British Led Commando Landing on Lissa Island
Berlin radio reported British and American commandos under a General Churchill landed on Lissa Island off Yugoslavia. Churchill the prime minister’s son was named as commander though confirmation was unclear. The report said about 1,500 troops included Tito partisans, with raids possible along the Dalmatian coast.
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London
Berlin
Enem
Churchill
Lissa Island
Dalmatian
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Tito
Lissa
Europe
Adriatic
Split
Italy
Warships to be Given Russians in Italian Deal
Washington reports outline a pending arrangement transferring more than a dozen British and American surface warships and several craft to Russia for the war’s duration. Vessels would support northern supply routes to Murmansk while the Italian fleet remains largely intact in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
Russia
Mediterranean
Bombing claims of German and Asian fronts reported
Stockholm dispatch notes German eyes on Berlin after raids hit ball bearing works at Erkener and troops plan for Berlin defense. New Delhi bulletin says 1,200 to 1,300 Japanese killed in Maung kwan area with Chinese divisions advancing in Arakan and Burma seeing airfield and town bombardments.
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Stockholm
Imans
Erkener
Berlin
Qunler
Bertalk
Germany
New Delhi
Maungkwan
Hukawng
Burma
Nambyu
Ninghku Ga
Maingkwan
Arakan
Buthedaung
Akya
Malay Peninsula
OPA Signals Possible Gasoline Ration Changes
A Baltimore office spokesman indicated idle renewal of the eastern tire driving ban and further gasoline ration actions may be forecast today. He stressed that any such steps would be decided entirely by the national OPA.
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Baltimore
Mary Office of Price Administraion
OPA
Army Navy Men May Run For Office Says Roosevelt
Washington March 10 1942 President Roosevelt announced that regular army and navy personnel may accept nominations for public office provided they do not engage in campaign activity Others in the service may run without tender of nomination The agreement signed by War and Navy Secretaries also bars active duty personnel from using official authority to influence elections and outcomes
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Secretaries of War and Navy
Irvin S. Cobb Taken by Death
Humorist and writer Irvin S. Cobb died at 67 today at his Sheraton Apartment hotel after a three month illness marked by dropsy and complications. Wife at bedside, Grantland Rice announced a private funeral with no further arrangements yet.
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New York
Irvin S. Cobb
Sheraton
Cobb
Grantland Rice
Acceptance Of Russian Terms May Split Finland In Civil War
Swedish foreign editor Eric Lindquist reported from Stockholm that Finland faces civil war if it accepts Russia's armistice terms. He cited public unpreparedness for peace and said only Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Mannernheim could unite the nation.
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Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Eric Lindquist
Morgen Tidningen
Helsinki
Moscow
Lindquist
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Cashier Found Dead After Bank Shortage at Candor Bank
Raleigh dispatch reports M. T. McCaskill cashier of the Bank of Candor discovered dead from a gunshot after an $8,776.26 in-car ledger shortage was found during a March 8 bank exam. He left after lunch, note on envelope declared shortage, body later found in woods. he was bonded for $40,000. The bank is FDIC insured.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
M. T. McCaskill
Bank of Candor
Hood
H. Blair Stevens
State Bank
Robert G. Clawson
Bank of Bandor
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Marines Drive Closer to Jap Base at Talasea
Allied reports say American Marines cut through Willaumez Peninsula three miles inland and reached within two miles of Talasea base on New Britain. Los Negros cleanup continues as warships patrol the harbor. Rabaul’s harbor shows no undamaged ships and fewer than 30 planes remain.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Willaumez Peninsula
New Britain
Talasea
Los Negros Island
Admiralties
Rabaul
Solomon Islands
Ramirez Resigns Argentina Presidency After Palace Coup
Pedro Ramirez formally quits as Argentina president after a palace coup ends his term. He sent his resignation and a nationwide manifesto to the Supreme Court, which merely acknowledged receipt as Farrell and ministers convene to handle the crisis.
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Pedro Ramirez
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Pedro Pablo Ramirez Ae
Ramirez
Axis
Edelmiro J. Faran
Supreme Court
Farrell
Montevideo
Anos Aires
Critical Los Negros Fight Recount by War Correspondent
Asahel Bush reports from aboard a Mitchell bomber over Seadler Harbor during the Los Negros campaign. He describes the struggle for Momote airfield, the night crisis, and the collapse of Japanese resistance as American forces press to secure the island.
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Asahel Bush
Los Necros
Admiralties
Momote
Seadler Harbor
Lost Island
Los Negros Island
Seadler
Fifth Calvary Eee
Hyane Harbor
Coconut Grove
Momoto
Imported Liquors Under Squeeze By America
The government imposes quotas on imports of rum cordials and cane sugar whiskies from Cuba Mexico Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and elsewhere under a War Production Board order. The Office of Price Administration requires a new label on a gin resembling a Cuban or Mexican product and lowers its maximum price.
