Russians Overrun 318 Localities Near Lat Pskov Advance Rapidly
Soviet forces reportedly captured two railway stations and overrun 318 localities in a north south push toward Pskov. The advance was described as moving up to ten miles daily from three directions, with control established along key rail lines and roads near Porkhov and Novoselye.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
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Pskov
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Ile
Leningrad
Dno Novosokoliiki
Lenin- Pksov
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Porkhov
Ingrad
Staraya Russa
Novosoi
Kugi
Novosoiki
Riga
Moscow
Tor
Ger
Novoselye
Helsinki raid by Russian force rockets Finnish capital
A Russian aerial force estimated at 100 to 200 planes raided Helsinki last night, starting about 30 fires and cutting commercial communications. Turku also lost contact temporarily, with Stockholm reporting telephone lines down as Finland weighed terms for a potential armistice with Russia.
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Helsinki
Turku
Bromma
London
Finland
Sox Jet
Russia
Stockholm Aftonbladet
Karelian
Lake Ladoga
Gulf of Finland
Allied report on Yugoslav air combat and German losses
A wartime communique says German forces in Yugoslavia suffered defeats at Trizzi and in Herzegovina where the Eugen division lost many men and equipment. Allies report bombing Zagreb airdrome near Sibenik damaging hangars rails and factories. incident likely tied to a recent American air strike.
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London
Parti
Trizi
Slovenia
Josip Broz
Yugoslavia
Herzegovina
Eugen
Zagreb
Sibenik
Rival Polish National Council Alleged as Underground
London reports a rival Polish National Council backed by an Asian sponsored union of patriots has formed an underground government in Poland. The group reportedly named a rival commander and staff to lead Polish forces in Russia and the Middle East, aiming to replace Kazimierz Sosnkowski.
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Ncil
Poland
Union of
Low
Russia
Middle East
Itain
N. Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Rosa
Witold
E “National Council
Curzon Line
Hatch plan to test federal absentee ballots in Supreme Court
A move in Congress aims to quickly test the constitutionality of federal absentee ballots in a Supreme Court ruling. Senator Hatch plans to introduce a bill setting up a federal absentee ballot and a court test before votes are cast, seeking to resolve disputes over service voting methods amid stalled talks.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate
House
New Mexico
Eleven Die in Navy Plane Crash at Olathe Station
Eleven people died and five were injured when a transport training plane crashed in flames at the Olathe naval air station in Kansas. The list of victims was not released.
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Kansas City
Kas
the Olathe
Naval Air Station
Argentina appoints Mason and Pistarini to key ministries
In Buenos Aires Gen. Diego Luis Mason becomes acting foreign minister and Gen. Pistarini acting navy minister, the first time an army officer heads the naval portfolio. The moves come during a cabinet reshaping under Vice-President Farrell amid resignations and political tension, with broader questions about U.S. recognition and ongoing consolidations in the regime.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Cara J. Farrell
Diego Luis Mason
Juan Pistaia
Pistarini
Benitoving
Pedro Ramirez
Farrell
Washington
Gen. Ramirez
United States
Sueyro
Ramirez
Gen
Mason
Foreign
Alberto Gilbert
Enrique Gonzalez
Germans Warn Frenchmen Not To Aid Airmen
New York broadcast from Nazi Paris warns French civilians against sheltering or aiding allied airmen or agents under threat of death. It cites Germany’s claim of military court trials and offers rewards for locating crashed planes or aiding capture of aircrews and aircraft.
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New York
Paris
Karl von Rundstedt
France
Federal Communications Commission
Bennington Christened at Brooklyn Naval Yard
The 27,100 ton carrier Bennington was christened in a Brooklyn drydock by Mrs. Melvin J. Maas amid a ceremony witnessed by thousands. Artemus Gates praised floating air bases for halting Japanese advances and aiding defenses from the central Pacific to the empire.
