U S Bombers Hit Wilhelmshaven Third Time In WWII Raid
Big U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked Wilhelmshaven for the third day, targeting docks and shipping installations. The raid, part of the Eighth Air Force push over Germany, involved heavy losses and fierce fighter opposition, with several bombers reported missing.
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England
Germany
Wilhelmshaven
Eighth Air Force
el Alamein
Egypt
Tobaga
Gabes
Sfax
Wellington
Perryville
Bizerte
Boston
Allied Bombers Tour Over Burma
From Mayu Peninsula to Mogaung British and American airmen rain bombs on Japanese targets in Burma. American bombers hit Mogaung, causing fires and heavy damage. RAF strikes hit Donbaik and Laungchaung. no Allied losses reported. Fighters patrolled Myitkyina area, sinking two river steamers.
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New Delhi
Burma
Mayu Peninsula
Mogaung
China
U. S. Air Force
RAF
Donbaik
Laungchaung
Myitkyina
Feni
Bengal
Sunray Worker Dies From Overheated Room
Murl Adams a 24 year old Sunray native employed at the American Zinc Co. Dumas smelter was found dead from asphyxiation in an overheated room. He was last seen at a movie Friday night and his body was sent to Sayre for funeral services. He leaves a widow a daughter Merle and a son John Henry with his parents Mr and Mrs G Adams of Sayre Oklahoma.
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Dumas
Murl Adams
American Zinc Co
Dumas Smelter
Adams
Sayre
Scott Waddel
Oklo
Boxwell Bros. Funeral Home
Merle
Draft-Age Men In U S Jobs Arouse Hershey
Major General Lewis B. Hershey told a congressional committee that government should set the example by replacing draft age workers with women or older men when possible. He noted 29 million registrants and 6,400 local boards handling classifications, while acknowledging some mistakes and conceding workload pressures.
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Hershey
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Congressional Committee Today
Selective Service
Rep
Harness
Indiana
Office of War Information
OWI
Subs Get Trio Of Jap Ships
Submarines in the Far China Sea have sunk three fast Japanese passenger ships in the last month. The Nagasaki Maru Kobe Maru and Yokohama Maru were reported destroyed, with Lloyds listing the Nagasaki Maru at 395 feet and 5268 tons and the Yokohama at 406 feet and 6143 tons.
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Chungking
China Sea
Shanghai
Nagasaki
Central News Agency
Kobe
Yokohama
Nagasaki-Shanghai
Weather Summary for Amarillo and Vicinity
The Amarillo area sees warmer Tuesday with fresh winds increasing in the afternoon. West Texas also reports warmer conditions with strong winds, while New Mexico cools in the west Tuesday with showers west and over mountains north east late afternoon or night. Sunrise at 6 46 A M, sunset 8 01 P M. The Amarillo Daily News circulation 24 848. combined daily 40 161.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
AL Minas
Eaves
Max
Iaas
The
Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo Globe
Bauche
Penance
Reds Strike Toward Smolensk In Major Soviet Push
Red Army columns driving toward Smolensk captured the railroad town of Durovo and 40 nearby localities, while other units moved within 50 miles of Smolensk. German attacks were repulsed, with heavy Nazi casualties and a reported Belgorod battalion wiped out.
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London
Smolensk
Durovo
Belgorod
Kharkov
Bely
Durovyo
Moscow
London News Chronicle
Yartsevo
Berlin
Donets
Et Sertorius
Chuguev
Kursk
Red Army
OPA Criticized by Rep Taber Over Food Policy
Rep Taber of New York told the House the greatest menace to the U S food situation is the long haired professors in the department of agriculture and the OPA. He cited Prentiss Brown as OPA administrator and named Galbraith Hamm as deputy administrators. He attacked the dehydration soup ration and warned factories may shut down due to rationing.
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Washington
Rep. Taber
New York
The
House
Department of Agriculture
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Galbraith
Princeton
Hamm
Leon Henderson
J. K. Galbraith
John Hamm
Taber
Jap Gas Attack Alleged in Hupeh Battles
Chinese high command charged that Japanese forces used gas in a South Hupeh engagement aimed at safeguarding Ichang communications. The bulletin said over 100 Chinese officers and soldiers were affected after a bitter counter attack, with Hwajung and Tungting Lake town still under Japanese control.
