Nazis Reinforce Cassino Troops As Battle Rages
New Zealanders of the Fifth Army reported success in nullifying part of the German western defenses at Cassino while German forces reinforced positions in the Continental Hotel area. Allied dispatches say Germans moved troops into the area around Mt Cassino and the hill positions as the battle intensified near the monastery.
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Cassino
Lynn Eeinzerling
Continents Hotel
Richard Hemdrick
New
Elsc
Mt Cassino
Edward Kennedy
Naples
New Zealand
Fifth Army
Naval inquiry on officer recruitment expansion plans
AP dispatch notes a joint Navy committee will study commissioned officers in both regular navy and naval reserve. Senator Magnuson says wartime discrimination inquiries lead to reforms as shipbuilding and a growing base force of 20,000 officers and men are expected.
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Wamington
Jip House Naval Cormittes
Yegular Navy
Magnuson
Naval Reserve
Navy
Cross Funds Below Goal Urges War Fund Drive Help
Doak, chairman of the Houston County Red Cross War Fund, urges every man woman and child to contribute as the campaign nears a home stretch. He notes $15,000 of the $33,000 quota remains and warns that a small group cannot bear the burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Fund
Houston County
American Red Cross Todey
Doak
Tam
Bourton
Allied forces advance across Carpathians and Pacific
Allied reports say German forces retreat into Hungary from Bessarabia toward the Carpathians as Pacific bombardments pound marked targets. Sinking of 12 Japanese ships noted, and Allied planes press to the Marshall Islands and beyond. British bombers strike rocket coast area in southern France as operations continue in Burma and India. Poland refuses terms and maintains its position with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessarabia
Hungary
Carpathian
Marshalls
Atmerre
Cramnel
France
WORA
Burma
India
Croess
Pege
Picland
Democrats Appeal For Barkleys Aid In District Races
The Democratic National Committee urged Senate Leader Barkley to help hold Oklahoma's Second District seat in a special election. Barkley planned two speeches Monday as Republicans warned of party weakness. The race centers on the Nichols vacancy, with W G Stigler as Democrat candidate and E O Clark as Republican challenger. Barkley would also visit Muskogee and Okmulgee after speaking in Charleton, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell Washington
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Barkley
Okklahoma
Kaentucklan
Roosevelt
Ben
Oklahoma
Wherry
R-Neb
Min Prity
Congress
House
Jack Nichols
W G. Stigler
Clark
Moore
Thomas
D.-Olda
Rep
Monraney
Nichols
Robert
Kerr
Okmulgee
Muskogee
Charlierton
W. Va
British Coastal Belt Sealed Ahead of Invasion
London AP reports a 10 mile coastal belt ban along England’s southern coast, spanning over 700 miles, to deter invasion. The restriction, tied to naval operations at the Firth of Forth, takes effect April 1 for security reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
England
Neval Bece
Firth of Forth
Sub Claim 22 Of 77 Jap Ships Sunk By Allies
Allied headquarters announced the sinking of at least 27 Japanese ships, 22 by submarines, with American subs accounting for 15 vessels in the Pacific and Far East. The tally includes two transports, two tankers, and 11 freighters. Seven ships were sunk or damaged by submarines off Java and the Dutch East Indies, per the British Admiralty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Creagholt Atolls
Proag War
Japan
Marshalls Islands
Pacific
Far East
Navy
Dutch East Indies
Allied Forces Seize Key Communications Stronghold In Burma
Allied troops from Gurkha and Kachin units operating with Chinese American forces under Lt Gen. Stilwell captured the Sumprabum communications center in northeast Burma, as Japanese forces push toward India from the Chindwin river. The Southeast Asia command said two Japanese probes north of the Chin Hills were repulsed, and noted airlift behind enemy lines near Myitkyina.
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New Delhi
India
Sumprebum
Burma
Chindwin River
Southeast Asia
Joseph W. Stilwell
Sumprabum
Pinsau Gate
Sumparbum
Mali Kha
China
Yunnan
Mell Kha
Myitkyana
Hukwang Valley
Jambu Bum
Mogaung River
Myiikyina
Southeastern Asia Command
Upper
Chindwin
Chin Hille Eactor
Tiddim
Chin Hills
Imphal
Myitkyina
City approves 250 for Dothan teen club project
Dothan city commission authorized a 250 appropriation to establish a teen age club sponsored by the Dothan Exchange Club. Pete Newton, president, said plans target an April 1 opening in the Knight Building on North Oates Street. The project aims to curb juvenile delinquency with youth led policies and activities.
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Dothan
Newtom
Efferta Te
Dethan
Newton Gold
Exchange Club
Fuka Bez
Russians Reach 60 Miles From Rumanian Border In Bessarabia Drive
MOSCOW AP dispatch reports Red Army soldiers push toward the Rumanian border after seizing the highway from Sorok in Bessarabia and breaking a Romanian division. Tanks and heavy guns cross the Dniester on captured pontoons as Red Star says several river crossings are now secured.
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Eddy Gamore
Moscow
Red Army
Sorok
Bessarabia
Prut
Besarabian
Rumanie
Doiester
Bassaratg
Yampol
Igor Agibabe
Red Star
Duleater
Dnieater
Adt
Fura
Army Navy Smash Spy Radio Nests Defended by McKellar
Washington AP asserts the Army and Navy can counter Axis spy radio stations as Senate approves a 1.5 million cut in FCC funding. Senator La Follette cites German embassy transmitter silencing after Pearl Harbor, while FCC official Jett notes hundreds of illegal transmitters located. Axis nests have shifted to Latin America. 360-plus cases since July 10 are recorded.
