Planes and tanks press Rommel to Kasserine pass
Allied forces pounded Rommel's armored units back toward the Kasserine pass in Tunisia as air fleets dominated the battle area. British and American troops disrupted German armor and supply lines near Thala and Djebel Hamra, with significant prisoner gains and heavy losses reported. Churchill endorses India's Gandhi stance.
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Kasserine Pass
Rommel
Eighth Army
Medenine
Mareth Line
Gabes
Virgil Pinkley
North Africa
U.P
Erwin Rommel
Kasserine Gap
Thala
Tunisia
Kasserine
el Alamein
Bernard L. Montgomery
Djebel Hamra
Kaiserfine Pass
Soviets Break German Line Near Orel Advance Toward Kiev
Soviet forces pierced a strong German defense below Orel and expanded gains in Ukraine. The mid day communique reported 600 German officers and men killed or captured, with Lebedin Akhtyrka and Konotop reached as Soviet drives edge toward Kiev, 128 miles away.
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Moscow
U.P
Red Army
Orel
Ukraine
Malo Archangelsk
Lebedin
Kharkov
Konotop
Bryansk
Sumy
Akhtyrka
Kiev
Russia
Dneiper
Poltava
Krasnoarmeiskoye
Stalino
Armed Services Need Many More Dentists
Paul V. McNutt chairman of the War Manpower Commission told the Chicago Dental Society that about 6,500 dentists will be needed by the armed forces as wartime dislocations expand dental service gaps. He noted thousands more may relocate from their current locales to states like New York California Illinois and Pennsylvania to meet demand.
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Chicago
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Chicago Dental Society
Armed Services
New York
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Churchill Ill With Pneumonia Reported From Downing Street
London February 24 A Downing Street bulletin disclosed for the first time that Prime Minister Winston Churchill has been suffering from pneumonia. The message said there is general improvement and that the pneumonia is clearing though his tenure has not yet settled. It also noted he is suffering from acute catarrh and had been in bed since last week.
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London
No. 10
Downing Street
Winston Churchill
S Ly
Ate
Army's 2nd Front Is Cotton Fields
Washington February 24 The Navy reports a new surge of aerial activity in the Solomons with five American attacks on Japanese positions. A Japanese raid on Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides was described as light with no details. Earlier strikes on Munda in the central Solomons marked the 75th and 76th attacks since late November. Several fires were started.
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Washington
Solomons
U. S S
Espiritu Santo
New Hebrides Islands
Navy
Munda
Utility Won’t Pave Price To Physical Value
Tucson citizens’ public utility committee heard two proposals for Tucson Gas Light & Power, including a verbal offer to sell the plant for bonds only. C H Nichols, president of Federal Light & Traction, pegged the price at 9.1 million plus deposits and limited open time. Nichols argued the firm offer should not stay open indefinitely and opened company books for review. The plan promised operating profits to fund the debt and potential rate cuts, aiming to make Tucson tax free within 15 to 30 years.
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Tucson
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Citizens’ Public Utility Committee
William R. Mathews
Mathews
New York
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction Co
City of
Nichols
Federal Light & Traction
Army to use Arizona troops to harvest long staple cotton
Phoenix reports Col. Fred M. Logan ordered Arizona camps to send troops to pick long staple cotton as soon as growers' manpower needs are assessed. About 15 000 acres remain unpicked, with 7 500 bales potentially saved if Army labor is deployed. State gov Osborn sought Army help earlier but no action taken.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fred M. Logan
Ninth Corps Service Command
Arizona
Olds Relieved of Command Due to Illness at Fort George Wright
Maj. Gen. Robert Olds is relieved as commander of the Second Air Force because of an illness similar to arthritis. He will be hospitalized in Tucson for treatment and will receive a new assignment after recovery. No successor named yet. Olds has led heavy bombardment training and ferried units since 1937.
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Fort George Wright
Wash
Robert Olds
Second Air Force
Army
Tampa
Fla
Third Air Force
Ferry Command
Tucson
Ariz
Olds
Davis-Monthan Field
Jap Warship Is Hit 3 Times In Rabaul Attack
Allied Flying Fortresses attacked Rabaul on New Britain Island hitting a cruiser or large destroyer with three 500 pound bombs and damaging a 7 000 ton cargo ship by bombs close to it. The strike also hit water front installations causing fires. It was the second consecutive night of bombing.
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MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Rabaul
New Britain
Sikkkum Bay
Drafting Fathers May Be Deferred By Congress
Washington reflects heated debate over exempting fathers from military service. Sen. Wheeler proposes a broad amendment to the selective service act to draft older men while exempting fathers living with families, aiming to relieve troops for harvest aid. House sponsor Rep. Kilday suggests classifications to defer fathers until all able bachelors and childless married men are drafted.
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Washington
Sen
Wheeler
Mont
Kilday
Tex
Turkey may enter war, president says cannot stay out
Ismet Inonu announces in radio remarks that Turkey cannot remain out of the war, signaling a potential switch from neutrality as Axis retreat in south Russia reduces threat and Allied moves bolster Turkish alignment. The statement, recorded by the Office of War Information, hints Turkey will side with Allies rather than Axis.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Radio Ankara
Office of War Information
Inonu
Curtis Held On Second Degree Murder Charge
Jack D. Curtis, Arizona bar tender, was arraigned on a second degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of 16 year old Richard Caffrey. He pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing set for 9 30 a m Saturday. Bond fixed at 1500. The charge relies on claimed malice and intent to kill. Coroner's jury addressed the case as court clashes erupted over testimony by Curtis's wife.
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Jack D. Curtis
Arizona
Ian Bartender
Richard Caffrey
Justice Court
Roy Robinson
J. Mercer Johnson
Johnson
Caffrey
Curtis
Clarence E. Houston
Chester Gardner
Houston
Floreen
Gardner
Importing Shoes From Mexico Is Prohibited
NOGALES Ariz Feb 24 The importation of shoes and green coffee from Mexico was prohibited today without surrender of proper rationing stamps announced by U S customs department Officials said OPA issued the ruling through the customs branch The ruling tightens border restrictions due to rationing Sugar roast coffee and other rationed articles were previously banned without stamps
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Nogales
Ariz
Mexico
U. S
Customs Department
OPA
Lend-Lease Bill Passes House Committee Unanimously
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted unanimously to extend the lend-lease act for one year, linking aid to war partners through July 1944. After weeks of hearings, amendments were proposed, including a bid to secure American interests in foreign airfields for postwar civilian use.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Liberators Hit Messina Harbor in Sicily Strike
United States Liberator bombers of the ninth air force attacked the harbor and ferry slips at Messina Sicily by daylight yesterday. Messina serves as an important ferry link for Axis supplies and personnel from the Italian mainland to Tunisian operations.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ninth Air Force
Messina
Sicily
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Kairouan
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Peril
Mareth
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Douiat
el Aeuana
Sousse
Dehibat Uezzer
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Sidi
Tour
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Gandhi
New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Tej Bahadur Sapru
Marquess of Linlithgow
Government of
India
Mr. Gandhi
Congress Party
United Nations
Henry Shapiro
Solomon Islands
Gen. Olds
South Seas
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
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