Kursk Capture Perils Germans Defense Lines
Soviet dispatches report new gains north and east of Kharkov and siege successes near Rostov. Red Army forces stormed fortified German positions, routing counterattacks and capturing multiple defenses, tanks, guns, and trucks amid advancing Donets basin operations.
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Moscow
Rostov
Tedlay
Red
Kharkov
Ukraine
Kursk
Donets Basin
Kupyansk
Belgorod
Kramatorsk
Gastigcheva
Bby
Kharcov
Fukhte
Red Army
Fatezh
Waant
Newspaper paper use to face second 10 percent cut
Washington officials announced a second 10 percent reduction in newspaper print paper use may take effect April 1. The cut follows a January 31 order restricting consumption to 100 percent of the 1942 net paid circulation, aiming to ease wartime paper shortages.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPH
W. G. Chandler
Dlvision
Donald J. Sterling
WPB
American Boys Ready In Tunisia To Fight Best Of Afrika Korps
American soldiers crouched in foxholes along a 150 mile front from central Tunisia toward the Sahara guarding the Allied flank and raiding the German lines. They await a major clash with Field Marshal Rommel's Afrika Korps as Rommel is said to prepare a decisive stand near the Mediterranean coast just north of Gabes.
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Tunisia
Afrika Korps
PHI
Sunista
Tuniga
Sahara Desert
Muavvh
Erwin Tommel
Rommel
Salt Dat
Mediterranean
Gahes
Marcthine
Downey Urges Immediate Halt to Army Inductions
Senator Downey warns the nation already has more men under arms than can be transported or maintained abroad and calls for an immediate halt to military inductions. He cites Agriculture Secretary Wickard's testimony on farm labor limits and production goals, while Senator Reynolds backs re‑examining manpower demands. The joint session plans to hear Army Chief Gen George C Marshall as a broader review continues.
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Washington
Sen. Downey
D-Calif
Downey
Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Military Committee
Reynolds
Voice Ag
Sen. Reynolds
Dn.c
Wickand
Senate
House
George C. Marshall
Lehman
Herbert H. Lehman
New York Today
Churchill Returns to House Cheered by Commons
Churchill entered the House of Commons for the first time since meeting President Roosevelt and was cheered. He pledged a forthcoming statement on the war situation and shipping to Russia, and said he would discuss creation of a United Nations war council in his address.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Emanuel Shinwell
Russia
Churchill
Allies Carry Air War Into Italy Sicily
Allied long range bombers hit Messina and the Messina harbor area while U S B 24 Liberators bombed the Messina waterfront and port power plant American planes repelled fighter attacks as rail and supply targets across the mid Mediterranean faced renewed pressure from North Africa operations The report notes Sousse Gabes and Tunisia air activity and German claims of pushes toward Gafsa providing a broader context for the offensive
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London
North Africa
Middle East
Messina
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sousse
Gabes
Reuters
Berlin
Tunisia
Eisenhower
Gafsa
Montgomery
U. S
De Gaulle Sees Africa Test for Allied Unity
Gen Charles De Gaulle said closer cooperation among Fighting French will test UN aims in North Africa, with a provisional central government proposed to represent the empire. He noted liaison exists at Casablanca with Gen Henri Giraud and Gen Georges Catroux to work out plans.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
New War Committee
de Gaule
de Gaulle
Giraud
France
Roosevelt
North
Africa
Casablanca
Henri Honore Giraud
North Africa
Georges Catroux
Tax Group Is Defying Solons, Senator States
Arizona senator H H D Autremont charges that a majority of the state tax commission defied the legislature by ordering banks taxed at full cash value of shares profits and reserves rather than on capital stock. He cites an unsigned missive from secretary Clarence Standige and says this marks a first in state history. The senate moved to pass a bank tax bill as impeachment talk surfaces.
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Phoenix
Ariz
H. H. D’autremont
Pima County
Arizona Tax Commission
Senate
D'autremont
Tax Commission
Pima
Clarence Standige
Commission
William F. Kimball
Sclons
Japs Withdraw From Guadalcanal and Buna After Six Months
Tokyo announced the withdrawal of forces from Guadalcanal in the Solomons and Buna in New Guinea after their missions were fulfilled. The report claims massive Japanese losses and notes Allied casualties were higher, with American and Australian troops advancing toward key bases.
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New York
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Berlin
Tokyo
Buna
New Guinea
Papua
MacArthur
Associated Press
Reuters
London
OWI
Latin America
Solomon
New Gainea
Solomon Islands
Dng Ulewise
United States
Onhce
U. S
Southwest Pacific
U S Must Retain Pacific Control
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox told the House Foreign Affairs Committee the United States must hold Pacific air and naval bases to keep Japan disarmed for a long time. He said lend lease will aid in obtaining bases and favored starting negotiations now, insisting on control of bases to prevent future war.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
United States
Pacific Ocean
Japan
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Pacific
Knox
Sea Knox
Court Martial Begins For Phoenix Soldiers
A general court martial in Phoenix opens for 27 Negro soldiers from Papago Park charged with riot following Thanksgiving night disturbances. Brig. Gen. Willford presides. Maj. Hugh Z. Fullerton and Capt. Joseph L. Seligman Jr. seek a postponed defense prep time. Adjournment set to 9 a.m. Friday with six colonels and two lieutenant colonels serving as panel.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPA
Papago Park
Forrest BE. Willford
Hugh Z. Fullerton
Joseph L. Seligman, Jr
Willford
Ga. m
Christian G. Foltz
Verne C. Snell
John H. Fonvielle
John Harry
Glenn Newman
Edward B. Schlant
Walton E. McBride
Frank G. Tandy
Leroy Broun
Douglas M. Moore
Japan's South Campaign Reaches Its Limit Says Observer
United Press analysis notes Japan admits being driven from Guadalcanal and northeastern New Guinea. It argues Allied control allows a counteroffensive to push north through the Solomons toward New Guinea and Melanesia, though Japanese resistance remains strong in Buna and Bismarcks.
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Japan
Louis
Keemle
United Press War
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Solomons
U. S
Arizona Cold Wave To Strike Tonight
The U S weather bureau issued a cold wave warning for Arizona noting lows of 25 degrees at altitudes below 4000 feet Tonight temperatures are expected to dip to 14 to 25 degrees for higher elevations and ranges vary by altitude according to the weather bureau.
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Phoende
Arizona
U. S
Hare
Weather Bureau
Congress Tires Of Haziness In Tax Proposals
Members of the house ways and means committee press administration for a precise 1942 tax relief plan amid conflicting proposals from no forgiveness to full forgiveness. Treasury counsel Randolph Paul notes possible forgiveness while Budget Director Harold D. Smith cites needed adjustments under a pay-as-you-go system.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Randolph Paul
Treasury General Counsel
Harold D. Smith
Smith
Paul
Congress
Maritime Commission Confident on 1943 Ship Goal
Washington February 9 Emory Land chairman of the maritime commission testified before the house appropriations committee that the 1943 shipbuilding target of 16 900 000 tons should be met barring material shortages. He cited 70 shipyards with capacity of 20 000 000 tons per year and projected 4 403 ships of all types to be completed in the current fiscal year ending June 30. Rep Joe Starnes noted the 1942 8 000 000 ton goal was reached—the only Roosevelt war production target achieved.
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Washington
Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Independent Offices
Joe Starnes
Ala
Roosevelt
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Henderson
Btina
Pacific Command
Alexander M. Patch
Phoenix Soldiers
Melanesian
Bismarck Archipelago
Papuan New Guinea
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