Turning Point in 1942 War Front Battles
The piece outlines key battlefront positions from Leningrad to the Caucasus as Nazi and Soviet forces clash. It notes ten strategic points, the high cost in lives and material, and suggests 1942 could be decisive as both sides exhaust manpower and supply.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Stalin
Leningrad
Baltic
Staraya Russa
Bolshevists
Moscow
Rzhev
Vyazma
Orel
Kursk
Kharkov
Strong
Ukraine
Knieperopetrovsk
Stalino
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Golden Caucasus
Caucasus
Mother Hubbard Elitler
Japs Accused of Germ Warfare in China War
CHUNGHING March 31 A Chinese government spokesman at a press conference accused Japan of germ warfare. He said a Japanese plane dropped infected material at Changtel in Flonan province on Nov 3 causing six deaths. He urged UN action holding individual officers and the state responsible.
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Chunghing
China
Japan
United Nations
Changtel
Flonan
Army to build 1500 bed hospital near Asheville
Rep. Weaver announces the Army will construct a 1500 bed general hospital at the North Carolina State Test Farm in Swannanoa near Asheville. The project, possibly costing 3 to 5 million dollars, should be completed in four to five months and will be one of the Army’s largest hospitals, located five miles from the 800 bed veterans hospital at Oteen.
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Rep. Weaver
ARMY
Asheville
Washington
Weaver
Otecn
India Opposes British Rule Over Defenses
India presses its stance against Cripps defense plan seeking dominion status. Gandhi and Congress sources indicate strong opposition to British defense control during the war, with warnings the proposal may derail the dominion talks.
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India
H.R. Stimson
New Delhi
Mar
All-India Congress Executive Committee
Mohandas Gandhi
Devadas
Hindustan Times
Congress
Stafford Cripps
Gandhi
Sir Stafford
Britain
Cripps
C. R. Rajag
Alabamer
Forula
Mahama
Congress Committee
Maulana Abdul Katan Azad
all-India Congress Working
Answer
Soviet Batters At Vital German Offensive Bases
Soviet forces pressed a spring offensive along the entire front amid thawing snows. Red Army troops reported important gains near Leningrad and along the central front while German high command acknowledged heavy Russian pressure in Ukraine and near Lake Ilmen. Allied naval escorts protected convoys to Russia as German submarines faced damage and a British cruiser and destroyer were lightly damaged.
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Russia
Admiralty
Leningrad
Red Army
Ukraine
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
High Command
Staraya Russa
Adolf Oliver
Murmansk
United Nations
Norway
Army of Occupation
Finland
Berlin
Kola Bay
British and Russian ships fend off attacks on Soviet convoy
London March 33 British and Russian naval forces sank a German destroyer and repelled attacks by German surface craft and U boats while escorting a convoy to Russia. Two British destroyers were damaged but returned safely to port, the admiralty said.
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London
Russia
Admiralty
Exhumed document tied to Cooling policies and Japan plots
Democratic senators push for release of a buried record they say shows a twenty year pattern of appeasement toward Japan and concealment of its plots against the United States. The piece cites Cal tin Coolidge and Charles Evans Hughes as origins, references a 1924 immigration debate, and notes a special labor inquiry led by James J. Davis with a cabinet briefing.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Frovore
Japan
United States
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes
West Coast
Labor
James J. Davis
Davis
Coolidge
British Force In Burma Cut Off By Japs
British forces in Burma face tough fighting with limited air support as Japanese troops swing around their flank. Chinese defenders hold Toungoo against another Japanese drive toward Mandalay and Burma oil areas. A mixed Japanese and Burmese force penetrated to Shwedagon behind British units near Paungde, with Indian frontier troops taking 300 casualties and capturing 70 Burmese prisoners. A counterattack is underway to reopen roads amid reports of local support for the enemy.
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New Delhi
India
Burma
United Nations
Mandalay
Toungoo
British Communiqte
Shwedaung
Pramo
Paungde
Irrawaddy River
Tonbo
Washington
Senate
House
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Senator Johnson
D-Cale
Marine Corps
Coast Guard, Geodetic Survey and
Public Health Service
British Chinese Reinforcements Struggle in Burma Campaign
British observers in London report the fiercest fighting in the Burma campaign from the Irrawaddy to Toungoo as British and Chinese reserves pour in to halt Japanese drives. They warn that road blocks behind advancing units must be cleared to improve the situation while noting air reinforcements are still late, signaling Japan’s growing air advantage.
More than Five Thousand Japanese Dead in Burma Battles
Chinese forces report over 5,000 Japanese dead around Toungoo in Burma through March 29 amid heavy ongoing fighting. In Washington, the War Production Board orders halting vacuum cleaner production after April 30 to redirect 885 million industry to war work, affecting eighteen companies and about 12,000 workers.
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Chungking
Ching
Toungoo
Burma
Washington
War Production Board
Iicentia Cleaners
WPB
Casey to step down as Australian minister to Washington
Prime Minister John Curtin announced Casey will relinquish his post as Australian minister to Washington at midnight tonight and immediately become minister of state to represent the British war cabinet in the Middle East.
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Melbourn
Australia
John Curtin
Richard G. Casey
Washington
Middle East
Standard Oil of New Jersey Chief Defends Rubber Role
W S Farish president of Standard Oil of New Jersey testified before the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that the company did not block synthetic rubber development. He argued contracts with I G Farben aided American industry and wartime aviation gasoline. Farish denied disloyalty charges and said Standard pressed for a government synthetic rubber program.
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Washington
W.S. Farish
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Farish
Thurman Arnold
I. G. Farben
Germany
L-G. Farben
Arould
Standad
Japan
France
Standard
Halian
Brazil
States Department
DAPG
Hamburg
Sward
Far
German U Boats Intensify Atlantic Action Predicted
Washington reports German U boats have averaged a ship a day in American waters this month and may heighten raiding as weather improves. Navy experts say air and surface anti submarine efforts will rise, and more subs may appear off the coast. Countermeasures include more patrol planes and blimps, stricter ship lights rules, and blackouts along key coastal sections to hinder submarine operations.
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Joan M
Washington
Eastern Sea Frontier Command
Adolphus Andrews
Navy Department
Allies Gain Air Superiority in New Guinea War
Allied air power asserts dominance over Japan in New Guinea as US Flying Fortresses and RAAF bomb Lae and Timor targets. Commanders Blamey Curtin praise and a call to mobilize for 1942 as Australia faces possible invasion.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Melbourne
Lae
New Guinea
United States
Townsville
Queensland
Thomas Blamey
Allied
Australia
John Curtin
Middle East
RAAF
Koepang
Timor
Gurtin
Darwin
United Nations
Chuckhill
Mediterranean
Senate Leader Barkley fights 40 hour week suspension
Washington March 31. Senate Democratic Leader Barkley signaled the administration would oppose any move to suspend the 40 hour work week or curb war profits by anything but taxation. He warned that suspending the 40 hour week would cause chaos in war industries while supporting tax measures to recapture excess profits. He also opposed Connally’s plan to freeze conditions in strike bound plants taken over by the government, noting most war industries already exceed 40 hours.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
White House
Treasury
House
Farkley
Connnaly
D-Tex
Connally
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