RAF Strikes Ruhr and Paris Area Factories In Daylight Attacks
RAF bombed Ruhr industrial centers and the Matford plant at Poissy in daylight raids, with Essen as a main objective. The operations followed a weekend of raids on Renault works near Paris and targeted other military facilities including a power plant at Comines and rail yards at Abbeville. One bomber and two fighters were lost. German defenses claimed civilian casualties. Maple syrup spread northward as Michigan seeks taps under rationing pressure.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Ruhr
Matford
Poissy
Paris
Renault
Essen
Krupp
Matforé
Motor Truck
Germany
Air Ministry
Britton
Tly
Royal Air Force
St. Nazaire
Comines
Lille
Abbeville
Seines
Polsxy
Britain
England
Homma Dies by Own Action Report Shocks War Office
Reports from Washington claim Lieut. Gen Masaharu Homma, Japan’s Philippines commander, committed suicide after failing to break American Filipino resistance at Bataan and Corregidor. MacArthur relayed the information noting it not yet verified but from reliable sources. Findings also describe a Japanese funeral in Manila and American artillery inflicting heavy losses on a 2500 strong enemy convoy.
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Masaharu Homma
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Homma
War Department
Hari-Kari
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila
Hiro ‘Hito
Japan
Washington
Truckload of Milk Spills on M-34 West of Adrian
A milk truck driven by Arch C. Furman aged 60 from Morenci Route 3 overturned on M-34 near Adrian about 10 am Saturday. About fifty cans of milk spilled, one can saved. Furman was uninjured after losing control on a soft road berm.
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Arch C. Furman
Morenci
Route 3
Adrian
Air Raid Wardens List and Stations Entrusted
Post 1 and Post 2 wardens and four stations listed for AREA A and AREA B in Harlan. Names include Otto Seethaler Floyd Murphey Ed Clement Arch Hayford and Brad W. Chaffin with addresses on Main Butler Winter and Front in Toledo region. stations cover Main Winter Broad Hunt Maple Front and Maumee with phone numbers and side designations.
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Harlan Judge
N. Main
Springbrook
Riverside
Main
Butler
Otto Seethsler
W. Albert
Hunt
Bent Oak
Robert Rose
W. Henry
Henry
Otto Seethaler
Brad W. Chaffin
E. Butler
Winter
Broad
James
Maple
Raymond Everiss
E. Front
Ed Fisher
N. Broad
P. J. Glaser
Front
Albert Mietzner
E. Maple
Trains Crash at Granby Kills Seven and Hurts Twenty Two
Seven people are dead and 22 hospitalized after a head-on collision of Frisco passenger trains, one a troop special bound for Camp Grant. The crash occurred on the Will Rogers trestle near Granby Missouri, with four Army recruits among the dead and signals blamed by Frisco officials. Eighteen soldiers were injured, most in a wooden coach, and several trainmen plus others were treated at the scene. World War II era tense tone preserved.
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Granby
Grant
Will Rogers
County Supervisors Open March Session
Lenawee county board opened its March session, the last of the fiscal year, with a brief morning meeting at the courthouse. Six supervisors were absent, including chairman Merrill Taylor. Albert O. Howard presided in his absence. The board accepted Lawrence M. Duncan’s resignation as Adrian city dog warden after citing a 4 reduced license fee system that cut his pay by 300 yearly, hindering his ability to perform duties. Duncan plans to resign as constable to the city commission later today. He has served since 1935 and previously worked in city police and sheriff’s forces. He offered no definite future plans.
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Lenawee County
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Duncan
Adrian
Dancan
Miss Cora A Foote Dies At Addison Bank Employee
Cora A Foote longtime Addison State Savings Bank bookkeeper and assistant cashier died Saturday at 2 pm in Addison Community hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Cobleskill New York, lived in Kalamazoo before moving to Addison 29 years ago, and retired three years ago. Survived by a sister in law Mrs George E Foote of Kalamazoo. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Charles E Brown & Son Funeral Home with burial in Hillsdale cemetery. officiated by Revs Lawrence J Taylor and J D McLouth.
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Teleran Addison
Cora A. Foote
Addison State Savings Bank
Addison Community Hospital
Miss Foote
Cobleskill
N. Y
Kalamazoo
Addison
Flaude Cleveland
Hillsdale Cemetery
Lawrence J. Taylor
J. D.mclouth
Malaya War Chief Yamashita Takes Philippine Command
The War Department announced General Tomoyuki Yamashita, conqueror of Malaya, is now in charge of Japanese forces in the Philippines. He succeeds General Masaharu Homma, who reportedly died by his own hand after failing to crush General MacArthur’s outnumbered defense. Yamashita led the Singapore surrender and previously advised Berlin methods.
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Washington
War Department
Malaya
Tomoyuki Tamashita
Philippines
Yamashita
Masaharu Homma
Douglas MacArthur
Singapore
Jong Malayan Peninsla
Chichibu
Japanese landings in New Guinea reach northeast coast
Japanese forces have landed at Salamaua and Lae in northeast New Guinea under warship cover. Australian air ministry reports direct hits on invasion ships but unclear if any ships were sunk. Australian planes launched a bold attack on the fleet. missions returned safely despite heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
New Guinea
Air Ministry
Salamaua
Lae
U S Victory Described In Pacific Air Naval Battle
Eyewitness report by Tom Yarbrough from the U S Fleet in the Pacific describes a fierce engagement near the Hornet's Nest. Twenty Japanese heavy bombers attacked. all but two were shot down. No surface ships were damaged, and several Allied pilots are hailed for downing the enemy while weather and operational conditions affected subsequent shoreline work and dam reservoir progress.
