Allied and German forces mud bound on Italian front
Allied and German armies struggle in soft ground on the Italian front near Minturno Cassino Cisterna Lottoria and the beachhead south of Rome. Allied raids and air strikes target rail yards and docks while ground fighting continues and ground stiffens may take another week.
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Naples
Italy
Minturno
Cassino
Cisterna
Littoria
Rome
Moletta
8Th Army
Aled
Sarzana
Viareggio
Spoleto
Perugia
Fabriano
Dalmatian
Santo Stefano
Marina di Pisa
Montalto di Castro
Gas Coupon A Cut to 2 Gallons a Week March 22
The office of price administration announced reductions in gas rations for the midwest and far west, cutting the basic A card to two gallons per week effective March 22, with the Pacific coast B supplementary ration dropping from 460 to 400 miles a month. No changes for 17 east coast states and DC already on two gallons weekly. Bowles said the cuts are reluctant but necessary amid war demands and tighter supplies. Preliminary figures project national allocations to be about percent lower in Q2 versus Q1, with savings of about 18 000 to 20 000 barrels per day.
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Washington,i
Midwest
Far West
Office of Price Administration
Pacific Coast
East Coast
District of Columbia
OPA
Chester Bowles
West
Wales Miners Returning to Work Amid Settlement Talks
About 65,000 of Britain's 106,000 striking coal miners had returned to work by early afternoon, according to Alf Davies vice president of the South Wales Miners Federation. He called the situation improving. Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons it would be unwise to make a statement and would deprecate any debate until a settlement had taken effect.
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Lumoon
Ute
Britain
Alf Davies
The
South Wales Miners Federation
Churchill
Commons
Spotted Plane Crew Adrift for 23 Hours Saved
In Hamilton Bermuda Lt. Gz W J Carroll of Fort Dodge Ta spotted from a search plane the 19 officers and men of a navy patrol bomber adrift 23 hours after a crash. Rear Admiral Ingram Sowell, commander in Bermuda, announced a destroyer rescue effected the crew’s recovery.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Gz. W. J. Carroll
Fort Dodge
Navy
Ingram ©. Sowell
U. S. Naval Operating
Ann Aunecedd
City council boosts city employee pay during wartime
After striking elected official names from the motion the city council approved suspending the rules to raise city employee salaries by an average of 30 dollars a month for the war duration. The action, the third raise since 1942, totals about 30 dollars monthly with debates over pensions and adjustments.
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George Steinberg
G. A. Bartel
Katelman
Whistler
Ed Durick
Emil Jorgensen
Sam C. Kennedy
Bartel
Navy Growth Placed at 12 Ships Daily
Secretary Knox announced nearly a dozen ships will enter service daily in 1944 as the Navy expands. Admiral Jacobs said about 500,000 officers and men will be needed to crew the new craft, with total naval strength by year’s end forecast around 3,006,000 officers and men. He noted peak strength not until 1946 but expected leveled inductions by year’s end.
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Washington
United States
Knox
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Navy Personnel
Jacobs
Marines
Coast Guard
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Navy
Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Corps
Says Witches Urged Him to Kill His Wife Trial Testimony
IDA GROVE Iowa William Lorenzen a 17 year old farmer on trial for the alleged murder of his wife testified that witches urged him to kill her last fall while in the field He described witches as various sizes colors and said the only time he was free of spells was when away from home and with other company He said he would trade places with his wife to bring her back The defense presented psychiatrists Dr G Alexander Young and Dr Charles Obermann Lorenzen remained adamant of insanity and testimony was to continue with witnesses Wednesday
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Ida Grove
William Lorenzen
Lorenzen
Eleanor Hugs
Sioux City
Janet
Holstein
Alexander Young
Omaha
Charles Obermann
Atate
Cherokee
Dean Haines to Take Bishop's Post
The Very Rev Elwood Lindsay Haines, dean of Christ Church cathedral Louisville, has accepted election as bishop of the Town diocese of the Episcopal church. Rev C Burnett White delivered the offer in Louisville. Bishop-elect Haines to assume duties after confirmation.
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Mason City
Upi
Elwood Lindsay Haines
Christ Church Cathedral
Louisville
C. Burnett Whitehead
St. John's Episcopal Church
Dean Haines
Pension Granted For Retiring Po- Nee Chief Pezenowski
The Omaha city council approved a pension for retiring Po- Nee Chief J. J. Pezenowski on Tuesday and planned further meetings to determine his successor.
