Air Raids Hit German Industries By US Bombers
United States bombers attacked northwest Germany targeting U Boat bases and industrial centers including Wilhelmshaven Bremen and Kiel after RAF strikes on Nuernberg. The operation marked a fourth US raid this month with no specific targets named and included first time American reporters accompanying raids.
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London
United States
Germany
Vthwest
RAF
Nuernberg
Mediterranean
Naples
Theouthern
Crotone
Snembed
Redio
Wilhelm'shaven
Hamburg
Bremen
Kiel
U. S
Wilhelmshaven
United States Air Force
England
James MacDonald
New York Times
Berlin
Jet
British
Air Ministry
Nuering
Counter Offensive Pressed By Allies in Tunisia
Allied troops in central Tunisia recaptured Kasserine pass and high ground on both sides, advancing 10 to 15 miles in the Sbiba area after Rommel's withdrawal. German forces, defeated after an offensive extending 66 miles from Faid pass toward the Algerian border, appear to be retreating toward Gafsa as Britons and Americans seize ground.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Tunisia
Kasserine Pass
Erwin Rommel
Sbiba
Faid Pass
Gafsa
Harold Alexander
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Mareth Line
Bizerte
Rommel
High Plains
Iowa Senate Passes Emergency War Act in 44 to 2 Vote
The Iowa Senate approved an emergency war act 44 to 2 to expand local defense powers, preserve the state defense apparatus, and grant the governor broader emergency authority. The measure creates county and local defense councils and allows funding for civilian defense while imposing blackout penalties and stricter crime and larceny penalties during emergencies. The bill now moves to the House.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa Industrial and Defense Commission
House
C. V. Findlay
Fort Dodge
Oliver Turnrt
Lenox
A. Augustine
D-Oskaloosa
Eo Elthon
Fertile
D. D. Fuller
Maquoketa
A. J. Shaw
Pocahontas
County Board of Supervisors
State Coordinator of Defense
Local Defense Corp
Senate
George Faul
Congress
College Courses For Soldiers To Start At Once
The seventh service command announced a full scale army training program through colleges to prepare soldiers for specialized work. High school graduates with a 110 or higher on the general classification test are eligible. officer candidates aviation cadets and overseas units are excluded. The 12 week sessions cover chemistry care mathematics pre medicine and more.
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Omaha
Seventh Service Command
Army
Reds Close Trap Around Nazi Forces
Soviet forces on the Russian front report tightening around remnants of Hitler’s Caucasus army. They captured Angelinskaya and Staronizhe-Steblievskaya after an all night battle, with hundreds of enemy dead and many prisoners taken. Additional advances near Novorossisk and gains from Kharkov toward the Dnieper are noted amid renewed German counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Angelinskaya
Staronizhe-Steblievskaya
Hitler
Stalino
Donets
Krasnoarkersk
Kramatorsk
Kharkov
Dnieper
Moscow-Smolensk
Gzhatsk
Moscow
County Salary Increases Win In House Vote
The Iowa House approved an amended measure boosting county employee pay with 96 votes for and 4 against. Increases range 15 percent under 1000 dollars, 10 percent 1200 to 2000, and five percent 2000 to 2500, retroactive to January 1, with caps at 2500. Also raises include 4.50 a day for assessors and 5.55 for county supervisors. Deputy sheriff pay rises to 1400–2000, or 2200 in larger counties. debate cited war savings and farmers’ pay.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
House
Senate
A. H. Avery
R-Spencer
Iowa
Army May Lower Standards or Use Older Men for 1943 Draft
Senate manpower hearings reveal the army may loosen physical standards or raise the age limit beyond 38 as the United States projects 4.75 million overseas by 1944 and an air force equal to the Axis by 1943. Maj. Gen. Hershey says only about 11 million of 22 million 18 to 38 year olds would pass current exams, risking shortages in agriculture and war production.
