Stilwell Drives Fast Burmese Advance to Split Japanese Lines
New Delhi March 10 Gen Stilwell presses a bold push into north Burma, about 100 miles in, forcing a crucial Japanese decision. He aims to clear the Hukawng valley and link to the Burma Road, delivering a major setback to Japanese defenses and reshaping allied strategy in the China Burma India theater.
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New Delhi
Stilwell
Burma
Isis
Stihwell
Windcrest
China
Southeast Asia
High Command
Verritory
Stilwells
Leda
India
Hukawng
Barsia
Era
Trvin S Cobb Dies in New York at 67
Trvin S Cobb, humor writer from Paducah Kentucky, died in New York at age 67 after a three month illness from a series of complications including dropsy. His wife Grantland Rice, also a writer, was at his bedside. Cobb rose from Paducah to fame in New York, becoming a highly paid reporter for the Evening World.
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Marc
Irvin S
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Cobb
Paducah
New York
Evening World
Charles Chapin
Fire Claims 400 Baby Chicks At Palmyra Farm
A brood house and 400 baby chicks burned at 10 40 last night near Palmyra blamed on an oil heating stove. Firemen fought the flames but were unable to save the structure. Later investigators found an overheated furnace at a nearby home on Union Street with no apparent cause.
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Rooder
Lyle Calhoun
Palmyra
L. B. Hoch
Union Street
Lietzke Killed in Farm Accident near Ann
Oswald Lietzke aged 20 was killed about 11 o'clock this morning when an emery wheel broke at a farm home five miles southeast of Ann and a fragment struck him on the head. Neighbor Ivan Etter and son Albert Lietzke transported him to Bixby hospital where he died. Survived by widow Clara Lietzke, three sons Albert, William and Frederick, a daughter Gertrude, and his mother Mrs. Dewey Caswell of Blissfield. Funeral arrangements not yet collected.
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Oswald
Lieteke
Oelock
Albert
Ideill Farm
Ann
Ivan Etter
Lietzke
Bixby
Clara Lietzke
William
Frederick
Gertrude
Dewey Caswell
Blissfield
Lenawee Granges mark 70th anniversary observe
Lenawee County Roman Grange held its March meeting in Onsted Grange hall with two resolutions. One opposed a nationwide sealed control plan for farm workers by the War Food Administration. The other urged eliminating delayed reports on farm truck operations for war certificates by the Office of Defense Transportation. James Mary led business. Mrs. Fred Mes Clenalden installed as lecturer. Arthur C. Daniels resigned. Mrs. Wheret Britain named county Juvenile Grange matron. Pox mone Grange planned cash prizes for membership increases in 1944. Next Panana meeting set for April at Madison hall due to Michigan Milk Producers Association. Attendance Cups awarded to Morenci Grange.
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Lenawee County
Roman Grange
Onsted Grange Hall
War Food Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
James Mary
Fred Mes Clenalden
Arthur C. Daniels
Britain
Madison Hall
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Morenci Grange
Michigan urges federal funds for postwar road building
Michigan highway commissioner Charles M. Ziegler asked Congress for a federal postwar roads program proposing 1,000,001,600 per year for two years with a 95 to 25 matching basis. He said 91 percent of Michigan’s 9,400 miles of trunk lines are inadequate and must be rebuilt promptly to curb war-time damage and prepare for a large postwar construction effort to relieve unemployment.
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Washington
Charles M. Ziegler
Michigan
Senate
Congress
Heig
Ziegler
Jap Supply Lines Being Weakened
Washington reports US Navy submarines sank 477 Japanese ships of all types, including a tanker, ten cargo vessels and five transports, in patrols aimed at crippling Japanese bases and supply lines. The total sunk likely exceeds 21 ships with 114 damaged, signaling intensified efforts to anchor enemy fleets in harbors.
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Washington
U. S
Russians threaten Black Sea ports in latest drive
London dispatches describe a massive Soviet offensive along the southern Ukrainian front. Red Army forces reportedly captured Staro-Konstantinov, breached German defenses at Nikolaev and Kherson, and advanced hundreds of miles with substantial German losses. Stalin unveiled a new Urive launcher amid rapid, high casualty fighting.
