Russians Break Kharkov As Germans Retreat Across Ukraine
Soviet dispatches report Kharkov fallen and German lines collapsing as Red armies push toward the Dnieper. Taganrog and Rostov advances extend south with renewed pressure on Orel and Dnieperopolis amid broader Donets Basin offensives.
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Roger Greene
Todith
Tagrog
Rostov
Sea of Azov
Kharkov
Berlin
Russia
Kov
Pittsburgh
Ukraine
Stalingrad
Donets
Taganrog
Azov
Dnieper
Dnieperopetrovsk
Itc
British U Boats Destroy 6 Axis Supply Vessels
British submarines roving the central Mediterranean destroyed six Axis supply ships and likely seven more, with four sunk and two badly damaged beached. Actions spanned from Tunisia to Sicily and Italy, including a daring raid that shelled a rail station in northern Sicily with multiple hits.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Tunisia
Sicily
Italy
OPA Appeals to Papers to Print Consumer Declaration Form
The Office of Price Administration asked newspapers nationwide to publish the official consumer declaration form for the processed foods ruling. Families will use the form to register for ration books next week, clipping it from papers to save time at registration centers. Only one declaration is required per family group.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Reds Reveal How Kharkov Was Taken
The Red Star details a 16 month German occupation ending with dawn assault on Kharkov. Soviet columns outflanked from the northwest and west, breaking three fortified rings with cavalry tanks and infantry. Moskalenko led a rapid maneuver into the Kholodnaya region and Afanasievskaya street, while a parallel push from the east seized the tractor factory and the city core.
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Moscow
Red Star
Red Armies
Kharkov
Russia
Red Army
Moskalenko
Stalingrad
Lagerna Street
Kholodnaya Mountain
Afanasievskaya Street
Probability Of Tax Relief Emerges As Study Of Pay As You Go
Washington report notes the house ways and means committee nears votes on a pay as you go plan. Ruml proposed halving 1943 taxes with 1942 taxes still due. Doughton hints potential abatement of about half of 1943 taxes to aid 44 million taxpayers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Treasury
Beardsley Ruml
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Two Dead In Waterloo Box & Manufacturing Co Fire
Fire at Waterloo plant leveled the Flour City Box & Manufacturing Co. injuring no workers and killing two men John Noble 31 saw operator Am brose Smith 50. Coroner identified bodies by clothing. plant engineer Martin Grosslein 58 listed as missing. Damages estimated at 100000 with partial insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Flour City Box & Manufacturing Co
M. F. Blindman
Sidney D. Smith
John Noble
Ambrose Smith
Martin Grosslein
Grosslein
Fire Department
Noble
Blindman
Meyer
Harry Blindman
Frank
Minneapolis
Minn
Roosevelt Seeks War Time Super Levy on Higher Incomes
President Roosevelt urged Congress to levy a super tax on net income after regular taxes, capping individuals at 25000 and couples at 50000. He said he would rescind his salary limit order if such a tax passed. The Ways and Means Committee had approved repealing the salary cap and advanced a bill to tax salaries over 25000 to Pearl Harbor levels.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional
Rep
Disney
Dokla
Pearl Harbor
Mounting Manpower Woes Face Congress
Army officials testified on manpower shortages and calls for statewide draft quotas with deferments for dependents. Senate investigations questioned expansion plans and overseas troop totals, with Gen Idwal Edwards asked to compare Allied and Axis strength and justify staying at home troops.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Appropriations
Edwards
Idwal H. Edwards
Army
United Nations
Nye
Thomas
D.-Okla
Newton Drug Store Fire Causes Large Loss in Heart of Town
A blaze in the Maire drug store in Newton Iowa caused an estimated loss of 50 000 to 65 000. The fire started in the basement of the Jewel building around 3 30 a m and burned for six hours. Two adjoining stores and 14 offices on the first and second floors were damaged with Grinnell firefighters aiding local crews.
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Newton
Maire
Jewel
Grinnell
Lorient U-boat Base Hit Again by RAF Raiders
British bombers struck Lorient on the French Atlantic coast slamming heavy bombs into the dock area. U-boat pens housed 30 submarines are supported by fortifications as RAF fighters patrol the region while St Nazaire also receives Allied air pressure in the submarine campaign. German raids on South Wales and Britain caused casualties and minor damage with several planes shot down.
