Persians fear postwar domination as Allies base in Iran
The article notes Iran hosts major Allied forces led by Russia Britain and the United States to move war supplies to Russia. Persians fear postwar domination by foreign powers, recalling 1907 zones of influence and past meddling by Britain Russia and Germany. Iran seeks US disengagement to balance influence.
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New Jersey Housewives Flood OPA Office Over Price Ceilings
Newark March 20 Complaints pour into the New Jersey headquarters of the Office of Price Administration as housewives seek action against price ceiling violators. Shocking examples include a shopper mailing a torn sole to stop higher heel prices and others criticizing substandard meat portions and police involvement cited in complaints. A mother of five questions butter rations while a young woman reportedly receives more.
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New Jersey
Office of Price Administration
Opaith
Eden to confer with LaGuardia in New York
New York March 20 British foreign secretary Anthony Eden and Lord Halifax were to meet today with New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. Eden and Halifax arrived last night from Washington and were hosted by Ogden Reid of the New York Herald.
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New York
Thony Eden
Jsit
F. H. LaGuardia
Eden
Lord Lalifax
Ashington
Ogden Reid
New York Herald
UMW Extends Talks on Appalachian Coal Pact
The United Mine Workers propose extending negotiations to May 1 for a new contract in northern and southern Appalachian soft coal areas. Mines would stay in operation from April 1 for 30 days under existing agreements, with any wage or hour improvements retroactive to April 1, 1943. John L. Lewis heads the union.
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New York
United Mine Workers of America
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
UMW
Lewis
Sabotage Case Reported In Gastonia by FBI
CHARLOTTE March 20. The FBI reports the first local sabotage case of the war era. William Luther Hansel of Gastonia, former day superintendent at the Clara Mill, is charged after gears were altered on 38 combing machines reducing output. He posted $2000 bond and a hearing is set for Monday. District Attorney W M Nicholson signed the complaint citing anti government remarks.
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Wallace Tours Banana Plantation Demonstration in Costa Rica
Vice President Henry Wallace and his party visited a Pacific coast banana plantation to see spraying irrigating and harvesting methods. He then planned to inspect Pan American Highway work in Costa Rica, a link being completed by American civil and Army engineers and due by spring 1944.
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Henry Wallace
United States
Pacific
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American Civil
British Make Gains Near Mareth Line Front
Allied reports say Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery's 8th Army won new ground near the Mareth line in Tunisia while American forces push through rain and mud toward Rommel's flank. Axis claims of gains and Allied losses accompany the clash as Giraud and Eisenhower announce quiet fronts elsewhere.
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Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
8Th Army
Mareth Line
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
Tamera
Bizerte
Algiers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mareth Zone
Gafsa
el Guetar
Gabes
U.S
George S. Patton, Jr
Field
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Tax Collections Hold Peak Levels
Income tax collections remain at peak levels with $510,884, count on Thursday, bringing March total to $2,346,238,240. The year to date receipts reach $7,963,677,619, nearly double last year, as offices deal with late returns.
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Washington
Treasury
Navy Casualty List Includes One Tar Heel
The Navy disclosed 24 casualties today including five dead five wounded and 14 missing raising totals since December 7 1941 to 24522 for Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard. The list names James Clifton Moore missing from North Carolina and William Daniel Johns dead from South Carolina as part of the update.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
North Carolina
Moore
James Clifton
John Bailey Moore
Garnett St
Henderson
South Carolina
Johns
William Daniel
Hugh Wheeling
Batesburg
Axis Pours More Forces Into Battle
Axis forces intensify pressure along the Dnieper Donets frontier near Kharkov as German tanks and troops pour into the sector. Soviet reports claim progress toward Smolensk and activity around Staraya Russa while both sides suffer heavy casualties under spring mud and night air operations.
