Allied Push Closes Gabes Gap in North Africa
Allied forces under Patton and Freyberg drive toward Sfax as Gabes, El Hamma fall to British Eighth Army and American units. New Zealand division pursues Rommel along the coast while air and naval bombardment disrupts German armor. Churchill reports vanguards in contact north of Gabes and the Mareth line escape route blocked.
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Eighth Army
Gabes
EL Hamma Fall
North Africa
George S. Patton, Jr
el Hamma
Wapdes
New Zealand
Bernard Cyril Freyberg
Erwin Rommel
Sfax
Churchill
House of Commons
London
New
Churchill reports progress in Tunisia and warns of tough days ahead
In Commons Churchill hails progress by Allied forces in Tunisia with coordinated Brit ish French and American action. He credits Eisenhower Montgomery and air power for trapping Rommel while noting risks and the need to press on to final victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Tunisia
Rommel
Churchill Warns Allies Must Not Underrate Tunisia Task
Prime Minister Churchill warned against underrating the task facing Allied forces in Tunisia while praising progress. He cited heavy enemy losses, praised Freyberg’s breakthrough aided by air power, and noted rising American, French, and British actions under Eisenhower and Alexander as the campaign develops.
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Churchill
Tunisia
Associated Press
Churchi
Rome
Freyberg
Bernard Cyril Freyberg
New Zealand
First Army
Dwight) Eisenhower
Harold) Alexander
London
Rommel
United States
Bell to Become Regional OPA Hearing Commissioner
Raleigh dispatch reports Daniel L. Bell, senior state OPA rationing attorney and Pittsboro native, will take the post of regional OPA hearing commissioner in Atlanta starting April 1.
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Raleigh
Daniel L. Bell
Pittsboro
Atlanta
Labor Meeting Hears Talk By Mme. Kai-Shek
In San Francisco Mme Chiang Kai-Shek urged labor unity and production urging workers to win the war. The speech to about 2000 CIO AFL and Railroad Brotherhood members stressed fellowship and that unity is strength.
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Mme. Kai-Shek
San Francisco
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
America
China
CIO
AFL
Railroad Brotherhood
Mme. Chiang
Groundwork Laid for French Unity in North Africa
Algiers report says Gen Giraud and Gen Catroux agreed on plans to unify French forces arrayed against the Axis within ten days. Gen De Gaulle may be invited to approve the plan and lead French interests in continental France.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
Georges Catroux
Charles DeGaulle
Catroux
Giraud
Axis
North
Africa
de Gaulle
France
Soviets Strike Deepening Push Toward Smolensk
Soviet forces press toward Smolensk amid bad weather as three more villages fall to Red Army. In the Donets area heavy fighting leaves about 300 Germans dead, with Russian troops holding footholds on the western Donets bank and probing enemy defenses with recon patrols.
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Moscow
Red
Smolensk
Bely
Vely
Donets
Donnets
MacArthur Bombers Strike in New Guinea and New Britain
Allied report says MacArthur’s bombers attacked Japanese positions across New Guinea and New Britain with raids on Toel Langgoer Walesk Gasmata Cape Gloucester Madang Lae and the coast between Finschhafen and Madang. Japanese bombers hit Oro Bay Buna. a Nip bomber was shot down near Dobodura by a P 38.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
New Britain
Toel
Kai Islands
Langgoer
Walesk
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Madang
Lae
Finschhafen
Oro Bay
Buna
Dobodura
Raids On Germany Portend Invasion, Say Nazi Officials
Stockholm reports German spokesmen reacted to a British raid by warning it could signal invasion of the European continent. Aftonbladet’s Berlin correspondent cites Berlin officials who admit no more sleep undisturbed as Danish anti aircraft fire echoes in Swedish towns.
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Germany
Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Denmark
RAF Airmen Raid Ruhr Valley War Industries Berlin
The RAF attacked Berlin and Ruhr war plants last night with a heavy bomber loss. Twenty-one bombers missing from Berlin raid and twelve from Ruhr sweep. it was Berlin’s sixtieth raid. Bochum targeted among others. seventh attack on Berlin this year.
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Ruhr Valley War Industries
Berlin
London
RAF
Ruhr Valey
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Bochum
Essen
Brazil Axis espionage plot linked to Brazilian officers police report
Rio de Janeiro report details a spy plot involving Brazilian Army Captain Tullio Regis Do Nascimento and other nationals plus former Axis diplomats. Intercepted radio messages show plans to study U S war plants and naval fire control, with funds requested from Berlin and an underground line to Argentina. The tribunal of national security will decide action.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Tribunal of National Security
U. S
Brazil
Germany
Tullio Regis Do Nasciment
Berlin
Albrecht Gustav Engels
Nascimento
Rio
Argentina
U S Planes Hit Japanese Destroyer in Solomon Islands Raid
American P-38 and Corsair fighters attacked in the Shortland Island area on March 29, strafing a Japanese destroyer off Alu Island and setting five to seven planes on fire at Faisi base. One U S plane shed three feet of its wing but all aircraft returned safely.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
South Pacific
Faisi
Shortland Island
Alu Island
U. S
Faisi Island
Shortland Harbor
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Shortland
Paroled Robeson County Killer Among 15 Free By Governor
Raleigh March 30 Carlie Clark convicted in Robeson County in August 1933 of second degree murder and sentenced to twenty two and one half to thirty years was among fifteen prisoners paroled today by Governor Broughton.
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Raleigh
Carlie Clark
Robeson County
Broughton
Fight Against Social Diseases Goes Favorably
New York March 30 Drumwalter Clarke executive director of the American Social Hygiene Association said the fight against venereal disease was going more favorably in the present war than in World War I but the advance is not going well enough He disclosed the association's 1942 annual report warning of colossal loss to armed forces unless civilians improve efforts He cited a possible 378000 annual cases if VD rates halve and urged use of legal medical social and educational measures.
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New York
Drumwalter Clarke
American Social Hygiene Association
Deadline Extension Eases Pressure in Coal Wage Fight
Washington marching news reports a 30 day extension for wage negotiations between Southern Appalachian soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America. Congress weighs swift labor legislation tied to possible strikes and anti labor measures including hobbs antiracketeering bill and anti strike proposals. The Senate Judiciary Committee backs a plan to empower the President to seize and run any war material producing factory or mine during a work stoppage.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
United Mine Workers of America
Congress
Senate
White House
House
May
D.-Ky
Military Committee
Rep. Smith
D.-Va
Rep
Colmer
D.-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Pay-As-Go Tax Deadlock Faces House Vote
The House prepares to vote on pay-as-you-go income tax legislation amid a four day debate that splits lawmakers into three camps. Rumplan advocates seek a full tax year, the Ways and Means plan offers no tax abatement, and a bipartisan group seeks partial compromise. Hope of a majority fades with potential recommital and possible delays into midweek.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Luce
R-Conn
Beardsley Rum
New York
Copper Mine Workers Vote to Strike in Utah
Copper miners at Utah Copper Company pits near Magna and Arthur voted 977 to 110 to strike after the War Labor Board refused to hear a wage increase request. The union plans a walkout at an undisclosed time to halt roughly a quarter of U S copper output.
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Salt Lake City
Independent Association of Mill Workers
America
Utah Copper Company
Magna and
Arthur
War Labor Board
WLB
Association
National Labor Relations Board
Governor Enjoying Fishing on Florida Business Trip
Governor Broughton reports sea trout running well on the west coast during a combination vacation and business trip to Florida. He plans to visit southern training bases housing North Carolina servicemen and maintains contact with his office while away.
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Raleigh
Broughton
Florida
North Carolina
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