Quiet early days at sea with the Pacific carrier task force
Ernie Pyle describes a calm, routine start as the fleet broke into dispersed units under Admiral Mitscher. He notes comfortable living aboard, constant air patrols, and camaraderie with Lieut. Comdr. Al Masters while en route toward Japan. He jokes about seasickness and movie nights, reflecting a peaceful prelude before battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Pacific
Japan
Sicily
Normandy
al Masters
Terre Haute
Ind
New York
Claudia
San Francisco
Bay
Baguio Comes Under Fire in New Allied Push
The 33rd Division shells Baguio from west and south while the 32nd Division probes the mountains from the southeast. Maj. Gen. Wing's 43rd Infantry Division strikes along the Shimbu line east of Manila and an amphibious operation occurs in southern Luzon. Yamashita’s headquarters area around Baguio is bombed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Baguio
Philippine Commonwealth
33Rd
Illinois National Guard
Mountain City
Douglas MacArthur
Comag
32Nd
Leonard F. Wing
43Rd Infantry Division
Shimbu Line
Luzon
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Draft Deferments In 5 Major Industries
Washington March 17 Liberalized draft deferments for young men in five major industries coal mining transportation steel synthetic rubber and mining of copper lead and zinc were announced today by selective service. Deferments will exceed the 30 percent limit for 18 through 29 year olds meaning more deferred men over 30 must be drafted to meet heightened calls for army replacements. Aircraft manufacturers sought similar relief claiming war demands require retaining more young workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
British Warships In Skagerrak Report Amid Swedish Fisheries Seizures
London reports British warships operating in the Skagerrak clearing the waters of fishing boats. Six Swedish vessels were seized and towed to England while the Swedish Navy ordered boats to move east of the German blockade. No confirmation of Allied activity in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Skagerrak
Denmark
Norway
Transocean
Stockholm
England
The War Today Swelling Bomb Power Pushes Fronts
Scientists note bombs and shells grow to twice their size before detonation as Allied and Russian fronts brace for a major coming offensive. Weather could trigger the anticipated strike into northern Germany, with both sides poised to unleash power soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Road to Berlin Front Distances Updated
The Associated Press lists current fronts with distances: Eastern Front 32 miles from Zellin, Western Front 269 miles from the Remagen bridgehead, Italian Front 544 miles from the Reno river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Associated Press
Zellin
Remagen
Reno River
Allied onlookers note Remagen and Saar squeeze on front
War summaries describe the expanding U S First Army east of the Rhine at Remagen and the Allied pressure on the Saarland and Palatinate by the American Third and Seventh Armies. The Remagen bridgehead is cited as growing to 100 000 or more men as the front advances toward Cologne and Wiesbaden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Rhine
Remagen
Saarland
Palatinate
Kohinoor
Cologne
Wiesbaden
British Army cuts main highway south of Mandalay
British 14th Army troops sever the main highway due south of Mandalay and push from a bridgehead on the Irrawaddy into Fort Ava four miles southwest of the city after a stiff battle. Aircraft bomb and strafe outskirts, and rail targets twenty five miles south toward Rangoon, with fortifications and traffic heavily disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
14Th Army
Mandalay
Irrawaddy
Fort Ava
Southeast Asia Command
Fort Dufferin
Rangoon
Soviets Mark Up Additional Advances Near Stettin and Braunsberg
Soviet forces report continued advances on the eastern front. First White Russian Army tanks and infantry push toward the Stettin bridgehead and prepare pontoon crossings on the Oder near Grieshagen, while the Third Army drives on Braunsberg and Brandenburg area. Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian Army presses to split the Danzig Gdynia corridor as German defenses shell Danzig to block a sea approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Stettin
Berlin
Oder
Grieshagen
Altdamm
Dammischer See
East Oo River
Kuestrin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Koneigsberg
Middle Oder
K. K. Rokossovsky
Danzig- Gdynia
Pomerania
Danzig
Vistula
Kidnaped Baby Found Safe In Automobile
Concord Massachusetts March 17 A two year old boy kidnapped today by an escaped Concord reformatory inmate in a stolen car was found safe hours later in Cambridge Police cordon set around the Fresh Pond area as state and city officers hunted Roland St Laurent 19 of Fall River the fugitive who fled from the institution farm assigned guard duties and allegedly stole the automobile in West Concord with the child aboard The baby Roger Mattison remained in the abandoned car at the scene
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Mass
Concord Reformatory
Cambridge
Fresh Pond
Roger Mattison
Roland St. Laurent
Fall River
St. Laurent
Reformatory
West Concord