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United States
Japanese Mandate Islands
U. S
Marshall
Gilbert Islands
Tokyo
Mandates
Tom Yarbrough
Pacific
Uncle Sam
Edward Henry
Butch” O' Hare
Ared Adrian
Kansas
Damon
Wolf Creek
Deter
Wolf Seh
H. E. Smith
Consumers Power ,Company
Take Fight to Enemy Front Door in Pacific Battle
Our first air clash with Japanese ships in these waters near their front door, about 3,000 miles from Pearl Harbor, confirms Admiral Nimitz's pledge to carry the fight across the vast Pacific theater of 70,000,000 square miles. Turn to SEA BATTLE for details.
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Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Russians Retake Sychevka in Central Front Drive
Associated Press reports Russian forces captured the city of Sychevka 225 miles west of Moscow after a two day battle that virtually wiped out the German 48th Division. The seizure cuts a wedge between Rzhev and Vyazma on the central front as Hitler commits reserves.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Sychevka
Rzhev
Vyazma
Batte
Red Army
Sycheyka
Hitler
Call for centralized agency to boost war production
Washington reports a House Defense Migration Committee urged a single centralized purchasing agency to supply all military materiel. The panel said the United States lags behind Germany, Italy and Japan and recommends a special technical division, labor-management councils, and stronger civilian procurement to raise output three to fourfold.
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Washington
House Committee On Defense Migration
Rep
Tolan
D-Calif
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
Civilian Procurement Agency
Japanese Treating Filipinos as Slaves on Luzon
Dean Schedler reports from Bataan that Filipinos in labor battalions under Japanese rule on Luzon endure starvation overwork and cruelty. A Philippine army chaplain Father Ingal describes brutal dawn kettled labor for a bridge, rice only once daily and no salt as German and Japanese officers preside. He notes Filipino workers and a small group of Philippine Japanese residents.
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Dean Schedler
Usaffe
Bataan
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Father Ingal
Philippine Army
Manila
Corregidor Island
Ishorer
Father Ingall
Philippines
Second McKay Trial Opens Today
Detroit march 9 the second trial of Republican National Committeeman Frank D McKay and co defendants in the governments mail fraud case opened today. Defense efforts to quash the indictment failed except for one count quashed by Judge Shackelford Miller Jr the eight count jury deliberations earlier. The case concerns a $500000 shakedown of distillers involving a $30000 Grand Rapids Brewing Company stock transfer and a $7500 payment to McKay by Isadore Schwartz and Charles Leiter. The first trial last July ended after two months with a hung jury.
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Detroit
Republican National
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
Mc_Kay
Isadore Schwartz
Charles Leiter
Arthur F. Lederle
Dutch Indies Chief Flees to Australia
Adelaide report outlines rapid Dutch evacuations from Java as Bandoeng falls. Lieut. Governor General Van Mook confirms leadership remains despite mass departures. Dutch defenders, with American and British support, vow no surrender though guerilla prospects grow dim. Burma front sees continued fighting near Rangoon as Japanese pressures intensify.
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Associated Press
Adelaide
Australia
Bandoeng
Netherlands East Indies
Hubertus II
van Mook
Reuters
Islands’ Govern‘ing Council
Netherlands
Java
Tjarda van Starkenborgh- Stachouwer
Japanese Proclamation Sets Up Military Administration in Dutch Indies
Tokyo via Domei reports a six point proclamation in Batavia establishing a New Estab N EI military administration replacing Dutch civil rule. Dutch currency and Japanese military notes are legal tender. Inhabitants are promised security for compliance and severe penalties for defiance. Imperial HQ claims southern Sumatra, including Djambi area, falls under complete Japanese domination.
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Tokyo
Batavia
The
Indies
Sumatra
Djambi
O? Palembang
Snow storm sweeps across Michigan in blizzard conditions
A strong storm drives temperatures down by 45 degrees bringing rain sleet and heavy snow across the Lower Peninsula with up to two feet in northeast counties. Ice and slush flood rivers, including the Saginaw River, while road crews battle drifting snow and rescue families in flooded areas. Deputy sheriffs use boats to evacuate Mexican families from submerged homes and more evacuations loom as waters rise.
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Lower Peninsula
Highway Department
Tythe
Sault Ste. Marie
Upper Peninsula
Saginaw River
Seginaw
Cass River
Frankenmuth
Merrill
U S Bomber Crashes Killing Crew of Eight
A U S Navy flying boat bomber crashed into the Columbia River near Tongue Point Oregon during takeoff killing the naval lieutenant and seven enlisted men. Navigator Ensign H R Garret of Fort Worth Texas survived after being thrown clear. Salvage operations began at once. Meanwhile a U S Army bomber remains missing over North Carolina with eight aboard. In Jackson Mississippi Dr Walter E Spicer 86 longtime physician died from injuries after a March 2 fall.
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Seattle
Cate Alina
Columbia River
Tongue Point
Ore
Navalieutenant
Ennister
Army
North Carolina
Tongues Point
H. R. Garret
Fort Worth
Tex
Jackson
Walter E. Spicer
Foote Hospital
Spicer
University of Michigan
Utica
N. Y
Nework City
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Lansing
Michigan
State Conservation Department
Fife Lake
U. S. Bataan
Robert J. Sack
Lia
Maple Avenue
Tamashita
U.S
New City
Sulana
Ohio
Linehan & Linehan
Tugs
Mich
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Sychevk
Nei
HOUSE
McKay
Dutch Indies
Mac
Arthur
Batsan
Rangoon
Burma
Ching
Chiang Kai-Shek
Thailand
Na’tions
Chiang Kai- Shek
India
China
Pegu
Sir. H.R. LG. Alexander
Rangoon Falls
Ated Press
Mora
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