Italian Reds oppose Badoglio as Soviet moves surface
Italian Communist leaders remain steadfast against Premier Marshal Badoglio and King Vittorio Emanuele despite Moscow's decision to exchange ambassadors with the Badoglio regime. Eugenio Reale says the party demands the king's abdication and denounces recent Soviet diplomacy as backing both the king and Badoglio.
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Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Soviet
Russia
Badoglio
Italian Communist Party
Eugenio Reale
London
Stalin
Britain
United States
Red Army
Germany
Italy
United Nations
Hull Promises to Spare Sacred Sites if War Prevents Rome
Secretary Hull pledged to spare holy places and human lives to the extent possible in response to Pope Pius XII. He cautioned that if war reaches Rome the blame would fall on Germany, noting German soldiers have entrenched in Italian shrines and monuments while Allied authorities focus on military necessity.
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Washington
Hull
Rome
Germany
Pius XII
Miners Return to Work Tops Britain Strike Update
About 65,000 of Britain's 100,000 striking coal miners had returned to work by early afternoon, Alf Davies announced. Prime Minister Churchill said it would be unwise to make a statement and cautioned against debate until a settlement is in place.
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London
Britain
Alf Davies
The
South Wales Miners Federation
Churchill
Commons
False Confessor in Marion Crime Dies
Cyrus L. Bennett aged 85, who admitted to killing his brother James F. Bennett thirteen years ago, died yesterday. Confined at Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane after his plea, he was freed five years later when new evidence led to the conviction of two Marion men for the death.
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Marion
Cyrus L. Bennett
Bennett
Lima State Hospital
James F. Bennett
Dayton Pilot Killed in Test Flight Crash Near Troy
A single engine fighter plane crashed during a test flight near Troy yesterday, killing the pilot, Capt. Charles H. Van, 26, of Reading, Pennsylvania.
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Dayton
Troy
Charles H. van
Reading
Second Place On Ticket O K With Bricker
Governor Bricker of Ohio signaled openness to a second place on the Republican ticket after a Boston press conference. He said he would be glad to have Massachusetts Governor Saltonstall as running mate or to run vice president if the convention chose Saltonstall to head the ticket. He warned delegates he had not won pledges from New England delegates but would support the party’s nominee.
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Boston
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
G.O.P
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall
New England
Bus Crash Near Bucyrus Injures Thirteen Workers
Thirteen Shelby air depot employees, 12 women and one man, were injured when a bus skidded and overturned on Route 30 two miles west of Bucyrus. Twenty others suffered minor injuries and were treated and released at Crestline emergency hospital.
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Bucyrus —(P
Shelby Air Depot
Here
Crestline
Young German Citizen and Army Veteran Applies for Citizenship
Veteran Sgt. Herman Graf, who joined the U S Army at age 12 and earned a Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, has applied for his first U S citizenship papers. He has served in Alaska and Italy and quips that he is technically “1 German citizen.”
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Herman Graf
U. S. Army
Alaska
Italy
Green Hornet LST Guardsmen Win Bloodied Beach Fight
At front Admiralty Islands on March 8 the Green Hornet LST crew led by Coxswain William P. Owings of Logan Ohio fought Japanese positions on Los Negros Island. The lumbering vessel fired for an hour and a half and helped push the front line to the beach edge.
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Admiralty Islands
Los Negros Island
Coast
Roosevelt to push draft policy on fathers to protect war industry
President Roosevelt is expected to urge local boards to adopt a hard policy on drafting fathers to shield vital war industries from losing skilled workers. He aims to clarify his Feb 26 memorandum reviewing deferments, amid boards turning to nonfathers to meet quotas. The War Department favors younger manpower, opposing Navy and auxiliary agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Navy
Maritime Commission
WPB
WMC
Army
Seven Estonian Cities Bombed by Russians
Stockholm report says seven Estonian cities were bombed by Russian forces in the last 24 hours. A Moscow broadcast described a raid on Revel with fires visible 150 miles away amid German troop targets fuel dumps and a chemical factory.
