Allied Forces Push in Tunisia as Rommel Retreats
Allied tanks and air power pressed operations in Tunisia near Kasserine Beja and Feriana as German withdrawal divisions pulled back. British and Allied units repulsed several tank thrusts near Bou Ada Goubellat and Pont Du Fahs with Axis casualties and prisoners taken. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advanced south of the Mareth line while air and ground attacks targeted Axis traffic near Tozeur.
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Daniel DE Luce
Jth Africa
Kasserine
Elepte
Feriana
Hal Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
Goubellat
Bouada
Pont du Fahs
Mmunique
Tozeur
Bankhead Presses Farm Deferment Showdown in Senate
Sen. Bankhead plans a show down next week on his bill to halt induction of farm workers into the armed forces. He expects quick passage with 40 signatures and proposes a floor vote Thursday if the committee stalls. Sen. Johnson backs immediate action and urges amendments limiting the deferment to 1943 and excluding owners of Victory gardens. Senator Gurney condemns the bill as insulting to farmers and harmful to military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Bankhead
D.-Ala
Senate
Johnson
D.-Cole
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Victory Gardens
Sen. Gurney
R-Sd
Demands Heard For Probe Into Spanish Trade
Washington reports demand congressional probes into Ameri ships to Spain amid claims the trade supports neutrality and shifts vital war materials away from the Axis. Sen. Russell and Sen. Wheeler urge inquiry as Hayes says oil and other goods reach Spain from the Caribbean and are hauled by Spanish tankers.
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Washington
Ameri
Spain
Barcelona
Carlton J. H. Hayes
America
State Department
Caribbean
United States
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Wheeler
D-Mont
Hitler
Hayes
Atlantic Seaboard
Senate panel weighs trimming army size current year
Senate investigators consider reducing armed forces from 10.7 million to 8–10 million men. Lieut. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney warned that cutting an 8.2 million army by 1 million could jeopardize Allied strategy, while senators seek plans showing effects of smaller force on war aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Army
Paul V. McNutt
Joseph T. McNarney
Sen
Burton
Ohio
McNarney
Special Questions To Go Before Voters In Muscatine
Two questions will go before Muscatine voters at the Monday city election. The airport should be run by an airport commission and a new department of publicity development and general welfare may be created. Other races are lightly contested with incumbents favored in several wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
City of
Department of Publicity
Leonard Fuller
George Schlutz
Norton Keller
Lemuel Massey
President Roosevelt Improves at White House
The president, suffering an intestinal disorder since Wednesday, was reported today to be getting along very satisfactorily. He had no fever this morning and plans to take things easy over the weekend per his physician's advice. No engagements were scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Military manpower target debate in wartime policy
In a congressional exchange Chairman Bankhead presses General McNarney about reducing armed forces. McNarney concedes the 1943 minimum may rise from 7.5 million to 8.2 million, suggesting the probability of victory would be greater with higher manpower.
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United States
Bankhead
D-Ala
McNarney
Reds Report New Gains Against Foe
Moscow reports the Red army pushing west with heavy winter offensives from Kursk to the Black sea coast. In snow, mud, and blizzards, ski troops, tanks, and artillery contest ground near Kramatorsk as German reserves launch counterattacks but fail to retake a key settlement.
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Kursk
Black Sea
Kramatorsk
Red Army
Red Star
Donets
Two Present When House Adjourns for Spring Recess
Only two members of the Iowa house were in the chamber at adjournment for a spring recess. Speaker pro tem A. H. Avery presided and Rep. J. A. Newsome moved to adjourn. The clerk read 46 bills in the hopper as lawmakers headed home for a 10 day vacation. Normally 108 members serve in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa House
A. H. Avery
J. A. Newsome
Avery
Newsome
Soft Wheat Flour Prices Raised by OPA in East
The Office of Price Administration approved a 60 cent per barrel rise in soft wheat flour and slated a forthcoming ceiling for the commodity. The move, requested by James Byrnes, targets flour milled east of the Rockies and will affect crackers, biscuits, and pastries with prices likely higher at retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
James F. Byrnes
OPA
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Rocky Mountains
White House
Senate
Blaze Extinguished at Nebraska Ordnance Plant Lab
Fire at Mead Nebraska ordnance plant damaged interior utilities room of the laboratory but did not injure anyone. Lieut Col Floyd L Strawn said no sabotage found and origin of the blaze was not determined. fire department controlled flames.
