Landing Strips For Air Fighters Edging Closer
J Norman Lodge reports on Admiral Halsey’s forecast of victory in 1942 and the rapid growth of supporters for the Don’t Sell Halsey Short Club. He notes Guadalcanal’s capitulation, Bougainville being closer, and fighter strips expanding as U S bombers aid MacArthur’s Southwest Pacific command and press New Guinea and New Britain.
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J. Norman Lodge
U. Ss
South Pacific Base
Halsey
William S. Halsey
Japan
Admiral Halsey
United States
New Zealand
Guadalcanal
Munda
United Nations
New Guinea
Bougainville
General MacArthur
Southwest Pacific Command
New Britain
New Georgia
Arnold promoted to full general in Army Air Forces
Lt. Gen. Henry Harley Arnold became the first airman to hold four stars as full general. The President submitted the nomination to the Senate and it was quickly approved. Arnold joins Gen. George C. Marshall and mirrors commanders MacArthur and Eisenhower in rank and wartime leadership.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Henry Harley Arnold
Senate
Arnold
George ©. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
War Department
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
West Point
Wright Brothers Flying School
Dayton
Ohio
Army
College Park
Washington Barracks
D. C
Fort Myer
Wright
Fort Riley
Kan
U. S
Alaska
Air Corps
Fresh Jap Units Drive On Yangtze
Chinese high command says reinforced Japanese forces launched a vigorous counterattack in the Hupeh area south of the Yangtze. The communique notes eight column drive in Central China and exchanges of ground near 60 miles south of the river, with fighting also reported in Suiyuan Shantung and Yunnan. Ten thousand Japanese troops based in Feihsien pushed southward in six columns to encircle Chinese forces. Several thousand Japanese troops arriving in Rangoon were rushed into northern Burma to replace losses.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Yangtze River
China
Suiyuan
Shantung
Yunnan
Feihsien
Rangoon
Burma
Rationing Holds No Terrors For Self-Sufficient Peddler
Gladewater reports 60 year old John Roe of Big Sandy refuses to participate in rationing. He travels by goat cart and sells postcards, saying he eats in restaurants and has no feet from a prior train accident. He did not register for sugar coffee gasoline or tires or shoes.
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Gladewater
U.P
John Roe
Big Sandy
Roe
Livestock Ceiling Decision Delayed by Byrnes
An OPA source says stabilization Director James F Byrnes will delay a ruling on livestock price ceilings for 60 to 90 days after direct pleas from a livestock producers committee. The committee met Byrnes at the White House, and Wickard reportedly opposes a ceiling while Byrnes remains arbiter between OPA and Agriculture.
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Washington
OPA
James F Byrnes
Byrnes
Stockmen’s Committee
Office of Price Administration
White House
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Enforcer Frank Nitti Ends Own Life After Indictments
Chicago boss Frank Nitti known as The Enforcer killed himself near a Riverside embankment five hours after a New York indictment charged him and eight others with extortion exceeding $1 million from films and a labor union. Police report he died from two self-inflicted head wounds after firing at a train and collapsing in a ditch. Investigators noted Nitti and allies Paul Ricca and Louis Campagna faced federal racketeering, mail fraud, and conspiracy charges as U.S. marshals prepared to seek them.
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U.S
Chicago
Frank
Riverside
Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Nitti
U. S
Cadets Arrive at WTSC for Army Pre Flight Training
The first group of 200 Army Air Corps pre flight cadets will arrive at West Texas State College on Sunday for five months of college and flight training. A second group of 200 comes April 4 under strict military control. Dorms Buffalo Courts Terrill Hall and Stafford Hall will house them.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
West Texas State
Army Air Corps
J. A. Hill
Army
Buffalo Courts
Terrill Hall
Stafford Hall
D. J. Jacobi
Amarillo Army Air Field
Virgil Henson
Navy
G. W. Cox
Soldiers Turn Cow Midwives Near Merced
A detail of 12 soldiers from the army flying school halted by Mrs. C A Brewer as they drove past her farm. They pursued the cow into a field and helped deliver a 25 pound calf in a nearby barn.
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Merced
Cal
Army Flying School
Americans Advance 42 Miles in Central Tunisia
Central Tunisia action reports Americans pushing 42 miles inland as part of broader Allied advance. Concurrently Russian defenses falter below Kharkov under renewed tank offensives. News notes Halsey’s forecast of Pacific victory gains support amid global war developments.