Kobe Hit by 300 B 29 Superforts Fire Devastates Major Ship Center
Allied air offensive leaves Kobe ablaze as 2,500 tons of incendiaries ignite industrial zones. The 21st Bomber Command notes 12 square miles burned in Kobe, plus extensive destruction in Osaka and Nagoya, with fires visible from 100 miles. Col. Blanchard observed rapid devastation in the target area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
21St Bomber Command
Guam
Kobe
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Albany
N. Y
Jersey City
N. J
Pittsburgh
Col
W. H. Blanchard
Japan
Mitsubishi
Kawasake
U S 87th Division Enters Coblenz in Amphibious Push
U S 87th Division seized Coblenz by amphibious assault early today and by night controlled two thirds of the city near the Rhine Moselle junction. About 500 prisoners taken as residents flee amid ruins. fighting continues as forces advance from north and southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
87Th
Rhine - Moselle
Moselle
Oc- Sten
Spe
U. S. Third Army
Rhine
Berlin
Nahe
Bad Kreuznach
Thburfi Waint
U. S. First Army
Ruhr
Koenigswinter
Bad Krueznach
Mainz
Third Army
German Gen Blaskowitz moved to northern front
A British broadcast reported General Johannes Blaskowitz shifted from the southern sector to command in the northern front. General Paul Hauser of the Waffen SS succeeds him in the south as the first SS general to lead a German army group, while Blaskowitz takes over from Kurt Student in the north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Johannes Blaskowitz
Western Front
Paul Hauser
Waffen SS
OWI
Hauser
Blaskowitz
Kurt Student
Legislature Moves Toward Sine Die Adjournment
In Raleigh on March 17 the House and Senate pressed to close by mid next week. Rep Blalock of Anson and others proposed a joint resolution authorizing the governor to appoint a five man commission to study a state building program to provide additional office space for the auditor secretary of state and treasurer now housed in the capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Senate
Rep
Blalock
Anson
Measure to delay marriages fails in North Carolina House
Senate judiciary approved bill to require a five day waiting period for marriages was rejected by the House Judiciary two committee. The House adopted a 48 hour waiting period amid concerns of a statewide need and a surge of quick marriages in Burgess’s Camden county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Judiciary Two
Burgess
Camden
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Capitol DiDee: Move Toward Governor and Legislature Offices
The resolution notes during this session a great congestion in the capitol and calls for the building to be given over entirely to the offices of the governor and the Legislature. It mentions a need for additional space for the museum and historical commission.
Arkansas Taxi Driver Confesses To Six Killings
James W. Hall a 24 year old taxi driver was jailed in Pulaski county after confessing to murdering six people including his second wife and state official J D Newcomb Jr. Also named were Doyle Mulherin and Faye Clements Hall. Hall described the river road killing near Little Rock and a series of robberies tied to the slayings. He claimed about 200 dollars total earnings from the murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski County
Arkansas
Homer Sims
Herbert R. Peterson
James W. Hall
Enola
J. D. Newcomb, Jr
Heber Springs
Faye Clements Hall
FE. C. Adams
Humboldt
Kansas
Fordyce
Doyle Mulherin
Hall
Conway
Navy
Faye Clements
Lonoke
Riverside Golf Course
Camden
Peterson
Adams
Mulherin
Newcomb
Hail
Salina
40th Wedding Anniversary For Roosevelts
President and Mrs Roosevelt plan a Washington family luncheon to mark 40 years of marriage. They wed on St Patrick’s Day in 1905 in New York City and the bride was given away by her uncle Theodore Roosevelt. The Camp Fire girls send congratulations as Mrs Roosevelt leads the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kavanaugh
New York
St. Patrick’s Day
Walter Thornton
Washington
Roosevelt
Roosevelt's
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Camp Fire
Heat records possible as March nears 90
Thermometer readings near Greensboro High Point airport reached 90 degrees with forecast of an all time March high if clouds clear. The prior day’s maximum stood at 85 degrees, the warmest this early in the season at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Greensboro-High Point
Churchill to Be Quizzed Over Duke of Windsor Resignation
In London, Laborite Emanuel Shinwell said he would question Prime Minister Churchill in Commons on Wednesday about a government guidance notice to the press regarding the Duke of Windsor resignation as Governor of the Bahamas. Shinwell argued the memo tied to censorship and sought who ordered it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Emanuel Shinwell
Churchill
Commons
Shinwell
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Ministry of Information
Also Mentioned on This Page
THIRD
Aks
Strae
Beethoven
Bonn
William C. Allen
Ernie Pyle
Marc Mitscher
Ernie
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Soviets
Joseph de Lisse
Bronx
N. N
First Army
Paris
Roosevelts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!