Nazis Battle Savagely to Hold Cassino
Allied and German forces clash around Cassino as New Zealand and British units push toward Monte Cassino. Heavy combat, minefields impede advances, and reinforcements arrive for the Germans while Indian troops and Allied air forces support operations along the Cassino and Anzio sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassino
Monte Cassino
Casaino
Quilt
Anzio
Padigttone
Adriatic
Partiol
Orsogna
Rome
Dalmatian
Great Britain Faces Another Coal Strike
London reports a new wage dispute in southern Yorkshire where 14,000 miners are idle, eight collieries shut and production cut at two more. The strike follows a breakdown in imperial allowances as part of ongoing adjustments affecting pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Yorkshire
South Wales
Monmouthshire
Succeeds Patton As Seventh Chief
Naples March 1943 Maj Gen Alexander M Patch veteran of Guadalcanal and New Caledonia takes command of the United States 7th Army replacing Lt Gen George S Patton Jr famed for Sicily and the slapping incident Patton moves to an unspecified new assignment possibly connected to Western Europe invasion Eisenhower had rebuked Patton brief reports say 7th Army leadership change follows debate over the field command and his handling of the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Alexander M. Patch
Guadalcanal
New Caledonia
United States
7Th Army
George &. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palermo
Patton
War Department
Washington
Europe
America
Allied
Tth
Sation Almea
5Th
Italy
Anzio
Rome
Britain says it was not consulted on Soviet Italy move
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the commons that Britain was not consulted beforehand in Moscow’s recognition of the Badoglio government in Italy and asked why Moscow acted. Hull indicated the United States would not recognize the Badoglio regime. Eden said Britain is communicating with the Soviet Union on establishing diplomatic relations with Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Badoglio
Italy
Moscow
Hull
U. S
Badogiio
United States
Hadogho
Hden
Moisture-Laden Spring Snow Spreads Across Plains
Snow and rain bring moisture to Nebraska and Iowa aiding spring planting. Measurements show up to 12 inches in Nebraska towns and six inches around Council Bluffs Iowa. Temperatures fall from 33 to about 25 by Thursday. highways remain open but slick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
City Victory
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Charles City
Mason City
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Des Moines
Sutton
Red Cloud
Hastings
Fairmount
U. S. Weather Bureau
Yankee Airmen Again Hit Berlin
Berlin was bombed by daylight for the fifth time this month by Liberators Fortresses and fighters. About 1,500 tons of high explosives were dropped by 500 to 750 bombers backed by 750 to 1,000 Thunderbolts Lightning and Mustangs. Anti aircraft bursts tracked the raid as it returned from a 1,150 mile round trip. Industrial and military targets in Berlin were attacked according to U S authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hercher
London
Berlin
Germany
Bevan
Jer
U. S
Churchill Admits Allies Will Have New Discussions
In London Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons there would be renewed consultation among the principal allies on the Atlantic charter as war phases shift. He refused to detail possible new meetings and warned the charter remains a declaration of wartime spirit, not a pact with enemies. Lipson pressed about continued support for the charter and Churchill avoided broader terms. Genders, parties, and pre-war boundary questions were debated but no new commitments were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Commons
Daniel Lipson
Lipson
Hull outlines postwar aims and six policy questions
Secretary of State Hull presents a 17 point foreign policy program aiming for postwar leadership and sovereign equality among nations. It highlights questions on relation with French resistance groups, Finland, Poland, Italy, Argentina, Spain, Turkey, Ireland, and broader postwar cooperation. The piece frames long range goals, allied sanctions, and the Atlantic charter as central to shaping peace and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Hull
United States
French National Committee
France
Finland
Helsinki
Russia
Poland
London
Britain
Italy
Rome
Badogno
United‘ States
Argentina
Spain
Turkey
Germany
Ireland
United Nations
Soviet Union
Great Britain
China
Moscow
President Roosevelt Improves Quiet, Keeps White House Schedule
President Roosevelt, ill with a head cold for days, was reported to be improved Wednesday by White House officials. Presidential Secretary Stephen Harry said he is better but still refrains from scheduling appointments while working in the White House residential quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Harry
House Probes Charge Farmers Coerced Into AAA Signup
