Churchill Plans Indias Dominion Path With British Control
Britain reads a plan to grant eventual self government to India while Britain keeps command of military operations through the war. Churchill announces in the Commons that Cripps will travel to India to test support, with U S underwriting likely. The move aims to soothe but not satisfy all Indian demands amid wartime tensions.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
India
Stafford Cripps
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Churchill
Beaoe
Redistricting bill passes in Virginia Senate and House
Richmond March 11 Virginia's general assembly finally approved the redistricting bill after spirited debate. The amended measure adds one delegate to Richmond and Norfolk and Arlington County, Lynchburg Amherst Wise and Buchanan counties gain representation, and Arlington County Roanoke city obtain separate senators. Governor Darden praised the bill as an earnest improvement. The legislation also moved toward setting new vehicle weight limits for buses and trucks with passenger categories under discussion.
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Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly
Robert K. Brock
Farmville
Prince Edward Cumberland
Senate
E. R. Puller
Stephens
I. P. Wailes
Bick
House
Darden
Planes Chase Nazi Ghost Ship Tirpitz To Norway Port
London reports the 50,000-ton Tirpitz seen at sea and attacked by British planes, pursued toward Norway as naval forces clash off Trondheim in what could affect the supply route to Russia. The admiralty says two planes failed to complete the attack and the Tirpitz retreated under smoke.
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Norway
London
Admiralty
Germany
Russia
Trondheim
Norwegian
Sir Staffords Task Silences Churchill Foes
The Cripps mission to India shifts London's leadership debate away from Churchill as Sir Stafford Cripps takes on the Indian talks. Washington backs Cripps as the rational link to Russia and seeks to mobilize India against Axis forces, potentially easing London’s leadership crisis and shaping postwar strategy.
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Sir Stafford
Churchill
Aest
Tondon
Roosevelt
American Commission
India
Washington
Cripps
Russia
Aean
Matson Freighter Malama Presumed Lost After Ocean Pursuit
San Francisco reports the Matson Navigation freighter Malama of 3275 tons is presumed lost in the Pacific. Navy radio messages indicate the vessel was followed by an unidentified plane on January 3. Teletypes from Peete Tahiti received notes about pursuit and possible surface attack.
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San Francisco
Matson Navigation Company
Pacific
Navy
Jan. A. Twelfth Naval District
Peete
Tahiti
Nazi transport planes downed in Lake Ismen region
Red Army reports say Soviet fighters destroyed large Nazi transport planes ferrying reinforcements to the trapped 16th Army. Dispatches note a key junction at Lake Ismen and a German supply route from Koenigsberg via Riga. Prisoners claim planes carried food and munitions.
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Moscow
Red Army
Lake Ismen
Von
Staraya Russa
Koenigsberg
Riga
Latvia
Tass
Eral Ven Bunste
House approves farm bill to curb government surplus sales
The House passed a farm bill provision to restrict the Commodity Credit Corporation from using funds for selling government held surplus crops below parity. The 116 to 47 vote kept a $695 million agriculture appropriations clause intact, despite opposition and questions about effectiveness.
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Washington
House
Senate
Commodity Credit Corporation
Dirksen
R-Ill
Rep
Tarverie
Agriculture Department
Hart Blames Air Superiority of Japs for Defeat
Admiral Thomas C Hart attributes Japanese air superiority to the Pacific campaign defeat and urges concentrating overwhelming air power there. King stresses need for more ships guns and everything while USA plans continued air strikes, including a Salamaua raid by Major Richard H Carmichael.
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Hart
King
U. S
Washington
Thomas C. Hart
Asiatic Fleet
Western Pacific
Tommy Hart
Knox
Ernest J. King
United States
America
Severe Fighting In Shantung Province Increases
March reports describe intensified clashes in southwestern Shantung with 30 Japanese troops attacking Tsaohsien Hotse and nearby border areas. Reinforcements were claimed to be moving from Kaifeng as Japan pressures Lunghai and Tientsin Pukow railways amid broader attacks in Honan and the Henan border region.
