Red Army Breaks Nazi Lines in Ukraine Offensive
Soviet dispatches report first Ukrainian Army under Marshal Zhukov cutting the Odessa Lwow railway and pushing from the Ovka area toward Lutsk and Belozerkan, disrupting German supply routes and forcing retreat. Stalin hailed the victory as 14 towns liberated and a major advance across a 112 mile front with heavy losses for the Nazis.
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Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Odessa-Lwow
Comoo
Rus
Jo Stalin
Stalin
Zhukov
Nikolai K. ‘Atutin
Pojons
Poland
Krovitsi
Lutsk
Belozerkan
Yesy
Berlin
Orthern
Red Army
Narova Ver
Estonia
Narva
Pskov
Baltics
Barents Sea
Finland
Ovka
Old Poland
Shepetovka Vishgorodok
Ternapi
Germans Suffer Terrible Losses At Beachhead
March 6 report says Germans endured about 24 000 casualties in failed assaults to wipe out the allied beachhead below Rome. Crack divisions were diverted to Italy, delaying a potential invasion across the English Channel while Cassino fortifications grow and weather hampers Italian operations.
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Edward Kenned
Beachhhead
Italy
Rome
English Channel
Eisenhower
Hermann Goering
Panzer Grenadiers
Channel
Goering
Anzio
Yugoslavia
France
Germany
Marshal Tito
Riviera
Cassino
Italian Citizens Trapped In Tunnel Tragedy
A total of 509 Italian civilians were killed by carbon monoxide when a freight train carrying hitchhikers stalled in a southern Italy railway tunnel. Brig. Gen. Carl R. Gray called the accident one of the most regrettable and unusual in railroading history.
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Naples
Aailway Tunnel
Italy
Carl R. Gray
St. Paul, Minn
E Allied Military Railway
Sersee
Americans first ground unit fights in Asia in Burma
Jungle hardened American soldiers, veterans of Guadalcanal and the Southwest Pacific, enter action in Burma. They launch a left flanking attack in the Hukawng valley, striking Japanese lines and encircling about 2,000 Japanese as Walawbum and Maingkwan fall to Chinese forces. The unit trains under Brig. Gen. Merrill in India and northern Burma.
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New Delhi
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Hukawng
Walawbum
Maingkwan
Asia
Frank Merrill
O. C. Wingate
Merrill
Joseph W. Stilwell
India
Japanese bomber wing reaches Caroline islands bases
Pearl Harbor reports indicate Japan has established bomber bases on the eastern Caroline islands, expanding range toward Kwajalein and Eniwetok in the Marshalls. This follows the third straight wing report, signaling increased American air and naval exposure to the region.
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Carolines
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
Marshalls
Japan
Caroline Islands
Statesville Truck Driver Found Dead
Ernest W. Gantt a 32 year old truck driver from Statesville North Carolina and employee of Davis Motor Lines was found dead in his truck cab beside route one about 25 miles north of Fredericksburg Virginia. Police said the engine had been running for hours and carbon monoxide gas is suspected as the cause.
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Fredericksburg
Ernest W. Gantt
Statesville
N. C
Davis Motor Lines
Here
L. K. Chittum
Gantt
White Paper Denounces Arabian Pipe Line Plan
A government white paper labeled Interior Secretary Ickes plan for a 1000 mile oil pipeline across Arabia as fascist and a signpost of dangerous power politics. The Petroleum War Council called the plan an invitation to international incidents and warned it could displace private enterprise amid a postwar oil dispute.
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Washington
Ickes
Arabia
Senate
Petroleum Industry War Council
Petroleum Administration For War
George A. Hill, Jr
Houston
Tex
Independent Petroleum Association of America
The
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Middle East
United States
Italy Surrenders Navy to Russia as War Shifts
Wartime analysis notes Italy hands a third of its navy to Russia amid shifting alliances. It warns Hitler’s regime was surprised and unadvised, while Badoglio’s prudence is highlighted. The piece discusses Turkey’s role and the broader aim to cripple Axis military power and punish war guilt.
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Russia
Hitler
Badog
Badoglio
Italy
Black Sea
Crimea
Turkey
Dardanelles
Aegean Islands
Mediterranean
Germany
Japan
America
Army Officer Goes Berserk With Revolver
Riverside Calif March 6 A lieutenant from Camp Anza unleashed a .45 caliber pistol killing at least one person and wounding two critically. He then killed Riverside officer Sim and wounded Ray Schiegel before being shot by Officer Cole. The attacker fled in a staff car during the chaotic incident.
