War updates show Axis under pressure amid atrocity reports
Allied air power devastates Japanese invasion ships near Australia as MacArthur takes command after a decisive breakthrough. Russian offensives press German forces while Polish exile government alleges 200000 killings and a million displaced, with reports of mass rape. Eden cites Hong Kong atrocities confirmed by witnesses.
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Australia
Poland
Kharkov
Polish Foreign Office
Germany
House of Commons
Eden
Hongkong
MacArthurs Begin First Leg of Pacific Trip With Torpedo Boats
New York Herald Tribune reports General Douglas MacArthur his wife and child and a small aide group left Bataan by night March 11 aboard fast motor torpedo boats for the Philippines to Australia. They dodged daylight exposure, endured heavy seas, and waited three days for planes to take them to Australia March 17, where Darwin area fears persist amid air attacks.
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New York
Douglas MacAthur
Mall
Jaan Peninsula
Australia
New York Herald-Tribunry
Allen Rayond
MacArthur Rty
Bataan
Yous
S.ustralia
Raymond
Soviets claim large area behind German lines
Moscow reports guerilla forces wrested back about 6000 square miles behind Leningrad, a region rivaling Rhode Island and Connecticut in size. Germans cannot enter the area, while the Baltic republic of Estonia lies nearby. The Moscow News urged open Allied offensives against Germany and warned against reliance on speculation about postwar organization. Stepped-up bombing to involve British and American squadrons marked the Western diversion plan.
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Moscow
Mar
Provda
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Leningrad
Communist Party
Baltic
Estonia
Baltic Republic
Britain
United States
Germany
Moscow News
Kuibyshev
Red Army
Hitler
Australian Named to British War Cabinet Role
London reports Britain selected Richard G. Casey Australian Minister to Washington as Minister of State to represent the War Cabinet in the Middle East. Churchill announced the historic move in the House of Commons. Casey will coordinate Middle East war efforts from Cairo after Washington and London consultations.
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London
Britain
Richard G. Casey
Washington
Middle East
Dominion
Churchill
House of Commons
Australia
David Lloyd George
Casey
Cairo
United Kingdom
Incumbents File For Re election In North Carolina
Raleigh March 10 with one exception all incumbents whose terms expire for judge solicitor or congress have filed for reelection The last to pay his filing fee to the state board of elections here was C C Canady of Benson solicitor in the fourth judicial district The incumbent who hasn’t filed is Thomas L Johnson of Asheville solicitor in the nineteenth district He was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by R M Wells death and said he would not run
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Raleigh
Congress
State Board of Elections
C. C. Canady
Berson
Fourth Judicial District
Thomas L. Johnson
Asheville
R. M. Wells
Gasoline Regulations Go Into Effect Today
Wartime action reduces east and Pacific northwest consumption by 20 percent. About 100000 filling stations will operate on a 12 hour day six day week, with retail prices frozen at last Friday's levels for at least 60 days. Licensing of all stations in the curtailment area considered to enforce compliance. Regions affected include 19 states plus the District of Columbia and all along the Atlantic seaboard to Florida and the West. The War Production Board ordered the cut in supplies to service stations to curb shortages due to submarine sinkings and tanker demands.
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Washington
East
Pacific Northwest
Office of Price Administration
John FE. Hamm
District of Columbia
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Appalachian River
Oregon
ASK
Coroon
War Production Board
Metroleum
Ickes
Big Battle Is Expected On Prome Road In Burma
In Burma March 19 Reuters reports a major Japanese push along the Irrawaddy and Mandalay roads to seize the Prome line and Yenangyaung oil fields. British forces reportedly pulled back from Tharrawaddy as Japanese advance by boat and road gathers speed toward Toungoo, with crucial Chinese support awaited at the Shan frontier. page 2 continues.
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Daniel DE Luce
Mandalay
Burma
Prome Road
Yenangguang
Trrawaddy
Reuters
Tharrawaddy
Rangadh
Prome
Irrawaddy
Mandalay Road
Toungoo
Kanyutkwin
Chiang Isai-Shek
Shan States
German Leaders Called Back as Massive Eastern Front Offensive Planned
Basel National Zeitung reports Berlin dispatch that Hitler recalled top officers including Walther von Brauchitsch Karl Rudolf Göring and others to prepare a large new offensive on the Russian front Rommel seen in Berlin Goering appeals to farmers to boost production and Turkish plans appear shelved as isolation units are mobilized for a potential major campaign.
