Tank Incident in Italy Signals Tough Fighting Near Cassino
Grivam Slovevny reports from Cassino fortress near Rome on a February clash as Allied Sherman tanks attack German pillboxes and are bogged by wrecks and sniper fire. One commander killed by a sniper. four tanks damaged, crews scrambling for cover. A vivid, cautious day showing the brittle balance between armor and entrenched defenders in the Cassino fight.
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Church Defies Fascists and Extends Charity
Vatican radio reported that the church will continue offering charity to all after fascist police raided St. Paul’s Cathedral in Rome and seized an Italian general and others seeking sanctuary. The Vatican said the basilica’s extra-territorial rights were violated and protested the entry.
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Vatican Radio
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India irrigation drive brings 60 million acres to production
Since 1900 India has spent half a billion dollars on irrigation expanding cultivation. The report notes substantial gains in arable land as water works advance nationwide.
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Captured Nazi Urges Surrender to Red Army
Gen Walter von Seidlitz, a German artillery officer captured at Stalingrad, appealed to German officers and soldiers to surrender to the Red Army. In Moscow broadcasts he urged them to join the Free Germany National Committee, seek a true independence, and save their lives amid the eastern front crisis. He leads the Soviet-sponsored union of German officers and is linked to the committee in Moscow.
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Machines To Alter Cotton Plans
Washington reports officials foresee a profound postwar shift in the southern economy with widespread adoption of mechanical cotton pickers. The change may take 15 years, displacing 400,000 to 500,000 sharecroppers or driving them to other farming. The new pickers favor flat, stump-free land and will concentrate cotton growing in coastal plain regions of Georgia, Alabama, the Mississippi delta, and parts of Oklahoma and Texas. The International Harvester Co claims a two-row picker has been perfected, though material shortages may delay widespread use during the war. The Rust brothers have run a mechanical picker for years, and cotton is grown coast to coast from California to Virginia.
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British concerns over US pipeline project in Parliament
In London today Foreign Secretary Eden said no statement on U S proposed Persian Gulf to Mediterranean pipeline. He noted consultations with all governments concerned will be necessary before it reaches Kabul, after questions about sovereignty and British involvement were raised by MPs.
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Temple Approves Site for 36th Division Memorial
Temple city commissioners formally tendered the use of its square city park in the business district as a site for a proposed memorial to the 36th Division. A Texas tribute campaign was launched after a testimonial dinner honoring wounded veterans, including Srosa, the Battle of Italy veteran, at McCloskey General Hospital.
Yank Pilot Reches Four Nazis in One Day
First Lieut. James M. Morris of Detroit, flying a Lightning, said he shot down four German planes in a day, the first American fighter to destroy that many in a single European theater day. Maj. Walter C. Beckham had 18 confirmed since the day began, becoming the Eighth Air Force’s leading ace. Confirmation for Morris was pending.
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Austin C C Asks National Highway
An Austin chamber of commerce began efforts to secure a section of a national postwar superhighway through Waco and Austin to San Antonio. The group urged city officials to finish surveys of the Colorado River and to pursue plans for a low water dam to create a recreational lake within town limits.
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Austin Chamber of Commerce
Waco
San Antonio
Nazis Strafe U. S. Hospital on Italy Front
Allied headquarters said enemy planes bombed and strafed an American field hospital on the Anzio beachhead after a Monday attack. It killed 27 and injured 68, including three American nurses. The hospital was open and clearly marked. Mass funeral services for the victims were held in a nearby chapel. The article notes the US Marine Corps commandant’s average service length is just under ten years.
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Car owner seeks answer after car radio mystery
New Jersey motorist finds three radios mysteriously installed in a car and later discovers the devices vanish from both vehicles. He left the radio with a repair shop and later checked a different car, only to learn the radio disappeared from both cars and confusion remains. Confusion centers on how the radios ended up in his vehicle and then vanished, prompting him to consult M. L. Hufford for guidance.
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