Miracle Gas Tourists Hail Florida Visit Amid Rationing Woes
Miami reports a growing tourist season as warm sunshine fails to soften farewells with visiting motorists labeled miracle motorists for stretching gasoline. Officials say extra ration allowances must come from home towns and local boards handle entitlements. A relief train carrying about 300 visitors arrived in Richmond after a long journey northward, with 600 aboard by Philadelphia.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Tizens
W. Butler
OPA
New York
Philadel
Richa
Death sentences passed on four at Algiers
The French concentration camp torture trial ended with death sentences for four defendants. Two others received life penal servitude, two got 10 years, and two 20 years. One was acquitted. The eleven faced charges of murder cruelty or complicity in crimes at a Vichy camp for foreign legion men and gas guards. The four condemned are Sgt Finidori Lt Xavier Santucci Sgt Raphael Dauphin and Otto Riepd.
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Algiers
Vichy
Foreign Legion
Finidori
Xavier Santucci
Srg Raphael Dauphin
Otto Riepd
Unmarried Mother Seeks Soldier Father For Quad Death
Norah Carpenter in Heanor Derbyshire reports the death of MacDonald, the youngest of her quadruplets born Monday, and asks that the soldier father Staff Sgt. William Thompson be notified. Thompson, visiting on leave from Pittsburgh, had discussed marriage and family with Norah, who says she wishes to marry him if possible. The other three babies were reported well.
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Esterday
Soler
Pittsburgh
Eleanor Thompson
Rgh
Aeftaff
Bill Thompson
MacDonald
Michael
Maureen
Madeleine
Nora Carpenter
R, Derbyshire
Englendter
Coaing
Heanor
Derbyshire
England
Norah Rose Carpenter
Red
Norah
William Thompson
Ellen Carpenter
Edith Matthews
Thompson
British Auxiliary Territorial Service
Nora
Italians Plan War Zone Strike Over Badoglio Victory
Italian labor leaders announced a 10 minute protest strike for tomorrow defying Allied orders. Aimed at Prime Minister Badoglio after Churchill endorsement, the action could lead to arrests under the Allied military government prohibition on strikes in war zones.
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Naples
Churchill
Badoglio
Communist
Socialist Action Parties
Russians Press On In Baltic Front Despite Thaw
Front dispatches report the Red Army widening gains around Pskov and Narva while pushing toward Ostrov and the Baltic ports. Berlin cites renewed drive toward Bobruisk and Minsk with by pass maneuvers toward Reval and Riga as weather limits combat.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Deee
Red Army
Sainte
Peipus
Anish
Pskov
Tred Sosh
Ostrov
Velikaya
Berlin
Bobruisk
Minsk
London
Bitebsk
Vitebsk
Narova
Tonia
Leonid Govorov
Leningrad
Russian Communiste
Gerov
Nacvum
Narva
Reval
Riga
Estonia
Latvia
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Rogachev Area
American Heavy Bombers Strike Reich for Second Day
Allied air forces bombed Germany for a second day with U S heavy bombers and British RAF escorts targeting industrial sites in the northwest and air bases in France. American Marauders attacked Amiens rail centers while bombers hit Stuttgart and Meulan Les Mureaux as daylight raids and night operations continued.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Germany
France
Paris
Albert
U. S
Jers
RAF
Air Ministry
Meulan-Les-Mureaux
Amiens
Both Is
Britain
Chartres
Cross Channel
Stuttgart
Nouncement
Europe
Tires Destroyed at Witt Tire Company
Fire destroyed about 200 tires at the Witt Tire Company's Charlotte establishment causing an estimated 30 000 to 40 000 in damage. S. D. Carmichael vice president said many tires were awaiting retreading and about 100 new truck tires were saved.
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Charlotte
Witt Tire Company
S. D. Carmichael
Ageless couple on welfare save for old age
Ageless Des Moines report notes an 82 800 welfare balance for a couple in their nineties found on the social assistance rolls. When asked why they did not spend it they replied they were saving it for their old age.
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Des Moines
Counter Attack Launched By Japs In Burma
New Delhi reports Japanese counterattacks 4 miles north of Akyab Burma while West Africans press southward amid resistance near Apaakwa. Allied actions include mop ups in Neakyedaus, liquidation of isolated Japanese near Ngakyedauk, Chinese forces surrounding a small Japanese unit in Northern Burma, and air raids on Prome Buthedaung and bomber sweeps over Mayu and Arakan areas.
