Six Dead Many Injured In Frisco Train Crash
Six people died and at least 45 were hurt in a head on crash of two Frisco passenger trains near Granby Missouri. Four dead were soldiers. two were Will Rogers crew members en route from Oklahoma City to St Louis. Twenty five Will Rogers passengers were injured. many soldiers hurt on the second train. Fireman M. McAlester leaped free. Telegrams say a signal mixup caused the collision.
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Arens
Granby
Granby Depot
Oklahoma City
St. Louis
Herschel Napier
Springfield
William Weldon
Porter
Will Rogers
Frank Reed
Luther Erie
Tulsa
M. McAlester
Lester Powers
Ed Chapman
Otho
Frisco
British Hit Jap Positions In Pegu Area
British armored forces attacked enemy positions in the Pegu area 54 miles northeast of Rangoon amid mortar fire. Japanese reinforcements were crossing the Sittang above Pegu as RAF strafing continued. Bombers penetrated into Thailand raiding railheads with enemy stores. If Pegu falls, the next move likely would be to seize the junction of Burma's two trunk highways near Gegu and Prome.
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Associated Preys
Mandalay
Pegu
Rangoon
Sittang
RAF
Thailand
Burma
Gegu
Prome
Prome Rangoon
Tropics
London
Malay Peninsula
Simpson Sees Little Hope Of Early Victory
In the Pacific four months into World War II the United Nations face retreat as Japan advances from Hong Kong to Rangoon. Singapore’s loss shifts defense to Java and Burma, ruptures the Burma Road, and threatens oil supplies, with tankers needed across oceans to sustain Allied forces. The note of limited oil from Dutch wells contrasts with renewed reliance on Western Hemisphere sources as Axis submarines menace Atlantic shipping.
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Kirkel. Simpson
Pacific
United Nations
Bataan
Dava
Dutch Indies
Hong Kong
Manila
Singapore
Rangoon
Winston Churchill
Britain
Prince of Wales
Great Britain
China Sea
United Nation Front
Australia
Burma
Johore Strait
Java
China
Japan
Atlantic
Caucasus
Richmond County Sheriff Convicted Of Liquor Charge
A Federal court jury convicted Sheriff E B Morse of Richmond County Chief Deputy Ed Baxley Deputy Sheriff Cliff Itten and two former deputies of conspiracy to violate internal revenue laws in Rockingham. Penitentiary sentences were imposed on Deputy Dutton and former Deputy Paige A Gaddy. Fines were levied on Sheriff Morse and former Deputy W Jenn Baxley. Deputy Baxley faced a $500 fine or one year and one day in Petersburg penitentiary.
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Rockingham
E. B. Morse
Ofichmond County
Ed Baxley
Cliffitten
Dutton
Ormer
Paige A. Gaddy
Georgetown
S. C
Envy
Theheriff
W. Jenn Baxley
Baxley
Federal
Petersburg
Free French Strike Penetrates Fezzan South of Tripoli
Free French forces under Gen. Leclerc struck from Chad into the Fezzan desert region south of Tripoli, reporting capture of an enemy position after heavy fighting. The action disrupts Axis defense lines while expanding UN supply routes from Duala to Cairo. Italian prisoners and material were seized.
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Cairo
Fezzan
Tripoli
Chad
Libya
Fezcan
Tripolitania
United Nations
Duala
French Equatorial Africa
Sudan
Fezgan
Cirenaica
Leclerc
Cameroons
Attempt To Cut Farm Bill Faces Strong Resistance
The House floor blocks an economy bloc bid to trim the 895,000,000 agriculture appropriations bill while the administration rejects a compromise in the fight over selling government surplus crops below parity. Parity pricing would keep farm commodity buying power at base-period levels, usually 1909 to 1914. A hot showdown is anticipated in the prolonged debate.
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Washington
White House
Girl Guerrillas Make Life Hard For Nazis
Moscow reports describe Lidla 21 and Katia 23 as guerrilla fighters behind German lines. They armed with heavy weapons and led a unit of about 30, claim to ambush a German supply train and mine roads before engaging with sub machine guns. They praise the Red Banner decoration for their actions and resilience amid winter harassment.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
Lidla
Katia
Red Army
Chinese Predict Japs Will Strike At Siberia Soon
The Associated Press reports that China and Switzerland speculate on future moves in Europe. Chungking papers expect Japan to send Naotake Sato to Kuibyshev as peace envoy while planning a Siberian strike. Swiss reports describe a Russian triangle defense around Caucasus and Rostov oil fields to deter a Nazi spring offensive.
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Siberia
Russia
Caucasus
Associated Press
Europe
China
Switzerland
Chungking
Japan
Naotake Sato
Kuibyshev
Saburo Kurusu
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Rostov
Voorhis protests US troop movement news censure
Representative Voorhis protested a London datelined dispatch about U S transports in the South Pacific. He argued censorship should restrict such reports if they threaten Allied safety but urged Americans to learn the news from American press sources. Secretary Knox said the matter is being vigorously checked.
