Allied Drive in Tunisia and Sardinia Air Raid Report
Allied forces tighten the squeeze on Rommel in Tunisia while a massive U S Flying Fortress assault hits Sardinia ports and airfields. Montgomerys Eighth Army advances near Gabes and Sedjenane as Patton’s forces push east through minefields toward Bizerte.
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Rommel
North Africa
Tunisia
U. S
Sardinia
Erwin Rommel
Cagliari
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Gabes
Sfax
Oudres
Montgomery
United States
George S. Patton, Jr
el Guetaria Pass
Sedjenane
Bizerte
Tevouna
Mateur- Tabarca
First Army
Rome
London
Red Star
Axis
Marshal Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Gafsa
Georges S. Patton, Jr
Morocco
Associated Press
el Guetar
Bri First Army
Plan to Reclassify Draft 3-A to 3-C Under New System
Washington April 1 Selective Service officials map plans to wipe out dependency draft classifications 3-A 3-B and 3-C with local boards to reclassify registrants including fathers with child born before Pearl Harbor. New scheme splits married and single men by essential civilian and war production roles to boost manpower in dairy farming agriculture and key industries.
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Washington
Selective Service
National Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Lewis B. Hershey
Tan
S V. McNutt
Chester
Davis “Ying
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
County Farm Bureaus and
Walker seeks short 1944 campaign agreement with Republicans
Democratic National Chairman Frank C. Walker said on his return from a tour of ten western states that he intends to seek an agreement with the Republican party for a brief campaign in 1944. He proposed starting in September or October.
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Frank Walker
Washington
Frank C. Walker
Jay Taylor Approved to Lead Farm Manpower Program
Lt. Col. Jay Taylor of Amarillo named head of the farm manpower program under Food Administrator Chester Davis. He will oversee releasing farm workers from the army and recruitment and transfer efforts, plus enlisting a large land army of youths and women. His appointment aims to end congressional battles over funding and control of the program.
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Washington
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Chester Davis
Army
Davis
Taylor
Roosevelt
Congress
Col
Federal Reserve Bank At
Dallas
Texas
New Mexico
Halliburton Oil Well
Mexico
Southwest
National Livestock and Meat Board
Panhandle
Southwestern
American National Livestock Associations
Texas Panhandle
Agriculture Department
House of Representatives
FSA
Sec
Sec. Wickard
House
Extension Service
Senate
Morgenthau says no pay-as-you-go income tax this year
Secretary Morgenthau notes no pay-as-you-go plan this year and welcomes House defeat of the Carlson bill but laments recommitment to the Ways and Means measure. He says the House cannot act on a new tax collection for at least two months amid wartime. A Paris radio report also notes two British planes forced to land in Portugal and crews interned.
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Washington
W.P
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
House
Morgenthau
Fort Bliss pigeon legends blaze in world class flight
Fort Bliss reports show homing pigeons excelling in military service. Molly and Lady Astor star among birds trained for wartime tasks with 210 mile ranges and 7000 foot passes. Staff Sergeant Robert Jones notes pigeons adapt to aircraft and battlefield needs while receiving special care to prompt return home.
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Fort Bliss
Molly
Penny
Lady Astor
Robert Jones
Austin
Jones
Sergeant Jones
Amarillo Officer in Australia Becomes Second Lieutenant
Second Lieut Noel Thomas of Amarillo Texas wed Betty Sandig before war service. He joins fellow Amarillo graduate J A Muncie who served in Darwin and New Guinea. Thomas plans a delayed honeymoon and hints at redecorating the Herring Hotel bridal suite on return. Other locals include Obert Wood of Belton and Muncie, brother-in-law to Foster Peterson.
