Second Heaviest Allied Raid on Cologne Rocks City
London dispatch reports hundreds of bombers hit Cologne in a very heavy night raid described as the second heaviest of the war on the German industrial center. About 500 planes participated with four ton bombs and incendiaries, wounding factories and munitions works while light anti aircraft fire met the waves of bombers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Britain
Cologne
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Nuremberg
Air Ministry
Rhineland
Novelist Ursula Parrott Acquitted in Army Morale Case
A federal jury in Miami Beach acquitted novelist Ursula Parrott of charges alleging she impaired army discipline by removing a private from a stockade and aiding a deserter. The judge ruled there was no proof she intended to undermine morale or loyalty of the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Ursula Parrott
John W. Holland
Pvt
Michael Bryan
Roosevelt Recovering From Slight Illness
Washington February 27 President Roosevelt is listed as recovering from a slight intestinal upset with no fever. White House secretary William Hassett said the president is doing very satisfactorily and will rest over the weekend with no engagements scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
William D. Hassett
Roosevelt
Hassett
Ross T. McIntire
Fires Reported From U S Dive Bombing Raid On Munda Island
American dive bombers hit the Japanese air base at Munda in the Solomons starting many fires and destroying at least one plane on the ground. Navy communique notes heavy raid with Dauntless planes and Wildcat escorts, marking a potentially very successful operation amid 77 raids on Munda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Munda
Solomons
Navy
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Bank Tax Law Passed Over Osborn Veto in Arizona
In Phoenix the legislature overrode Gov. Osborn's veto to enact a five percent tax on bank net income and property, with revenues split 50 25 25 among state counties and cities. The measure, identical to a 1941 bill, awaits possible voter referral and takes effect July 1. Governor silent on action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Secretary of State
House
Senate
Arizona State Bankers’ Association
Osborn
Frank W. Sharpe, Jr
Cochise
Senate approves bill to abolish Arizona tax commission
The senate voted 11 to 8 to abolish the Arizona tax commission and substitute a department of revenue. The measure goes to the house without an emergency clause, leaving its fate in doubt without a two thirds majority. Senator Babbitt noted house amendments may remove objections and restore the emergency clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Senate
Arizona Tax Commission
Department of Revenue
House
Osborn
James E. Babbitt
Coconino County
Babbitt
Sen
Paul Richards
Graham County
J. Hubert Smith
Mohave
Angius
Dan Angius
Cochise
Bill Exempting Farmers Faces Test Vote Soon
Sen Bankhead vows a floor showdown next week to halt induction of farm workers into the armed forces. He predicts rapid passage, saying essential food production must continue. If committee tightens, a Senate vote may be sought Thursday or Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest B. Vacarro Washington
Sen. Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
Sen
Johnson
D-Coro
Bankhead
Allied says 3.4 million Nazi executions or deaths reported
London reports that nearly 3.4 million persons had been executed or died in prison in nine Nazi occupied countries by end of 1942. The inter Allied information committee notes the figure relies on German announcements and that many executions and Gestapo deaths were concealed or never revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
inter-Allied Information Committee
United Nations
Gestapo
Anti Strike Law Will Be Pressed
Seattle February 27 Up Harold J Gibson leader of AFL unionists at Boeing Aircraft company predicted thousands of workers will attend a 24 hour meeting Monday instead of working after the War Labor Board postponed wage increase action until Tuesday. If more Washington interruptions occur thousands of workers may join the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Harold J. Gibson
Boeing Aircraft Company
War Labor Board
Washington
Gibson
Pressure mounts for antistrike law on Boeing wage case
Washington February 27 Congress intensifies pressure for antistrike legislation as the war labor board weighs Boeing wage demands. Board rebuked Boeing workers for threatening a work stoppage and said a decision will likely come next week. Eight major California airlines are involved and an antistrike bill is expected in Congress. The board has studied the case since last summer and will deliberate as long as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boeing Aircraft Company
Seattle
Renton
Wash
Boeing
West Coast
War Labor Board
Washington
U.P
Boeing Aircraft Co
WLB
Congress
California
Hitler Tries Vainly To End Red Advances
In the Donets basin near Kramatorsk and Voroshilovgrad region in southern Russia, Hitler orders counterattacks with tanks to halt Soviet advances. The Soviet information bureau said counterattacks were repelled and German losses rose with about 1,300 killed over two days and fourteen German tanks destroyed.
