Shortages of Manpower May Be Eased
Washington reports war production is expected to peak next fall easing labor demand. Don ald M. Nelson told a Senate subcommittee the peak will level off calls for workers and improve efficiency. Hayden hinted the army goal of 8.2 million by year end may not rise, while McNarney noted no 1944 size decision yet. The debate centers on balancing food and defense needs amid farm and factory shortages.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate Appropriations
Hayden
Daris
Nelson
Joseph T. McNarney
Senate
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Stephen V Benet Illness Victim and War Efforts Highlighted
New York March 13 Stephen Vincent Benet 44 poet and writer died at his Manhattan home after a heart attack. Noted for Pulitzer prize poetry and works like John Brown’s Body his broadcasts such as Dear Adolf and A Time to Reap were widely heard. He authored an Easter program and a United Nations day prayer read by the President.
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New York
Stephen Vincent Benet
Devil
Daniel Webster
Manhattan
Willam Nose Benet
Misa Laura Benet
Post
Henet
Rosemary Cart
John Brown
Adolf
United States
Paul Revere
Raymond Massey
Alfred Lunt
Lynn Fontaine
Roosevelt
White House
Falla Involved in Pet Lover Telegram Over Ration Limit
Washington March 11 A telegram to President Falla from an unidentified pet lover asks him to influence Mr Roosce to rescind an agriculture department order banning pork beef lamb or mutton in box meals as part of rationing directives.
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Washington
Fallin
White House
Roosce
Agriculture Department
Aerial Attacks Hit Essen and Rail Hubs Along French Coast
RAF drops over 1,000 tons on Essen as American bombers strike rail installations behind the coast. Fortresses target Amiens Rouen area to cut supply lines along a 100 mile coastal corridor. Rail yards at Abbeyville and Paix also attacked in daylight sweep per joint Allied communiqué.
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RAF
Essen
Krupp Works
French
Amiens
Rouen
Channel
Somme
Seine
Dieppe
Abbeyville
Paix
USAAT
British
Air Ministry
Navy Planes Hit Jap Base in Pacific Raid
Navy avenger torpedo bombers raided Munda air base in the Solomon Islands last night, setting enemy installations afire. A US submarine sunk a Japanese antisubmarine patrol ship after a surface duel. one American crewman was fatally wounded. Additional raids targeted Hallato and Vila near Munda as Liberator bombers swung in.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
Solomon Islands
United States
Lookouta
Andre Calcaterra
Stoney~zard
Calif
Mundaratt
Guadalcanal
Mundeim
Hallato
Shortland Island
Vila
iMunda
Nazis Take Over Forced Labor Drafts In France
Troubles deepen as Nazi authorities seize the roundup of youths for German war industry and defense work. In Geneva gunfire echoes from Vichy operations in Savoy as 16 to 19 year olds are reported held in camps for the TONT organization under a French army officer.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Geneva
Vante Savoie
Tribuna de Geneve
Gazette de Lausanne
TONT
Lausanne
Eden Says Victory Distant Some Setbacks Probable
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden said victory is distant and setbacks are probable as he met with President Roosevelt in Washington to discuss war and global security. Eden, arriving from Churchill, conferred with ministers from dominions and with US officials including Winant and Halifa. The talks will cover military and political aspects of the war and peace.
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
Eden
Traase
Dohir G. Winant
Anmoerten
London
Thitleh
Dominions
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
Inneheen
Winant
Lord Halifas
Courtry
Churchill
Great Britain
Asx
Plane Crash in Kitsan County Leaves Six Accounted For
Bremerton Washington March 13 The Kitsan county sheriff s office reports all six occupants of a large plane were accounted for after a crash and burn between Horseshoe Lake and the Dig Harbor Port Orchard highway. Eyewitnesses at the Golden Guernsey dairy had noted three men the pilot radio operator and a crewman parachuted to safety. The sheriff s reports say all occupants parachuted and the plane flew on empty for several miles before failing.
