Florence freight yards bombed to hit German supply lines
Allied bombers attacked Florence rail yards today aiming to disrupt the enemy front in Italy while sparing art and historic landmarks. The strike followed prior raids near Florence and other nearby rail facilities, with crews reporting the operation successful despite concerns over cultural treasures.
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U. S
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Florence
Italy
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Rome
Certaldo
Pontassieve
Prato
Three Soviet Armies Break German Lines in Southern Ukraine
Moscow dispatches report three Soviet armies, led by Marshal Ivan S. Konev and Marshal Gregory Zhukov, shattered German defenses along a 109 mile front southwest of Cherkasy. They claimed 20,000 German deaths, 2,500 captured, and liberation of over 300 towns including Uman, with 150,000 enemy troops routed and vast trophies seized.
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London
Ukraine
Russia
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Cherkasy
Sta Uman
Bug River
Gniloi Tikich
Uman
Konev
Dnieper Bend
Kirovograd
Gregory K. Zhukov
Poland
Proskurov
Krasilov
Rumania
Zhukov
Contin
T of Tarnopol
Rodion Y. Bilainovsky
Black Sea
Kherson
Nikolaev
Tarnopol
Berlin
Drn
Niko
Nevel
Pskov
Varva
Allies Hit German Targets in Night Bombing Blitz
Allied air forces resumed heavy raids striking German targets along the Pas-de-Calais and western Germany after a night of precision bombing in France. RAF Mosquitos and Lancasters hit four French factories and central sites while Liberators and Fortresses backed by escort fighters pounded rail centers and aircraft plants in a campaign claimed to be extending a weeks long burst of activity. Major Charles J. Rosen reported light fighter opposition and heavy flak over the approaches from clouds aiding the low visibility raid.
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Germany
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France
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England
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West Germany
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Air Ministry
Central
Marseille
Ger
Pas-De-Calais
Rock Coast
Charles J. Rosen
Tampa
Fla
Naples
Berlin
Breslau
Silesian
Britain
Foggia
Italy
Historian Hendrick Van Loon Dies at 62 in Greenwich
Greenwich, March 11. Hendrick Willem Van Loon, 62, historian and author, died at his home. A Dutch native famed for The Story of Mankind, he championed the war effort and hosted a short wave radio program for Holland from WRUL Boston. He was affectionately called Uncle Hank in his homeland.
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Greenwich
Conn
Hendrick Willem van
Old Greenan
Loon
Holland
Ton Wrul
Boston
Hank
Free Netherlands
van Loon
Drastic measures planned to safeguard invasion plans
Washington reports that Britain and the United States planned stringent steps after Ireland refused to expel axis diplomats. London and Dublin warned such actions could include border lockdowns, breaking relations, and curtailing trade, as the Allies seek to prevent Axis spies from learning invasion details.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Britain
de Valera
Ireland
Europe
United Nations
Hull
United States
Dublin
Eire
Northern Ireland
Cobb Orders No Gloom At His Funeral
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb the 67 year old humorist who made Paducah famous has died in New York He requested there be no faces no show of grief at his burial and his family will carry out the wish He criticized traditional burial rites calling the 23rd Psalm his preferred passage and urged it be read at services noting its merciful creedless nature and his belief heaven may be dull but the hellish climate lacks lively company
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New York
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
America
Paducah, Ky
Paducah
Cobb
First Presbyterian Church
Hell
Dublin Enthusiam Follows Valera Rejection of US Request
Dubliners praise Eamon de Valera for resisting a US request to close German and Jamat ic offices in Eire while the British press criticizes the move. Irish sources warn the US may pursue economic sanctions to cut axis listening posts. Belfast readers and The Irish Daily Telegraph staff note support for tighter information controls amid war threats.
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Dublin
Eamon de Valera
United States
Eire
America
London Mirror
Britain
de Valera
Hitler
Irish Free
Belfast
Irish Daily Telegraph
Northern Ireland
the Telegraph
Steel Plants in Wales Facing Immediate Coal Shortage
The Welsh steel and tinplate plants warn they will be crippled within days without coal deliveries as a 100000-strong miners strike paralyzes mines. Lewis Jones cites reduced stocks and urges an immediate miners’ strike call off to keep production going.
