Red Army advances near Kharkov as Germans defend Donets line
Soviet reports say Soviet forces crossed toward Kharkov region while widening gains along a 460 mile front from Orel to Rostov. The drive aims to cut the Donets basin rail line as fighting intensifies around Kharkov and nearby towns.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Bes
Adolf Hitler
Orel
Roishie Saly
Taganrog
Kharkov
Deneta
Ruckenbacker Attacks Absenteeism in Wartime Plants
Eddie Ruckenbacker denounced as labor foe for urging faster work and decrying absenteeism after returning from the Pacific. He suggested drafting 20 workers from dangerous posts for factory duty to test productivity and warned of war-time man-hour waste. The CIO debates how to curb hockey on the job and slow-downs without unfair blame.
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Pacific
South Pacific
Rickenbacker
Move to End Salary Limit Gains Support
Washington February 18 Democratic support grew in the Senate for a bi partisan effort to repeal President Roosevelt's executive order capping salaries at 21000 a year after tax payment. Senators Byrd of Virginia and Clark of Missouri said they would back repealing the order and attaching it to a measure raising the national debt limit as the House Ways and Means committee already approved. The move seeks to end government speed limits by decree and let Congress decide.
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Washington
Senate
Fransevelt
Byrd
Virginia
Fnd Clark
Missouri
Finance Committee
Fouse Ways and Means Committee
Conrens
Oregon rancher shoots lover in Las Vegas double life case
In Las Vegas authorities report Walter Duncan, a 66 year old Oregon rancher, shot and killed Russell Cone after Cone began a relationship with Duncan's wife. Duncan claimed protection of his family and said Cone pursued his wife while she lived with him and Cone in an auto court. The coroner noted Duncan stated he used a deer rifle but investigators continued to probe the circumstances surrounding the deaths and Duncan's open charge.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Oregon
Sing
Jack Larry
Walter Duncan
Russell Cone
Larry
Duncan
Gt Cone
Cone
Ree
Roner
Los Angeles
Angeles
Umbrella of Planes Used by Americans In North Africa
Allied forces in Tunisia reported a major tank battle near Faid and Sidi Bouzid as American and French troops, aided by American fighter planes, pushed Rommel’s veterans back six miles. Gafsa was abandoned after a late Sunday push, with both sides suffering heavy losses and German planes shot down.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommell
Faid
Tunisia
Faid Pass
Gafsa
Gulf of Gabes
Amale
Rommel
Sidi Bouzid
Sfax
Augusta Fire Kills Seven at Rooming House
In Augusta Maine a midnight fire at Grove and Swan streets claimed seven lives including an 11 year old in hospital. Five recovered bodies were identified as Vivian Ricker Roland Ricker John Pierce Bishop Simon Clark. Jack Ricker Walter Ricker and Carrie Stackhouse were among the injured with six others hurt.
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Augusta
Grove and
Swan Streets
Maine
State House
Vivian Ricker
Roland Ricker
Ricker
John Pierce
Bishop
Simon Clark
Burns
Jack Ricker
Walter
Carrie Stackhouse
New Orleans Muskrat Highlighted at New York Luncheon
Louisiana marsh hare known as the muskrat gets a luncheon showcase at the Hotel Biltmore New York. Governor Dewey and Mayor La Guardia expected to attend though Gov. Jones could not attend. Louisiana officials praise its nourishing meat as a tasty dietary option. Representative Domengeaux introduced marsh hare to congressional colleagues at a Washington luncheon with Vice President Wallace present.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Hotel Biltmore
New York
Sam Jones
Dewey
la Guardia
State Conservation Department
James Domengeaux
Washington
Wallace
Farm policy dispute threatens 1940s food program
Washington reports a sharp split between the administration and Congress over price supports and subsidies for crops. Farmers face planting time in weeks with no clear prices. Secretary Wickard backs incentive payments to boost soybeans, peanuts, and vegetables, but Congress has yet to appropriate funds.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional Farm Bloc
Agriculture Department
Wickard
Columbia Soldier Clyde Ramage Brown Dies in Accident
Mr and Mrs Terry Brown of Columbia receive word their son Clyde Ramage Brown was accidentally killed at Fort Bragg California and the body will reach Columbia on a train arriving Wednesday night. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but services likely Thursday.
