British Advance in Sedjenane and Mareth Line Quiet
Allied dispatches say the British First Army pressed into Sedjenane in northern Tunisia with no resistance, while the Eighth Army reports the Mareth Line south of Gafsa as quiet. Allied air forces struck the Messounes airfield and shelled enemy positions. Axis losses included five planes shot down, with two Allied aircraft lost.
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First Army
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Associated Press
Nowth Aviuca
British First Army
Sedje
Bane
Guyfs
North Africa
Gatsa
Arst
Ola
Sedjenane
Nortan
Jmibnt
Mareth
Gafsa
Messouns Girdrome
Sicilian
Western Desert Air Force
Fonjane
Messouns
Alles
Erwin Rommel
Tunisian
Metidoul
Unclear record due to corrupted OCR text
Fragmentary OCR text not coherent enough to identify people, places, or a verifiable event. Unable to determine a factual headline or summary from the provided fragment.
Lewis Warns Miners Ten Quit Textual Confusion
New York reports that Joan L Lewis warns northern coal operators to negotiate a wage pact with the United Mine Workers by March 11 to avoid miners refusing to report for April 18. He cautions that without a negotiated contract by March, the responsibility will lie with the mine workers and not the operators.
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Associated Press
New York
Joan L .Lewis
United Mine Workers
Wit
Wien
Aew
UMW
The
Minners
Iim
Pennsylvanians Pay 230 Millions In Income Tax
Pennsylvanians rushed to meet tax deadlines as the income tax take soared with millions paid across districts. In Philadelphia Eastern District collector Rothensies reported 90 million in two weeks, while Pittsburgh and Scranton posted record payments including a 39 million single bank deposit. Western districts anticipate more returns with remaining installments.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pennsylvania
Walter J. Rothensies
Pittsburgh
Stanley Granger
Granger
Western Pennsylvania
Scranton
18Th
Internal Revenue District
Red Cross War Fund Drive Appeals for Greater City Support
Corry's Red Cross War Fund drive faces a shortfall with a $9,000 quota at risk unless residents increase pledges. Local chairman Olin W. Bracken reports uneven responses, urges former contributors to give more, and notes progress among industrial workers. Collection points and downtown headquarters are listed in various wards and shops for donations.
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Corry
Red Cross
Olin W. Bracken
Marinns
Bracken
Mabel Show
Grand Theatre
Stewart Hat
Lso
Followite
Canvass
Pirot Ward
Lbrounk’s
Wilcox’s
Sopher’s
Cartwright’s
Gutelll's
Second Ward
Briggs and
E. C. Barnes
Third Ward
Willi No. 2
Wayside Market
Jourdels
Fourth Ward
Delo's
Dasey's
Rosabucher Instance Agency
Corry Boys to Leave Tonight for Army Training Centers
A large group of Corry youths will entrain tonight at Union City to board train No 660 aboard the Pennsylvania Railroad. They head for U S Army training centers with families and friends present to see them off.
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New Cumberland
U.S. Army
Union City
Tne
Udd
Women'n Victory Civ
Vitor Bie
Naval and air war briefings from Washington and overseas
Navy reports Dauntless dive bombers hit Vila and Munda in the Solomons. British forces hold positions despite Japanese counterattacks near Rathedaung and north of Akyab in Burma. Civil Air Patrol says a plane went down in the Atlantic. pilot and observer rescued. Senate Finance panel moves to bar wage reductions below 1943 levels. First Air Force notes a bomber crash near Boothwyn, Pennsylvania with police guarding the scene. Berlin radio cites a no raid bulletin as British raids pause. Pennsylvania lawmakers advance a bill to let one year old children work on farms or at home with school authority permits.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Senate
House
Allied air attacks hit transports off Dobos Islands
Allied bombers hit two transports in a three-ship convoy near Dobos Islands about 600 miles north of Darwin. Long-range fighters supported the raid, causing heavy damage on decks. Darwin defenses, including Spitfires, intercepted a record air assault, shooting down two bombers and twelve fighters. One convoy remains missing after two days of heavy attacks near Wewak, New Guinea. In Dutch New Guinea, bomber strikes damaged a Japanese coastal schooner. a Catalina night raid hit Gasmata air area.
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Associated Press
Australia
Austrail
Darwin
Oro Bay
New Guinea
Dobo
Arne
Avogm
Bulletin
Wewak
New Britain
Reds Gain Toward Smolensk $300 Reward Attack Case
A city-wide crime inquiry blasts police laxity after a fatal attack on Friday night. Critics say officers delayed reporting, failed to cordon the area, and neglected prompt pursuit as residents demand accountability and better night protection.
