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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1943
Page
6
Twenty eight survivors of a U boat attack finished a 1100 mile voyage in a fragile lifeboat after three weeks at sea. Leo Kurpiel, 19, reported the February attack about 500 miles southwest of St Helena, with 20 of the 38 merchant crew and six of the 19 crewmen lost.
Atlantic incident survivors were picked up by a British ship and landed in South America. Young Kurpiel hails from Chicago where his parents live.
Premier Su kin Sarakoglu won a confidence vote in Ankara after a speech stressing enduring Anglo Turkish friendship. He praised Winston Churchill and the Anglo Turkish bond as a long term need, and voiced Turkey’s goodwill toward the United States Congress, drawing rare applause in parliament.
The American Federation of Musicians AFL executive board rejected a plan to resume record making and transcriptions for morale. They supported Petrillo’s proposal that recording royalties fund unemployment benefits, keeping the recording ban in place.
Allied air forces massed more than 400 planes for two major raids on Essen, driving about 1000 tons of bombs nightly. The strikes targeted the Krupp works and nearby industrial districts, aiming to cripple German war production.
An RAF commentator described stronger Nazi fortifications at Ruhersam to halt the Allied air blitz, noting Axis troops in Tunisia near 230 000. He said two heavy blows on Esen damaged 80 Krupp buildings and severely damaged 54, likely curtailing gun and diesel output.
The Japanese government plans appoint seven cabinet advisers to speed wartime measures and curb red tape. Prime Minister Tojo said the war situation is becoming more serious amid warnings from Premier Phe deki and radio Tokyo reports. A coroner described a nearby bombing incident and a found fetus, noting details remain unclear.
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