Finn Press Scorns Russ Peace Terms
Stockholm reports Finnish readers reject Russian armistice demands as impossible. The Finnish front remains active with both sides attacking while Secrecy fuels hope and disappointment. Unsi Suomi asserts peace cannot be reached on the announced terms and calls for responsible state action toward an honorable settlement.
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Stockholm
Mar
Helsinki
Aftonblacet
Red Army
Annus Isthmus
Uhtua
Atia
Tinland
Unsi Suomi
Whost Board
Edwin Linkomies
British Submarine Sinks Japanese Carrier in Malacca Strait
British Admiralty announced a submarine sank a 7,000-ton Japanese carrier after torpedoes struck her hull in Malacca Strait as five submarine chasers tried to prevent the attack. Other subs torpedoed a Japanese cruiser and sank a medium supply ship. a smaller supply ship was shelled into submission.
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Richard C
Bergholz Associated Press
Malacca Strait
British
Admiralty
Malacer Strait
Maleya
Sumatra
Japan
Burma
New Shoe Stamp Set to Begin May Second
The Office of Price Administration announced a new shoe stamp will become valid May 2, allowing one pair of shoes per stamp. Stamp No 18 in Book 1 expires April 40 and airplane stamp No 1 in Book 3 will continue to be valid. OPA says rationing will remain at about current levels despite no near term supply improvement.
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Washington
Mar
Office of Price Administration
OPA
British arms superior to American, says British general
From New Delhi Maj. Gen J S Lethbridge head of a British mission reports on a Pacific tour finding British weapons superior in quality and adaptability Australians tried American arms but returned to British models as foolproof decisions 29 reports urged changes adopted across fronts
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New Delhi
Mar
J. S. Lethbridge
Southwest Pacific Front
Lethbridge
Crisis In Corn Shortage Worries Plants And Farmers
Government food officials seek a painless way to remove up to 75 million bushels of corn from farms over several months to avert shutdowns of processing plants. With demand outpacing supply, farmers favor using corn for livestock feeding. Possible remedies include requisitioning or price policy changes, but officials rule out requisitioning and warn of objections to price shifts. Submarines, per Navy custom, never cross the equator they always dive under it.
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OVIDA
Martin Washington
Mar
Faca
Chicago
Russians squeeze three Nazi bases on north front
Soviet forces press on Narva Pskov and Vitebsk as Govorov’s Leningrad army establishes a Narva River bridgehead and threatens Reval. The 1st Baltic Army advances near Pskov, with 70 towns fallen, while Vitebsk and surrounding areas see heavy fighting and numerous captures.
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North Front
London
Narva
Pskov
Vitebsk
Moscow
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narava
Reval
Baltic Gateway
Baltic
Ivan C. Bagrami
Berlin
Narova
Govorov
Biateria
Argentine Revolt, Farrell Faces Political Dilemma
In Montevideo on March 2 Acting President Edelmiro Farrell of Argentina contends with domestic and international issues after quelling a minor revolt led by Lt Col Tomas Duco who sought to restore Gen Pedro Ramirez. Speculation surrounds Duco’s fate and Farrell’s future policies on press controls parties and elections.
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Montevideq
Uruguay
Edelmiro Farrell
Argentina
White Farrell
Tomas Duco
Pedro Ramirez
Farrell
Duco
Prohibition Party May Form In State
Prohibitionists plan to organize in South Dakota with a Mitchell meeting on Friday. Rev Boyd E Wright of Sioux Falls Free Methodist Church will chair provisional efforts and a permanent chair will be chosen in Mitchell. Edward E Blake from Chicago will address attendees as part of the drive to enter the May state primary.
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Prohibition National Committee
Rough And Tumble Cavalry Seize Momote Airfield
Rough and tumble cavalrymen of the First Cavalry Division landed on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands at 8 15 am and by 9 45 captured Momote airfield with negligible losses. Casualties reported as 73 dead in the initial hours as naval bombardment aided the assault. Japanese shore guns fired back as ships began shelling from dawn, then stopped abruptly after intense fire and close danger near a destroyer flagship.