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New Delhi
Akyab
Burma
Apaukwa
Apaakwa
Neakyedaus Pass
Suse
Ngakyedauk
Chin Hills
Banae
Prome
Strategic Command
Buthedaung
Mayu
Arakan
Willkie Says Democrats Are Falling To Pieces
Wendell L. Willkie says the Democratic Party is breaking apart and Roosevelt has lost power to unite the party for war planning and postwar peace. In a national radio address announcing his Republican candidacy he urged decisive unity by the party’s convention.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Willkie
Greeks Agree to Unite Against German Invaders
In Cairo on March 3 a Greek civil war truce ends hostilities between Zervas and Elas bands. They pledge joint action against the Germans with British and American liaison officers. The pact calls for immediate ceasefire and release of all prisoners within 15 days.
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Cairo
Greece
Andartes
Zervas
Edes
Elas
Mars
German Envoy Deserts Hitler Regime Explains Turn
Erich Vermehren former German assistant military attaché in Istanbul who fled to Allied lines and joined the anti Nazi forces speaks in Cairo. He says conscience drove his break with National Socialism describing its lies oppression and the destruction it brings to Germany and to its people.
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Erich Vermehren
Istanbul
Vermehren
Associated Press
Cairo
Germany
National Socialists
Roosevelt Discusses Italian Fleet Transfer to Russia
President Roosevelt said talks are about halfway complete on transferring roughly one third of Italy s surrendered fleet to Russia. He noted Edward R. Stettinius will travel to London to discuss with Britain many questions. The Allies already use some surrendered ships and aim to determine how many ships or their equivalent can go to the Russian navy while the war lasts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Edward R. Stettinius
London
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Marshal Stalin
Balearic Islands
Rome Railways Raided Again By Americans
Allied air force reports heavy bombers attacked Rome today targeting Lit torio Tiburtina freight yards and Viterbo airdrome 35 miles north. Early summaries say yards were well covered and the drome bombing was effective with escorts present. It marks the fourth major Allied air raid on the Eternal City, whose rail yards feed both beachhead and Fifth Army fronts.
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Naples
Rome
Mediterranean
Allied Air Force
Littorio
Tiburtina
Viterbo
Vatican City
Italy
Lonergan Murder Trial Ended By Judge Contempt Action
New York March 3 Judge Freschi halted the Lonergan first degree murder case by dismissing the jury and giving Defense counsel Edward Broderick one week to show cause why he should not be cited for contempt. District Attorney Hogan moved to send all records to the appellate divisions for action and said a new trial date would depend on contempt proceedings.
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New York
Wayne Lonegran
Edward V. Broderick
General Sessions
John J. Freschi
Frank 8. Hogan
Still Hopes for Finland Peace Advances
Acting Secretary of State Ed Stettinius said the United States still hopes Finland will exit the war. He avoided details on Russo-Finnish peace prospects but indicated negotiations might still succeed.
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Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
United States
Finland
German Assault At Anzio Sea Beachhead Fails
Allied HQ in Naples reports a costly German drive into the Anzio beachhead collapsed after final assaults with air and artillery support. Third Infantry Division bore the brunt of the attack, suffering heavy losses while Allied defenses remained intact.
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Naples
Anzio
Mark W. Clark
Carreceto
Cisterna
Mediterranean
Carroceto - Velletrino
Democracy Meets Greatest Trial Says Broughton
Governor J M Eton of North Carolina spoke at the Century club in Coral Gables praising democracy through war and predicting democracy will spread worldwide. He warned against complacency and warned that postwar plans risk lives and could threaten victory's benefits.
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Broughton
Coral Gables
Fra
J. M. Eton
North Carolina
Century Club
Walace
Bro
America
Allied Sinkings Halt Shipping to Formosa and Hongkong
A Japanese prisoner reports Allied air and submarine actions sunk nine ships totaling 75 000 tons and forced suspension of shipping between Formosa and Hongkong plus disrupted service from the Japanese homeland. Three 5 000 ton steamers were sunk two by marines and one by planes, prompting a three month travel route from Japan to Formosa.
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Chungking
March
J,nese
Formosa
Pan
W. Stilwell
Formosa-Hongkong
Japan
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