Heavier Allied Raids Hit Kiska and Pacific Front
The U S Navy announced the heaviest single day air assault on Japanese held Kiska Island, with six raids from dawn to dusk. In the Solomons area, ships bombarded Vila and Munda as forces test and pressure enemy shore positions.
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Washington
Kiska Island
Navy
Aleutians
South Pacific
Vila
Munda
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Viru Harbor
New Georgia Island
Pacific Battle
Kiska
Aleutians Archipelago
Defiant French Youths Await Show-Down With Nazis
Thousands of French youths resist transfer as labor conscripts to German factories. Under Major General Cartier, they await a showdown in the southeastern mountains as German and Italian troops move to round them up. Some youths reportedly yielded to hunger and were sent to Germany. Paris radio claims trains left for Germany. Swiss reports question scale of resistance. A Stockholm dispatch notes Gestapo and police terror in Lyon.
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Germany
France
Cartier
Algiers
Paris
Marshal Petain
Annecy
Stockholm
Reuters
Gestapo
Lyon
Allied Air Strikes and Battles Reported Across North Africa Front
Allied communique says planes bombed an Axis convoy in the Sicilian Straits and attacked Gabes airfield while pummeling Rommel’s Mareth Line. Eighth Army faced German artillery near Medenine as patrols operated along the southern front. Weather curtailed central and northern Tunisia air activity.
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Sicilian
Gabes
Rommel
Mareth Line
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Medenine
Pla
Tunisia
First Army
Gafsa
Sicily
Tuntia
Rome
Associated Press
Bengasi
Marshal Rommel
Japs Told to Expect U S Bomb Attacks
The Tokyo Asahi says Japan expects U S air raids on industrial districts this year or next and urges population preparedness. It notes raids may come from the Aleutians, though distance limits effectiveness, and mentions Moscow blocking Siberian bases while China hosts American air dromes.
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U. S
Associated Press
Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
Berlin
Aleutian Islands
Siberia
Moscow
China
Royal Navy Sinks Two Enemy Supply Ships in Fjord Raid
British light naval forces manned by Norwegians sank two enemy supply ships in a raid into a Norwegian fjord at Floereo Harbor. One large ship broke in two and sank at once, while a medium vessel burst into flames and disappeared. Both had been torpedoed.
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London
Floreo Harbor
Admiralty
Navy reports ship production ahead of schedule
Navy Secretary Knox told a Senate committee that production of battleships carriers cruisers and destroyers is advancing faster than planned with escort vessels the only exception due to a landing craft program. He noted ships are entering commission rapidly as part of a 4.3 billion dollar naval appropriation bill.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Senate
Ralph A. Bard
Opposition Theaters Delay Post War Plan In Senate
Washington March 17 Opposition voices in the Foreign Relations Committee threaten to delay Senate action on a proposal for a permanent world cooperation body. Senator Clark warns the plan could disrupt war effort. Nye questions risks to allies as debate centers on postwar aims and joint action with the Allies.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
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D-Mo
Hatch
Hill
Dala
Ball
R-Minn
Burton
Ohio
Roosevelt
Great Britain
India
Churchill
Nye
R-Nd
World Today At A Glance
World War II briefing with multiple fronts. British report 30 hours of fighting along the Mayu River in Burma. American airmen bomb Japanese railways and convoys. Red Army advances near Smolensk and Kharkov. Donets basin tank battles. Allied air strikes on Japanese sea transport bases around Australia. Rommel positions at Mareth Line targeted. Eighth Army actions near Mareth. U.S. planes raid Kiska Island six times.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rkov
Donets
Rostov
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Elmer Davis
War Information
Bismarck Sea
Davis
Jap Lie
Australia
Dobo
Army vs Labor Draft Sparks Fight Over Forced Labor Claim
Detroit March 17 Army Air Forces official vows firm action after a four hour aircraft worker strike at Ford Rouge plant. AFL President William Green denounces the Austin-Wadsworth bill as a move to create involuntary servitude, arguing it undermines freedom and may hinder wartime production.
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Mar
Army Air Forces
George E. Strong
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Agaid
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Strong
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Austin
Rvi
Green
Holman
R-Ore
French leaders plan unity talks in North Africa
Gen. Charles De Gaulle is slated to travel to Algiers to meet Gen. Henri Giraud and forge a united front of all Free French fighting the Axis. The Fighting French National Committee announced the plan after Giraud called for a conference and following the resignation of Bergeret, a Darlan ally and civil affairs deputy, amid accusations of repression.
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London
French National Committee
Charles de Gaulle
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Giraud
North Africa
Vichy
Committee of the
de Gaulle
Jean Marie Bergeret
Vichy Air
Jean Darlan
Bergeret
Auguste Nogues
French
Morocco
Pierre Boisson
West Africa
Marcel B. Peyrouton
Algeria
British Eighth Army Attacks Near Mareth Line
Reuters reports Berlin radio said the British Eighth Army launched an attack on the Mareth line late last night with a heavy artillery barrage. Berlin quarters called it a major attack while Beavercrook spoke in the Lords of nearing Tunis and Bizerte, though no London confirmation of an all-out assault emerged.
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DNE
Berlin
Reuters
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
DNB
Lord Beavercrook
House of Lords
Tunis
Bizerte
Tunisia
Ruml plan supporters voice renewed confidence in tax battle
In Washington lawmakers advance two plans for a 20 percent withholding tax on the wage base effective July 1. The Ways and Means committee report allows pay as you go with a six percent discount for 1942 taxes paid before June 15. Republicans back the skip a year option, while Democrats push the current collection approach with no abatement.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Carlson
Armed Services
Soviet push drives toward Smolensk in heavy armored battles
Soviet forces claim control of the Donets valley near Kharkov in a major tank clash as Red armies drive into more than 32 towns toward Smolensk. Northward, Timoshenko’s troops threaten Staraya Russa and push toward a high road linking two towns, while a central wedge menaces Orel and Moscow.
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Russia
Smolensk
Kharkov
Roger Greene
Associated Press
Donets River
Keystone
Donets
Red Army
Dnieper River
Igorievskaya
Vskhody
Durovo
Vyazma
Moscow
Sevsk
Bryansk
Orel
Berlin
Belgorod
Lake Ilmen
Burma Battle Intensifies Across Mayu River Front
British headquarters report 30 hours of clashes along the Mayu River 12 miles north of Rathedaung as Japanese forces defend. RAF hits Japanese air bases at Marwechung and Ak yab while U S planes strike supply lines and bridges including the Myitage span near Mandalay and truck columns.
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Mayu River
Rathedaung
Archibald P. Wavell
Marshal Wavell
India
Marwechung
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
U. S. 10Th Air Force
Myitage
Mandalay
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