Kharkov Falls To Victorious Soviet Armies
London and Moscow report the Red army captured Kharkov, a key Ukraine industrial city, after routing German SS corps and several divisions. The retreating Nazis left Rostov largely destroyed as Soviets encircled about 250,000 Axis troops in the Donets valley.
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London
U.P
Red Army
Moscow
Russia
Ukraine
Rostov
Russk
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Stalingrad
Imm Uy
Donets
Hitler
Kursk
Ofea
Chuguev
Chuguev- Rogan
Milas
Donets Valley
Kuteinikovo
Stalino
U S Fliers Hit St Nazaire In Major Raid
American Flying Fortresses and Liberators bombed the Axis submarine base at St Nazaire in daylight and then fought Goering’s fighters in a running air battle. Six bombers were reported missing in what aides called one of the most successful St Nazaire raids. Lieutenant Farrar of Illinois praised the mission as the crew completed a near flawless bomb run despite the heavy opposition.
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Walter Cronkhite
England
U.P
St. Nazaire
Goering
John W. Farrar
Mattoon
Ill
Farrar
Jack W. Stewart
Austin
Tex
Jap Bases Get Hard Pounding In Bomb Raids
Allied and American air forces struck Japanese bases across the Southwest Pacific. U S forces report sinking and damaged ships, heavy losses for Japan, and large Allied bombing of Rabaul, Ambon, Dobo, Dilli, Lae, and Timor with dozens of aircraft and ships involved. The weeklong Solomon Islands action included the loss of the cruiser Chicago and a destroyer, while Japanese forces suffered extensive air and surface losses.
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Washington
Chicago
Solomon Islands
Guadalcanal
United States
Navy
Rennell Island
Solomons
Truk Islands
MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Ambon
Dobo
Dilli
Lae
Douglas MacArthur
Simpson Harbor
Amboina
Dutch East Indies
Timor
New Britain
Stettin Bay
Vella Gulf
Absenteeism In War Industries Moves To End Work Fight
The House Naval Committee began action on a work or fight plan to curb absentee civilian Navy yard workers. Rep. Lyndon Johnson sponsors a bill requiring yards to report to local selective service boards any civilian absent without authorization. A separate bill would cover private firms with naval contracts.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
House Naval Committee
Navy Yards
Selective Service
Johnson
Vinson
D-Ga
Honolulu
Tax Free Home Exemption revived in Arizona legislature
Phoenix February 16 lawmakers revived the tax free home issue by submitting a constitutional amendment granting homeowners a $1,500 exemption. Rep H J Lewis introduced the bill which, if approved by both houses, would go to voters in November 1944. The measure would exempt bona fide home property up to 1500 from taxation except special assessments for benefits.
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Phoenix
H. J. Lewis
Cochise
House
Senate
Nelson Ousts Eberstadt As Program Boss
WPB chairman Donald M. Nelson asked Ferdinand E. Eberstadt to resign and named Charles E. Wilson executive vice chairman in charge of all WPB programs. The move aims to end jurisdictional questions hampering the war effort as Wilson takes over Eberstadt duties including industry divisions and the controlled materials plan.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Ferdinand E Eberstadt
War Production Board
Charles E. Wilson
Nelson
Armed Services
Eberstadt
Army
Navy
Wilson
Axis offensive in southern Tunisia reportedly ends
Reuters reports German radio declares the Axis offensive in southern Tunisia is temporarily ended. The Berlin report claims German troops are mopping up fields between Faid and Gafsa and cites American losses of 8 000 to 10 000 with 3 000 killed and 781 prisoners, claims unconfirmed by other sources.
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London
Reuters
Tunisia
Berlin
Faid
Gafsa
American Forces Retake Ground West of Faid in Tunisian Counterattack
Allied forces at Gafsa evacuated the base as U S armored units rallied northeast of the town and pushed Rommel's panzer troops back six miles in a counterattack. The clash targeted the Mareth corridor, with German thrusts from Faid and Sened threatening Gafsa. Casualties fell to air attacks from Stukas while U S bombers hit the Kairouan airfield.
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Sidi Bousid
Faid Pass
Chott Djerio
Gafsa
Rommel
Afrika Korps
Eighth Army
Ben Gardane
Arrow
North Africa
U.P
Irwin Rommel
Faid
Mareth
Sened
U. S
Sbeitla
Subzero Cold In East Claims Many Lives Across Regions
A brutal cold wave leaves at least 27 dead nationwide with New England reporting 11 fatalities and frostbite surging as schools close and transport slows. New York state sees nine deaths as ports and work suffer. Boston and other cities endure subzero records while a 5 000 pound fish shipment sits idle in New Bedford.
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New England
New York
New York State
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Boston
New Bedford
Mass
Wickard Considers Army Help for Harvest Under War Needs
Secretary Wickard told Senate investigators he would ask the Army to furlough troops to aid this year’s crop harvest if necessary. He said last year’s request for Dakotas wheat harvest was not granted and the survey of six million farms will guide any manpower and machinery needs.
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Washington
Wickard
Sen
Bushfield
R.S.D
Dakotas
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Japs Get Oil From Borneo and Submarine Campaign
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox said Japan is likely exploiting conquered territories for oil. He noted renewed production near northern Borneo and Dutch East Indies installations in use by Japan while American submarines press an energetic campaign.
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Washington
U.P
Frank Knox
Knox
Fox
Pacific
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Lynne Overman In Critical Condition At 55
Lynne Overman is in critical condition in Santa Monica after suffering a heart ailment. The 55-year-old actor, ordered by Dr. Carl Williams to remain in an oxygen tent, began on stage in 1907 in Milwaukee and later worked in vaudeville, the Navy in World War I, and films starting in 1934.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lynne Overman
Carl Williams
Overman
Milwaukee
Maryville
Rommel Advance May Slow Start Of Allied Offensive
The eighth army captures Ben Gardane and advances into southern Tunisia as Rommel unites Africa Corps with General von Arnim's Tunisian army. The aim is to delay Montgomery's eighth army and halt the Allied northward push. The clash near the narrow Tunisian waist yields armor gains and road disruptions, with Rommel targeting Gafsa.
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Rommel
Glenn Babb
Eighth Army
Ben Gardane
Tunisia
Africa Corps
von Arnim
Montgomery
Nile Valley
First Army
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Jack Cummard
Fred John
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University of Arizona
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