American air fleets pound Berlin as 176 planes fall
American air forces claim 176 German planes shot down while losing 68 four engine bombers in a major battle. RAF night bombers strike railway targets near Paris and Mosquitos attack northwest Germany as 850 bombers drop over 2,000 tons on Berlin. Escort fighters claim 83 German planes shot down as gunners tally 93. The Schweinfurt Regensburg raids of last August remain the record.
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Richard R. Kasischke
London
Berlin
U.S. Army
RAF
Trappes
France
Paris
Germany
U 8
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Colorado election absorbs attention in capital politics
Washington dispatch rings with stark campaign tension as Democrat Carl Wuertels faces Republican Dear Gillespie in Colorado s first district special. Both camps claim the race signals broader shifts in the Rocky Mountain region and could alter House balance as Republicans seek to boost their count toward 210 to 216 seats.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Colorado
Mal Carl BE. Wuertels
Dear M. Gillespie
Rocky Mountain States
Lawrence Lewis
Larrely
Major Wuertele
Colin
Middle West
War Today reveals vast Allied pressure on Hitler
The AP war analysis reports Monday as a pivotal day with major Allied offensives on both eastern and western fronts. Soviet and Allied air power devastates Berlin while Zhukov’s southern Ukraine push cuts the vital Lwow Odessa railroad, severing Hitler’s life line as German forces face mounting pressure along multiple fronts.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Hitler
Russia
Berlin
Britain
Red Marshal
Zhukov
Lwow- Griessa
Volochisk
Tarnopol
Onlessa
Dowpebens
Lwow-Odessa
von Mannstein
New Congressional Battle Rocks OPA Over Price Controls
Washington March 7 The house banking committee plans a near term measure to continue OPA as is, a move seen as likely to trigger a major political clash. Republicans demand action to reshuffle the agency, while Democrats back changes. Proposals include outlawing food subsidies, extending appeals to federal courts, and clarifying OPA authority to curb inequities as hearings on federal agencies begin Tuesday.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Washington
Spence
D.-Ky
House Banking Committee
OPA
Banking Committee
Rep
Walcott
Michigan
Roosevelt
Smith
D.-Va
Congress
Reinforcements Of Nazi Army May Be Diverted To Italy
Washington dispatch reports spring laws on the Russian front raise concern over Italy where German divisions may be shifted to the Anzio and Rome area. A stalemate risks no advance on the frontline or the Anzio beachhead, with German artillery threatening three sides and political gains from Rome at stake.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Italy
Rome
West Virginia Briefs Summary of March 7 Items
West Virginia figures include Joseph K Graham, 89, Wheeling veteran railroad official, dying in Lakeland Florida. Dr D D Hamilton elected Mannington city commissioner. Frank Bonemus named acting postmaster at Charles Town. Henry F McCumbee, 24, Berkley Springs, given suspended sentence for manslaughter tied to a highway crash. Floyd N Shaver resigns as alumni secretary WV Wesleyan to join U S Civil Service in Winston Salem. wool sales statewide total 1 027 million dollars for last year amid smaller crop.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Joseph K. Graham
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lakeland
Fla
Graham
Hagerstown
Henry F. McCumbee
Berkley Springs
W. Va
Betty Fredericks
Buckhannon
Floyd N. Shaver
West Virginia Wesleyan College
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Winston Salem
N. C
Charleston
Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
West
Sharp Clashes At Cassino Mark Allied Push Today
Allied and German forces clashed in Cassino as American troops repelled two small Nazi attacks near Cisterna on the Rome beachhead amid rain and mud. German assaults at Cassino were met with heavy Allied artillery and patrol skirmishes. Canadian guns hit an enemy motor convoy near Ortona while Spitfires bombed positions near Dubrovnik.
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Naples
Cassino
Cisterna
Rome
Rapido
Carroceto
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Ortona
Adriatic
Kotor Bay
Dubrovnik
Backstage Battle Over Soldier Bonus Moves Into Open Today
A backstage clash over this war’s soldier bonus shifts into the open as adjusted compensation legislation sponsored by five service groups is offered in both Houses. Senator Johnson will seek hearings. nine House members introduce parallel bills. The service groups back up to 3500 dollars per person for home service while the GI Bill proposals run higher, reflecting a split between veterans organizations and the American Legion.
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Washington
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army and Navy Union
Disabled American Veterans
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Regular Veterans Association
Johnson
Senate
Military
House
Lesinski
D. Mich
Sullivan
D.-Ney
Hagen
Fl.Minn
Isac
D.-Cal
Carlson
R.-Kas
Case
Rogers
R-Mass
Bates
D.-Ky
Dingell
American Legion
Clark
D.-Mo
Noxon Murder Trial Focuses On Asbestos Evidence
On the ninth day of the Noxon murder trial, jurors reviewed asbestos-covered sections from garage pipes tied to a troubled light cord. Expert Latimer examined the asbestos as Hull from General Electric identified the remaining wire as GE made. The cord, linked to the electrocuted infant, was burned by the defendant and not entered as evidence.
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Henry L. Supple
Pittsfield
Mass
Corporation
John F Noxon, Jr
Lawrence C. Latimer
Noxon
Larence Noxon
General Electric Company
Clifford O. Hull
Bridgeport, Conn
General Electric
Mail Order Marriages To Come To New Jersey
The New Jersey state senate approved a bill allowing servicemen overseas to marry their New Jersey sweethearts by proxy. A bride may obtain two proxy applications from the local vital statistics bureau, and after completion a license is issued for a proxy ceremony by a religious or civil officer. A blood test is required.
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Trenton
N. J
United States
New Jersey
State Senate
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Soldier Kills Two Girls and Police Probe into Motive
Riverside Calif March 1 Two girls and a Riverside police patrolman were slain and five others wounded at Camp Anza by 31 year old army officer before police bullets wounded the assailant A military board of inquiry seeks to establish motive Killed were Miss Dorothy Douglas 18 and Miss Lourdine Livermore 18 both of Long Beach Calif and Arthur B Simpson 34 a Riverside police radio patrolman Swancutt was seated with his friend 2nd Lt Harry J Light Lt Light and the two girls were playing cards in the Camp Anza officers club when Swancutt rose drew his side arm and opened fire
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Dorothy Douglas
Long Beach
Calif
Lourdine Livermore
Arthur B. Simpson
Riverside
Swancutt
Harry J. Light
Camp Anza
Victorious Reds Drive to Trap Nazi Hordes at Line
Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov press a new offensive across the Odessa to Warsaw rail line, breaching an 18 mile gap between Volochisk and Narkevichi and advancing toward Rumania. Kiev dispatches say spearheads near Tarnopol threaten German positions as Lwow remains a rail hub 70 miles west.
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London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Odessa-Twow
Warsaw
Russia
Moscow
Odessa-Lwow-Warsaw
Volochisk
Narkevichi
Sian
Rumania
Tarnopol
Zararzh
Lwow
Cernauti
Americans Advance Toward Los Negros in Startling Drive
Allied forces push toward Japanese positions on Los Negros in the Admiralty Islands campaign. US troops hold Momote airfield after February 29 landings and attack along a seven mile peninsula, with MacArthur reporting multiple offensive moves and heavy enemy resistance.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
United States
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Bismarck Sea
Guadalcanal
Momote
Dering
Momote Airfield
Douglas MacArthur
Touhy Gle
Guinea
Sand
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