U.S. Sees Ongoing Submarine Threat Despite Losses
Washington reports German and Japanese submarines operate in the Atlantic and Pacific. Secretary Knox says U-boat threat remains grave despite fewer merchant ship losses, with two enemy subs sunk in recent actions and continued need for destroyers and escort vessels.
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Washington
Atlantic
Paific
Knox
Ing
North Atlantic
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
America
Gandhi appears weaker as fast nears end of 21 days
Gandhi in Poona enters day fourteen of a 21 day fast in protest of detention by British authorities. A Bombay government communique reports no appreciable change and says he sleeps fitfully but remains comfortable. Prayers for his life and unconditional release are heard across India and in Karachi.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pro
Poona
Bombay
the Aga Khan
India
Karachi
Gandhi
Price ceilings placed on five fresh vegetables nationwide
The Office of Price Administration set price ceilings on five major fresh vegetables tomatoes green beans carrots cabbage and peas amid pre rationing concerns and reports of crop damage. Eggs will have wholesale price limits and added point values for dried beans soups and lentils shift shoppers toward rationed goods.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Flight Schools Bid To Train Army Cadets In Army Program
The civil aeronautics administration invited over 200 flight schools including 10 in Iowa to contract for training army aviation cadet candidates in the army college program and for training non combatant elements and reservists. Initial instruction will include ten hours of elementary flight training coordinated with ground work by the air forces in the colleges involved.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Iowa
CAA
Army ordered to aid harvest in Arizona
An army order authorizes immediate use of White and Negro troops from nearby posts to harvest long staple cotton in Pinal and Maricopa counties Arizona to relieve farm labor shortages. McNarney told Senate subcommittee the army will furlough units if needed and will collect wages through the agriculture department to reimburse the war department.
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Washington
Arizona
Army
War Department
Pinal
Maricopa
Capitol Hill
Joseph T. McNarney
McNarney
Senate Agriculture
F. R
Roosevelt
War Stimson
Agriculture Department
Akron Blaze Damages Center of Town in $100000 Route
A major Akron fire gutted a two story brick business block and damaged two adjacent buildings. The Variety store Klauer tavern and Calvin Anderson barber shop were wrecked along with apartments for five families on the second floor. Hawarden and Elk Point firefighters aided local crews. Origin of the blaze undetermined.
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Akron
Variety
Klauer
Calvin Anderson
Pantry
Hawarden
Elk Point
S. D
24 Dead Missing in U S Seaplane Crash
Salvage crews worked at the Tagus river bottom to lift the shattered Yankee Clipper wreckage after a crash from New York. Twenty of 39 aboard remained sealed in cabins or unaccounted for as investigators sought the cause.
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Lisbon
Tagus River
New York
U. S
Legation
Captain Sullivan Noted for Historic Aerial Crossings
Capt. R. O. D. Sullivan commanded the flying boat Yankee Clipper and is well known locally. Jerome Bishop and S. G. Stein flew with him on a 1930 Panama trip. The Journal on February 13 highlighted his record, including 100 Atlantic crossings and 55 Pacific trips.
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R. O. D. Sullivan
Walter Stoudt
Muscatine
Jerome Bishop
S. G. Stein
Four Women Survive as Clipper Disaster In Lisbon Leaves Twenty-Four Dead
A Pan American flying boat crash over the Tagus in Lisbon leaves 24 dead or missing. Of 15 survivors most are in hospital with minor injuries. Notable passenger Jane Froman of New York is listed among those saved. Capt R O D Sullivan injured but unable to determine cause. Port officials report calm winds but highly charged air.
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Tagus
Jane Froman
New York
Radio Singer
Yvet Silver
Legation
State Department
Washington
R. O. D. Sullivan
Sullivan
Azores
Fourth Term Predicted for Roosevelt by Neely at Dinner
West Virginia leaders at a George Washington dinner heard Gov. Matthew M. Neely forecast a fourth term for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Neely, a former senator from the New Deal era, toasted past presidents and invoked the phrase about the “famous third term president” who would be elected for a fourth term.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
George Washington
Matthew M. Neely
Roosevelt
Neely
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Iowa
Navy Secretary Knox said the battleship Iowa is seven months ahead of schedule after commissioning in New York. He noted the aircraft carrier program is progressing well and that French and allied naval negotiations continue with no new updates.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Iowa
New York
Alexandria
Egypt
Caribbean
Senate Amends Emergency War Act in Iowa
The Iowa Senate by 26 to 20 vote struck out the emergency war act provision granting the governor power to suspend statutes during wartime. The measure, tied to martial law limits, remains under debate with other amendments to follow. The bill would authorize city blackout ordinances and fund local citizen defense efforts with a $255,000 biennial appropriation.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
National Defense Coordination Committee
Sugar Deal With Cuba Negotiated
A program of economic cooperation includes Cuba sugar purchases of 2 700 000 tons at 2 65 cents per pound. The agreement with the United States was officially announced Monday night.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
FDR Warns Against Overoptimism Amid War Struggles
President Roosevelt warned Americans not to expect miracles as war continues and disaster at sea tests resolve. He noted Russia’s wartime gains, praised the Red Army’s achievements to Stalin, and cited new food regulations while acknowledging ongoing reverses and misfortunes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Red Army
Herring Named Deputy OPA Administrator
Clyde L. Herring former Iowa senator and defeated candidate was appointed Monday by Prentiss Brown to deputy OPA administrator in charge of personnel. He pledged to cut red tape and align the agency closer to the people, aiming for smoother operation and broader cooperation.
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Washington
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
George Wilson
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Herring
British Tanks and U S Guns Thwart Rommel at Thala
Allied forces in the hills north of the Kasserine gap halted Rommel's thrust within four miles of Thala as British tanks and American guns turn back an Axis push toward Tebessa. American airpower backed the defense while heavy fighting raged near Thala and Kaserenine Pass.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Kasserine Gap
Erwin Rommel
Thala
Tunisia
Kasserine
Kremamsa Plateau
Thala Road
Kasserine Pass
Tebessa
Djebel Hamma
Tedessa
Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth Line
British War Office
London
Cairo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rommel
Shiba
Twelfth Air Force
British First Army
Tunisian
Sicily
Malta
Kremamsa
Stalin Urges Reds to Press New War Effort
Premier Joseph Stalin hailed the Red Army on its 25th anniversary and ordered a fight to the death against German invaders. He warned that without a second front in Europe the Soviets bear the war’s weight, citing gains in the Orel sector and near Novorossisk as German chances wane.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Europe
Red Army
Geremany
Stalin
Orel
Caucasus
Rostov
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Krasnodar
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Allied air strikes pound Pacific bases in heavy swarm
Allied warplanes intensified raids across the South Seas dropping 15 tons of bombs over the Lae region in New Guinea. Gen Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters said 1000 pound bombs caused heavy destruction and large fires. Other U N planes attacked targets in New Britain the Solomons and the Admiralty Islands. RAF and U S bombers also hit Akyab Rangoon Munda with all planes returning safely.
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Associated Press
Pacific
South Seas
Lae
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
New Britain
Solomons
Admiralty Islands
Burma
Big Oe
Akyab
Bay of _—e
Mingaladon
Rangoon
Washington
North
South Pacific
Munda
Solomon Islands
Navy
United States
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