Willkie Tour Sparks Partisan Debate On Leadership
The column critiques Wendell Willkie and Roosevelt aides as it contrasts Taft Landon and Vandenberg, arguing Willkie’s London trip was a political stunt for the limelight. It blasts press framing and warns Republicans against repudiating Windy Willie while facing a divisive convention fallout.
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Germans Raid Artis Hme In Libya Operations
Berlin reports on February 13 that German planes raided British held Libya positions, causing heavy damage to troops camps and military objectives in northern Cyrenaica and striking parked aircraft near Bengasi. A communique claims British truck columns dispersed by machine gun fire and bombs, and notes an attack on Luca airport with three Hurricane fighters lost and German losses on air operations.
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War Echoes From February 13 1816 Battles Across Europe
A historical brief notes German forces seizing French trenches in Sept Alsace while Russian troops under Grand Duke Nicholas capture a fort at Enema. A German attack on Selmona is repulsed. Finnish defense positions advance amid Red pressure as neutrality debates loom.
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British Repel Eritrea Attacks Drive On Toward Gheren
Cairo report says British Imperial troops pushed into Eritrea from the north and repulsed Italian counterattacks after seizing a highway junction near Elgena, 30 miles from the Sudan frontier, with aims toward Gheren 110 miles south as a western advance meets Italian resistance.
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Canada Plans Airport Network From Alberta to Alaska
Ottawa February 11 Air Minister G Power announced a government plan to establish a system of airports through Alberta and British Columbia leading to Alaska with an estimated cost of about 9 million dollars.
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War Roundup Reports German U boats Sinking 12 British Merchants
AP dispatch notes German high command claims sinking twelve armed British merchant ships in the Atlantic. It cites severe disruption of Suez canal shipping from aerial attacks and warns of new danger signals in the Far East. Mussolini and Franco allegedly reached full agreement on roles in the war. British planners forecast twin strikes on Gibraltar and Suez within 30 days as Balkan diplomacy shifts. British African troops push on three fronts toward Assuan amid heavy fighting and slow progress near Cherten.
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Greeks Make Coastal Gain In Albania
Greek troops reportedly advanced about three miles along the coast near Valona amid intense artillery action. They attacked a wide front in the central sector and threatened an important base. Italian defenses held with heavy losses. Italian air forces bombed Greek bases and lines on the Albanian front while ground activity remained patrol and artillery only.
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Weather report and Genoa relief efforts amid siege
Reports say rescuers continued the search for survivors among Genoa’s rubble after British bombardment that destroyed over 1000 buildings. The feed mixes weather data for U.S. cities with fragile casualty notes and hospital counts, noting ongoing shelters and civilian tolls in a chaotic telegraph of climate and catastrophe.
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Appreciation of Britons Voiced by San Antonio Council
A letter from England thanked the San Antonio City Council for its aid to the British as approved months ago. City Clerk H. J. Dillashaw received the message from Sheffield electrician 5. Att. her, via his brother in Victoria Canada, noting the council's resolution.
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Sheffield
Aitken
Victoria
Canada
Warehouse Fire Damage in Stamford Causes $225,000 Loss
Stamford reports a fire that destroyed two cotton warehouses, with an estimated loss of 225000 dollars. Four thousand bales of government float cotton were destroyed. The warehouses were owned by Arnold Douthit.
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Losa
Arnold Douthit
Pleasanton Boy Injured in Pecos Street Crash
Jake William Huble, 12, of Pleasanton, struck on Pecos Street and Produce Row, suffered a broken left leg and facial bruises Thursday. He was treated at Robert B. Green hospital. Driver C. Roberts, 522 Bate Reid Place, listed by police.
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Produce Row
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Pleasanton
Robert B. Green Hospital
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