Allied Push Near Rumanians Border in New Guinea Campaign
Allied forces press toward Japanese positions on Los Negros and along the New Guinea front as U S troops advance from airstrips toward airfields, with sustained bombardment of Bougainville and Rabaul surrounding points. The move follows a February 29 landing and aims to tighten the ring on Japanese garrisons in the Bismarck Archipelago.
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Southwest Pacific
United States
Tegic Los Negros
Bismarck
eairJtrome
Aiviera Lagoon
Aaeree Islands
Douglas
Madang
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
Seal
Rabaul
New Britain
Momote
Vson Field
Cuinfeleana
VA Riffies
Mannstein's Men Isolated In Ukraine
Moscow dispatches report the Red Army isolating German forces in Ukraine and threatening routes toward Poland. Weather impedes operations and railways connect junctions from Zhmerinka to Odessa while German units pull back.
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Mannstein
Ukraine
Moscow
Red Army
Rumania
Fritz von Mannstein
Poland
Star
Uni
Odessa-Warsaw
Bucharest
Zhmerinka
Silova
Odessa
Spain Refutes Claims of Nazi Air Bases on Its Shore
Madrid declares Tass reports of German engineers building secret airdromes on the Bay of Biscay coast are totally false. The foreign ministry states no such bases exist in Spain and that Spain remains neutral and loyal to its commitments.
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Madrid
Tass
Jaw
Foreign Ministry
Lisbon
Bay Biscay
Bil
Oviedo
Santander
Bay of Biscay
Spain
Daniels Admits He Asked Harry Slattery To Resign
Jonathan Daniels, administrative assistant to President Roosevelt, testified before a Senate committee that he urged Harry Slattery to resign as head of the Rural Electrification Administration after a personal inquiry into REA affairs. Daniels said Slattery was unwilling to quit and noted he spoke with the president before testifying.
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Washington
Jonathan Daniels
Roosevelt
Sena
Harry F Slattery
Rural Electrification
Daniels
Slattery
REA
Reb
Finland Awaits Soviet Armistice Reply Says Helsinki Desk
Stockholm March 7 Finnish government awaits word from Moscow on Finland’s reply to armistice terms. Aftonbladet Helsinki correspondent reports Finland has indicated some movement toward Russian terms and the report has Finnish censorship clearance.
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Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Aftonbladet
Helsinki
Congress Debates $50 Million for School Lunch Program
The House debated a possible $50,000,000 federal appropriation for locally sponsored school lunch projects. The agriculture committee backed the amendment to a farm bill. Rep. Tabor challenged its pertinency but was overruled.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Committee
Rep
Taber
Appropriations Committee
Japs Lose Heavily In Rabaul Battle
South Pacific air forces report 842 Japanese planes destroyed since December 17 to shrink Rabaul New Britain. Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch says Allied air forces suffered 174 losses in the same period.
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South Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Aubrey W. Fitch
Berlin Attack Cost U S 68 Big Bombers
London dispatch reports a major U S air assault on Berlin, with 176 Nazi planes shot down but 68 four engined bombers lost and 700 airmen dead. RAF night raids hit Trappes and German targets while Mosquito and Marauder escorts battled over the Reich in one of the war’s largest day battles.
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Richard RK. Kasischke
London
Berlin
I. S. Army
RAF
Trappes
France
Paris
Germany
U. S
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Reich
Air Ministry
Rome Faces Heavy Bomber Attack From Four-Engined Planes
Rome radio reported waves of four engined bombers attacking Rome today. Formations flew over the Ostiense and Trastevere districts at low altitude dropping explosives. Casualties are not yet tallied but appear very high.
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London
Rome
Ostiense
Trastevere
Draft Board Seeks Childless Volunteers
Union county selective service board two, facing quota pressure, posted a two foot sign in its window offering temporary, paid work for men without children. The notice lists clothing, maintenance duties and a $50 monthly wage with no permanent position.