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London
Wales
Britain
Lewis Jones
The
South Wales Steel Association
Rome Area Bombed Again as Allies Renew Strikes
The Rome area suffered fresh bombing early this morning after yesterday's raids. The Rome radio reported casualties and damage in heavily populated districts as allied aircraft conducted renewed attacks on the city.
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Rome
London
Veteran Winston Newsman Carmichael Dies at Home
Robert Emory Carmichael a longtime Twin City Sentinel staffer and author of the Town Topics column died at his Winston-Salem home after a hip injury in October. Survivors include daughter Mrs. Maude C Williamson sons Robert C and Ralph B and five grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 30 p m at Burkhead Methodist church.
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Winston-Salem
Robert Emory Carmichael
Twin City Sentinel
Maude C. Williamson
Robert C
Ralph B
Burkhead Methodist Church
Mussolini Protests to Hitler Over Fascist Troops
Benito Mussolini has gone to Germany to protest Nazi treatment of Italian Fascist troops and threatens to retire unless given satisfaction. The Tribune De Lausanne quoted a traveller arriving from Italy.
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Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Hitler
Italy
Tribune de Lausanne
Hitler pledge fails as three-day promise collapses at Anzio
Algiers March 11. German prisoners report Hitler promised the Anzio beachhead would be wiped out in three days but Allied air power and counterattacks shattered that plan. Tigers and Mark VI tanks underperformed. German gains were limited to a few thousand yards at steep costs.
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Adolf Hitler
Anzio
Rome
Hitler
British destroyers shell Korcula towns on Dalmatian coast
Naples report says British destroyers shelled towns on Korcula island off the Dalmatian coast, which German-occupied officials say host large German forces. The announcement came today from Allied headquarters.
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Korcula
Dalmatian
Six Die In Richmond Hotel Fire At Jefferson
At the Hotel Jefferson in Richmond six people died in a blaze that trapped guests on the fifth and sixth floors. Among the dead were Mrs. James H. Price widow of the Virginia governor and State Senator Aubrey Weaver. Numerous guests were hospitalized and many officials were among the evacuees as flames prompted a chaotic scene.
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James Hubert Price
Virginia
Jefferson
Aubrey G. Weaver
Senate Finance Committee
James H. Price
Virginia General Assembly
Mage
Weaver
Front Royal
Senate
Oa Landreth
Galax
Landreth
Edmund DeJamette
Hanover
Harry Stuart
Russell County
Delmater Davis
Norfolk
Colgate W. Darden
Tuck
Gordon
Italian Guerrilla Army Aims at Nazi Targets in Italy
A Basler Nachrichten dispatch cited by the Office of War Information says a veteran Italian guerrilla army operates in Italy under a secretive commander. The force is large and sorties from Alpine, marine and cavalry units, includes Bersaglieri and aviation elements, and raids arms depots in native districts.
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Africa
Balkans
Italy
Chiasso
Basler Nachrichten
Office of War Information
Bersaglieri
Lend Lease Marks Three Years of U S War Aid
The lend-lease program reaches its third anniversary with total aid near 20 billion dollars and a monthly average over one billion. Crowley notes a shared financial burden among the Allies, while Stettinius calls lend-lease vital to free nations. 1943 deliveries near 12 billion, with UK receiving about 42 percent and Russia 27 percent.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Leo T. Crowley
Stettinius
United Kingdom
Russia
British Commonwealth of Nations
Crowley
China
Himalayas
India
Henderson Chosen Temp Chairman for GOP State Convention
Sim A. Delapp announces Worth D. Henderson of Greensboro as temporary chairman for the North Carolina Republican state convention in Charlotte scheduled for next Thursday. Henderson is an attorney and organizer of Young Republican clubs in North Carolina.
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Sim A. Delapp
Worth D. Henderson
Greensboro
North Carolina
Charlotte
Bombing Protests Hit At Our Defense Says Under Secretay
Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson told the Buffalo Chamber of Commerce that anti German bombing protests within the United States reflect a protest against waging war in defense. He said nationals gain by recent protests and that axis powers no longer seek victory but a chance for a soft peace.
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N. Y
Robert P. Patterson
Germany
Buffalo Chain of Commerce
Patterson
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