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Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Moscow
Revel
Jenkins Will Have No Opposition in Primary
Washington report notes Representative Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio faces no opposition in the 1944 Republican primary after the filing deadline closed with no other candidates for his Tenth District seat. Jenkins, veteran lawmaker since 1924, reacted with joy at the news.
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Jenkins
Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
House
Congress
Ohio
Gripsholm to bring 663 repatriates to New York tomorrow
The Gripsholm, a diplomatic exchange ship, is due in New York tomorrow carrying 663 repatriates from Germany and France.
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Gripsholm
New York
Germany
France
Amanda Soldier Killed in Flight Bomber Crash Near Florence
Cpl. Noel L. Christan from Amanda Fairfield County Ohio was killed yesterday when a flight bomber crashed near Florence South Carolina. The tragedy details a single air incident with the service member loss confirmed.
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Amanda
Florence
S. C
Noel L. Chistian
Fairfield County
Ohio Division Smashes 4 Day Enemy Assault
Japanese forces on Bougainville Island were repulsed in a four day attack at Empress Augusta Bay by the 37th Division. Allied positions held as Japanese troops regrouped after fierce fighting.
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Ohio Division
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
John Hodge
Navy
Marine Corps
Piva
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Manus Island
Admiralties
Wewak
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Wake Island
U U. S
Mid-Pacific
Nauru Island
Gilbert Group
Marshalls
Fierce Bougainville Fighting and Burma Drive Reported
Frontline action on Bougainville’s Can non Ridge yielded near overheating mortars and a heroic crawl by Staff Sgt John Hunkel who destroyed a Japanese machine gun crew. Meanwhile British and Allied forces breached defenses on the upper Chindwin in Northern Burma as Southeast Asia Allied Headquarters announced a new push.
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Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
John Hunkel
Warren
Burma
Southeast Asia
Chindwin
China
South Pacific
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Haugland
Gas Coupon Cut Could Limit A Card To Two Gallons
Washington AP report says A class gasoline rations may be cut to two gallons weekly for western and midwestern motorists while eastern drivers stay at two, with possible nationwide equalization. Change could extend coupon validity to three months and comes as OPA plans broader off highway restrictions April 1 to curb a black market.
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Washington
West
Mideast
Bryan Houston
Office of Price Administration
Petroleum Administration
PAW
Harold L. Ickes
OPA
Southern Ireland Isolation Policy Outlined by Churchill
Prime Minister Churchill announced travel restrictions on Ireland as the first step to sever Britain from Southern Ireland and to isolate both regions from the outside world during the approaching critical period. He warned a catastrophe involving German or Japanese representatives in Dublin could create an unbridgeable gulf between Great Britain and Southern Ireland. He noted Washington asked Ireland to close Axis consulates and Britain supported the American move, with UK consultative involvement.
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London
Churchill
Eire
Great Britain
Ireland
Dublin
Commons
United States
Washington
Eiie
German POW Werner Dreschler Found Dead at Arizona Camp
A board of officers investigated the hanging of German prisoner of war Werner Dreschler at Papago Park Interment Camp in Phoenix. He was found hanged in an empty building within the POW enclosure. camp commandant Col A H Means said the board will file its usual report.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Papago Park
Twelve Soldiers Die In Explosion Of Mine At Camp Robinson
A surface mine demonstration at Camp Robinson Arkansas ended in the deaths of 12 army enlisted men including five Ohioans. Fourteen were hospitalized with six Ohioans among the injured. Ten died instantly and two more died later with four in critical condition. The victims were members of the 652nd tank destroyer battalion. Cause of the explosion was not determined.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
652Nd Tank Destroyer
Fire destroys shed during two hour water shutdown
A Springfield one story shed burned to the ground yesterday as firemen could only watch during a two hour water service stoppage caused by a leak repair. The outage hampered firefighting efforts and delayed response to the blaze.
