Soldier Sgt W L Helton Found Dead After Auto Crash
The body of Sergeant W L Helton of Austin Texas was found with his overturned automobile in Tallulah Louisiana. Edgerton acting coroner said the car plunged into about 15 inches of water near One four miles west of town. Helton was en route from Austin to New Orleans with one leg injured and the car demolished. He is survived by his wife Mrs W L Helton of Austin. The body was sent to Selmanfield Monroe and will be refined to Austin.
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Tallulah
W. Lelton
Austin
Tex
Here
E. O. Edgerton
Bison Parish
Edgerton
Helton
New Orleans
Soviet claim 73 000 Germans killed or captured at Korsun trap
Moscow reports say in the Korsun pocket over 73 000 Germans killed or captured, with 10 000 trucks and many tanks seized as the Eighth Army commander is listed among the dead. The update adds 1 000 more losses and 7 200 additional prisoners, totaling 18 200 captives, amid further advances in the north.
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London
Korsun
Eighth Army
Dnieper Bend
Moscow Radio
Moscow
Argentina frees 3 in espionage case
Buenos Aires reports that General Friedrich Wolff the German military attaché leader of an espionage ring has been released from house arrest and will be repatriated. Three Axis espionage groups were active in Argentina and targets included U S war effort and military productions. Also released were Rear Admiral Katsumi Yukishita and Captain Tadashi Kameda.
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Buenos Aires
Friedrich Wolff
Argentina
Wolff
America
United States
Katsumi Yukishita
Tadashi Kameda
Judge Charbonnet Dies After 21 Years On Orleans Bench
J. Arthur Charbonnet 62 longtime criminal district court judge in New Orleans dies at home after months of illness. A Tulane graduate and former assistant district attorney, he served since December 1922. Survived by widow Maria Ella Demarest and three children, including Arthur Jr. and Laurent, plus a daughter-in-law.
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New Orleans
J. Arthur Charbonnet
Criminal District Court
Tulane University
Charbonnet
Maria Ella Demarest
U. S. Coast Guardsman
New London
Conn
Laurent A. Charbonnet
U. S. Army
North Africa
William M.clark
Labor faction in cost of living committee disputes BLS index
Washington Feb 19 labor members of the cost of living committee charged that the bureau of labor statistics index distorts wartime living costs. They claimed costs rose at least 43.5 percent since January 1941 versus the 24 percent shown by the BLS. White House cited a nonpartisan expert panel that upheld the index.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics Index
White House
George Meany
A. F. of
R. J. Thomas
White
William H. Davis
Davis
Early
American Statistical Association
Meridian clerk of draft board exonerated amid controversy
Lula Abraham, clerk of Meridian selective service board No. 1, was exonerated of charges of ineptness after a two month dispute. Board members W. V. Ludlam and Robert G. Gillespie announced their intent to resign, saying she has not acted to justify removal. W. A. Leevell had earlier voted for removal.
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Meridian
Miss
Lula Abraham
Meridian Selective Service Board No. 1
National Selective Service
W. V. Ludlam
Robert G. Gillespie
Gillespie
London Bombed as German Planes Fire and Firefights Escalate
London suffered widespread damage in a heavy raid by German bombers and fighter-bombers. Dozens were killed or injured as churches hospitals and other buildings were struck. Ground defenses claimed several raiders shot down while Berlin reported only a few lost from a force of hundreds.
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London
Tne Save
Britain
Continental
Capitals
Berlin
DNB
Reich
Paris
Old Peoples Home
Gibraltar
Germans Believed Convinced Russia Must Be Evacuated
Interpretation by Kirke L. Simpson reports that Germans and Japanese face mounting Allied strength across Europe and the Pacific. In Italy, Rome’s second battle ends with Anzio secure as Cassino opens, aided by air superiority and naval fire.
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Russia
Europe
Italy
Rome
Anzio
Alexander
Cassino
Pacific
Truk
Allied U Boat Sinkings Reach 32 Vessels in War Patrols
Allied submarines operating from deep Japanese waters to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean have sunk 32 enemy ships and damaged eight others, with 13 Japanese merchantmen sunk by two American submarines. Navy notes patrols extend into Japanese shores, signaling growing submarine strength.
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U. S
Washington
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Southeast Asia
Japan
New Bay
Pacific
Shreveport Times Announces Robert Ewing L S U Scholarships
The Shreveport Times will announce annual Robert Ewing L S U Scholarships offering free four year college education at Louisiana State University for Ark La Tex high school students. Two scholarships yearly one for a boy and one for a girl with top prize of 2900 dollars and 1400 dollars for the second prize.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Times
Robert Ewing
Bedaux Suicide Linked to Treason Probe
Charles F. Bedaux an international figure and associate of the Duke of Windsor killed himself in Miami while under treason inquiry. An Immigration Service official said Bedaux swallowed sleeping tablets after learning a grand jury could indict him for treason and for relations with Nazi and Vichy officials.
