Allied drive pushes Axis back in Tunisia with gains
Allied reports say in northern Tunisia American and British forces repelled General von Arnim’s attacks, knocked out 24 German tanks, and killed at least 600 Axis troops over three days. Sbeitla fell, air forces claimed 25 Axis planes shot down, and raids targeted Beja and Medjez el Bab. In Sicily, Fortresses hit Palermo shipping and docks as ground action continued along the Mareth line.
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Tunisia
Lies
Sbeitla
Beja
Tunis
Mediterranean
el Aroussa
Medjez-el-Bab
Aoubellat
Toukabour
Medjez-el- Bab
Palermo
Sicily
Henda
Sfax
Allied
Commmunique
Mareth
Japs Move To Reinforce New Guinea Front Amid Weather Front
A 14 ship Japanese convoy was reported en route to Lae and other New Guinea bases under cover of a weather front as Gen. MacArthur’s airmen awaited action. Allied air forces bombed Japanese airfields and shipping from Soemba to New Guinea, while Burma operations disrupted rail links via the Gokteik viaduct.
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New Guinea
Wather
Lae
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Wau
Salamaua
MacArthur
Australia
Talasea
New Britain
Wainfapoa
Soemba
Timor
New Guinean
Mubo
Waria River
Arthur S. Drakeford
Yunnan
Thazi
Mandalay
Paukkan
Production Keeps On as AFL Machinists Stage Wage Protest
Production at Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego continues on Liberator bombers as AFL-CIO machinists union members hold a 24 hour wage demonstration off shift. Union president H C Brown cites delays in aircraft wage settlements and warns taxes could take 32 percent of wages starting in July.
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San Diego
Calif
Mar
Aircraft’ Corp
A.F.L
Boeing
Seattle
Wash
H. C.brown
Brown
Stock Index Averages Near Sixty Stocks At 45.6
The stock market index, based on an average of about 60 stocks, sits at 45.6 points. The prior day closed near 46.0, reflecting modest moves in overall market sentiment.
Timoshenko Drives Into German Front Routs 16th Army
Soviet forces under Marshal Semeon Timoshenko push into the German northwestern front, rout the 16th Army, and recapture Demyansk Lychkovo and Zaluchye as winter weather hampers operations from Orel to the northern Caucasus. The eight day offensive leaves 8,000 Germans killed and 3,000 captured per a special communique. The success signals Stalin retains confidence as Russians claim broader advances west of the Valdai Hills and in the Donets basin despite mud and ice.
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Valdai Hills
Timoshenko
Vilages
Kharkov-Kursk
Stalin
Germany
Izvestia
Lake Ilmen
Staraya Russa
Valdai
Red Army
Demyansk
Lychkovo
Zaluchye
Lychokovo
Bologee
Tzvestia
Dmy
Orel
Caucasus
Black Sea
Kursk
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Rostov
Caucasua
Berlin Bombed Again in Major Allied Assault
The British air force launched a heavy concentrated raid on Berlin using Lancasters Halifaxes and Stirlings. The attack caused extensive fires in the capital with thousands of tons of bombs in a 30 minute burst. Nineteen bombers were lost. Two Cincinnati bank robbery suspects, William Radkay and Samuel Ricketts, were arrested in Kansas City and held on fugitive charges.
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Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg
Bremen
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Air Ministry
Reich
Harold Balfour
France
United Nations
Europe
St. Nazaire
Germany
Thursay
Middle East
Cairo
Naples
Mussolini
Kansas City
Mar
FBI
William Isaac Radkay
Samuel Ricketts
Cincinnati
Dwight Brantley
Radkay
Ricketts
Ralph Bever
Enmie
U.S
Charles H. Thompson
Henry L. Dillingham
Maurice M. Milligan
Bever
Brantley
Troost Avenue
Linwood Boulevard
33Rd Street
West 11Th Street
Monday Star
F.B.I
38Rd Street
F B.I
West 11Th
Supreme Court Suspends Sheriff Hale in Sedgwick County
Kansas Supreme Court suspended Sheriff George W. Hale of Sedgwick County pending the attorney general's ouster action. The move followed affidavits alleging he was drunk in Ottawa on February 13. Hale had been convicted in Ottawa police court the previous day, fined $25 for drunkenness and $200 for possession of liquor, with 60 days in jail.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas Supreme Court
George W. Hale
Sedgwick County
A. B. Mitchell
Hale
Ottawa
Allied planes raid Salween front targets in China
American air forces supporting Chinese troops smashed Japanese tugs ferry installations motor convoys and troop concentrations in a series of raids on the Salween front in southwestern China according to a communiqué from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell's headquarters.
