Pacific war drive seen to stay ahead of schedule
Washington reports military leaders believe Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur can keep the Pacific offensive moving fast. They expect the Philippines campaign to gain momentum from Japanese weaknesses, while Burma operations lag due to terrain, supply issues, and interlocked command.
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Washington
High Command
Chester Witz
Douglas Macr
Philippines
Japan
Lord Mountbatten
Burma
Russians Smash Toward Pskov in New Soviet Gains
Moscow announced Soviet forces press toward the Pskov Ostrov rail line, capturing Panevo three miles east of the rail artery. In the north Red Army took heavily fortified positions to widen the Narva bridgehead as rains and mud slow front movements.
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Tom Warbrough
London
Moscow
Pskov
Warsaw
Panevo
Red Army
Narva
Stettinius Says Argentina Still Axis Espionage Base
Acting Secretary of State Stettinius accused Argentina of continuing as a base for Axis espionage and support. He indicated U S recognition of General Farrell’s regime is withheld until the situation improves and noted relations with Farrell’s government remain unsettled. He listed steps Argentina could take to improve ties, including expelling Axis diplomats and agents.
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Stettinius
Argentina
James D. White
Washington
Mar
Edelmiro Farrell
Farrell
Pedro Ramirez
Way
General Farrell
Mustangs Go Full Route On Assault Berlin Raid
Berlin was bombed by American B 17 Fortresses for the first time in the war as part of a daylight raid by the Eighth Air Force. Fourteen bombers and 26 fighters are missing with nine enemy planes shot down, as formations penetrated deep into eastern Germany.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Berlin
Germany
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Reich
Musees
Europe
France
RAF
British Forces Win Quick Gains in Burma Action
New Delhi reported British forces made limited advances on the Akyab peninsula in western Burma as they push to drive Japanese invaders from the area. Allied air forces continued bombing Japanese installations and supply lines across Burma, with a storming of positions 50 miles north of Akyab and repelling counterattacks.
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New Delhi
Akyab
Burma
Southwe Asia
United States
Lepke Dies in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Lepke Buchalter and two associates Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone were executed in Sing Sing for the 1936 murder of Brooklyn candy store owner Joseph Rosen. Weiss and Capone were executed after Buchalter as the trio faced the electric chair by 11:13 PM. Lepke’s wife Betty denied any plea for commutation and asserted his innocence in the Rosen murder.
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Ossining
N. Y
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss
Sing Sing
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
Weiss
Buchalter
Hoske
Bernard Martin
Capone
Jacob Katz
Rabbi Katz
Lepke
Supreme Court
Betty
Rosen
N. Y. State
Weiss, Capone
Harlan W. Rippey
Need 300000 Men Women For War Work
Washington March 4 A campaign to persuade 300000 men and women in land Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia to leave home towns and take war jobs elsewhere in the four state region was announced tonight. Henry E Triede war manpower commission director for the region said war contracts totaled more than 8 billion since the war began and the U S Employment Service must place 965000 more workers in war jobs this year with large-scale moves to acute labor shortage areas to meet war plant orders. About 60000 will transfer between states while the balance move from one community to another.
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Washington
Aign
Land
Virginia
Westerth Carolina
Columbia
Henry E Triede
War Manpower Commission
Triede
U. S. Employment Service
Truman Committee Praises Postwar War Industry Gains
The Truman committee reports a positive view of U S war production now over the hump. It notes new aviation steps including two Navy fighters the F7F and a BTD dive bomber and highlights civilian production potential and farm machinery to bolster the home economy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman War Investigating Committee
Senate
Truman
D-Mo
Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Kaiser-Hughes Aircraft Corporation
Bolivia Vows Friendship With Argentina Under Farrell
Bolivian Foreign Minister Jose Tomayo says Bolivia will maintain cordial friendship with Argentina's General Farrell government. He delivered March 1 a message from Bolivian President Villarroel to the Argentine ambassador signaling unchanged bilateral relations since the coup.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Jose Tomayo
Associated Press
Farrell
Argentina
Tomayo
Gualberto Villarroel
Italian Rule Pleased With Colombia's Action
The Badoglio government welcomed Colombia's decision to resume normal relations with liberated Italy and reestablish friendship. A statement noted Mexico's move to lift war era restrictions on Italian residents.
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Colombia
Naples
Badoglio
Italy
Mexico
Ponape Pounding Continues In Pacific Air Raids
U S Fleet Headquarters announces Liberator heavy bombers of the 7th Air Force bombed Ponape in the Eastern Caroline Islands on March 2 in a major raid. The force also attacked shipping and docks at Kusaie Island. Mitchell medium bombers and navy search planes hit two unnamed enemy bases in the Marshall Islands, delivering 17 tons of explosives.
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U. S
Pearl Harbor
7Th Army Air Force
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Kusaie Island
Navy
Marshall Islands
Nimitz
Lorengau Seadler Harbor
Buna
Uni States Navy
Beiat
Rabaul
Keravia Bey
Raan
Gasmata
New Britain
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Allies Retain Beachhead After Hurling Back Nazis
Allied Headquarters reports the beachhead south of Rome held firm after repelling German attacks. Three small offensives were hurled back in two days, weather limited operations, and 1,400 Mediterranean sorties targeted Nazi communications in northern Italy and Rome.
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Naples
Rome
Mediterranean Air Force
Italy
Daniels Says He Will Talk For Committee
Jonathan Daniels, a presidential administrative aide, said he is willing to appear and answer questions before a Senate agriculture subcommittee after discussing the matter with the president. Chairman Smith said the change settles the contempt proceedings and will convene the group to review Daniels’ letter.
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Daniels
Washington
Jonathan Daniels
Senate
Smith
Dsc
Agriculture Subcommittee
Black Market In Train Reservations Smashed By G Men
FBI director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of 31 persons in Miami and nearby areas in a nationwide drive to stamp out a black market in railroad reservations. Seventeen of the accused were railroad or hotel workers and one taxi driver. Officials say the group profited between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars a month by selling services to service members at inflated prices and even planned to buy a hotel with their gains. The probe, extending to the north and Pacific coast, will lead to federal prosecutions with potential penalties up to two years imprisonment and 5 000 dollars fine per violation. The Miami arrests involve Florida East Coast and local railroad staff. Continued on page 8 Sec A.
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Miami
Fla
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Pacific Coast
Florida
FBI
Miami Beach
Ernest L. Duhaime
Florida East Coast Railway
Roger Joseph Barreto
Larry L. Cole
Tressa B. Cunningham
James Frederick Dewhurst
Pacific War Fights Turn Tide on Los Negros Island
Allied forces wrest control of Los Negros in the Southwest Pacific with heavy casualties. American troops pushed through ridges, killing hundreds of Japanese and driving them from the Motot airfield as raids target Rabaul and Lorengau harbor.
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Hmeadquar
Southwest Pacific
D Sapesnel
Los Negros Island
Northeas
Bismarck Sea
Can
Rabaul
Solomons
New Britain
Sea Fortress
Momote Ai
Los Negros
Mote
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