Drive Started Toward Coast To Trap Nazis
London datelined report says British Eighth Army patrols between Ben Gardane and Matmata in southern Tunisia indicate a flanking move from the south against Rommel’s forces at the Mareth Line fortifications. The Algiers radio notes Montgomery’s units advancing toward the coast.
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London
Algiers
Eighth Army
Ben Gardane
Matmata
Tunisia
Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
Rationing to start March 1 and end sale Feb 20
The Office of Price Administration announced rationing of canned and frozen fruits and vegetables and dried fruits will begin March 1. Grocery sales stop at midnight February 20 to prepare for point rationing with nationwide registration from February 22.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Three Fourths Of Able Men To Serve In Army
War manpower commissioner Paul V. McNutt told the House today that by year end about 10 of 14 able bodied men aged 18 to 38 will be in the armed services as fighting men. A new draft order sets non-deferrable occupations to speed war production and shift men from nonessential to essential work effective April 1.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
House Military Affairs of Today
Armed Services
McNutt
Army
Navy
Representative Brooks
D-La
Senate
Agriculture Wickard
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
Japs Strike U S Positions in Aleutians for First Time Since June
The Navy reports Japanese planes attacked American bases in the western Aleutians over Sunday and Monday with no damage. It marks the first attack on U S bases there since June, while Jan 28 raids west of the bases involved unidentified ships.
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Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
United States
North Pacific Islands
South Pacific
Shortland
Solomon Islands
Munda
Solomons
Tarawa Island
Gilbert Group
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Fiji Islands
Samoa
Defeat of Efforts to End Arizona Sales and Luxury Taxes
In Phoenix on Feb 2 the Arizona Senate rejected bills to repeal the sales and luxury taxes and postponed several government reform measures. Senator J Hubert Smith sponsored the repealers, while Senators H H d Autremont and James E Babbitt urged study and a statewide survey before action. The committee kept proposals to abolish the Arizona corporation commission and the mine inspector's office on the table, and indefinitely postponed Smith's highway commission repeal in favor of a director of highways.
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Phoenix
Senate
Sen
J. Hubert Smith
Mojave County
Smith
H. H. d’Autremont
Pima County
James E. Babbitt
Coconino
Osborn
Dan Angius
Cochise
Arizona Corporation Commission
Arizona Highway Commission
d’Autremont
Americans Send Food For Italians and Arabs to Tripolitania
The American Red Cross announced three truckloads of 15 000 pounds of dried milk oats and chocolate were sent from Cairo to Tripolitania Libya. The supplies will feed Italian civilians including mothers children and invalids and Arabians for about three weeks responding to a British authorities emergency request.
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Washington
Tripolitania
Libya
Ben
Cairo
American
Red Cross
Allied Grand Strategy Nears Action With Churchill Visit
Allied leaders move toward action as Winston Churchill conducts talks in Cairo with Ismet Inonu and Turkish leaders after Casablanca discussions with Franklin D. Roosevelt. The two day railroad conference on the Turkish frontier preceded military staff talks and a return to Egypt.
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Cairo
Winston Churchill
Middle East
Ismet Inonu
Churchill
Egypt
Casablanca
Roosevelt
Nahas Pasha
Yenidje
Turkey
United States
Changes In Arizona Road Body Stirs Staff Shuffle
Phoenix February session of the Arizona highway commission met privately to map further personnel changes in the road bureau. Gov. Sidney Osborn appointees J. M. Smith H. O. Pace Loren Cress and State Engineer Bernard Touhey attended as the commission discussed minor employee reshuffles after nine major staff departures and a resignation during the initial political shift. Rumors linked W. R. Hutchins to district engineering, with J. R. Van Horn among those ousted. Other removals included Joe Dearozena Percy Jones and Sid Smith.
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Phoenix
Arizona Highway Commission
Road Bureau
J. M. Smith
H. O. Pace
Loren Cress
Sidney P. Osborn
Bernard Touhey
Bureau
Osborn
W. R. Hutchins
Touhey
Hutchins
J. R. van Horn
van Horn
Joe Dearozena
Percy Jones
Sid Smith
Per
Roosevelt assesses North Africa and French unity efforts
President Roosevelt indicated progress in North Africa regarding French political issues and expected greater cooperation between De Gaulle and Giraud. He stressed no negotiated armistice and highlighted plans for 1943, including intensified anti submarine actions and continued Allied pressure on Axis forces in Europe. The press conference followed his Casablanca talks with Churchill.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North
Africa
Churchill
Casablanca
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Congress
United Nations
Europe
Vargas
Brazil
French North Africa
North Africa
Giraud
White House
Russia
China
Japan
War Official Refuses War Dept Seizure of Spare Cars
Washington February 2 Rubber Director William M Jeffers rejected a war department plan to seize about seven million private passenger automobiles and the fifth tire on all twenty seven million cars. He said he had raised enough hell for 24 hours and would not comment further.
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Washington
William M. Jeffers
War Department
Jeffers
War department urges seizure of 7 million cars and tires
Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson told a congressional committee that the Army would seize seven million private passenger cars and all spare tires and limit use of vehicles to conserve rubber. He urged banning Sunday driving, restricting long haul trucking, limiting commercial trucks, and reclaiming rubber for tires with government requisition of surplus tires. The plan also calls for Junking excess cars and reimbursing owners.
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Washington
War Department
Congressional
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Navy
William M. Jefferson
Patterson
House Naval Military Committee
Jeffers
Allied Cause Is Advanced By Agreement With Turkey
Prime Minister Churchill met with President Ismet Inonu and cemented British Turkish ties. The accord locked Axis access to the Middle East, with Turkey's stand preserving key routes while Britain reinforced Iran and Iraq. Russian victories and Rommel’s defeat further blocked Axis advance, ending a Hitler dream.
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Ismet Inanu
Turkey
Churchill
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Ismet Inonu
Middle East
Alexandria
Cairo
Caucasus
Great Britain
Britain
Ankara
Africa
Attorney General Joe Conway Reported Still Serious
PHOENIX February 2. The condition of Attorney General Joe Conway, hospitalized for a kidney ailment at St. Joseph's, remains about the same today. Doctors describe his status as serious but not critical.
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Phoenix
Joe Conway
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Churchill Trip To Turks Raises Axis Jitters
London reports private advices say Churchill met Turkish leaders in Ankara and Cyprus. Axis nerves grow as Berlin broadcasts claim German diplomats seek details of any commitments. observers link the meeting to Allied plans for Balkan and Western Europe invasion.
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Joe Alex Morris
London
U.P
Churchill
Axis
Balkans
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Europe
Norway
France
Transocean
Berlin
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Ankara
Ismet Inonu
Cyprus
United Nations
Women Postal Clerks O K Not As Carriers
Postmaster General Walker told the house appropriations committee that wartime postal relief will rely on many women in clerical roles, though carriers are not expected to be women. He noted past war experiments with women carriers failed due to heavy mail loads, implying clerical work will expand while carrier jobs stay male-dominated.
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Washington
Walker
House Appropriations Committee
Walter
Adm Raeder Fired Over Stalingrad Remark
London reports that Grand Admiral Erich Raeder was dismissed as German navy commander after muttering "Stalingrad" in a dispute over North Africa supply routes. Dispatches note he refused to accept responsibility for Axis Tunisia operations and mention Cavallero’s similar stance.
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London
Erich Raeder
Stalingrad
North Africa
Adolf Hitler
Raeder
Tunisia
Ugo Cavallero
Friedrich Paulus
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