Red Army Drives to Dnieper River in Westward Push
Russian forces driving west of Moscow reached the Dnieper northwest of Vyazma and pressed the Germans across the waterway. German reports claim gains around Kharkov while evacuations west of Moscow continue under plan amid heavy combat near Orel and Staraya Russa.
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Moscow
Red Army
Sychevka
Dneiper
Vyazma
Communist Party
Pravda
Ukraine
Kiev
Dneiperopetrovsk
Black Sea
Gzhatsk
Associated Press
Kharkov
Russia
Valki
Lyuboton
High Command
Orel
Staraya Russa
U S Navy Says Solomons Stronger. Jap Supply Lines Strained
Secretary of the Navy Knox reported American forces are stronger than ever in the Solomons while Japan struggles to supply its island bases across the south Pacific. He noted shipping losses at the Bismarck Sea and successful American submarine campaigns as key factors in Japan's declining ability to reinforce bases.
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Washington
Knox
Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Japan
Solomons
United States
Munda
New Georgia Island
Pacific
Atlantic
Russia
William H. Standley
Moscow
Soviet Union
Liberators Hit Nuernberg In Western Raid
RAF bombers attacked Nuernberg and western Germany in a strong raid last night. Four motored Lancasters took part with Canadian squadrons involved. One German interceptor was shot down. seven bombers did not return. Nuernberg, a key Diesel engine center, suffered major damage to homes and public buildings.
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London
RAF
Nuernberg
Germany
Air Ministry
Bomber Command
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Messer
Europe
Rouen
Rennes
Compromises To Rums Tax Plan Rejected
Washington March 9 Two compromise plans to the Rumly skip a year income tax were rejected by the House Ways and Means Committee preserving deadlock over pay as you go taxation. The proposals would have abated 1942 tax obligations for many taxpayers and shifted current payments via withholding. The committee signaled possible revival of Disney Gearhart and radar proposals with withholdings, while Beardsley Rumly’s bill likely moves to the House floor.
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Washington
Rumly
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robertson
D-Va
Doughton
D-Nc
Disney
D-Okla
Gearhart
R-Calif
Beardsley Rumi
New York
Carlson
Japanese Air Fleet Sweeps South Of Buna Sinks Cargo Vessel
Allied headquarters report a Japanese air fleet of nine bombers and 13 Zero fighters attacked south of Buna, sinking a small cargo vessel in Oro Bay. Allied planes claimed victory with two downed Japanese aircraft and 89 Bismarck Sea survivors killed ashore.
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Buna
Australia
Oro Bays
New Guinea
Japan
Pacific
Bismarck Sea
MacArthur
Wallace warns of third world war tied to peacemaking
Vice President Wallace warned that a third world war seems likely unless western democracies and the Soviet Union reach a satisfactory understanding. The issue arises amid clashes over Poland’s eastern border and Soviet claims that Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Bessarabia are integral parts of the USSR.
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Wade Werner
Moscow
Associated Press
Washington
United Nations
Wallace
Soviet
Russia
Poland
Bessarabia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Delaware
Ohio
Josef Stalin
Finland
Rommel Forces Split Risk at Mareth Line Clash
Axis assault by Rommel against Montgomery's Eighth Army near the Mareth Line shows growing German defensive pressure. Allied forces of Britain, the United States, and France press from the west while Montgomery threatens from the south. Axis positions reportedly include up to 250 000 troops in defended lines. Northern Tunisia remains a corridor before Sicily as supplies move by sea.
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Marshal Rommel
Montgomery
Mareth Line
Mongomery
Rommel
General von Arnim
Mediterranean
Axis
United Nations
Tunisia
Sicily
Arnim
Increased Prospects Of Labor Draft For War Work
Washington report notes the administration aims to reach 10,800,000 in the armed forces by year end. Senate debates Austin-Wadsworth national service and farm labor deferment while Bankhead seeks to limit expansion. Despite opposition, a Roosevelt committee backs the 10.8 million target, and fiscal powers may tighten to control the pace.