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Miami
Fla
Charles F. Bedaux
Duke of Windsor
John E. Burling
North Africa
Miam
Burling
Bedaux
Board of Special Inquiry
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Redaux
Sahara Desert
Europe
Biddle
Fritz Wiedemann
Otto Abetz
Hjalmar Schacht
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Destroyers Bombard Rabaul and Kavieng in Pacific Raid
Allied destroyers shell Rabaul and Kavieng in the southwest Pacific for the first time in the war. They damaged ships and shore installations, set docks ablaze, and remained at Kavieng after daybreak. Communique from General MacArthur disclosed the action.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Britain
New Ireland
Simpson Harbor
Blanche Bay
Douglas MacArthur
Charles L Harvey Killed on Railroad in Wyoming
Charles L Harvey aged 38 son of Mr and Mrs L C Harvey of 304 North Seventh Street Monroe was killed Friday in a railroad accident at Rock Springs Wyoming He was a trackman for the Union Pacific and was said to have died while attending to his dues Funeral arrangements will be handled by Dixie Funeral Home and the body will be brought to Monroe for services and burial
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Charles L. Harvey
L. C. Harvey
North Seventh Street
Monroe
Rock Springs
Wyo
Harvey
Union Pacific Railroad
Dixie Funeral Home
Allied Forces Hold Anzio Beachhead After Fierce Close Battle
Allied headquar ters report in Naples that 47 American and British troops have crushed German units at Anzio, wiping out as many as half of some divisions. The drive slowed a German push toward the sea while Allied airmen claimed at least 17 Nazi planes shot down. General Mark W. Clark praised the persistence of the infantry in defense of the beachhead.
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Naples
Anzio
Fifth Army
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Baruch Plan Faces Senate Attack Over Demobilization Authority
Washington February 18 The Baruch plan for postwar reconversion faces congressional challenge as Sen George argues congress must set general policies not executive orders The debate centers on whether economic destiny is ruled by executive directives or elected representatives with a demobilization authority to work with James Byrnes during hostilities and beyond
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Washington
Congress
George
Georgia
Senate
Bernard M. Baruch
Vandenberg
Michigan
Byrnes
Davis Campaign Charges Irregularities in New Orleans Primary
The 4H gubernatorial candidate James Davis legal committee accuses voting regulation abuses in the January 18 New Orleans primary and asks District Attorney Bernard Cooke to pursue a public hearing or grand jury investigation. They cite alleged illegal assistance to voters, voting by scratched registrants, double voting, and graveyard votes.
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New Orleans
James
Davis
Bernard Cooke
Harry R. Cabral
Davis Legel
Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr
Cooke
Orleans Parish Grand Jury
U Legan
Marines Capture Engebi Island and Eniwetok Atoll
United States Navy officials announced after landings in the Marshall Islands that American forces seized Engebi Island with its air base and several nearby northern islands. Admiral Nimitz reported preliminary casualty figures are light and praised coordinated operations by Marines.
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William Hipple
United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Engebi Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Chester W. Nimitz
U S Pacific Fleet Captures Engebi Island Advances Air Range
Pearl Harbor reports Engebi Island seizure extends land based air reach 380 miles west of Kwajalein while Truk lies 750 miles southwest within range of planes. Ponape 425 miles southwest now accessible for medium bombers. As with other bases, Seabees likely begin field repairs immediately after seizure.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Engebi Island
United States
Kwajalein
Truk
Eniwetok
Ponape
Seas Bees
Engebi Air Base Captured in Marshall Islands Campaign
Allied forces announced the capture of the Engebi air base and several nearby islands in the northern Marshalls. The operation left Truk within range of American planes, with attacks continuing on other atoll portions as Admiral Nimitz reported. United States forces secured a 5,000 foot runway and began rehabilitating the airfield as Seabees moved in.
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Kwajalein Atoll
Atoll
Nimitz
Engebi
Truk
Marshalls
22Nd Marine Regiment
Ponape
Engebi Field
Engehi
McKenzie backs probe of Louisiana prison camps
Representative McKenzie Democrat of Louisiana joins Vermilion post No 29 of the American Legion calling for a rigid congressional investigation into wartime prison camps conditions in the state. The group cites Walter Winchell on alleged visits to houses of ill repute and notes submarines were active in the Gulf. Copies were sent to Roosevelt Biddle Stimson Knox and Louisiana delegates.
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Washington
U.P
McKenzie
Louseisiana
Louisiana American Legion
Congress
Congressional
Vermilion Post No. 29
Louisiana Department of the Legion
Walter Winchell
Legionnaires
Gulf of Mexico
Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Garg Jones
Louisiana
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P. P. Kowalski Cleveland
A. J. Chambers
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Martinsle
Ind
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Racine, Wise
FE. Ho Turner
Coldsprings-On-Hud
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Bogue Chitto, Miss
EB. J. Sanders
Sioux City
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W. P. Dean
Altoona
U. S. Marine Corps
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Kody
Ted Williams
Sllulah Mortician
Selmanfield
Omroe
W. L Helton
Futa
Orleans
Kirke L. Simpson
the Times
Colonel Ewing
John D. Ewing
Times
Monroe News-Star— World
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