De Gaulle Accepts Giraud Offer for Union Talks
General Charles De Gaulle summoned the Fighting French national committee for a session to quickly review General Henri Giraud’s invitation to discuss details for uniting French forces opposing the Axis. Spokesmen called the invitation encouraging, with Gen Dutroux conveying the message from Syria. Two killed as airplane crash near Philadelphia injures one, lands near Newton Square.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
de Gaulle
Georges Dutroux
Syria
Giraud
Gatroux
Phila
Philadelphia
Newton Square
Troopers Lead Vichy Police Against Rebel French Youths
German troopers and French police led a force into Haute Savoie near Lake Geneva to hunt several thousand well armed youths who defied surrender ultimatums. Reports say some bands were bombed by planes while others retreated for food and safety.
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Vichy
Press i
Switzerland
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
Ali
Vgermsi
London
France
Payette County Officials Indicted in New Grand Jury
Fayette jury reconvened after recess and indicted three county commissioners John Rankin Arthur Higinbotham and Michael Higbee along with attorney W Higbee for allegedly conspiring to cheat and defraud the county of 6000 tied to a settlement of a Commonwealth claim. Additional indictments target Cavalyante and Rankin Higginbotham for similar offenses over a $10000 fee in other county dealings.
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Sy Associated Wrest
Epriler
Anthony J. Cavalyante
Cavalcante
Rankin
Hig- Inbotham
Clarendon Boy Killed In Action In South Pacific
Pvt Earl H Rigate son of Mrs Amanda K Rigile of Clarendon was killed in action on the Noril Alvies from according to air announcement. South Pacific casualties included Homer G Houston of Oil City and Stanley W Kowmack of Illinois, both listed as killed in action.
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Clarendon
Attica
Earl H. Rigate
Amanda K. Rigile
Noril
Tofiky
South Pacific
Homer G. Houston
Fleree Avenue
Oil City
Stanley W. Kowmack
East 11Th Street
Nelion
Reward Boost Considered in City Police Probe
Chief Joni D. Manigan confirms inquiry into a UAE export convention incident and the indifference cited by an officer. The council, after debate, approves a $200 reward for information in the Clea Haight assault case and contemplates raising city rewards to 3600 or 3700 funded from the incidental fund.
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Joni D. Manigan
Uae
Sively Sine
Oficer
Gitlie Frisch
Clea Haight
Marion Street
Wehuyeh
Prank ©. Hepler
D. Pred Kinley
Lotal Police Department
Cornell
James P. Sullivan
West Wayne Steel
Marion Sive
April ration plan unchanged for next month
The Office of Price Administration announced that the total food ration points for April will mirror March at 48 points. An overlapping week permits use of both March and April stamps, with blue A, B, C stamps valid until March 31 and new series for canned goods from March 25 to April 30.
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Associated Press
Washington
OFA
OPA
Soviet Central Front Drive Offsets Kharkov Loss
Soviet mid day dispatches report a major push on the central front with 47 towns and villages captured as Smolensk becomes a pivot in a 200 mile front. German forces in the south are said to gain new ground while Soviet forces on the northern Donets and at Stalaya Russa press toward key German positions amid heavy fighting.
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Associated Press
Smolensk
Kuiarkoy
Ukraine
Moscow
Snjotwisk
Tour Aussku
Clerme Ugh Command
Iit
Scharkov
Dneper
Yed
Sea of Anov
Taganrog
Verény
Nihal
Semeon Timoshenko
Stilaya Russa
Lake Timon
Intelligence errors cost U S forces in North Africa
March 1 dispatch reports American losses in their first major battle with Germany in central Tunisia carried by faulty intelligence and a misread German axis. Officials admitted initial estimates overstated German strength and misdirected Allied forces, leaving several units spread thin as German forces reached outskirts of Tunis.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Tunisia
Getomans
Thela
Sey
Tunisian
Florion
Teun
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Lel Ress
Leon Wuteele
Jmrock
Lewis
RED Cross War ‘Fund
Dragging Voice New Plea
Roll Call
Bulletins
Navy
Vila
Munda
Solo Mon Islands
New Deleht
India
Rathedaung
Akyab
Burma
Mar
Civil Air Patrol
Atlantic Ocean
Senate Finance Committee
First Air Force
Boothwynn
Berlin
Ora Bay
Somerville
N. J
Three Towers
Route 1
Army Quartermaster Corps
Flanigan
de Gaullists
Algiers
Maéle Monitor
Germany
Escor
Fayette
Kharkov
Prvat
Leningrad-Rostov
U. S
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