Hitler urges Balkan allies to fill ranks in total war effort
In Ankara reports claim Hitler sent notes to Hungary Croatia Slovakia Romania and Bulgaria urging troops workers and economic aid. Bulgaria faces pressure King Boris seeks to avoid demands while Bulgaria’s disarray blocks immediate military action. Germans in Turkey may face miltary service as 3 to 4 million troops eyed for a 1943 push against the USSR. Luftwaffe airfields report loss of nearly 300 planes, and a Balkan fortress line is being built to deter Allied invasion.
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Ankara
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hungary
Croatia
Slovakia
Rumania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Russia
Balkan
Grecian Thrace
Macedonia
Edengath
Aegean Sea
Portolagdé
Tatoi
Athens
Sedes
Salonika
Africa
Meat Ration Cut and Coffee Boost Ordered for War Months
The Office of Price Administration announced meat butter cheese canned fish and edible oils would be rationed by April 1 with red stamps in No 2 book. Coffee allowances rise while prunes raisins beans and lentils see lower points. two pounds meat per person weekly expected April through June amid anti hoarding efforts.
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Washington
Wickard
Office of Price Administration
CPA
Prentiss Brown
Mexico
OPA
Brown
Desperate Axis Drives Fail in Tunisia Campaign
Secretary of War Stimson reports the Axis attempts in Tunisia ended unfavorably as Allied forces, including Fighting French units joining with Giraud, gain strength on the Mareth line. More than 1,000 German and Italian prisoners and over 100 enemy tanks were taken or destroyed. American casualties ran high with 59 killed, 176 wounded, and 2,007 missing. Allied air power remains dominant, with 58 enemy aircraft shot down while 31 were lost last week.
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Washington
Tunisia
Mareth Line
Stimson
Eighth Army
le Clerc
Lake Chad
Giraud
de Gaulle
War News From Across Oceans and Fronts
The Staghound freighter was sunk by three torpedoes in the South Atlantic and 84 men were rescued and landed at Rio de Janeiro. In Kharkov fighting Russian forces killed 1,200 Germans and destroyed tanks, while Soviet advances near Vyazma Smolensk threaten German lines. Western fronts report heavy losses for Germany and renewed Soviet pressure as spring approaches.
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Buenos Aires
U. S
South Atlantic
Brazil
Foreign Office
Rio de Janeiro
London
Kharkov
Moscow
Kharkov-Donets
Ukraine
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Vyazma
Smolensk
Kaluga
Serychevka
Vyazma- Smolensk
Marshal Timoshenko
Lake Ilmen
Saraysa Russa
16Th Army
Smolensk-Leningrad
Caucasus
Krasnoarmeiskaya
Novorossisk
Russia
Dnieper River
Moscow Radio
Rommel's Mareth flank attacked. Axis losses mount
Allied communique reports heavy Axis casualties as British Eighth Army pressures the Mareth Line near Ksar Rhilane Tunisia. RAF and US bombers hit airfields and ports, destroying vehicles and aircraft while French ground forces close on Gafsa and others.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Marshal Rommel
Mareth
Tunisia
Ksar Rhilane
RAF
Foum Tatahouine
Kebili
Salt Lake
Chott d’Jerid
Jurgen von Arnim
Sedjenane
U. S
Tunis
Gafsa
Metlaout
Cairo
Mareth Line
Rommel
Chott Djerid
Gabes
Ksar Abhilane
el Aouina
la Marsa
Record-Breaking Prices at Amarillo Pat Stock Show Grand Champion Sale
Record prices dominated the Amarillo Pat Stock Show closing amid three grand champion divisions. Top bull Doctor Domino 16th sold for $2,100 to J. S. Bridwell of Wichita Falls, while the grand champion calf fetched $1.10 per pound paid by Fred Miller for distribution to Children’s Home and Preventorium. Lamb and pig records followed with prices and multiple re_sales benefiting Red Cross and local youth programs.
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Murry Watts
Amarillo
Joe Tom Lovell
Clarendon
Breedlove
Donley County
Pinkney Packing Company
Billy Thornberry
Fred Miller
Phillips Petroleum Company
Miller
Mr. Reeves
Doctor Domino
J. 8. Bridwell
Wichita Falls
Reeves
H. G. Philbrook
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Pantex Ordnance Plant
Col
Earl Gartin
Mr. Philbrook
Amarillo Junior Welfare League
Furr Food Stores
Carroll Brumley
Flip" Breedlove
Wesley Crenwelge
Mason
Miles Bivins
Gunn-Hinerman Tire Company
Bill Gunn
Potter County
The
Red Cross
Albert Combs
Pampa
Battlefronts Hold Firm and Soviet Advance Reported
Russians defend Kharkov and push toward a Nazi base at Vyazma while RAF reviews raids delivering 12 000 tons of bombs monthly wrecking 2 000 German factories. New Rommel attacks Mareth Line leave Nazi vehicles wrecked. Allied bombers blast a bridge in Burma.
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Kharkov
Vyazma
RAF
Mareth Line
Weather Outlook West Texas New Mexico Friday
The report notes warmer conditions in the West Texas Panhandle on Friday with little overall temperature change. In New Mexico the pattern also shows slight warmth and scattered light showers or thunderstorms late Friday into the night. Sunrise is 6.02 AM and sunset 7.52 PM. Casings include yesterday’s highs and lows with a max near 42 and a min near 27. Circulation counts for Amarillo papers are listed as 24,859 for the Amarillo Daily News and 15,387 for the Amarillo Globe.
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Oeary
Mara
Texas
Panhandle
New Mexico
Tures
The
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Coveses
Sugar Stamp Deadlines Spread Across War Ration Books
LUBBOCK March 11 Remind er that Stamp No 11 in War Ration Book 1 good for 3 pounds of sugar expires at midnight March 15. Stamp No 25 in the book good for one pound of coffee expires midnight March 21. Other dates include March 21 coupon No 4 in A mileage book, March 25 D E and F blue stamps, March 31 A B and C blue stamps expire, and June 15 shoe stamp 17 expires.
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Lubbock
Office of Price Administration
Lend-Lease Extension Moves Through Senate And White House
President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the lend-lease program for another year after the Senate passed it 82 to 0. A quarterly report by FE R Stettinius Jr. shows total lend-lease aid reaching 9.632 billion dollars with 1.977 billion in goods shipped in the quarter. The report notes the share of U.S. bombers fighters and tanks supplied to Allies during the period.
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Congress
Stettinius
Washington
House
Senate
FE. R. Stettinius, Jr
Washington, March
Roosevelt
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Claire
Chennault
Reds
Russell Stationery Company
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Bernard L. Montgomery
H. H. Reeves
Shamrock
John R. Black
Granbury
Hereford Breeders Association
Boys Ranch
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