Allied Forces Make Gains on Mareth Line in Tunisia Drive
Allied headquarters report Maknassy captured as American and British forces drive toward the Gulf of Gabes. Patton’s troops push east near Maknassy while Montgomery’s Eighth Army attacks Mareth Line from the south and west. 1,700 prisoners taken by midday.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Maknassy
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
George S. Patton, Jr
Gulf of Gabes
Bernard L Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Marethine
Comunique
el Mamma
Gabes
Montgomery
el Alamein
Egypt
Rommel
el Hamma
Tunisia
Morocco
Reuters
London
Hitler
Pacific Calm Masking Storm Hints From Knox
Secretary Knox cautioned at a press conference that the Pacific remains quiet now but could be a calm before a storm as the war nears in the Atlantic and North Africa. He noted casualty lists show fluid totals and described tensions in Martinique as supplies run short. He also dismissed German super submarine claims as an exploded idea.
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Washington
Knox
Pacific
Martinique
Churchill
Tunisia
Atlantic
Lake Tungting
Yangtze
89Th Chungking
Kiangsu
Burma
Prome
Arakan
Katha
Navy
Frank Knox
Administration Maintains Wage Policy In Coal Dispute
President Roosevelt stood firm on wage stabilization for coal, backing the War Labor Board and urging settlement like any labor dispute. He reiterated retroactive adjustments only under the 1942 act and executive order, with no special treatment for the United Mine Workers in the ongoing wage case.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Lewis
WLB
William H. Davis
Davis
Allies clear Mambare River sector in New Guinea raid
Allied jungle fighters from the United States and Australia report killing at least 700 Japanese troops and capturing over 100 prisoners as they clear the Mambare River Valley on New Guinea’s northeast coast. The operation follows a December 13, 1942 landing and lies 40 miles north of Buna.
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Mambare River
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Buna
Mambare
Papuan Peninsula
Salamaua
United Nations
Japan
Australia
Gasmata
New Britain
Lae
Finschhafen
Madang
MacArthur
Reds Continue Steady Drive On Smolensk
Soviet forces on the central front pressed toward Smolensk as German attacks north of Zhizdra near Bryansk were repelled. Red Army units also held lines along the Donets while repelling heavy German push with tanks and dive bombers in pine and sandy terrain. In Kuban The Red Army broke several counterattacks and advanced, with losses reported on both sides.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Smolensk
Zhizdra
Bryansk
Pinehurst
N. C
Red Star
Africa
Kuban
Caucasus
Chuguev
Belgorod
Long River
FDR Elevates Ambassadors to Seven Latin American Nations
President Roosevelt granted ambassador rank to U S envoys in seven Latin American countries. Nominees include Boaz Long to Guatemala and James B. Stewart, Walter Orston, John D. in, Avra M. Warren, and John Abell White in various postings. Senate confirmation awaited.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Senate
State Department
Boaz Long
New Mexico
Warsaw
Ind
Ecuador
Guatemala
Robert M. Scotten
Detroit
Mich
Costa Rica
Long
Ecna
Fay A. Desportes
Winnsboro
IS. C
James B. Stewart
Philalphia
Nicaragua
Walter Orston
Arizona
Nazi Military Caste Reported Back In Power
London reports confirm the return of the old German military caste to influence the high command. Hitler remains supreme commander, with Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel at the helm and Alfred Jodl, Warlimondt, and Fritz Erich von Manstein as senior aides. Von Bock, Doenitz, and Milch head their respective services, while Kurt Zeitzler leads the army staff. The informant suggests Von Manstein may command all eastern armies. Von Bock’s two dismissals hint at a Prussian monarchist shift reinforcing Hitler’s regime.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Roosevelt
United States
Wilhelm Keitel
Wehrmachtsfuehrungstab
Armed Forces Guidance Staff
Alfred Jodl
Long Hitler
Warlimondt
Army
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Army High Command
Fedor von Bock
Navy High Command
Karl Doenitz
Air Force High Command
Erhard Milch
von Bock
Army General Staff
Kurt Zeitzler
Franz Halder
von Mannstein
Russia
Auto Workers Promise Men Equipment at Camp Atterbury
At Camp Atterbury Indiana Walter P Reuther leader of 250 UAW CIO unionists pledged that the nation’s auto workers will provide fighting soldiers with the finest equipment. General Jonathan W Anderson called the equipment the finest in the world. Reuther said American labor would back the army to the fullest and tell half a million workers this is a peoples war and a peoples army.
