Soviet Forces Ready to Jump Into Rumani a
Soviet forces poised to cross the Prut River into Romania as Red Army troops press storming campaigns from the Dniester to the Prut. Moscow reports say units reach the border on a 53 mile front, with Berlin fearing a stand in Romania. Russians threaten German retreat lines and target oil regions near Bucharest as operations widen.
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Associated Press
London
Red Army
Prut
Rumania
Adolph Hitler
Russia
Moscow
Dniester
Red Star
Berlin
Stalin
Byells
Iash
Jasay
Black Sea
Odessa
Odeaga
Nikolaev
Hitler
Hungary
Ploesti
Bucharest
Ruman
Tarnopol
Lwow
Mogilev
White Russia
Ivan S. Konev
Ukraine
Stalingrad
High Winds and Snow Hit Russian Front Frontlines
Winds and snow swept large areas of the Russian front on Monday with no clear indication of impact on the southern front along the Prut river. A Pravda dispatch noted Marshal Konev’s offensive beginning near Korsun and the Dnieper bend, where ten Nazi divisions were encircled.
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Moscow
Red Army
Prut
Romania
Bessarabia
Pravda
Ivan S. Konev
Korsun
Dnieper
Supreme Court Upheld the OPA Rent Control Program
The Supreme Court held the OPA rent control program constitutional in a decision by Justice Douglas. The case involved Mrs. Kate C. Willingham of Macon, Georgia, contesting orders fixing rent ceilings amid wartime controls. The court rejected claims of unbridled administrative discretion and noted Congress set clear standards and review after orders take effect.
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Washington
Supreme Court
OPA
Justine Douglas
Kate C. Willingham
Macon
Justice Roberts
Chester Bowles
Federal District Court
CPA
Willingham
Congress
Douglas
Secretary of Agriculture
Five More File for Office Here
Filing for county offices Monday morning includes Ben Kubby and T. H. Richardson both Republicans for county attorney and county supervisor respectively. Dorothy Christensen and J. Martin Peterson, incumbents, seek county recorder and treasurer while Stanley Woodring runs for coroner. Others filing Saturday include Don Jackson for county attorney and Charles C. Lacy for clerk of the district courts with C. A. Bowers and Riley Nelson among others.
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Ben Kubby
T. H. Richardson
Dorothy Christensen
J. Martin Peterson
Stanley Woodring
Rubby
Don Jackson
Richardson
Jim Henry
Henry
John F. Scott
Henry Johns
Woodring
Henry Meyer, Jr
Tom Gardner
Neola
Jackson
Meyer
Charles,c. Lacy
C. A. Bowers
Riley Nelson
Jack Tyler
Chaplin Expected to Take Stand in Mann Act Case
In Los Angeles Chaplin may testify this week as the trial on charges of transporting Joan Berry to New York for immoral purposes continues. The government nears completion of its case, and defense counsel pending motion to dismiss. If denied Chaplin is likely to deny the charges on the witness stand.
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Los Angeles
Charli Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York City
Joe Mann
J. F. T. O’connor
Jerry Glesler
Chaplin
Cresler
Portal to Portal Pay Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that underground iron ore miners are entitled to portal to portal pay for travel from mine mouth to the ore site. Justice Murphy wrote the decision applying to employees of Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad, Sloss Sheffield, and Republic Steel, operating 13 Jefferson County mines in Alabama. The issue rested on pay under the federal wage hour act for time underground excluding lunch. The federal circuit at New Orleans had favored the miners.
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Federal
New Orleans
Minera
British yachtsmen urged to standby for invasion year
British yachts men who helped at Dunkerque are asked to stand by for up to six months for a possible new call. The admiralty wants those with small-boat experience ready to serve the Royal Navy for a maximum of four weeks within that period.
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London
Dunkerque
Europe
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Churchill Talks Fail to Satisfy London Audiences
London papers reacted coolly to Churchill's Sunday night broadcast in which he forecast victory and praised Soviet advances as key to Hitler's undoing. The 47 minute address avoided diplomacy, reviewed war progress, and warned of false alarms as Allied and American air power rise. Churchill praised Stalin and Russia, noted Japan’s weakening, and projected postwar plans while cautioning about a cautious western invasion.
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London
Churchill
Hitler
Churchpls
Andreas
Britain
Europe
Obvion
RAF
Japan
Pacific
United States Navy
Russia
Marshal Stalin
Balkans
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Italy
Rome
Allies Pound Cassino as Ground Fight Quiets
Allied artillery bombards Cassino in a Tuesday exchange aimed at destroying the Continental hotel and Hotel Des Roses. Ground activity slows with scouts probing from Anzio while air forces strike ports rail yards and airfields across northern Italy. German forces regroup near Cassino’s ducal palace area as the road to Rome remains contested.
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Lynn Heinzerting
Naples
Saserno
Allied Artilery
Hotel Des Roses
Cassing Waa
Anzio
Italy
Cassino
Thorn-In
Castle Hill
Rome
Rosia
Adriatic
8Th
Fiume
Manigo
Rome-Florence
Mitchells
Perugia
Thunderbolts
Capital
Aircacobras
Castigloncello
Leghorn
Cedna
Spitfires
Durazzo
Albania
Mosquitos
Orvieto
Follonica
Lint
Fontana
Ducal Palace Coliseum
Tito Reports Capture of Adriatic Island Hvar
A Tito communique says Yugoslav partisans aided by allied air forces navy and a commando detachment captured the Adriatic island of Hvar about 25 miles south of Split. It notes running battles with German forces in Slovenia along lines with Hungary as Nazi troops shift into the area.