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Black Sea
London
Tndey
Moscow
Staro- Konstantinov
Tarnopol
Nikolaev
Kherson
Soviet Union
Red Star
Izvestia
Red Army
Ronten
Stalin
Usen
Malinovsky
Krivai Rog
Knainian
Ward
Novi Beg
Grazhany
Kazanka
Staro-Konstantinovy
Preskuray
Zhukov
Pros Kurev
Rumania
Proskuroy Tself
Red My
Russia
Young Woman Hurt Assisting Soldier on Beecher Street
Miss Maxine Helen Teeter of Morenci, 20, was injured when her companion Billy Cale, 21, slipped while crossing Beecher Street and was struck by a car driven by Werner Olsen, 38 East Church Street. Teeter was hospitalized at Bixby after X-rays. Olsen cited for expired license.
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East Beecher
Maxine Helen Teeter
Morenci
Werner Olsen
Church Street
East Beerher Street
Treat Street
Teeter
Aml Ner
Billy Cale
Railroad Avenue
Beecher Stuerit
Cole
Miss Teeter
Bixby Hospital
Afr
Olsen
President Ramirez resigns amid shift in Argentine leadership
March 11 Buenos Aires reports President Ramirez has resigned, naming Miueuntre Farrell as successor. The resignation triggers a special session of the Argentine Supreme Court and government ministers prepare actions as international reactions form. Britain and the United States assess formal ties with the Farrell government as Chile and Bolivia recognize the new regime.
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Buenos Aires
Joe
Navion
Imajains
Peilre Rao
Miieuntre Farrell
Supreme Court
Sail
CWE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Busans Aires
Tial Ramires
Farrell
Ramirez
United States
Britain
Chile
Bolivia
16th Century Murder Discovered in Italy
Lisbon reports a 410-year-old murder mystery uncovered in Viterbo Italy. Dispatch details bodies of two men and a woman found with fractured skulls in a bomb damaged church crypt. The remains allegedly hidden inside a sarcophagus by a 13th century murderer, per Rome dispatch.
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Lisbon
Lealias Vite
Viterbo
Atle
Rome
Haanburger Fremdon
Watt
Vice Damin
Carding
Shelter Legs Described In London Malady Report
The Lancet cites a London medical note on a condition called shelter legs, a swelling of the lower limbs linked to prolonged lounging in deck chairs during air raids. The report says pressure during muscle relaxation causes chronic lymphatic issues with ankle stiffness and knee swelling.
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London
Marcel
Tar bids accepted by road officials headline
The Lenawee County road commission accepted bids for tar and asphalt surfacing material from multiple firms including Barrett Division of Imical and Dye Corp and American and Mexican Petroleum Co, for 550000 gallons and 100000 gallons respectively, at seven cents per gallon. The commission also approved a 30000 ton crushed stone bid from France Stone Company, with payment between 9 cents and a dollar per ton.
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Lenawee Vous Read Commission
Barrett Division
Imical and Dye Corpori- Card
Hard Oil Company
Indiana
Americany and Mexican Petroleum Company
Chicago
Bituminous Materials Company
Terre Hache
France
Stone Company of Monror and Siliva
Onin
Stone. of
Resorts
Canadian Navy Rescues U S Ship After Storm Adrift
The Royal Canadian Navy announced the rescue of an American naval chaser and her 20 crewmen who drifted for 24 hours in the north Atlantic after their radio failed and propulsion stopped. The vessel, battered by heavy seas, could not reach land and was helped toward a safe port.
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U. S
North Atlantic
Royal Canadian Navy
Russians To Get U S Ships For Murmansk Run
The plan contends that British and American surface ships will be assigned to Russia for the war duration and stand in for the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean. Upon instruction, Russians would take charge for the northern supply route to Murmansk, avoiding the Black Sea due to German control.
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Washingagon
Russia
Mediterranean
Wmarimansk
Black Sea
Japan
Pacific
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
United Nations
Likaly
Turkey
Britain prepared to take over mines
London reports the British war cabinet plans firm action to end the coal strike paralyzing South Wales pits. If 30,000 miners do not return, the government may seize mines as in 1926. Welsh Miners Union leader Arthur Horner appealed for resumption of work while talks continue.
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London
British War Cabinet
South Wales
Arthur Horner
Welsh Miners Union
Cardiff
Gwilym Lloyd George
Will Worthe
Britain
Jap Marines Admit Failure In Death By Own Action
The Mikado's front line troops on Los Negros resisted American First Cavalry Division forces. When unable to breach American positions they killed themselves or attacked with reckless courage, with officers and soldiers choosing suicide over retreat or capture.