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Riverside
Calif
Camp Anza
Army
Affai
Nestor Brule
Sim
Ray Schliegel
E. 8. Cole
Schliegel
Mrs Roosevelt Tours Florida Hospitals
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt visited two major Florida hospitals on a whirlwind tour. She began at Palm Beach inspecting Ream General Hospital with many wounded men, then flew to Miami to greet hundreds more at the Army Air Forces Hospital in Coral Gables.
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Miami
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Palm Beach
Ream General Hospital
Army Air Forces Hospital
Coral Gables
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Navys
More Yanks And Supplies At Los Negros
Allied headquarte rs report increased American troops and supplies landing on Los Negros in the Admiralties as Gen MacArthur says mopping up the Momote airfield continues. Japanese forces renew strength after defeat. fighting persists around the air field with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Southwest Pacific
Admiralties
Momote
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry
Lorengau
Manus Island
Los Negros Island
MacArthur
Seadler Harbor
Rabaul
Norah Carpenter in Derbyshire Hospital Favorable
Norah Carpenter a 23 year old mother of quadruplets remains in Derbyshire Royal Hospital where officials call her condition favorable after a difficult delivery that left one child deceased and her recovery under close supervision since Saturday night.
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Heanor Derbyshire
England
Norah Carpenter
Derbyshire Royal Hospital
Mal
Japs Offer Bonus for American Officers in China
A 14th U S Air Force report from Ward Base in China says Japanese gunmen have formed a band to assassinate American officers, especially fliers, offering 70 000 Chinese dollars about 35 000 in U S currency as a reward for killing a colonel or higher officer, according to Chinese military authorities.
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U.S. Air Force
China
Supreme Command for All U S Armed Units Proposed
Washington March 6 opinion favors a post war overhaul to create a single supreme command for the U S armed forces. Officials disagree on pattern and timing with theater commanders and staff planners too busy with war to decide. Proponents argue quick consolidation would reduce friction and political maneuvering. Continued on page fight.
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Supreme Command
U.S
Washington
Mar
Joint Chiefs of Staff
23 Injured As Havana Special Collides With Freight
A Miami to Havana Special and a northbound freight collide near Pompano injuring 23 people none seriously. The advance section carried service men and tourists. three cars derailed one damaged. Traffic blocked on the Florida East Coast line for hours. service resumed early today.
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Miami
Fia
New York
Pompano
Miami Ait
Florida East Coast Railway
Uruguay Postpones Farrell's Recognition
Montevideo sources said the Uruguayan government postponed a decision on recognizing Argentina's Gen Edelmiro Farrell regime. Both Uruguay and Paraguay weighed joining Chile and Bolivia in recognition a move that could affect Pan American solidarity.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Foreign Office
Dbh
Edelmiro Farrell
Paraguay
Chile
Bolivia
Farrell
Machinery Set Up For Soldier Ballots
Col. William T. Joyner, Raleigh chairman of the state board of elections, said complete arrangements are in place for soldiers to vote after the March 18 filing deadline. He told Governor Broughton that North Carolina soldiers at home and overseas will be allowed and encouraged to vote in the primary and general elections.
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Raleigh
William T. Joyner
State Board of Elections
Broughton
North Carolina
Zemurray Resigns From Fair Employment Post
President Roosevelt accepted today the resignation of Samuel C Zemurray of New Orleans from the Fair Employment Practices Committee and named Charles Horn of Minneapolis to succeed him.
Unemployment Crisis Seen If Policy Not Changed
The Truman committee warned of rising unemployment unless government barriers to civilian production are removed. It urged rapid repurposing of war plants to peace time manufacture and criticized the national service law while backing a clear government labor policy.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Truman Committee
Truman
Bd-Mo
Ferguson
Rmich
U S Giants Fly Through Fiery Lane
London reports describe a second U S heavy bomber raid on Berlin as part of a seven operations in eight days. German radio notes the attack crossed 350 miles from the Netherlands coast to Berlin with heavy fighter escorts and claims extensive anti air defenses.
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London
Berlin
Netherlands
Lin
Aes
RAF
Nort
France
Min Winston Churchill
Mosquios
Dingle M. Foot
Pas de Calais
Ewick
Germany
Zuider Zee
Heavel Lakes
Sin
U. S. Army
Finnish Envoy May Go Direct To Moscow
Stockholm dispatch says Juho Kivi former Finnish prime minister who negotiated 1940 armistice would travel directly to Moscow to discuss Russian armistice terms. It notes Paasikivi permits an eastward departure and cites Dagens Nyheter editorial speculation about Kivi gaining authority to negotiate peace due to Soviet rapport.
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Stockholm
Stockholm - Morgentidni
Juhokivi
Moscow
Paasikivi
Dagens Nyh
Pkivi
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By Preston Grover
Mrs. Roosevelt
Florida
Los Negros
Havana
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