Rommel Lashes Out at Mareth Line and Solomons Naval Action
The report highlights Rommel’s renewed desert offensive at the Mareth Line against the British Eighth Army and details U S Navy activity in the Solomons. US warships sank two Japanese destroyers after destroying a 22 ship convoy in the Bismarck Sea, with no American losses. The engagement near Munda and Vila on New Georgia Island and Kolombangara Island left over 15 000 Japanese troops dead and raised total Japanese ships sunk in the Solomons to 62, with 11 probably sunk and 116 damaged.
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Rommel
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Associated Press
United States
Solomons
Bismarck Sea
Navy Department
U.S
Munda
Vila
New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal
Kolombangara
Erea
Lunga Point
Northampton
Panhandle Fat Stock Show Opens in Amarillo Tomorrow
The Amarillo Fat Stock Show begins a four day run with 4-H and Future Farmers of America entries from across the region. Lieut. Gov. John Lee Smith will attend Tuesday and Wednesday and speak at the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce meeting Wednesday night. The event features the Victory sale by the Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association and highlights top beef, breeder cattle, pigs, and sheep amid rationing challenges.
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Amarillo
John Lee Smith
Throckmorton
Lone Star State
Future Farmers of America
Panhandle Hereford Breeders Association
Throckmearton
Austin
Grady Hazlewood
Smith
Rommel Counterattacks after Tank Loss in North Africa
Axis forces under Marshal Rommel launched a dawn offensive against the British Eighth Army near El Alamein after losing 21 tanks. Rommel, across Libya, struck in a bid to unhinge Montgommery’s line and blunt Allied advances as the Mareth line action unfolds.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Sir Bernard Montgomery
el Alamein
Egypt
Rommel
Libya
Montgomery
First Army
Mareth Line
Cage
Tunisia
Miles of Essen Rocked in Huge Attack by RAF
British and Canadian bombers hit the Krupp armament works at Essen in a heavy raid lasting about 40 minutes. Observers described a colossal explosion and a huge orange cloud as flames leaped over the target area. RAF losses were 14 bombers in the ten night campaign.
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Miles
Essen
RAF
London
Krupp
Krupp Works
Air Ministry
Bill Beave
Wetaskin
Alberta
Reid
R. E. Taylor
Boonville
Indiana
RCAF
Hitler
High Command
Berlin
Germany
Kincheloe Sentenced Six Years In Murder Case
John Kincheloe, 64, a Dalhhar County farmer, was found guilty of fatally shooting son Clark Kincheloe at the family home on Christmas Day 1941 and received a six year prison term from a 47th district court jury after four hours deliberation. The verdict denied a suspended sentence as Kincheloe and his wife listened. defense counsel vowed a new trial and possible appeal.
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John Kincheloe
Clark
47Th District Court
Kincheloe
Clem Calhoun
Defense
Dalhart
Ham County
Dallam County
Clark Kincheloe
Atty
New Mexico
Momma
Momma Vs. Kincheloe
Clarke
John Hants
Jim
Jonas Longhoofer
Smelters Seek Workers For War Production Plants
Smelters at Dumas and Amarillo seek men to keep metal moving to war production plants. U S Employment Service offices in Amarillo accept applications. Housing is available at Dumas. Full-time 48 hours weekly with time and a half over 40. Inexperienced workers trained and paid during training. Zinc vital to war effort and 30 percent of small arms ammunition weight. No layoffs anticipated for duration and beyond. Apply through U S Employment Service.
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Dumas
Amarillo
United States Employment Service
War Production Board
United States
U. S. Employment Service
Reds win third major victory on central front
Battlefront reports dated March 6 1943 show Reds scoring a third major victory on the central front and taking a new key point from crumbling Nazi hedge hog positions as American troops seize Pichon in central Tunisia while British forces retreat in the north. U S warships sink two Japanese destroyers in a raid on Munda and RAF raids ignite several square miles of Essen.
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Reds
Central Front
U. S
Munda
Essen
Red Cross Drive Surpasses $10 000 Mark in Potter County
Potter County’s Red Cross war fund campaign nears $11,000 in its first week with a national target of 125 million. Oran E. Todd chairs the drive with Mrs. J Avery Rush as co chair, while Mrs Floyd Cooper reports strong public response and more than 1 000 donations tabulated by women’s teams. The local effort includes stickers for households and lapel tags for individuals, with volunteers in zones 19 and 20 affected by a tragedy earlier in the week.
