U.S. Raids Hit Japanese Targets in Burma and Bay of Bengal
Allied air attacks across Burma and near Akyab press the Japanese with heavy raids. American fighters hit Maungkwan headquarters destroying barracks while bombing runs damaged storage and rolling stock. RAF bombs targeted villages north of Akyab with Blenheims striking Ak yab area including Padali and Kyautktaw.
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Maungkwan
Sonkin
Burma
New Delhi
India
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Aiet
Kaladan River
Rostov and Voroshilovgrad Fall Reported in German Withdrawals
Soviet dispatches describe fierce street fighting in Rostov as Red Army forces recapture key areas and push German units back toward the Dnieper. Pravda reports cossack assaults and heavy losses for Germans, with Rostov changed hands four times and Germans claiming strategic withdrawals.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Pravda
Communist Party
Hitler
Rostov
Azov
Don River
Pravaa
Ted
Friedrich Engels
Rrastego
Taganrog
Viev
Mariupol
Sea of
Yelsk
Likhaya
Voroshilovgrad
Caucasus
Donets
Ukraine
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Kursk Belgordo
Krasnodar
Kharkov
Russia
Fron
Orel
Voroshilgovgrad
Kramatorsk
Lozovaya
Stock market quotes and wartime air raids report
Financial listings show a mix of NY stock figures with numerous tickers including Pepsi Cola and Pure Oil. The war update details heavy RAF bombing of Milan and Lorient, British air raids against northern Italy and Germany, with Swiss alerts, and Copenhagen shipyard damage.
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Milan
Rome
Cologne
Geneva
Lake Geneva
Switzerland
Zurich
Italy
Germany
RAF
Lorient
Britain
Plymouth
Air Ministry
Netherlands
France
Stockholm
Burmeister Wain
Copenhagen
Aftontidningen
Rationing Guide Messages March 21 and Related Dates
Wartime ration notices list coupon validities for coffee sugar and shoe stores. Highlights include March 21 coffee coupon 25 valid for one pound, sugar coupon 11 in War Ration Book One valid through March 15, and multiple recall dates for tire and oil inspections and War Book Two registration starting February 22.
Berle Urges Fair Post War Aviation Agreements
A. A. Berle, assistant secretary of state, tells the House Foreign Affairs Committee that postwar use of aviation fields must be fair and equitable. He warns against narrow nationalism as Congress weighs lend lease continuance and civil aeronautics act revision amid planned aviation research boosts.
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Washington
A. A. Berle
Berle
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Forces Affairs Committee
Great Britain
Postwar Civil Aviation Recognition Stated by Nations
A statement calls for equitable postwar civil aviation terms, urging fair recognition of each country’s interests in rebuilding international air travel and air services. The remark emphasizes shared responsibility and stable framework for future aviation cooperation.
House Group Refuses FRs Money Request
A House appropriations subcommittee voted six to one to block President Roosevelt's request for 100 million dollars in incentive payments to farmers to boost food production. Tarver of Georgia opposed the dissenters but supported the policy’s stance. Senator Hatch of New Mexico urged eliminating farm benefit payments and setting fair agricultural prices.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Roosevelt
Representative Tarver
D-Ga
Agriculture
Congress
Tarver
Hatch
DNM
Supreme Court Declines Review in Murder Inc Slayings
The Supreme Court declined to review the conviction of Louis Lepke Buchalter Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone for the murder of Brooklyn storekeeper Joseph Rosen. The trio, condemned to die at Sing Sing, had a stay of execution previously granted that the court vacated.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Emanuel Weiss
Louis Capone
Murder, Inc
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Roberts
Western Australia official expert at fish lassoing technique
Sir James Mitchell 74, lieutenant governor of Western Australia, is noted as a master of ticking by catching fish with a lasso by their tails. A Mexican women's group claims to have engineered the marriage of 726 enlisted soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mitchell
Western Australia
Mexico
Jr High Reports Bond Sales Totaling 2100
The local Junior High School reports noon sale of about 2100 dollars in War Bonds and Stamps. The Junior Pointer sponsor drives with home room mayors as helpers. The campaign began February 8. on day one 474 dollars were sold and 83 732 dollars in the first week.
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Jr. High
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U.S
Soviets
Pagene
Dnieper
Office of War Information
New York
Penney
Radio
Rand
Reynolds
Shell
Adams
Adams Millis
Alaska
al Chem & Dye
Alleghany Allis
Aviat Corp
Baldwin
Barnsdal
Bendix Aviat
Beth
Boeing Airpi
Borden
Borg Warner
Briggs
Champ P & F
Ches & O
Chrysler
Coca Cola Colum G & E
Comwith & Son
Curtiss Wright
Davison
del Lack & W
We du Pont
Eastman Rod
Elec Auto Ltd
Elec Pow & Ltd
Firestone
Freeport
Elec
Gen Foods
Gillette
Glidden
Goodrich
Goodyear
Graham Paige
Hupp
Int Harvest
Nick Can
Tel & Tel
Johns Man
Kennecott
Kroger Groc
Ligg & Myers
Loews
Lorillard
Louis & Nash
Mack Truck
McCrory
Mont Ward
Murray Corp
Nash Kelv
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash
Nat Dist
Nat
Pow & Lt
NY Cent
Ohio
Pac G & E
Pac Mills
Packard
Tex Co
Tex Gulf
Tex Gulf Sul
Timken
UN Carbon Pac
Aire
Vanadium
Warner Pic West Mary Western
Www
8 & Mig
Wilson Woolworths
Yes
T& C Youngs
Blondie
BY Chick Young
Mandrake the Magician
BY Lee Falk
Phil Davis
Narda
Huh
OUR Draft Board
Mickey Finn
Guess
MR. Tighe
Rlane Leonard
BY Roy Crane
Hamburg
Ackack
Slayers
Amc
Fred Harman
W. T. Hamlin
Tam
Alley
Boots
BY Edgar Martin
Donald Duck
Walt Disney
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