Argentine coup crackdown and war fears spread worldwide
General Farrell’s government in Argentina announced it had crushed a revolt led by Lt. Col. Tomas Duco and the Third Infantry, amid censorship and U.S. grave views on recent developments. Reports of naval moves and pressure from Ramirez supporters followed, while front lines in Europe showed heavy tank and artillery assaults near Anzio as Russian advances expanded toward Pskov and Estonia.
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Edelmiro Farrell
Pedro Ramirez
Tomas Duco
Buenos Aires
Farrell
Ramirez
U. S
Washington
United States
Argentina
Reuters
Anzio
Carroceto
tTna
U.S
Cisterna
Pskov
Baltic States
Red Army
Pogorelka
Helsinki
Stockholm
Peipus
Baltic
Malkova
Polotsk
MacArthur Invades Admiralty Islands Securing Momote Airfield
Allied Sixth Army forces under General MacArthur land on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty group, capture Momote Airdrome, and establish a strong foothold. The operation isolates about 50,000 Japanese troops in New Britain and Rabaul, severs supply lines from Truk, and signals a turning point toward the Philippines.
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Army-Navy
Seventh Fleet
Bismarck Sea
MacArthur
Bismarck
Solomons
New Britain
Rabaul
Aeronca to Build Utility Cargo Planes for War Dept
Middletown Termination of War Department contracts leads Aeronca Aircraft Corp to undertake a vast tooling program enabling the first American produced fast utility cargo planes. The new ship is expected to roll off the assembly line early today with Aeronca as the first and only manufacturer.
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Middletown
War Department
Aeroncaircraft Corp
Canada
Britain Accepts Soviet peace terms for Finland
Britain approved terms from Russia to Finland calling for an end to military actions and severing ties with Germany. The plan requires reestablishing 1940 borders and interning all Nazi troops and ships, with possible Soviet assistance. Reuters reported Moscow noted Finns may soon engage in talks, with cautious Finnish and Swedish reactions.
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London
Great Britain
Russia
Finland
Germany
Moscow
Juho K. Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandra Kollontay
Morgen ‘Tidningen
Social Democratic Party
Social Democrats
Soldier Vote Plan Revised
Washington conferees reach a compromised service vote plan leaving adoption to states. Federal ballots for armed forces may be used if states certify acceptance before August 1 or if no absentee law exists and governors approve as a bona fide vote.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allies rout 8000 Japanese in Burma victory claimed
NEW DELHI Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten announced Allied troops had killed or wounded 4 500 Japanese soldiers since Feb 4 in routing an 8 000 man force that sought to encircle the Fifth and Seventh Indian Divisions in Western Burma.
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New Delhi
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Jury Nears Completion in Collett Triple Murder Trial
Jurors neared completion in the James W. Collett triple murder case as jury selection progressed. The defendant faces three counts related to the deaths of his brother in law’s family.
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Washington
D. H
James W. Collett
Allied strategy unfolds as Admiralties land grants foothold
Allied forces push inland on Los Negros after securing one key airfield in the Admiralty Islands. The operation, part of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s plan, aims to isolate Rabaul and weaken Japan’s outer defenses in the Southwest Pacific amid waning supply and air cover.
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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 and Tube Quotas Increase Slightly
The Office of Price Administration reports March tire quotas rise to 691,025 passenger tires, up 45,975 from February. Allocation will be issued by local boards using an occupational basis, prioritizing essential workers over mileage.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
U. S
Miners Return to Jobs After Week-Long Ohio Strike
One thousand miners resumed work at the Powhatan coal mine in Bellaire Ohio after a week without pay. Adolph Pacifico vice president of District 6 United Mine Workers called the stoppage unauthorized and said it arose from a foreman miner altercation.
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Bellaire
Powhatan
Adolph Pacifico
District 6
United Mine Workers
Pacifico
Knight granted release after court rules life sentence illegal
The district court of appeals ordered the release of Richard Knight of Hardin County after finding his life sentence, imposed for a conviction, had been illegal and noting he had served nearly a decade.
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Columbus
District Court of Appeals
Richard Knight
Hardin County
Dr Byron Danford Dies After Athens Crash
Dr Byron Danford 45 Athens physician died at Sheltering Arms Hospital from crash injuries suffered Monday in Athens. He was born in Trimble October 17, 1899 and practiced in Athens since 1925. Survived by wife Pauline Hartley Danford, mother Bertha Danford, five sisters and a stepson. Funeral services scheduled.
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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
Howard Knox
Cleveland
B. F. Beckler, Jr
Kingman
Ariz
Richard Banks
Manchester
Tenn
Verna Beckwith
Elks Lodge to Conduct Services at Danford Home
Friday afternoon at two o'clock services will be held at the Danford home 110 N Congress St. The Athens Lodge of Elks will conduct services there Thursday evening at 8 30 o'clock. Friends may call at the home after Thursday noon.
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N. Congress St
Athens Lodge of Elks
Danford
Lewis Says Communists Dominate CIO
John L. Lewis says Communists control the CIO and that CIO president Philip Murray is their prisoner. Murray replies he would not fan hatred if a son were on a fighting front. Lewis claims he would have weeded out Communists from the CIO if he had stayed as chair. He distinguishes Russian Communists from those in the union.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
United States
Murray
Lewis
U S Should Follow Canada's Lead on Meat Rationing
Chicago reports debate between John A. Kotal of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers and E. O. Pollock of the War Food Administration. Kotal argues enough meat exists to end rationing and urges Congress to follow Canada, while Pollock warns against suspending rationing to avoid shortages for the armed forces.
