Rommel Tankmen Take Three More Towns After Capturing American Armored Equipment
Secretary of War Stimson said American forces in central Tunisia endured a serious local setback with heavy casualties and tanks destroyed by German dive bombers. He noted Axis armor advanced about 35 miles, overran positions, and forced airfield abandonments over four days of fighting.
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Rommel
Washington
Stimson
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Tripolitania
First Army
Stimser
Gafsa Oasis
Associated Press
London
North Africa
Tebessa
Algeria
Erwin Rommel
Desert
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Feriana
Faid Pass
United States
Gallagher
Tunaisia
U. S
Ain el Gazala
Tobruk
Egypt
Russian Armies Strike Swiftly In New Drives
Russian forces launch rapid offensives aimed at Orel Konotop and Poltava to drive German forces toward the Dnieper. Big battles form near Kursk as Soviet columns push from Voroshilovgrad and Rovenki, seeking to sever the Moscow Orel axis and capture Konotop.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Orel
Konotop
Poltava
Dnieper River
Voroshilovgrad
Rovenki
Kramatorsk
Taganrog
Rostov
Leningrad
Caucasus
Philip Golikov
Kharkov
Ukraine
Bryansk
Germans Claim Kharkov Given Only In Rus
United Press reports Berlin high command says Kharkov evacuated after destroying key war installations. Communique notes fighting south of Novorossisk and in the Caucasus, Luftwaffe attacks on enemy columns, and continued North African offensives with losses to Allied weapons. Transport sunk off Algiers and submarine activity noted near Norway and in English coastal storms.
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Radio
Berlin
High Command
Kharkov
Sea of Azov
Orel
Caucasus
Krasnodar
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Kusk
Lake Ladoga
Algiers
Aegean Sea
Norwegian
Germany
England
Japs Plan Renewed Attacks On China
Tokyo says Japan will take all measures to crush Chungking resistance and launch a broader offensive in central China. Reports note heavy Japanese attacks along the Yangtze valley and incursions near Nanchang and Changsha as northern Hunan and Kiangsi areas come under pressure.
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London
Tokyo
Reuters
Japan
Chungking
Coyne China
Yangtze
Shasi-Ichang
Chiang Ek
Hunan Province
Changsha
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Gandhi Is Growing Still Weaker Today
Mohan Das K. Gandhi aged 73, leader of the Indian nationalist movement, grows weaker on the ninth day of his fast against internment. A government bulletin notes he slept poorly, is not refreshed, and shows heart weakness with rising worry about his condition amid uremia and declining mental alertness.
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Bombay
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Saateibedr
Gandhi
Solons Fight War Tax Idea To Cap High Salaries
President Roosevelt backs a 25 000 salary cap as part of a proposed war time super tax. The House Ways and Means Committee weighs a 50 to 90 percent levy on net incomes top earnings may hit 100 percent per treasury plan. Critics call the measure confiscatory and communistic as debate opens in Washington.
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Washington
Doughton
N. C
House Ways and Means
D. Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Treasury
D.-N.c
Ways and Means Group
Five Die As B-24 Crashes At Tucson Airport
A Consolidated B-24 taking off for San Diego crashed near Tucson airport injuring 12 and killing five. All victims were Consolidated Aircraft Corp employees from the San Diego plant. The craft caught fire and the investigation continues.
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Army
Tucson
San Diego
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Harold E. Peck
H. W. May
M. G. Revy
Consolidated
Goble and Revy
Flight Service Department
Tucson Zoning Bill Advances Then Fails Emergency Move
Phoenix Feb 18 The Arizona House passed the Tucson zoning bill 32 to 23 but failed to secure 39 votes for emergency status, sending it to the Senate as an ordinary measure for consideration.
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Phoenix
Arizona House of Representatives
Tucson
Senate
Two Bank Tax Figures Prompt Swift Arizona Inquiry
The Arizona house ordered a rapid inquiry into bank tax figures used to justify Gov. Osborn’s veto of house bill No. 18. The rules committee will report findings and may call tax commission members before an executive session. One sponsor said the figures implied saving about $51,000.