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First Cavalry
Los Negros Island
Pi—Sthese
Los Negros
First Cavalry Division
Pio
Wilbur Resler
Py Dan Burnett
Franklin
Public opinion in Finland not ready for peace says editor
Stockholm March 10 In a dispatch from Helsinki Morgen Tin nisgen foreign editor Eric Lindquist reports Finland faces civil war risk if armistice terms are pressed He says only Field Marshal Baron Mannerheim could unite the people and that government moves to exit the war meet strong opposition amid information blackouts and public unawareness of Finland’s perilous position.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Eric Lindquist
Siedish
Morgen Tinnisgen
Tofay
Helsinki
Soo
Lindquist
Saint
Baron Mannerheim
Pin Point Hits Reported In Berlin
STOCKHOLM March In reports German observers say American bombers hit Berlin with pinpoint accuracy, targeting Erkener ball bearing and tank plants, with fires spreading across the island and a Wildau submarine parts plant also ruined. Goebbels warned of evacuation plans as night raids continue.
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Stockholm
Erkener
Berlin
Bell Bearings
Siwere Sailhat
Wildau
Goebbels
Berlin A
Bad Weather Limits Activity in Italy War Report
Allied headquarters report severe weather reduced Italian battles to minor patrols while air units conducted 900 sorties. Medium bombers attacked shipping near Santo Stefano and Montallo di Castro. light bombers targeted positions at Campoleone and Capranica. About 30 enemy aircraft seen. two Allied planes missing. Germans captured on fronts total 15,000 since Salerno. Skirmishes and a downed enemy fighter noted. Gen. Alexander described air superiority improving since March. P-39s bombed a fuel train at Montalto di Casiva and the Marina di Pisa airfield near Leghorn.
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Santo Stefano
Montallo di Castro
Rome
Campoleone
Anzio
Capranica
Italy
Salerno
Cassino
Moletta
Cerroceto
Alexander
Dialy
Montalto di Casiva
Squeeze on Imported Liquor Tightens War Time Supplies
The War Production Board sets strict quotas on imports of rum gin cordials from Puerto Rico and elsewhere with a Cuba Mexico label rule plus a one type liquor must carry a new label and Price Administration cuts max prices. The moves aim to curb sugar cane spirits for drinking to free molasses for war alcohol and hold 1943 import levels to about 1934.
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Washington
War Production Board
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Mexico
Governnen
WPB
Auctions March 1 Public Auction Details
Auction notices list dates and locations for sales near Marenci Metamoia and Blissfield. Al Linehan Jr and Mick Fred J. Green Auctioneer advertise arm and per canal property and other assets with market page references for March 15.
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Marenci
al Linehan Jr
Allet
Arm
Losses Drop 324 Nazis Downed in Berlin Raids
March 10 report says American daytime raids on Berlin and central Germany reduced Nazi air activity. Goering to yield command to younger specialists. Stockholm sources note heavy losses for both sides, with 193 American planes lost this round and 293 German planes confirmed destroyed prior. Strategic targets included industrial facilities in Berlin and Hannover amid ongoing air war.
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London
Berlin
U. S
Reich
Germany
Hannover
Goering
Hitler
Hermann Goering
DNB
Ten Ford workers fired for striking in Detroit
Ten Ford Motor Company employees were permanently removed from the payroll after a riotous demonstration at the Rouge plant aircraft building. Ten others were discharged or suspended following a hearing attended by UAW-CIO officials and Ford Local 600 leaders. The action came after Richard T. Leonard and Earl Bowers urged drastic action over an unauthorized strike and disturbances at the labor relations office.
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Detroit
Ford Matlor Co
Rouge
Richard T. Leonard
Ford
United Automobile Workers
CIQ
Joseph Fuyman
Earl Bowers
R. J. Thomas
Vaw-Cio
Local 600
Chomas
Uaw-Cig International Executive ‘Board
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Frank Merrill
Wingate
Merrill
Stiwell
U. Torres
Stibwell
Louis Mounthatten
Fun
Trvin S. Cobb
Wetzke
Onsted
Ging Davis
8. C
Nelaw
Murmansk
U.S
Ranean
Andrei Romy
Allied Headquarters
Naples
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