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Atterbury
Ind
Army
Automobile Workers Union
Jonathan W. Anderson
Tenth Army Corps
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Reuther
Camp Atterbury
Naples Braced as Allied Bombers Raid Again
Cairo reports Naples was raided again Sunday night by Allied heavy bombers for a second consecutive night. Bombers all returned. Communique notes large fires near a railway depot and an oil installation. The ninth US Air Force fleet attacked the port on Saturday night and last Thursday.
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Cairo
Naples
Middle East
Ninth
United States Air Force
Mock Invasion Ends With Canadian British Sweep
London reports a 10 day mock invasion exercise in Britain using record troop numbers, planes and tanks. Gen A G L McNaughton led Canadian forces against Lieut Gen J A Gammel’s British troops in a simulated coast to inland advance. American observers watched as engineers built bridges and airfields, while RAF planes tested ground air cooperation.
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London
Britain
Axis
A. G. L. McNaughton
J. A.gammel
RAF
McNaughton
Viereck Indicted on Six Counts in Foreign Agent Case
George Sylvester Viereck of New York, once a German propagandist, is indicted on six counts for violating the foreign agent registration act. He allegedly failed to disclose acting for the Nazi foreign office in the United States. Three counts center on omitting the German government office as a foreign principal in registration supplements.
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Washington
George Sylvester Viereck
New York
Viereck
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
Biddle
Justice Department
George McNulty
Alien Property Unit
War Division
Criminal Division
McNulty
William Power Maloney
Greensboro Cadet John A. Faw Jr. Killed in Plane Crash
Cadet John A. Faw Jr., a former Greensboro resident, was killed in a plane crash at Perrin Field Texas on Sunday afternoon, authorities learned yesterday.
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Greensboro
John A. Faw, Jr
Perrin Field
Tex
Faked Tests On Steel Plate Goes to Navy Probe
J Lester Perry president of Carnegie Illinois Steel testified before the Senate War Program Committee that upper management was not involved in alleged faked tensile strength tests and chemical analyses on steel plates ordered by the Navy from their Irvin Pennsylvania works. Signed employee statements had claimed tests were falsified.
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Washington
J. Lester Perry
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
Navy
Theirm
Irvin, Pa
Perry
Truman
Special
Senate
United States Steel Corporation
Irvin Works
Irvin
Hugh Fulton
Michael Tarella
Metallurgical Department
J. H. McConnell
D. B. Ireland
War on black market drives tempers price spikes
Price Administrator Prentiss M Brown reports 1025 court actions in a meat trade crackdown from Jan 15 to Mar 11, warning of home-front inflation and morale damage. Examples from Belgium and Chungking show extreme prices. wartime shortages fuel hoarding and profiteering.
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Prentiss M. Brown
England
Belgium
Chungking
India
UMW Proposes 30 Day Pact To Preserve Northern Mines
United Mine Workers offer Northern Appalachian coal mine operators a 30 day extension after April 1 under current contract with retroactive wage gains. The move follows President Roosevelt urging uninterrupted work past March 31 and calling for wage adjustments under the wage stabilization act. Union says no time limit but seeks clarity on retroactive pay and eventual negotiations.
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New York
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
CIO Leader Attacks Civilian Draft Plan as Wage Control Tool
R J Thomas of the CIO AA IW member group told the Senate Military Committee that the Austin Wadsworth civilian draft bill is a weapon for employers to keep wages down and block necessary wage adjustments. He cited production planning defects behind manpower shortages in aviation. William Green of the AFL called the proposal involuntary servitude.
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Washington
Austin-Wadsworth
CIO
Senate Military Committee
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers
William Green
American Federation of Labor
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Depense
Pacific Calm
Joan M. Tightower
Fdr
The
Associated Press
Imperial Tokyo
Hupeh
Reds
BY Eddy Gilmore
Kharkov
Latin America
Geo. Viereck
Greensboran
Carnegie-Illinois
UMW
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