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Phoenix
Artz
Arizona Tax Commission
House
W. G. Rosenbaum
Gila
Frank W. Sharpe Jr
Cochise County
Tax Commission
Halder Restored to Nazi Command
Stockholm Feb 18 Gen Franz Halder has been restored as chief of the German army general staff, replacing Gen Kurt Zeitzler who had taken the post last fall. Aftonbladet said the change created a stark shift in operations, with Halder described as no Nazi who could set aside personal prestige when the Reich faced threats.
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Stockholm
Franz Halder
Kurt Zeitzler
Aftonbladet
Halder
Reich
Krueger Takes Command Of New American Sixth Army
Lieut General Walter Krueger arrives in Australia to lead the newly formed Sixth Army in the Southwest Pacific. Secretary Stimson notes the move reflects growing American forces and MacArthur remains commander in chief of Allied forces in the region. Maj. Gen. Courtney Hodges succeeds Krueger in the 3rd Army.
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Lieut. Gen
Krueger
Washington
Walter Krueger
Australia
6Th Army
Southwest Pacific
War Stimson
3Rd Army
San Antonio
Tex
Douglas MacArthur
Stimson
MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
Eichelberger
New Guinea
Courtney H. Hodges
Deferment Of Fathers Bill Wins Approval
The House military affairs committee approved Rep. Paul J. Kilday’s bill to grant draft deferment priorities to fathers by a 23 to 2 vote. The measure would reorder drafting: single men with no dependents, then single men with dependents, married men with no children, and married men with children, while preserving existing agricultural and deferment protections.
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Washington
U.P
House Military Affairs Committee
Paul J. Kilday
Tex
Paul V. McNutt
Paul Stewart
D-Okla
Kilday
McNutt
Army
Mme Chiang Urges U S Aid to Crush Japan In War Debate
Mme Chiang Kai-shek addressed the House urging U S support to defeat Japan, warning that holding on to occupied Asian resources strengthens Japan and endangers Americans and Chinese. She noted shifts in opinion on Japan's strength since 1937 and after Pearl Harbor, calling Midway and Coral Sea victories steps forward.
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Washington
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
House of Representatives
United Nations
Japan
Damocles
Germany
Sun-Tse
Mme. Chiang
China
Pearl Harbor
Malaya
China Sea
Hitler
United States Navy
Midway
Coral Sea
Axis Gains Fail To Change General Tunisian Situation
German successes along the south central Tunisian front stall Allied moves toward the sea. Rommel widens the battle zone by driving Americans toward the Algerian border and links Afrika Korps with von Arnim forces, signaling costly fighting ahead as Axis aims to push up the coast from the Mareth line. The British Eighth Army advances as Afrika Korps falls back.
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Dnieper
Orel
Moscow
Kursk
Russia
Ukraine
Kharkov
Donets Basin
Faid Pass
Rommel
Tunisia
Sidi Bouzid
Gafsa
Sbeitla
Feriana
U. S
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
First Army
Cairo
Bernard L. Montgomery
Medenine
Foam
Axis
Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Tunisian
Marshal Rommel
Afrika Korps
von Arnim
Sidi Bou Zid
Sheitla
Mareth
National League Buys Phils To Be Resold
The National League took over ownership of the debt ridden Philadelphia Phils appointing a five member board to operate the club while a new owner is sought. Ford Frick said resale could occur within seven days and noted the league paid for most shares including 2,600 held by Gerry Nugent. The purchase price was not disclosed, but reported at ten dollars per share.
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Philadelphia
National League
Philadelphia Phils
Ford Frick
Frick
Gerry Nugent
Large plane crashes into Frye Packing plant in Seattle
A large airplane struck the Frye Packing company plant on Airport Way and exploded, igniting the building. Witnesses said most or all of the crew likely perished, as flames spread across the 100 foot area and shot 50 feet into the air. Billie Barnes from the Smith tower described the low flight from the northeast with a smoke trail.
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Seattle
Frye Packing Company
Airport Way
Billie Barnes
Smith Tower
Rift in Commons Shown by Dispute Over Beveridge Policy
London symmetry in political strife as the House of Commons defeats a Labour amendment 335 to 119 over the Beveridge social security program. Labor members abstain from party lines, dissenting from Churchill government policy, with Herbert Morrison defending the government's stance.
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London
House of Commons
Labor Party
Churchill
House
Herbert Morrison
War Cabinet
Memers
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