Allied Sixth Army Drives on Los Negros and New Britain Fronts
Allied dispatch says Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixth Army advanced on Los Negros in the Admiralty group and pushed from Momote toward Salam and Porlaka as ships bombarded surrounding islands. Bombers and fighters pounded Rabaul on New Britain and coastal targets on the Willaumez peninsula, while American destroyers shelled northern Solomons approaches.
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Pacific
Mount Pet
Walter Krueger
Sixth
Bismarck Sea
Allied Headquarters Comique
Los Negros
Admiralty Group
Iles
Cape Gloucester
Newin Island
Umer Peninsula
Rabaul
New Britain
Jalasea
Willaumez Peninsula
Tobera
Los Negros Island
Navy Seagues
Momote
First Cavalry Division
Salam Plantation
Porlaka
Seadler Harbor
Manus Island
Hauwei Island
Sile
Talasea
Cape Hoskins
Riebeck
Stettin
Torokina
Empress Aut Bay
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Repatriates From Germany Expected To Arrive Mar 15
The liner Gripsholm bringing Americans home from Germany will reach New York harbor late Tuesday and dock in Jersey City about 9 a.m. EWT on March 15. The disembarkation period should last about 48 hours. Relatives are urged to contact the American Red Cross for meetings while only passengers and officials may be on the pier during embarkation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gripsholm
Germany
New York Harbor
Jersey City
American Export Lines
War Shipping Administration
American Red Cross
War Ends Bring Global Job Boom Now 130 Million Need Work
ILO projects more than 130 million jobs must be found worldwide after the war as peacetime economies resume. The draft plan, to be discussed at an April Philadelphia conference, asks governments to enact measures funding postwar employment and social protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International Labor Office
ILO
Philadelphia
Germany
Edward J. Phelan
United States
Roosevelt
CIO
AFL
Bulgaria calls up additional troops in fight near Sofia
A Budapest dispatch said Bulgaria called up more Geers after a visit by German Balkan commanders to Sofia and the discovery of a large cache of armaments hidden by partisans. Strongly armed partisan bands are near Sofia and Bulgarian troops have begun a major offensive. After a clash in which 150 partisans were killed, regulars found guns and supplies to equip four regiments and a radio station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Bulgaria
Sofia
Basler Nachrichten
Budapest
Japs Used Cables Freely Prior To Pearl Harbor
Washington March 8. Japanese naval forces near Pearl Harbor before the December 7 1941 attack probably got military and weather information via uncensored cables. FCC Chairman James Fly testified to a House committee amid clashes over alleged government gagging. Fly said the commission surveilled for weeks without finding illicit short wave stations and noted radio intelligence would be extremely valuable to a task force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
James L. Fly
Federal Communications Commission
Lonstant
Fly
House
Compan
Rep
Miller
R-Mo
Naval Academy
FCC
Magnuson
D-Wash
Navy Yard
War Today Brims With Burma India Front and Indian Strife
The report notes American troops with Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill alongside Chinese forces in Burma as a prelude to a large India Burma offensive. It highlights famine relief in Bengal and a continuing death toll, plus political deadlock between Britain and Indian nationalists over dominion status and release of leaders. Nationalists argue the postwar charter should apply to orientals as well as the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Merrill
Burma
Japan
India
Bengal
Bay of Bengal
Valley of Death
Dominion
All India ‘Congress
Doug Fairbanks Jr Awarded Silver Star in Salerno Action
Allied Headquarters in Algiers reports Lt Cmdr Doug Fairbanks Jr received the Silver Star for meritorious conduct during the Salerno landing. He was among 19 Navy officers honored in the Mediterranean theater by Vice Admiral H. K. Hewitt for actions in the North West African area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Algiers
Cmdrae Fairbanks, Jr
Salerno
Fairbanks
Navy
Mediterranean
H. K. Hewitt
U. S
Northwest African
Russians Push Toward Lwow As Ukraine Battles Mud
Field dispatches report Red Army advances near Lwow while fighting climate soaked terrain slows German counterattacks in Ukraine. Allied efforts include heavy air raids on Rome and Toulon as German positions and supply lines face relentless pressure.
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Red Army
Weentah
Ukraine
Red Star
Odessa-Warsaw
Fritz von
Mannstein
Black Sea
Moldavia
Zhukov
Lwow
Rumania
Turkey Seeks Partial Pact With Britain Amid Delivery Shortfalls
Ankara reports Turkish editors meeting Foreign Minister NumAn Memmenoglu indicate Turkey wants to bridge gaps with Britain while noting wartime supply deliveries lag promises. Britain pledged 25 million pounds in aid within six months, but only about 19 million arrived, with later promises delivering four percent.