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Potter County
Red Cross War Fund
Oran E. Todd
J. Avery Rush
Floyd Cooper
John Maynard
Women’s Clubs
Ernest R. Massey
Sanford
Red Carnation Lodge
Ladies Society of the B. of L. F. & E
Massey
Lile Bunch
C. T. Crowe
Paul V. Alexander
Wayne O'Keefe
Herb Bucke
Red Army captures Gzhatsk in major advance toward Smolensk
Soviet forces seize Gzhatsk 100 miles west of Moscow after storming twice. The victory opens a three directional push toward Vyazma and Smolensk as Rzhev and surrounding areas see further towns and rail hubs captured. Reports note losses and 1,800 Germans killed across fronts.
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London
Red Army
Gzhatsk
Moscow
Ghatsk
Rzhev
Vyazma
Smolensk
Osuga
Sevsk
Bryansk-Kiev
Kursk
Velikie Luki
Berlin
Radev
Kharkov
Kiev
Dnieper
Rahev
Donets
Voroshilovgrad
Timoshenko
Staraya Russia
Kuban
Novorossisk
Sea of Azov
Raiway
Lyvchevka
Rahevy
Vyasma
Hartley Leaves Pantex Plant and New Manager Appointed
The Pantex Ordnance Plant will continue operations under new management as H G Philbrook is named general manager of the Certain-Feed Products Corporation unit. Hartley returns to his role as president, ending his wartime leadership in Amarillo.
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Pantex Ordnance Plant
Certain Feed Products Corporation
H. J. Hartley
Pantex
H. G. Philbrook
Certain-feed Products Corporation
Bror Dahlberg
Philbrook
University of Maine
War Production Board
Springfield
Mass
Stone and Webster of
Boston
Stone and Webster
Hartley
Certainteed Products Corporation
Amarillo
P. S. Irvine
Sweeping OPA Changes Urged By Senate Committees
Washington march 6 1943 ten members of the senate finance and banking committees will urge administrator Prentiss Brown to adopt sweeping OPA policy changes. proposals include reducing personnel restricting price control to basics abandoning profits regulation and raising farm product ceilings. Herring who leads a new admin staff aims to empower local boards and involve the public in enforcing prices and rations.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Senate Finance and Banking Committees
Brown
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
Herring
Stalin Declared Marshal of the Soviet Union by Decree
The supreme Soviet in a decree signed by President Kalinin elevated Premier Joseph Stalin to marshal of the Soviet Union. The Moscow radio announced the landmark decision in a broadcast recorded by the Soviet Monitor.
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London
Supreme Soviet
Michael Kalinin
Soviet Union
Joseph Stalin
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
Rombergs Immortal Melodies at USO Auditorium Tonight
Sigmund Romberg and 50 musicians present a special impromptu concert for Amarillo Army Air Field soldiers at 4 PM with an 8:45 PM main show at the USO Municipal Auditorium. No tickets remain as advance sales broke records. box office is closed. The broadcast origins from KFDA studios feature Herbert and Lehar works.
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Sigmund Romberg
USO
Romberg
Amarilo Army Air Field
Amario Field
KFDA
Victor Herbert
Frang le
RAF Raid Casualties Rise From Berlin Bombing
German radio reports casualties from the March 1 RAF raid on Berlin have climbed to 486 dead and 377 seriously injured.
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London
Berlin
Weather Outlook for Amarillo and Surrounds on Sunday
The Amarillo area expects rapidly rising temperatures Sunday with little change in El Paso. New Mexico sees warmer conditions in the east during Sunday and early night, with scattered showers or light snow flurries in mountains. The report notes highs near 82, lows around 42, and 24 hour precipitation at 0 inches. includes sunrise and sunset times and March 6 1943 circulation numbers for The Amarillo Daily News.
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Amarillo
Texas
el Paso
New Mexico
Nanan
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Inside
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Lorient
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Red Cross
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State Theater
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Interstate Theater
Jack King
Ross D. Rogers
Russia
New York
CBS
Kasserine
Juregen von Arnim
Sidi Bou Zid
Desert Panzer Army
Sfax
von Arnim
Gereman
Kairouan
Sedjenane
Algiers
Oeseltia
Sidi Bouard
Oosseltia
Sidi Bouzsid
Rourid
Stalin
Russell Stationery Company
Immortal Melodies
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