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Maren
Kitsan County
Sheriff's Office
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Dig Harbor
Port Orchard
Golden Guernsey
Sheriffs
J P Morgan Dies At His South Florida Retreat
John Pierpont Morgan, famed financier and head of the Morgan banking empire, died at 75 from a heart ailment at his Gulf of Mexico island vacation home. He had fallen ill Feb. 25 on a train to Boca Grande and died at 3 18 a m with son Henry Sturgis Morgan and daughter Mrs Paul G Pennoyer beside him. His body travels to New York for burial. Morgan led the firm through two world wars and the Great Depression.
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House of Morgan Financial Institution
Boca Grande, Fla
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South
Boca Grande
Fin
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New York
Gulf of Mexico Island
House of Morgan
Bock Grande
Gagparilla Inn
Morgan
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Naval Reserve
Carder
Junius Spencer Morgan
Navy
Thysiclin
Patterson
Pennoyer
Weather Update for Helena Island Snow and Cold Warms
The Helena area forecast calls for occasional light snow and a drop in temperature. Sunday will be colder with increasing wind and unsettled conditions.
Valiant Reds Face Heavy New Assault
London dispatch reports German forces pressing a major attack on Kharkov as elite guards claim to have shattered enemy resistance and advanced toward the main railway station. Moscow and Paris broadcasts indicate near-complete occupation with Russian defenders retreating to new positions amid heavy tank and infantry assaults on multiple fronts.
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Kharkov
Moscow
Ukraine
Commiunique
Germany
Tenislana
Seetpan
Allied Air Attacks Hit Japanese Convoy Near New Guinea
Allied warplanes attacked a Japanese convoy of five merchant ships and three destroyers 40 miles northwest of Wedak. One 8,000 ton transport was set afire and a 4,000 ton cargo ship was hit with a near miss. Weather hindered precise results but the attack continued as two convoys with warship escorts were spotted NE of Manus.
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Australia
New Guinea
High Command
Wenak
Commundane
Manus Island
Admiralties
Truk
Rabaul
New Uritain
New Cuinea
Wownk
Three Officials Pro Vichy Are Discharged in Africa Moves
Allied and French leaders in northwest Africa face crucial changes as pro Vichy officials Bédgeret Nogues and Megidal are ousted from their positions. Reports indicate Allen British and American envoys pressed Chaud to purge Vichy supporters and push a merger of Fighting French with North and West African forces. Possible missions to Martinique and Alexandria seek to rally key admirals to join Giraud. Continued discourse may shape public opinion and the region’s political future.
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Africa
Wes Gallagher Amglerk
Alexandria
Mitenique
Northwest Africa
Son
Wenri Giraud
Jean Marie Neorgeret
Auguste Nogues
Rene Megidal
Bergeret
Nogues
Giraud
Megidol
Vichy
Megidal
Martinique
Jgeoges Hubert
Reve Enile Godfray
Ajis
North Africa
Helena Girl Enlists With WAAF In Houston Training
Patricia Weliwes, a Helena graduate and former Monticello State student, trains in Houston Texas for service with the U8 WAAF unit. She previously worked at Sank Fees elsen Airport before entering WAAR flight training.
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Helena
WAAF
Houston
Texas
Patricia
Tt) Weliwes
Emierly
Melena
New Attempt To Escape From Axis Crushed In Tunisia
Allied forces report three Axis breakout attempts from the encircled area in Tunisia were smashed. Eisenhower says German and Italian troops are doomed to be pushed into the sea as heavy aerial and ground operations continue, with bombers striking Tunis Sousse and rail yards at Sousse and Kerdaville while U S squadrons press the air war over the front.
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Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Tunis
Sousse
Risenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Binnish Eighth Army
Muareth
Eighth Army
Unea
Thava
U. S
Ers
Kofldaville
Sournee
War interpretive essay on global prep and diplomacy
The piece argues the war's turning points lie in ports factories and supply routes rather than battlefield announcements. It notes politics in the allied blocs shaping the prelude to major campaigns and highlights tensions between Russia and the United States amid ongoing aid narratives.
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Glenn Babe
Associated Press
Theer
Uns
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