Battle Raging Within Cassino In Italy War Update
Allied forces reinforce near Cassino as heavy fighting continues on the western edge of the town. New Zealand troops reportedly wiped out part of German fortifications while counterattacks were repulsed and emergency supplies were dropped to hold positions halfway up the monastery hill. Allied air strikes targeted ports and rail lines north of Rome with significant damage reported. several Allied aircraft lost. Separately, actor Raymond Massey to become U.S. citizen at immigration office.
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Finns Still Seek Peace With Reds in War Talks
Stockholm dispatch reports Finland remains eager for peace with Soviet Russia but rejects German terms. Helsinki insists terms threaten national security and seeks clarified assurances before any settlement. Finnish government notes Russians refused to modify conditions and laments lack of chance to present its view. Passengers stranded as Greyhound-Teche bus line strike halts routes from Mobile to New Orleans, and to Jacksonville, Atlanta.
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Second heavy blow on sector in three days
RAF strikes hit explosive works in southern France Forts attack targets in the Frankfurt area. Six bombers lost.
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Frankfurt called the worst bombed city in Germany
British based American Liberators join 1600 to 2100 Allied planes in a March 21 raid across the Channel targeting Frankfurt and surrounding areas. The day’s actions include attacks on Angouleme and other factory sites in France and Germany as part of a nocturnal campaign against strategic targets. Morgen Tidningen had labeled Frankfurt the “worst bombed” city, prompting evacuation of its population.
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French firing squad executes four guards at Bechar camp
Four guards convicted of murder and brutality at Bechar camp in North Africa under the Vichy regime were executed this morning by a French firing squad. The guards had been sentenced to death by a French military court on March 4 in the first purge trial of the current wave.
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FCC bungling blamed for Japanese trap of U S force
Rep. Miller charged the Federal Communications Commission with bungling that misled a U S naval task force in Alaskan waters. He pressed witnesses during a resumed House committee hearing, asserting officials gave faulty information on Japanese dispositions. The proceedings touched on what Admiral Hooper and others knew, with calls for answers despite claimed suppression.
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War loss toll climbs as Japan loses 27 ships
Allied report says at least 27 Japanese vessels sunk and 15 destroyed by U S subs. American forces advance toward Marshall Islands bases as heavy air and sea actions rage across the Pacific.
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Fourteen Bodies Recovered After Bus Plunges Into Passaic River
Police and Red Cross workers recovered a fourteenth body and released a tentative list of seven missing after a bus plunged into the Passaic River beneath the Market Street bridge from the icy surface. Oliver police sorted belongings found in the bus as divers raised it from the water yesterday.
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SGT Nielsen Sends Letter From War Safe Despite Earlier POW Reports
Sergt Robert Nielsen, with relatives in Cory and nearby, is believed safe after news of wounds in both arms and left hand. He reports German doctors care for him and postmark places him at Stalag Luft 3. Earlier Red Cross notices predicted he could not be located.
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Dubois Bankers Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
William G. Brown former president of Du Bois National Bank and Geylone E. Lovejoy secretary treasurer of Economy Coal Co were indicted by a federal grand jury on eight counts including conspiracy and misapplying funds. Brown faced charges of false entries while Elton B. Morey of Pittsburgh was charged with posing as a foreign government official to obtain money.
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Mount Vesuvius Eruption Continues Amid Evacuations
Mount Vesuvius erupts with a fast lava stream 20 feet high and 200 yards wide, threatening Cercola and San Sebastiano as 7,000 villagers are evacuated. U S Army trucks aid relocation while Allied officials oversee relief. No casualties reported. the eruption, the worst since 1872, has caused widespread property loss.
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Federal grand jury indicts Charles H. Leslie for embezzlement
A federal grand jury in Erie returned a true bill charging Charles H. Leslie of Girard with embezzling 1470.18 from the closed Second National Bank while acting as receiver. The ten counts allege he began the theft on June 3, 1941 and continued until January 26, 1982. Defense counsel Owen M. Burns said a petition to move the trial will be filed. Schoonmaker may seek Pittsburgh May term or Erie September term.
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Quarantine Enters Friday with City Council Action
City Council approved on first and second readings an emergency ordinance establishing a 90 day quarantine to combat disease spread. The measure requires dogs be restrained except on leash during quarantine and imposes penalties up to 100 dollars or jail for flagrant offenses. A Raymond Avenue sewer link project received approval and funding assistance from adjacent property owners. Mayor Hepler administered the oath to new city clerk Dr. Williams.
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First Income Tax Refunds Scheduled
March 21 report from Pittsburgh says refunds for overpaid taxes were received yesterday by the Income Tax Office. Collector Stanley Granger noted that many in the armed forces should receive refunds soon.
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Britain Builds Invasion Defense With Massed Trains
Bulletin from London reports British Navy moving ten hundred fighters and more than 300 miles of coast defenses as invasion prep tightens. Hungary and German forces seize strategic junctions while Washington flags tax payment deadlines and a spring blizzard pelts the Rockies with heavy snow.
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Weather shifts aid syrup makers in maple season
Burrows reports good sap flow with 3500 taps and over a thousand gallons of top grade syrup expected. Kent brothers and other producers in Wattboro area foresee heavy yields though labor shortages limit tapping. Favorable late sweetness boosts profitability for the season despite helpers’ scarcity.
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Confession 10 to Be Introduced in Trial
The prosecution announced that Wayne Lonergan’s purported confession will be admitted as evidence at another trial. The decision followed jury selection and the defense request to obtain a stenographic report of the latest confession.
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Germans expected to occupy Romania and Bulgaria soon
A March 21 Associated Press report from London notes Hungary calls for general resistance as German forces advance toward Hungary. Frontier skirmishes reported with mobile units in several sectors. Hitler’s forces are poised to push into Austria and Romania, with several Romanian government units signaling potential capitulation as occupation looms.
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