Germans Press Toward Smolensk and Kharkov Fronts
Soviet headquarters report decisive advances on the central front with Red armies taking dozens of towns near Vyazma and within 80 miles of Smolensk Adolf Hitler's old headquarters. At Kharkov heavy German reserves and fierce fighting continue as Soviet forces claim gains and tank battles south of the city.
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Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Vyazma
Bely
Moscow
Kharkov
Red Army
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Berlin
Hig Ukraine
Russia
OPA Won’t Snoop for Canned Goods
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown told reporters he will not allow home searches for OPA violations except in flagrant cases. He warned racketeers posing as OPA officials have tried to seize canned foods by intimidating families and entering homes without permission. Brown emphasized citizens’ right to privacy and the need for proper warrants when searching residences.
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Washington
Mar
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Brown
February Birth Statistics Show Decline in Beadle County
Beadle County vital statistics report shows births fell from 55 in January to 25 in February. Certificates issued for previous births were IV in February and 25 in January. February recorded 19 births compared with 13 in January. Marriage licenses were 12 in February, 10 in January, with no divorces versus three in January. Glanzet, clerk of courts.
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Beadle
Glanzet
Nazis Bombs Hit British Town in Daylight Raid
German forces conducted a daylight bombing and machine gun attack on a southeast British town, leveling roofs and destroying several houses with casualties reported.
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London
Angry Farmers Press Congress Over Food Crisis in South Dakota
In Martin South Dakota on March 11 angry farmers from Bennett County gathered at a public mass meeting to demand immediate action on the 1943 farm production program. They sent a telegram to South Dakota’s congressional delegation and farm committees alleging a sabotage effort by Congress and warning of a potential drastic shortage of vital farm products if the program is not supported. The telegram, signed by Cecil McCue and others, accompanied by a 180-farmer petition, urged accountability for any shortages and outlined intent to inform servicemen and consumers of the responsibility.
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Martin
Mar
South Dakota
Nebraska
Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Wickard
Oys
Cecil “McCue
Frank, Troxell
Neil C. Harris
Fred Williams
August Rewinkle
Maria Demand McCue
Bennett County
Bushfield Attacks Wickard on Farm Incentive Plan
Senator Bushfield accuses Secretary Wickard of ordering farm agents to flood Congress with telegrams to secure a 100 million incentive payment to food producers. He labels the policy a scarcity mistake and calls for a price floor to protect farmers while letting supply and demand set prices.
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Washington
Bushfield
South Dakota
Republican
Wickard
Congress
America
Madame Chiang Kai-shek ordered to curtail travel plan
Physicians ordered Madame Chiang Kai-shek to shorten and postpone her transcontinental tour. The trip was to visit Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles with the suspension announced after her husband, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, advised against overstrain. The postponement affected the New York to Chicago segment scheduled to resume today.
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New York
Chiang Kai-shek
Chicago
San Francisco
Los’ Angeles
Generaliissimo
Increased Coffee Rations Announced
Washington reports coffee rations will return to one pound for five weeks starting March 1 22. Price Administrator Prentiss Brown announced the increase praising improved supply conditions and the welcome news for millions of American coffee users.
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Washington
Prentisa Brown
Britain Russia Chief Recipients Lend Lease Help
Washington reports House approval of a one year extension of the lend-lease program with a total aid tally of 9.63 million dollars. Administrator Stettinius notes shipments to Russia lead in planes tanks and military vehicles and outlines distribution by region for the second year.
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Washington
House
Senate
E. R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
Russia
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Middle East
Africa
Australia
New Zealand
China
India
Japan
Forensic League Contest Opens Monday in Mitchell
The South Dakota High School Forensic League tournament begins Monday at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell. President D. GC. Reutter announced the first debate round at 9 a.m. with the topic Resolved That a federal world government be established. Extemp, original oratory, and American Legion oratory contests are scheduled with eight divisions represented.