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John H. Wiggins
Washington
Senate
Senator Bankhead
D-Ala
Roosevelt
Bankhead
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hughes Named Chief of Supplies for North Africa
Brig. Gen. Everett S. Hughes, 57, of South Dakota, named deputy theater commander in charge of administrative work for all American forces in North Africa. Eisenhower also awarded him the distinguished service medal for meritorious service as chief of staff of the services of supply in the European theater. He had led the communications zone since Feb 12 after relinquishing his prior post.
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Allied
North Africa
Everett S. Hughes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Hughes
Service of Supply
Daylight Alert Sounds In London
London issued its first daylight alert in nearly a month in the afternoon. The all clear followed shortly after with no gunfire or bombs heard in the downtown area as two enemy planes approached from the south coast.
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London
Downton
Rommel Withdraws Behind Maareth Line In Tunisia
In Tunisia Rommel, mauled in six engagements, falls back to a defensive position behind the Mareth line as Allied Eighth Army renews pressure. The Red Army pushes toward Vyazma to encircle German-held strongholds. In Western Europe Nuernberg is targeted after RAF and American strikes, while in the Pacific nine Japanese bombers and 13 fighters strike Buna in New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
Rommel
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
British smash two pronged attack on northern Tunisian front
On the Mateur Tabarka road near Tamera British forces repelled two Nazi thrusts and captured about 200 prisoners including five officers. Heavy fighting left German losses high as they renewed assaults along the northern Tunisian front with the British holding wooded hills and counterattacking to drive the enemy back.
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Mateur-Tabarka Road
Tamera
Djebel Abiod
Bombers Hit Kiska Island And Solomons Bases
U S bombers attacked Japanese positions on Kiska Island in the Aleutians and carried out minor raids on four Japanese installations in the Shortland Island and central Solomons areas. All Allied planes returned.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Altoutians
Navy
Solomons
South Pacific
North Pacific
U.S
Kiska
Liberator
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland Island
Vila
Rekata Bay
Rival Union Warfare Slows Kaiser Shipyards Coast War Production
Labor turmoil from a secret 1942 agreement between the C I O and A F of L keeps Kaiser shipyards at reduced efficiency. NLRB hearings delay action as Kaiser warns that nullifying existing contracts would slash production by the equivalent of a 30 day shutdown.
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Union
Kaiser Shipyards
West Coast
Peter Edson
NEA Service, Inc
Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Pacific Coast
C.I.O
A. F. of L
C.so
National Labor Relations Board
Kaiser Company
Kaiser
NLRB
Portland
Edgar F. Kaiser
Fifty German Armor Units Knocked Out in North Africa Fight
Allied communique reports Rommel withdrew to stronger defenses after six fierce Saturday actions near the Mareth line. About 50 German tanks were destroyed or captured, boosting total Axis losses to at least 83. Allied forces advanced toward Tozeur as French troops took Tozeur, while Eighth Army patrols operated near Gafsa.
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North Africa
Mar
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tamera
Sedjenane
Tozeur
Gafsa
Chott Djerid
Rommel
Eighth Army
Hallouf
Montgomery
Western Desert
Move Stymied To Revive Liquor Bill
Raleigh March 9 An attempt to revive a statewide liquor referendum bill was halted in the North Carolina house by a point of order delaying action until tomorrow. Rep Quinn of Duplin signaled a minority report after the committee killed the measure. The house also passed a pension bill for 65 year old teachers with 20 years service and not in retirement. Leave of absence granted for Shearon Harris, with Annie E Cooper acting principal clerk.
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Raleigh
Torrow
Quinn
Duplin
Wallace
Lenoir
Shearon Harris
Armed Services
Annie E. Cooper
Harris
North Carolina Farmers Get Harvest Aid Assurances
Raleigh March 9 Farmers were assured that they would receive every possible aid for harvesting crops this fall and were urged not to let labor shortages curb plantings. A 50 member governor commission endorsed sweeping measures to use city labor on farms to limit Saturday leafing and to employ prison labor on farms. Adjutant General J Van B Metts pledged state Selective Service support.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Governor's Special Commission
Selective Service
J. van B. Metts
State Selective Service
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William B. King
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