacks Predecessors in Riom War Ministry Probe
Former French premier Edouard Daladier harshly charged his predecessors in the war ministry including Marshal Petain with responsibility for France’s unprepared war effort. He testified as Riom court ruled its proceedings constitutional after a brief recess and announced no discontinuance.
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France
Edouard Daladier
War Ministry
Marshal Petain
Daladier
Riomcourt
House rejects Smith overtime amendment on 40 hour week
Washington reports the House voted 226 to 62 against the Smith proposal to suspend the 40 hour week and overtime pay during the emergency. Administration leaders warned the amendment could widen labor disputes while AFL CIO leaders opposed it and urged members to oppose.
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Washington
House
Representative Smith
D-Va
MacArthur
America
Russell
D-Tex
Texas
Thomason
Smith
William Green
A.F.L
Philip Murray
C.I.O
Capitol
Sumners
Congress
Keefe
R-Wis
Ship Survivors Reach Safety at Georgetown
Survivors from two vessels torpedoed in the western Atlantic have arrived in Georgetown British Guiana within the last 24 hours. The first group reported a single torpedo split their ship in two with two crew members killed. The rest drifted about a day in a lifeboat before rescue.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Atlantic
Nelson to broadcast war mobilization talk for workers
War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson will broadcast Monday night the first of three talks urging all citizens to help win the war. The 8:45 to 9 p.m. CST address on the Blue Network targets management and workers in war industries.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Blue
Oil allowable decrease in Kansas March quota set at 245 800
Wichita February 27 The March crude oil allowable for Kansas is set at 245 800 barrels daily a drop of 5900 from February The figure follows a recommendation issued in Washington by Petroleum Coordinator Harold L Ickes Theo A Morgan director of the state corporation commission stated the March quota aligns with the national guidance Summary notes the aligned production rate for March.
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Wichita
Kansas
Theo A. Morgan
State Corporation Commission
Wallington
Harold L. Ickes
British destroyer Belmont sunk after wartime service
London reports the former American destroyer Belmont, 1190 tons, sunk by British forces. The Belmont, built in 1919 and once named Aulick, was among 50 destroyers traded to Britain for western hemisphere bases.
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London
Admiralty
Belmont
Great Britain
Aulick
Bags to Hold the Spud Crop Scarce
Potato farmers in the Kaw Valley may face bag shortages this season. A limit of 62 percent of last season’s new burlap bags will be allowed, with possible use of cotton bags though not certain. Grain crops and soybeans shift in emphasis as seed costs rise and weather delays seedings.
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Kaw Valley
U. S
Douglas County
Ickes Moves to Protect Oil Field Owners Under M-68
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes directs state regulators industry committees and producers to form drilling units so all owners in a field can participate in development and production under the war production board order M-68. He urges owners denied participation to seek exemptions to M-68 which restricts use of critical materials for drilling and production.
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Washington
M—Petroleum
Ickes
War Production Board
Coordination Office
Petroleum Regulatory Agencies
Ten More Are Called for March Inductions
The Douglas County selective board today called 10 men to be inducted on March 26, bringing March total to 86. Notices to report for induction went to 30 men for March 2 and 30 for March 3, with a 17 man call pending for March 17.
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Douglas County
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University of Omaha
Rowland Haynes
Board of Regents
Haynes
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Jersey Coast
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Reds
Crimea Peninsula
Kiwanis Eeting
Elnaci
Nelson III
Mary Arch Ss Iy
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