U S Planes Hit Munda Airbase in Solomons Raids
Navy reports three attacks on the Munda airbase on New Georgia island as U S planes destroy a gun position and start fires. The strikes, part of more than 100 raids in the central Solomons, bring the total at Munda to 63 since November 23.
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Washington
United States
Munda
Solomons
Navy
South Pacific
U. S
New Georgia Island
Dauntless
Douglas
Wildcat
Grumman
Roosevelt Vows Global Offensives and Tokyo Air Strikes
President Roosevelt pledges strong actions against Axis powers this year including bombing Japan, fighting on multiple fronts in Europe and Asia, and marching Allied armies into Berlin Rome and Tokyo. He speaks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, urging unconditional surrender and detailing plans from Casablanca to Tunisia with China set to receive increased aid.
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H. 0
Thompson
Washington
W.p
Roosevelt
Japan
Asia
Europe
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
White House
China
Tunisia
Germany
Casablanca
Winston Churchill
United Nations
Axis
Yelt
Self
American Society of Newspaper Editors
National Foundation For
Churchill
House of Commons
Pierre Laval
Lavals
Major German Tank Thrust In Tunisia Is Hurled Back
Allied North Africa reports say British and American forces repelled a strong German tank assault in the Ousseltia valley north central Tunisia. Snow and rain aided the Axis, but Allied lines held as patrols and artillery clashed near Gafsa and Gabes. Prisoners were taken in several operations as the fighting continued on the Tunisian front.
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Tunisia
London
U.P
Ousseltia
Eighth Army
Afrika Korps
Gafsa
Gulf of
Gabes
Pont du Fahs
Food riots forecast as farm policy probe opens
Senator Nye warns of food riots next winter amid a Senate Agriculture Committee probe into wartime food production. The group, led by Ellison Smith, will hear Claude Wickard next week as it seeks facts to clarify shortages and farmer restrictions.
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Richard Debrown
Washington
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
United States
Senate
New Deal
Nye
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Harlan J. Bushfield
S. D
United Nations
RAF Strikes Heavily At Hitler's Arsenal
London reports a night RAF raid on Hitler's arsenal area in western Germany with daylight strikes at dawn. German radio acknowledged damage in one center as the attack was described as nuisance by Berlin. Allied daylight and night efforts followed, including American planes possibly involved, targeting Wilhelmshaven rail and submarine yards and other northern European targets.
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London
RAF
Hitler
Germany
Dover Strait
Calais
The
Reich
Wilhelmshaven
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Japan Claims U S Suffered Big Ship Loss
The Tokyo broadcasts claim 98 Allied warships sunk and 42 damaged with 19 American ships sunk and 16 damaged over six months near the Solomons and New Guinea. U S Navy dispatches show different losses, with later figures to be reported on page 12.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Papuan
Guadalcanal
Mikado
Solomons
New Guinea
Domei
Imperial Headquarters
New York
U. S. Navy
Arizona House approves bill regulating sale of horse meat
The Arizona house of representatives gave final approval to a bill tightening rules on selling horse meat for human consumption. Aimed at markets and state institutions, it leaves room for markets to handle horse meat with a license while banning a direct sale to institutions was dropped.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Senate
Maxine Brubaker
Maricopa
Gov. Osborn
California
Colorado River
House
Robert Forbes
Pima
Pottery Hints Town Here In Year 700 A D
Dr Emil Haury announces Tucson holds artifacts dating back to 700 to 900 A D. Recent finds at the city health building grounds are the oldest yet uncovered in the city, surpassing earlier remains by about 200 years. Excavation plans include test pits and potential larger digs.
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Emil Haury
Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona
Arizona State Museum
Tucson
Haury
Arizona
Battle on Pay Limitation Nears Congressional Action
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a drive to repeal Roosevelt’s wartime salary limit of 25 000 after taxes and replace it with a congressional ceiling. Rep Disney calls it revolt against government by directive as Gearhart pushes repeal on Capitol Hill with support from Republicans and some Democrats. A showdown vote was anticipated on the committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Disney
D-Okla
Capitol Hill
Congress
Gearhart
Calif
Immigration Rules Based For Canadians
Canadians and British subjects resident in Canada will be allowed to visit the United States without passports under a new agreement. A nonimmigrant border crossing identification card will be issued by US consulates in Canada and is valid for any number of visits within one year with a 29 day per visit limit. The card bears a Canadian immigration officer endorsement guaranteeing readmission to Canada. US citizens already can cross border without passports, and the agreement creates reciprocity.
