Churchill warns two more years of fighting to defeat Hitler
Churchill says it may take another two years to crush Hitler and his evil powers. He pledges Japan's defeat next and proposes a postwar bloc of Britain, the United States and Russia to secure peace. He urges all United Nations to redouble efforts for final victory.
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Churchill
Hitler
Rommel
Belgorod Axis
London
Winston Churchill
Japan
Britain
United States
Russia
United Nations
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Casablanca
British Commonwealth of Nations
Soviet Russia
World Organization
Europe
Allied South Tunisia drives press Rommel as air superiority grows
Allied forces push from Sened toward Maknassy while a massive air offensive pounds Rommel’s troops near the Mareth Line. In the north, Patton’s column advances from Gafsa. Axis forces retreat toward the Tunis–Bizerte pocket as Soviet fighting intensifies near Kharkov with heavy losses reported for German troops.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Marshal Rommel
Tunisia
London
Sened
Maknassy
Belgorod
Kharkov
Donets
Churchill
Maginot
George S. Patton
Rommel
Africa
Mareth
U. S
Patton
Sened-El Guetar
Mareth Line
Tunis-Bizerte
Jurgen von Arnim
Gafsa
Edward Kennedy
First
Tunis- Bizerte
Chuguev
Red Army
Berlin
Chugaev
Red Star
Finnl
Vadino
Smolensk
Vyazma
Senate Parity Bill Faces Senate Floor Action This Week
The Senate will consider two House measures soon, including allowing farm labor costs in the parity formula and repealing Roosevelt's salary cap. Senate leaders expect quick action with limited hearings as the judiciary committee prepares to vote onGovernor Allred’s federal circuit judgeship nomination amid broader wartime finance debates.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Senate
James V. Allred
Texas
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Farm Bloc
Rep
Pace
Georgia
Smith
South Carolina
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas
Oklahoma
House Agriculture Committee
GOP Freshmen Back Unity Plan
Twenty six of the 55 new Republican House members signed a letter pledging support for a national foreign policy as outlined in the Ball Burton Hill Hatch resolution calling for United Nations leadership in economic and political security. Willkie praised the action while a Democrat freshman urged bipartisan backing.
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Washington
House
Ball
Minnesota
Burton
Ohio
Hill
Alabama
Hatch
New Mexico
Willkie
Rep
Pullbright
Arkansas
Foreign Affairs Committee
Chinese Advance Below Yangtze Reports Slow Push
CHUNGKING March 21 Chinese forces push south of the Yangtze in Hunan Hupeh border area under difficult conditions. The high command did not confirm a central news agency claim of Hwajung recapture, reporting a reentry about a sortie. Civilians face flooding as dykes were destroyed near Lake Tungting.
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Chungking
Yangtze River
Hunan-Hupeh
High Command
Hwajung
Lake Tungting
China
One Week Ban On Butter And Lard Sales In U S
The Office of Price Administration suspended retail sales of butter margarine lard and other fats and oils for one week from March 22 to March 29 to conserve stocks before rationing begins. Stores, wholesalers and city dwellers faced timing and stock challenges as ration rules set 16 points per person weekly from March 29.
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Washington
OPA
Office of Price Administration
Tomlinson Talks Here Tonight at Amarillo Club
Ed ward Tomlinson, renowned post editor and Pan American expert, speaks on postwar commerce routes the Americas south and north. The Knife and Fork Club dinner at the Country Club begins 7:15 PM with reservations available at Maxor Drug Store or Amarillo Hotel news stand. dinner now $1.
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Europe
Asia
Edward Tomlinson
United States
Amarillo
Americas
Tomlinson
Knife and Fork Club
Country Club
Maxor Drug Store
Fisk Building
Amarillo Hotel
Fighter Plane Lands on Belly at English Field
Lieut C F P Rhodes of Lake Field Arizona piloted a P 40 on a routine flight when landing gear failed. He touched down on one wheel and tail wheel without overturning, uninjured, while witnesses watched from three sides of the field. The aircraft sustained damage and the extent was undetermined last night.
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Lieut
C. F P. Rhodes
Lake Field
Ariz
English Field
Lieut. Rhodes
HHS
Chennault Men Strike Jap Phosphate Mine in Indo China
Brig Gen Claire L Chennaults fliers of the 14th US Air Force bombed a Japanese phosphate mine area seven miles south of Laokau near the Kunming Hanoi rail line. Over 10 tons of bombs hit the target, destroying rail yards and loading installations and damaging a power station. the operation aimed to cripple a facility producing about 600 tons of phosphate daily.
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China
Claire L. Chennault
14Th
United States Air Force
Indo- China
Laokau
Kunming Hanoi
Yunnan Province
Herbert Morgan
Freedom
Red River
Hitler admits bombs hurt Nazidom in Berlin address
In a Berlin speech broadcast from the Zeughaus Hitler acknowledged the war zone across German soil after Allied air raids. He claimed the eastern front was stabilized and Germany mobilized for victory, denying rumors of illness or withdrawal.
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Hitler
Stalin
New York
Adolf Hitler
Associated Press
London
Russia
Berlin
Zeughaus
RAF
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Winston Churchill
BBC
Munich
Transocean
Goebbels
US Ambassador to China Home from Conferences
In Miami Fla on March 21 Clarence E. Gauss Dr Wellington Koo and General P H Wang returned to the United States by special army plane after talks in China. Koo and Wang planned to resume posts soon while Gauss heads to Washington for State Department discussions.
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Miamy
Fla
Clarence E. Gauss
U. S
China
Wellington Koo
Great Britain
P. H. Wang
Washington
United States
Koo
General Wang
Gauss
State Department
Miami
Soviet Union
Wang
Japan
US Training Airmen For Night Bombing
Maj. Gen. Ira C. Baker announced that some United States RAF crews are being trained for night bombing of German targets to supplement RAF nocturnal operations. He said new bombers with greater firepower are arriving and will be sent into combat as soon as they arrive.
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London
Ira C. Baker
United States
RAF
U. S
Sunday Express
Baker
Lightning Destroyer Sunk in World War II Action
The Admiralty reports one of Britain's largest destroyers the 1920 ton Lightning has been lost in action. Details remain scarce with next of kin informed and no date released. The Lightning gave its name to a class of vessels including ships begun in 1938 and entering service in 1940.
War Briefs From Fronts Include Mayhem At Mae Beth Line
British Eighth Army advances on Rommel as Mae beth Line defenses resist. Americans seize Sened and push toward Makinassy. Russians admit Belgorod loss, seize Vadino, 60 miles from Smolensk. Germans deploy fresh troops to Donets Basin. Chennault aircraft bomb Japanese phosphate mine in Indochina. Navy dive bombers strike Vila and Mumda in Central Solomons.
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Hyderabad
India
Sayed Sehghatullah Shah
Pagara
Sind
Belgorod
Vadino
Smolensk
Donets Basin
Navy
Vila
Solomons
Mumda
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Italy
GOP
Yangtze
M. Vances
Globe
Chennault
Fuehrer
Inside
Maebeth Line
Makinassy
Indes China
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