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Springfield
Dozen Ships Daily To Be Added to U S Fleet This Year
Secretary Knox stated nearly a dozen new ships a day would enter service in 1944. Navy personnel chief Randall Jacobs said about 500,000 officers and men will be needed to man the new craft. Total fleet strength projected at 3,006,000 officers and men by year end with all services around 3,700, including Marines and Coast Guard.
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Washington
United States
Knox
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Navy Personnel
Jacobs
Coast Guard
Navy
Phibious
Japan
Central Pacific
Odessa Evacuation Looms After Kherson Capture
The Associated Press reports Odessa faced evacuation threats as Kherson fell 90 miles east, with German forces evacuating by sea after Soviet breakthroughs. Moscow tallied 75,000 Nazi losses in ten days as Malinovsky's Third Ukraine Army pushed toward the Dniestr region, threatening the southern flank.
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Odessa
Kherson
Associated Press
High Command
Moscow
Russia
Rodion K. Malinovsky
Red army drives near Romania threaten key lines as battles rage
Soviet communique reports three drives toward the Romanian border with 320 towns seized in 24 hours and German losses of 350000 killed and 40000 captured since winter offensives began. Russian advances threaten Skalat Proskurov and Gai voron near the Bug River while new gaps threaten the Odessa Lwow rail line. In Italy ground remains soft as patrol clashes continue near Minturno and Cassino.
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Dniester River
Odessa-Lwow
Romania
Odessa
Feodor Tolbukin
Nikolaev
Kherson
Malinovsky
Red Army
Moscow
Rumania
Skalat
Tarnopol
Old Poland
Proskurov
Ukraine
Gaivoron
Bug River
Odessa- Lwow
Vinnitsa
Dnieper
Krivol
Rog
Italy
Minturno
Cassino
Fifty Army
Eighth Army
Rome
Prince Stirbey
Cairo
Antonescu
Middle East
Jerusalem
RAF
Dog Bite Fatal To Ohio Youth
Americo Pilolli an 11 year old of Youngstown died from hydrophobia after a dog bite, becoming the third fatality in eight months. He bit two city ambulancemen while being transported to a hospital, who received Pasteur treatment. His mother said the boy had been bitten during a dog fight weeks earlier and was not given Pasteur treatment at the time.
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Youngstown
Americo Pilolli
Tony Pilolli
John Thomas
Americo
Steve Butch
John Harper
Pasteur
America
Eastern Ohio Miners Stage Walkout Protest
About 500 miners at the Rail and River Coal Company No 6 mine in Bellaire Ohio walked out in protest of a personnel change. A mine committee member said the action followed the transfer of a motorman to a different post.
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Bellaire
Rail and River Coal
Brown accuses OWI of political propaganda in armed services
Rep Clarence J Brown of Blanchester charges the Office of War Information with distributing fourth term political and ideological propaganda in the armed services. He says an admin spokesman named Bulwinkle tried to defend OWI and that officials allegedly blocked his resolution to investigate dissemination of news motion pictures and broadcast material about public officials and candidates.
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Washington
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Office of War Information
Bulwinkle
D-Nc
OWI
Brown
Russian ultimatum to Finns eyed in peace talks
Reports from Helsinki indicate Russia issued a stark ultimatum during Soviet Finnish peace negotiations. Finns are urged to accept Russia's original armistice terms and end the war promptly or face unspecified consequences.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Russia
Finland
Farmers rebel against gas ration ruling in Ohio counties
More than a score of farmers from nine Ohio counties protested a ruling requiring applications to the Agriculture Adjustment Administration for farm gasoline. They sought help from the attorney general but were told the action was federal. Spokesmen said they would resume the fight in their home counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Chillicothe Adopts Fast Wartime Ordinance
The city council passed a wartime timing ordinance placing Chillicothe on a fast Eastern Wartime schedule from the first Sunday in April to October.
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Chillicothe
Record March Storm Dumps 128 Inches in Northern Utah
Northern Utah endures a historic March snowstorm with 128 inches buried in the region, the heaviest since 1884. Snow totals shatter prior records as residents battle travel disruptions and authorities issue warnings. Local schools and agencies plan for continued precipitation and cleanup efforts.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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