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Washington
Voorhis
D-Cal
House Today
London
United States
South Pacific
Knox
Dispatch
Alleged Saboteur Arrested By Federal Agents
Nashville report says Joseph Frank Weiss 31 an aircraft worker was arrested in Memphis and charged with sabotaging a Marine Corps airplane at Quantico Virginia. FBI agent Kuhnel said Weiss discharged February 16 for pro German attitude and curiosity about the air corps. A U S commissioner at Alexandria issued the warrant and a second at Nashville. Weiss came to Nashville with his wife and child.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. F E. Kuhner
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joseph Frank Weiss
Marine Corps
Quantico
Kuhnel
Memphis
Weiss
FBE
Allied Offensive Is Expected Soon By Australians
Australians report from London that great convoys of American troops are moving toward Australia as Allied leaders plan an offensive from Australia and India to push Japan back to Tokyo and Yokohama. government officials say the U N forces are assembling maximum strength in the Southwest Pacific to strike, while Java and the Netherlands East Indies theater underscores urgency to hold Australia until the planned offensive matures.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
London
Pacific
Washington
India
Tokyo
Yokohama
John Beasley
Sydney
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Daily Mail
United States Pacific Fleet
New Guinea
Wake Island
Minamitori Shima
Marcus Island
United States Navy
Burma
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Another Air Raid Alarm In Honolulu
Honolulu endured a 67 minute air raid alert with no hostile planes spotted as army detectors warned of unidentified elements at sea. Radios were silenced and civilians took shelter while defense units posted to their posts after the warning.
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Honolulu
Mar
Japan
United States
Hawaiian Islands
Amny
Hawaii
Brazil Threatens Retaliation Over Japanese Embassy
Rio de Janeiro dispatch reports Brazil accusing Japan of occupying its embassy in Tokyo and detaining Brazilian diplomats. Brazil says it will mirror measures against Japanese diplomats in Brazil, as Itaro Ishii's residence is guarded and exit from Japan’s diplomats is restricted.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Japan
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Italy
Itaro Ishii
Legal To Give War Secrets To Allies Of U S
Washington lawmakers learned that in reenacting the 1917 espionage law they made it illegal for government officials to supply military information to Allied and enemy nations, with the death penalty as a maximum. A Senate committee plans to rewrite the act as part of a war secrets bill.
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Washington
March
T—Pi
Congress
Austin
R-Vi
Senate
Death Toll Rises After Trunk Explosion Near Smithfield
A truck with 30,000 pounds of munitions exploded near Smithfield. Four people died and about 100 were injured as wreckage spread for miles. Bones were found in a hotel ruin and two occupants remained missing as authorities feared the death toll could reach six.
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Smithfield
Here
Selma
Kirby L. Rose
E. N. Booker
Goldsboro
George Stroupe
Gastonia
CCC
New Holland
Cecil E. Propst
Lawndale
Min
Nie Lewis
Raleigh
Buck Mitchell
Dunn
LU. S
Lewis
Stroupe
Propst
Mitchell
Bandoeng Thought To Be In Jap Hands
Bill Bom reports suspected Japanese control of Bandoeng as Dutch and Allied lines in Java show near collapse under Japanese bombardment. The piece notes scattered pockets of resistance remaining amid continuous attack.
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Bill Bom
Associated Press
Java
Australian Port Echoes American City Atmosphere
War correspondent Yates McDaniel of the Associated Press reports landing at Parth on Australia s southwest coast after a harried escape from Java. He describes the port as almost like an American city with uniformed Americans thronging the streets and singing songs such as Down By the Old Millstream and Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
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Parth
Australia
Coas
Java
Yates McDaniel
Associated Press
Millstream
Sigma Chi
Java battle escalates as Japanese sweep toward Indian Ocean
A wartime dispatch reports the Java theater near collapse as Japanese forces drive from the eastern beachheads to the Indian Ocean shore and toward Socorahaja. Despite dire fronts in Burma and the Philippines, Allied plans coalesce for a counteroffensive from Australia and India, with a blueprinted strategy to strike in the Southwest Pacific.
Military Picture Of Java
Military picture of Java reports Allied lines shredded with resistance near Bandoeng and Magelang. Japanese forces overrun western Java and encircle Bandoung while central Java ports and coast are smashed, the island cut in half. Eastern Java faces new threats from Bali landings and Jogjakarta area.
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Associated Press
Java
Enmbatiled
Bandoeng
Magelang
Malang
Soerabada
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Joseph L. Lockard
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Williamsport
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Simpson
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U. S
By Frank B. Gilbreti
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Wilhelmina
Indian Ocean
Socrahaja
Malaya
Indies
Philippines
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