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Bern
Switzerland
Libya
Berlin
Russia
National Zeitung
Rommel
Basler Nachrichten
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Turkey
Franz von Papen
Ankara
Die Tat
Red Army
Gye
Daladier Blames Army for Plane Shortage in Trial
Riom, France, March 19. Former Premier Edouard Daladier, among five on trial for responsibility for France’s defeat, quotes Marshal Petain to argue army chiefs undervalued aviation. He cites a 1939 preface by Petain and notes the lack of planes blamed on military leadership and indirect aviation action over the rear.
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Riom
France
Edouard Daladier
Marshal Petain
Daladier
Guy
la Chambre
Allies Raid Airdromes Held By Japs
NEW DELHI India March 19 American volunteer group and British pilots possibly destroyed 25 enemy planes in raids on Japanese held airdromes in southern Burma. Japanese planes bombed areas in North Burma causing some damage. Chinese forces clashed with Thai troops under Japanese officers near Ywathi on the Siuang River, inflicting some casualties.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
Ywathi
Siuang River
Toungoo
Change In Law Opposed Change In Law Opposed
War Production Board chief Nelson told a Senate subcommittee that new labor legislation is unnecessary and production can rise 25 percent with existing tools. He contrasted with Rep Smith who urged limits on profits and overtime pay. Patterson said double time for Sunday work is being cut with broad labor support for the change.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
Wwe
Nelson
Senate
Smith
House Naval Committee
Congress
Patterson
House
War Department
Landis criticizes industry for not co operating with civil defense
New York March 19 James M Landis director of the Office of Civilian Defense says industry is not cooperating enough with his office and warns that any delay in full cooperation could expose vital nerve centers to enemy attack He urges plant managers to collaborate with local defense councils to ensure warning transmissions reach industrial targets and stresses the need to protect production while minimizing casualties
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New York
James M. Landis
Office of Civilian Defense
Landis
Commerce and Industry Association
Air Attacks on Japanese Rise as New Threats Emerge
Allied air assaults hit Japanese positions at several island points while Japanese raids strike northern Australia and the Solomons. German missionaries in New Guinea allegedly guide inland Japanese forces toward Port Moresby, with claims of radio transmitters and Nazi flags at missions.
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Vern Haugland
Melbourne
Australia
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Cis
Finsehlafen
Alexishafen
Northeast New Guinea
Lae
Barkham Valley
Cape York
Torres Strait
Darwin
Tulagi
Florida Island
Solomons
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Rabaul
New Britain
Berlin
British Exchange Telegraph Agency
Japan
New Guinea Sea
Sydney Sun
Stilwell Named Commander of Chinese Forces in Burma
Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell was placed in command of the Fifth and Sixth Chinese armies operating with British forces in Burma against Japan. The move, announced by Chiang Kai Shek, marks the first time a U.S. officer leads a major body of Chinese troops. Stilwell, 59, from Palatka Florida, recently promoted to lieutenant general, has long held posts in China including military attaché at Peiping and service in France during World War I.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army
Burma
Chiang Kai Shek
China
Stilwell
Chiang
Chiang — Wai- Shek
Joseph H. Stilwell
Palatka
Fla
Military Academy
France
St. Mihiel
15Th Infantry
Tientsin
Peiping
Brazil tightens hunt for fifth columnists
Rio de Janeiro March 19 report announced the arrest of Otto Brautzck named a German army officer and head of a Nazi faction abroad as Brazil speeds a roundup of fifth columnists. Brautzck and two other Germans were seized in Paraiba where the coast hosts Brazil’s easternmost points. Police recovered espionage plans a German state map and prohibited photos. Additional arrests were reported in Rio Grande do Sul.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Otto Brautzck
Gudrvillas
Brazil
Brautzek
Parahyba
Rio Grande Do Sul
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Java
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