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February 12, 1941

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HANOVER SET AFIRE; 6-Hour Attack Compared to Raid on Coventry -- Ports Also Bombed 8 OTHER REICH TOWNS HIT Germans Fail to Strike Back in Britain, but Report 41 R.A.F. Planes Destroyed HANOVER SET AFIRE IN WIDE R.A.F. RAIDS

By James MacDonaldspecial Cable To the New York Times

LONDON, Wednesday, Feb. 12 -- In one of the biggest bombing attacks -- if not the biggest -- thus far made by the Royal Air Force in this war, many squadrons of British planes pounded the industrial district of Hanover, home of many varied factories, for six hours Monday night and yesterday morning, leaving it a sea of blazing fires, according to reports given out here.

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Diplomats in Italy Restricted to Rome; Order Designed to Control Information; DIPLOMATS IN ITALY MUST STAY IN ROME

By Herbert L. Matthewsby Telephone To the New York Times

Word hotel to be dropped; Ital Albergo to be used

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ANY ORIENT THREAT HELD NO BAR TO AID; Roosevelt Says Clash Would Not Affect Help to Britain -- Japan's Envoy Arrives ANY ORIENT THREAT HELD NO BAR TO AID

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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REPORTS ON TALKS; Willkie Tells Roosevelt of Efficient British War Production IRISH BASES DISCUSSED Describes Three Interviews With Churchill -- Discounts Talk of Official Post WILLKIE PUTS DATA BEFORE ROOSEVELT

By Frank L. Kluckhohnspecial To the New York Times

rept that Lord Craigavon turned down de Valera conditional proposal for use of air bases in Eire

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DIES WINS IN HOUSE, SUFFERS COLLAPSE AFTER FLOOR CLASH; Life of Inquiry Extended After Bitter Exchanges Between Chairman and Dickstein TEXAN GOES TO HOSPITAL Must Rest for Week, Physician Says -- Criticisms by New Yorker Are Expunged DIES WINS IN HOUSE; SUFFERS COLLAPSE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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1941Dominguinhos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and accordion player (died 2013)^[†]

José Domingos de Morais, better known as Dominguinhos, was a Brazilian composer, accordionist and singer. His principal musical influences were the music of Luiz Gonzaga, Forró and in general the music of the Sertão in the Brazilian Northeast. He further developed this typical Brazilian musical style, born out of the European, African and Indian influences in north-eastern Brazil, creating a unique style of Brazilian Popular Music.

1941Naomi Uemura, Japanese mountaineer and explorer (died 1984)^[†]

Naomi Uemura was a Japanese adventurer who was known particularly for his solo exploits. For example, he was the first person to reach the North Pole solo, the first person to raft the Amazon River solo, and the first person to climb Denali solo.

Headlines from February 12, 1941

HANOVER SET AFIRE; 6-Hour Attack Compared to Raid on Coventry -- Ports Also Bombed 8 OTHER REICH TOWNS HIT Germans Fail to Strike Back in Britain, but Report 41 R.A.F. Planes Destroyed HANOVER SET AFIRE IN WIDE R.A.F. RAIDS

Diplomats in Italy Restricted to Rome; Order Designed to Control Information; DIPLOMATS IN ITALY MUST STAY IN ROME

ANY ORIENT THREAT HELD NO BAR TO AID; Roosevelt Says Clash Would Not Affect Help to Britain -- Japan's Envoy Arrives ANY ORIENT THREAT HELD NO BAR TO AID

REPORTS ON TALKS; Willkie Tells Roosevelt of Efficient British War Production IRISH BASES DISCUSSED Describes Three Interviews With Churchill -- Discounts Talk of Official Post WILLKIE PUTS DATA BEFORE ROOSEVELT

DIES WINS IN HOUSE, SUFFERS COLLAPSE AFTER FLOOR CLASH; Life of Inquiry Extended After Bitter Exchanges Between Chairman and Dickstein TEXAN GOES TO HOSPITAL Must Rest for Week, Physician Says -- Criticisms by New Yorker Are Expunged DIES WINS IN HOUSE; SUFFERS COLLAPSE

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