U S Troops Inva de Admiral ty Islands and Argentine Revolt
The Argentine government claims it has crushed a revolt led by Lt Col Tomas Duco and the Third Infantry, following turmoil around Buenos Aires and a coup that ousted Gen Ramirez ally Gen Farrell. U S officials warn of grave developments and potential non recognition. Allied and Soviet fronts report heavy fighting in Italy and the Baltic region with advances near Pskov and Estonian shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edelmiro Farrell
Pedro Ramirez
Tomas Duco
Buenos Aires
Farrell
Ramirez
U. S
Washington
United States
Argentina
Reuters
Anzio
Carroceto
Cisterna
Admiralty Islands Invasion Opens Pacific Advance
Allied Sixth Army troops under Gen Douglas MacArthur landed on Los Negros and seized Momote Airdrome on the Admiralty Islands. The operation opened a new front in the Bismarck Sea, cutting routes from Truk to Wewak and bringing 50 000 Japanese troops into encirclement as MacArthur declared the campaign clearly in sight.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Sixth Army
Japan
South Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry Division
Los Negros Island
Admiraltys
Momote
Seventh Fleet
Bismarck Sea
MacArthur
Bismarck
Solomons
New Britain
Rabaul
William C. Chase
Providence
R. L
New Guinea
Aeronca to Build Utility-Cargo Planes in War Era Refit
Aeronca Aircraft Corp. plans a large retooling to begin the first American production of big fast utility cargo planes previously made only in Canada. The new ship is expected off Aeronca's assembly line early next spring under an arrangement that makes Aeronca the sole manufacturer.
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Middletown
War Department
Aeronca Aircraft Corp
Canada
Aeronca
Britain Accepts Russian Demands for Finland Peace Terms
Britain agreed to peace terms submitted by Russia to Finland demanding that Finland end military operations sever ties with Germany restore 1940 borders and intern all Nazi troops and ships with or without Soviet help. Moscow dispatches say Finland may begin negotiations soon as discussions with Russia unfold.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Finland
Germany
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandra Kollontay
Soldier Vote Plan Revised Conferees approve compromise for armed forces ballots
Washington reports Senate and House conferees have agreed on a compromise plan for service voting. States may opt in or out. The federal ballot would be distributed to voters in states with existing absentee systems if governors certify by August 1. In states lacking absentee voting, the plan may be used only if governors certify it as acceptable.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allies Route 8,000-strong Burma Force. 4,500 Japanese Hit
New Delhi. Admiral Mountbatten announced Allied troops had killed or wounded 4,500 Japanese since February 4 as they routed an 8,000-man force aiming to encircle the Fifth and Seventh Indian Divisions in Western Burma.
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New Delhi
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Jury Nears Verdict in Collett Triple Murder Trial
The trial of James W. Collett on charges of murdering his brother in law’s family moves toward a completed jury as selection accelerates.
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Washington
D. H
James W. Collett
Allied Ground Advances Deep Into Admiralty Islands
Allied forces reported pushing inland after landing on Los Negros as they consolidate in the Admiralty Islands. The operation, led by General Douglas MacArthur, targets Rabaul and aims to sever Japan’s outer defenses, reducing New Britain’s role as a supply hub and threatening Japanese supply lines in the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Admiralty Islands
Los Negros Island
Bismarck Sea
Admiralties
Gilbert Islands
Marshall Islands
Central Pacific
Douglas McArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Japan
Southwest Pacific Islands
New Georgia Island
Buka
New Ireland
March Tire Quotas Rise Slightly Under OPA Plan
The Office of Price Administration reports March tire and tube quotas increase from February. U S passenger tire allotment set at 691 025, up 45 975, to be issued by local boards on an occupational basis favoring essential workers over mileage.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
U. S
Eastern Ohio Miners End Week-Long Strike at Powhatan Mine
One thousand miners returned to work at the Powhatan coal mine in Bellaire Ohio after a week-long strike. Adolph Pacifico vice president of District United Mine Workers said the stoppage was unauthorized and stemmed from the company's handling of a foreman miner altercation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Powhatan
Adolph Pacifico
United Mine Workers
Pacifico
Knight granted release from life sentence in Ohio appeal
The Ohio district court of appeals ordered the release of Richard Knight of Hardin County after finding the life sentence he served nearly a decade for a crime had been illegally imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
District Court of Appeals
Richard Knight
Hardin County
Star Saleswoman Adine Van Coutren Leads Bond Drive
Pfc Adine Van Coutren WAC tops Mediterranean theater as a $100 war bond winner for outstanding bond sales leadership. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Leo Van Coutren of St Louis with three sisters in the WACs six brothers in the Navy two brothers in the Marines and one in the Army.