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Chicago
John A. Kotal
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
Congress
CPA
Canada
E. 0.Pollock
War Food Administration
Foundry Head Freed On $15,000 Bond
John L. Schmeller, former president of the National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Co., was released from Terre Haute federal penitentiary after posting $15,000 bond. He was convicted last October of furnishing faulty war materials and has appealed for a new trial.
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Cleveland
John L. Schmeller
Terre Haute
Ind
Schmeller
National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Co
Hillbilly Long Author Raises Louisiana Governorship Bid
New Orleans voters rejected a slate advocating Huey P. Long era liberal rule and installed Jimmie H. Davis, author of You Are My Sunshine, as governor after campaigning with a hillbilly band.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
Jimmie H. Davis
Bread Rationing Seen Inevitable by Cbot Leader
President Philip Raymond OBrien of the Chicago Board of Trade says bread rationing is likely under present government feed and livestock policies that he calls squandering.
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Washington
Philip Raymond O’brien
The
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Schools Closed By Pay Strike In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh public schools totaling 130 with about 82 000 pupils were shut down by a custodial workers strike demanding higher pay. Students sent home as halls and classrooms were darkened while only enough heat remained to stop pipes from freezing. Day nurseries and draft board offices in school buildings continued with heat and light. The union initially sought a one dollar daily raise now requests forty cents. The school board offered increases from thirty to fifty cents but the union rejected it saying higher raises should go to better paid workers.
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Pittsburgh
Legion Chief Calls National Service to Save Youth
American Legion national commander Warren Atherton urged a national service program in Columbia addressing the South Carolina department. He warned that at the current pace 800,000 to 1,000,000 American youths could die or be wounded reaching Berlin and Tokio, arguing drafting fathers and non- fathers alike is the same principle.
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Columbia
Warren H. Atherton
The
American Legion
Berlin
Tokio
South Carolina
Department of the Legion
Atherton
Slaughtering Delineates February Counts under January
The American Meat Institute reports February slaughtering of cattle calves and hogs under federal inspection was eight percent below January but significantly higher than a year ago. The findings compare monthly trends and underscore shifts in meat production levels.
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Chicago
American Meat Institute
MacArthur signals return to Philippines in bold 1944 push
Report details General MacArthur’s remarks about returning toward the Philippines as Allied forces close on Japanese bases in the Admiralties and New Guinea area. It notes bombardment of Kavieng, Rabaul, Wewak and nearby airfields, with multiple raids totaling hundreds of tons of explosives by Solomons air units and Allied bombers.
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Manus Island
Lorgengau
Manus
Seadler Harbor
Admiraltys
Truk
New Guinea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
Lanukai
Vunapope
FDR Returns To Washington After Rest
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a week’s rest to begin a series of conferences on military affairs. Attending are Vinson of Georgia, Maj. Gen. Wedemeyer, and top Army and Navy leaders. The White House asked that the retreat not be mentioned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Vinson
D-Ga
House Naval Committee
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Jack Heintz Dinner Outdraws Exposition
Congress gave no plan to revise renegotiation statutes after Jack & Heintz dinner by the Cleveland war contracting firm opposing profit limits. About 50 representatives and four senators attended the Mayflower dinner, while fewer than 12 congressmen went to the WPB exhibit.
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Washington
Congress
Jack & Heintz
Cleveland
War Production Board
Mayflower
Mayflower Where the War Plant
Meat Rationing Likely to Tighten Further, Officials Say
WASHINGTON officials from the War Food Administration and the UN combined food board warned that meat restrictions will grow stricter as the war continues. Price Administrator Chester Bowles noted higher point values expected next month amid a temporary supply glut that lowered current ration values.
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Washington
Ada
Canada
War Food Administration
United Nations Combined Food Board
United States
United Kingdom
United Alions
Chester Bowles
Auto License Tags Go on Sale Today in Ohio
Ohio motorists can buy blue and white license plates at deputy registrars for 1944. One tag required on the rear of each vehicle starting Saturday, April 1. Windshield stickers were used last year and drivers were urged to donate 1942 tags to the scrap metal drive.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nye Announces Democratic Bid for Lieutenant Governor
WAVERLY George D Nye a Waverly attorney and former Pike County prosecutor and common pleas judge announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor He was the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor in 1940.
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Waverly
George D.nye
Pike County
Common Pleas
Herbert Candidate for Governor Nomination
Lieut. Gov. Paul M. Herbert filed nominating petitions with the secretary of state as a Republican candidate for governor in Columbus.
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Columbus
Paul M. Herbert
Secretary of State
German Troop Train Derailed by Guerrillas Near Mt Olympus
Greek guerrillas tied to a British officer derailed a German troop train on February 22 near Mt Olympus killing 400 Germans, a Nazi general and his staff. Many others were injured. In Marfa Texas Second Lt. Thomas E. Russell of Cincinnati was killed in a parachute jump from a Far Field training plane crash.
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Mt. Olympus
Marfa
Texas
Thomas E. Russell
Cincinnati
Farf
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WAC
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