Admiralty Islands Beachhead Reinforced Amid Invasion Push
Allied headquarters disclosed the Admiralty Islands invasion began as a scouting expedition but quickly shifted to full invasion. Reinforcements landed as a mile by three quarters of a mile beachhead expanded from Momote to Los Negros. MacArthur ordered holding gains, repulsed a Japanese counterattack, and engineers began repairing airfield runways as air and naval bombardment supported the operation.
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Allied
Mee Pacific
Ers
Admiralty Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Momote
Los Negros Island
Hyane Harbor
MacArthur
Fifth Cavalry Regiment
Bismarck Sea
Rabaul
Japan
Truk
Newa
Allied Bombing Puts Heavy Strikes on Germany and France
American heavy bombers, escorted by U S and Allied fighters, pound northwest German targets for a second day. RAF and U S air forces hit aircraft plants near Paris Meulan Les Mureaux and near Albert, with RAF strikes on rocket gun sector and western Germany. The Allied air campaign aims to cripple Luftwaffe production ahead of an invasion.
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London
Germany
France
RAF
Paris
Albert
U. S
Europe
Meulan-Les-Mureaux
Air Ministry
Continent
Britain
Chartres
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Yanks Whittling at Japs Empire
Allied forces have carved about 45000 square miles from Japan's empire in the Pacific. Starting with Guadalcanal in August 1942, the latest advancement came with Yankee landings in the Admiralty Islands in the Bismarck Sea about 1100 miles northwest.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
United Nations
Guadalcanal
Lower Solomons
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Bricker weighs a special Ohio Legislature session
Gov. John W. Bricker may call a late month special session of the Ohio Legislature to simplify a voting method for the state's voters. He intends to delay a planned speaking tour in the West until after the session as he campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
South
Bricker
Italian Labor Leaders Plan 10 Minute Strike Tomorrow
Naples reports that Italian labor leaders told Allied authorities they will go ahead with a 10 minute strike in defiance of an official debate. The protest targets Prime Minister and Premier Badal directed at recent endorsements and political actions.
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Naples
Iitalian
Tomor
Alaene
Bad
Reds Unstopped by Freakish Weather in Baltic Push
Soviet forces press a broad offensive around Lake Peipus and the Narva region despite a spring thaw. Frontline reports say Red Army gains near Pskov and Ostrov while defending Germans rely on river barriers Velikaya and Pskov to stem advances.
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Moscow
Red Army
Baltic
Lake Peipus
Finnish Gulf
Narva
Pskov
Soshikino
Ostrov
Markian M. Popoff
Dno
Baltic States
Vegetable Point Values Down and Canned Fruits Up
The March OPA ration chart cuts point values for several canned vegetables including tomatoes peas and corn while raising points for canned fruits and tomato catsup and grape juice. Grapefruit juice returns to 1 point per Number 2 can after being point free. No changes to frozen foods preserves jellies dry beans canned soups or baby foods.
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Washington
OPA
Victory Gardeners
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Victory Gardens
Collett Confession Obtained Under Duress Trial Update
James W. Collett testifies as defense seeks to bar a confession alleged to be coerced in the murder of three wealthy relatives. Judge Rankin presides as jurors are excluded while attorneys argue the document’s admissibility.
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Washington C. H
James W. Collett
Collett
Harry M. Rankin
Greece Civil War Ends With Athens Agreement
Cairo dispatch reports a ceasefire signed by the two Greek factions ending the civil war. The official announcement confirms an agreement between the competing bands and pledges restoration of order.
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Cairo
Greece
Ohio Over Top By $2,703,968
Ohiowar finance officials report the fourth war loan drive exceeded its E bond quota by 2.7 million dollars. Final totals show 4,289,932 E bonds sold worth 176,703,968.75, against a 174,000,000 target, with Ohio Fed figures totaling 895,270,119.75 toward the national 14 billion fourth loan goal.
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Cleveland
Ohio Bombardier Describes Plane Explosion
Former Ohio State and professional football player Lt. Richard Nardi recounted a Liberator bomber explosion over England. He described a two mile fall in a disintegrating aircraft before detaching his parachute and landing after a 1,000 foot descent. He said the cause of the blast remains unknown.
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England
Richard
Dick) Nardi
Ohio State
Nardi
Cleveland
American Casualties in Italy Hit 36711 Total
Secretary of War Stimson announced at a news conference that the total American army casualties in Italy stand at 36 711. The figures are two to three weeks behind, with 5 061 killed 21 788 wounded and 9 922 missing since the Fifth Army landed at Salerno on September 15.
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Washington
Italy
Stimson
Fifth
Salerno
Yugoslav Partisan Woman Guerrilla Pictured in Italy
Vera Krizman, 19, a veteran Partizan fighter credited with 21 German kills, rests at a base hospital near Bari, Italy. She is among women guerrillas wounded in action being treated there.
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Vera Krizman
Tito
Partizan
Bari
Italy
Lukas and Jones Win 1943 Oscar Awards
In Hollywood Paul Lukas and Jennifer Jones win the 1943 Oscars for best acting. Lukas earns for Watch On the Rhine and Jones for The Song of Bernadette, with Casablanca named best film from the previous year. Jones coincidentally turns 24 on award night.
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Hollywood
Paul Lukas
Jennifer Jones
Miss Jones
Lukas
Workers Walkout Halts Timken Plant Operations
About 500 employees across five departments staged a walkout at Timken Roller Bearing Company's main bearing plant in Canton. Company officials reported sharply curtailed grinding operations as a result.
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Timken Roller Bearing Company
U S Soldier Named Father of Heanor Quadruplets Dies Line
The youngest of the Heanor quadruplets dies in Derbyshire. Nora Carpenter says Staff Sergeant William Thompson of Pittsburgh is the babies father while Eleanor, aged 21, faces family conflict over paternity. Washington notes possible dependency payments if acknowledged by the American soldier.
