Roosevelt warns of reverses as war stretches on
President Roosevelt cautions Americans that they still face reverses and misfortunes in war. The warning follows the North Atlantic disaster with over 850 lives lost in torpedoed passenger ships and new price freezes on five fresh vegetables to curb speculative gains. He praises Soviet victories but warns against premature celebrations and notes ongoing global war pressures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Office of Price Administration
Burgoyne
Saratoga
Joseph Stalin
America
Red Army
Navy: Ship Sinkings Lower This Quarter Yet Submarine Threat Remains
Secretary Knox said three month ship sinkings were at a lower rate but the submarine menace remains grave. He cited the Atlantic U boat sunk by an American destroyer and a Pacific submarine destroyed by an armed merchant crew. He warned against overestimating current lull, noting weather may influence rates and urged continued production of destroyers and escorts.
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Washington
U.P
Flox
Knox
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
South Pacific
J.G
Charles E. Southern
OPA Sets Permanent Egg Ceilings and Veg Price Controls
The Office of Price Administration announced permanent wholesale egg ceilings and five fresh vegetable ceilings. Wholesale egg prices will average about 40 cents a dozen for spring to 48–49 cents in late fall, with markup regulations to follow. Vegetable prices for tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, peas, and beans will be kept no higher than last week’s levels.
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Washington
U.P
Office of Price Administration
OPA
French Fleet In Egypt May Soon Join Allies
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said negotiations were under way for the French fleet demilitarized at Alexandria to join the Allied cause. Talks between British and French commanders have been ongoing since France fell. He noted continued discussions with American authorities at Martinique for cooperation by French warships in the West Indies. The fleet at Alexandria includes the Lorraine, four cruisers, five destroyers and at least two submarines.
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Washington
UPR
Frank Knox
Alexandria
Ypt
Godfrey
France
Knox
Martinique
West Indies
Entertainers among victims of Pan American Yankee Clipper crash
The Pan American Airways Yankee Clipper sank in the Tagus last night with at least 23 deaths of 39 aboard. A US group of entertainers traveling to perform at military camps included Jane Frohman and others. search for missing bodies continued as rescue and recovery efforts proceeded.
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Lisbon
Pan American Airways
Tagus River
Jane Frohman
Roy
Jean Rognan
Lorraine and
Rognan
Gypsy Markoff
Grace Drysdale
Elsa Harris Silver
Yvette
Tamara Swann
Miss Swann
United Service Organizations
United States Legation
Department of State
Miss Silver
Beaten Path Route Ousts Slain Student Shot Near Curtis Home
Richard Caffrey 16 walked a familiar path between the Caffrey East Adams street home and the Hatley yard near Curtis East Drachman garage. Curtis, at 2249 East Drachman, fired after pursuing the fleeing boy, who died en route to the hospital from a .38 wound. Police checked footprints with no conclusive match to Caffrey.
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Jack Diehl Curtis
Arizona Inn
East Drachman Street
Richard Caffrey
Harold Bell
Caffrey
East Adams Street
E. C. Hatley
Curtis
Young Caffrey
Hatley
Caffreys
Hatleys
Young Caffery
Joseph Weinzapfel
Weinzapfel
Caffery
Page
Bombers raid Japanese bases in North and South Pacific
United States bombers struck targets in the North Pacific at Kiska and in the South Pacific hitting Vila on Kolombangara and Munda on New Georgia. All U S planes returned safely, according to Navy communique 290.
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Washington
South Pacific
Munda
Solomon Islands
Navy
United States
North Pacific
Kiska
Liberator
Vila
Kolombangara
New Georgia Island
Anniversary Of Reds Observed By More Gains
Moscow reports the Red army on its 25th anniversary wiping out an enemy garrison above Stalino and killing 3000 more troops in northern Ukraine. Soviet gains push from OreL in south Russia to the north west Caucasus as tanks and infantry rout Axis forces.