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Hitler
Red
London
Donets
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Kramatorsk
Rostov
Soviet Information Bureau
Red Army
Voroshilovgrad
Trouble Seen In Shift Of Civilian Labor
Washington memo warns McNutt against shifting 2.8 million workers from less essential to essential industries. Weiner proposes adding 4 million workers or extending 54 hour weeks, arguing any reduction risks civilian economy and war production viability. He urges abandoning the term essential activities and basing recruitment on minimum labor requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Schaefle
Washington
U.P
Office of Civilian Supply
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
OCS
Joseph L. Weiner
Weiner
Senate Appropriations
Former Mayor Dowell of Douglas Dies at 62
Shelton G. Dowell, 62, longtime Douglas businessman and former chairman of the Arizona highway commission, died in Luling Texas. Dowell had served as city councilman and mayor of Douglas and led the Knights Templar of Arizona and Royal Arch Masons. He was managing Arizona Gypsum and survived by his wife, a son Shelton Jr., and daughter Mrs. Mary Beth Stogsdil.
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Douglas
Shelton G. Dowell
Arizona Highway Commission
Luling
Tex
Arizona Gypsum Company
Dowell
Knights Templar of
Arizona
Royal Arch Masons
Shelton, Jr
Armed Forces
Mary Beth Stogsdil
German reverses mark week in Russia and Tunisia fronts
The War This Week notes a British American air offensive pounding the Reich. Rommel drives into Algeria but American forces push him back after Kasserine pass gains. In Ukraine the German retreat continues with gains reported in the Donets basin. London cites reverses page reference.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Russia
Tunisia
Reich
Africa
Erwin Rommel
Algeria
Kasserine Pass
Rommel
Ukraine
Sea of Azov
Stalino
Donets
London
Allied troops retake Kasserine in Tunisia drive
Allied forces reoccupied Kasserine and pressed toward Thelepte air field seven miles northeast of Feriana as German demolitions preceded evacuation. British units halted German armor in northern Tunisia with heavy losses while von Arnim’s push between Goubellat and Bou Arada failed. More than 400 Axis prisoners were captured as Allied air and ground actions continued.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Kasserine
Thelepte
Feriana
Erwin Rommél
Tunisia
Jurgen von Arnim
Goubellat
Bou Arada
Pont du Fahs
von Arnim
Rommel
Medjez-El-Bab
el Arossa
Mateur
Britain
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Djebel Mansour
Mateur-Beja
Beja
Yanks Strike Before Dawn At Jap Bases
Flying Fortresses attacked Wewak in New Guinea before dawn on Friday hitting a 5,000 ton Japanese cargo ship directly with two near misses and bombarding the airdrome. Other Fortresses and Liberators damaged three small ships off New Britain and dropped bombs on Gasmata airfield runways and bays. Captain Arthur A. Fletcher of Washington piloted one Fortress in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Caswell
MacArthur
Australia
U.P
Wewak
New Guinea
New Britain
Gasmata
Buna
Arthur A. Fletcher
Washington
75 Miners Trapped in Montana Mine After Explosion
BEARCREEK Montana February 27 Seventy five miners were trapped at the Smith Coal company mine after an explosion. One body recovered three others rescued in critical condition as smoke and gas hampered entry. Rescue crews flown by airplane from Butte to Billings.
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Bearcreek
Mont
Smith Coal Company
Bill Romek
Romek
Butte
Billings
Newspaper Sales Hit Record High In 1942
Philadelphia Feb 27 UP Daily newspaper circulation in the United States rose to 44,492,836 in 1942, up 2,107,029 from 1941. N W Ayer and Sons firm released figures showing Sunday circulation up 3,009,984 while daily papers dropped from 1974 to 1894. Periodicals totaled 6354 versus 6709 a year earlier.
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Philadelphia
United States
N. W. Ayer and Sons
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North Pacific
Kiska
State Commission
America
Chicago
Gustav Stolper
Reichstag
New York Economist
Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America
British Commonwealth
Soviet Russia
Versailles
Geneva
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Tozeur
Gabes
Cagliari
Sardinia
Bizerte
Sicily
Montana
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