Enemy Pushes British Forces Back in Burma
Allied and Japanese forces clash as Burma battles shift with Japanese gains near Rathedaung and Akyab. MacArthur warns of a new Pacific threat as Japan builds up transports and air bases northwest of Australia while Allied air action continues against targets in New Guinea the Solomons and Kiska.
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Australia
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Delhi
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Akyab
Rathedaung
Pacific
New Guinea
Solomons
Aleutian
Kiska
MacArthur
Amboina
Dobo
Darwin
East Indies
Wewak
Lae
Peace Plan Changes Likely in Senate Debate
Washington AP reports a resolution urging closer United Nations collaboration for immediate and postwar goals faces heavy edits before a Senate vote. President Roosevelt reportedly hinted support at a White House meeting with six senators, while Connally demands restraint on committing the UN to joint economic relief or rehabilitation.
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United Nations
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Connally
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Ball
R-Minn
Agress
House
Beardsley Rums
New York
FDR
Congress
Ways and Means
Eden
Goering Visit to Rome Pressures Mussolini in Crisis
Tass dispatch from Geneva reports Reichsmarshall Goering in Rome pressing Mussolini at a critical Italo German re asons stage. He carries a personal mission from Hitler and will stay in Rome as long as needed, per Tass.
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Tass
Geneva
OWI
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Rome
Mussolini
Goering
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Taft Attacks OWT Propaganda Broadcasts
Senator Taft of Ohio criticized Elmer Davis OWI broadcasts as an abuse of power and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and to the free press and radio workers. He said Davis had commandeered all U S radio stations for propaganda in the week’s talks.
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OWI
Elmer Davis
Senator Taft
Ohio
Davis
United States
Taft
Noel Coward Feel Better After Illness Relapse in London
AP reports playwright Noel Coward, then in London, is ill with influenza. He was described as a little better today after a relapse yesterday while recovering from his Torquay illness.
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Noel Coward
London
Torquay
Bricker Expected To Seek A Fourth Term As Governor
Columbus AP reports Gov. John W. Bricker is likely to run for a fourth term. Advisers say the move would boost his prestige at the Republican national convention and ease intra party tension ahead of the 1944 May primary. Possible successors include Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert, Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert, Treasurer Don H. Ebright, and Cincinnati Mayor James G. Stewart.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Thomas J. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Republican State Central Committee
Hull Ends Vacation to Confer With Eden
Secretary of State Hull returns to Washington after a two week Florida rest and prepares for talks with Britain's foreign secretary Anthony Eden on war and postwar issues. Eden yesterday met with Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of Navy Knox.
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Eden
Washington
Florida
Britain
Anthony Eden
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
United States
Lord Halifax
H. S. Middlemiss
Cruiser Boise Skipper Transferred to Capital
Captain E J Moran fighting skipper of the cruiser Boise, which sank five Japanese ships and helped down another in a Colemans engagement last October, has been transferred to Washington. Fourth Naval District disclosed today.
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Philadelphia
E. J
Mike) Moran
Boise
Washington
Lasting Peace Purpose Of War Hoover Asserts
DES MOINES Iowa Former President Herbert Hoover told a joint session of the Iowa Legislature that the purpose of this war is to create lasting peace. He urged a new approach to peace making, highlighting six destructive forces ideologies economic pressures excessive nationalism militarism imperialism and the complexes of fear hate and revenge. He argued peace requires settlement of political territorial economic and ideological questions through treaty making.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Hoover
Liquor Inspector Shot During Cleveland Raid
A raid on an unlicensed liquor spot in the Brooklyn suburb led to 32 patrons being arrested and held at the town hall. Vernon C. Tobias, 48, a state liquor inspector from Fremont, Ohio, was shot in the groin by his own service revolver during the confrontation. Frank Noble, 62, of Cleveland, a Rod and Gun Club patron, is jailed on a warrant charging him with shooting to kill. state agent Floyd A. Gable led the raid. Mayor Kresge pledged gasoline ration boards listing the 32 detainees.