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Washington
Canada
United States
State Department
Witnesses See Big Saving In Power Agency
Phoenix observers report a legislative hearing on the Arizona water and power authority bill. Charles Carson argues for a state agency to wholesale Boulder Dam power without harming distributors. Attorney Van Wagenen cites Salt River Valley power costs at about 500000 yearly.
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Phoenix
Arizona Water and Power Authority
Osborn
Capitol
James Minotto
Maricopa
Charles Carson
Colorado River Affairs
Boulder Dam
Carson
Anthony van Wagenen, Jr
Water District No. 2
Salt River Valley
Meeting Ends Guadalcanal Fight as Two American Columns Unite
At Guadal canal S IL Feb 9 two bearded soldiers met in a muddy coconut plantation to salute and clasp hands signaling the end of land fighting on Guadal canal. Maj H Wirt Butler and Lieut Col James Dalton, leading westward forces, greeted each other amid beaming comrades as the last Japanese resistance on the island was driven back toward Japan. Troops rested after renewed offensive begun Feb 1 with Vera Hue landings and a two-pronged push. The six month battle ended near Tenamba river with the Japanese occupation finished for the first time.
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South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Ralph E. Wilson
Alexander M. Patch
Patch
Wilson
Mt. Austen
Solomons
Cape Esperance
Verahue
S. IL
U.P
Pacific
James Dalton
Burlington
Maj. Butler
Japan
Tenaru River
Tenamba
Tenamba River
Japs Run From Wau After Defeat In New Guinea Fight
Allied forces report a two week battle ended in a Japanese withdrawal from the Wau area. About 1,000 of 3,000 attackers died, with 225 more killed north of New Guinea. Some Japanese troops starved while retreating toward Mubo. An Allied plane crippled a 6,000 ton transport off Cape Orford and a Flying Fortress bombed Rabaul for three hours.
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Don Caswell
MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Wau
New Guinea
Mubo
Salamaua
Douglas MacArthur
North New Guinea
Kumusi-Opi
Gona Mission
Buna
Sanananda
Wau Mubo
Cape Orford
New Britain Island
Rabaul
Germans Fire Rostov As City Reportedly Burns
A CBS Moscow dispatch reports that German forces set Rostov ablaze as British radio says Rostov is being enveloped. Moscow radio notes shelling from three sides with stubborn defense. The Black Sea fleet shells German positions in the northwest Caucasus.
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New York
CBS
Moscow
Rostov
Shakhty
Black Sea
Caucasus
Coalition Calls for Real Liberals Coalition Leaders Attack Bureaucracy
A call for a coalition of Republicans and real Democrats against an arrogant bureaucracy and administration war conduct drew Lincoln day remarks. Alf Landon, Gov. Bricker, Rep. Martin joined in denouncing the bureaucracy while Knox at Springfield urged unity. Landon proposed a Democrat Republican coalition to keep Wallace from leading the nation astray.
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Alf .M. Landon
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
House
National Republican
Martin
Knox
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Landon
Omaha
Wallace
Hitler
Assairs Wallace
Russians close in on Kharkov as German lines threaten
Moscow reports a major Red Army drive in the Donets basin threatening to split the Axis defense near Rostov and Kharkov. London observers say the southern front is crumbling with German retreat likely and Kharkov under heavy pressure as Soviet forces seize towns and destroy equipment.
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Moscow
U.R
Donets
Rostov
Kharkov
London
Dnieper
Red
Russia
Chuguyev
Canterbury Rebuked For Interference
Rev. William T. Manning bishop of New York rebukes the archbishop of Canterbury for meddling in Protestant Episcopal affairs. The issue centers on a proposed concordat uniting the Episcopal and Presbyterian churches in the United States. Manning calls Canterbury’s stance unprecedented in this church unity debate.
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New York
William T. Manning
Canterbury
Church of England
Protestant Episcopal Church
Manning
United States
Edward L. Parsons
California
Commission On
Commission On Approaches To Unity
Anglican Communion
Presbyterian Church
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