Reds Warn Postwar Planners To Stay Hands Off
Pravda replies to a U S columnist with a Moscow hint that postwar planners should not decide the fate of Bessarabia and the Baltic states. The piece notes Russia acquired these territories in 1940, cites Hitler era context, and references Pravda’s Feb 8 editorial as echoed in a Soviet embassy bulletin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Moscow
Bessarabia
Baltic Republic
Soviet Russia
Russia
Hitler
Lowlands
France
Britain
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Stalin
Europe
Pravda
U S Planes Strike Burma and Burma Action Mark Anniversary
United States forces in the Middle East report four bomber formations against Japanese targets in Burma as the tenth air force marks its first anniversary. Targets include Rangoon rail installations, the Myitnge bridge, and anti aircraft positions near the bridge. The force, formed at Patterson Field a year ago, boasts a high enemy shipping loss rate and various World War II veterans.
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Associated Press
New
Rangoon
Myitnge
Mandalay
Clayton L. Bissell
Tenth Ar
Tenth Air Force
Patterson Field
Ohio
Tobacco Tax Law Draws Attention in Wartime States
Wartime revenue concerns push cigarette taxes at 1943 legislatures. Federation reports 19 states show $8.232 million in December taxes, a 2 percent rise from 1941. Utah leads with 55.6 percent gain. Arkansas Kansas about 35 percent. several other states rise modestly. Delaware acts on a one cent emergency levy per 10 cigarettes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federation of Tax Administrators
Federation
Utah
Arkansas
Kansas
Arizona
Kentucky
Mississippi
Alabama
South Carolina
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Ohio
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Delaware
China Press Responds To Churchill War Report
Chungking coverage voiced disappointment over the Allies focusing on Europe before defeating Japan. Chinese papers noted public opinion in the United States and Britain favored swifter aid to China in its war against Japan, while praising Churchill in parts. The China Times called his pledge to rush troops against Japan after Germany’s collapse contrary to expectations.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Europe
Churchill
Commons
United States
Great Britain
China
Japan
China Times
Germany
Institutions to Register Once Under New Program
Institutions will register with the local rationing board from March 1 to 19 to obtain one allotment application for all rationed foods. Officials address conflicts with existing sugar and coffee allotment periods and advise inquiries at the ration office in the Memorial Building.
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Memorial Building
Chileans Hear AP Broadcast on Journalists Day
In Santiago Chile the AP broadcast marked Journalists Day by recalling AP correspondents in war reporting. Lautaro Ojeda listed reporters Clark Lee Vern Haugland Larry Allen Witt Hancock C Yates McDaniel and the late Harry Crockett whose death was announced last week. Hancock is missing and Allen is a prisoner of war in Italian hands.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
la Aurora de Chile
Lautaro Ojeda
Ojeda
A.P
Clark Lee
Vern Haugland
Larry Allen
Witt Hancock
C. Yates McDaniel
Harry Crockett
Mediterranean
Hancock
Java
Allen
Mind of Stalin headline urges UN postwar unity
Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, urged the United Nations to agree on a postwar program to avoid rivalries that could cause disaster. He warned that UN postwar cooperation, not competition in economic policy, is essential for global stability and well being. The absence of Soviet Russia at Rockefeller Plaza ceremonies was noted as regrettable while Britain,China, and Mexico attended.
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New York
Sumner Welles
Today
United Nations
Welles
Russia
Rockefeller Plaza
War Information
British Commonwealth
China
Mexico
Global Lives theme urged by Carl Sandburg lecture
Detroit audience hears Sandburg say Americans will live global lives closer to the world. He cites Clare Boothe Luce’s globalong term for Wallace's postwar plans and warns nations must choose to be good neighbors or foes as frontiers shrink and proximity increases.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Carl Sandburg
Lincoln
Sandburg
Clare Boothe Luce
Rconn
House of Representatives
Henry Wallace
Three Japanese Destroyers Sunk in Guadalcanal Action
United States bombers and torpedo planes sank three Japanese destroyers and damaged at least four others during two early February attacks on task forces evacuating Japanese officers and technical personnel from Guadalcanal. Maj William D Robertson Lieut John W Beebe and Sgt Pilot Robert H Fore led direct hits sinking one destroyer in three minutes. 17 Japanese aircraft were shot down while 10 American. Japanese destroyers landed food and equipment and evacuated about 1000 men under cover off Cape Esperance.