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Brooklyn
Vernon C. Tobias
Fremont
Tobias
Frank Noble
Floyd A. Gable
Noble
Ohio
Brooklyn Village Town Hall
Kresge
Japs Planning Major Action in China and Pacific War
The Chinese press reported Premier Hideki Tojo seeks to use Wang Ching-Wei as a liaison for exploiting Chinese resources and manpower. Observers speculated on possible large scale actions against US air bases in China, a decisive naval engagement, or an attack on Siberia, noting Japan’s diminished naval strength and long distances reduce sea battle prospects.
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Hideki Tojo
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
Tojo
Casablanca
United States
China
U. S
Siberia
Japan
RAF Bombs Railways and Airfields on Continent
RAF fighters pressed the Allied air offensive by targeting railway communications in occupied Europe and Germany. Earlier, Spitfires and Whirlwinds swept the Continent, with air fields at Abbeville and Maupertus near Paris attacked.
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RAF
Europe
Air Ministry
Germany
Abbeville
Maupertus
Paris
Plan To Intensify Share Ride Program
Cleveland AP plans to intensify the share the ride program with plans drafted this week by state civilian defense councils. Dana T. Moore regional director Office of Civilian Defense says councils will shoulder more responsibility and authority in the car sharing effort.
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Cleveland
Dana T. Moore
Office of Civilian Defense
Moore
Judy Canova Weds Pvt Chester B England
Newton New Jersey reports Judy Canova singer comedienne and Pvt Chester B England were married yesterday in a private ceremony. The union links a well known stage radio and screen star with a service member in a quiet Lincoln County area ceremony.
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Newton
N. J
Judy Canova
Pvt
Chester B
England
Rome says Empress of Canada sunk by Italian sub
The Italian high command announced from Rome via the Associated Press that the 23,500 ton liner Empress of Canada carrying troops was sunk in the Atlantic by an Italian submarine. The Empress of Canada, a twin screw vessel of 21,517 tons, built in Glasgow in 1922, formed part of the Canadian Pacific Railway fleet. Berlin broadcast a claim that Nazi U boats destroyed fourteen vessels totaling 92,000 tons, but Allied confirmation was lacking.
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Rome
Associated Press Today
Canada
Atlantic
Empress of
Canadian Pacific Railway
Glasgow
Berlin
High Command
Two Objectors Under Arrest At Cleveland Hospital
Two conscientious objectors assigned to relieve a manpower shortage at Cleveland State Hospital were charged with violating the city blackout ordinance. Louis Lock, 23, of Martinette Wisconsin, waved a flashlight at a hospital window during the March 4 blackout to “show the world the light,” and Bolton Davidheiser, 25, of Columbus Ohio, defaced a patriotic slogan to read “Forget Pearl Harbor.” They were among 28 objectors at the hospital, per the superintendent.
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Cleveland
Cleveland State Hospital
Leslie Mugford
Louis Lock
Martinette
Wis
Bolton Davidheiser
Columbus
H. P. Lee
Lock
Davidheiser
Pearl Harbor
McArthur Postmaster Warren Dies in Columbus
James Warren 46 longtime Mc Arthur postmaster died Saturday night in a Columbus hospital after a brief illness. Funeral set for 2 PM Tuesday at his residence. A World War I veteran he served 18 months overseas and helped found the Mc Arthur Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce. He left his mother Mrs Angie Warren and brothers Ralph of Jackson and Pvt Earnest Warren now in Hawaii.