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Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Navy
Artemus L. Gates
Gates
Pearl Harbor
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New Zealand
Southwest Pacific
Japan
East Asia
Central Pacific
Netherlands East Indies
Indian Ocean
Kurile Islands
Empire
Katherine Maas
Maas
French Underground Calls for U S Arms to Continue Civil War
Lisbon dispatch reports leaders of the French underground opposing Petain and the Vichy regime urge America and Britain to supply more weapons. About 100,000 French youths are said to be in maquis bands across Lille Clermont Ferrand and Grenoble, conducting raids on German troops and Nazi collaborators.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
Naples
Anzio
Lisbon
Marshal Petain
America
England
Vichy
France
Lille
Pierre Laval
Clermont Ferrand
French Alps
Grenoble
Joseph Darnand
Gestapo
T de Vichy
Italian anti Fascist leader attacks Churchill on throne plan
Count Carlo Sforza in Naples denounced Winston Churchill's idea that King Vittorio Emanuele remain on the throne and Badoglio stay prime minister until Rome is captured. He said six anti Fascist parties share deep disagreement and warned the speech caused dismay among Italians.
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Richard G. Maslock
Naples
Carlo Sforza
Italy
United States
Winston Churchill
Vittorio Emanuele
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Italian Committee For National Liberation
Churchill
Sforza
British General Gets Red Military Award
The Russian order of Suvorov first class has been awarded to Gen. Sir Alan Brooke chief of the British general staff. Moscow radio reported the decoration for outstanding military leadership against Hitlerite Germany and for services rendered to the allied war effort.
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London
Alan Brooke
Moscow Radio
U.S.S.R
Britain
Germany
Hinson Named Assistant Manager at Charlotte ODT Office
Charlotte district Office of Defense Transportation announces W. C. Hinson Jr. appointed assistant manager succeeding T. W. Hancock, who moves to Winston-Salem as manager.
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ODT
Charlotte
L. F. Manneschmidt
Charlotte District Office of Defense Transportation
W. C. Hinson, Jr
T. W. Hancock
Winston-Salem
Guam Battle Raging as Axis Radio Reports Fight
Axis radios claim a fierce battle for Guam as Allied destroyers shell Kavieng harbor and bombers hit Rabaul. U S Navy offers no confirmation. Japanese evacuations reported at Kavieng and Rabault while Wewak air center and marianas bases see air and sea attacks.
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Leonard Milliman
Associated Press
Kavieng
Rabaul
Las MacArthur
Guam
United States Navy Department
Berlin
Pacific
Isle of
Kavieng Harbor
New Ireland
Truk
New Hanover Island
Rabault
William F. Halsey
Bismarck Sea
Wewak
New Guinea
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas
Tokyo
Berlin signals impossible Finnish peace over interned German troops
Berlin radio quoted German officials saying Finland cannot accept terms calling for interning German divisions. The broadcast warned such a move would open the road for the Red Army into Finland and compared it to Italy's capitulation. Moscow allegedly knows Finland will not intern German troops.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Finland
Red Army
Foreign Office
Italy
Russia
Eduard Diet
Pietro Badoglio
Moscow
Anay
Legislature Called In North Dakota
Gov John Moses called a legislative session for March 20 to enable military personnel from North Dakota to vote in the coming elections. He urged lowering the service voting age to 18, pending a constitutional amendment for June primary submission.
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N. D
John Moses
North Ota
Moses
North Dakota
Crises Loom As Nazis Enter Critical March 1944
War analyst notes March 1944 promises decisive developments like March 1918. Nazi plight deepens as Dnieper bridgehead falls near Kiev and German defenses shorten. Retreat from Russia accelerates while threats of new German offensives loom in europe and pacific.
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Kirkel, Simpson
Associated Press
Italy
France
Germany
Nazi Germany
Europe
Dnieper
Baltic
Black Sea
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
All Russia
Greatest Tonnage Of Bombs Dropped By U S At Truk
A British correspondent aboard the U S flagship reported hundreds of carrier aircraft flying from dawn to dusk on the Truk raid, delivering the greatest Pacific war bomb tonnage yet. Seventy two fighters led the dawn wave as American aircrews hammered the Japanese air force.
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Augsburg
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