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Bill Wilson
MacArthur
Australia
Walter Kreuger
Sixth Army
Arthur Mac-Arthur
Douglas Mac-Arthur
Noel Thomas
Polk
Amarillo
Texas
Betty Sandig
Pan-Tex Ordnance Plant
Thomas
Otho Thompson
The
Globe
News
Gene Howe
Darwin
Plains of Texas
J. A. Munelie
Foster Peterson
Globe News
Muncie
New Guinea
West Texas State
Texas Tech
Obert Wood
Belton
Tex
Navy Planes Hit Aleutians and Munda in New Raids
The Navy announced three more air attacks on Japanese bases in the Aleutians and one on Munda in the Solomons. Attacks targeted Kiska and Holtz Bay Atiu Island, all on Tuesday. March raids on Kiska reach 32 with one heavy bomber shot down over Kiska and fires started at Munda.
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Washington
Aleutians
Munda
Solomons
Navy
Kiska
Holtz Bay
Atiu Island
New WAAC Has 11 Soldier Brothers
Dallas woman Patricia G. Smith joins the WAAC and becomes part of a family with 11 brothers in the armed forces. She is 25 and has brothers James, Jay, Claude, Carl, Clayton, Ralph, Roy, Bert, Earl, Donald, and Pred ICity.
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Dallas
U.P
Patricia G. Smith
WAAC
Miss Smith
James
Jay
Claude
Carl
Clayton
Ralph
Roy
Bert
Earl
Donald
Pred
House Votes To Adjourn May 11
The Texas House voted to end the legislative session on May 11 but then tabled the adjournment resolution subject to call. The action allows adjournment to be brought up again with hours notice. the fate of the adjournment remains unsettled.
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Austin
House of Representatives
Ata
Axis Dunkirk plan moves troops from Tunisia
Germany has seized the Italian fleet and French merchant ships to evacuate Italo German forces from Tunisia in an Axis Dunkirk. Projections target 750000 tons for troops and over 1 million including heavy equipment, as Sicily and southern Italy bolster air cover.
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Madrid
U.P
Germany
Tunisia
Dunkirk
Rome
Axis
Sicily
Italy
Hitler
Mediterranean
Britain
Alexandria
Gibraltar
North Africa
Romie
Mussolini
France
Genoa
Spezia
Reds Smash Nazi Attack near Novorossisk on Kuban Link
Soviet forces captured Anastasevskaya 36 miles north of Novorossisk and 12 miles northeast of Veronikovskaya, severing the German bridgehead on the Kuban link. Midday reports said German attacks along the Donets front suffered heavy losses, with tanks and armored cars knocked out. On Smolensk and Lake Ilmen sectors Soviet forces reported gains and heavy German casualties, while on the Taganrog front Soviet artillery disrupted a water barrier crossing and shot down several enemy aircraft.
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Caucasus
Anastasevskaya
Novorossisk
Veronikovskaya
Kuban
Marshiantorom Slavyanskaya
Donets
Kharkov
Smolensk
Lake Ilmen
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Amarillo Soldier Harold Connally Reported POW
The War Department reports Pvt. Harold M. Connally of Amarillo is a prisoner of war held by Japan. He has been missing in action for over a year after serving a little over two years in the army. His family says a March 7 letter was his last communication.
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War Department
Harold M. Connally
Amarillo
Connally
R. D. Connally
East
Severith Street
J. L. Vuck Company
Chas. C. Connally
Dumas
Pvt. Conn
Corpus Christi
Ana
Ee Serene
Filmore
Knudsen Sees U S Aircraft Output Hit 1943 Goal
In Chicago the Army’s production chief Lieut. Gen. William S. Knudsen said the United States will reach a 1943 production goal of 90 000 planes. He told reporters that American industry cannot be held back and he is confident in meeting all required tasks.
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Chicago
United States
William S. Knudsen
Army
Weather report notes light wind and dry conditions
The forecast describes a near calm, dry night with minimal temperature change. Last night’s low was 40 degrees and yesterday’s high reached 67. No signs of immediate drought interference are evident.
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Mareth Line
8Th Army
Cairo
New York
NEA
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
Senate Appropriations Committee
Portugal
Paris
Herring Hotel
Lieut. Thomas
Wichita Falls
Lieut. Muncy
Wellington
GOP
Noel L, Thomas
New Waac
Icity
Radseth
Stationery Company
Harold M
Pvt. Connally
U.S
Bureau
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