Burma base hit from air signals fear of Tokyo raids
Allied commandos struck Mohnyin Burma in a raid aimed at isolating the Myitkyina base as Lt Gen Stilwell drives toward the Ledo route. Chinese and American forces trapped Japanese troops north of Shadurup while raids targeted Imphal and Pacific targets including Rabaul Pakin and Ponape. Tokyo warned of inevitable raids on the capital as fighters hit Nanchang and bridges and airfields elsewhere.
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Mohnyin
Burma
Myitkyina
Joseph Stilwell
Louis Mountbatten
Mandalay
India
Stihwell
Shadurup
Tiddim
Imphal
Stilwell
Ponape
Americar
Truk
Ponane
Rabaul
Tokyo
Radio
Dutch New Ca
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Keisuke
Fujiye
Nanchang
China
14Th Sie
War Casualties Reported At 173239 In U S Defense Update
Washington reports total U S war casualties at 173239 through March 15. Secretary of War Stimson notes Army losses at 130619 while Navy Marines and Coast Guard total 42620 with varied accounts. The tally combines service figures and ongoing wartime updates.
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Washington
Navy
Asweek T
Stimson
Army
Marines
Coast:guard
Saamne
Acoast
Ee i Army
Drafting bill to regulate 4-F men amid Easter recess halt
A House military sub committee led by Rep Costello abandons Easter recess to draft a law controlling 4-F men ages 16 to 37 facing choices between civilian or war industry work and army induction. War officials urge swift action while War Secretary Stimson cautions against broad compulsory service.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Mar
House
Rep. Costello
Dcalif
War and Navy Departments
Costello
War Department
Stimson
Army
Robert’'P. Patterson
Seretary
Hawaii Warned of Imminent Invasion by Japanese Forces
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson declared in affidavits filed in federal court that the Territory of Hawaii is now in imminent danger of invasion by Japanese armed forces. The affidavits, attached to a habeas corpus challenge to martial law, identify Nimitz as commander in chief of the Pacific Ocean Areas and Richardson as commander of Central Pacific forces and Hawaii military governor.
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U.S. Pacfic
Pearl Harbor
Mar
Chester W. Nimitz
Robert CC. Richardson
District
Territory of Hawaii
Pearl
Marbar
Hawaii
Nimite Ist
Pacific -Ocean
Richardson
United States
Central Pacific
Pilot And Parents Burned To Death In Fire
A 17 year old air force cadet reservist Robert Exier died in a suburban Braddock fire that claimed his parents after he rushed back into flames to rescue them. both his mother and father were reported missing or unaccounted as the blaze consumed the home.
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rascedtRun
Mar
Robert Exier
Air Force
Braddock
Andrew ‘Exter
Russia's Post War Aims and Allied Political Problems
Fragmented OCR text discusses postwar Russia aims and allied political issues. It mentions policies, teachers' pay, and unspecified statements about men and job issues, but the readable content is incomplete and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Chaplin To Tell Jury Of His Love Affairs
Charlie Chaplin plans to present his own account of affairs with Joan Berry as part of his defense in the trial over alleged immoral transportation of the 24 year old film aspirant. Defense attorney Jerry Giesler indicated more witnesses would be called, including the elder actor. A prior ruling over a directed verdict proceeded as the defense presented testimony from Hans Ruesch about Berry’s visit to his apartment on December 31, 1942.
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James Lindsley
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
Jerry Giesler
J. F. T. O’. Connor
Giesler
Hans Ruesch
Miss Berry
Ruesch
Chaplin
Allied forces repel second Anzio beachhead attack
Fifth Army repelled two small enemy assaults on the Anzio beachhead while Allied air forces hit targets in Rome Turin Bolzano and Sofia. Bombers damaged Milan rail yards and blocked lines at Turin Bolzano. 22 enemy aircraft were shot down and Allied losses were 11.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Anzio
Italy
Tar‘gets
Rome
Turin
Bolzatio
Adriatic
Sofia
Bulgaria
Cassino
Viterbo
Mediterranean
Field
Rapido
Milan
Bolzano
Liberators
Stimson Admits Setback on Italian Front
Washington reports Secretary Stimson acknowledged a American setback at Cassino as German forces held the line. He said the Allied attack subsided without the hoped for results and praised German stubbornness and effectiveness in defending key posts.