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Shantung Province
Tsaohsien
Hotse
Henan Province
Kaifeng
Honan
Bhan
Lunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Roosevelt Urges More Lend Lease Aid To Allies
President Roosevelt told Congress the United Nations need far more lend-lease support after reporting total aid of 2.57 billion dollars in the last year. He warned victory requires intensified offensive, greater equipment and transport, and full mobilization of resources. He noted substantial obligations remain and urged continued wartime production and transfers.
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United Nations
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Udes
United
United States
Mad Dog Killers Esposito Brothers To Die In Sing Sing
Ossining New York March 11 The Esposito brothers William 29 and Anthony 37 known as The Mad Dog Killers will die tomorrow night in the electric chair. They shot a clerk and an officer during a January 14 1941 holdup and were later captured after a long crime spree. Both men were deemed sane by commissions after years behind bars and have been at Sing Sing since a hunger strike ended by force feeding.
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Ossining
N. Y
Esposito
William Ae
Anthony
Fifth Avenue
William
Lntourt & Depatemenl
Ten Cent
Rothers
Bing Sing
Sing Sing
British Brace for Japanese Attack Near Toungoo
British forces about 150 miles north of Rangoon prepared for expected assaults on Toungoon and Prome as Japanese troops advanced in lower Burma. Chinese planes may bolster defense. Rangoon’s loss could come after heavy British River Sittang battles and depleted imperial units.
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Mandalay
Burma
Lost Rangoon
Toungoon
Prome
Irrawaddy
Lower Burma
Cutanes
Rangoon
Manalay
Bay of Bengal
Thailand
Shan States
H. R. L. G. Alexander
Indo- China
Britain
Bilin
Sittang
Sittan
Gasoline Rationing Proposed for 10 Million Motorists
The petroleum industry proposed a city and eastern region fuel rationing plan to cut consumption by 25 percent. It suggests reducing deliveries to filling stations by 25 percent and closing stations from 7 PM to 7 AM, with a Gulf to Northeast pipeline considered as a remedy.
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Washington
Gulf
New York Philadelphia
Ickes
Rethe ‘Limited
Seall Punter
Brazil clears way for action after declaring power to war
Brazil, citing President Getulio Vargas’s constitutional authority, moves toward war and seizure of axis assets. Brazil closes relations with the axis, recalls merchant ships, and orders ships home after sinkings of Brazilian vessels by Axis submarines.
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Vargas
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Diaro da Norte
Reich
Noite
O Globo
Hitler
Japan
Atlantic
United States
Cabedello
Philadelphia
Nefflin Urges Taxes for War Effort Not for Dreamers Schemes
Weston West Virginia March 11 National American Legion committeeman W Elliott Nefflin urges elected officials to fund the armed forces and oppose “useless impractical governmental activities.” He says taxes will be paid gladly to help soldiers but not for dreamers or schemers, calling for straight men in public office with their fingers on the triggers.
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Weston
W. Va
W. Elliott Nefflin
Charleston
National American Legion
Seven Japanese Ships Put Out of Action Near New Guinea
Japanese forces mass large invasion fleets near New Guinea as American airmen report seven ships destroyed. Despite losses, enemy flotillas escorting a major convoy are reported moving toward the southern New Guinea coast while MacArthur's Luzon line remains quiet.
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Associated Press
Australia
New Guinea
Two Oceans
Burma-outer India
MacArthur
Luzon
Philippines
War Department
U. S
Seven Jap Ships Sunk In New Guinea Raids
Canberra reports Allied air forces destroyed at least seven Japanese ships with eight heavy bombers dropping 18 tons of bombs on invasion vessels off the New Guinea coast. Royal Australian Air Force and American airmen attacked near Port Moresby and Salamaua, with ships sunk and others damaged.
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War Department
Hart
Salamaua
New Guinea
Richard H. Carmichael
Canberra
Australia
Japan
United States War Department
Washington
Royal Australian Air Force
Port Moresby
Cape York
Jamana
Huongulf
Wader
New Britain
Gasmata
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