Allied gains in Burma and Pacific air strikes reported
Allied forces push in Arakan seizing Buthedaung and surrounding hills as Chinese and American troops advance toward Hukwang valley. In the Pacific, New Guinea, Bougainville, and New Britain see heavy air and sea operations, with ships and bases bombed and positions consolidated. Travel restrictions between Britain and Ireland announced amid neutrality tensions in Eire.
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New Delhi
Arakan
Burma
Buthe‘daung
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Lord Louis Mounbatten
Southeast Asia
Huindaw
Buthedaugh
Razabil
Maungdaw
Mandok
Buthedaung
North
Ria
Walawbum
Frank Merrill
Hukwang
Ung Valley
Aung
Aeitkyina
China
Pacific
Aew Army Air Force
Saumdrons
Wea
New Pening
Boston
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Manus Island
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Talasea
Willaumez Peninsula
New Britain
New Guinea
New Ireland
Empress Augusta
Bougainville Island
Rabaul
Allied naval actions and air raids in the Mediterranean
British patrols sweep shipping in the western Mediterranean and strike enemy supply ships off the Ebro coast, sinking one vessel and damaging another. An Allied Adriatic patrol sinks two ships near the Yugoslav coast and Ancona. Weather limits land actions, but fighter bombers attack ships and bridges on Italy’s west coast.
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Berlin
International Tion Bureau
Kirissi
Ebro
Adriatic
Ancona
Anzio
Italy
Ireland’s Neutral Stance Probed amid War Demands
The War Today discusses Britain Ireland and Eire neutrality amid demands to expel German and US diplomatic staff. It notes Dublin’s restraint harms Allied supply lines, while acknowledging mixed Irish public sentiment and De Valera’s moderating stance.
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London
Britain
Ireland
Eire
CPN
Eamon de Valera
Eisenhower
Home Office
Eiremont
United Statat
Associated Press
Dublin
Eire-Northern Ireland
Ulster
United States
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Washington
London Daily Herald
Northern Ireland
Coal Strike Breaks Up In Wales Amid Fluid Moves
London March 13 The week long coal strike of 100000 miners shows early signs of breaking with reports of a third returning to work though many remain idle. North Wales and Scotland output is expected to normalize soon while Great South Wales stays paralyzed. Major pit Pare ana Dare Aberdale Thernda Tedegar valleys show holdouts. Welsh mine leaders meet to chart next steps.
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London
Britain
Patene
Ministry of Fuel
Wales
North Wales
Scotland
Great South Wales
South Wales
Pare Ana Dare
Aberdale
Thernda
Tedegar
Monmouthshire
Ickes Warns Cartels Threaten Peace and Freedom
Secretary Harold Ickes argues in Liberty Magazine that international cartels restrain trade and threaten peace. He contends cartels helped push toward war and warns that allowing Germany to dominate postwar cartels could dictate the peace.
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Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Liberty Magazine
Ickes
Germany
James Doolittle Nominated for Lieutenant General Rank
Maj James H Doolittle commander of the Eighth Air Force in England was nominated by President Roosevelt to lieutenant general. The 47 year old officer led the Tokyo raid on April 18 1942 and after the attack was promoted to brigadier general and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Engl
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Italians Demand Ousting of King and Badoglio
In Naples three leftist Italian parties launched petitions calling for Vittorio Emanuele III and Badoglio to be ousted to permit a democratic government. The move followed a mass meeting where thousands urged a purge of monarchists collaborators and fascists, a protest against Churchill’s endorsement of the king and government. the planned 10 minute strike was canceled by allied authorities.
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Naples
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Italy
Action
Churchill
King
Truman Group Charges Waste In Federal Magnesium Project
The Senate Truman committee reports extravagances and inefficiencies in a $133 million magnesium project at Las Vegas Nevada while noting production is now usable for civilian goods. It urges canceling War Production Board limits and advancing postwar uses such as photo engraving plates automotive parts and typewriters to protect the wartime investment and spur future industry. The report cites costs exceeding $129 million as of last Nov 30 and final estimates near $133 million, saying the Basic Magnesium Corporation contract led to waste.
