Timoshenko In Charge Of New Red Drive In North
Marshal Semeon Timoshenko leads a broad push on the Northwestern front driving German 16th army back. Reports say his eight day offensive has swept over 900 square miles and led to German losses with many captured. Front dispatches note Stalin backs the move as Timoshenko redeploys after Kharkov Kursk and the southwest fronts.
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Timoshenko
Red Drive
Moscow
Red Army
Semeon Timoshenko
Valdai Hills
Kharkov-Kursk
Stalin
900 Tons Of Bombs Dumped On Nazi City
The Royal Air Force and United States bombers attacked Berlin in what was described as the heaviest single air raid to date. About 900 tons of bombs fell on the German capital, causing widespread fires and heavy destruction.
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Nazi
London
Europe
Royal Air Force
Berlin
RAF
United States
Harold Balfour
United Nations
Britain
Germany
Air
Bremen
Hanover
Nuernberg
France
Nothing Less Than Miracle For Warriors on Guadalcanal
Second Lieut Mae Olgan, 26, an airline hostess from Minnesota, became the first American woman to land on Guadalcanal since the war began. She joined 24 Army nurses recruited from airlines, flying ambulance planes to evacuate wounded from the front. Upon arrival, the island showed bomb craters and torn trees as soldiers reacted with disbelief at a woman among the crew.
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South Pacific
Bea
Mae Olgan
Guadalcanal
Little Falls
Minn
Olson
U S Bombers Strike Munda Base in Solomons Raid
U S dive bombers with Wildcat escort attacked the Japanese air base area at Munda on New Georgia Island. The March 1 raid was the 80th strike on Munda since the offensive began November 23, with all U S planes returning safely.
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Washington
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Solomons
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
New Georia
U.S
Police kill 17 year old in Oxford home defense claim
Assistant Police Chief J. L. Cash reports Ira Lee Allen, 17, a Black youth, fatally wounded Johnny Daniel, 35, at the Allen home. Allen says he acted to defend his mother from an attack by Daniel.
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Oxford
Mar
J. L. Cash
Ira Lee Allen
Johnny Daniel
Allen
Daniel
House Passes Appropriations Measure As It Drives To End Session
RALEIGH March 2 The House advanced the 113 5 million general appropriation bill and opened debate on a 1 5 million supplemental measure as it pushes toward final adjournment this weekend. The Senate meanwhile approved bond and loan measures for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad and for matching federal funds and backed a constitutional amendment on notaries public. Senate actions included war bonus pay for pages and legislative staff.
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House
Appropriations
Raleigh
Senate
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
McKee of
Jackson
Hall of Fame
New York University
Sidney Lanier
North Carolina
John Kerr, Jr
General Assembly
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Public Hearing On Buses Taxi Franchises Set In Raleigh
In Raleigh on March 2 the House utilities committee scheduled a 4 p.m. public hearing on House Bill 653 to give cities within one mile of their limits power to franchise and regulate buses and common carriers. City managers oppose the measure, saying it would require city courts and quorum problems. The bill would codify current practice, not change it, according to committee chair Stanley Winborne.
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Raleigh
House Utilities Committee
Rep
Uzzell
Rowan
Henry Yancey
Durham
Robert Flack
Charlotte
E M. Curry
Philip Cocke
Asheville
George C. Franklin
League of Municipalities
Davetta Steed
League
Currie
The
Utilities Commission
Stanley Winborne
Winborne
Langer calls for probe into Viereck case
Senator Langer urges a Senate investigation into the prosecution of George Sylvester Viereck after the Supreme Court reversed his report failure conviction. He seeks a committee to review defense costs and jail time with potential compensation. Viereck faces possible release from District of Columbia jail.
