War Office Plea Drafts for Farm and Factory
Washington urged legislation to draft men and women for farm and factory work to speed the wartime effort. Patterson argued equal obligation to serve, while objections surfaced to banning married draftees and to broader labor draft plans amid absenteeism and housing concerns. Allied Tunisia advances under Patton and Montgomery were noted in the same report.
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Washington
America
Robert P. Patterson
Senate Military Committee
Patterson
Stimson
Rep. Kilday
Texas
House Rules Committee
Sabath
Illinois
War Department
Selective Service
House Labor Committee
Naval Committee
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Navy
Military
Austin
Vermont
Wadsworth
New York
William Green
AFL
Green
New Guinea
Bases Attacked at Munda and Kiska in Pacific Raids
U S forces report raids by medium and heavy bombers on Kiska Island and Jop base on Kiska. Eight Lightnings clashed with Japanese fighters, destroying two enemy planes. Liberator raids hit targets at Munda Vila Kahili and Ballale but results not confirmed. The Munda raid marks the 95th campaign attack on that base.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Nevy
Kiska
South Pacific
Munda
Vila
Guadalcanal
Kahili
Ballale
Solomons
Pedestrians Endanger Arctic Convoy Walkers Ahead of Ships
London March 18. Seamen returning from Murmansk convoy duty report pedestrians on quick freezing Arctic ice in front of convoys. In one case walkers refused to halt and stepped back to let ships pass while waiting for water to freeze in the convoy wake. Eden heads to New York for weekend talks with LaGuardia.
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London
U.P
Murmansk
RAF Blasts Large Tanker Off Southeast Italy
Malta raid by RAF torpedo bombers hit a very large tanker in a convoy escorted by German fighters. Two enemy aircraft were shot down and several damaged in air battles above the convoy. Attacks on railway lines in Sicily and the Italian toe damaged seven locomotives and a 2,000-ton ship was hit by cannon fire.
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Valletta
Malta
Italy
Toe
Sicily
Berlin Claims Six Subs Sent to Bottom by Japs
Tokyo reports from imperial headquarters claim Japanese naval units sank six submarines between March 6 and 11. AP recorded broadcast gave no other details and there was no Allied confirmation.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Tokyo
Imperial Headquarters
Weather Amarillo and Vicinity Livestock Warning
The Amarillo weather bulletin notes a cold Friday with strong winds that threaten livestock in the region. It also reports colder southeast Friday and warmer conditions in the extreme west by Friday night, with hourly forecasts and sun events. The notice comes from the Amarillo Daily News circulation details for March 18.
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Amarillo
Texas
New Mexico
Storming Waves of Nazis Halted
Soviet and German reports battled near Kharkov and Smolensk as Red Army forces repelled massed German counterattacks along the Donets and Chuguev sectors. Moscow said heavy losses felled German units while advancing toward Smolensk and Vyazma, with multiple towns and rail centers changing hands.
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London
Donets
Kharkov
Moscow
Smolensk
Chuguey
Nazi Rushes Fair II
Donets Basin
Nagi
Battlefronts advance across Tunisia and Kharkov fronts
March 18, 1943 report highlights American armored forces racing past Gafsa in central Tunisia while Russians push southeast of Kharkov toward Smolensk. Allied action includes strikes on Japanese bases at Kiska and Manda, covert U-boat war discussions with Britain, and heavy blasts on Bremen U-boat bases with German fighters shot down.
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Gafsa
Tunisia
Kharkov
Smolensk
Gladwin Hill
U.S
Britain
Bremer Works
Rickenbacker Sees 15 Million Man Army Needed
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker told a Red Cross rally in Washington that 15,000,000 U S troops would be required to win the war. He rejected talk of an 11,000,000 force, saying the United States has the only manpower left to secure victory and achieve continued successes.
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Washington
Eddie Rickenbacker
Red Cross
American Patrols Press Nazi Fronts in Tunisian Downpour
American troops consolidate gains in Gafsa amid unseasonable rains as 155 mm howitzers silence Italian batteries and First Infantry Division units advance 30 miles. Patrols push toward El Guetar and Semed Station while Allied air superiority disrupts retreating Axis columns.
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U.S
Gafsa
Tunisia
el Guetar
Forts Bombard German Defenses Over North Sea Raid
American B-17s and B-24s based in Britain attacked German air and sea targets on a roughly 600 mile round trip to the continent. The mission involved heavy fighter opposition with several planes damaged but crews reporting success against several Luftwaffe fighters and escort weapons.
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Robert T. Brown
Englewood
Cal
Susie Q
North Sea
Brown
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