Russians Hold In Titanic Tank-Plane Battle
Soviets report heavy fighting along the Donets basin as Stormoviks engage dive bombers and German armor. Advancing and retreating lines shift near Kharkov Kursk and Smolensk while Junkers and fighters press the air war. battles are described with sizable Soviet losses and renewed counterattacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titanic
Eddy Gilmohe
Nazip
Fer
Tntla
Associated Press
Tie Geringué
Yeller
Gret
Kharkov
Moscow
Germain Posilionn
Sevak
Donnts
Shelins
Alreich
Vyatma-Smolensk
Smolensk
Dniepeer
Maryshal Timoshenko
Biarsya Russa
Staraya -Rucam
Bertin
London
Reuters
Staraya Russa
Acros
Donets Hussian Nne
Iwever
Red Star
Hed
Hoth
Wldes
Vileges
Healy
Sestor
Poaltiona
Chuguyev
Khorkov
Aud
Jong Donete
Khoe “Kov
Voroskilov Grad
Denca Basin
Weather Locales for 24 Hours Ending a.m. Whitreday
Weather report notes high 33 and low 17 with light wind. Wyoming Australia south horizon shows afternoon and early evening with idle temperature changes. Colorado anticipates snow in valleys afternoon and mountains tonight. easier conditions in western and southern portions tonight and early Friday.
Kiska Raiders Hit Japanese Base in Aleutians
American bombers blasted the Kiska installation in the Aleutians as U S forces claim two enemy aircraft shot down and two more probably destroyed. Liberators Mitchells and Lightnings joined raids on March 16 and 18 with heavy and bomber strikes, while night sorties targeted Munda Vila and Kaobili.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pena Washington
Mayers
Kiska
Navy
United States Army
Kiskar
Kigka
Nations
Sam
Affternoon
Abitchells
Tith
Liberator
Japabene Positlona
Munda
Vila
Bolomons
Kaobili End
Baillale
Shortland
Lim Srea
Dutch Harbor
Andreanoft Iglands
Aren ‘Atelke
Cacadisi Sod
Kirka
Rejections for Physical Reasons in Weld County
Denver March 18 Lt Col Philin W Whiteley reports 6068 men in Denver county rejected for military service between November 1939 and January 1942 due to physical disabilities. Colorado totals include Weld 952 Pueblo 1081 El Paso 827 and Morgan 225. causes cited as muscular skeletal defects respiratory and cardiovascular issues. Local data show few rejections for alteracy or inaptitude in most counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usted Pree
Denver
Philin ‘W. Whiteley
Selective Parview
Dever County
Colorado
Pucito
Weld
Paso
Lia Apicas
Quero
Morgan
Mesa
County Lands Sell Well at Auction Prices
County lands opened for bidding drew solid prices as bidders eyed parcels for panturage and timber. Bids were tabulated after inspection by county commissioners, with minimums tied to average current taxes per acre or five cents per acre, whichever was higher. An April 14 county auction date was announced as several plots drew interest in the Trang area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sq Maby
Gas Ration Books Expire On March 31
Gas ration books for the second quarter are urged. first quarter rations expire March 31. Applications may be in person or by mail and require original war necessity certificates plus supplements. Offices in Greeley and several towns will handle renewals to prevent bottlenecks in timely issue.
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Holdgis
Roseoe Bradt
Ratton Doar Te Greeley
Greeley
Windsor
Ault
Johnstown
Mead
Frederick
Minn
Harvey Wilson Place
Fort Lupton
Kesnesbury
Roggen
Brigzedale
Wereford
New Haymer
Stoneham
Bradt
Deadline Set for City's War Fund Canvass by Captains
Tuesday, March 23, is named as the deadline for the city canvass led by war fund captains and Willam Stockover urging complete canvassing of homes and businesses. Residents urged to donate generously to the Sted Groza fund over the coming days as rural districts show slower progress. New York rationing of potatoes begins with voluntary measures and a small potato unit offered to customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geeeley
War Fund
Driva
American Red Crags
Willam Stockover
Chafrasan
Sted Groza
Stockover
Highland District
Grover
Ascans Vasa
Horaceowell
New York
Snow Covers District With Light Arctic Snow
Thawing mild air gives way to powdery snow across the district. Officials report three inches fell Wednesday night in the Pegers Alctviet area, with drifting and colder temperatures as winds eased by Thursday morning. Roads near Greeley and toward Loveland were impacted, and a maintenance crew planned to clear routes to the dam store. The cold snap continued with a high around 39 and a low near 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Loveland
Boyeland
Tha Dam
groWld
Egaere
Diai Ruwh
Pegers Alctviet
Pardyo Canon
Hitaweek
Ugh
Roosevelt Seeks Expanded Social Security Coverage
President Roosevelt asked Congress to consider the annual report of the Social Security Board proposing expansion to cover 20 to 25 million more people and to increase benefits. The message arrives as a formal recommendation from the board to widen the public welfare program.
