Allied Bombers Strike Naples Cagliari and Sicily
North Africa based United States and British bombers hit Italy with daylight raids on Naples and Cagliari. Communiques report the Naples attack as highly successful and a prologue of future air offensives, while operations along Sicily and the Tyrrhenian coast continued amid rough weather and ground campaign strains in Tunisia.
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London
United States
Italy
Naples
Cagliari
Fresch Sears
Sicily
Patrick W. Timberlake
United States Bomber Command
Middle East
Tunisia
Lancers
Marsha
Caire
Eighth Army
Emery
Pista
Cain
North Africa
El Patio booze raid targets Labor Union hall in Westbrook
An alcohol tax inspection at El Patio revealed 600 gallons declared, but 366 more were found hidden in a room behind the labor temple used for union records. Officers seized about 60 gallons for safekeeping as investigators pursue penalties up to five years in prison and fines.
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el Patio
Propa
John Longo
Larry Kelly
Brother Kelly
Wilding Fund
Widing and Common Laborers’ Union
Invernal Revenue
Eniff
Busines
Kineman
Bro
Kelly
Elly
Mussolini Shakeup Sends Count Galesszo to Vatican Post
The Italian cabinet reshuffle moves Count Galesszo no from foreign minister duties to ambassador to the Vatican after six years in the limelight. Axis broadcasts frame the move as a routine refreshment rather than a major shift, while propaganda notes Mussolini aims to prevent ossification in his administration.
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Mussini
Count Galesszono
Vatican
Axis
Foreign Ministry
Talan
Aschated Press
Stelian Stefani
Mussolini
Dino Grandi
Rome
Violator Held In Orleans Shoe-Ring Crackdown
In New Orleans on February 8 authorities seized two shoe shop operators near the Irish Channel after nationwide ruling. One man was charged with Sunday closing violations while a relative pleaded for leniency. The second proprietor was not charged due to lack of witnessed transactions.
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Orleans
Tion
Fficers
Ordi‘ce
American flank seizes position near Cape Esperance Guadalcanal
United States troops push inland five miles from Cape Esperance on Guadalcanal in a flanking overland thrust. Navy notes indicate ongoing sea and air battles in the Solomons as General MacArthur advances on surrounding Japanese positions.
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United States
Guadalcanal
Cape Experance
Cape
Navy
Solomons
Knox
Tit
MacArthur
Rickenbacker urges civilian draft to aid war effort
Eddie Rickenbacker tells the Baseball Writers Association that a civilian draft for labors in war industries and farms should be instituted with civilian service records kept like military ones. He argues manpower hours, not scarcity, slows production and urges use of local selective service boards to draft needed workers.
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New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Baseball Writers Association
Rickenbacker
Amerca
Homer Shops Open On Sunday For First Time
In Homer Louisiana merchants opened general stores on Sunday for the first time in the city’s history. Stores began at 4 p.m. with brisk shoe sales and long lines of customers awaiting service. Buying remained heavy into the night.
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Homer
General Mercantile
Britain Press Demands Quick Invasion of Europe
Churchill returns from a long North Africa and Middle East tour to renewed calls for a rapid Allied invasion of Europe. Leading newspapers warn not a moment must be lost as the Russian offensive continues and allied leaders meet in North Africa and the Middle East before his return to London.