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Stimson
Washington
Ce Dary
Cassino
Disturbance Report From Rochester Bulletin
A brief Rochester bulletin reports a person suffering disturbance and ongoing issues. Details are incomplete, with fragments indicating March and a note of illness or distress. Further context is unavailable in the readable text.
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Rochester, Minn
Czernowitz Falls as Red Army Advances On Balkans Route
Soviet forces announced the fall of Czernowitz the Bucovina capital to the Red Army cutting German supply lines from prewar Poland and isolating German groups in the south. Berlin reports hinted at heavy fighting near Lwow Stanislau and pursuits toward Czechoslovak borders as Konev’s Ukrainians captured Balia.
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London
Czernowitz
Bucovins
Balkans
Stalin
Berlin
Rumania
Prut
Tarow
Old Poland
Jasi
Assy
Galaty
Dangba
Plovsti
Poland
Pohind Ard
Eastern Ukrainian Front
Ordor Russian Rorcrs
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Molomes
Prut River
Berlin-Lwow-Bucharest
Czerno
Wilk
Lwow
Carpathians
Carpatho-Ukraine
Hungary
Hitler
Ivan S Konev
Second Ukraine
Balia
Churchill Wins Lopsided Confidence Vote In Commons
In London March 7 80 Commons backed Winston Churchill by 425 to 23 in a wartime confidence vote. The issue followed friction over a teacher equal pay measure amid a broader Allied war plan as the chamber applauded the prime minister’s sustained leadership. Red Cross notes from St Louis report South Dakota chapters Custer Hangon Yankton reach fund goals, lifting state progress to 21.4 percent of quotas.
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James Ong
London
Winston Churchil
House of Commons
Y Corm
Bis
Churchill
John Wardlaw-Milne
RED Cross
ST. Louis
Mar
South Dakota
Custer, Hangon
Yankton
Te Id Western Area
French Targets Are Smashed By Yankee Airmen
RAF Halifaxes hit railway targets at Vaires near Paris and Lancasters attacked an engine works at Lyon while Mosquitos bombed Kiel. One bomber was lost. It was RAF four engine bombers first raid since Sunday and their 19th attack of the month with French targets key to Hitler’s invasion plan. US Eighth Air Force sent Flying Fortresses to Brunswick area and Liberators to Pas de Calais coast as German fighters challenged raids.
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London
Vaires
Paris
Lyon
France
Kile
Air Ministry
RAF
Raf Basy
Britain
Europe
United’ States
Eighth’ Air Force
Brunswick
Germany
Pas-de-Calaisi
Vital
U. S
Beadle County Primary Fights Near Filing Deadline
Beadle County races heat as petitions near the filing deadline. Weir remains acting postmaster in Huron and barred by the Hatch Act from seeking office. Republicans expect two candidates for the primary in one office with John Longstaff already filed and Frank Anderson expected to oppose him.
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Huron
Weir
John
Longstaff
Frank Anderson
Wessington
Second Lt Howard Conner Dies In Panama Crash
Second Lt Howard A. Conner, army pilot, was killed in an airplane crash March 26 in Panama. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Conner, two sisters, and grandparents. He was born 1914 in Huron and served from Ft Snelling to Camp Gruber before joining the Army Air Forces.
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Howard A. Conner
Republic of Panama
Albert Conner
Frank Avenue
Southkens
Alia
War Department
Lt. Conner
Huron
Tunell’s
Ft. Snelling
Fu Lewis
Wash
Camp Gruber
Oklo
Army Air Forces
Marvin R. Murphy
Hempstead
Long Island
New York
Bis
Loran RR Blackford
Portland
Ore
New Caledonia
William Conner
Russell
The
Presbyterian Church
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Associated Press
Frisco
New Amsterdam
San Francisco
Senate
Armed Services
Congress
Onmencr Er
Jon
Miles
UMANI
Oler
Soviet
Kkane
Cernauti
Red Army
En Roue
Carpathian Mountains
Commons
Beadle County
Bes
Fage
Howard Conner
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