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Moscow
Red Army
Dones
Kharkov
Smolensk
Staraya Russa
Pravda
Communist Party
Dnieper
Vyazma- Smolensk
Donets
Germans Claim Chuguev Captured in Ukraine Battle
The German news agency DNB, cited by the Associated Press, says Chuguev near Kharkov is firmly in German hands. Hitler's high command claims Russians suffered 50,000 killed, 19,594 captured, 1,410 tanks and 3,772 guns captured or destroyed since Feb 13, while the Russians insist they are gaining little ground.
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DNB
Chuguev
Kharkov
Ukraine
Hitler
Dnieper
Donets River
House Group Criticizes Plan For Skipping 1942 Levies
The House Ways and Means Committee issued a majority report criticizing the Rum plan to cancel 1942 taxes. It argues forgiving one year’s taxes shifts debt to other taxpayers and favors paying current incomes. The report previews a fierce debate over pay as you earn and whether to drop 1942 levies.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Peter
Paul
Doughton
Beardsley Rumi
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
British Warships Bombard Donbaik Burma for Progress
Allied forces led a naval fire barrage against Japanese positions in the Donbaik area on the Mayu Peninsula as Field Marshal Wavell’s troops advance toward Donbaik. British reports say positions east of the Mayu River remain largely unchanged with no major casualties.
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Pacific
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Western Asia
Draft Of Men Indicated In Spite Of War
In a March 20 letter from Louis B. Hershey to Rep. Joseph E. Talbot of Naugatuck he warns that soon all qualified men may be drafted regardless of essential industry employment. The War Manpower Commission and Selective Service push female labor and training programs to replace personnel entering the armed forces. Connecticut officials note some states grant occupational deferments to workers who moved to state war jobs without verifying essentiality.
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Selective Service
Cong
Joseph E. Talbot
R.-Conn
Naugatuck
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Hershey
War Manpower Commission
Cong. Talbot
Connecticut
Air Attacks Renewed On Japs At Kiska
Navy reports renewed air strikes against Japanese bases at Kiska in the north Pacific and Munda in the south Pacific. On March 18 Liberator and Mitchell bombers with P 38 escorts attacked Kiska twice. results unavailable and planes returned. On March 20 Wildcat fighters strafed Munda, marking the 96th raid against that central Solomons base.
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Kiska
North Pacific
Munda
South Pacific
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Army Liberator
United States
New Georgia
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Nazi Executions Reported in Belgrade Reprisal
Official Yugoslav quarters say the German commandant at Belgrade announced the execution of 400 Serbs in Pozarevac and the village of Topola burned for railway sabotage. The report cites Belgrade as the source with the actions taken in reprisal.
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Egypt
Belgrade
Pozarevec
Topaonitaa
World Today At A Glance Tunisia Burma and Smolensk Updates
American forces extend a 42 mile advance through Salsa and El Guetar as British and German movements shift near Mareth Donbaik and Akyab. Allied air activity increases with submarine activity seen at Lae. Reds report continued advances toward Smolensk amid heavy fighting near Kharkov and Donets.
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Salsa
el Guetar
Posihhoms
Mareth Line
Pacific
Australia
Lae
New Guinea
Churchill's Address Set to Define Britain's War Course
London observers expect a forthcoming radio speech by Prime Minister Churchill to outline Britain’s duties and prospects in a year of offensive war. The timing coincides with Anthony Eden’s Washington trip and may clarify Britain’s wartime and postwar alliances.
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Washington
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Yanks Close On Rommel Lifeline 60 Miles From Tunis Front
Allied forces in North Africa push toward Rommel’s coastal lifeline as Patton and Montgomery forces gain positions near Gafsa and Gabes. Heavy rains and dust storms slow movement while air power tightens control of the skies and Erwin Rommel faces mounting pressure from multiple axes.
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George S. Patton
Bernard L. Montgomery
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St Louis Fire Chief Dies in Collapse of Warehouse
Fire Chief Joseph W. Morgan was killed as an 80 year old five story warehouse burned and collapsed in St Louis. At least nine firefighters injured, three seriously, as a wall fell while Morgan warned others to exit. Debris ignited a nearby two story coffee company building.
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