Allied bombers strike Essen and Amiens in wartime raids
London reports RAF and USAAF attacks on Essen destroying Krupp works and nearby targets. Daylight raids hit rail junctions behind the French coast including Amiens Rouen and Abbeville Poix as bombers return, with several aircraft missing and fires raging in Essen.
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London
RAF
Essen
Krupp Works
Amiens
Rouen
Channel
Somme
Seine
Dieppe
Abbeville
Poix
USAAF
British
Air Ministry
Germany
Cologne
Allied Warplanes Pounce On Jap Convoy Of 8 Ships
Allied warplanes attacked a Japanese convoy approaching New Guinea. Five merchantmen and three destroyers were engaged, with two ships damaged. A transport of 8,000 tons burned after a direct hit, another 8,000-ton vessel was scorched, and a 4,000-ton cargo ship was hit near a near miss. Weather hindered full confirmation, as the assault continued into evening.
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Vern Haugland
Australia
New Guinea
High Command
Wewak
Asault
Manus Island
Admiralties
Truk
Rabaul
New Britain
Bismark
Roosevelt Will See Resolution Tomorrow
A Senate drafted plan calls for a wartime and postwar United Nations to unite nations in fighting the Axis and governing occupied areas. Senator Hatch and others say Roosevelt will be briefed with Eden present, Hull consulted, and the measure may move after today’s talks.
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Washington
Senate
United Nations Organization
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
America
Eden
United Nations
Hatch
D-Nm
Sumner Welles
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Hill
D-Ala
Wagner
DNY
Burton
R-Ohio
Ball
R-Minn
Hull
United States
United Nation
De Gaulle Group Seeks French Unity
Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s national committee urges unifying factions under Fighting France. A four point program sent to Gen. Henri Giraud in February is public as de Gaulle readies plans in North Africa to liberalize his regime and harmonize allied leadership.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
France
Giraud
North Africa
Confu
Eisenhower Declares Axis Forces Doomed In Tunisia
Allied command in North Africa reports Eisenhower told troops German and Italian forces in Tunisia are doomed to be pushed into the sea as Allied pressure closes the encirclement. A harsh air campaign targeted Sousse Tunis Enfidaville and other targets while Montgomery pledged a future attack.
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Eisenhower
Daniel DE Luce
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Méesmo Michélan Oe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Cominique
U. S
Sousse
Tunis
Enfidaville
Goebbels Claims Hitlers Health Sound Amid War Strain
Goebbels in a Berlin radio interview said Hitler is as healthy as any man and directing the war front and home. He noted Hitler works hard with no Sundays off or vacations. Also cited are praises of Goering and Ribbentrop as in good health though needing rest after the war.
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Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin Radio Today
Hitler
Goebbels
Associated Press
Reichsmarshal Goering
von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Reich Ministry For People's Enlightenment
French Leaders Ousted as Allies Seek Fleet Use in North Africa
Reports from Algiers say three influential Vichy aligned French leaders were ousted and Allied powers pressed for immediate use of French fleet units at Alexandria and Martinique. Gen. Henri Giraud may address repeal of Vichy laws in a forthcoming address as pressure for a merger of Fighting French with North and West African forces grows.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Alexandria
Martinique
Northwest Africa
Henri Giraud
Vichyites
Germans Open Mighty Assault On Three Sides
German troops pushed fresh ground in Kharkov as heavy fighting raged around the city. Soviet bulletins said Reds absorbed counterattacks but withdrew to new positions while Germans pressed house to house in Kharkov center and the city remained enveloped by fire.
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Associated Press
London
Kharkov
Moscow
Ukraine
Paris
Red Army
Berlin
Americans Tax Tidbit.
Record tax filings surged as March 15 approached with New York Chicago Los Angeles Seattle and many districts reporting high receipts. Cleveland shipyard workers waited, Portland tax collections lagged 1942 levels, and Chicago posted a $7 5 million quarterly payment amid long filing lines.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Seattle
Cleveland
Internal Revenue Office
Portland
Ore
Internal Revenue Offices
Chicago Loop
Japanese Casualties Reach 2.5 Million in China War
Chungking reports the Japanese casualties from the China war through 1942 exceed 2.5 million. The military council cites 642,657 killed and 1,287,982 wounded on front lines plus 590,000 rear casualties, with 27,344 engagements and 21,314 prisoners taken.
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Chungking
China
National Military Council
Nelson predicts war production peak next fall
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson told a Senate subcommittee that production will peak in October, November, and December, then level off and reduce factory employment due to greater efficiency. He noted 70 percent of men leaving farms went to industry, with 30 percent to the armed forces, and warned of continued manpower questions as Congress debates farm deferments and emergency worker programs.
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War Production Board
Senate Appropriations
Hayden
Dariz
Nelson
Joseph T. McVarney
Senate
Bankhead
Dala
Hayden Pur Saiu
Forest Conservation Week Begins in State
RALEIGH March 13 Forest conservation week will be observed in the State Sunday through Saturday with greater significance due to wartime reforestation needs states State Forester J S Holmes.
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Raleigh
Forrester J. S. Holmes
Farley Urges U S Support for Roosevelt in War
New York March 13 4 Former Democratic National Chairman James A Farley told the Blizzard Men of 1888 luncheon that every American should support President Roosevelt and his war effort Farley chair of the New York State Democratic Committee urged all citizens to aid the administration He cited American industry and resolve as keys to victory noting the 88 Blizzard group gathered since 1929 to recall the historic storm and its lessons for wartime spirit and sacrifice.
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New York
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
New York State Democratic Committee
Blizzard Men
Atlantic
America
Germans Ordered Air Supply for Tunisian Front
Beja Tunisia March 13 German troops in Northern Tunisia were forced to receive supplies by air. Prisoners said they endured up to three days without food. Eleven Stukas dropped canisters on a position south of the British on the Tamera Sedjenane front though some supplies fell into minefields. The exhausted Germans show no sign of retreat.
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Beja
Tunisia
Tamera-SedjJenane
U S Torpedo Planes Fire On Munda Base raid
Navy reports Avenger torpedo planes attacked the Japanese air base at Munda in the Solomon Islands and set installations afire. A submarine sank a Japanese patrol ship after a surface duel, and two battleships were declared sunk at Guadal canal in the six month Solomon campaign.
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Navy
Munda
Solomon Islands
United States
Guadalcanal
Andrew Calcaterra
Stoneyford
Calif
Ballale
Shortland Island
Vila
Solomons
U. S
World War II Fronts See Bombers Hit Amiens and Essen
U S bombers strike Amiens daylight raid on a key Northern France rail hub after RAF pounds Essen. Red defeats threaten Kharkov as Soviet forces retreat west of the city. US bombers hit Munda in the Solomons and bases in Japan, with raids on Sousse in Tunis. Petain reportedly near death at Vichy hospital.
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Associated Press
U. S
Amiens
France
RAF
Essen
Red
Kharkov
Smolensk
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U. S. Senate
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E. R. Stettinius, Jr
By Jack Bell
de Gaulle
der Fuehrer
The
Jean Marie Bergeret
Auguste Nogues
Rene Megidal
Bergeret
Nogues
War Council
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Vichy
Donald M. Nelson
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Alpine
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