Red Army Threatens Tarnopol Outflank on Odessa Warsaw Line
Soviet dispatches report heavy German counterattacks as Red Army spearheads advance toward Tarnopol, capturing Igrovitsa and severing the railway at Kochanovka and Zelentsy. Zhukov’s forces claim liberation of 200 more localities in western Ukraine amid fierce fighting.
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Rumania
Tarnopol
Odessa
Kochanovka
Volchisk
Zelentsy
Proskurov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moscow
Red Army
Staro-Konstanti- Tog
Shepetovka
Allied Forces Press Advance on Several Fronts in Pacific
Allied headquarters announce Sixth Army gains around Bismarck Sea borders with victories at Los Negroes island and Willaumez peninsula. 110 miles east of Cape Gloucester the Marines push forward as Arawe to Amgoring advances continue. In New Guinea the 32nd division expands positions near Baldor and Madang while air and naval actions support MacArthur’s drive. Bombers target Rabaul from Solomons bases as operations continue.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Walter Kruger
Bismarck
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Sixth Army
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Willaumez Peninst
Arawe
Amgoring
New Britain
Bismarck Sea
New Guinea
Sea
Cog
Aniles Baldor
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
ILO projects 130 million jobs postwar global need
The International Labor Office estimates more than 130 million people worldwide will need employment as wartime economies end. A report outlines international action to supplement national measures, to be discussed at a Philadelphia conference on April 20. Germany’s disruptions may trigger initial financial charges, with social insurance promises noted for European workers misused during the war.
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Washington
International Labor Office
ILO
Philadelphia
Germany
Edward J. Phelan
Theatre Ticket for Strand or Dixie Show Tonight
The Sentinel invites Rose V. Griman Warder Avenue to attend tonight's stage program at the Strand featuring Me and My Gal with Judy George Murphy and Kelley and at the Dixie Tarzan's Desert Mystery with Johnny Weissmuller.
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Gration Sentinel
I ROSE V. GRIMAN _ Warder
Me and
My Gal
Judy George Murphy
Kelley
Strand
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Kelly
Johnny Shef
Dixie Theatre
War Today Brings Merrill Transforms Burma Frontline View
War Today notes appearance of American troops under Brigadier General Frank Merrill alongside Chinese allies in Burma jungles. Reports Bengal famine relief improving though deaths from famine and malnutrition linger. Highlights Bengal as Allied base area and the need for continued aid amid military operations.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Frank Merrill
Burma
Bengal
Bay of Bengal
Ten international confabs dated for postwar planning
Washington dispatch reports ten international conferences lining up for postwar planning. Anglo American oil talks lead. discussions on a Persian Gulf to Mediterranean pipeline loom. Next on schedule are a United Nations monetary conference and an International Labor Office meeting in Philadelphia on April 20.
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Flora Lewis Washington
L.plomatié
State Départment
Edward R. Stat Unius
London
Stetlinius
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Interior
Sékes
State Department
United Nations
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
Lee International
WLB Faces Pay Increase And Decrease Requests
The War Labor Board handles two-way traffic as it weighs a request for wage decreases from L C Smith and Corona Typewriter Co alongside ongoing wage increase demands from employers. Labor members oppose the cut while ministry and public members balance the board. The case centers on tapering bonuses deemed a maladjustment in reserve and a pay rise exceeding the 15 percent wartime cap.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
L. ¢. Smith and Corona Typewriter Company
WLB Ronted
Majuro Atoll Captured Quietly by U S Forces
The central Pacific command reports Majuro, a key eastern Marshalls anchorage and air base, seized early February with no Japanese resistance. The 21 by 6 mile island houses a lagoon capable of hosting warships and an almost complete concrete headquarters. This gives the Americans a foothold after capturing Kwajalein and before Eniwetok and Kwajalein conquests.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Marshalls
Central Pacific Command
Majuro
Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Jaluit
Mili
Wotje
Maloe- Jap
Mid-Pacific
Key Atoll
Republican businessman defeats war hero in Colorado race
In a Colorado first district special election Dean M. Gillespie, a Republican businessman, defeated Maj. Carl Wuertele, a wounded decorated war hero, after the death of Rep. Lawrence Lewis. Wuertele conceded with Gillespie leading by nearly 3,000 votes, boosting GOP House seats to 210 and signaling continuing 1942 Republican gains. The result also suggested war veterans without prior political experience may not draw as strong an appeal as expected.
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Jack
Bell Washington
Colorado
Dean M. Gillespie
Maj
Carl
Wuertele
Pacific
Lawrence Lewis
Wuertéle
Gillespie
George W.andrews
J. Hubert ‘Farmner
Alabama
Henry Stes Cee
Republic
Tepubligan
Paget
Gas stamps to stay valid with new WV plates
The district Office of the Administration said gasoline ration stamps held by West Virginia motorists will continue to be valid when new license plates are issued on July 1. Endorsed stamps can be traced through old or new license numbers to detect irregular coupons. CHARLESTON reports a conference in Wheeling March 17 for education and manufacturing leaders.
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West Virginia
OPA
Charleston
Wheeling
State Education Association
National Association of Manufacturers
Walter D. Puller
Nam
William G. Carr
Washington
the Sea
Agriculture and Labor
Colorado's seat in Congress filled by GOP after 12 years
Denver March 8 A 59 year old Republican Dean M Gillespie defeated Maj Carl E Wuertele for Denver's vacant congressional seat in a special election. Gillespie won by 2 078 votes and becomes the first Republican congressman from Denver since 1932. He claimed the result shows voters tiring of New Deal policies and heralds business interest awakening. Wuertele, a retired World War Two veteran, conceded.
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Denver
Dean M. Gillespie
Maj
Carl E. Wuertele
Gillespie
Wuertele
Thas
South Pacific
Colorado
Thirty Housing Units To Start Down River
Point Pleasant reports 30 houses to move by barge on the Ohio River. Neighborgall Leach Inc of Huntington will relocate 60 houses from a local federal housing project to Camp Breckinridge Kentucky. The houses travel by water to Uniontown then by land to the camp. A train of 12 barges will carry the remaining 30 houses later.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio Rivers
Neighborgall & Leach, Inc
Huntington
Camp Breckinridge
Uniontown
RAF Attacks Rail Yards at Le Mans in Composed Bombardment
Allied air forces struck the railway yards at Le Mans and western Germany in heavy raids. Reports say long ranges of bombers dropped payloads over Berlin district while Mosquito crews targeted western targets. The operations followed several days of daylight attacks by American and Allied air power with numerous aircraft involved.
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Berlin
London
Marth
Lethans
Paris
Germany
Dewey Attack on Ballot 16 Sparks Political Theatre
Washington reports show Governor Dewey labeling the federal War ballot a blank paper while warning of potential fraud. Senators Lucas and Brewster reacted, noting political theater as Dewey presses for a uniform ballot for service members. Also public revival services announced at St John Methodist Church with Rev Job Jones singing nightly.
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Dewey
Jack Bell
Washington
Thomas
New York
Lucas
Ill
Ate
Congress
Luces
Brewster
St. John’s Methodist Church
Comer St. John and Boyd Streeta
Job Jones
Pewalae Radio
J. Johnson
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