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Columbia
Terry Brown
Clyde Ramage Brown
Fort Bragg
Calif
Red Cross Confirms Relief Goods for American POWs
The American Red Cross announced that relief goods and mail from the United States reached American prisoners of war at Zentsuji Japan on the Gripsholm voyage. Max Pestalozzi of the Red Cross international committee confirmed the receipt during his December visit. The relief items included food clothing medical supplies cigarettes and toilet articles.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Zentsuji
Japan
Gripsholm
Red Cross
Max Pestalozzi
Red Cross International Committee
Richelieu bolsters Allies with transatlantic voyage
Joseph Morton reports from New York on the French battleship Richelieu nearing New York after a 3700 mile Dakar to coast voyage. Captain Marcel Deramond says the ship shifts Allied naval balance by providing a first line 35000 ton class edge in 1943. Hard info on specific comparisons is not disclosed.
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Richelieu
New York Harbor
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Oly He Wepe Dermann
New York
Marcel Deramond
United States
Dakar
French West Africa
Deramond
Brit
Allied shipping losses to Africa slide under two percent
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham announced that American and British shipping losses have fallen to under two percent as 180 ships totaling 6,500,000 tons reach North Africa since November 8. He noted Axis and Italian fleet weaknesses, praised US Army Air Force海 support, and said Montgomery's Eighth Army can advance, with Rommel and von Arnim unable to halt the push.
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North Africa
Andrew B. Cunningham
Axis
Marshal Rommel
General von Arnim
Britain
Cunningham
Sicily
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Uiey
American Army Air Force
Tripoli
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Heavy Cruiser Chicago Among U S Losses in Solomon Islands Actions
The navy reports a seven day sea air campaign near Guadalcanal beginning January 2 resulted in the loss of the heavy cruiser Chicago and a destroyer, with 12 Japanese destroyers sunk or damaged and 22 American planes lost. Captain Ralph Otis Davis survived.
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Washington
Chicago
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
Navy
Ralph Otis Davis
Baltimore
Justice Murphy Taken To Hospital In Dallas
Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy was removed from a plane and rushed to a Dallas hospital by ambulance. The Times Herald could not determine the illness or its seriousness, as he was en route to the West Coast to visit a brother injured in an accident.
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Dallas
Tex
The
Times Herald
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Justice Murphy
Farmer Helps Take Convicts Near Red Bay
A Franklin County farmer Nim Thorne and a joint Alabama and Mississippi patrol deployment captured five of nineteen escaping Mississippi prisoners. After forcing Thorne’s family to breakfast, the felons hid in his home until officers surrounded the house and demanded surrender, leading to a gunfight before the escapees ceased fire.
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Montgomery
Ala
Franklin County
Alabama
Mississippi
Red Bay
van Buren Gilbert
Birmingham
Huntsville
Decatur
Florence
Tuscaloosa
Winfield
Parchman
Nim Thorne
Thorne
Thornes
Pam
Carlisle
Winter’s deadly frost grips eastern states with record lows
The eastern United States endures a severe cold wave with at least 26 deaths from exposure and frostbite. New England reports heavy losses, transportation delays, and school closures as temperatures plunge, while New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania record multiple fatalities and widespread disruption.
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Associated Preas
New England
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Boston
New Bedford
Mass
Lowell
Warrensburg
N. Y
Mount Washington
N. H
Mercury
T. A. Merrill
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Fredonia
Chautauqua County
Wickard seeks alternative course after subsidy rebuff
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, rebuffed by a House appropriations subcommittee, presses for a 106 million dollar incentive fund to spur farm production. He says the six to one vote against the plan came at a bad time but will not reduce the increased producer returns promised. He will testify before a Senate Agriculture subcommittee seeking a broader inquiry into food production.
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Washington
House
Wickard
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Food Pro
Scandals Cases Will Be Revived In Louisiana Courts
A survey of criminal district court dockets in New Orleans shows more than a score of Louisiana political scandal cases unfinished. District Attorney J. Bernard Cocke said the office expects to move them to trial before next summer, with three year prescription risking lapse. Included are bribery charges against former Governor Richard Leche and Seymour Weiss, embezzlement allegations against William G. Rankin, and other cases involving city funds, payrolls, and testimony transportation.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
J. Bernard Cocke
Richard W. Leche
Seymour Weiss
Willian G. Rankin
Conrad Meyer
Hubert J. Haydel
State Motor Vehicle License Bureau
James R. Stewart
Arthur Mauer
Adolph J. Hollander
Louise Wilcox
Motor Vehicle Office
Nelson to Dismiss One Vice-Chairman in WPB Shakeup
War Production Board chief Donald M. Nelson plans to remove one of his two top vice chairs, Ferdinand Eberstadt, within a day. The move aims to consolidate civilian control over munitions production amid a months long agency conflict with the armed services over authority.
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Washington
Charman Donald M. Nelson
War Producton Board
Ferdinand Eberstadt
WPB
Armed Services
Friends of
Eberstadt
White House
Nelson
Bernard Baruch
Roosevelt
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
General Electric Company
Robert P. Patterson
Ralph A. Bard
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