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Washington
War Production Board
Cuba
Mexico
Puerto Rico
Virin Islands
Office of Price Administration
Japanese Bombers Hit Eniwetok In Marshalls Raid
U S Pacific Fleet reports Japanese formations attacked Eniwetok and Engebi air base in the Western Marshalls. The same day a Navy search plane downed a Japanese medium bomber between Eniwetok and Truk as Allied forces hold Roi Namur and Kwajalein positions amid ongoing counterblows.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Eniwetok
Engebi Islet
Marshalls
Roi
Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
U.S
Eniwetok Atoll
Truk
Alines
Bad Weather Slows Fight On Italian Front
Naples reports that weather slowed operations across Italy with only minor patrols. Allied air forces flew about 900 sorties hitting Santo Stefano Montalto Di Castro and Campoleone while Capranica rail targets were struck. Enemy aviation tally around 30 observed. Allied captures in Italy exceed 15,000 since Salerno, including many at Cassino and the beachhead.
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Naples
Italy
Santo Stefano
Montalto di Castro
Rome
Campoleone
Anzio
Capranica
Salerno
Cassino
Newspaper group laments waste paper shortfall in weekly goal
Linwood I. Noyes, president of the American Newspaper Publisher Association, said waste paper collections were 25,000 tons short of the 155,000-ton weekly goal set by the War Production Board, and that use was depleting inventories.
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New York
Firm Action Promised In Coal Strike
London reports the British war cabinet vows firm action to end the coal strike that idles 100000 or more miners in South Wales and extends to Scottish pits. Arthur Horner returns from talks with Gwilym Lloyd George urging resume of work as delegates plan talks and mass meetings. Concessions may yield seven to eight million pounds annually while 165 Welsh pits are shut and 7000 Scottish workers join the walkout.
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London
British War Cabinet
South Wales
Arthur Horner
Welsh Miners Union
Gwilym “Lloyd George
Britain
U.S. Urges Ireland to Close Axis Legations and Consulate
The United States asked neutral Ireland to close the German legation and the Japanese consulate as an espionage precaution to shield Allied troop movements in Europe. A February note by U. S. Minister David Gray sparked rumors of demands for bases, prompting a brief Ulster border stand and a presidential reassurance that no force was involved.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United States
Eire
North Chihough
David Gray
U. S
Southern Ireland
Eires
Ulster
Gray
Eamon de Valera
Washington
Robert Brennan
Roosevelt
Brennan
Lancasters Hit Nazi Plane Plant In Southern France
British four engine Lancasters bombed a large aircraft factory at Marseille area Marignane last night as RAF and American air forces kept pressure on Germany. The Berlin raids prompted a German air force shakeup after heavy losses, Swedish reports said.
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London
Britain
Germany
France
Marignane
Marseille
Air Minal
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
Southern Red Front Ablaze With Action
Soviet forces pushed across southern Ukraine striking toward Nikolaev and Proskurov. Malinovsky’s drive routed German divisions, with heavy losses and captured matériel as Zhukov’s units advanced along key rail hubs. The offensive threatened Black Sea ports and created a corridor toward Prokurov.
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Staro-Konstantinov
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Khreson
Diaclesi ‘Vemier Stalin
R Malinowsky
Rog
Smy
Ingullets River
Novi Bug
Grozhany
Lhev
Kazanka
Malinovsky
K Malinovsky
Ukraine
Staro-Konsan
Proskurev
Gregory K. Zukov
Moscowia
Proskurov
Prokurovo
Red Army
Zhukov
Tarnopol
sa-Warsaw
Moscow Bulletin
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Badoglio Statement From Naples On War Transfer Plans
In Naples on March 10 1943 Premier Pietro Badoglio issued a statement as Prime Minister Churchill spoke about a potential transfer of ships to Russia by Britain or the United States. The question of final disposition of Italian ships remained unsettled and no changes were announced. Badoglio noted earlier distress over reports of Italian fleet actions in coordination with Britain and Russia.
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Murmansk
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Dardanelles
Russia
Japan
Pacific
Badoglio
Italy
Roosevelt
I. i. Ems
Naples
Pietro Badoglio
Churchill
Britain
Ital
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Burmahukaung
Joseph W
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Stilwell
U. S. Signal Corps
By John M. Hightower
U.S. Army
Candor Bank
Los Negros
By Asahel Bush
America
Lancasters
Southern Red Front
Marshal Stalin
Iane Ament
Wman
Uman
Vinnitsarovgorod
Bug River
Old Poland
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