Bombed British Planes Hit Renault Factory Belt
British bombers attacked war plants in German occupied zones in a moonlit raid. The Paris area saw damage including the Renault factory at Le Havre and other munition works as authorities reported casualties and destruction amid intensified Allied pressure on Hitler’s war industry.
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Associated Press
Ris
Germany
London
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Paris
Ge Renault Motor
Hancourt
Renault Tory
Manu
Soviet spring offensive looms as fronts tighten at Moscow
War dispatches from Moscow report Bolshevik forces preparing to unleash a major spring offensive while snowbound fronts limit movement. Nazis claim Moscow uses propaganda to disguise plans but analysts note growing Soviet momentum as Europe braces for a decisive clash. Britain mobilizes commentary as the two powers gear up in the widening conflict.
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Hitler
Britain
Snowbound North Carolina towns dig out after record storm
Western North Carolina slowly reopened as snow and sleet storms broke records. Asheville and Boone area saw 15 to 22 inches, with rescues and transportation resuming after days of isolation. Schools closed, highways being cleared, and high winds continued in Blue Ridge towns.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Asheville
Banner Elk
Boone
Winston- Salem
Mount Airy
Elkin
Wilkesboro
Blue Ridge Mountains
Sparta
Ring Tightens Around Trapped Nazi Army at Staraya Russa
Soviet communique claims about 50 enemy resistance centers destroyed and 650 Allied officers and men killed in Leningrad front offensive. In two days 2,000 German troops reportedly killed. Kalinin and Leningrad fronts suffer heavy losses as Staraya Russa sector encirclement tightens around 96,000-plus forces.
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Staraya Russa
Moscow
Leningrad
Kalinin
Critics say UN defense strategy lacking risk readiness
Washington dispatch reports younger naval officers criticize cautious Allied defense posture. They argue axis tactics press the war, and public claims of invulnerability are flawed. Kinmel and Short cited to court martial. delays blamed on prewar unpreparedness. Continued on Page 3.
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Washington
Ray Tucker Piar
United Nations
Ardennes
Malaya
Singapore
Sumatra
Hawaii
Kinmel
Short
Rome Reports Italian Submarines Off U S Coast
Rome official says Italian submarines are operating off the United States coast and sinking merchant ships. The claim marks Italy’s first public assertion of such activity, contrasting with prior Nazi notices that listed only German U-boats in the Western Atlantic.
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Rome
High Command
United States
U.S
Atlantic
Edward O Hares Ace Overnight Named Ace After Six Downed Planes
Edward H O Hares Navy service marked him as Ace after a busy Western Pacific afternoon units claim six Japanese planes shot down. The 28 year old, previously known as Butch and Nero, trains at Pensacola and Annapolis, with his proud mother Selman and late father Edward J O Hares remembered. A separate Philadelphia note reports a missing gold watch from an income tax day incident.
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ST. Louis
Edward H. O'Hare
Navy
Western Pacific
Eddie O'Ware
Nero
Western Military Academy
Alton
Butch O'Hare
Pensacola Naval Station
Annapolis
Selman
O'Hare
Hare
Edward J. O'Hare
Chicago
Ae Setnet
Surprise Blow Destroys Two Big Jap Ships
In a surprise air strike by General MacArthur's force on Subic Bay, two large Japanese ships of 10 000 and 8 000 tons were destroyed along with two 100 ton motor launches. Many smaller vessels damaged and fires lit at Olongapo docks and Grande Island. Ground activity in Bataan limited. no other area reports.
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Washington
Mar
Douglas MacArthur
Subic Bay
Bataan
War Department
Olongapo
United States Naval Station
Grande Island
St. Philippine Theater
MacArthur
Freighter Sunk In Collision Near Lewes Breakwater
A British freighter of 3915 tons was rammed and sunk by a 93090 ton tanker just outside Lewes Delaware breakwater. Five men are missing. The Gypsum Prince sank after colliding with the Voco around 6 am EWT. Six men were rescued from a raft and 13 more, including the pilot, were saved by coast guard boats. The Voco is owned by Standard Transportation of London and chartered by Socony Vacuum Oil.