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Washington
Senate
Truman Committee
Las Vegas
Nev
War Production Board
Nevada
Defense Plant Corporation
Basic Magnesium Corporation
Cleveland, O
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Basic Magnesium, Inc
Dies Charges Un-American Bias by Radio Commentators
Chairman Dies of Texas accuses radio commentators of false statements and signals possible House inquiry. He cites Walter Winchell and argues broadcasting companies may be pressed to allow accused figures to reply equal time. Dies says smear by innuendo exploits libel loopholes and could become a national showdown.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Dies Id-Tex
House Committee On UN
Dies
Texan
Congress
House
Blue Network
Winchell
Little Joe Adams Gains 3 Ounces in Week in Incubator
In Plattsburg New York on March 13 Little Joe Adams in an incubator marks his second week of life with a weight of 29 ounces up from 26 the prior week He was born at 36 ounces but shed 10 ounces in the first week The baby is described as doing very nicely as he grows
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Plattsburg, N. Y
Little Joe” Adams
Little Joe
North Carolina Leads War Plant Hiring of Women in 1943
Washington report shows Region 4 war plants adding 29 percent more women in 1943 than 1942. By Dec 31 there were 360,164 women in the area including DC and several states, with North Carolina employing 129,930 women, 43.5 percent of its total payroll.
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Washington
North Carolina
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Henry E. Treide
District of Columbia
Maryand
Virginia
West Virginia
Treide
U S Officer Leads Slavs In Capture Of Island Base
Yugoslav partisans allied with a United States officer seized the port of Pucisce on Brac island near Split. The announcement noted Brac’s use as a submarine base and described heavy fighting around Hvar and on the mainland from Slovenia to Banja Luka. Pope Pius XII urged a peace of liberation in Rome’s fifth coronation anniversary address.
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London
Pius XII
St. Peter's Square
Rome
Bell At Nations
Pucisce
Brac
Dalmatian
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Split
Free Yugoslav Radio
Tran Islands
Erlin Radio
Churchill
Lissa Island
Italy
Korcula Island
Neretva
Korcula
Lissa
Hvar
Slovenia
Banja Luka
Fortresses Hit Northern France by American Bombers
A small formation of American Flying Fortresses bombed targets in northern France with no enemy air opposition. Two bombers were lost. Thunderbolt escorts supported by British Mosquito bombers hit western Germany targets without loss, according to the Eighth Air Force.
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London
France
Eighth Air Force
Germany
FDR Confers With Key Officials On Manpower
President Roosevelt summoned three top officials to discuss the manpower challenge after ordering a review of occupational draft deferments. WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson WPB Vice-Chair Charles E. Wilson and War Manpower Commission Chairman Paul V. McNutt attended the meeting.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
War Productions Board
WPB
Charles E. Wilson
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
McNutt
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Compromise Servicemen's Ballot Bill Heads to Senate Floor
The service vote compromise, disliked by some and supported by others, was called up in the Senate and appears assured of passage. Senator Connally said he believes the bill will pass, while Majority Leader Barkley held off on votes. The plan allows overseas service members a short-form federal ballot when states cannot provide absentee options.
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Howard Plieger
Washington
Senate
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Green
D-Ri
Barkley
Connally
Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
House
United States
Ithe House
Reds Take Base In 22 Mile Drive
British and Soviet dispatches report the Red Army capturing the Kherson river base on the Dnieper after a 22 mile advance from Berislav, with further moves toward Nikolaev and along the Proskurov-Gulyatin line. Russian communiques claim major rail and railway junctions severed as they push toward southern Ukraine and the Black Sea.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Red Army
Kherson
Dnieper
Inka
Nikolaev
Slas
Proskurov-Gulyatin Ras
Rumania
Gary
Gav
Middle Bug
Russia
Tarnopol
Red Star
Tarnopo
Ussian
Berislav
Saday
Tyaginka
Iian
Doliya
Sealy
Black Sea
Proskurov-Gulyatin
Proskurov
Red Equipped Slavs Fight For Gen Tito
A Yugoslav unit in Russia marched under Marshal Tito’s banner, comprising seasoned fighters from labor battalions and various armies. Officers and men favored Tito over King Peter, with about 30 expressing no desire to fight for Peter and viewing Tito as their commander.
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Russia
Red
Tito
R Front
Yug
Peter
Yugoslavia
Casualties From British Raids Reported
London dispatch reports air raids against the United Kingdom last month left 961 dead or missing and 1,812 injured. The ministry notes deaths numbered 252 in February 1943 and 1 January 1944, reflecting ongoing wartime losses.
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London
Ministry of Home Security
South Wales Coal Miners Back At Work
South Wales coal miners end strike after controversy over working conditions. The stoppage halted operations, cost coal production, and disrupted allied industries. miners will return to work tomorrow in the aftermath of negotiations between unions and owners.
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South Wales
Sydney
Australia
New Wales
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