Allies Pressure Rommel in Eastern Tunisia Drive
Allied forces under Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery attack Rommel’s tank strength as the British 8th Army closes in on Mareth. Rommel’s deficit grows from recent losses while western flank pressure and northern patrols tighten the grip near Tozeur, Gafsa, and Chott District.
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North
Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Rommel
Montgomery
Mel
Mareth
Tunisia
Montery
Souief
Orisia
Tozeur
Gafsa
Eri i
Jurgen von Arnim
Truman committee warns of grim year for war effort
The Truman committee outlined three basic weaknesses in wartime efficiency and said corrections are underway. It cited conflicting authority, delays from back-passing, and hesitancy to adopt unpopular policies as key flaws impeding victory.
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Washington
Truman Committee
Prem
Truman
Senate Committee
Office of Production Management
Lend Lease Act Extended by House Vote
The House voted 407 to 6 to extend the lend lease act for a year, sending the measure to the Senate. The vote reflected strong Democratic support and crosses with Republicans, while a rider on postwar economic terms drew attention for its potential policy impact. The outcome followed a failed attempt to force congressional say on wartime payments.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Rep
Eaton
New Jersey
Foreign Affairs Committee
Crawford
Aeid Woodruff
Michiel Ohio
Vorys
Ohio
West Virginians Reported Missing in World War II
The War Department released names of seven West Virginia soldiers missing at sea in the North Atlantic and two missing in North Africa. Listed are Pvt. Ralph J. Bartrug, Pvt. Norman L. Christian, Pvt. Charles W. Cline, Pvt. Bid Crotty, Pvt. Thomas H. Honaker Jr., Pvt. Robert Handy, and Pvt. others with family ties in Bluefield Glen Jean Charleston and Switchback.
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Washington
War Department
West Virginia
North Atlantic
North Africa
Ralph J.bartrug
Ella Bartrug
Burton
Norman L. Christian
Mare
Jessie Christian
Glen Jean
Charles W. Cline
Helen E. de Ridgeley
Bid Crotty
Vate Crotty Bluefield
Thomas H. Honaker, Jr
Mary E. Honaker
Charleston
Robert I the Handy
Lake
Slocum to retire from Appalachian Electric role
Harry S Slocum resident engineer in charge of expansion retires March 13 after long service with Appalachian Electric Power Company. He is succeeded by C L Orr of American Gas and Electric, with guests including H A Kammer and C W Engstrom at a dinner in his honor.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Harry Spencer Slocum
Appalachian Electric Ocoapany
Mr. Slocum
C. L. Orr
American Gas and Electric Commy
Ohio Power
Filibuster Ends as West Virginia House Passes Biennial Budget
West Virginia delegates end a long filibuster by approving the 1943 45 appropriations bill after the Senate, setting the stage for adjournment by Saturday. The 78 million dollar House measure differs from the Senate plan by about 3 million, with a large number of roll calls and renewed administration pressure to slow progress.
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Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
State Senate
Aynor
Sugpantens
House
Senate
Board On Public Works
House Committee
Elegates
Old Sweet Springs
Senator Helmick Hit In Clarksburg
Senator A L Helmick dean of the West Virginia legislature aged 78 is confined to a Clarksburg hospital and cannot attend the pre session days of the 1943 session. He has been absent from duties by Clerk A Hale Watkins.
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Charleston
W. Va
A. L. Helmick
West Virginia
Helmick
Thomas Republican
Clarksburg
Sigow
A. Hale Watkins
Inductions May Be Increased Toward 15 Million by Next January
Senate debates draft policy as Taft signals faster inductions for 3-A registrants with older married men and civilians in the mix. Downey states talks of a near 15 million total but offers no names, while Perkins opposes employer reporting mandates yet cites no clear solution to absenteeism.
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Sen. Downey
Washington
Charles P. Taft
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Taft
Selective Service
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Downey
Calif
Civi
Army
Navy
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
House Naval Committee
Johnson
Senate War
Soames
Truman
Comm
Cmmittee
Gunman Fails In Attempt To Kill Pro Nazi French Leader
London reports from March 10 say a German machine gun attempted to assassinate Marcel Dent, the pro Nazi French leader, during a Nevers visit. both Dent and his wife were unhurt. Paris radio earlier said shots were fired. German broadcasts denied rioting in France and claimed resistance groups remain limited to organized defiance, with no sign of full scale revolution.
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Gunman
Associated Press
London
Marcel Dent
France
Paris
Dent
Nevers
Poigea
Smadar
Liberation, Combat
Pranc-Tireur
BBC
Vanes
Lille
Crest
Ben
la Rochelle
Lewis Presents Wage Demands For Coal Miners
John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers condemned the "vicious Little Steel formula" and presented formal demands for a $2 per day basic pay raise with a minimum $8 per day for all bituminous coal miners.
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UMW
New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
War Labor Board
Davis
William H. Davis
WLB
United Mine Workers of America
Seaton
Wage talks heat up as mine workers seek higher pay
The United Mine Workers of America pressed for a new one year contract at the Appalachian wage conference, demanding an eight dollar minimum daily rate and broader gains, while operators weighed a modest rise. Separately, the Ways and Means Committee approved an optional pay-as-you-go tax plan with a 20 percent withholding starting July 1, amid war-time economic concerns.
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Umwa T
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Washington
House
Ways and Eorems Committee
UMWA
Russians seize Bely as Red Army pushes toward Smolensk
Soviet dispatches report Russian forces captured Bely and multiple nearby towns in a central front drive aimed at Smolensk, while repelling German counterattacks near Kharkov and advancing positions northwest of Moscow toward Staraya Russa.
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Red Army
Kharkov
Associated Press
London
Bely
Smolensk
Moscow
Lake Simen
Staraya Russa
16Th Army
Ukraine
Monitor
Vyazma
Berlin Bely
Conferees Set Beer Legislation In Conference Fight
Controversial beer bill aimed at extending revocation powers to circuit courts heads to a joint house and senate conference committee to reconcile Sun day closing and local option. House amendments for local option and all day Sunday closing were kept in by the dry bloc, while senate resisted. conference panel includes Johnston Belknap Mitchell Hannig and Doak.
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Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
James Paull, Jr
D. Brooke
Johnston
Mercer
Belknap
Braxton
Mitchell
McDowell
Hannig
Ohio
Doak
Tyler
State Tax Commission
Governor House
State Health Department
Bowling House
Morgan's Condition Reported Improved
Morgan the financier shows slight but definite improvement after a heart attack. From Gasparilla Inn sickroom in Boca Grande, two daughters attend during a period of cautious recovery noted by Dr Wilton Blake and Morgan’s New York office.
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Boca Grande
Fpla
J. P. Morgan
Gasparilla Inn
Banker's
New York
Morgan
Wilton Eslake Blake
Bes
RAF Hammers Munich and Nuernberg in Second Night Bombardment
London reports a 500 ton blockbuster along with incendiary raids by big bombers on Munich and fighter sweeps over France. Berlin and Paris radios cut off as German and Allied claims surface about damage to cultural sites and civil amenities amid continued strikes on Nazi targets.
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London
RAF
Munich
France
Deutschlandsender
Berlin
Paris
Nuernberg
Neumnberg
Glyptothek
Pinakothek
Shack Art Galleris
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