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Admiralty Islands
Texas
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Momote
Valrymer
Bombs Rip Deep Into Reich as Allies Gain Ground
Allied forces repelled a three-division German push at Anzio center, regaining about 1000 yards of lost ground by midweek. German losses included 500 prisoners and several tanks as heavy artillery and air actions supported the defense along the Isola Bella Ponte Botto Digari Baldi corridor near Cisterna.
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Naples
Mar
Anzio
Carraceto
Cisterna
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Albert Kessel
King
Carroseto
Ciaterna
Isolabella
Ponte Botto
Digaribaldi
Ponte Rotto
Facts Not Fists Used As Soldiers Visit John L Lewis
Two youths claiming Italian campaign service visited United Mine Workers leader John L Lewis in his office in Washington. One said he punched Lewis in the eye, but the UMW office reported no punch occurred, noting only waving of hands. The youths, Corporal Henry Kania and Private Jacob Ricotta, wore uniforms and gave conflicting remarks about strikes and pay.
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Washington
Mar
United Mine Workers Union
John GL. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Henry Kania
Schenectady
Jacob Ricotta
Rochester
Deaths and elections threaten Democratic House majority
Washington March 2 4 Deaths and special elections may prevent the Democrats from regaining an absolute majority in the House, reducing their ranks to the lowest in over a decade. The present tally stood at 216 Democrats and 209 Republicans with vacancies and minor party seats.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ory
Demos
Leonard W. Schuetz
Ilinois
James H. Torrens
Joseph A. Gavaigan
New York City
Gangster Lepke Buchalter Faces Execution Amid Intrigue
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals denied Buchalter's appeal of a habeas corpus writ. he is to die tonight in Sing Sing's electric chair. A New York Daily News report claims he signed a statement alleging political intrigue and naming several prominent figures, though the warden denied knowledge of such a statement.
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New York, Ma
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Clarence C. Galston
Louis
Lepke) Buchalier
Vvyv
New York
New York Daily News
Lepke) Buchalter
Becker
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing
Finland's capitulation seen as final blow to Nazis
The War Today notes Finnish hostility to Moscow's armistice terms and fears a Finnish surrender could trigger wider Allied gains. Stockholm Finns doubt acceptance of Red proposals due to troop positions, while Stalin signals near total defeat of Hitler. The piece links Finland and Bulgaria to shifts in the Axis and war’s endgame.
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Finland
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Moscow
Stockholm
Helsinki
America
Vyrey
United Nations
Bulgaria
Stalin
Roosevelt
Hitler
Russia
Leo MacKenzie
Fage Nine
RAF 600-Bomber Raid On Stuttgart Dumps 1,800 Tons
London reports U S flying Fortresses and Liberators joined a 600-bomber raid on Stuttgart with 1,600 to 1,900 tons of bombs claimed by papers. American and RAF formations conducted night and day operations across the Stuttgart area, while Mosquito raids targeted Munich and other targets in France and the Low Countries. Four Allied planes were lost as large formations pressed the Nazi air defenses and weather remained a factor.
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London
Mar
U. S
Germany
Stuttgart
Munich
France
Europe
Ninth Air Force
Continent
Mistrial Hint In Lonergan Murder Case
New York march 2 jurors not seated as Wayne Lonergan murder trial faced sudden adjournment amid a heated dispute over a special jury panel. Judge John J Freschi warned a mistrial could occur if legal authority and precedent were found, as defense and prosecution sparred over pretrial publicity and trial tactics.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
John J. Freschi
Jacob Grumet
Edward Broderick
Tris
Grumet
Freschi
Broderick
Lonergan
Case Society
Ickes Defends Oil Pipeline Project
Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes defended the Arabian pipeline project and ridiculed James A. Moffett former Standard Oil of New Jersey executive vice president as a playboy. Moffett called the project unjustified and a product of bureaucracy, urging Ickes resignation. Ickes retorted that Moffett never ranked highly and has little to do now except criticize what he does not understand.
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Washington
Mar
Harold L. Ickes
James A. Moffett
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Nira
Jimmy
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Reich
Yank Lange
John L. Lewis
Ada Umw
Price
Anzio Beachhead
URS
Anzio-Nettuno
Rome
Navy
NEA Telephoto
Thomas H. Cullen
Cullen
House
Charles A. Halleck
Republican Congressional Committee
Henry B. Steagall
Halleck
Senate
Colorado
Oklahoma
RAF
Ickes
Belabors Moffett
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