Battleships Join Airstrike as Kavieng Is Levelled
Allied forces under General MacArthur report a bold invasion ring around Rabaul Havieng and the St Matthias Islands near New Ireland. Emirau and Elo Musao bases seized with minimal defense, Kavieng erased in three and a half hours as 1,000 tons of shells from battleships and warships delivered crippling bombardment. Military moves isolate Bismarck archipelago, extend air range toward Truk, with Eniwetok base in range and further advances planned.
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Allied
Southwest
Pacific
Rabaul
Havieng
Soloamong
St. Matthias Islands
Truk
Gen
MacArthur
Emirau
Elomusao
Solomons
Adm
Halsey
Green Islands
New Ireland
Admiralties
Kavieng
St Matthias
Bismarck Sea
St. Matthias
Rhavieng
Bismarck Archipelago
General MacArthur
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
New Britain
New Guinea
Les Ai
Mustru
Parents Stand Mute On Neglect Charge
In Monroe on March 22, Kenneth Dean and his wife faced arraignment on criminal neglect and cruelty to children charges. They stood mute before Municipal Judge George Wright. their examina tion was set for March 28 at 2 pm. Bond set at 500 each,未 furnished, they remained in county jail. The two children, Roger aged four and Gloria aged three, were found dead after being left home alone in a coral room house. the mother claimed she visited three Monroe beer gardens while the husband said he played in a tavern orchestra.
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Foster D. Luce
Monroe
Record Livestock Sale Sets Adrian Auction Peak
Adrian Livestock Auction Company set a yardstick with 2474 head sold, surpassing the prior record by 235. Dollar sales reached $58,000, a new high, amid strong prices and fair weather. Auctioneer Albert Linehan Jr. cited good prices and farmer participation as factors. Sale ran from 1:20 p.m. to 1 a.m. with three auctioneers and extra help. The lineup included 1600 hogs, 400 calves, 50 dairy cows, 225 heifers, fat cattle, other cattle, and 200 lambs.
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Adrian
Albert Linehan Jr
Tojo Says Japan Facing Decisive Battles
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Tojo warned in the Diet that Japan's military position has become grave and the empire now confronts battles that will decide its fate. The Berlin radio transmitted the remarks during a three day plenary session after a lengthy recess.
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London
Tojo
Japan
Berlin
Associated Press
Seit Tojo
Diet
Farmer dies in grass fire near Lambertville
Adolph Villlbauer, 74 years old, died after a grass fire swept 300 acres near Lambertville on March 22. Firefighters found him with clothes burned. coroner ruled burns, though wife cited thigh pressure. Body taken to Birkencamp Funeral Home inieds. Ottawa Lake and local residents aided, using shovels and water to control flames.
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Welexenm
Lambertville
Adolpah Villlbauer
Villhauers Hogy
Edward Rupp
Monroe
Pricinity
Walter
Olander sues over Tecumseh fire hazard order
Oscar G. Olander, Mic police commissioner, filed suit in circuit court against Vincent Dudas of Tecumseh to show cause why a 44 order to abate a building has not been complied with. The structure, owned by Dudas, was declared a fire hazard August 17, 1942 and ordered torn down within 30 days. Robert L. Arnold, assistant state attorney general, represents the plaintiff.
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Oscar G. Olander
Mic
Vincent Dudas
Tecumseh
Robert L. Arnol
Germans Claim Rome Would Be Declared Open City
German radio in Rome announced a withdrawal of military installations and a shift of traffic away from the capital, signaling a move to make Rome an open city. Allies would need proof the entire military establishment and war infrastructure were removed for any binding effect.
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London
Rome
Germany
Badoglio
Italy
Kame
Death toll at Auschwitz camp reaches half million
London reports the Polish Ministry of Information says more than 500000 people, mostly Jews, were murdered at the Oswiecim camp southwest of Krakow. It claims three crematoria process 10000 bodies daily with gas chambers attached and notes executions in gas chambers take minutes before the poison gas runs low.
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London
Ministry of Information
Osweiscim
Krakow
Russians Sprint Toward Prut River Front in Romania Clash
News despatches report Russian forces pushing across Bessarabia and toward the Prut border with Romania, aided by tanks and artillery. They sever rail lines near Cernault Balisky and threaten key escape routes for German units. Further south they press toward the Gdessa Tiraspollasi railway, liberating hundreds of villages and advancing from Poland’s front toward Lwow, while German counterattacks around Kovel claim heavy casualties.
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London
Bessarabia
Balkans
Prut
Rumania
Moscow
Minjor
Shour
Gressa Bottlenocts
Dniester
Pru
Ruslan Wilts
Gdessa- Tiraspollasi
Olf
Poland
Lavow
Hud
Old Poland
Lavaw
Am Kefarley
Denmak Bart
Kovel
Laven
Tae
Sovaki
Dniexer
Odessa
Malinov
Stalingrad
Black Sea
Russia
No Coal Rationing For Next Season
Washington January 22 The War Production Board ruled against coal rationing for the 1944 45 heating season despite a projected 20 million ton domestic shortage. Deficiencies will be met by allotments and emergency fuel conversions in shortage areas under precautions used in the just ending season.