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Philadelphia
Lewes
Delaware
Fourth Naval District
Voco
Coast Guard
Standard Transportation Company of London
Socony Vacuum Oil Company
Thousands of AEF troops land in Northern Ireland
U S soldiers arrive in a Northern Ireland port to reinforce the force already in Ulster. The landing was routine and kept private until troops and equipment were dispersed across six counties. Midwesterners predominate, with some troops from other regions, as a veteran colonel commands the unit. Master Sergeant Dorrance Mann is the first man ashore.
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Rice Yvahner
U. S
Northern Ireland
United States
Ulster
AEF
Europe
Middle West
Russell P. Hartle
Dorrance Mann
Council Bluffs
Town
Washington
War Department
Men With Dependents May Qualify for Officers' Commissions
Raleigh March 4 A policy update from the state selective service headquarters states that registrants deferred due to dependents will be given a chance to qualify as officer candidates by volunteering for induction. Adjutant General J. Van B Metts explained that dependents holders can obtain commissions if they meet the standards.
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Raleigh
Mar
State
Selective Service
J. van B. Metts
Allies Struggle as Japan Presses Java Breakthrough
Allied forces, numbered at about 50,000 with few American and British troops, face new Japanese gains as mechanized units advance west of Soerabaja and strike toward Batavia. Dutch reports warn of heavy losses as navies take a crippling blow while scorched earth defense measures are already in effect.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Japan
Java
Tokyo
Soerabaja
Batavia
Bandoeng
United Nations
Indies
London
N.E.I
Darwin Again Raided By Jap Air Force
In a Sydney report dated March 4 Prime Minister Curtin announced another Japanese raid on Darwin. The air communique said enemy naval fighters damaged waterfront and RAAF installations but caused no casualties. The attack followed two raids yesterday on the Australian mainland noting some casualties at Broome and no fatalities at Darwin or the west coast.
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Sydney
Australia
Darwin
John Curtin
United Nations
Pacific
Broome
RAAF
West Coast
Wyndham
Navy Blasts Sixteen Heavy Jap Bombers In Spectacular Fight
A Pacific fleet task force blasted 16 heavy Japanese bombers in a running duel west of the Gilbert Islands. Only two attackers escaped while American planes and anti air defenses inflicted prohibitive losses. The engagement signals a westward reach toward Palau Truk Yap and Ponape as carrier based fighters pressed the action.
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Navy
Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Japanese Mandate Islands
Caroling Islands
Ponape
Truk
Yap
Polew
Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Ernest J. King
U. S
Helfrich Resigns As Naval Chief
London report says Vice Admiral C E L Helfrich steps down as commander of the Netherlands Indies naval forces. Acting Rear Admiral J J A Van Staveren takes over. Lieut Gen Hein Ter Poorten to command land forces after Gen Archibald Wavell departs. Gov Gen A W o L Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwers retains civil authority.
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London
C.E. L. Helfrich
Netherlands Indies
J. J. A. van Staveren
Netherlands
Hein Ter Poorten
Archibald Wavell
United Nations Southwest Pacific
A. W.ol Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwers
East Indies
Helfrich
United States
Thomas C. Hart
Java
Helftich
Royal Netherlands
Java Sea
Aerial Attacks Slow Jap Drive Across Burma
London reports sharp Allied aerial attacks have slowed the Japanese drive across Burma. A military commentator says the invaders are held at a standstill with no front-line changes and have not crossed the Sittang river, retarded by daily rough handling from British and American volunteer fliers.
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London
Burma
Sittang
British Claim Success in Fight in North Africa
Cairo March 4 A British column has successfully engaged German forces south of Tmimi in the Libyan battle zone the headquarters communique announced today The RAF supported the British advance force and artillery fire forced the withdrawal of several anti aircraft posts and patrols
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Cairo
Tmimi
RAF
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Red Army
Leningrad Front
N. C
Nation
Pease Tehimd
TAL
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Edward Ca
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Uncle Sar
U. S. Fliers
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