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Union
N. J
Union County Selective Service Board Two
Pearl Harbor
U S Troops Join Chinese In N Burma In Joint Burma Push
American troops joined Chinese forces in northern Burma after a grueling 175 mile jungle march. They inflicted heavy casualties on Japanese and pressed toward Jambu Bum pass as Gen Merrill leads with Stilwell praising the collaboration.
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Burma
Jon
Asia
Merrill
Joseph Stilwell
Jambu Bum
Gen
Tokyo
Stilwell
U S Ambassador Meets Spanish Foreign Minister
U S Ambassador Carlton J. H. Hyes called on Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Gomez Jordana today to hear Spain’s reply on allied negotiations. Spanish sources described the developments as very favorable.
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Madrid
U. S
Carlton J. H. Hyes
Francisco Gomez Jordana
Spain
Panish
Sharp Patrol Clashes At Cassino Break Italian Lull
Allied forces clash with German troops inside Cassino as rain and mud slow both sides. American units repelled two small Nazi attacks near Cisterna on the beachhead while German efforts on other fronts were checked by allied artillery and Italian and Indian troops.
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Naples
Allied Trois
Cisterna
Rapido
Carroceto
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Ortona
Adriatic
Ifires
Kotor Bay
Lg Ogg
Allred I
Allied Convoy Losses Diminish in Second Half of 1943
London dispatch reports First Lord A V Alexander telling Commons total Allied convoy losses fell in late 1943. He warns Doenitz's U boats will keep trying to stage a comeback while noting the Mediterranean route to the east is in full use and valued at about a million gross tons.
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London
Alme
The
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Commons
Karl Doenitz
Alexander
Mediterranean
North
Africa
Italy
France
Japan
Germany
Europe
French Patriots Arrested by Germans in Paris Broadcast
A Berlin controlled Paris home radio says 24 French patriots were arrested in the past 48 hours for terrorist activities. Concurrently a British radio noted many Luxemburgers were taken into custody. The reports were recorded by U.S. government monitors in New York.
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New York
Paris
U. S
Submarine Force Key To Pacific War Says Nimitz
Admiral Chester Nimitz reported from Washington that American forces have occupied Majuro atoll in the Marshall Islands. He said submarines are delivering heavy toll on Japanese shipping, with bases captured accelerating submarine operations and overall Pacific progress.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Majuro Atoll
Marshall Islands
Pacifica
U. S
Majuro
Atoll
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Nimitz
Japan
Pacific
William F. Halsey
Raymond Spruance
Marc A. Mitscher
Richard K. Turner
Howard Smith
Marines
U S Plans to Seize Truk as Naval Base
Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane testified before the House Appropriations Committee that the United States intends to take over Truk, the Japanese naval stronghold. He said ship repair facilities will be needed, with most requirements by January 1945, as the defense bill hearings were released.
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U.S
Truk
Washington
United States
House Appropriations Committee
Edward L. Cochrane
Bureau of Ships
Cannon
D-Mo
Foreign Secretary says no statement on Turkish mission withdrawal
London March 7 Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden answered in Commons that the government has no statement to make at present regarding the withdrawal of the British military mission from Turkey.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Turkey
Rumania Bound London
Marshal Zhukov’s Ukrainian forces push toward the Romanian frontier after severing westward rail links as German forces fight back near Odessa Lwow Warsaw rail corridor.
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Rumania
London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Odessa-Lwow
Warsaw
Red Army drives westward as Zhukov cuts key rail line
Allied offensives press Hitler from east and west as Zhukov's new westward push severs the Lwow Odessa rail corridor near Volochisk east of Ta. German forces must pull back from the Bes border with a Balkan retreat likely, leaving communications to the Fatherland strained.
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Dembrovitsi
Volochisk
Tarnopol
Odessa-Lwow
Dnieper
Hitler
Russia
America
Berlin
Ain
Marshal Zhukov
L Odessa
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