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China
Chungking
Salween
Joseph W. Stillwell
Churchill Invited to Southwest Pacific by MacArthur
Prime Minister Winston Churchill received an invitation from General Douglas MacArthur to visit the southwest Pacific war zone. MacArthur said the visit would have a magical effect and preferred Churchill coming over a fresh army corps.
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London
Winston Churchill
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Buna
Pagua
Knox Questions the Effect of Bombing U-boat Bases
Navy Secretary Knox questioned if air raids on German submarine bases along the northern French coast caused direct damage to U boats. He estimated 300 to 400 subs available, said evidence of direct hits was unclear, and noted some stalls are heavily protected. He saw Atlantic activity as fairly stable.
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Washington
Mar
Navy
Knox
France
Atlantic
Belated Kansas Winter Brings Snow and Cold
Topeka reports subzero temperatures and up to four inches of snow across Kansas with more light snowfall in the west. Eastern Kansas has one to two inches, western areas three to four inches, and the snow belt reaching into Oklahoma. Weather official S D Flora calls moisture beneficial to wheat but insufficient to ease dry topsoil. temperatures dipping to 4 below zero at Goodland and 38 below at Hays with no statewide records.
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Topeka
Mar
Kansas
Oklahoma
S. D. Flora
Coffeyville
Garden City
Goodland
Wichita
Geneseo
Ellis
Phillipsburg
Hays
Altho
Flora
Red Cross War Fund Advance Gifts Reach 4870
Committees report 4870 in special gifts from individuals firms lodges and clubs with 610 more added yesterday. Gerald Hesse chairs the advance gifts panel and Corlett Cotton leads club and lodge solicitors. Several groups canvassed for over a week but some clubs delay contributions awaiting this week’s meetings.
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Red Cross War Fund
Gerald Hesse
Corlett Cotton
PE. Ov
Allison-Armstrong Jdotin VW
Byterian Churchu
Mount Orend Aerie No
BLO
Becca
Arnold's Grocery
Ray Wright
Carter's Super Service
Kraft and Starr
Ransdell Motors
Frank Bank
American Service
Eugene Brune
Parker Buick
Douglas Co
John
Pearl Emick
Lawrence
Veatch Furniture
Growery Oe
Perenswedeband
George Stocking
Wiliam Docking
Kelvin Hoover
F.C. Whipple
Irs National
Madame Chiang Kai-shek Recovers Between NYC Speech
Madame Chiang Kai-shek rests in bed in New York to prepare a speech for a sold out Madison Square Garden rally tonight. She is reported recovering from faint spells and from a recent operation during the first day of her cross country tour with husband Chiang Kai-shek’s government.
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New York
Chiang Kai-shek
Madison Square Garden
Finnish Leader Names Speaker to Form New Government
Helsinki report says President Ryti, in a surprise move, tasks Parliament Speaker Väinö Hakki l a with forming a new government. The breakfast window opens at 5 am Wednesday morning amid rapid political maneuvering. Wiedemann's, 835 Mass.
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Helsinki
Mar
Risto Ryti
Vaino Hkkila
Wiedemann's
Wiedemann’s
Primary plan introduced for seven month campaigns
Topeka March 2 1942 Republicans push a preferential presidential primary included with regular Apr ballot for 1944 and state races. Delegates would be bound to electorate results but filing fees set at 100 for candidates and 10 for delegates. Other measures include state guard pay and two year enlistment options.
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Topeka
Mar
Lne
G.O.P
Clyde Reed
House State Affairs Committee
F. L. Hagaman
Kansas City
Reed
National Party
Hagaman
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
Hutchinson
Ways and Means Committee
Kansas
House
State Guard
Kansas University
Kansas State College
State Board of Regents
Grain Inspection Department
Bryant
Malone and Williams
Wichita
City primary sees light turnout as votes reach 256 mid afternoon
At 2 PM 256 votes were cast in the city primary with ward totals of 61 in the first ward 34 in the second 49 in the third 29 in the fourth 36 in the fifth and the sixth ward pending final counts. Contests are in wards five and six for council seats with Republican voters deciding school board nominations and district treasurer. Polls close at 6 PM and counting begins after the final precincts report. City Clerk Harold Fisher notes about 3 500 voters registered, many from last November abstentions.