Two separate house probes were projected into charges that farmers are being pressured to join federal agricultural programs under threat of military induction and loss of gasoline rations. Rep. Rizley and Rep. Harness alleged coercive notices tied to AAA plans, with Harness calling the pressure "reprehensible" and linking deferment to signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representatives Rizley
Okle
Harness
F Artiery
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
AAA
May
D.-Ky
Smith
D.-Va
Roosevelt
American Chemical Sowcety
Sub Scorpion Believed Lost
Navy reports the loss of submarine Scorpion with approximately 75 crew aboard after an eight day test, marking the fourth submarine listed overdue. Commander Maximilian G. Schmidt led the vessel built in Portsmouth New Hampshire launched July 20 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Scorpion
Test
Navy
Maximilian G. Schmidt
Boonville
Elizabeth H. Schmidt
Annapolis
Portsmouth
N. H
Hungary
Reds Smash Ever Nearer Escape Road
Soviet dispatches report Russians breaking through Bessarabia toward the Balkans and closing in on the Prut river border with Romania while advancing near the Odessa bottleneck. Reinforced by tanks, they cut rail lines, liberated hundreds of towns, and moved within tens of miles of Lwow and other exits, as German counterattacks falter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bessarabia
Balkans
Prut
Rumania
Moscow
Odessa
Dniester
Cernauti-Baltsky
Odessa-Tiraspol
Iasi
Old Poland
Black Sea
Lwow
Denmark
Kovel
Warsaw
Koysl
Berlin
Britain
Soroki
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Stalingrad
Nikolaev
Odeasa
War Salvage Paper Collection Dates for Local Schools
Schools will collect paper on days listed with Friday March 21 pickups at Washington Harrison Oak Gunn Pierce Madison St Peters. Tin is collected on the third Thursday for third Friday pickup. if not collected, call the district principal. Fat disposal instructions note take waste fats to grocery stores for payment per pound and ration stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
Oak
Gunn
Pierce
Madison
St. Peters
US Seals Trap on 50,000 Nippons in Pacific Drive
Allied forces trapped more than 50,000 Japanese in the St Matthias islands as Emirau and Elomasao landings closed the noose in the Bismarck archipelago. MacArthur said bombing range now reaches Truk. In Burma, allied troops repelled minor Japanese raids and secured defensive gains. Major strikes also hit Rabaul and Aitape, with air raids targeting New Guinea coastal shipping.
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Richard
Bergholz
Associated Press
Japan
Pacific
St. Matthias Islands
Burma
Indian
Douglas MacArthur
Emirau
Elomasao Islands
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
Truk
Ana
Carolines
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Eniwetok
India
Chindwin
St. Matthias
Emmirau
Matthias
U. S
MacArthur
Tojo
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Wewak
Aitape
Berlin
Negro Woman Gives Birth to 25 Pound Baby in Raleigh
A Raleigh hospital reported a Negro couple welcomed a baby weighing 25 pounds on Tuesday. The infant girl, 32 inches long with a full set of teeth, is the eleventh child of Mr and Mrs Amon Hariig. Both mother and child were in excellent condition Wednesday.
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Raleigh, x. v
Thomas F. Cathcart
Amon Hariig
Nazis Treat Balkan States Same As Foes
London reports Germany moves to extend occupation to Bulgaria and Romania with a single southeastern command. Ankara says Bulgarian demands for help against Russia rise as Hungary is fully controlled by 100000 German troops and a Quisling regime seeks to form in Budapest. Rumors of imminent Romania and Bulgaria occupation circulate, with German divisions converging toward Bucharest and telegraph offices seized. A Turkish radio broadcast and AP dispatches note coordinated efforts under a German general, amid German plans to tighten southeastern defenses.
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London
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hitler
Europe
Ments
Ankara
Russia
Britain
United States
Champion
Ankare
Ion Antonescu
Balkans
Germany
Romania
Wea
London Daily Mail
Bucharest
Associated Press
Stockholm
CBS
New York
Marshel Tito
Joseph Broz
Ragged Guards
Invasa
Irrigation Adherents Recognized By House Action
Washington action by the House committee adopted an amendment to the postwar rivers and harbors authorization bill. It states that dredging a nine foot channel in the Missouri river to Sioux City shall not create any new demand on Missouri basin water resources beyond existing authorization. Roll call test on final passage may be demanded.
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Washington
House
Miseouri River
Sioux City
Minsouri Basin
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Roma
Richard G. Massack
Ta Canr
A. M. Patch
Army
Cordell Hull
Grant County
Indiana
Agriculture War Board
Jay County
OPA
Rigley
Oklahoma
MTI
St. Matthias Island
Balkan
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