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Lorient
U.S
St. Nazaire
London
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Hom
Fighter Command
RAF
France
Atlantic
French
South Wales
Air and Home Security
Britain
Post War Planning Sparks Washington clash over funds
Washington debate centers on who should direct postwar planning Frederic A Delano leads the national resources planning board as Congress disputes restoring 1 400 000 for the board The White House argues advance planning can save billions by readying public works and materials allocation versus demands to cut funds and let Congress handle postwar planning directly
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Washington
National Resources Planning Board
Frederic A. Delano
Roosevelt
Roosevelt-Congress
Congress
Resources Board
Congressional Economy Bloc
Independent Offices
Planning Board
House
Budget Bureau
Woodrum
D-Va
F. R
Cannon
D.-Mo
Rep
Dirksen
House Appropriations Committee
Leader at Midway Claimed by Death
San Diego California Marine Col Harold D Shannon 50 of North Bergen New Jersey named as commander of Midway island ground forces in the decisive battle died Tuesday of pneumonia after an operation He was born in Chicago
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San Diego
Calif
Midway Island
Midway
Harold D. Shannon
North Bergen
N. J
Col. Shannon
Chicago
Allies Strike In World War II News Across Pacific Burma Front
Allied advances in New Guinea push toward Salamaua as Japanese forces withdraw. Australian patrols report 17 enemy killed while air forces target Salamaua Ale and Dili. RAF bombs Magwe and Akyab island raids as Wavell’s forces move toward Rathedaung.
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Australian Broadcasting Commission
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
Ale
New Guinea
Timor Sea
Dili
Portuguese Timor
Burma
Magwe
Akyab Island
Bay of Bengal
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
India
Rathedaung
Akyab
Rock Island Pilot Helps Silence Salamua Batteries
Rock Island native Orval Randerson co-piloted a B 25 mission over Salamaua on the Salamaua peninsula New Guinea. The squadron’s low level bombing suppressed Japanese anti aircraft positions and the crew returned in high spirits. Also involved were Capt Jock Henebry Plainfield Ill Lieut Donald McNutt Shannon Ill and Lieut Robert Chatt Tekamah Neb with Lieut Jim Angel Sidney Ia leading a reconnaissance flight over the Markham valley.
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New Guinea
Salamaua
Malahang
Jock Henebry
Plainfield
Ill
Donald M. McNutt
Shannon, Ill
Robert D. Chatt
Tekamah
Neb
Lieut
Orval A. Randerson
Rock Island, Ill
McNutt
Markham Valley
Jim Angel
Sidney
Berlin reports big Nanking fire
Berlin broadcast says a large fire in Nanking the capital under the Japanese puppet regime destroyed 186 buildings. It blames carelessness as a cause but gives no details on the fire’s nature.
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Berlin
London
DNB
Nanking
China
East Still Cold Fuel Supply Law
Two days of extreme cold along the Atlantic seaboard left at least 36 dead and damaged crops from Maine to Florida. Fuel oil and gas shortages grew, with low inventories across Middle Atlantic and New England. Householders were urged to avoid kitchen-range heat and curb gas use. Temperatures dipped below zero in Hancock New Hampshire and Warrenburg New York, with Boston minus 14 and Hartford minus 24. Officials warned the peach crop in Chautauqua County New York may be wiped out as Florida Everglades freezes damaged crops. Some schools closed and trains ran late amid widespread frost and frozen cars and gear noted in the report.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Maine
Florida
Middle Atlantic
New England
Hancock
N. H
Warrensburg
N. Y
Boston
Hartford
Iowa House Urges Federal Tax Removal On Automobiles
Des Moines reports the Iowa House approved a senate concurrent resolution asking the federal government to retire automotive taxes. It notes a 1.5 cent per gallon gasoline tax and a $5 annual car use tax, with discussion of possible future gas tax hikes and continued federal highway aid uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
Albert Steinberg
Rames
House
Iowa Conservation Commission
B. B. Hickenlooper
J. R. Hall
Malvern
Boone County
Iowa
Hall
Rail Mediation Board Action In Wage Plea
Wage negotiations between railroads and about 350000 members of five operating brotherhoods ended without agreement. The no railway mediation board will be invoked to resume talks in Chicago on Thursday. Union demands sought a 30 percent raise or at least $3 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
No— (Railway) Mediation Board
Iice
Phil Otterbach
Germans Break Through US Lines In Tunisia Drive
Allied headquarters disclosed a major setback as German tank columns pushed 18 miles into American positions near Sbeitla 38 miles from the frontier threatening to split the Tunisian front. Many U S units were cut off while American tank forces regrouped after heavy losses.
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Associated Press
Sbeitla
Tunisian
Nelson Debates Retirement As WPB Chairman
WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson weighs retirement amid pressure from allies and foes. He plans a short vacation to rest and decide, granting executive powers to Charles E Wilson as the WPB shifts under new leadership.
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Nelson
WPB
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Friends
Charles E. Wilson
Eberstadt
Kilgore
D-W.va
Pepper
D- Fla
War Mobilization
Wilson
Fred Searls
Armed Services
White House
Bernard Baruch
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