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Washington
America
Senate
Agriculture Wickard
War Production Board
Donald M. Nelson
Paul V. McNutt
Axis
Germany
Japan
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Sen
Burton
Ohio
Hershey
I. H. Edwards
Wickard Invited to Midwest Farm Parley
Washington reports that Herbert H. Lehman warns relief funds will exceed initial figures to prevent chaos abroad and that a UN led relief operation may form. In Des Moines, Bourke B. Hickenlooper convenes March 15 with governors to address farm labor machinery and production as food needs rise.
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Wickard
Midwest Farm
Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
Senate
United Nations
Lehman
North
Africa
Norway
Poland
France
Greece
Des Moines
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Paul V. McNutt
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Corn Belt
Mid-West
Waves Awarded Naval Ratings in Navy Hospital
In San Diego California WAVES received the first pharmacist's mate ratings ever given to women by the U S Navy. Forty two enlisted WAVES today at the naval hospitals were specialists in medical or dental work.
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San Diego
Calif
U. S Navy
Naval
Strike Threat Over Wage Dispute Riles Boeing Workers
Thousands of Boeing Aircraft Co workers in Seattle threaten to strike if the War Labor Board does not rule on long-pending wage increase requests. AFL officials cite a 24-hour meeting and mass protest as leverage, with potential nationwide action if no decision by Tuesday midnight. Brig Gen Branshaw calls the threat treasonous.
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Boeing Aircraft Co
War Labor Board
Seattle
Boeing
AFL
Aeronautical Mechanics’ Union
California
International
Washington
D. C
Wayne Morse
Labor Board
Charles Branshaw
Army Air Forces
Three Rescued In Fire At Milan Tavern
The Budweiser tavern in Milan operated by C. A. Van Hecke was destroyed by a $25,000 fire driven by strong winds. The owner his wife a son and grandson were rescued from the roof area as flames forced them upward. About a third of the loss is covered by insurance.
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Milan
Rock Island
C. A. van Hecke
van Hecke
New Drive Against Jap Base Looms
Allied forces report renewed air and ground actions across the Solomon and Aleutian islands as MacArthur's troops press toward Salamaua New Guinea. Bombing and strafing hit Rabaul and surrounding targets while Burma front RAF planes attack river craft and trains.
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Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Mubo
United Nations
Rabaul
New Britain
Vunakanau
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Burma
India
U. S
Assam
Japanese Navy Loses Grip on Coral Sea Area
US task forces sweep the Coral Sea as Allied forces consolidate gains after Guadalcanal. The move fuels hopes of loosening Japanese hold on New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands, with no Japanese reconnaissance planes seen on the latest patrol.
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Coral Sea
U. S
South Pacific
Navy
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Millard F. Harmon
Army Air and
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Solomon Islands
United States
Australia
OPA Chief Praises Press Help on Canned Goods Rationing
Washington-Price administrator Prentiss M. Brown praised the American press for invaluable assistance in explaining canned foods rationing. He called the service vital amid paper, manpower, and transport shortages and thanked editor Arthur T. Robb in a letter to Editor and Publisher.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
American Press
Brown
Arthur T. Robb
OPA
Ration Book Taken Along Upon Visit
Major General F E Uhi head of the seventh corps command packs his ration book before leaving for Fort Leavenworth as a guest of Maj General Karl Truesdell commander general staff. Truesdell adds to the invitation bring your ration tickets.
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Omaha
Neb
F. E. Uhi
Ser Mo
Fort Leavenworth
Karl Truesdel
Commander General Staff
House Expected To OK Senate Farm Price Bill
The House Banking Committee moved to require inclusion of higher farm labor costs in price fairness calculations, a move beyond administration leaders’ stance. Senate approval of a farm bloc backed bill would nullify parts of Roosevelt’s stabilization order, potentially restraining price ceilings on farm goods.
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House
Senate
Washington —P
House Banking Committee
Washington —i
Roosevelt
Sen. Bankhead
D-Ala
Sen. Johnson
Dcolo
Senate Military Committee
Office of Price Administration
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Thala
John H. Wiggins
Waves
Fortress
WLB
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
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