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Omaha
J. J. Pezenowski
Pszanowski
Romania to Seek Peace Mission Reported in London
British dispatches from Turkey report Barbu Stirbey former Romanian premier traveling on a special British pass en route from Ankara to Cairo to press a peace bid before allied authorities. Diplomatic circles adopt a wait and see stance as entry permission to Turkish territory is noted.
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London
France
Barbu
Stirbey
Rumania
Ankara
Cairo
Turkey
Catie
Collection dates for war salvage and tin fats
No paper collection this week. Tin is collected on the third Thursday for pickup the following Friday. If the block commando misses your tin, contact the district school principal for pickup. Take waste cooking fats to the grocery store where dealers pay 4 cents a pound plus two Meat ration stamps per pound.
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Grotery
McMillen and Hill Win Re-election to School Board
Thomas McMillen and Dr. Christine Ericksen Hill were re-elected to the Board of Education in a county vote, defeating Harry Voss and George Woods. McMillen led with 653 votes to Voss 434 and Woods 277, while Hill totaled 651 to Voss 434. Brown was elected treasurer with 769 votes. turnout was dampened by bad weather and 1,016 ballots cast across precincts.
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Thomas McMillen
High School Avenue
Christine Ericksen/ Hill
South Sixth Street
Board of Education
Easy Mar Eing
Harry Vogs
South Eighth ‘Street
Countil 'Bluffa
Franklin School
Covert
Brown
J. EB
Doc" Cole
Ed Spelman
McMillen
Will
Dr. Hill
Voss
Woods
Ericksen- Hill
New Chapters Loom as Jail Sold by Young Pinckney
Sixteen year old Robert Pinckney of Harvard Nebraska says the city overcharged him for trimming and grassing the jail lot he bought for 1.50 at a tax sale last July. He sold the jail Monday to O B Hunt for about 60 to use as a cooler. The jail had previously been bought at a Hollywood war bond rally by Charles McCarthy for 16,000, then returned to Pinckney who plans to sue the city for trespass. Pinckney, now a Los Angeles public relations worker, travels to pursue a career and says he will file charges soon.
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Harvard
Nep
Robert Pinckney
Pinckney
O. BE. Hunt
Hollywood
Charles McCarthy
Charlie
Los Angeles
Treapasa
Moan of Dog Credited With Saving Oakland Family
Otto Stamp reported saving Mr. and Mrs. John Kullbom and their son Wendell nine after a gas leak at their home six miles southeast of Oakland. A dog’s moan prompted entry and rescue, with the family revived after several hours and the dog kept outside for air.
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Oakland
John Kullbom
Wendell
Here
Otto Stamp
Avoca
Kullbom
Stamp
Mr.Kullbom
Mrs. Kullbom
Davenport
W. D. French
Carson
Police Hunt Pal of Jim DeAngelo
In Chicago police searched for Onofrio Vitale, close friend of James DeAngelo, a missing man after DeAngelo’s brutal trunk murder found on a north side street. Vitale, last heard from Feb 26, is linked to DeAngelo’s case by detectives amid possible business ties to a cheese company. a bondman message to Vitale’s daughter surfaced, while DeAngelo’s death is considered highly brutal and possibly connected to other local killings.
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Chicago
James de Angelo
Onofrio Vitale
DeAngelo
de Angelo
Vitale
John L. Sullivan
Thomas Onegha Dee 8
Sam Gervase
Sullivan
Kyran Phelan
Phelan
Ice Glazed Roads Hamper Drivers
A sheet of water covered ice glazed Iowa highways north at Noa. 6 Tuesday and the forecast offers no relief to harmed motorists. Rain will continue Tuesday turning to snow later in the evening and temperatures hover at the freezing line. Bus travel in northern Town was at a minimum after cancellations Monday night. Minor accidents were reported as motorists crept along. the ice did not melt due to cold ground. Southern Town roads stayed open but warnings remained as temperatures drop. Weather predicts colder temps and snow statewide by Wednesday. Rain totals include Cedar Rapids 0.95, Davenport 0.81, Fort Dodge 0.68, Des Moines 0.21, Burlington 0.04. Doris Benson, 13, was struck by lightning during the storm and remained unconscious with dangerous condition Tuesday.
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Weather Bureau
Oskaloose
Doris Benson
Upper River Congressmen Prepare Last Ditch Water Fight
Four upper basin states led by Montana Wyoming North and South Dakota urge an amendment to restrict lower basin channel expansion from diverting Missouri River water from irrigation. They argue for a stronger substitute tying water use for navigation to prior or state established rights.
