Patrols Reach Near Faid Pass in North Africa
Allied reports say U S patrols contacted German forces three miles from Faid Pass as Rommel concentrates forces at the Mareth Line. British Eighth Army advances near Sedjenane and Beja, while Axis air and ground attacks threaten the Mareth position.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
United States
Faid Pass
Rommel
Mareth Line
Eighth Army
First Army
Sedjenane
Tunisia
Mareth
Tunisi
Tunis
Ote Tives
Gabes
Sidi Bouzid
Kasserine Pass
Smilar
Gafsa
German Tank Assaults in Tunisia Prove Costly
Beja Tunisia March 3 German infantry and tanks pressed a British line on the Tabarka Mateur road as the offensive incurred heavy losses. About 70 tanks were sent, with roughly 60 on the Mateur Beja front, and two battalions of infantry captured or killed. The effort weakened German forces and air power in the region as Allied bombers intensified operations.
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Beja
Tunisia
Tabarka-Mateur
Mateur-Beja
Bou Arada
Ionate
World War Fronts Sweep Forces Across Worlds
Southwest Pacific hm MacArthur fliers destroy 22 Japanese ships 15 000 troops and 55 planes in a major Pacific victory. Rommel shifts armor to Southern Tunisia to confront the Eighth Army as Allied withdrawal tightens near the sea. Red Army drives toward Moscow cities northwest and south. German broadcasts claim local breaches near Orel as Hamburg heavy air raids resume. British subs in the Mediterranean destroy seven enemy vessels and damage nine more.
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North Africa
Marshal Rommel
Tunisia
von Armin
Russia
Moscow
Orel
U S Flying Fortresses Attack Rotterdam and Hamm in Daylight Raids
Allied bombers attacked Rotterdam and Hamm in daylight as part of a round the clock offensive. Officials reported five bombers missing but at least 14 enemy planes destroyed. all returning with light damage. Berlin claimed seven American bombers shot down.
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U. S
Rotterdam
Hamm
Associated Press
London
Marcheens
Tresats
Hamburg
Netherlands
Berlin
DNB
Germany
Seven Escape Northampton Prison Camp
Seven prisoners escaped from the Northampton County prison camp by sawing a window bar. Two were recaptured, while five others including James J. Peterson Harrison Hester Eu gene Hester Williams Barker and Jacky Hamby remained at large. The escape followed the group sealing the fence and fleeing into nearby woods.
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Raleigh
Northampton County
Oscar Pitts
Nelms
Thomas
James J. Peterson
Harrison H. Williams
Eugene Hester
William David Barker
Jacky Hamby
Pitts
Barkley
Halifax County
Hester
Forsyth
Williams
Guilford County
Barker
Mecklenburg County
Peterson
Pitt County
New Hanover County
Jack Hamby
Meat and fats rationed under single coupon plan
Washington reports the government will ration meats butter margarine cheese lard and other fats under one set of coupons in ration book No 2 starting April 1 possibly April 15. Points will be interchangeable allowing any combination of these foods. Officials cite limited meat supplies and delays in new coupon books as reasons.
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Washington
Senate
Small Business Committee
Bismarck Sea
CAB Orders Airlines To Show Cause On Ten Percent Fare Cut
The Civil Aeronautics Board ordered 11 major airlines to show cause why passenger fares should not be reduced by ten percent. Airlines have suspended discounts and other special fares since July 1, raising average revenue per mile, with 15 days given to reply.
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CAB
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Kennedy son of Rocky Mount couple reported killed in England
Mr and Mrs R V Kenedy said the Canadian government informed them their son Sergt Pilot Van Kennedy Jr of the RCAF had been killed on duty in England. Details of his death were not provided.
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Rocky Mount
R. V. Kenedy
Sergt
van Kennedy, Jr
RCAF
England
FDR Prays as War Progress and Rationing Loom
President Roosevelt prayed for peace and victory on his tenth White House anniversary as war issues dominate the capital. lawmakers press national service and labor drafting while measures aim to increase production and fix absenteeism. Food rationing plans move to a single coupon system with potential April start. Allied reports claim a major New Guinea convoy was destroyed with significant losses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
New York Seizes Unstamped Meat Entering City
Six thousand pounds of meat not stamped or examined by federal or local inspectors were confiscated in the city’s first war ration food drill. Police and health inspectors halted meat trucks entering New York, with some meat described as inter state or slaughtered in the state. Seized meat was sent to hospitals and an additional 100 pounds condemned as unfit was turned over to the park department for zoo feed.
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New York
U. S
LaGuardia
Health Department
New York State
Park Department
Russians Push Nazis Fleeing From Rzhev
Soviet forces pressed the German army west of Kursk and toward Orel as Mainz reports confirm the fall of Rzhev and Lgov and advance to Dmitriev-Lgovsky, Konotop, and near Bryansk. Izvestia notes trenches, pillboxes, and wire defences. Russian offensives follow the Timoshanko push toward Staraya Russa.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Rzhev
Kursk
Orel
Berlin
Bryansk
Dmitriev-Lgovsky
Lgov
Konotop
Kiev
Ukraine
Brynsk- Lgov
Sumy
Kono
Izvestia
Velikkie Luki
Volga
Caspian Sea
Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Demyansk
Zaluchye
Valdia
Moscow Radio
Gandhi Ends Hunger Strike In Poona
Mohandas K. Gandhi ended a 21 day hunger strike in Poona and rested well overnight according to a government bulletin. He woke in good spirits this morning.
Allied Airmasters Smash 22 Japanese Ships in Bismarck Sea
Allied reports say 22 Japanese ships including 10 cruisers or destroyers were virtually annihilated in the Bismarck Sea with 15,000 Japanese bound for New Guinea wiped out almost to a man. The strike cost Allies three fighters and one bomber, while 55 enemy planes were shot down. First Lieut. Harlan Reid of High Point, North Carolina, distinguished himself in the mission.
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Harlan Reid
Bismarck Sea
Associated Press
Australia
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific Command
High Point
N. C
John Reid
Park Street
Pacific
High Point College
Harlan
Reid
Douglas MaceArthur
Comunique
Incredible Allied Victory Stuns Home Folks
From New Guinea March 3 delayed report describes Fifth Air Force crews celebrating a naval convoy attack in the Bismarck Sea. Officers say the victory is one for the books and the home front will hardly believe it until seen in papers.
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New Guinea
Fifth Air Force
Bismarck Sea
Five Assaults Made On Japs In Solomons
Navy communique reports five bombing raids on Japanese held positions in the Solomons area. Liberator bombers hit Kghili Buin Ballale Vila. Dauntless dive bombers attacked Munda on New Georgia, starting a fire. All U S planes returned.
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Washington
Solomons Islands
Munda
Navy
South Pacific
East Longititude
Kghili
Buin
Ballale
Vila
Solomons
U. S
Dauntless
Douglas
New Georgia Island
United States
Draft policy on fathers with dependents clarified by McNutt
War Manpower chief Paul V. McNutt announced local draft boards must await direct authorization from national headquarters before inducting men with dependent children. He said real restrictions applied only to men whose dependents arose after December 8, 1941 or when selection was imminent.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
National Selective Service Headquarters
McNutt
U. S
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Georgia
N. S. Weatherly
Royston
Allen Burton
Burton
Sinkwich
T. V. Rochelle
Globe Parlor
Rochelle
Jack
University of Georgia
The
Southwest Pacific
MacArthurs
Mediterranean
Northampton
FDR
Granville Clark
Charles E. Wilson
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