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Tunisia
Halsey
Pacific
White Deer Man Heads Teachers' Conference
Chester Strickland of White Deer was elected president of the Northwest Texas Conference for Education at the Amarillo meeting. Officers include Blake Bolton, J. B. Speer, Margaret Jones, and A. B. Lewis. Resolutions urge war effort support, teacher supply, and legislative backing for school funding and state per capita aid. The session featured music by Amarillo High School choir and talks by Manning and Pechstein on youth education and irritants in child development.
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Chester Strickland
White Deer
Northwest
Blake Bolton
Dalhart
J. B. Speer
Canyon
Margaret Jones
Pampa
A. B. Lewis
Amarillo
Texas
State Board of Education
Amarillo Public Schools
Harris M. Cook
Knox Kinard
Kellus Turner
Carl Chaudoin
Dwight Morrow School
Amarillo High School
Student Work Council
Manning
United States
NYA
Louis A Pechstein
College of Education
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Pechstein
Voshel
Pechstein
Maj
N. C. Voshel
Amarillo Army Air Field
Rent Control Case Reaches Supreme Court
Edward Roach of South Bend Ind appeals to the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of rent control powers held by the Office of Price Administration. Roach contends he was charged 45 a month for rent when the ceiling price was 35. Lower court dismissed, citing improper delegation of authority under the Emergency Price Control Act.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Office of Price Administration
Edward Roach
South Bend
Ind
Dick M. Johnson
Roach
Thomas W. Slick
Federal District Court
Slick
Congress
Jap Learns About Water
Two weeks after the Battle of the Bismarck Sea in which 15 000 Japanese soldiers died the Japanese government announced all soldiers would be taught to swim. Tokyo radio quoted by the OWI said the plan stems from water connected war operations in Greater East Asia.
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Associated Press
Bismarck Sea
Tokyo Radio
OWI
Greater East Asia
America
Roosevelt
Administration
War Stimson
Tokyo Admits War in Luzon in New Radio Report
Tokyo radio said American and Filipino guerrilla forces continue to resist Japanese troops in the mountains of Northern Luzon a year after Gen. Douglas MacArthur left Corregidor. The report links the fighting to ongoing resistance and MacArthur's absence.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Farmers assured ample gasoline for 1943 operations
Director Joseph B. Eastman of the Office of Defense Transportation said farmers may schedule their 1943 crops with the assurance they will have enough gasoline for all necessary truck operations. He noted the ODT mileage control for commercial vehicles is fully flexible with certificate adjustments as conditions warrant.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Roosevelt Considers Delaying National Labor Service
President Roosevelt signaled support for compulsory national labor service but preferred delaying it. The Senate military committee weighed draftable civilian war work while Capt Eddie Rickenbacker urged speed to avoid a skeletal war effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Eddie Rickenbacker
Yanks Recapture Lost Territory in North Africa
Allied advances in central Tunisia push Patton’s forces toward the coast after capturing El Guetar 12 miles beyond Gafsa. Heavy rains and frozen water hampered moves as British and Italian units reported adjustments and continued patrols ahead of the Mareth line.
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North Africa
el Guetar
Gabes
Guetaria Pass
Rommel
Jebel Berda
Jebel Chemsi
Patton
Gafsa
First Army
Tamera
Bizerte
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Ninth U. S
Feriana
Mahares
von Arnim
Mediterranean
Libya
Arabs Plan Political Body
In Jerusalem reports indicate a newly formed Haifa sponsorship committee has taken first steps to create a representative political body for Palestine Arabs as part of early organizational efforts.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Kaiser Scouts Priority Suits
Kaiser dismisses priority violations as smear campaigns by rivals. He says subpoenas were delayed and notes Donald Nelson knew nothing of the case. He portrays the charges as opposition to his work and defends his ability to endure criticism.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
San Francisco
Donald Nelson
Fresh Nazi Tanks Force Reds Back Near Kharkov Front
Russian forces faced a surge of German armor and infantry on the southern Donets line and yielded two settlements southeast of Kharkov. Moscow reported a Red counterattack that pushed back the Nazis as Smolensk gains continued and German resistance stiffened in the Izdeshkovo area. Soviet aircrews claimed 11 German planes downed while crossings on the thawing Donets remained difficult.
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London
Moscow
Belgorod
Kharkov
Donets
Donets River
Izyum
Smolensk
Izdeshkovo
Chuguev
Red Army
Dnieper
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Yangtze
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White Deer Man Heads Teachers’ Conference
White Deer Heads Teachers Conference
Tokyo
FDR
Austin
Vermont
James F. Byrnes
Rep. Smith
Virginia
General Motors Corporation
Detroit
House Rules Committee
House
Rep. Kilday
Rules Committee
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
Norton
New Jersey
J E Walters
Revere Copper and Brass Company
Rome
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
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Kaiser
Russia
West Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
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