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Third Ward
Harold Fisher
Firemen Vote $75 for Red Cross War Fund
Members of the fire department at their regular monthly meeting last night voted to contribute $75 to the Red Cross War fund campaign. The 15 members now in service would average about $5 per man. Open for breakfast at 5 a.m.
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Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
U S Installations Known to Japs Hearings Report
Los Angeles reports before a California legislative committee on wartime censorship. Ray A Andersen, an electrician and now aircraft company worker, testified that on Oshu Island Hawaii Japanese Americans handle engineering blueprints and supervise military installation construction.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Oshu
Hawaii
California
Jack B. Tenney
Ray A. Anderson
Anderson
Mercy Drive Red Cross effort at Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence and Johnson county Red Cross chapters mobilize 25 volunteers daily to gather war fund contributions from Sunflower Ordnance Works workers. Twenty five women from each county worked Monday, with totals rising from 591 dollars. efforts run through Saturday under chairmen M. S. Winter and A. B. Weaver with Judge Frank Gray overseeing.
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Lawrence
Sunflower Ordnance Works
Red Cross War Fund
Douglas County
Johnson County
Red Cross
M. S. Winter
A. B. Weaver
Frank Gray
G. A. Roberds
Olathe
Seniors at L H S Will Present Comedy Tonight
The Liberty Memorial high school senior class stages The Tangled Yarn a three act comedy tonight at 8 15 in the school auditorium. All seats are reserved and service men enter with tax payment. Miss Norma Parry directs the play with cast including Frances Lawrence Patsy Creel Emily Stacey John Kapfer Claire Wiesel man Bruce Wilder Jeanne McGrew David Davidson Mildred Carpenter Bill Lonnecker Annette Bigelow.
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Liberty Memorial High School
Norma Parry
Frances Lawrence
Patsy Creel
Emily Stacey
John Kapfer
Claire Wiesselman
Bruce Wilder
Jeanne McGrew
David Davidson
Mildred Carpenter
Bill Lonnecker
Annette Bigelow
County Receives More Auto Tires for March
Douglas county increases March quotas for passenger car tires with 68 Grade I and 64 Grade II and 211 Grade III tires and 216 tubes, while truck tires total 210 new, 277 recanved and 216 tubes. The county is allotted 23 implemented tires, 50 automobiles, and 30 bicycles.
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Douglas County
County Tax Sale Nets $6 987.02 In Delinquent Property Dispositions
Sheriff R. Skinner oversaw yesterday's sheriff sale of delinquent tax properties. Total proceeds reached 6 987.02 with 63 properties sold, eight redeemed, and several resold to cover past taxes and costs. Notable bids included 21386 Kentucky Ave house to John DeWitt for 1 002 and a Baldwin business building to Phillips-Whitley Chevrolet for 920. Eight tracts redeemed prior to sale.
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Board of County Commissioners
J. H. Allderdice
Skinner
R. Skinner
John DeWitt
Kentucky
North Lawsrence
North Fourth
Edward “Blue” Davis
Baldwin
Phillips-Whitley Chevrolet Company
C. E. Frances
Thomas Brothers
Roy Flory
Ernest Klooz
Milton Beach
Williams and Wins ter Return From Ten Day Cattle Trip
Roger Williams and M S Winters returned from a ten day cattle buying trip into Texas and Mexico. Fred McLeod accompanied them on the journey and later went to Dodge City to handle business. Williams notes dry conditions in southwestern Texas and a pear thorns burning scene with cattle feeding on prickly pear. He reports no cheap cattle for sale and limited currency crossing the border. He also observes many Mexicans loitering in the streets and says the war hasn t harmed Mexico.
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Roger Williams
M. S.winster
Texas
Mexico
Fred McLeod
Valley Falls
Medicine Lodge
Dodge City
Williams
Old Mexico
Losses light for convoyed UN ships in Atlantic
Philadelphia reports the convoyed United Nations ships suffer few losses in submarine warfare. Admiral Sir Percy Noble, head of the admiralty delegation in Washington, said only one half of one percent failed to reach port. He praised the anti submarine campaign's progress but warned Germany is building more U boats than can be sunk.
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Philadelphia
Mar
United Nations
Atlantic
Percy Noble
Admiralty
Washington
Welsh Society of
Schoeppel Praises Red Cross Drive Broadcast
Governor Andrew Schoeppel lauded the Red Cross as a model of democracy in action urging Kansans to support the fundraising drive. His remarks were broadcast on station KFKU and the Kansas network last night.
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Schoeppel
Red Cross
Democracy In Action
Andrew Schoeppel
KFKU
Kansas
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