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Chungking
Hupeh
Ichang
Tungting Lake
Hwajung
Raid Drops Heavy Bombs on Northeast England
London dispatch reports enemy raiders dropped heavy explosive bombs on a northeast English area late tonight with no immediate word on damage or casualties.
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London
Mareth line battles as Eighth Army advances
British Eighth Army claims first objectives at Mareth while American forces near Gabes advance toward the sea. Russians push toward Smolensk in ongoing march as Allied bombers strike targets in Burma and Western Europe.
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Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Patton
Gabes
Smolensk
Hupeh Province
Frisbie Murder Trial To Open
Dorothy Prisbie, 18, Ama rillo girl, goes on trial on a charge of killing 16 month old Johnnie Scott by rat poisoning. A special venue of 400 men will draw about 200 jurors. She faces a second indictment for attempting to poison Glenda Frisbie, the dead baby’s 3 year old sister, who survived. Johnnie Scott was killed in February. Homer Scott, father of the children, also faces a misdemeanor adultery charge connected to Miss Frisbie.
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Dorothy Prisbie
Amarillo
Johnnie Scott
Frisbie
Glenda Frisbie
Glenda
Homer Scott
Miss Frisbie
Fight Between Nazis In France Reported
Bernard T. Townree of the United Associations of Great Britain and France said a two-group clash occurred in a Paris movie house about two months ago. He reported 27 German soldiers were killed and 70 wounded amid fighting between troops stationed in Paris and those on leave from the Russian front.
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London
Paris
Bernard T. Townree
United Associations of
Great Britain
France
Epsom College
Senate group approves parity increase to aid farm labor costs
The Senate agriculture committee approved a measure to include labor costs in farm price parity, risking higher consumer ceilings. Pace predicts Friday Senate vote and broad passage, while Roosevelt may veto. Estimates vary on impact from 2 to 16 percent higher costs, with arguments that parity boosts loan values and helps farmers compete for labor.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Senate
Pace
Allen
Illinois
Leon Henderson
Agriculture Department
Jjabor
47 Tons of Jap Eradicator Hits Kiska in Day
Allied air and ground forces carried out a day long assault on Kiska, dropping 94 540 pounds of bombs. The raid marked the heaviest attack on the island with 72 enemy aircraft observed overhead and 2000 pound bombs used for the first time in Alaska operations.
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Kiska
Aleutians
Alaska
11Th Air Force
Japheld Kiska
Rat Island
McNutt Says National Service Likely, Timing to Congress
Washington March 22 Paul V McNutt war manpower chief declared a compulsory national service act inevitable though timing rests with the President and Congress He urged using the voluntary system while preparing draft legislation and emphasized readiness to enforce national service when duty is assigned
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Congress
McNutt
Austin- Wadsworth
Patton and Montgomery drive through Mareth Line Tunisia
Allied forces push toward the Mareth Line with Montgomery’s Eighth Army attacking on a six mile front and Patton’s American columns advancing toward Maknassy and the Gulf of Gabes. About 1,400 Italian prisoners surrender as movement tightens along French built fortifications.
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North Africa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Gulf of Gabes
Mareth Road
Mareth
Erwin Rommel
George S. Patto Jr
Tunisian
Mediterranean
Rommel
Patton
Gafsa
Maknassy
Mahares
George S. Patton, Jr
Sened
Field J
Gabes
Sfax
Naples
Bou Hamran
el Guetar
Bou Kerahran
el Guetarria Pass
U. S. Liberators
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele Mole
Malta
Sicily
Lieut
Geri
G. A. N. Anderson
Dunknerque
Nessa
Biserte
Djebel Rhod
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Montgomery
Ksar Rhilane
Ludwig Sertorius
Berlin
Associated Press
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Matmata
Sertorius
Montegomery
Chott Djerid
Gafsa-Sfax
Pla
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