Two Fronts Strain Axis War as Spring Looms
War analyst Kirk Simpson notes two front pressures on Nazi Germany and Japan threaten a late WW II turning point. Russian offensives threaten the Dnieper Bend and Ukraine while western bombings increase pressure on Germany. The piece also covers Tirpitz sinking attempts and German defense fragility as Allied forces press assault via sub warfare and air power.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Associated Press
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Asia
Nazi Germany
Berlin
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Balkans
Japan
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Ukraine
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U S 45th Infantry Division In Thick Of Anzio Fighting
The 45th Infantry Division has fought at Anzio since January 24, bearing the brunt of Germanys second offensive against the Allied beachhead. Originating from Oklahoma Colorado and New Mexico the unit now includes men from many states and fought from Sicily Salerno and Venafro through Volturno to Cassino before being moved to Anzio for continuous action.
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Ghorge Tucker
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Italy
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Cassino
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Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
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Campo di Carne
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Venafro
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Volturno
Negro Church Leader Passes In Thomasville
John Shepherd 67 respected Negro man of Thomasville died in City Memorial hospital after a short illness. He suffered a heart attack at the home of Mrs. Frank Lambeth and had worked for her 41 years. A deacon and treasurer of First Baptist Church colored, he spent his life in the city. Funeral plans incomplete, service likely Monday at the church with interment in City Cemetery.
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Thomasville
John Shepherd
City Memorial Hospital
Shepherd
Frank Lambeth
Lambeth
First Baptist Church
Man Arrested For Clubbing Ky. Mailman
High Sheriff Gilbert Polly announced a murder and robbery warrant for John Banks 35 in Whitesburg Kentucky after Pearl Bowling 50 rural mail carrier died from a battered body found buried near Bull Creek. Police say Banks and Bowling were seen beating, robbing and looting the mail pouch about the time Bowling stopped at a friend’s home for food en route to deliver a war department casualty letter. About $20 in mail money was reported stolen.
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Whitesburg
Gilbert Polly
Pearl Bowling
Bull Creek
Polly
John Banks
Bowling
Cornettsville
War Department
Banks
Wedding Cake Travels Thousands of Miles for Vows
Petty Officer William Chapman carried his wedding cake 10 000 miles from Vancouver to Clacton on Sea for his marriage to Rosie Casey. The cake remained in perfect condition when cut at the reception after the ceremony.
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Clacton-On-Sea
Eng
William Chapman
Vancouver
Rosie Casey
New German Capital in Bomber Range
Naples dispatch reports Adolf Hitler moved the German capital from Berlin to Breslau, with the government’s functions centered in Silesia. Breslau lies 680 miles from Britain, near the Polish border, and remains within Allied bomber reach. American planes show a 1,200 mile round trip range to Berlin, implying possible escorted raids on Breslau.
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Naples
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Breslau
Germany
Britain
Foggia
Italy
U. S
Texac Mills
Cne
AFM Told To Resume Disc Making
The American Federation of Musicians faces a board recommendation to resume record making amid an 18 month dispute with seven radio transcription companies. The public and industry members urge the board to terminate the strike to restore conditions from 1942, while a labor member dissents. Petrillo demands employers pay a fee to a union employment fund per record or transcription produced.
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American Federation of Musicians
Arthur 5. Meyer
Gilbert E. Fuller
Max Zaritsky
James B. Petrillo
Musicians Union
War era radio and relief groups report aid amid blockade
The report notes agreements with unionized radio firms but Columbia and NBC refuse to join. It announces a £10,000 medical supplies shipment to Lithuanian civilians blocked in Europe, funded by Catholic relief committees and coordinated by the Red Cross and bishops’ wartime aid effort.
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Lithuania
Europe
War Catholic Welfare Conference
International Red Cross
Red Cross
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