Russians Break Through Smolensk Defenses in Major Push
Soviet reports say Russian forces captured two German garrisons near Smolensk and pushed toward Dorogobuzh, with heavy German losses in the Ukraine sector near Kharkov. The noon communique notes settlements taken near Rostov and advances toward Novorossisk, amid intensified air engagements on the Leningrad front.
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London
Smolensk
Donets River
Kharkov
Moscow
Central Front
Monitor
Bely
Dukhovschina
Stockholm
Belgorod
Chuguev
Ukraine
Lewis tells senators miners not bound by no strike pledge
In a four hour hearing John L. Lewis said coal miners must have higher wages and are not obligated to refrain from striking if demands are unmet. He argued the no strike pledge was voided by the war labor board formula and pressed for a $2 a day raise based on costs and dietary hardship among miners.
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Lewis
Senators
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Senator Ball
Decision Upsets West Virginia Land Tax System
A court ruling declares the 1941 delinquent lands law unconstitutional, upending WV's system for tax forfeited lands. The decision affects about 75,000 tracts. counties and the auditor brace for impact as pending land sales and deputy commissions face status questions. Legislative attempts seek to cushion potential losses, including certifying lands back to the auditor.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Jake Fisher
14Th Circuit
Sterling National Bank and Trust Company of New York
Charleston Transit Company
Roosevelt outlines land army plan to boost wartime food
President Roosevelt announced plans to form a land army of boys girls and women to aid farm production under Food Administrator Davis. He said 500000 farm workers have been deferred 3 million more could join this year and noted changes in farm machinery supply and distribution by major firms. He cited a crop report predicting 10000000 more acres planted and described the new Food Production and Distribution Office headed by Davis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
Wickard
Davis
Selective Service
War Production Board
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Capitol
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Prestiss Brown
White House
Office of Food Production and Distribution
Army
Navy
Agriculture Department
Eden Emphasizes Fight to Finish Across Axis Powers
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Americans there will be no rest until Germany and Japan surrender unconditionally. He urged unity with China and stressed the United Nations will act in war and peace, warning against isolation and calling for open borders and cooperation. The speech aimed to reassure about postwar aims and China’s role.
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Annapolis
Britain
Japan
Germany
Anthony Eden
Pacific
Eden
China
Burma
Churchill
Roosevelt
Hull
Russia
United Nations
United States
British Commonwealth
Viet Union
Parkersburg Flier Wins Flying Cross for RCAF Service
Pilot Officer Jack Pershing Berry of Parkersburg West Virginia son of Mr and Mrs Frank Berry received the Distinguished Flying Cross from Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters Berry who flies with the RCAF overseas was cited for actions in July 1942 during the Düsseldorf raid where his crew shot down a night fighter and completed a bombing mission despite danger He also flew a daylight Ruhr bombing mission using cloud cover and demonstrated leadership and determined operational flying skills.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Jack Pershing Berry
Frank Berry
Parkersbug
W. Va
Berry
RCAF
Duesseldorf
Ruhr
P.O. Berry
Road Commission to Gut Activities in Budget Cut Plan
Charleston March 26 The state road commission advisory board backed a complete overhaul to align with reduced 1943 revenues. Maintenance funding will drop to about 5.3 million yearly for the next two years, prompting consolidations and abolitions including the outdoor advertising bureau and commercial vehicle bureau. The right of way division will absorb unfinished claims and acquisitions and the construction division will shrink as projects end.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Ernest L. Bailey
Ruit
Con
Commercial Vehicle Bureau
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Laval Bolster Shaky Regime
The Berlin radio quoted a Vichy dispatch saying Laval's regime was reconstructed and key ministers resigned. Madrid reports said 14 Vichy diplomatic and consular staff in Spain switched allegiance to Gen. Henri Giraud, who will meet Gen. Charles De Gaulle.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Justice
Navy
Air Force
Joseph Barthelmy
Jean Marie Abrial
Jean Francois Jennekyn
Air
