Eighth Army Pushes Into Tunisia Amid Battle Reports
British Eighth Army crosses into Tunisia in two sectors amid Allied air activity. Flying Fortresses hammer Kairouan airfield while patrols advance toward Gafsa, Faid, and Ousseltia. Allied planes claim several enemy fighters shot down with no losses to Allies.
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William B. Dickinson
London
U.P
Eighth Army
Kairouan
Madrid
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Imperials
Tunisia
Tripolitania
Commani
Lafayette
Faid
Ousseltia-Pichon
French Protectorate
Invasion Plot Charged in Brazil Nazi Conspiracy
Porto Alegre Brazil Feb 10 The military court indicted numerous Brazilians and others on a charge of conspiring to prepare a Nazi invasion of Brazil that was to have taken place last September. The region hosts a German population with schools and societies in Santa Catarina Parana and Sao Paulo. Brazil declared war on Germany and Italy Aug 22 and joined the United Nations Feb 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Alegre
Brazil
Rio Grande Do Sul
Uruguay
Argentina
Santa Catharina
Parana
Sao Paulo
Axis
Germany
Italy
United Nations
Douglas Man Killed In Brother's Vehicle Crash
DougLAS, Feb. 10. C B Murdock is dead from a car crash west of the city. The vehicle was driven by his brother J J Murdock. The two were returning from Klondyke when the accident occurred.
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Douglas
C. B. Murdock
Klondyke
Invasion Plans and War Front Labor Push
Cairo reports Gen. Sir Harold Alexander asserts Mareth line in Tunisia can be turned and major African battles near. In Washington Roosevelt orders a 48 hour minimum work week on the home front to speed victory, with 30 percent wage rise for many workers. Limited by 32 labor shortage areas, the plan covers retail, newspapers, and domestic servants. The question of wages for servants and service workers remains.
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Cairo
U.P
Mareth
Tunisia
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Middle East
Maginot Line
France
Alexander
Washington
Europe
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
Maine
Washington State
Florida
California
James F. Byrnes
McNutt
Fowler V. Harper
Harper
WMC
Arizona Senate Debates Impeachment Bill Clears Senate
The Arizona Senate unanimously passed a bill stating that election or reelection does not bar impeachment for offenses prior to election. The measure moved to the House after a third reading, with swift action noted and enrollment ordered.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Senate
House
William F. Kimball
Pima County
Robert Taylor sworn in as Navy lieutenant in air force
Hollywood news reports that actor Robert Taylor, age 31, was sworn in as a lieutenant junior grade in the naval air force. He will report to Corpus Christi, Texas for ferry pilot or instructor training within 30 days while remaining on inactive duty. He previously used the name Spangler Arlington Brugh and took the oath from Lieut. John Canady.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Naval Air Force
Corpus Christi
Tex
Spangler
Japs Suffer 90,000 Killed In Two Defeats
United States Pacific Fleet reports Tokyo losses totaling about 90,000 killed, 200 ships sunk or damaged, and 2,000 planes destroyed in Guadalcanal and New Guinea. Americans also suffered losses but outmatched Japan in crucial battles. Nimitz and Halsey stress renewed effort, with Guadalcanal Buna as possible springboards toward Rabaul.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Japan
Guadalcanal
New Guinea
Pacific
Solomons
U. S
United States
United Press
South
Southwest Pacific
Buna
Rabaul
New Britain
South Pacific
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
Nimitz
Western Pacific
Halsey
Gen Olds Establishes Tucson Advanced Base
Maj. Gen. Robert Olds commander of the second air force arrives from Spokane to set up an advance headquarters in Tucson with Col. Walter R. Agee and Lt. Col. S. S. Maxey. They will stay about two months to be near heavy bombardment training during winter weather in the northwest.
