Germans Seize Three Tunisian Towns In Retreat
Russian forces smash westward widening wedges in Kharkov Kursk Donets basin drives threaten retreating German troops. Kharkov falls after destruction of fortifications and counterattacks. Luftwaffe and German units described as dispersed near Kharkov as Soviet advances push deeper toward Donets basin.
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Moscow
Hed
Kharkov
Kursk
Donets Basin
Germore
Rostov
High Command
Colurana
Red Army
Lake Latoge
Bogadukhov
Dies Committee Extension Reveals Political Struggle and Smears
WESTBROOK PFGLER Washington February 18 The Dies committee receives another extension amid a brutal abuse campaign against Martin Dies by left and right factions. The piece argues the administration favored curbing Nazi Fascists and Communists, while praising reporters and government allies resisting extremist elements.
London Eyes Surrender of War Criminals
Lord Simon, British lord chancellor, vowed that war criminals will be surrendered as allies push terms before fighting ends. He recalled the World War I fiasco and said the Allies would not negotiate peace terms with Nexis and Fascists, stressing live suspects must be surrendered. He cited failures of the Treaty of Versailles and noted difficulties in capturing the accused.
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London
Lord Bimon
Stephen's Club
Commons defeat censure measure in tight vote
London February 44 percent The house of commons defeated a maturity amendment condemning government policy toward the social security program by a vote of 33 to 118 The Labor party split as 166 members stood against the government defend the verge of the policy. The Parliament had never before cast more than against the Churchill government on a major issue. Nathan Samuel Smart 96 longtime Calcasieu parish Confederate veteran died at his niece’s home in Lake Charles La He was a Sabine parish native and a member of the Nathan Smart society descendants group with about 200 members in Vernon Bregard and Sabine parishes.
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Bund
New York
Providence
Philadelphia
Wes
Vermis
Martin
Tata
Thors
Therm
London
House Commons
Isue
Onjor
Herbert Morion
War Net
Lake Charles
Nathan Samuel Smart
Calessieu Parish
W. H. Hawkell
Sabine Patisch
Nathan Smart
Vernon
Bregard
Sabine Parishes
Canned Meat Sales Banned Across Nation
The Office of Price Administration ordered a nationwide halt on most canned meats and fish sales effective midnight, excluding frozen items and unsterilized products. Pet foods receive an exception. rationing may begin late March. Ottawa indicated no similar action in Canada.
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Washington
Sideo
Office of Price Administration
Peta
OPA
Canada
Prices Board
Ottawa
Agriculture
Wickard
Women Marines Name Dilemma Sparks Local Joke
In Shreveport on February 18, a headline struggle over the term for the Marines Women’s Reserve led to a comic nickname proposal. Major Ruth Cheney Streeter bans any nickname, but locals joke about WAMs as a shorthand.
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Shreveport
Marine Corps
Kureake
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Streeter
Bill To Defer Fathers Given Group's OK
The House military affairs committee approved the Kilday bill authorizing draft deferment priority for men with dependents. It would replace local boards with state level boards and include an Elston amendment restricting inductions by occupational groups. Opposed by selective service officials and war department spokesmen, action anticipated next week.
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Washington
House
Andrews
Republican
New York
Sheridan
Democrat
Pennsylvania
Elston
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
May
Kentucky
Military Committee
Rules Committee
Selective Service
War Department
Senate Bill on Appropriations and Roosevelts Board Fight
Washington Feb 18 A 2 616 913 appropriation bill moves to the Senate after the House trimmed funds for the national resources planning board. Frederic A Delano heads the board and a late bid to preserve it by renaming and funding it 415 000 failed amid parliamentary snags. Critics call the board useless while supporters praise its constructive work. House members clash over budget bureau cuts as Republicans press the issue and Democrats protest.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
National Resources Planning Board
Frederic A. Delano
Representative Magnuson
Representative Tabor
New York
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Budget Bureau
Representative Woodrum
Virginia
Krueger Appointed To Lead New Southwest Pacific Field Army
Secretary of War Stimson announces Lieutenant General Walter Krueger will command a new field army formed from units in the southwest Pacific. General MacArthur remains commander in chief, while Hodges becomes lieutenant general after serving as Krueger’s successor in the Papuan campaign.
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Washington
Walter Krueger
Australia
6Th Army
Southwest Pacific
Stimson Krueger
Red Army
San Antonio
Texas
Douglas MacArthur
Stimson
MacArthur
Krueger
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
Stimwon
New Guinee
Federry
Courtney H. Hodges
Hodges
West Point
St Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Perry, Ga
Mme Chiang Draws Crowds in Bid for Congress Address
Washington Feb 18 Madam Chiang Kai Shek faces huge demand for tickets as lawmakers and public vie for seats to hear her speak before Congress. House doorkeeper Ralph Roberts says about ten thousand requests overwhelmed the 50 tickets left. Her address will be broadcast at 12 30 p m eastern wartime. She is expected to urge more aid for China’s forces and will first address the Senate at 12 15 p m eastern wartime.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Congress
Ralph Roberts
Roberts
House
NBC
Blue
Madame Chiang
Senate
Capitol
Blast on ship kills Marine Carlson Davidson
Karl Davidson of Monroe was killed in a marine corps explosion on a military boat. His death, confirmed by his mother Mrs. O. Bingham of San Antonio, Texas, left a survivor injured who is in a San Francisco hospital. Davidson, a Ouachita Parish High School and Northeast Junior College graduate, enlisted in the Marine Corps.
