Red Ski Troops Sweep Toward Orel in Soviet Drive
Soviet ski troops and infantry surged across a 45 mile front west of Kharkov toward Orel in heavy snow. They reported wiping out 3 000 Germans and encircling a large garrison near Lyubotin while expanding toward Bryansk and Kursk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shapiro
Scow
U.P
Orel
Kharkov
Dnieper
Kursk
Stockholm
Daily Telegraph
London
Erwin Rommel
Afrika Korps
Tunisia
Russia
Berlin
Red Army
Aiier Pl
Bryansk
Yelets-Orel
Caucasus
Moscow
Federal Communications Commission
Europe
Pavda
Lyubotin
Poltava
Vatican Rebukes Laval Regime Over Forced Labor
The Vatican radio condemns compulsory labor measures in Vichy France, opposing transfer of French youths to German war industries. OWI reports the church will not recognize regimes based on forced labor, expropriation, or family dispersal, urging respect for bodily, spiritual, and moral freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican Radio
Vichy
Office of War Information
Vatican
OWL
Catholic Church
OWI
Toulouse
Laval
U Boats Bases Hit as British Bombers Strike Wilhelmshaven
British four engined bombers pounded Wilhelmshaven in northwest Germany for the second straight night. Fourteen planes were lost in the heavy attack as bombs rained on shipyards docks and port facilities. The raid aimed to curb Germany's U boat warfare and hinder Allied efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Air Ministry
RAF
Winston Churchill
West Germany
France
Bomber Command
Newsprint curtailment held in abeyance by WPB
The War Production Board suspended the second scheduled newsprint cut of up to 10 percent set for April 1 after a Ottawa meeting with Canada’s newsprint administrator R L Weldon and improved eastern Canadian pulpwood supplies. WPB officials Chandler and Sterling said the suspension does not affect existing newsprint use orders.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
R. L. Weldon
Canada
WPB Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee
W. G. Chandler
WPB Printing and Publishing Division
Donald J. Sterling
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
American Navy Bombards Attu in Aleutians First Surface Action Since Aug 8
U P reports US surface forces struck Attu island bases in the western Aleutians with no observed results and no casualties. The same day Japanese float planes were shot down in a attempted air raid. New raids on Kolombangara and Munda in the Solomons were also announced.
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Washington
U.P
Aleutians
Attu Island
Navy
Holtz Bay
Chichagof Harbor
Attu
Kolombangara
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Kiska
Pacific Fleet
U. S
Agattu
U.S. Moves to Halt Illegal Meat Sales in Chicago
Federal officials announced plans to file more than 100 injunctions against country slaughterers and meat wholesalers in the Chicago area to stop illicit slaughtering. OPA regional head Raymond S. McKeough and official Alex Elson said criminal charges may follow as investigations continue. The American Meat Institute urged rapid action to protect health and meet wartime meat needs.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Alex Elson
Office of Price Administration
Raymond S. McKeough
OPA
Elson
Institute
Tax Board admits error in bank tax figures
Phoenix February report shows tax commission officials told the legislature they overstated bank taxes for 1942 by about 198 thousand dollars. Secretary C L Standage revised the total to 485,992 including 198,673 paid to the fed government. Bankers’ association figures later show 235,926.59 paid and potential savings of 56,000 if taxed on net income rather than capital stock.
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Phoenix
Tax Commission
Osborn
Arizona Bankers’ Association
C. L. Standage
Commission
Standage
House
R. A. Becker
Bankers’ Association
U S Seeks Land Here For Wartime Purposes
Phoenix February 20 The war department in U S district court seeks acreage in Pinal and Pima counties for wartime use Judge Dave Ling disclosed The owners named include Clemens Cattle Company Bench S Cattle Company Charles H Galleher and Frances Wallen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
War Department
U. S. District Court
Pinal
Pima
Dave Ling
Clemens Cattle Company
The
Bench S. Cattle Company
Charles H. Galleher
Frances Wallen
Four Jap Vessels Set Ablaze By Yankee Fliers
Gen MacArthur reports heavy raid on Buin area with Flying Fortresses and Catalinas hitting ships totalling 27 000 tons. Bombers attacked supply dumps and bays at Kahili Ballale and Lae areas with multiple ships set afire and several aircraft downed.
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Yankee
Don Caswell
MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Buin
Guadalcanal
Kahili
Ballale Island
Gandhi Weakens as 21 Day Fast Reaches Halfway Mark
In Bombay on February 20 Mohandas K. Gandhi 73 ailing Indian nationalist leader grows steadily weaker barely able to speak at the halfway point of his 21 day fast. Doctors led by Bidhan Chandra Bose monitor him at the Aga Khan palace in Poona protesting his detention by the British as an instigator of last summer's riots.
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Bombay
U.P
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Bidhan Chandra Bose
Gandhi
Devadas
Aga Khan
Poona
Russians Drive German Forces Back Amid Caucasus Stakes
Russian offense advances toward the Dnieper after seizing Rostov Kharkov and Voroshilovgrad while closing on Orel. In Africa British Eighth Army breaches Mareth line and primes flanking moves. Americans shift to hills near Algerian border as western air war continues.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Russia
Dnieper
Rostov
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Orel
Africa
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Europe
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Lorient
Caucasus
Donets
Americans In Tunisia Repel Axis Attacks
Allied troops defend a stabilized central Tunisian line near Sbiba and Kasserine, crushing Rommel's thrusts toward Tebessa. German armor losses are heavy in clashes with U S and British forces, while General Sir Harold Alexander takes command of all Allied ground troops in Tunisia under Eisenhower. Weather hampers resupply and may affect timetable.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
United States
Tunisia
Erwin Rommel
Tebessa
Sbeitla
Kasserine
Sbiba
Harold Alexander
Eighth Army
Near East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War News From Tunisian Front and Draft Policy Debate
Allied communiques show air operations halted by weather as Axis probes near Sbeitla and Kasserine while American, British, and French troops withdraw from forward Ousseltia valley positions. The House committee favors draft deferments for family men, maintaining heads of families can be inducted later under rules. Prisoners total near 3,000, with German patrols mauled and Feriana as a key engagement point.
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Tunisia
Ousseltia
Pont du Fahs
Shiba
Sbeitla
Sidi Bouzid
Kasserine
Kasserine Gap
William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Armed Services
Sheitla
Feriana
Berlin
Ousseltia Valley
New Ship Christened By Mrs H M Lavender
Mrs Harry M Lavender of Douglas wife of the Phelps Dodge general manager christened the S. S. Benjamin Lundy with champagne at the California Shipbuilding Corporation. Her daughter Mrs Hubert Merryweather of Douglas served as matron of honor and J H Wadsworth industrial relations manager acted as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Lavender
Douglas
Phelps Dodge Corporation
S. S. Benjamin
Arizona Wildcats Reach Border Conference Final
Arizona defeated Texas Tech 54 to 41 to earn a spot in the Border Conference tournament final in Albuquerque. Cullen led with 18 points, Cox had 15 for Tech, and Arizona will face West Texas State for the title after leading 29 to 15 at halftime. The Lobos beat Hardin-Simmons 64 to 43 in the consolation bracket.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arizona University
Texas Tech
Arizona
Wildcats
Cullen
Cox
West Texas State Buffaloes
New Mexico University Lobos
Hardin-Simmons University
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Martarys
Kairouan
Gafs
Etunisias
Imahdia
Red Ski
U.S. Navy
Sidney J. Williams
Aleutian Island
Aleutian Islands
U.S
Tax Board
New Britain
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Bitibum
Angari
Lae
Military Affairs Committee
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H. M. Lavender
U. A
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