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Moscow
U.P
Reds
Stalino
Ukraine
Orel
Josef Stalin
Russia
Red Army
Ore
Caucasus
Stailino
Kramatorsk
Kharkov
Senate Committee Backs Ratification of River Compact
In Phoenix on February 23 the senate, acting as a committee of the whole, urged unconditional ratification of the Santa Fe river compact despite concerns on Arizona water rights. Sen. Paul Richards opposed, warning public opinion favors delay and noting no governor’s candidate supports ratification.
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Phoenix
Senate
California
Arizona
Paul Richards
Graham County
Richards
Washington
Sen. Richards
James E. Babbitt
Coconino
H. H. D’autremont
Pima
Colorado River Commission
Secretary of Interior
Soldiers To Help In Phoenix Fields
Troop units will aid harvest of long staple cotton near Phoenix Arizona as part of a new policy approved by President Roosevelt. Units from nearby installations will work in Pinal and Maricopa counties with both white and Negro troops. The plan aims to relieve farm labor shortages but faces Senate criticism that cultivation requires skilled labor and cannot be handled by untrained troops.
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Washington
U.R
Phoenix
Ariz
War Department
Roosevelt
Joseph T. McNarney
Army
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ellison D. Smith
S. C
Pinal
Maricopa County
McNarney
Senate
Smith
Harlan J. Bushfield, R
S. D
Bushfield
Hampton P. Fulmer
House Agriculture Committee
British Infant Born In Phoenix May Pick U S
Phoenix February 23. Carrolle Anne Paton infant daughter of Flight Lieutenant R R A Paton of the RAF may become an American citizen at age 21. Paton said the child would choose her country when she is twenty one, while noting the RAF training at Falcon Field.
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Phoenix
Carrolle Anne Paton
R.R.A. Paton
RAF
Great Britain
Carrolle Anne
Falcon Field
Paton
Britain
United States
Wheat quotas suspended to insure supply
Secretary Wickard suspended AAA marketing quotas on wheat to ensure adequate wartime supplies for human food and livestock feed. The order affects 1942 and 1943 crop quotas, lifting penalties on excess 1942 wheat and allowing overplanting for 90 percent of AAA goals to qualify for benefit payments and wheat loans.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
AAA
United States
Allies Hope to Strike Now or Risk Missed Chance
Stalin warns the Allies to act quickly to finish Germany while time favors an attack in 1943. He cites German losses as a warning, echoed by Under secretary Patterson that no time remains to safeguard a decisive victory against Nazism.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Josef Stalin
Europe
Stalin
Germany
Robert Patterson
Hitler
Churchill
Roosevelt
Rickenbacker blasts prompt labor leaders response
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker addressed the New York legislature prompting Democratic leaders to demand a reply from labor groups. Governor Dewey and lawmakers received telegrams from CIO official Leo Jandreau urging labor access to respond. Some leaders praised the aviator while criticizing his anti labor rhetoric as aiding labor-baiting factions.
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Albany
Eddie Rickenbacker
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Leo Jandreau
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America
District 3
CIO
Labor
Rickenbacker
John J. Dunnigan
Senate
Axis Still Tries To Crack Line In Tunisia
Allied forces halt Rommel’s advance near Thala and Kasserine pass as American and British defenses hold. Luftwaffe and Allied air power battle for control of the Kasserine gap with tanks, trucks, and reinforcements under heavy fire.
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Axis
Tunisia
Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Thala
Kasserine Pass
Tebessa
Kasserine Gap
Rommel
Kasserine
Kremamsa
Djebel Hamma
United States Twelfth Air Force
Boston
Gandhi in serious condition after 14th day of fast
Poona India Feb 23 Mohandas K Gandhi remains in serious condition on the 14th day of his hunger strike. A government bulletin says he is comfortable and can speak briefly to doctors though his heart weakens. He endures long days in a small palace room under careful guard with matting on the floor and only a table for water and lime juice.
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Poona
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
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Tay Sandor
Klein
Egypt
Lorraine
North
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Phoenix Fields
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
U.S
Sumner Welles
Finland
Hollow Hockery
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