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London
Churchill
North Africa
Middle East
Europe
Lord Beaverbrook
Daetiy Express
Britain
America
Daily Mail
Casablanca
Cairo
Adana
Algiers
England
William van der Kloot
Sarasota
Paddington Station
Roosevelt
Adane
Turkey
Lamet
Non
Cyprus
Tripoli
Henri Honore Giraud
Georges Catroux
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Crowley Woman Slain In Bed In Crowley
Crowley la Feb Mia Frank M. Mulken Jr 23 a prominent Crowley matron was found dead at home from two bullet wounds in the head local district attorney Hoffpauir announced that a murder charge would be filed against her husband a rice buyer The shooting followed a social gathering at the residence of Postmaster and Mrs Wallace McGinn Hoffpauir said Mulken telephoned his mother saying Anna Louise shot herself later reversing that account after X ray photos showed two head wounds and the husband admitted firing the shots but offered no motive
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Crowley
Frank M. Mulken
Crowey
Smith Hoffpauir
Hoffpauir
Wallace McGinn
Hoffpeair
Anna Louise
Z. J. Francez
Parish
Milliken
Dutch Nazi Legion Leader Seyffardt Shot Dead
The German controlled Netherland radio announced Lieutenant General Hendrik A. Seyffardt commander of the Dutch Nazi legion was shot and killed. Seyffardt was appointed last week to Anton Mussert's personal cabinet and tasked to mobilize armed units to join Axis forces on the Soviet front.
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London
Aneta
Netherland Radio
Hendrik A. Seyffardt
Netherlands
Seyffardt
Anton A. Mussert
Hitler
Fuehrer
Arctic flier Harold Gillam dies in dramatic rescue
Harold Gillam, famed Alaska aviator, died while attempting a rescue after his plane crash landed in a January blizzard near Boca De Quadra south of Ketchikan. His body was recovered by coast guardsmen. he had flown in Alaska for over two decades and was known for Arctic adventures.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Harold Gillam
Arctic
Boca de Quadra
Gillam
Seattle
Coast Guard
Navy Plane Crashes Into Lake Pontchartrain
A navy plane from Pensacola naval air station crashed into Lake Pontchartrain, missing three fliers presumed dead as salvage ops continued. Four identified as missing or seriously injured include pilot Lt(jg) Andrew P. Roeder and co pilot Lt(jg) D F Caldwell, with other injured and hospitalized crew listed, amid ongoing navy investigations.
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New Orleans
Navy
Pensacola
Fis
Naval Air Station
Lake Pontchartrain
J.g
Andrew P. Roeder
Edward Roeder
Rockwell
Iowa
Perry S. Gaffney
Mary
Gaffney
Lves
William
Halley
Elsie M. Halley
D. F. Caldwell
Corry Avenue
Warrington
Fla
D. F. Galouge
Covington
Paul F. Shilling
North Leclaire Avenue
Chicago
A L. Perry
R. J. O'Donnell
L. D. Olsen
A. E. Schwarzwalder
Monroe Furniture Company Fire Devastates Downtown Annex
A major blaze in Monroe raged from Sunday afternoon into Monday, destroying the three story annex of Monroe Furniture and damaging Huckabay Your Jeweler Delta Theater Montgomery Ward and eight dwellings. Estimated damage about 110000 with four firemen hospitalized and in fair condition. Main building not damaged. warehouse losses pegged at 50000 in stock and 56000 in merchandise. Store reopening plans announced. Montgomery Ward reports glass front damage and redecorating needs.
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Monroe
Monroe Furniture Company
Huckabay, Your Jeweler
Delta Theater
Montgomery Ward and Company
Furniture Company
Lester D. Scharff
Scharff
Flynn Resting After Trial in Statutory Rape Case
Screen actor Errol Flynn rested after a two day trial in Los Angeles where he was acquitted of statutory rape charges. Accusers and key witnesses left the Hollywood scene. Peggy La Rue Satterlee 16 departed Applegate California planning to return to high school. Deputy District Attorney Thomas Cochran arranged release of Betty Hansen from juvenile hall to Lincoln Nebraska with orders to send her home. Cochran prosecuted the case and said the release would be signed today.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynn
Hollywood Scene
Flynn Peggy la Rue Satterlee
Applegate
Calif
Thomas Cochran
Betty Hansen
Lincoln
Neb
Cochran
Flynn
Miss Hansen
Bel- Air
Miss Satterlee
Fire Sparks Burn Roof On Adams Street
Phillip David of 207 Adams street wrestled a fire hose with Fireman C. W. Flacy at a downtown blaze when sparks from a furniture company fire set his home on Adams street ablaze. A passerby climbed to the roof and torn off burning shingles as firefighters fought the fire. David was unaware of the blaze until hours later.