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London
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Adriatic
Hvar
Split
Tito'a
Slovenia
Hungary
Morning voting light in city general election
Less than 1,000 votes had been cast by noon as party leaders trimmed totals toward about 5,500. Despite rain and transport issues, observers expect around 7,500 by 8 p m with 11 a m to noon tallies showing ward votes ranging from 144 to 244 and judges noting very light early activity.
Rain expected as cold spell lingers over region
Snow and rain on Sunday brought 0.24 inches of precipitation with more showers forecast for Tuesday. Monday's low was 27 degrees and Tuesday may dip near 25, with a high of 33 Sunday. For Council Bluffs and vicinity mostly cloudy tonight into Tuesday with light rain possible and little temp change, and Iowa and Nebraska forecasts show snow flurries and colder air moving in, highs in the mid 30s and lows around 25 to 28. Total precipitation up to 3.86 inches with 0.65 inch excess recorded.
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Weather Bureau
Sys
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Parta
Expiration Dates on Red and Blue Stamps to be Eliminated
The Office of Price Administration announced the elimination of expiration dates on red and blue food ration stamps, aligning with policies on shoes and sugar. A spokesman cited reducing token hoarding and cash-ins for nonexpiring tokens as a major factor, noting stamps AB, BS, C8, DS, ES, FS and others would become indefinitely valid, with earlier expirations set for May 20 or June 18.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dallas
Tex
OPA
Enlarge Thrust Toward Imphal Faces Tough Indian War Scene
Allied troops clash with Japanese forces pressing toward Imphal as British commandos and Chinese American units push toward Myitkyina in Burma. In the Pacific, U S bombers strike Kurile islands and Ponape while more than 300 Japanese are killed on Bougainville as hills 129 shows renewed danger.
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J. 8. Krueger
Associated Press
Burma
Marahails
Imphal
Bougainville
Solomonn
Ukhrul
India
Myityina
Burma Road
Sungle
Myitkyina
Mogaung Valley
China
Empress Augusta Bay
Kurile Islands
Bougsinvilte
Hill 129
Charles H. McMurtry
Onekotan Island
Kuriles
Tokyo
Paramushiro
Omekotan
Shimu-|uhu
Kurile
Central Pacific
Ponape
Truk
Marshalls
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
U. S
Chungking
Indo-China
Freak Hail Storm Hits Memphis Injuring Eight
A freak hailstorm struck Memphis early Sunday night, shattering hundreds of windows and causing property and crop damage in the thousands. Hospitalized injuries reached at least eight as hailstones seven to eight inches in circumference battered roofs windshields and cars. The storm was described as sounding like a freight train.
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Memphis
UPA Gtor Rypanicky
Weather Bureau
Election Extra Delayed. Results Later by Phone
The Nowpareil will not publish an election extra Tuesday morning due to newsprint shortages. Election results will be available Monday night by dialing 4061. The usual election table with vote counts by word and precincts will appear in Tuesday's editions.
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Nowpareil
House in Uproar Over Winchell Feud on Capitol Steps
Washington leaders clash over Walter Winchell broadcasts as Rep Hoffman accuses the columnist of truth distortion and Sabath, Dies, and Eberharter exchange sharp, public blows. The heated session spills into the studio where Winchell and Dies trade barbed remarks about hearings and lies.
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Washington
Walter
Hoffman
Theg Sabath
Winchell
Sabath
Eberharter
D.-Pa
House
Dies
House Committee
Walter Winchell
Texas Democrat
War salvage paper collection dates and school notices
Schools will collect paper on listed days with spring vacation shifting dates. Roosevelts 9592 Eighth Avenue Franklin 4826 Avenue B 5604 Walnut Grove 6576 and Holy Family 5024 will collect Friday March 31. Contact district principals for uncollected paper and tin pickup details. Fats guidance directs returning waste fats to grocery stores for payment.
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Ehe
Roosevelt
Franklin
Avenue B
Walnut Grove
Holy Family
Krupp Works Hit at Essen in Night Allied Raid
Allied air forces bombed Essen and surrounding targets in Germany during a large overnight strike, with U S and British bombers dropping thousands of tons of explosives on Krupp works and rail centers. Fighter escorts, including Thunderbolts and Lightnings, supported waves as more bases and industrial sites across the Rhine were hit. The air ministry reported heavy cloud cover limited results on Essen, but Allied attacks marked ongoing efforts to cripple German armament and reconstruction.
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London
Warfaire Dromes
France
Basen
Krupp
Threk
Felve
Pasaul
Basseny
Hanover
Courtraffri
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Air ‘Ministry
Clouda
Essen
Air Ministry
RAF
Esnen
Nnl
Archibald Sinclair
Hazen
Krupps
Asantista
Garmagh
Geremany
Low Countries
U. 8
Reich
Berlin
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Jake
Jacob Rosenblum
NBA
Ivar Haug
New York
FBI
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Rosenblum
Lave Yo
Michigan
Occupied
Aulnoyé
Lyon
Monquitos
Netherlands
Paris
Pas-de-Calais
Cherbourg
Ijmuiden
A. Bava
Hollywood
UPI
Creta Gasbo
Wilhelm Morganstierne
United States
Mering
Lagter Cowan
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