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Washington
Missouri River
House
Miss Souri
Jis
Montana
Wyoming
North
South Dakota
Barrett
Death in Crisis Spurs Bold Pacific War Actions
Allied forces press in Bougainville with heavy Japanese losses as Amphi operations advance near Manus and Empress Augusta Bay. British drives in northern Burma inch toward the Irrawaddy, while Stilwell’s forces push from Hukawng toward openings to China. Mountbatten visits Stilwell at advanced headquarters amid the broader campaign.
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Richard
Bergholz
Associated Press
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Empress Augusta Hay
Burma
Southeast Asia
Upper
Chindwin
China
South Pacific
Vern Haugland
Bougainville
Havegland
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Manus Island
Admiralties
Wewak
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Wake Island
U. S
mid-Pacific
Nauru Island
Gilbert Group
Marshalls
Japan
Irrawaddy
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Stilwell
Louis Mountbatten
Senate Endorses State Ballot Plan
The Senate approved a states rights measure 47 to 31, permitting use of a curtailed federal ballot only with state permission after weeks of wrangling. The bill, crafted by a joint conference committee, now goes to the House where leaders expect quick passage amid changes stripping original sponsors’ provisions.
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Washington
UPI
States Rights Service
Senate
House
Worley
D-Tex
Elections Committee
Green
D-Ri
Lucas
D-Tl
Italian Prisoners Strike Over Beer Ration Loss
Italian prisoners of war in a southern England camp on strike after their beer ration was stopped. They refused field work and camp chores until the ration is restored.
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London
England
British Fliers Continue Raids On Le Mans And Frankfurt
British RAF Halifaxes struck the railway hub at Le Mans in western France under a moonlit night with Mosquitos targeting Frankfurt and other western German targets. The raid, second on Le Mans in six nights, cost two bombers, while intruder missions over the continent resulted in one plane lost and German raids over southern England were minor.
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Gladwin
HII
London
le Mans
France
Arteriea
Germany
England
Air Ministry
Churchill Says Ireland Isolation Policy Aims To Separate Britain
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged travel restrictions to Eire as an initial move to sever Ireland from Britain and the outside world during a critical period. He warned a catastrophe involving German or Japanese reps in Dublin would harden the divide for generations and noted U.S. support for pressuring Dublin to close those consulates.
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London
Churchill
Eire
Great’ Britain
Ireland
Dublin
Gulf
Great Britain
Commons
United States
Washington
Eiie
Draft Evaders Given 5 Year Sentence
Four Caudill brothers who fled to timber lands to evade the draft were each sentenced to five years in prison by District Judge Colin Neblett. Walter Cau, 28, Earl Caudill, 19, Jesse Caudill, 33, and Roy Caudill, 21, pleaded guilty to violating the Selective Service Act for failing to notify changes of address and failing to report for induction. They surrendered to a state police posse in February after four months in the wild. Gripsholm Due on Wednesday.
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Santa FE
NVM
Colin Neblett
Walter Cau GU
Earl Caudill
Jeese Caudill
Roy Caudill
Wilds
Nazis Seek Flight Through the Black Sea
Istanbul dispatch says Romania rushes every ship in the Black Sea toward Odessa to avert a German collapse on the southern front. The report notes large-scale mobilization as danger to German supply lines grows.
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James A. Long
London
Rumania
Black Sea
Odessa
Istanbul
Russians Amid Broad Push In Ukraine Reach Odessa Threat
Front dispatches say Soviet forces crossed the Middle Dnieper and formed bridgeheads southwest of Uman as Malinovsky’s Ukraine army pushes toward Kherson and Odessa. German and Russian reports claim heavy losses on both sides, with Odessa’s sea escape threatened and German lines collapsing as northern and southern fronts tighten. Nearby weather notes forecast snow in Iowa and Nebraska with below normal temperatures and mixed precipitation.
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London
Middle Bug River
Ukraine
Uman
Moscow
Khernon
Rodion K. Malinovsky
Third Ukraine
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Tarnopol
Poland
Dniester
Odensa-Lwow
Romania
Odesse
Odessa
Feodor Tolbukin
Nikolaev
Kherson
Malinovsky
Chesar
Red Army
Dalf
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Wales
India
Maung
Ratha
Akyab
Bathedaung
Kyauktaw
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southwest Asia
Council
Ericksen-Hill
Neb
Young Pinckney
Pal
Jim DeAngelo
Iowa
Noa
Gripsholm
New York
Russia
Sofia
Stalin
High Command
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Nebraska
Iast
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