Strong Nazi Forces Beaten Back
Strong German forces near Zhizdra north of Moscow were beaten back after four days of fierce fighting, with 7,000 killed and many prisoners taken. The Red Army reported gains west of Moscow toward Smolensk, capturing several populated places and threatening to flank at Yuartsevo. Additional clashes occurred near Dukhovschino and along the Belgorod front, with heavy fighting and significant German efforts. The German high command claimed progress south of Kursk and renewed attacks near Lake Ladoga, while reporting large Soviet tolls and notable advances in the Kuban region with the capture of Slavyanskaya and surrounding towns.
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Tandon
Moscow- Bryansk
Zhizdra
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Yuartsevo
West Big
Teres
Dukhovschino
Yartsevo
Kursk
Pig German Comus Unique
Lake
Ladoga
Kuban
Caucaeus
Slavyanskaya
Novorosask
Bombs Pounded Rabaul Base In Major Allied Raid
Allied planes dropped fifty four tons of bombs on Rabaul, the third heaviest raid on the Japanese base at the northern tip of New Britain. About 250 planes hit airfields near Lakunai, Vunakanau, and Rapopa as crews reported fires and destruction, with several Allied aircraft damaged but returning.
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Rabaul
Australia
High Command
Igosail
New Britain
Allsut
Port Moresby
New Gulaea
Lakunai
Vunakanau
Rapopa
Douglas MacArthur
Pope Pius XII Suffering From Mild Influenza
Pope Pius XII is reported to be suffering from a mild influenza attack, according to a Vatican briefing released today to the National Catholic Welfare conference information bureau.
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Washington
Maroh
Pius XII
Vatican
Information Bureau
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Leon Choquette Named Helena RFC Loan Agency Manager
Leon Choquette was appointed manager of the Helena Loan Agency of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation succeeding Stuart A. Bingham who resigned to enter the armed forces. He returned from Washington with instructions and will run the agency with the same efficient service as in the past.
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Leon Choquette
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Helena Loan Agency
Helena
RFC
Stuart A. Bingham
Choquette Y
Washington, D. C
Choquette
Alate Lands
Thvest
Clerd
Gailroad
Public Service
Public Works Reserve Office
Fort Wiliambury Harrison
Heleoa Loan
Sama
RAF Bombers Hit St Nazaire U-Boat Base in Massive Raid
The RAF deployed nearly 300 four motored bombers against St Nazaire last night and lost only one. Pilots reported large fires across the port and noted light defenses as the raid resumed the heavy bomber offensive against Axis continental targets after nine nights of poor weather.
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London
QAP
St. Nazaire
Air Ministry
Berlin
Lorient
Atlantic
Ate
Germany
RAF
Pondera County Tops All Montana In Sale of Bonds
Pondera County leads Montana in per capita war bond sales in the first two weeks of March, with state totals reaching 2,699,931 dollars. W T L Bartley, state war savings administrator, reports Montana outpacing the previous month. Roosevelt, Wheatland, Musselshell, Phillips, and Cascade counties follow high per capita sales.
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Pondera County
Montana
Great Falls
Ponders County
W. Tl. Bartley
War Savings
Hin
Roosevelt
Wheatland
Musselshell
Phillips
Cascada
President to Check Reports on Poison Gas Use
President Roosevelt said at a press conference he would verify reports from Chungking that Japan again used poison gas in fighting Chinese forces. He said he had not previously heard of the reports.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chungking
Japan
Knight to Lead Victory Farm Volunteer Program
Dr. Frederic B. Knight, educator and hog farmer, will head the victory farm volunteer program for the department of agriculture. He will recruit 600,000 high school and college youths to work on farms this summer. Knight owns two midwestern corn hog farms and is director of education and applied psychology at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.
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Victory Farm
Washington
Frederic B. Knight
Department of Agriculture
Farma
Knight
Division of
Purdue University
Gafayette
Ind
Truman Subpoenas Lewis for Senate Hearing
The Truman committee issued a subpoena to United Mine Workers President John L. Lewis to testify Friday on strikes war production inflation and jurisdictional disputes. Lewis had warned he could not commit but said he would try to appear if possible.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Senate
Truman Committee
United Mines Workers
Congress
Lewis
William Green
API
Phtlip Murray
CIO
New York
Lean
Tus
Fulton
Caufirmarian
Truman
Teaiiners
Retail Merchants Group Dinner Thursday in Helena
The Helena Retail Merchants Exchange will hold its annual dinner at 6 40 Thursday evening at the Montana day. William E Rae of Havre, a member of the state board of equalization, will be principal speaker. Three new directors will be elected. John J Jewell, secretary of the Montana Auto Dealers Association, will head the entertainment program.
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Helena Retail Merchants Exchange
Montana
William E. Rae
Havre
State Board of Equalization
Anonker
John J. Jewes
Widow Grace Coolidge Ill in Massachusetts Hospital
Grace Coolidge widow of former President Calvin Coolidge is reported ill at Cooley Dickson Hospital in Worthampton Massachusetts. She is under treatment for a respiratory infection.