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Karl Davidson
Monroe
Marine Corps
O. Bingham
San Antonio
Tex
Young Davidson
Ouachita Parish
Northeast Junior College
Marine Corce
San Francisco
David- Ok
Victory Predicted: Mackenzie Sees Nazi Fall in 1943
DeWitt Mackenzie, veteran Associated Press columnist, returns from a 4.5 month world tour and says Hitler’s back is broken and Germany will be beaten in 1943. He notes most observers expect Japan to fall by end of 1944 or sooner.
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MIAMS
Fla
DeWitt
Associated Press
Germany
Iam
Chungking
China
Hitler
Caucasus
Jupan
New York
North Atlantic
Ireland
England
Lisbon
Africa
Cairo
Egypt
Japan vows all-out drive to crush Chungking resistance
A Tokyo broadcast quoted by Reuters says Japan will take all measures to crush Chungking resistance and that the new centralized China offensive marks the start of an all-out effort. Reports note heavy attacks in the middle Yangtze valley and penetrations near Chiang Kai-shek's capital, with other offensives in northern Hunan and around Nanchang.
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London
Tokyo
Reuters
Japan
Chungking
China
Yangtze
Shasi-khang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hunan
Changsha
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Brooklyn Bombardier Meyer Levin Killed in Pacific War
Staff Sergeant Meyer Levin a 25 year old Brooklyn bombardier who helped bomb the Haruna with Captain Colin Kelly was killed in the Pacific his father Samuel Levin said the war department notified him Levin had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Silver Star for earlier actions and had survived two bailouts before his death His hometown was honored with a Meyer Levin day after a visit home last November with 2 500 locals paying tribute
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New York
Meyer Levin
Brooklyn
Colin Kelly
Pacific
Samuel Levin
War Department
Levin
Haruna
Kelly
Army
Coral Sea
MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Australia
East Platbush
Mme Chiang Calls for Defeat of Japan in Congress
Mme Chiang Kai-shek told the House that Japan must be defeated to protect the United Nations. She warned Japan’s vast resources and war efforts threaten Americans and Chinese, urging decisive action after Midway Coral Sea and Guadalcanal victories.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
House of Representatives
United Nations
Japan
Damocles
Mme. Chiang
China
Pearl Harbor
Malaya
China Sea
Guadalcanal
New High Tax Plan Opposed in Congress
Washington February 18 The House Ways and Means Committee took no action on a presidential request for a wartime super tax on salaries and would likely maintain a ceiling of pre Pearl Harbor levels for incomes above 25 000 a year for singles and 50 000 for married couples President Roosevelt had urged a 25 000 single 50 000 married cap after taxes The committee acted to have a report on the salary limit written by Representative Disney with Representative McGranery signaling the issue may reopen before the committee\"
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Washington
Doughion
North Carolina
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Doughton
McGranery
Pennsylvania
Disney
Oklahoma
Five Youths Held in New Orleans Thefts
New Orleans February 18 4 Police arrested five youths suspected in eight days of break ins at schools and draft board offices. Two night watchmen nabbed them during an attempt to ransack a neighborhood theater. One charged with breaking and entering with intent to steal others sent to a municipal home for juvenile action. A school entry fire started by a candle led to school damage and class dismissals.
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New Orleans
Draft Board
American Losses In Central Tunisia Highlighted By Stimson
Secretary Stimson said American forces in central Tunisia suffered a serious local setback with heavy casualties and tanks destroyed by German dive bombers over four days. He noted the retreat about 35 miles and loss of three forward air fields as Axis pressures widened the coastal corridor. The fighting comes as British forces reorganize in Tripolitania and northern Tunisia.
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Washington
Stimson
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Tripolitania
First
Johnson to Probe Mississippi Break
Clarksdale Mississippi February 18 state and county authorities pressed a search for seven convicts who escaped from Parchman prison farm last Saturday. Governor Paul B Johnson said he would conduct a personal investigation once recovered. State guard units aided by county and prison authorities cordoned the area while others searched the region near Cornea where more convicts were believed trapped. Twelve of the escaped have been recaptured.
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Clarksdale
Miss
Parchman Prison Farm
Paul B. Johnson
Hot Springs
Ark
Clarksdale State Guard
Dennis Murphree
Cornea
Allied troops retreat after severe North Africa clash
American armored units withdraw to Tebessa Algeria after a decisive defeat by Rommel near Sbeitla Kasserine and Feriana. British forces push to the Mareth line as Montgomery advances toward Medenine Foum Tatahouine amid a two day 43 mile dash.
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North Africa
Tebessa
Algeria
Erwin Bormmmel
Desert
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Feriana
Faid Pass
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Rommel
Egypt
First Army
Rome
Cairo
Bernard L. Montgomery
Medenine
Foum Tatahouine
Cotral
Fetieana
Kasse
Rive
Berard L. Montgomeery
Mareth
London
Caire
Montgomery
Fourn Tatehouine
Medewine
Allred Named to Fifth Circuit Court in Roosevelt Nomination
President Roosevelt nominates former Texas Governor James V. Allred to the Fifth United States Circuit Court and Florida’s Curtis L. Waller to another judgeship in the same circuit. The fifth circuit covers Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas and the Panama Canal Zone. Other nominees include WMC officers and commission staff across New York Boston and Washington regions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James V. Allred
Texas
Fifth United States Circuit Court
Fifth Circuit
Curtis L. Waller
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Panama Canal Zone
Senate
George W. Caylor
New York
War Manpower Commission
Russell McCarthy
Rochester, N. Y
WMC
Bernard L. Garfinkle
Boston
Edger BE. Witt
Samuel Gold
Charles McLaughlin
Nebraska
Aed Commission
Stephen R. MacRee
North
New Orleans
Fifth
United States Circuit Court of
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Cont
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Chiang
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Derieux
South Carolina
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