Guam Hit By U S Fleet in Pacific War News
AP reports heavy Allied raids across the south central Pacific. Marianas strikes near Tokyo show bold American reach. Truk and Caroline islands suffer damage while Rabaul and nearby bases endure ongoing pressure. Admiral Nimitz lauds submarine crews for sinking numerous enemy ships.
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Associated Press
Japan
South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
New Tresland
Hansa Bay
New Ireland
Admiralty Islands
Plance
Adm
Mare A. Mitscher
Mariana Islands
Tinian
Saipan
Guam
Truk
Earrier
Biz
Marianas
Yap
Palau
United States Navy
Polou
Kusale
Carolines
Knox
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Nimitz
Yanks in Italy Lose Hope of Returning
New York reports Hal Boyle of the Associated Press says American troops in the Italian campaign feel unequal sacrifices. Doughboys with two years overseas crave home rest, rotation, and recognition, as morale remains high despite fatigue. Home front apathy and tax burdens are cited as eroding support.
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New York
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Boyle
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Russian armies press west as German lines stall on front
Soviet forces pushed toward Rogachev and Pskov as 6000 German troops were reported killed or wounded in the Rogachev area. Red counterattacks north of Rogachev continued while Berlin claimed Tsaritsyn had fallen, a claim not confirmed by Moscow.
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London
Pskov
Roga-1chev
Russia
Latvia
Poland
Moscow
Grrugn
Rogachey
Autile
Rokossovsky
Rogachev
Vitebsk
Berlin
Tso
Paris
Drunk Man Arrested Over OPA Gas Charge
A 20 year old man was arrested early in Halliday after being found intoxicated and with loose gasoline coupons. Police reported 11 A coupons 22 T coupons and one more coupon in his pockets. He is being held for OPA investigators.
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Miami
Europe
Andea
the Anno
Rome
Harvey
Hill
Halliday
OPA
Nazis Press Allied Beachhead Near Rome
Allied headquarters reported continued German shelling and bombing of the beachhead below Rome. A Nazi attack on the right flank near Pontine marshes four miles from the coast failed. Allied retaliation and patrolling kept the Cassino front largely static amid bad weather. Indian Eighth Army troops repelled night assaults near Orsogna as supplies and reinforcements moved into Anzio despite bombardment.
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Naples
Rome
Pontine Marsh
Cisterna
Carraceto
Cassino
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Avinili
Anzio
Por
Fiume
Old Stamps Still Good as Ration Token Plan Begins
Washington on February 26 1943 the United States announces ten point ration stamps and red and blue tokens will replace certain payments starting tomorrow. The plan ramps up with blue red and brown stamps for meats dairy and processed foods valid through May 20 with monthly changes and tokens used to supplement purchases during the transition.
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Washington
Strike threat halts Great Lakes Steel production for navy
In Detroit area a labor dispute threatens idleness at Great Lakes Steel, the navy armor plate supplier. About 6000 workers may face a stoppage as discipline actions trigger a walkout. Overnight shift was absent amid U S Steel Workers dispute. 7000 already idle at Mack Avenue plant of Briggs Manufacturing due to navy production shift changes.
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Detroit
Big Great Lakes Steel Core
Navy
Platt
United Steel Workers Union
I. O.united Automobile Workers
Mack Avenue
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
Knife Carrying Youth Sought in Jim Street Neighborhood
Reports to Deputy Sheriffs describe a long haired Latin American youth in a zoot suit armed with a long knife roaming the 300 block of Jim Street near Fort Sam Houston. Neighbors say he prowls at night trying to break into homes and was seen entering 349 Jim Street just after dark.
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Jim Streets
Fort Sam Houston
Jii
Arthur Villareal
W. ©. Miller
H. H. Martin
Senhess
Catherine Bowes-Lyon
Pearl Warrior
Sheriff's Office
Jim Street
O. L. McDonald
Brooks Probes Bomber Crash Near Stockdale
A Brooksfield inquiry Saturday investigated a B 25 Mitchell crash at 2 30 p m Friday two miles from Stockdale. Flying Instructor William Craig of Brooklyn New York and Cadet Arsbur L Karnash of Dillonvale Ohio were killed. Aviation Cadet Raphael L McAlister 23 survived after bail out. Craig was Brooksfield class of 1943 and Karnosh a 1944 Brooks graduate formerly a native band musician.
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Brooksfield
Stockdale
William Craig
Brooklyn
Cadetarsbur L. Karnash
Illenvale
Ohio
Raphael L. McAlister
William AL. McAlister
Fort Worth
Craig
Karnash
Arthur Karnosh
Dillonvale
Olio
Kernosh
Brooks
RAF Again Hits Burning Augsburg in Six Day Blitz
A massive RAF bombing offensive blasted Augsburg with Lancaster and Halifax formations dropping 17,000 tons of bombs. The raid, part of a six day push aimed at Germany’s aircraft industry, followed heavy U.S. and Allied strikes on Regensburg and Schweinfurt. Official notes say two separate Lancaster and Halifax waves attacked Augsburg, lighting fires that guided subsequent raids, with 24 planes lost and extensive minelaying by British Fortresses.
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Augsburg
Germany
Reich
Frankfurt
Switzerland
RAF
Regensburg
Messerschmutt
England
Cand. Maly
U. S
Italy
15Th U.S. Air Force
Hegenseburg
Britain
Ausbury
Lancasters
Hale Waxes
Schweinfirt
Interned AP Chief Reports Nazi Casualty Toll
Taylor Henry, AP chief in Vichy, recalling his Baden-Baden interment, cites German casualties from July 1939 to January 1944. He estimates up to 5 million wounded or captured with about 2 million dead, notes rising average German soldier age, and cites shifts in youth fatalities and mobilization of 11 year olds in the Russian campaigns.
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Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Vichy
Portugal
Baden-Baden
Germany
Baden-Baren
Bnchding
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