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Washington
Army
Navy
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Axia
Theederal Communications
Coraminason
LaFollette
Wis
FCC
Pearl Harbor
Aleo
Arccesses
War and Navy Departments
la Follette
E K Jett
Appropriations Committee
Jett
Radio Intellience Division
Axis
Tts
Latin America
Agriculture Bill Stripped Of Funds For School Lunches
The House Appropriations Committee refused to include 50 million dollars for the school lunch program in the Agriculture Department supply bill for the coming fiscal year, stating the item was not authorized by law. The panel also rejected funds for the Farm Security Administration and for reviving the crop insurance program, citing pending agency reorganization and wartime priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Farm Security Administration
FSA
FAA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Congress
Review Of Farm Production Forecast Short on Goals
A Washington review of the farm production picture, focusing on government labor, price, and machinery policies, emerges from the Agriculture Department as it surveys prospective plantings. March 1 data show sub staple crops likely to be emphasized, with feed crops down and total acreage about 374 million, short of the goal by 6 million from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
WPA
Finnish government rebuffs Kremlin armistice terms
Stockholm AP reports Finland affirms desire for peace with the Soviet Union but rejects armistice terms from Moscow. Helsinki issues a communique outlining attempts to exit the war, while Russia remains unwilling to modify its demands.
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Fwin Shanke
Stockholm
Russia
Kremlin
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
RAF Bombers Strike Angouleme Explosive Works in France
RAF heavy bombers attacked the Angouleme explosive works in southern France during a nocturnal raid as part of a campaign against enemy factories. Mosquito aircraft struck targets in Germany and other nearby sites, including Bergerac and Clermont-Ferrand works, with limited German resistance reported.
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Gladwin Hill
London
RAF
Angouleme
France
Germany
Bordemi
Bergerac
Michelin
Clermont-Ferrand
Precision Instrument
Hengelo
Holland
Workshop Proposed To Curb Delinquency
A recreation workshop for teenage boys supervised by trained personnel and adherence to the Alabama Child Labor Law could help reduce juvenile delinquency, Mrs. Aga Tesenhy told the Rotary Club. She urged civic clubs and local government to fund the supervisor’s salary and materials, noting delinquency has risen as many firms employ underage workers and boys linger after work, suggesting better curfew enforcement could assist the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Aga Tesenhy
Rotary Club
Linenby
Vasenby
Lisenby
38 Escort Carriers Assigned To Britain
Secretary Knox announced that 34 escort aircraft carriers have been delivered to Great Britain under the lend lease program. The fleet will be part of the Allied anti submarine effort, strengthening Britain’s defense in the Atlantic.
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Washington (Ap
of the Navy
Knox
United States
Great Britain
Allied Nations
Nazi Military Rule Expected For All Balkans
Diplomatic observers in Washington predict full German occupation will topple independent rule in Romania Bulgaria and Hungary as Allied hopes for satellite peace fade amid German advances into Hungary and threats to Romania and Bulgaria.
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Hightower
Washington
Balkans
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Rumanie
Bulgarls
Hitler
Woutheastern
Europe
Rumania
Task Force Trapped By FCC Bungling Says Solon
Washington AP report says Rep Miller charged a U S task force was trapped by Japanese forces off Alaska due to alleged FCC bungling. He pressed witnesses and claimed Admiral Stanford Hooper could prove the claim, while Denny challenged the assertion as unverified and potentially maligned by executive order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FCC
Solon
Washington
Miller
R.-Mo
U. S
Alaskan
Faderal Communications Commission
Appoial
Charles R. Danny
Stanfod C. Hooper
Pearl Harbor
Millar
Communicaons
Alaska
Federal Communications Commission
Territte
Denny
Admiral Hooper
Miler
Last Minute BULLETINS London Polish Atrocity Report
The Polish Ministry of Information reports that more than 68 006 mainly Jews were killed at a Dawetcim concentration camp southwest of Ka rs ew. It states three crematoria were erected inside the camp to map 10 008 bodies a day and that gas chambers were not attached to the crematoria. Lord Nel ling, the British Ambassador, warned today of Healy Ford after a copyrighted interview with The Adept Constitutions that the war would be over in the west soon and that Prophet is taking a green risk with his agitation.
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London
Ministry of Information
Dawetcim
Karsew
Columba, & C
Lord Neliing
Tedey
Healy Ford
Hungarians Resist German Occupation Amid Claims of Leaders Detained
Reports from London and Stockholm describe Hungarian resistance against advancing German forces as regent Nicholas Horthy and other leaders face uncertain custody. German troops, aided by Romanian units, move into Hungary while Hungarian radio appeals for troops to resist.
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William Smith White
London
Wara
Hungary
Balkan
Bessarabia
Hungarias Pers Vamency
Hitler
Positana
Carpathian
Nicholas Harthy
Germany
Russa
Arad
Hele Imredia
Land
Wes
Theis
Imredi
Marshel Feaketehalmy
Greasy
Genera
Beutral
Adolf Hitler
Austria
Rumania
Btockholm
Hiller
Nicholas Horthy
Jane von Ghyery
Preane Ssombathely
Army General Staff
Nicholas Kelley
London Daily Mail
Aly
Mann
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