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President Coolidge
Worthampton
Mass
Grace Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Cooley- Dickson Hospital
Proposals Offered In Soft Coal Fields Dispute
New York march 24 Southern Appalachian soft coal operators urged immediate submission of the differences between Appalachian area operators and the United Mine Workers to the war labor award for hearing and final determination. The operators backed President Roosevelt's plan to continue bituminous coal production during the settlement. Northern operators proposed continuing operations with a wage agreement retroactive to April 1, while negotiations over a 30 day extension were rejected by both sides. The present contract covering 459,000 miners expires March 31.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Toostyell
Iia Southern
Isaaca
Thia
Tojius L. Lewis
UMW
Jewls
Neagaliiiinn
Ron Iine
Montanan Bombs Jap Train in North Indo China
United States air force units under Gen. Claire L. Chennault conducted two days of offensive sweeps in the Red River valley of northern Indo China. Maj. Norval Honowitz of Montana and Lieut. James Little of Kentucky each made two attacks on a train near Buo He, reporting the engine spouted geyserlike water from ruptured boilers. Anti aircraft fire met the flights, but all crews returned safely amid heavy damage to Japanese railroad and airport installations.
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United States Air Force
China
Red River Valley
Indo-China
Fghter Pilate
Frig
Claire L. Chennault
Maj
Norval Honowitz
Missouri
Mont
Lieut
James Little
Fincastle
Buo He
Honowitz
Dong, Cuong
Kiska Bombings Target Jap Airfield Builders
Washington reports intensified air raids against Japanese forces on Kiska in the Aleutians. two groups of Liberator heavy bombers and Mitchell medium bombers attacked, inflicting only a large fire but no widespread damage. weather has improved aiding operations as authorities rush to complete a viable air strip amid ongoing Pacific war.
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Washington
America
Kiska
Mount Anons Aleutians
Navy
Kishk
Credit Corporation Would Be Folded, Senators Say
Washington March 23 A group of five senators introduced legislation to terminate the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation as a government lending agency per a joint committee’s recommendation. Senator Wherry Nebraska said the RACC is unnecessary with 48 lending agencies and that 3,000 employees would be excessive amid already streamlined operations. Kalispell Montana March 2 AP The body of E G Potter 70 was found at his Kalispell home with a single .22 caliber bullet in the head. Chester Good a neighbor reported Potter had been ill.
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Washington
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Joint Congressional Committee
Wherry St-Neb J
Wherry
Dra Kalispell
E.G. Poller
Kalispell
Chester Good
Potter
British Break Mareth Line In Bold North Africa Breakthrough
Allied dispatches report the British Eighth Army breached the Mareth line at its coastal anchor and swung wide around the southern fortifications, with American troops recapturing Maknassy and driving toward the sea as Marschal Rommel’s defenses show strain. German and Italian prisoners exceed 3,000 as fighting continues with heavy tank losses and renewed counterattacks near El Guetar Mezzouna and Maknassy.
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Kdward Kennedy
North Africa
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Maknassy
LG Axis
Awleica
Marschal Rommel
Mareth
Mareth Front
Alamein
Rormmel
Tal
Aala
Reonard L. Montgomery
Eliamina
Gabes
Axia
el Mamma Wold
aArmerican
U. S
Miknaeyy
Gulf of Andes
George St. Pulton
Atdirtherm
Tunisi
Corcea
el Guetar
Muknasay
Mezzouna
Tunisia
First Army
Meulers
British First Army
Nessa Etalina
Rom Hizerte
Senate Votes to Scrap President's Salary Limit
The Senate, by 74 to 3, moves to end the President Housevelt salary cap of 45,000. The House backs the goal via different means. a joint committee will reconcile versions. Notable opposition came from Senators Bonusl, Downey, and Tanger. A rider tied to the measure cites equal earnings as a broader economic aim amid tensions with Communist states.
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Washington
Marvly
Senate
Housevelt
Arden
Bnacs
Howse
Downey
Tanger
N.D
Rapenter Fa
Chatman George
Chance Committee
Axis reinforces Greece with more troops and port towns closed
A Balkan source reports four Axis divisions, three Italian and one German, in Leoponnesian Greece under General Marginoti. Nauplia, Kalamat a, Pylos and Patras are closed to travel and heavily mined. Civil mobilization fears trigger widespread orders, including curfews and imprisonment up to 12 years. Civilians face movement bans and blackout, while battles unfold in Yugoslavia with German and Italian losses contrasted by Yugoslav resistance.
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Ankaea
Torker
Leoponnesian
Greece
Marginoti
Nauplla
Kalamata
Pylus
Patras
Athens
Pein
A.m
Balkan
Draju Mihailavic
Livno
Interpreting The War by Glenn Babb
The piece argues Japan faces isolation after choosing war with the United States and Britain. It notes Axis radio propaganda claiming a new world order, while Japan relies on limited channels and cannot connect with allies like Britain and the United States outside embassies.
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Northern Joint Conference
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Wilon
Montanan
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wiekard
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Kuoy
Credit Corporation of Government
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Glenn Babb
The
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Tokyo
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Churchill
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