Army Delays Cotton Harvest Plans in Arizona
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said plans to use Army personnel to pick Arizona cotton were paused for an emergency verification. A farm security administration spokesman said 1,920 workers had entered Arizona with about 600 remaining, noting no wage disputes but housing complaints and limited cotton left to harvest. The military necessity claim cited long staple cotton for parachutes. some Arizona farmers considered switching crops due to picker shortages.
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Washington
Henry Lee
Arizona
Stimson
Roosevelt
Farm Security Administration
FSA
War Department
Phoenix
Bureau of Agricultural Marketing
Farm Rpecurity Administration
Congress
Officials Told Keep Still About Arizona Cotton Harvest
In Phoenix on February 25 officials declined to discuss the fate of around 12 000 acres of long staple Egyptian American cotton in Arizona. The unpicked cotton likely accounts for about 11 percent of the 52 000 bale crop, with urgency to harvest or risk switching to easier crops as fields prepare for next season.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
W. S. Department of Agriculture
Fred M. Logan
Ninth Service Command
Ft. Douglas
Utah
Logan
U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Few Hundreds More Yank Planes Could Oust Japs In China
Chinese foreign minister T. V. Soong said a few hundred American planes could let Chinese forces start an offensive to drive Japan from China. He declined to give an exact plane number, noting air power as the key factor and indicating far fewer than a thousand might suffice. Soong spoke after meetings with Hull and Welles amid rising U S support for China war materials.
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H. C. Thompson
Washington
T. V. Soong
China
Soong
Chungking
Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
Japan
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Congress
Council Called Hurriedly For Utility Action
City council summoned by Mayor Henry Jaastad for a 5 p.m. special meeting to hire an engineering firm to prepare a preliminary report on municipal purchase of the Tucson Gas Electric Light and Power Co. A resolution seeks firm work at up to 2500 dollars.
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Federal Light & Traction Co
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Co
Henry 0. Jaastad
Citizen’s Public Utility Committee
Andrew P. Martin
William R. Mathews
New York
C. H. Nichols
Federal Light & Traction
Mathews
Nichols
Jacome
Motion Martin
Alex Jacome
Tucson
Council
Secret Rations In Congress In Gas Disclosed
Washington weighs possible backlash as details emerge of a secret congressional service ration board set up to supply tires and gasoline to senators and representatives. The OPA confirms an unlisted fast‑action unit existed to handle gas requests, though most lawmakers reportedly already used the service.
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Washington
Sclons
Office of Price Administration
Congressional Service
OPA
Speedy Special Service Board
Soviets Using Yankee Tanks To Advantage
Soviet forces led by American and British tanks, including Klim-Voroshilov models, captured villages south of Orel while advancing toward Poltava and Korsun regions. U.S. tanks reportedly aided offensives west of Moscow along the Smolensk highway as the Red Army pressed westward despite spring thaw.
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Moscow
U.P
Klim- Voroshilov
Orel
Poltava
Klim
U. S
Stockholm
Berlin
Smolensk
Red Army
Kharkov
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Krasnodar
Sea of Azov
Ukraine
High Command
Soviet Information Bureau
McNutt Faces Congressional Fight Over War Job Plan
Washington date line reports Paul V. McNutt, wartime manpower chief, confronts a funding battle with Congress over his plan to reshape work assignments for up to 70 million Americans. The House Appropriations Committee refused the $2.454 million he says is needed to build the U. S. Employment Service and enforce his work or fight policy. McNutt also complains Senate confirmation requirements hinder staff recruitment as he weighs options including resignation or pushing through despite opposition.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
U. S. Employment Service
Senate
WMC
McNutt
Price
Leon Henderson
Major Bills Face Hurdles in Arizona Legislature
In Phoenix two big bills hit snags as the house rejected a conference report on the occupation disease bill and the Senate reopened debate on the teacher retirement act. The house sent the occupational measure back for clarification and defense of a provision shielding small business, while the Senate debated the plan before adjourning to 2 pm with a motion to send it back to committee seen as a potential death sentence.
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Phoenix
House
Conference Committee
Senate
Arizona Industrial Commission
Cecil Bell
Maricopa
Bell
O. L. McDaniel
Capris Department Store
Nogales
Chamber
Bert Colter
Apache
James Minotto
Minotto
Wavell's raiders strike Japanese village near Akyab Burma
British commando like units landed from Royal Indian Navy vessels and held a village 60 miles below Akyab for five hours. Buildings burned, a jetty destroyed, a 100 foot river steamer sunk. Casualties reported as none. Reinforcements reached near Akyab from the northeast as Japanese resistance stiffened elsewhere. Allied air attacks targeted Rabaul and surrounding targets in New Guinea and the South Seas.
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Associated Press
Archibald P. Wavell
Akyab
Burma
Royal Indian Navy
Wavell
India
Far Pacific
New Guinea
Mubo
Douglas MacArthur
Salamaua
United Nations
South Seas
Rabaul
New Britain
Wilhelmshaven Blasted Again by RAF Bombs
RAF bombers attacked the Nazi naval base Wilhelmshaven and targets in western Germany last night with no losses. It was the 16th attack on Germany this month, the air ministry said, as Allied fliers continue a record pace.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
RAF
Stimson Praises U S Troops in Tunisian Fighting
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson lauded American troops for repulsing Axis columns in Tunisia while noting heavy but manageable losses. He credited air support and ground forces, cited Britons aiding the counterattack, and warned of ongoing heavy fighting and a tough front ahead.
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Tunisia
Henry Stimson
Afrika Korps
Washington
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Tebessa
Thala
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
Senate OKs Farm Price Ceiling Change
Senate passed 78 to 2 a bill nullifying the part of Roosevelt stabilization order that deducts government benefit payments in setting farm price ceilings. Only Senators Gerry and Green of Rhode Island voted no. The measure affecting major farm crop price controls moves to the House after brief debate.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Gerry
D-Ri
Green
House
Failure Of Tunisia Attack Seals Rommel Fate
Rommel failed to break Allied lines in central Tunisia and is seen as doomed. He aimed to cut to Tebessa in Algeria and split British and American forces, but the assault faltered. The Americans withstood heavy pressure, likely forcing Rommel to retreat to a defensive stance in the North Africa theater.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Rommel
Tebessa
Algeria
First Army
North Africa
21St Panzer Division
Afrika Korps
Libya
el Alamein
Harold Alexander
Kasserine Pass
Sbeitla
Ousseltia
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Alexander
Egypt
Kasserine Gap
Tunis
Sbiba
Kasserine
Faid Pass
Bernard L. Montgomery
Yesterda
el Aouina
Sicily
Ital
1Harauders
Spitfir
Kasse
Kairouan
Feriana
Gaf
Railroa
Faid
Finland Near End Of Battle With Russians Amid Reports
Finland again faces talk of peace terms with Russia as alleged withdrawal from Germany’s war and security guarantees shape expectations. Berlin and Washington circulate unverified signals of proposed settlements while German troop presence and food shipments influence Finn ally choices.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
Stockholm
Germany
Nazi Ganda
Joseph Goebbels
Harlan County Man Confesses In Africa They Fight Rougher
In Kasserine Valley American troops describe fierce combat with Axis forces. Sgt. William Williams of Nashville recalls shells whizzing by as he directed tank fire. Pvt. Pressley Hornsby of Grays, Ky., says conditions around the Harlan mines surpassed prior battles.
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Harlan County
Africa
Philault
Kasserine Valley
U.P
Thala
Kasserine Pass
Djebel Hamra
William Williams
Nashville, Tenn
Williams
Grant
Pvt
Pressley Hornsby
Grays, Ky
Harlan
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