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Star Saleswac
Pfc
Adine van Coutren
WAC
Leo van Coutren
St. Louis
Wacs
Navy
Marines
Army
Signal Corps
Neal
Dr Byron Danford Dies After Athens Car Crash
Dr Byron Danford 45 Athens physician died at Sheltering Arms Hospital from injuries in a Monday Athens car collision. He practiced in Athens since 1925 with his late father and had a wife, son, mother, sisters, and grandson among survivors. Funeral services will be announced.
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Byron Danford
Athens
N. Congress St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dr. Danford
Trimble
W. G. Danford
Glouster High School
Ohio University
University of Cincinnati Medical School
W. Union St
Danford
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
the Elks
Eagles
Rotary Club
Symposiarch
Phi Delta ‘Theta
Nu Sigma Nu
Medical Fraternity
Torch
Pauline Hartley Danford
Bertha Danford
Cullen W. Irish II
Texas
Wheeler Dew
Barbara Danford
Howard Knox
Cleveland
B. F. Beckler, Jr
Kingman
Ariz
Richard Banks
Manchester
Tenn
Verna Beckwith
Elks to Hold Services at Danford Home Thursday Evening
Friday schedule notes a service at 110 N Congress St with the Athens Lodge of Elks. Friends may call at the Danford home after Thursday noon, with further service at the Danford residence Thursday evening at 8 30 o clock.
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N. Congress St
Athens Lodge of Elks
Danford
Lewis Says Communists Dominate CIO
John L. Lewis charges that Communists control the CIO and hold CIO president Philip Murray as their prisoner. Murray replies he would not inflame war-supporting passions even if Lewis had a son on the front. Lewis claims Communists would have been weeded out of the CIO if he had not left in 1940.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
United States
The
US Meat Rationing Debate: Canada Lead Urged
Chicago readers hear National Association of Retail Meat Dealers official John A. Kotal urge Congress to end meat rationing and let the CPA follow Canada's example. FE Pollock of the War Food Administration counters that rationing must continue to avoid shortages for the armed forces.
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Chicago
John A. Kotal
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Congress
CPA
Canada
FE. O. Pollock
War Food Administration
Pollock
Foundry Head Freed Under $15 000 Bond
John L. Schmeller, convicted last October of furnishing faulty war materials to the government, was released from Terre Haute federal prison after posting 15000 bond. Schmeller, former president of the National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co., has appealed for a new trial.
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Cleveland
John L. Schmeller
Terre Haute
Schmeller
National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co
Hillbilly Long Author Is Louisiana Governor
Louisiana voters rejected candidates who backed Huey P. Long style liberal rule. Jimmie Davis, author of You Are My Sunshine, surged to the governorship after campaigning with a hillbilly band.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Jimmie H. Davis
O'Brien Sees Bread Rationing Inevitable
Chicago Board of Trade President Philip Raymond O'Brien says bread rationing is inevitable under current government feed and livestock policies. He criticizes policy as wasting resources and urges action to prevent shortages.