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Washington
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Senate
George Sylvester Viereck
State Department
Pearl Harbor
Supreme Court
Langer
Justice Department
Viereck
Congress
District of Columbia
Allies Knock Down 25 Axis Warplanes
Allied HQ in North Africa reports 25 Axis planes shot down in one air day. In Tunisia the campaign saw Sbeitla captured, three miles of advance near Beja, and 600 Axis troops killed across three days. Additional French and American counterattacks near El Aroussa and Mejez el Bab-Goubellat claimed hundreds more Axis deaths.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Sbeitla
Beja
Tunis
Mediterranean
el Aroussa
Mejez-E-Bab-Goubellat
Touwabeur
Medjez-El-Bab
Rommel
Sbheitla
Kasserine
Feriana
Sbietlas
la Hencha
Sfax
Union Leaders Attack Rickenbacker on Absenteeism Claim
Atlanta march 2 union leaders attack Captain Eddie Rickenbacker for labeling absenteeism in war industries as sabotage. F C Crawford NAB president says unions smear a national hero instead of addressing the truth. Labor Secretary Perkins cites rising absenteeism and supports the claim. Crawford backs unions on bargaining but opposes strikes in wartime.
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Atlanta
Eddie Rickenbacker
F. C. Crawford
National Manufacturers Association
Georgia
Crawford
Rickenbacker
Perkins
Congress
N.A.M
AFL Aircraft Union Calls Second Meet
In San Diego on March 2 the AFL Aeronautical Industrial Lodge called a 24 hour second demonstration at Consolidated plant amid delayed War Labor Board decision on aircraft wage disputes. The union seeks a hiring wage of 95 cents an hour versus 62½ and urges full attendance of night and day shifts at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Wayne Morse said the board weighs the West Coast Aircraft Wage Stabilization Case before ruling.
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San Diego
Calif
War Labor Board
AFL
Consolidated
AFL Aeronautical Industrial Lodge
Boeing
Seattle
H. C. Brown
Brown
Wayne L. Morse
Labor Board
Washington
MacArthur Planes Ready to Greet 14-Ship Jap Convoy
Allied airmen await a Japanese convoy of 14 ships en route to Lae and other New Guinea bases as MacArthur’s forces aim to repeat a January 8–10 air battle that sank or damaged most of the transports and shot down many enemy planes. The push follows Allied advances that pushed Japanese forces back toward Salamaua and Lae.
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MacArthur
New Guinea
Associated Press
Lae
New Guiana
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Wau
Salamaua
Australia
Talasea
Racketeering Bill Fight Looms With Organized Labor
Congress weighed a national service act for men and women as a clash over an anti racketeering bill backed by organized labor loomed in the House. The Rules Committee cleared a vote on Hobbs bill, while lend lease extension and war mobilization topics drew attention on Capitol Hill. Secretary Knox commented on Germany and submarine activity as Roosevelt labored by telephone amid health concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Sabath
House Rules Committee
Hobbs
Knox
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Japan
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
United States
Broughton Plans Trip to Push H P Airplane Plant
Raleigh March 2 Gov J M Broughton plans to travel to Washington to present the High Point airplane plant proposal to President Roosevelt. The plant would cost about 10 million dollars with federal aid and engine priorities for cargo ships. Etheridge says North Carolina's delegation will be urged to back the effort as High Point furniture firms commit to labor hours.
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Raleigh
Mar
R. Bruce Etheridge
Conservation Department
Jd. Melville Broughton
Washington
High Point
Roosevelt
Etheridge
James Coad
North Carolina
Broughton
Small War Plants Corporation
The
War Production Board
High Point Furniture
Knox Questions Effect of Bombing Sub Bases on French Coast
Navy Secretary Knox said aerial attacks on German submarine bases along the northern French coast appear to be damaging subs by disrupting their base life, but he could not quantify direct hits or overall effectiveness. He estimated 300 to 400 subs available and noted the Atlantic situation had been stable.
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Knox
France
Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Mar
Navy
Atlantic
Bern
Switzerland
Australia
South Pacific
Congress
Showdown Vote Delayed on Farm Worker Induction Bill
The Senate Military Affairs Committee postponed a showdown vote on a bill to halt induction of farm workers, with War Department opposition noted. Testimony from Col. Lewis B. Sanders addressed farm labor shortages, while Rep Wadsworth urged mobilization, and debate centered on compulsory manpower and blanket draft deferments.
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Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Lewis B. Sanders
Sanders
Wadsworth
Reynolds
D-Nc
Congress
Senate
War Department
Manpower Commission
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