US War Dept repts US troopship sunk by enemy action, Eur waters; 1,000 lost; survivors not landed in GB; ship may have been bound for Mediterranean; other troopship losses during war cited

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Eisenhower Tours Invasion Camps As Rommel Inspects Nazi 'Wall'; EISENHOWER TOURS INVASION CENTERS

By Drew Middletonby Cable To the New York Times

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1944Elizabeth Nunez, American novelist (died 2024)^[†]

Elizabeth Nunez was a Trinidadian-American novelist academic who was a Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College, New York City.

Headlines from February 18, 1944

9 JAPANESE SHIPS IN CONVOY SMASHED; Destroyer, 3 Gunboats and 5 Cargo Vessels Bagged -- 51 Enemy Planes Wrecked 9 JAPANESE SHIPS IN CONVOY SMASHED

HOUSE, 249 TO 118, BANS PRICE SUBSIDY; For Bill Likely to Be Vetoed Are 169 Republicans and 78 Among the Democrats PRICE SUBSIDY BAN IS VOTED BY HOUSE

U.S. 9TH AIR FORCE TO LEAD INVASION; Re-formed Into Big Tactical Group -- Gen. Butler Named Leigh-Mallory's Deputy Enlarged U.S. Ninth Air Force Will Lead Invasion of Europe MADE DEPUTY AIR CHIEF

1,000 Saved of 2,000 on Ship In Biggest Transport Loss; War Department Gives European Waters as Disaster Scene -- 'Enemy Attack' Is Attributed to a Submarine 1,000 OF 2,000 DIE ON U.S. TROOPSHIP

Eisenhower Tours Invasion Camps As Rommel Inspects Nazi 'Wall'; EISENHOWER TOURS INVASION CENTERS

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