Axis Rommel drives into Tunisia in bold armored push
Allied armored units fell back toward Tebessa Algeria after a Rommel led assault pushed through Shehit Kasserine and Feriana. The Axis threat neared the Algerian border as British and American forces prepared counter moves toward Mareth line and Feriana.
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J.S. Armored
Tunisia
Allied
Africa
Amer
Tebessa
Ingeria
Erwin Rommel
Desert
Sheit
Kasserine
Feriana
Cairo
Faid Pass
London
Eighth Army
State Guard Duties Cut to Save Gash
Des Moines AP reports Gov. Bourke B. Hickenlooper orders demobilization of the Iowa state guard battalion at Camp Dodge effective March 15, saving the state about 385000 dollars annually. A headquarters detachment will remain to manage guard equipment and admin tasks.
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Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa State Guard
Camp Dodge
M. A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
State Military Police Battalion
Hickenlooper
Statehouse
Arthur T. Wallace
State Guard
Iowa
National Guard
Grain Processing firm selects 50 acre site near light plant
S G Stein announces a 50 acre Ket chum property site adjacent to the municipal light plant for Muscatine’s Grain Processing corporation alcohol plant. The one million dollar facility, to be built under Defense Plant Corp supervision, will produce 25 000 gallons daily using 10 000 bushels of corn and be owned by the RFC subsidiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Grain Processing Corporation
S. G. Stein
Defense Plant Corp
Washington, D. C
Washington
Defense Supplies Corp
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Mr. Stein
Mr. Kent
Grain Processing Corp
RFC
Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, Inc
Detroit
Weitz Co., Inc
Des Moines
Mississippi River
G. A. Kent
G. Stein
Reds widen wedges in Nazi lines near Kharkov and Kursk
Moscow reports the Red army driving westward and widening wedges in Kharkov and Kursk regions, with columns pushing deeper into the Donets basin threatening German retreat from Rostov. Kharkov falls after German destruction of installations. pockets of German forces are dispersed in counterattacks.
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Moscow
Red Army
Kharkov
Kursk
Donets Basin
Rostov
High Command
Lake Ladoga
Fatezh
Dmitriev
Seim
Orel
Kiev
London
Dnieper
Survivors Tell Of Destroyer Sunk Near Savo Island
Survivors brought ashore on Guadalcanal on February 1 describe a United States destroyer sunk by Japanese dive bombers off Savo Island. Six or seven Japanese planes attacked, with three direct hits and one near miss. Deaths were about half the ship's crew as the destroyer sank within minutes after the final attack.
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Madalcanal
United States
Savo Island
United States Navy Comunique
Krueger Named Head of U S Australian Army 6th Army
Lieut General Walter Krueger named to command a new U S field army the 6th in the Southwest Pacific at the request of General Douglas MacArthur Secretary Stimson said Krueger formerly led the 3rd Army based in San Antonio Texas will be succeeded by Major General Courtney Hodges Stimson cautioned against assumptions of an imminent large scale offensive Krueger 62 German born noted for discipline and study in military history at home in Arlington Virginia
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Washington
Walter Krueger
Australia
6Th Army
Southwest Pacific
War Stimson
Krueger
3Rd Army
San Antonio
Tex
Douglas MacArthur
Stimson
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
New Guinea
Courtney H. Hodges
Sec
OPA Bans Sale Of Canned Meat And Fish Nationwide
The Office of Price Administration forbids wholesale and retail sale of common canned meats and fish for a period tied to upcoming rationing. Pets and certain government agencies are exempt. exceptions include frozen products and unsealed items. The move follows a three day lead time before the general eight day freezer and rationing begins March 1. An oyster price rise was announced separately with larger cans and about ten cents more per can.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Canada
Prices Board
Ottawa
Agriculture
Wickard
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Allied Bombers Continue Blows at Jap Armies
Allied warplanes attack Japanese invasion forces from Burma to the South Pacific as Tokyo reports 73 Japanese planes shot down in a 15 day period ending Feb 15. U S and Australian air forces strike targets in New Guinea New Britain and the Solomon Islands with heavy bombers and fighters against Japanese bases and troop positions.
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Associated Press
Mikado
Burma
South Seas
Imperial Tokyo
Pacific Battle Theater
United States
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
New Britain
U. S
Gasmata
Ubili
Babo
Dutch New Guinea
Lae-Salamaua
Kumusi River
Akyab Island
Bay of Bengal
Donbaik
Bill to Abolish Daylight Time in State Is Filed
Des Moines report says forty two Iowa representatives led by X. T. Prentis filed a bill to end wartime daylight time and return Iowa to central standard time. The measure would shift clocks back one hour and take effect at 2 p.m. on the Sunday after the act becomes law.
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Des Moines
X. T. Prentis
R.-Mt. Ayr
House
Iowa
Mme Kai-Shek Urges Crushing Japan to End Threat
Mme. Kai-Shek addressed the U S House of Representatives urging action against Japan. She warned Japan's occupied territories hold greater resources than Germany and praised U S naval victories at Midway and the Coral Sea as steps toward defeating the enemy, citing Guadalcanal as proof the fight will succeed.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
House of Representatives
United Nations
Japan
Damocles
Germany
United States Navy
Midway
Coral Sea
Guadalcanal
British Envoy Returns to Moscow After London Visit
Sir Archibald John Clark Kerr, British ambassador to Sovet Russia, arrived in Moscow today following nearly three months in London.
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Moscow
Sir Archibald John Clark Kerr
Soviet Russia
London
Change In Deferments Passed By House Military Panel
Washington reports the House Military Affairs Committee approved the Kilday bill by 25 to 2 to grant draft deferment priority to men with children and shift quotas to a statewide board system. An Elston amendment clarifies no inductions by occupational groups. The bill creates four induction groups with single men first and married men with children last.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Rep
Elston
Ohio
War Manpower Commission
May
D.-Ky
Military Committee
Rules Committee
House
Selective Service
War Department
Gandhi in critical condition amid hunger strike
An India government communique reports deepening anxiety over Mohandas K. Gandhi's health during his 21 day fast. It notes he slept nine hours but remains unrefreshed and mentally unfocused with signs of uremia and a weakening heart, raising concern about his condition.
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Bombay
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Senate Group Seeks Farm Labor Deferment Bill
A bloc of more than 30 senators aims to require military deferments for experienced farm workers and furloughs for those in the armed forces to ease a growing agricultural manpower shortage. Sen. Bankhead says the measures will be introduced soon with broad support, while others warn that small farmers still need skilled help.
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Washington
Sen. Bankhead
D.-Ala
War Department
Wickard
Senate
Congress Shifts on Wartime Tax Plan for Incomes
Washington reports that the House Ways and Means Committee did not act on President Roosevelt's wartime super tax proposal. Members approved keeping salaries above 25 000 at pre Pearl Harbor levels, while Rep Disney prepares the committee report. Rep McGranery said the salary issue may be revisited, and the president's tax request was not discussed in the session.
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Washington
Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Coughton
Pearl Harbor
Rep. McGranery
D.-Pa
Disney
D.-Okla
Congress
House Committee
Third Body Is Believed Found in Factory Ruins
In Waterloo Iowa searchers at the Flour City Box and Manufacturing Co plant fire discovered a bone believed to be part of Martin Grosslein, 58, among three workers who died in the $100000 blaze. A sheep-lined vest fragment was recovered and Grosslein was last heard calling the fire department from a plant booth. The search continues as the firm plans a rapid rebuild after war orders.
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Waterloo
Flour City Box & Manufacturing Co
Martin Grosslein
Grosslein
Meyer Blindman
Harry
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