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Mcarthur
James Warren
Columbus
Warren
Machinery Rationing Foolish Says Governor
DES MOINES IA AP Governor B B Hicksenlooper of Iowa called federal machinery rationing rules impractical and foolish at a cornbelt governors conference. Former President Herbert Hoover is set to address the group on food production and distribution from 8 to 830 PM central time, with a NBC radio round table at 1030 PM featuring several governors.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hicksenlooper
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
C.W.T
NBC
Missing Army Air Force navigator identified as Lt Robert B Hermann
CHILLICOTHE AP The War Department informs relatives that First Lt Robert B Hermann navigator in the Army Air Force is missing in the European theater since February 26. Hermann is from the area and his status is being monitored by military authorities.
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Chillicothe
War Department
Robert B. Hermann
Army Air Force
Appropriation Bill Delays Adjournment in Ohio Legislature
In Columbus the adjournment of the Ohio General Assembly, slated for about April 1, is delayed by another postponement of the $369,000,000 biennial appropriation bill. The week’s main business includes a bill to extend working hours for women and minors, expected to reach a Senate vote Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Dayton Strike Closes All 49 Public Schools
Dayton faced a citywide closing as 140 non teaching workers walked out to demand a pay raise. Interim superintendent Sept. Emmerson Landis ordered closings an hour after classes began to safeguard students as classroom temperatures averaged 54 degrees. AFL Municipal Employes' Union business agent Charles J. Bauer vowed to win the strike, while Carl Eberhart and the Dayton board of Education rejected any collective agreement with organized employee groups.
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Dayton
Emmerson Landis
Charles J. Bauer
AFL Municipal
Carl Eberhart
Dayton Board of Education
Giraud Offers French Union To De Gaulle In North Africa
Gen. Henri Giraud announced decrees repudiating Vichy holdovers in Africa. He outlined a 300,000 strong force with American arms and pledged safeguarding voters' right to provisional government. While not naming De Gaulle, he hinted at mutual trusteeship until victory and supported the Atlantic Charter. He vowed to abolish anti Jewish decrees and restore democratic functions including municipal elections.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Africa
Giraud
de Gaulle
North Africa
Nazis Isolate French Rebels
In Geneva area south shore of Lake Geneva French youths resisting forced labor face possible German and Italian troops after a surrender deadline. Italian forces cut wire lines. over 1,000 Mobile Guards hunt the rebels, reportedly lacking zeal. In Ohio, Republican leaders Spangler and Bricker plan to address the Federation of Republican Women on May 7.
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Bern
Switzerland
Axis
France
Lake Geneva
Geneva
la Suisse
Germany
St. Gingolph
Spring Offensive Opens With Kiska Bombardment
Advanced Army bombers based in Alaska launched the year’s heaviest explosives on Kiska, signaling the opening of a spring offensive. The 535,500 pounds raised nine months total to 1,437,700 pounds, targeting a submarine base, runway, seaplane base, and ammo stores, as heavy anti-aircraft fire waned.
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Alaska
Kiska
Guadalcanal
Reds Admit Ground Lost Around City
Kharkov’s fate as a major battlefield hinge appeared to tilt after Nazi forces claimed recapture of the city, while Soviet dispatches noted their lines were pushed back in the Kharkov area. British and Allied reports described limited advances and warnings of potential further German offensives in North Africa as the war stretched onward.
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Kharkov
Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
London
Belgorod
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Waffen SS
Smolensk
Hitler
Vyazma
Semlovo
Dorogobuzh
Dnieper
First Army
Sedjenane
North Africa
Medjaz-El-Bab
Cairo
Eighth Army
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Pastor's Son Battles Gang To Save Girls
In New York a 64 man motorcycle police detachment patrols the city to curb a surge of hugging attacks. Frederick W. Teichmann Jr. was stabbed near the heart while defending two girls from a gang of about a dozen youths after leaving a church meeting. The girls escaped unharmed and Teichmann was hospitalized.
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NEW York
Frederick W. Teitchmann, Jr
Teichmann
Governors Conference Menu Highlights Farm Production
Des Moines Iowa reports the corn belt governors conference featured tender loin steak and roast prime ribs of beef on today’s menus, reflecting the farm production situation.
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Des Moines
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