Allied Air Attacks Press Wewak Sector in March Blitz
Allied bombers pound the Wewak sector in March raids for the 18th time in 22 days led by Lt Gen George C Kenney with Gen Douglas Arthur noting over 2,000 tons of bombs this month. The strikes target airfields fuel dumps and stores 200 miles northwest of the closest Allied ground position as convoys near Aitape and Hollandia face increased attacks and enemy shipping losses mount in waters northwest of Wewak.
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Wewak
Andh Debengl
Wedel
Satons
Madang
Admiralty Islands
Japan
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New Guinea
Begia
Alexishafen Madang
Philippines
Aitape
Hollandia
No material change in Cassino amid bitter fighting
Allied headquarters report two new bomber blows against enemy lines in Northern Italy at Arno rence and Padua while fighting continues in Cassino with no material change in the situation. Bombers hit the Campo Di Marte freight yard in Florence and rail targets near Padua.
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Naples
Italy
Rence
Padua
Cassino
Ame
Campo di Marte
Florence
Heavies strike Germany in third day of raids
Allied air forces hammered Western Germany for a third day with heavy bombers attacking mills and rail targets. US and RAF sorties pressed operations around Laon Lyon Creil and Charleroi as fighter groups returned from missions over the Reich.
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ORD
France
Laon
Paris
Rhineland
Dortand
United States
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Reich
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RAF
Pas-Dethe
Amerranders
Creil
Haine-St
Charleroi
Belgium
Vichy
Lyon
Hous
Italian Press Reports Mass Exit At Brenner Pass
An underground Italian news source says by March 23 the Brenner Pass has seen at least 1,000,000 Italian men and women moved out to assist the armament industry. The report notes a long displacement of workers through the pass to factories and military plants.
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Brenner
European War May Last Over Year
London reports General Montgomery warns the European war could last a year or longer as Britain prepares for invasion. He urges full home front cooperation and calls for stronger arms for Allied troops. Roosevelt pledges refugee aid and reaffirmed Philippine independence policies in a separate address.
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London
Bernard L. Montgomery
T‘gomery
Churchill Surprises American Paratroops in England Visit
Prime Minister Churchill visited American airborne troops in England with General Eisenhower and others. He praised their readiness and noted the allied effort to strike a blow for a world cause, promising U S and Britain would defeat the Nazi threat.
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London
Churchill
English Countie
Europe
Oat D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
United Kingdom
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Ninth Air Force
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Japan's Tojo seizes on Burma invasion for political gain
The article notes General Tojo seeks to turn the Burma border action into a political sensation claiming Indian national army involvement. Allied leaders view no major threat yet, while cautioning the invasion could strain Allied India operations and threaten Manipur and Imphal.
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Japan
Tojo
India
Burma
Indian National Army
Aes
Samaking
Chindwin River
Manipur
Imphal
Manipu
China
Auchinleck
Assam
Tokyo
Berlin
Prut Boundary In Sight Of Konev's Army
Russian forces pressed toward the Prut river within 15 miles from high ground as they advance through Bessarabia toward the Carpathians. The Dniester boundary is breached, and Czernowitz near the Carpathians looms as a key rail hub.
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Konev
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Prut River
Bessarabia
Carpathian Mountains
Rumania
Dniester
Ivan S. Konev
Tarnopol
Proskurov
Kovel
Curzon Line
Old Poland
Red Army
Czernowitz
Carpathians
Mogilev Podolski
Bucovina
Zhukov
Libai
Lwow
Ukraine
Black Sea
Kurilovtsky-Murovanny
Berlin
Vinnista
Second Ukraine
Nadashita
Alexandrovka
Nikolaev
CIO Campaign To Shatter Steel Formula Is Opened
The CIO United Steel Workers of America opened a main drive after months of prep to press a demand package in a contract dispute with the steel industry. President Philip Murray and a staff of about one hundred outlined 14 demands, including wage increases, vacation pay, and a joint fund for workers in the armed services. The union argues wage earners are the stalled segment amid broader national income shifts and cites profits and farm parity as factors in rising living costs. The brief urges economic stabilization and attacks steel profiteering, inflation, and distribution of national income.
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Washington
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Philip Murray
Sixgman
War Labor Ward
Ceesee
Pressure Put On Farrell In Argentina
In Montevideo dated March 24, travelers from Buenos Aires report steady pro democratic pressure on President Edelmiro Farrell and War Minister Juan Peron. Fifteen Argentine generals urged a return to democratic rule and free elections, meeting Farrell and weighing a transition to constitutional government. Arturo Rawson and former Justice Juan Tonn jazz reportedly led the generals.
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Uruguay
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Peron
Buenos Aires
Farrell
Uest
Arturo Rawson
Axis
Juan Tonjazz
McDonalds Take Over Leadership of NCEA
Dr Ralph McDonald of Winston Salem was installed as president of the North Carolina Education Association and Mrs Annie Laurie McDonald of Hickory became vice president. Directors include Miss Virginia Kirkpatrick of Raleigh succeeding Dr A M Proctor and Margery Alexander of Charlotte succeeding J H Nettles.
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Ralph McDonald
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Education Association
Annie Laurie McDonald
Hickory
Virginia Kirkpatrick
A. M. Proctor
Durham
Margery Alexander
Charlotte
J. H. Nettles
Salisbury
Alber recounts Hitler blueprint for world conquest
Louis J. Alber spoke at the Rotary Club outlining his view of Hitler’s plans and the Nazi regime as a looming threat. He warned that only defeating feudal structures in Germany and Japan and embracing democratic world order can avert another war and secure lasting peace.
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Louis Alber
Hitler
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Adolph Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
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Hjalmar Schacht
Richard von Kuhlmann
Louis J. Alber
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
World Organization
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Hungary
Bulgaria
Roumania
Spain
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Argentina
British 14th Army Supplied By Planes
New Delhi March 24 Allied forces of the British 14th army hit Japanese positions from three roads south of Imphal while a northern thrust was attacked from the Chin hills and Kabaw valley. Air supply aided British troops after road blocks cut the Imphal Siddim route.
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New Delhi
India
Imphal
Louis Mountoatten
Chin Hills
Kabaw
Manipur
Siddim
Burma
Lake Loktak
Tamu
Tamu-Palel
Tiddim
Assart
14Th Army
China
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Arakan
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C. G. Yseng
Yunnan
Dewey Sees Public Works Play Role in Postwar Recovery
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York states public works will have a sport to play in postwar reconstruction in a letter published by the Fort Francis E Warner Sentinel.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fort Francis E. Warner Sentinel
Thomas E. Dewey
New York Today
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