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South Dakota
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell
Reutter
American Legion
WPB Head Urges Double War Effort and New Chamber President
Ed ward M. Synan warns South Dakotans to double their war effort while stressing food production for civilians and troops. Robert D. Lusk elected head of the Huron Chamber of Commerce with plans to promote war work and postwar civic growth. honorary member Bayard Beach honored for long service. Synan outlines WPB decentralization and 48 hour response for supplies, as war orders accelerate nationwide.
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Robert Lusk
New Chamber
Edward M. Synan
War Production Board
Minneapolis
Pat
Wort Ste
Chamber of Commerce
Robert, D. Lusk
Huronite
H D. Sewell
Huron
Bayard E “Pop” Beach
Beach and Dickinson Company
Pop' Beach
Luskin
Synan
Sioux
Five Japanese Vessels Bombed by Allies in Pacific and Burma
Allied air forces damaged five Japanese merchant ships in the Southwest Pacific and struck naval targets while RAF raids in Burma hit the Japanese invasion forces at Ak Yab Bay. Gen MacArthur reports United Nations aircraft also bombed three enemy ships near Celebes and the Dutch East Indies, with one 7 000 ton vessel left burning and likely total loss.
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Associated Press
Japan
Southwest
Pacific
Burma
RAF
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
Celebes Islands
Dutch East Indies
New Guinea
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Rathedaung
Promotions Scheduled For Spaatz And Patton
President Roosevelt nominates two North Africa war leaders to lieutenant general rank Maj Gen Carl A Spaatz commander of the Allied Air Force in North Africa and Gen George S Patton Jr commander of armored divisions there receive the promotion nomination.
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Patton
Washington
Mer
Roosevelt
Carl A. Spaatz
North Africa
George S
Threats Push Hitler to Quick Kharkov Recapture Move
War Today reports a Second Front surge as Hitler hurls legions toward Kharkov to replay the Red ravage, with German and British forces racing to outpace each other. The piece notes interdependence of distant war theaters and the urgency of the Nazi drive.
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Kharkov
Dewitt MacKenzie Manister
Amo
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Standley Assures Welles He Spoke In Personal Capacity
Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, said Ambassador Standley reported he spoke in his personal capacity not for the U S government when telling Moscow correspondents the Soviet people are kept ignorant of American aid to Russia. Welles said Standley’s reply to his request for the remarks text did not differ in essential respects from press reports.
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Washington
Mar
Sumner ‘Welles
William HL Standley
State Department
United States
Moscow
Russia
Wellen
Admiral Standley
French Seal Trap On Rommel Units In Flanking Move
Secretary of War Stimson said fighting French troops have closed a ring around 250000 Axis troops under Rommel in Tunisia. Allied forces report greater combat success, capture of over 1000 German prisoners and more than 100 tanks destroyed.
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Tunisia
Fidd
Erwin Rommel Stimson
le Clerc
Lake Chad
Equatorial Africa
Henri Honre Giraud
Washington
Axia
von Arnim
Jurgen von Arnim
First Army
Sedjenane
Gaisa
Tunisian
Farm Draft Deferment Bill Rejected by Senate
The Senate defeated a Farm Labor deferment bill 49 to 32 that would have broadened deferments for workers in farming while preserving the unit system. Senator Johnson proposed to erase the unit system and liberalize deferments for those producing essential war commodities, a plan opposed by military leaders.
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Washington
Mar
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Howeeer
Johnson
Colorado
Secretary of Agriculture
Bankhead
Alabama
RAF raid on Berlin hits top German air chief claims
An unconfirmed report from London says the last RAF raid on Berlin struck the head of the German air force. The claim was raised in the Commons by Air Minister Archibald Sinclair, citing intelligence sources.
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London
Berlin
Air’ Force -Steels
Ee Aoe
Horsin
TOS
Ith Ae of Commons
Archibald Sinclair
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