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Associated Press
Guadalcanal
United States
Navy
U. S
New Georgia
William D. Robertson
East Peoria
Ill
John W. Beebe
White Bear
Minn
Robert H. Fore
Union
S. C
Cape Esperance
Munda Bombed and Fires Set in Solomons Action
Washington reports Japanese positions at Munda and Kilombangara bombed on Thursday with large fires in target areas. Munda on New Georgia is a key Solomons air base 180 nautical miles northwest of Guadalcanal, with Kolombangara about 10 miles beyond.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Munda
Kilumbangra
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Kolombangara
Japanese landing attempt cited by General Vandergrif
Major General Alexander A. Vandergrif, who led Marines at the Solomon Islands, quotes that the Japanese once lost 30,000 men in a single landing attempt. He spoke briefly in Philadelphia, noting their tenacity and refusal to quit, saying they do it or die trying as months of campaigning endured.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Alexander A. Vandergrif
Solomon Islands
House votes to abolish publicity commission in wartime
Charleston reports the house of delegates backed former U S Senator Rush D Holt's stance that West Virginia needs no publicity commission during the war emergency. The bill, sponsored by the Democrat from Lewis County, passed 72 to 12 to abolish the agency immediately.
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Associated Press
Charleston
House of Delegates
U. S
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Lewis County
Allied Command Clears Way for Tunisian Assault
Allied headquarters in North Africa announce an all-out drive to expel the Axis from Tunisia aided by a unified command. Bad weather and rain slow operations on the Tunisian front with limited air activity and delays in large scale action likely by a month or six weeks.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Tunisian
Tobh
Cairo
Sened
Maknassy
Sicily
Reuters
Mateur
C.B.S
Eighth Army
Rommel
Russians Drive Into Donets Basin Near Kharkov
Russian forces push two arms around the Donets coal region and toward Kharkov. A northern advance nears Novocherkassk while Lozovaya cuts the Kharkov Donets line, splitting German corps and threatening Rostov from the south. Other units press toward the Azov shore through Kramatorsk area amid heavy counterattacks.
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Donets Basin
Associated Press
Moscow
Donets
Russia
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kamensk
Lozovaya
Kharkov-Crimea
Melikhovsk
Don River
Novocherkassk
N. F. Vatutin
Rostov
Crimea
Azov
Kramatorsk
Sea of Azov
Ros
Ickes Seeks Early Coal Wage Talks To Speed War
Secretary Ickes urged coal miners and operators to speed wage negotiations to avert production disruption. Bituminous talks should open by Feb 22 and anthracite by Mar 22, with existing soft coal and anthracite agreements expiring March 31 and April 30. He sent identical letters to John L. Lewis and industry leaders, stressing quick deals to meet rising wartime coal needs.
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Washington
Interior
Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Eighteen Die In Liberator Bomber Crash Near Newfoundland
Royal Air Force ferry command confirms eighteen killed in a Liberator bomber crash in Newfoundland Tuesday night. Five crew members and thirteen passengers were named but not released to relatives. Destination and cause remain undisclosed. ferry planes carry diplomacy mail and urgent cargo on eastbound trips.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Newfoundland
Ferry Command
Britain
Tams Company Sued for $10,000
Bertha Hope seeks $10,000 in damages from Gulf Smokeless Coal company after a holiday incident where she stepped into steaming pools of hot water on the Tams property. She allegedly suffered burns and disfiguring scars and spent January bedridden, per attorney Grover C Trail of Hutchinson and Trail.
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Burns
Bertha Hope
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Grover C. Trail
Hutchinson and Trail
Tams
Sears
Weather Update From West Virginia Report
Wet Virginia sees gradually rising temperatures with snowy flakes over the mountains. Not as cold tonight with occasional snow in the northern region.
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Virginia
Allies Defeat Large Jap Force Near Wau New Guinea
Allied troops decisively defeated a large Japanese force that tried to seize Wau in New Guinea on January 30. About 1,000 Japanese were killed on the battlefield with higher casualties likely overall, while Allied losses were light. The victory came after 12 days of jungle fighting aided by American airpower, with Japanese retreat toward Mubo.
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Associated Press
Australi
Wau
New Guinea
Mubo
MacArthur
Salamaua
Wandumi
Southwest
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Six Day School Week Proposed to Aid Farm Work
A bill in the West Virginia Senate would give county boards of education discretionary power to adopt a six day school week to free students for spring farm work and other emergency duties. Rural counties could rely on pupil labor to fill manpower gaps during wartime, with 36 Saturdays falling during the term. Delegates also introduced a civil service bill to create a state department and registration system, with a bipartisan executive board and a $15 per diem for associates.
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Associated Press
Charleston
County Boards of Education
State Senate
Musgrave
R.putnam
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Schupbach
D.wetzel
State Department of Civil Service and Registration
Commissioner of Civil Service
la Follette
R.kanawha
Mrs Houdini Dies Aboard Train At Needles Ca
Beatrice Houdini aged 69 died on a Needles California train after leaving for her New York home. She had doubted immortality for years and said no spirit communication would occur even if possible. She weighed 77 pounds and was cared for on a stretcher with oxygen aboard. Her sister Mrs Marie Hinson accompanied her.
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Los Angeles
Beatrice Houdini
Harry Houdini
Needles
Calif
New York
A. L. di Ghilini
Marie Hinson
Washington Heights, N. Y
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