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Washington
Philip Raymond O'Brien
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Schools Closed By Pay Strike In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh public schools 130 in number with 82 000 pupils were closed today by a strike of 1 000 custodial workers demanding higher pay. Students sent home as halls and classrooms were darkened. heat kept for pipe freezing. Day nurseries and draft board offices inside schools kept heat and light. The union initially sought a dollar a day raise, then asked 40 cents. the school board offered 30 to 50 cents. The union rejected the offer, arguing higher raises should go to better-paid workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Legion Chief Calls National Service to End War
American Legion national commander Warren H. Atherton urged a national service program at the South Carolina Legion meeting. He warned the war's death toll would rise to 800,000 veterans killed or wounded to reach Berlin and 3,000,000 Jap butchered victims to take Tokio, arguing drafting fathers or childless neighbors alike.
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Columbia F. C
Warren H. Atherton
American Legion
Berlin
Tokio
South Carolina
Department of the Legion
Atherton
Slaughtering Up Slightly From Last Year Says Meat Institute
The American Meat Institute announced that February slaughter of cattle calves and hogs under federal inspection was 8 percent below January but substantially higher than February last year, indicating a rebound after the prior month.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
Admiraltys 1300 Miles From Philippines Seal Pacific War Moves
The article notes MacArthur hinting at returning to the Philippines as Admiralty forces press the blockade toward Japanese bases. It details targets and distances from Truk to Kavieng and Rabaul, with air raids on Wewak, Hansa Bay, and Boram as Allied bombers strike in the Solomons and New Guinea theaters.
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Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
New Britain
New Ireland
Rabaul
Kavieng
Truk
Manus Island
Lorgengau
Manus
Leadier Harbor
Admiraltys
New Guinea
Wewak
Lanukal
Vunapope
FDR Returns To Washington
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a week of rest to begin a conference series on military affairs with notable attendees including Chairman Vinson Maj Gen Wedemeyer and high command from the U S Army and Navy. The White House asked that his retreat not be mentioned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Louis Mountbatten
South-East Asia
High Command
United States Army
Navy
White House
Jack & Heintz Dinner Draws Congress Amid Procurement Debate
Congress gave no move to revise renegotiation statutes after a Jack & Heintz dinner, a Cleveland war contracting firm opposing government profit limits. About 50 representatives and four senators attended the Mayflower event, while fewer than a dozen congressmen went to the WPB exhibit held the same night.
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Washington
Congress
Jack & Heintz
Cleveland
War Production Board
Mayflower
Meat Rationing Likely To Tighten Further Officials Say
Washington reports from War Food Administration officials and the United Nations food board warn meat restrictions will grow stricter as peak 1944 production nears. Canada suspends all meat rationing while U S prices administrator Chester Bowles notes higher point values expected next month.
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Washington
Canada
War Food Administration
United Nations Combined Food Board
United States
Carafa
United Kingdom
United
Chester Bowles
Auto License Tags On Sale Today in Ohio 1944
Ohio vehicle license plates for 1944 are now on sale at deputy registrars. A single tag must be displayed on the rear of each vehicle starting Saturday, April 1. Windshield stickers replaced plates last year. Motorists are urged to donate 1942 tags to the scrap metal drive.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nye Announces Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
WAVERLY attorney George D. Nye announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Nye, former Pike County prosecutor and common pleas judge, was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in 1940.
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Waverly
George D. Nye
Pike County
Common Pleas
Herbert Files Nomination for Governor Nomination
Lieut. Guy Paul M Herbert filed nomination petitions in Columbus with the secretary of state as a Republican candidate for governor.
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Herbert
Columbus
Guy
Paul M. Herbert
Secretary of State
German troop train derailed by guerrillas near Mt Olympus
Reports say Greek guerrillas led by a British officer derailed a German troop train on February 22 near Mt Olympus. The attack killed 400 German soldiers including a Nazi general and his staff and wounded many others. A flyer and a U S airman were also noted killed in separate incidents.
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Cairo
Mt. Olympus
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Lotsk
Fanced
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Italy
Britain
U. K
Morgen Tidningen
Social Democratic Party
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Foundry
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Guam
Thenemy
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Thomas E. Russell
Cincinnati
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