Drastic Action Expected Over Ireland Spy Ring
Washington reports drastic measures against Axis espionage will follow after Ireland’s refusal to oust German and Japanese diplomats accused of leading a spy ring. Secretary Hull’s note urged expulsion to safeguard Allied invasion plans, citing risk to lives of United Nations soldiers. De Valera’s reply rejected the demand, labeling it an improper counter spy effort. Ireland Page 2.
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Washington
Prime de Valera
Ireland
Europe
United Nations
Hull
de Valera
Legation
Irvin S Cobb Requests No Gloom at Funeral
New York March 11 Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb a famed humorist and writer is dead at 67 Friends in Paducah Ky opened a sealed note Cobb sent saying no long faces no grief at his burial He asked for immediate cremation wrap in a plain sheet send ashes to Paducah to plant at a dogwood tree If the tree lives that will be his monument Cobb also urged reading Psalm 23 at the service and mocked the Christian burial rite This obituary notes his lighter view on death and his wish to be remembered without sorrow.
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New York
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
America
Paducah, Ky
Paducah
Cobb
First Presbyterian Church
Irving
Taxpayers Hope Tax Report Reforms Eased
Washington March 11 Real hope that this year income tax return headaches will be the last held out by the treasury and congressional tax writers. A plan by Senator George to exempt those earning 5000 dollars or less from filing and use wage deductions to cover taxes aims to simplify the law. Treasury Morgen thrau backs cooperation as congress considers limiting the bill to remove complexities amid last week’s tax hike clash.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
George
Doughter
D-Nc
House
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Lassie Comes Home in Strand Showing in Grafton Tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Betty Bartlett Pruntytown to attend tonight's Strand presentation Lassie Comes Home starring Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp and Damethay Whitty. Also shown at the Dixie are The Ghost Walks Alone with Arthur Lake and Border Patrol with William Boyd.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Betty Bartlett Pruntytown
Lassie Comes
Roddy McDowall
Donald Crisp
Damethay Whitty
Strand Theatre
Ghost Walks
Arthur Lake
William Boyd
Dixie Theatre
You Never Know What's Coming Next These Days
Chester Montana March 11 publisher Tom Busey explains the Liberty County Times ran late due to lacking a printer and his inexperience with typesetting machines after 25 years of ownership. He says he is learning the hard way as he operates the equipment.
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Chester
Mont
Liberty County Times
Tom Busey
Jefferson Hotel Fire Kills West Virginia Senator
Richmond officials report a fatal hotel fire at the Jefferson in Richmond killing State Senator Aubrey C. G. Weaver and injuring several others among Virginia general assembly members. The blaze spread across the fifth and sixth floors, starting in a linen closet, with many guests fleeing and authorities treating victims for smoke inhalation.
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Richmond
Jefferson Hotel
Aubrey C. G. Weaver
Camp Perry
Virginia General Assembly
Western Germany and Pas-De-Calais Hit By American Bombers
American Fortresses and Liberators resumed their heavy bombing after a one day lull, striking western Germany and the Pas-De-Calais coast of France. The raids followed a RAF Lancaster night attack on four French factories, part of a broader 60 day campaign over the northern coast and German targets. The strikes included Berlin on 10 of the last 13 days and a second Mosquito raid in western Germany.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Germany
Pas-De- Calais
France
RAF
French
Churchill
England
Berlin
Reich
Lend Lease program marks third year of aid
The Lend-Lease program, now three years old, has used 14 cents of every dollar of U S war expenditures to create more than 20 billion dollars in aid to Allied nations. The United States has received about two billion in return, including bananas and air fields, as part of a reciprocal effort to defeat the Axis powers.
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Douglas B. Cornwell
Washington
United States
Leo T. Growley
Congress
Stettinius
China
Lend Lease
Irish People Back De Valera Refusal to Oust Axis Posts
Dublin expresses enthusiastic approval of Eamon De Valera s rejection of a US request to close German and Japanese offices in Eire while British papers criticize the move. Dubliners fear US sanctions and Nazi raids, with Northern Ireland voices broadly supportive of the American demand for security.
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Trish
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
United States
Eire
America
London Daily Mirror
Britain
de Valera
Hitler
Irish Frep Press
Belfast
Irish Daily Telegraph
Peoples of
Northern Ireland
Invasion Timing Hopes Amid Ukraine Nazi Risk
War analyst notes uncertainty about when Western Allied invasion of Europe will occur as Red Army advances in Ukraine create options. Hitler may move troops from Russia to France, but spring mud and Zhukov’s drive could delay or alter any plan.
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Europe
Red Army
Ukraine
Russia
Hitler
France
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Red Marshal
Zhukov
Mannstein
Romania
Steppes
Puehrer
Pierre Pucheu Convicted of Treason in March Trial
Bulletin from Algiers reports Pierre Pucheu former Vichy minister convicted of treason and malfeasance in office by a special military tribunal. He received a death sentence after one hour of deliberation while protesting innocence and calling the court a political coup. He was found innocent on charges tied to illegal arrests and conspiracy.
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Bulletin
Algiers
Pierre Pucheu
Court of Justice
Pueheu
German force in Yugoslavia reaches new peak
London reports rising Nazi strength inside Yugoslavia with Marshal Tito’s forces noting about 20 German divisions. Dalmatian coast island occupations of Korcula Brac Hvar Solta Drvenik Uljan Pasman Krk Cherso are cited as costly but unable to halt Allied supplies. British American commandos reportedly landed on Lissa to secure a supply base for partisan aid.
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Yugoslavia
Berlin
Adriatic
Lissa
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Bari
Italy
Marshal Tito
National Liberation Army
Tito
Dalmatian
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Hvar
Solta
Drvenik
Uljan
Pasman
Split
Krk
Cherso
Fiume
Churchill
Isle
Churchil
Ran
Mammoth Soviet Drive Clears Southern Ukraine Front
Moscow reports three Soviet armies advance across southern Ukraine sweeping German lines along a 109 mile front southwest of Cherkasy. They claim 20,000 German deaths, 2,500 captured, 300 towns liberated, including Uman. Fourteen German divisions, about 150,000 men, routed in five days. Vast trophies and equipment captured.
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London
Ukraines
Russia
Moscow
Ivan
Konev
Cherkasy
Uman
Bug River
Sail ‘Tikich, Per
Liquor Import Ban May Ignite Run Fanning Fears
Washington report says wartime controls on alcohol raise fears of renewed rum running as the War Production Board tightens cane liquor movement northward. Coast Guard spokesman warns small boats face immediate fire if found carrying liquor or contraband. Patrols, planes, and jeeps bolster coastal defense amid wartime shortages and sabotage fears.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Coast Guard
War Production Board
WAB
Cotsguard
Seem
Bai
Steel Against the Sky plays at the Opera House
Loyd Nolan Alexis Smith and Craig Stevans star in Co. BE Wilsons Route 2 current Attraction Steel Against the Sky at the Opera House theater. The cast brings dramatic aviation drama to the stage with supporting roles and local audience appeal.
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Alexis Smith
Craig Stevans
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