Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Current Events February 1, 1943; NORTH AFRICAN SHOWDOWN AS GERMAN TANK ATTACK REPULSED / U. S. RELINQUISHES TERRITORIAL RIGHT TO CHINA:


      The Portsmouth Herald Weaker forecast

          PORTSMOUTH, N. H., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1943.

Yank Troops Stab At Germans
In 3 Central Tunisian Sectors
Hint Aerial -Screened
Fight May Lead To
No. African Showdown
British Forces Repulse
German Tank Attack
London, Feb. 1 — United States troops were stabbing
at German positions in three central Tunisian sectors today
in aerially screened operations that may lead to the
long-awaited general offensive and the final battle for
North Africa.
British forces in the Roboa area ta the north met and
repulsed a German attack led by 52-ton tanks, the monstrous
new Mark Vl's, which are shielded by seven-inch thick
armor and mount 88-millimeter guns. The British
wrecked two of the Mark Vl's and four lighter tanks.
The British Eighth, army moved
westward again less than 35 miles from the frontier of Tunisia, following
patrols Which already hive speared into the French protectorate,
further shortening the corridor left to Marshal Rommel and Col.
Gen. Jurgen von Arnim.
U. S,, British Planes In Fight

FDR Home; Ready To Start
U. S. 'Win-The-War' Action
Confers
With Top
Advisors

FDR Transmits Bill
To Senate Giving Up
U.S. Rights In China
Washington, Feb. 1 (AP)—President Roosevelt transmitted to the
Senate today, with a. request for ratification, the treaty by which the
United States relinquishes extraterritorial rights in China.
The treaty was signed here Jan, 11 by Secretary Hull and the
Chinese ambassador.

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