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Mead, Neb
Nebraska Ordnance Plant
Floyd L. Strawn
Ordnance Department
Raid Starts Fires At Jap Base In Munda Attack
Allied air units launched raids in the Solomons and New Guinea theaters. Dauntless dive bombers with escort hit Munda causing many fires and ground losses, while other strikes damaged shipping at Wewak and New Britain and bombed Lae and Mubo airfields. An attack in Burma near Minbya started fires as RAF bombers hit Japanese positions.
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Washington
Munda
Solomons
Navy
North Pacific
U. S
Kiska
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Wildcat
Grumman
Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
New Britain
Powell Point
Gasmata
Lae
Mubo
Burma
New Delhi
Minbya
Akyab
Aviation Cadets Start Training At Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant Iowa site hosts new Army Air Corps college training detachment at Hershey hall. Cadets aged 18 to 23, high school graduates, will study on a college freshman level including mathematics physics geography English and physical training, with Dr. Stanley Niles commenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Hershey
Canine Paradise in Rock Island Without Dogcatcher Again
Rock Island Illinois faces a second dogcatcher vacancy in two days as officials scramble after Warren Goodwin quits following a rabies quarantine rule. Citizens and council debate how to handle stray dogs roaming the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Warren Goodwin
Goodwin
Massed British Attack Maintains Continuous Offensive on Germany
London reports hundreds of RAF bombers hit Cologne in the Rhine industrial center amid an around the clock assault. U S heavy bombers struck Wilhelmshaven by day as part of the Allied campaign. ten bombers were lost. Weather was clear with some haze. Cologne population listed at about 500000 after evacuations.
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Wahner London
Cologne
Rhineland
United States
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
Germany
France
London
Associated Press
Dunkerque
Nuernberg
Wilhelm
Missing Bomber Reporter Robert Post Feared Lost in Wilhemshaven Raid
Robert P. Post 32 a New York Times war correspondent is missing after a Friday RAF raid on Wilhemshaven two parachute sightings followed a bomber fire the army announced Gen Frank Andrews said hope remains he may have landed safely Post husband of Margaret Lapsley and Harvard graduate had a long career with the Times and other papers and served as White House correspondent.
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London
Robert P. Post
New York Times
Wilhelmshaven
Army
Post
Frank M. Andrews
E. F. Lawson
British
War Office Department of Public Relations
New York Evening World
Putnam, Conn
Patriot
Boston American
Washington
New York
White House
The
Times
American Correspondents Asso
Fears Held For 75 Miners Trapped In Mine Blast
Bear Creek Montana report says 75 miners were trapped at Smith Coal Co. mine after an explosion. One body recovered from an inactive vein, three rescued alive but critically injured, smoke and gas prevent entry, rescue teams flown from Butte to Billings.
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Bear Creek
Mont
Smith Coal Co
Bill Romek
Romek
Butte
Billings
Iowa OPA Seeks Writ Against Spencer Packer
Sioux City Iowa October action filed by Iowa OPA alleges Spencer company slaughtered cattle calves and hogs and marketed meat above its quota set on October 1. Donald Holdoegel and George O'Malley led the case representing the OPA revealing enforcement of quota limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
OPA
Donald D. Holdoegel
Iowa
George O’malley
Spencer Company
Lucky Penny London Air Raid Escape and German Raids
Fairfield Iowa aviator Tailgunner Par ley D Small recounted escaping bombing damage after a daylight raid near Witherhaven. British forces conducted raids on Dunkerque and Nuernberg with American support, while German responses were limited and largely deferred.
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London
Parley D. Small
Fairfield
Witherhaven
Novelist Ursula Parrott Freed by Jury in Miami
A federal jury acquitted novelist Ursula Parrott of charges related to aiding a deserter and impairing military discipline. The all male panel deliberated about 12 minutes. Judge John W. Holland said conviction required showing intent to undermine troop loyalty, tied to Pvt Michael Neely Bryan who was serving a year for breaking confinement in a Miami Beach stockade.
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Miami
Fla
Ursula Parrott
John W. Holland
Mrs. Parrott
Michael Neely Bryan
Parrott
Brya
Miami Beach Stockade
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Spencer Packer
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