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Robert Olds
Second Air Force
Tucson
Spokane
Wash
Olds
Walter R. Agee
S. S. Maxey
Yankees Carry Fight To Japs In New Guinea
Allied forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur press the Japanese southwest of Salamaua New Guinea with increasing force. An Allied communique reports 100 Japanese killed and ground action in the Wau Mubo area. Air raids hit Lae Kendari and shipping facilities with extensive damage to an airport and a 10000 ton vessel reported bombed.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
New Guinea
Wau-Mubo
Wau
Lae
Kendari
Celebes
Russian forces press through Belgorod gap near Kharkov
Russian armies pour through the Belgorod gap north of Kharkov in a widening advance toward Kursk and Belgorod while Rostov encirclement tightens. German defense stiffens but fails to halt Soviet momentum as tank units counterattack near Kramatorsk and Donets basin.
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Moscow
Belgorod
Kharkov
Battle Front
Upper Donets
Rostov
Kramatorsk
Sea of Azov
Orel
Kursk
Donets
Germany
Kiev
Knieper
Dneiper
Wrong Guesses By Mess Sergeant Spoils Diet
The Navy said marines on Guadalcanal ate corn for five days after a mess sergeant guessed can contents when labels washed off. He erred five times. The Navy vowed future containers will have contents embossed or printed on the metal.
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Washington
Navy
Guadalcanal
Congress Weighs Permanent Pacific Base Network
Chairman Vinson proposes immediate congressional study and a naval subcommittee to explore permanent American bases across the Pacific. Secretary Knox urges postwar retention of bases and leverages lend-lease aid to gain allied support, with final settlement to await State Department negotiations.
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Washington
Pacific
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Naval Committee
France
Holland
Japan
Knox
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Naval Committee
State Department
Congress
Guadalcanal Is a Great Victory in the Pacific War
Admiral Halsey hails Guadalcanal as a great victory while noting its scale is small compared with broader battles. The piece traces Guadalcanal’s significance, compares it to Belleau Wood, and emphasizes Marine and Army cooperation and the rising Allied offensive momentum in the Pacific.
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Adm
Halsey
Guadalcanal
Patch
South Pacific
Army
Navy
Russia
North Africa
Long Island
Tokyo
General Retreat Claimed On Russian Front By Press
United Press analyst Louis F. Keemle reports signs of a broad German withdrawal on the south central and southern Russian front. Kursk and Belgorod fall may signal retreat rather than collapse as Germany shifts to the Dnieper line for possible spring countermeasures.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Red Army
Kursk
Belgorod
Dnieper
Germany
Hitler
Donets
Ukraine
Guadalcanal Declared Taken by American Forces
Major Gen. Alexander Patch announced Guadalcanal was completely taken and no Japanese organized resistance remained on the island. Admiral Halsey’s staff said the last enemy resistance ended at 4:25 p.m. Guadalcanal time, with evacuations of officers by destroyers and submarines noted but no mass troop surrender.
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Alexander Patch
Guadalcanal
Halsey
Patch
Buin
Charles H. M’murtry
South Pacific
Alexander M. Patch
Solomons
Farmas
William F. Halsey
U. S
Myles Browning
Browning
Smashing Raids Hit Rangoon Sagaing and More
New Delhi February 10 British and U S bombers raided Rangoon and Sagaing burning jetty yards and Magyichaung supply bases near Akwab. Communique cites damage to Trazi railway targets river craft and Japanese road camps along the Chindwin and Irrawaddy valleys. Prome was attacked Monday night with all planes returning.
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New Delhi
India
Rangoon
U. S&s
Sagaing
Mandalay
Magyichaung
Akwab
Burma
Trazi Junction
Chindwin
Irrawaddy
Prome
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Spain
Afrika Korps
Mareth Line
Middle Eastern Command
Royal Air Force
Tripoli
Palermo
Sicily
Africa
Brother
Tunisian
Arizona
Arizona Tax Commission
Walter Pulsipher
Commission
State Hospital Board of Trustees
State Land Department
State Land Board
State Water
Manchuria
China
Tulagi Harbor
Coral Sea
By Eddy Gilmore
By Alex Singleton
By Glenn Babb
MacArthur
Stalingrad
Port Moresby
Belleau Wood
United States Marines
Papua
Frank Knox
Cape Esperance
Admiral Halsey
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