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Washington
Staren
War Production Board
Defeat of Enemies First in Hulls Seal of Foreign Policy
Secretary Hull outlines 17 points defining U S foreign policy aimed at defeating enemies quickly, then securing national security and welfare. He calls for a good neighbor policy, international agency to keep peace by force, dispute resolution through courts, and arms reduction via cooperation. The plan requires vigilance against aggressors and repudiation of racial supremacy.
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Washington, D. C
Hull
State Department
Mount
Hn OS
U.S
Lorce
International Court of Justice
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
China
United Nations
Patton Takes Command Of New Seventh Army
The War Department announced Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch would lead the Seventh Army, replacing Gen. George S. Patton Jr. Patton nickname “old blood and guts” noted, though exact duties and location not disclosed. Allied headquarters apologized for prior temperamental incidents and confirmed Patton remains in command.
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Alexander M. Patek
Guadalcanal
New Caledonia
U. S. Seventh Army
George $. Patton Jr
Sicily
Eisenhower
Palermo
Patton
War Department
Washington
Europe
Allied Headquarters
Seranitiy Army
America
Asi
Seventh Army
Fifth Army
Avzia
Rome
Blissfield Boy Dies in APA Flight School Tragedy
Blissfield, March 22. Aviation Cadet Willis Br Betz 38 is dead from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered during preflight training at Monmouth Night School. He was a Blissfield High School graduate, served as Boys State delegate, and was president of both junior class and student council. Survived by parents Elmer and unnamed mother, three brothers, and grandparents. Funeral plans pending. Also notes a 235 pound newborn in Raleigh with full teeth and two small auction notices.
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Willis M. Betz Speelatti
Blissfield
Elmer Betz
Willis Br. Betz
Inavet
Monmouth
Nol
Manthoutt
Alma College
Montros
Betz
Blissfield High School
Ile
East Lansing
Pfc
Russell Bett
March Field
Calif
Wendall
Ronald Lee
Jacob Betz
Charles Seeger
Toledo
New Zealand Troops Step Forward at Cassino
Fifth Army forces in southern Cassino press the German defenses amid heavy hand to hand fighting and bombardment. Allied advances toward Monte Cassino slopes face entrenched positions and perilous fire from German artillery as reinforcements and paratroops arrive. Indian troops receive air-dropped supplies while Anzio area stays quiet except for heavy shelling near Padiglione.
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Allied
Naples
API
Fifth Army
Cassino
Aue
Cassio
Monte Cassino
Anzio
Padiglione
Adriatic
Orsogna
Toilo
Atielli
Rome
Dalmatian
Cassing
Complete Occupation of Balkans Expected
Nazi forces press toward full occupation of Bulgaria and Romania under a single German command. Hungary already under 100000 troops with rail and administration control. possible Quisling regime in Budapest. Armistice talk surfaces for Romania with Russia as Besarabia looms. Istanbul and Ankara report German expansion into Balkans and limited resistance plans.
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London
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hitler
Europe
Ankara
Russia
Britain
United States
Ion Antonescu
Bessarabia
Besssarabia
Budapest
Bela Imredi
Berlin
Nicholas Kaltay
Imredi
Horthy
Admiral Horthy
Germany
Balkans
Foreign Office
Swiftiy
London Daily Mail
Bucharist
Associated Press
CBS
New York
Marshal Tita
Joseph Broz
Svith
Stockholm
Ragged Guards
Willkie Declares America First Must Be Renounced
Wendell L. Willkie told Wisconsin audiences that any Republican candidate who does not repudiate the America First Committee or who is endorsed by the Chicago Tribune cannot win the presidency. He warned the Wisconsin primary will steer the party’s future and urged liberalization to gain leadership, acknowledging strong organized opposition.
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Afpleton
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
America First Committee
Chicago Tribune
GOP
America
Gerald L. K. Smith
United States
Willkie
Wisconsin
Wilkie
One Thousand U S Planes Raid Berlin In October
More than 1,000 American planes attacked Berlin today returning to their base for the first time since March. They dropped about 1,400 tons of bombs on industrial and military targets. Between 750 and 1,000 fighters supported the mission, creating a combined force of 1,250 to 1,430 aircraft in the 7th U S heavy bomber raid on Berlin.
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New Guinea
Hol
Tandia
Viet Wak
Tadji Rardrome
Aitape
Wewak
London
Marenzz
Berlin
USA
Sic
U.S
Victory Gardening Space Needs and Planting Guide
Roberta Applegate explains how a gardener must decide what and how much to plant to match space and family needs. A space chart lists required feet for beans corn tomatoes greens and more, with a 75 by 200 foot garden yielding about 140 dollars value for a family of four.
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Roberta Applegate
Lansing
Victory
Paul R. Keane
State Victory Garden
Yietary Garden Committee
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Synchromzen Navi Agsault
Leo A. Forche
Stati
Phillip Forche
Forche
32Nd
Red Arrow Division
Buna
Order of the Purple Heart
Olander
Constanta
Bulgar
Prut River
Heo
New Army
Blissfeld
APA Flight School
Raleigh
N. C
Thomas F. Cathcart
Amon Harris
Mateh
Avirian
Michigan
Fred C Greenwald
Bililegton’s Corners
Voorhees
Caddus
Advian
Roine Grange Hall
Winter Voorhees
Atd
Sand Creek
Linehan & Linehan
New Zealand
South Casino
Quisling
Ben Imredi
Apeve
Antonescu
Tribune
Diditar
Krone
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