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Heanor
Derbyshire
England
Nora Carpenter
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Sergeantson
Heanor Quads
Eleanor
Washington
U.S. War Department
Complete New Vote Measure
A House Senate conference committee sent a service vote compromise bill to Congress. It prioritizes state ballots with a Sept 1 application deadline and restricts the federal war ballot to cases where the state ballot is not timely received and governors certify authorization. The Senate is expected to act next week.
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Washington
Congress
House-Senate
Senate
Continued shoe rationing set at two pairs per year
The Office of Price Administration said shoe rationing will continue at two pairs per year. A new shoe stamp will become valid May 1 and Stamp No 18 in Ration Book 1 will expire April 30. Airplane Stamp No 1 in Ration Book 3 will overlap the new stamp and stay valid indefinitely. The new stamp covers one pair of shoes with its book number to be announced later.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Supreme Court Appeal Planned for Lepke Stay Delays Sing Sing Execution
Lepke Buchalter and two aides received a gubernatorial stay minutes before scheduled execution in Sing Sing. Governor Dewey extended the stay until 11 pm tomorrow as they seek a United States Supreme Court appeal to halt the electric chair.
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Ossining
N. Y
Louis (Lepke) Buchalter
Sing Sing
Thomas E. Dewey
United States Supreme Court
Illinois Congressman Attacks UNRRA Machinery Program
Congressman Calvin D. Johnson denounces the UNRRA plan to ship about 400000 farm machines abroad next year saying more than 500000 units are slated for European distribution. He notes the U S panels 75 percent of funds but only one of 44 votes and criticizes the program as hurting American farmers.
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Washington
Calvin D. Johnson
R-Ill
Johnson
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
United States
Negro Admits Killing Woman at Washington Cathedral
Julius Fisher 34, a Black handyman, confessed to fatally beating and choking Catherine Reardon a 37 year old librarian at the Washington Cathedral after an accusation about dust dust under her desk. Police say Fisher was arrested in a restaurant following a citywide manhunt.
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Washington
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Washington Cathedral
Woodrow Wilson
Julius Fisher
Edward J. Kelly
Fisher
Miss Reard
Lard Released From Month's Ration List
The OPA released lard from the ration list for March. The War Food Administration allocated 50,000,000 pounds of lard to soap-makers to support wartime needs.
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Washington
OPA
War Food Administration
Allman Infant Dies Funeral Saturday
Gary Allman six month old son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Allman of Carpenter Route 1 died Thursday morning. The Allmans have five other children. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two oclock in the Putnam Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
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Gary Allman
Alfred Allman
Allmans
Putnam Church
Want More Pay London Promises Action for Armed Forces
A rebellious House of Commons forced a promise from the British War Cabinet for immediate consideration of higher pay and allowances for the British armed forces.
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London
House of Commons
Reno Hoag Dies at 75 in Marietta Hospital
Reno G. Hoag a 75 year old hotel owner and civic leader died today in a Marietta hospital following a heart attack. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
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Marietta
Reno G. Hoag
Senators Plan Farmer Draft Appeal to FDR
A farm state group of senators will appeal to President Roosevelt to modify the new Selective Service rules amid claims tighter farm deferments threaten food production. The Senate Agriculture Committee formed a subcommittee led by Senator Russell to study the issue as farm organizations say about half of the 1,770,000 deferred farm workers could be drafted under the changes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Selective Service
Senate Agriculture Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Hershey
Agriculture Committee
Rep
Sparkman
D-Ala
British weapons better than American say observers
Maj. Gen. J. S. Lethbridge, head of a British mission, told reporters in New Delhi that British arms were superior to American after touring the Southwest Pacific front. Correspondents from both nations challenged the claim, noting how eagerly British troops had tried to use American Colt automatics, carbines, gear, and even canteens.
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New Delhi
J. S. Lethbridge
Southwest Pacific Front
Athens County Farmers Meet To Boost Production
Athens County farmers will meet Tuesday March 7 at 1 pm in the Athens Grange Hall. The session led by D R Dodd of Osu soils and crops will cover using more available fertilizer and other factors for efficient production with less labor, per Ross Wright, county extension agent.
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Athens Grange Hall
Ross Wright
Athens County
D. R. Dodd
OUS Soils and Crops Department
Dodd
Wright
American fliers rescued after Alps raid over Austria
The German news agency DNB reports 11 American airmen were rescued from the snow clad Alps of Eastern Austria after more than 100 were claimed shot down during raids into Germany last week.
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Bern
Switzerland
DNB
Austria
Germany
Columbus man files for Republican secretary nomination
Columbus resident George Neffner declares candidacy for the Republican nomination for secretary of state, an office he previously held.
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Columbus
George Neffner
Fifth Army Regains Ground After German Offensive Fails
Allied headquarters in Naples announced that Germanys third major offensive against the Rome beach head collapsed as a costly failure. The Fifth Army positions are intact and all lost ground has been retaken as hundreds of Nazi dead lay on shattered fields.
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New Guinea
Madang
Alexishafen
Liberators
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
Admiralties
New Ireland
Cape St. George
Borpop
Namatani
Bougainville Island
Burma
Akyab
Southeast Asia
Japan
Germany
Rome
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Naples
Russia to get Italian warships in transfer talks
President Roosevelt said half the discussions on transferring roughly one third of the surrendered Italian fleet to Russia were complete. He noted the question had been raised by Marshal Stalin in Washington and linked to what ships would go, and recalled prior press briefings on the issue.
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Roosevelt
Russia
Marshal Stalin
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