Madrid
Laval
Spain
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
Radio France
Algiers
FCC
Lisbon
France
Piertri
Barcelona
Bilbao
Valencia
Malaga
Toulon
Giraud
North
Africa
Body Identified As Missing Man From Waverly
The body recovered from the Ohio River at Benwood is tentatively identified by police as Joseph Whit lateh 41 of Waverly who disappeared from a sand barge on February 23.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Benwood
Joseph Whitlateh
Waverly
McDowell Man Saved From Gallows by West Virginia Governor
Thomas J. Farley, 28, McDowell County miner, condemned for the 1941 fatal shooting of James Adkins, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Governor M M Neely. The commutation, based on a brain injury and a childlike mentality, was announced as formal papers were to be sent to Moundsville. Farley had been moved from the death house to murderers row and had awaited execution after appeals upheld the conviction.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas J. Farley
McDowell County
Moundsville State Prison
M. M. Neely
Neely
M. E. Ketchum
Moundsville
Farley
James Adkins
Carswell
Death House
H. H. Cottle
Murderers Row
Cottle
J. E. Offner
Weston State Hospital
Offner
State Supreme Court
Marshall
Body of Bland Woman Found
The body of Mrs. T. G. Dillow, 68, missing since Sunday morning, was found at 4 pm on the W. A. Newberry property along the Bland Wytheville road about five miles from Bland. She lay in a pine thicket near the road, clad only in a nightgown, frozen from a heavy snowfall. Deputy Sheriff R. C. Green led a 300-person search including students and Boy Scouts. family notes she had mental illness and had previously wandered at night in summer.
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T. G. Dillow
Edgar Dillow
Bluefield
W. A. Newberry
Bland- Wytheville Road
Dillon
Herman Chandler
Newberry
R. Co. Green
Green
Rently
Dillow
Bland, Va
Small Aircraft Carriers Active in War Zones
Washington says dozens of small but useful auxiliary carriers are in combat areas with more en route. They are converted merchant vessels or keel-up builds with air groups capable of convoy duties and multiple raids, forming a triple menace to Axis forces.
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Washington
Knox
Navy
Frederick J. Horne
Naval Operations
Horne
Seven
Seas
North Afr
Atlantic
Maritime Commission
U. S. S. Long Island
Wallace Arrives in Santiago Chile for Latin America visit
Vice President Henry A Wallace arrives in Santiago on a ten day Latin America tour. Thousands greet him at the airport as he is welcomed by President Juan Antonio Rios and Ambassador Claude G Bowers. He tours Ross palace and meets Chilean officials amid cheers.
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Santiago
Chile
Henry A. Wallace
Latin America
Wallace
United States
Juan Antonio Rios
Claude G. Bowers
Rios
Guard of Honor
Ross Palace
Gustave Ross
Carabineros
Mine Sale Announced in Monongalia County
The Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal and Coke Co. announced the sale of its Edna mine at Brady Monongalia County to the Jamison interests of Greensburg Pennsylvania. The mine lies along the Monongahela River near Monongahela Marion county line.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Virginia and Pittsburgh Coal and Coke Company
Edna
Brady
Monongalia County
Jamison Interests
Greensburg
Monongahela-Marion County
Allies Push Through Mareth Line Amid Intense North Africa Fighting
Allied forces inch forward along the Mareth line under heavy gunfire as Montgomery’s Eighth Army battles fortifications in a seven night struggle. American units guard the Tunisian coast flank while Patton’s forces mop up positions near Maknassy and the Orbata range. The air offensive this week is described as the heaviest yet in the African campaign.
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Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Cairo
New York
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Tunisian
Mareth
el Hamma
Western Desert Air Force
el- Hamma
Algiers
Gabes
Djebel Tobago
Guetaria Pass
Gafsa
Djebel Derba
George S. Patton, Jr
Maknassy
Long Orbata Range
Hise
RAF Intruder Planes Strike Rome Suburbs At Night
RAF aircraft launched from Malta attacked theRome area last night with pilots reporting night sights of the city lights and trains being strafed near Campo Leone and Cisterna. Malta reported enemy raids met by RAF defenses with at least one hostile raider downed.
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London
RAF
Malta
Rome
Mussolini
London Morning
Daily Mail
Apparen
High Command
Campo Leone
Cisterna
Trowe
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Bland
Smal Aircraft Carriers
Secretary of Navy
Rommel
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