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Ptes
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Social Security Board
Allies Sink U-boats in Two Atlantic Convoy Battles
Allied escorts and RAF battles destroyed at least three submarines and probably damaged many more in a 72 hour clash last month. The Campbell cutter led a dramatic engagement sinking one sub and driving others from the area as a convoy weathered a wolf pack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Tun Poll
Amantig
RAF
London
Coast Guard
Tutter
Hendon
Utawa
Washington
Janse
Campbell
Jauk
Campbell's Deers
Adiatratty
North
Al’lande
Senate Hears Power Bill Action and Delays
Interim group on power bill discussed Colorado power authority proposals. Debate ended with a 13 to 10 vote to table. two-thirds Senate needed to reconsider. House plans to refer the matter to a committee for examination while proceedings on related labor and pension measures continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ferma Iglod
Gleavenger
Morel
Sulestr
Colorado Power Authority
Dubate
Stephes
Inez
Deaver
Mo Udage
Renate
Timbill
They
Arhur le Laws
Denver
Walter Johnson
Séoutora
Johasah
Saft Thia
Honge
Johasu
Welfare Board
Alley acquitted of harboring draft evader at home
Abifah Alley, a local official in Hitt Colorado, has been acquitted of a federal charge alleging he harbored a draft evader in his home several months ago. Federal agents arrested Doneald Linville of Katina City, Missouri, husband of Alley's niece.
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Cattoelaced
Alley
Am Ration Board
O.B.G
Hitt
Colo
Doneald Linville
Katina City
le Alley
Sergeant Orton Praises Red Cross After Pacific Hospital Service
Sergeant Byron M. Orton, first Nunn draftee, returns home on furlough after overseas service in the Asiatic Pacific. He recalls Red Cross correspondence for wounded men, daily recreation at convalescent units, and Red Cross kits sent to service members. Orton was inducted March 27, 1941, trained at Fort Bliss, served in Hawaii, and now prepares to report to Camp Beale.
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Byron M. Orton
Nunn
Red Cross
Orton
W. C. Orton
Fort Bliss
Tex
General Hospital Corps
Hawaii
Hed Grose
Oveseae
Garisimas
Sgt
Camp Beale
Patterson Calls Draft Law to Boost War Production
Washington March 18 Under Secretary of War Robert P Patterson urged a rivaling draft law to force manpower into war industries despite shortages in workers He warned that current mobilization already acts as compulsion by withholding workers from other jobs and pressuring employers to hire in priority sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Proas
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Industeria
Hollands Neil
Senate
Austin-Wadsworth
Patterson
Alrendy
Missing Aurora sailor listed among names
A sailor from Aurora is reported missing in a released list dated March 18. John Alken Koons is named along with seven other men, including his sister Mia and Emit Sager, all listed in connection with the case. The public document echoes Aurora, Colorado ties in the unfamiliar names.
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Aurora
Associated Wrest
Washington
dJohn Alken Koons
Davy
Paosenday
Mia
Emit Sager
Colo
Patton Replaces Fredendall as Western Tunisia Commander
General George S Patton succeeds Major General Lloyd R Fredendall in command of U S armored forces in western Tunisia as Dwight D Eisenhower announces the change from Allied headquarters Patton, famed for his blunt orders and tank leadership, returns to front line command after earlier service in Morocco and Egypt and a storied World War I record.
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George S. Patton
Casablanca
Atlantic
North Africa
Tunisian
Patton
Lloyd Fredendall
Aled
Jorge 3. Dalton
Lloyd R. Fredendall
United States
Dwight
Eisenhower
Marshal Gray
Vath
Guls
Seajor
Adas R. Chaffée
Ieneri
Fredewall
Tunisia
Braak Thre
Inda Morocco
Africa
Morocco
Rommel
Pershing
California
Roosevelt
Curtin
Datife
France
Contract Let For Colorado Vanadium Mill
Contracts awarded to Stearns Hoger Company of Denver for a vanadium processing plant for the Mossila Howerve Corporation in Grand Junction Colorado. Work to begin within ten days as part of a large expansion plan announced by Alair Burwell of the U S Vanarinum Corporation.
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Grand Junction
Calo
Wrarch
Stearns-Hoger Company
Denver
Wil Stark
Mossila Howerve Corporation
Alair Burwell
U. S
Americans Push toward Gabes in Tunisian Front Recapture
United States forces recaptured Gafsa on the central Tunisian front without a U S soldier lost. General Patton-led units moved toward Gabes amid heavy artillery and air support, despite minefields and road demolitions. French forces and allied air units supported the advance as German resistance waned on the Tunisia front.
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Gabes
U. S
Noland Norgaard
Gafsa
Ory Atlafe
Tre Will
EF Quelin
Gafsu
Yeneil
Gafea
Annies
North Africa
United States
George S. Harlany
Americas Foces
Unisa
Jeyond Tirst
Cabes
Plaid
Reeshal Ereia Roguriel
Lille
U. B
Arca
el Gustav
Froutleast
Chott Dierich
Gafaa
Gafss
Marah
Oussellia
Gafsa Hea 85 Miles Northwest of Gabez
Muratvl Rosmel
Marea Ina
Eighth Army
Geiny
Navedrites
Gafse
Patton
United States Army
Rommel
24Th
Urey
Mitchell Herbert
Tatton
Forlann
Germany
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Kiska Raiders
Mediterranean Sea
Ozeu
Tobe Lalgerial
Rhila
Bizerte
Tories
Gafta
Romemel
Gaben
George Patton, Jr
Atan
Axia
Social Security
Howard
Toth Avenue
Hirahfield
James A. Hirshfielt
San Antonio
Cultiston
Paat
Ste
Mangar
University of Colorado
Abifah
Pacific Region
Fredendall
George Patton
Colorado Vanadium Mill
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