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Phillip David
Adams Street
C. W. Flacy
Furniture Company
David
Rationing in Shoes Begins as Byrnes Announces Limits
Washington reports an emergency shoe rationing order by Economic Stabilization Director James F. Byrnes. Starting tomorrow, each person may claim three pairs per year with exemptions for slippers infants footwear and storm-rubber goods. No registration or questionnaires yet and coupons drawn from existing sugar coffee ration books apply to one pair until June 15.
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Irving Perimeter
Washington
White House
James F. Byrnes
Armed Services
Harold W. Volk
Dallas
Tex
National Shoe Retailers Association
Volk
New York
U S Planes Attack Japanese Forces in Burma and China
United States fighter aircraft attacked Japanese columns and installations in eastern Burma and along the Burma Yunnan frontier to aid Chinese forces. About 20 trucks were destroyed or damaged, barracks burned, and other damage caused near Kengtung and Wanting as P-40s returned safely. The Chinese high command reported renewed Japanese reinforcements and ongoing fighting with some signs of Japanese retreat.
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Chungking
United States
Burma
Burma- Yunnan
Yunnan
Kengtung
Joseph W. Stilwell
National War Service Bill Aims Broad Manpower Mobilization
Congress introduced a national war service act granting Roosevelt power to mobilize manpower and womanpower for war needs. The measure, led by Rep Wadsworth and Sen Austin, would compel registration of most Americans 14 to 50, with exemptions for those in military service or mothers under certain conditions. The president could call volunteers then direct selective service to fill gaps in war industries and agriculture.
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Washington
National War Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Wadsworth
Republican
New York
Austin
Vermont
National War Service Act
Selective Service Act
WAACS
WAVES
SPARS
Selective Service Boards
Move to Restore Flynn Is Started in Bronx Politic
The Bronx county Democratic executive committee moves to restore Edward J. Flynn as leader. Louis Cohen says the plan begins with Congressman Charles A. Buckley resigning as leader of the Eighth Assembly district, Flynn to succeed. Buckley would then lead the Right Assembly district. Flynn resigned as national chairman and Bronx head when Roosevelt nominated him to Australia.
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New York
Edward J. Flynn
Bronx County
Democratic Executive Committee
Louis Cohen
Charles A. Buckley
Eighth Assembly
Flynn
Cohen
Buckley
Roosevelt
Australia
Bronx
Senate
Soviet Swarm Breaks German Lines Near Rostov
Soviet forces launch a major winter assault across the Don front advancing on Rostov after seizing Azov, cutting rail links and driving toward Kursk Kharkov and Kharkov. German troops rush reinforcements as Vatutin’s troops push to isolate Rostov and Kharkov amid fierce fighting.
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Moscow
Red Army
Don
Rostov
Russia
Azov
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Kramatorskaya
Belgorod
Gosteschevo
Savitai
London
Kupyansk
Immediate action urged on pay as you go tax plan
Budget Director Harold D. Smith urged treasury and Congress to act instantly on pay as you go tax legislation so the plan can start April 1. He hinted White House involvement to resolve detail disputes as hearings on the Rum plan continue. He suggested canceling up to three quarters of 1942 taxes to enable immediate operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold D. Smith
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Smith
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Administration
Farley predicts end of war by 1943 in frank talk
Former postmaster general James A. Farley told Shreveport audience that while the war may end in 1943 he urged continuing a long hard fight. He cited Russian offensives and Germany’s weakness in North Africa as signs of German feebleness.
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Farley
Shreveport
James A. Farley
Germany
Farle
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Be Kelly
Local 14
We Labor Temple
Tiano
Ussolini
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Siam Pege
Nazi Legion
Edward Henry Crockett
Associated Press
British Admiralty
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Larry Allen
Tobruk
St. Francis Sanitarium
Harry Roberts
F. E. Wilhite
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