Two Italian Subs Among Ships Sunk
British submarines report sinking two Italian submarines two supply ships six schooners and a motor ship off Italy and Albania near the Strait of Messina. Italian subs identified as Ammiraglia Millo and an Argonauta class craft. Survivors of a stricken U boat were abandoned after an enemy aircraft interference.
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Italy
Admiralty
Strait of Messina
Sicily
Adriatic
Ammiraglia Millo
Mediterranean
Apppbaches
Strait
Messina
J. W. Linton
D.C.S
War Today: MacArthur's cautious stance and supply strain
DeWitt MacKenzie notes General MacArthur resists rushed offensives against Japan, emphasizing careful preparation and reliance on American and Australian resources. He warns the war hinges on shipping, fuel, and aircraft, as Congress pushes to speed up shipbuilding while Australia awaits decisive U.S. support.
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MacArthur
Melbourne
United States
Australia
Beieves
A An
Congress
America
U Boat Reports Attack on Jap Aircraft Carrier
A Perth Telegraph dispatch says an Allied submarine in friendly waters torpedoed a Japanese aircraft carrier off Bali on March 3. The 27,000 ton ship, possibly sunk or badly damaged, was reported to have flames 150 feet high after two torpedo strikes.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Perth
Australia
Bali
Hearing Starts In Three Thefts In Concord
A preliminary hearing for George L. Stansbury, Guilford County board of commissioners chair, and three others on charges tied to eight stolen automobile tires, allegedly received by Stansbury from his brother in law George L. King and Byron Price, began at 2 pm and extended past 3:30 pm. Also charged is Mrs Stansbury. The session was ongoing with no completion expected before 5 pm.
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Concord
George L. Stansbury
Guilford
Reds Kill German survivors reach Brooklyn after 11 days at sea
A crew of 23 men and four officers from a United Nations merchant vessel were torpedoed off the Atlantic coast on March 5. They spent 11 days in two lifeboats before a large general cargo ship picked them up, arriving in Brooklyn safe and well fed. The ship was shelled and sunk by the enemy sub.
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New York
Brooklyn
United Nations
Atlantic
12 000 German Officers Reported Killed on Kalinin Front
Russians report a massacre of 12 000 German officers and soldiers on the Kalinin sector amid a faster war pace. Red Star says American Airacobra planes are ready for spring combat. Front lines show gains around Kalinin, Leningrad, Bryansk, and Crimea as both sides push in crucial engagements.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Kalinin
U. S
Red Star
I Red Star
High Command
Karld Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt
Leningrad
Staraya Russa
Smolensk
Bryansk
Crimean Peninsula
Kalin
Large Scale Warfare Expected In Africa
British 8th Army in Libya braces for a resumption of large scale warfare as months of potential campaign season approach in June to August. Italian armored division reportedly crossed the Mediterranean while Rommel's April offensives last year are recalled. British confidence remains high as preparations for renewed heavy fighting proceed.
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William McGaffin
Libya
No-Man's Land
Mediterranean
Envin Rommel
Mrs MacArthur Overrules General In Family Affairs
Melbourne dispatch reports Gen Douglas MacArthur bosses Allied forces yet in home life Mrs MacArthur holds supreme command. She took their son Arthur shopping and ordered a haircut despite the general’s warning about catching cold. The barber notes the child needed trimming and the mother insisted.
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Melbourne
Douglas MacArthur
Firm Stand Pledged By Bataan Force
The War Department said American Filipino troops in the Philippines assured General Douglas MacArthur they would defend the islands with the same zeal and courage under his command. Bombers from Australia destroyed at least nine enemy planes on the ground and possibly shot down two more. Saturday raids hit the air drome at Rabaul and damaged enemy forces. Sunday raids at Lae, New Guinea, destroyed at least nine enemy planes on the ground.
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MacArthur
Australia
United Nations
Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Lae
New Guinea
Bataan
Communists Say Japan Plans Siberian Invasion
Chungking dispatch reports Northwest China Daily News claims Japan is preparing to attack Soviet Siberia as soon as conditions favor it. The piece asserts Japan would leverage troops in Manchukuo and inner Mongolia along with 10 million men in home islands, Formosa, Korea, and occupied China, though experts doubt such figures.
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Soviet
Siberia
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Japan
Manchukuo
China
Korea
Formosa
East Asia
Allies Smash 44 Jap Planes In Three Days
Allied air forces pounded Port Moresby and other invasion bases in New Guinea over a three day period, shooting down 44 Japanese planes and supporting a broader air war to defend Australia. The Port Moresby raid followed heavy Allied attacks on Lae and other targets as General MacArthur mapped plans to counter any Japanese landing.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Port Moresby
Australia
New Guinea
John Curtin
Pacific
Port Morseby
Wyndham
United Nations
Rons
Dili
Dutch Timor
Royal Australian Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Dominion
Japan
MacArthur
Francis M. Force
United States
Parde
Flubertus J. van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
Cripps Begins Job Of Trying To Unite India
Sir Stafford Cripps, Britain’s emissary, arrived in New Delhi to start a mission aimed at pacifying India’s politically divided millions and forging a united fight against the Axis. He will consult Viceroy Linlithgow, General Wavell, and provincial governors before meeting Congress, Muslim League, Hindu Sabha, and Indian princes.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Cripps
Lord Linlithgow
Archibald P. Wavell
Sir Stafford
Congress Party
Moslem League
Hindu Mahasabha
Mohandas K. Gandiu
King Boris En Route to Berlin to Discuss Bulgaria's Ambitions
King Boris of Bulgaria heads to Berlin to confer with Adolf Hitler and Franz von Papen on Bulgaria's Axis alignment and aims to become the guardian power of the Balkans. Observers warn Bulgaria would enter the war if Turkey joins the Axis, while Balkan diplomacy intensifies amid disputes between Romania and Hungary and Franco-German talks.
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Thomas F. Hawkins Berw
Switzerland
Boris
Bulgaria
Berlin
Middle Eastern
Balkans
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Thefuehrer
Baku
Dardanelles
Romania
Mungary
Germany
Bucharest
Hungary
Sofia
Ace
von Papen
Huesrey Gerede
Istanbul
Rumania
Spain
Iran
Judy Maniu
Nelson Tells Labor It Must Give Up Double Sunday Pay
Washington March 23 Donald M Nelson told CIO leaders labor must suspend for war the double pay for Sunday and holiday work. He advocates seven day three shift operation and says Sunday or holiday work does not deserve extra pay unless the seventh day is a Sunday or holiday. Leaders from CIO unions nationwide were called by President Murray to campaign against Congress suspending the 40 hour work week.
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Labor
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
CIO
Phillip Murray
Congress
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