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Ankara
Mar
Turkey
Britain
Numan Menemencioglu
London
Churchill
British naval raid finds new anti invasion guns on Atlantic Wall
London dispatch reports a light naval force near Holland coast uncovered additional defense measures along the German Atlantic wall. The positions now include short range rocket guns and automatic cannons set for pointblank fire against assault waves.
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London
Holland
Atlantic Wall
Allied Blockade Of Aegean Is Effective
Cairo reports the Allied blockade of the Aegean Sea has sunk or damaged about 60 German ships last month. The action has created a desperate food shortage in the Aegean islands and prompted German troops to refuse perilous journeys from Crete to the mainland.
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Cairo
Aegean Sea
RAF
Aegean
Crete
Local Army Doctor Advanced to Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Dr Phillip B Davis of High Point visiting friends learned yesterday he was promoted from major to lieutenant colonel He is with the Army Medical Corps and attaches to General Torney Seagee Palm Springs Calif Dr Davis will address the Medical Staff of the Boulevard Unit of High Point Memorial Hospital next Monday at 8 pm at the hospital
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Phillip B. Davis
High Point
Davis
Army Medical Corps
Torney
Seagee
Palm Springs
Calif
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Senate group drops contempt cite in Daniels case
A Senate agriculture subcommittee abandoned a motion to cite Presidential Assistant Jonathan Daniels for contempt after he answered questions about efforts to oust Harry E. Slattery as REA administrator. Daniels said he sought Slattery’s resignation and noted White House involvement, with Slattery refusing the offer of another post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Agriculture
Jonathan Daniels
Gillette
Iowa
SEC
Daniels
Harry E. Slattery
White House
Slattery
Roosevelt
Carroll Reedy
Reedy
Driver Rescued After Truck Rollover Into River
Franklin Va March 8 A C War ter 47 of Raleigh was rescued from a truck that left a bridge and plunged into the Blackwater River. He received treatment at Raiford Hospital for a severely sprained back.
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Franklin
Co. C. Warter
Raleigh
Blackwater
Raiford Hospital
Ten International Postwar Conferences On Schedule
Diplomatic work for the postwar world is under way with at least ten conferences planned or in preparation. The Anglo American oil talks will likely precede others and Stettinius says Britain and the United States will discuss petroleum in Washington soon. Executive plans cover a Persian Gulf to Mediterranean oil pipeline and an international currency unit proposal under Treasury oversight. An ILO meeting is set for Philadelphia on April 20 and a UN FAO interim commission report on a food board nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Lewis Washington
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius
London
Stettinius
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Ickes
Bly
United Nations Monetary Conference
Treasury Department
Pinehurst
N. C
Treasury
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
ILO
League O Nations
Montreal
United Nations Food and Agriculture Interim Commission
U S Bombers Hit Berlin in Daylight Raids Bulletin
Allied air forces pressed the daylight Berlin campaign with B 17 and B 24 formations dropping hundreds of thousands of bombs and incendiaries on the German capital. Reports say more than 350 000 incendiary bombs and over 10 000 explosive bombs were used amid heavy fighter escort and radar blackouts as U S and RAF crews targeted industrial districts and railroad yards.
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London
U. S
Berlin
Hitler
Lin
United States Air Force
Eighth Air Force
AAF
Ascan
Many
Mada
RAF
France
Urauder
Holland
Get Dio
Ameri
Rafers
American forces link with Chinese and U S troops in Burma action
New Delhi reports American trained Chinese and United States infantry joined in upper Burma near the W bum area under Lt Stilwell. The forces reportedly close on Japanese lines of communication and inflict heavy casualties as they engage in joint fighting against Japanese troops.
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New Delhi
Bum
Upper Burma
Seph W. Stilwell
Hum
U. S
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Cae
RED Cross
J. Melville Broughton
Max E. Meisel, Jr
Sheraton Hotel
Meisel
Southwest Pacific
Henry A. Foscue
Red Cross War Fund
Broughton
Horace S. Haworth
G. I. Humphries
Oliver Blanes
Briti Naval Construction
Lyttelton
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Silver Star
Reds
Toulon
Rome
Florence
Cewaar
Orsogna
Santo Stefano
Italian
Riviera
Sgt
Fredennings
Fortress
Whitmire, S. C
Senate Group
Fdr
U.S
Gladwin Hill
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