Battle for Tunisia Looms as Allied Forces Press On
The article discusses a pivotal Tunisian offensive, highlighting Montgomery and Rommel as key commanders. It notes recapture efforts at Gafsa, the Mareth line dubbed the Maginot line of the desert, and the strategic aim to seal North Africa and threaten Europe, with praise for Rommel and cautious respect from Allied officers.
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Ye Dewitt MacKenzie Bertin
Africa
Mediterranean
Tunisia
Europe
Italy
Turkmier
Saracoglu
National Assemble
Yontgomery
Gafsa
Tunia
Erican
Montgomery
En Mareth
Rommel
Marshall Rommel
Desert
Euts
Tughisia
Libya
Mareth Oasis
Tunisian
France
Daladier
Britain
Maginot Line
Mareth Front Battles Push Through Tunisian Lines
Allied troops under Montgomery pressed south from Fe riana as German and Italian forces withdrew amid mines and booby traps. Low-flying Spitfires and aircraft targeted retreating units while fires raged and a gasoline carrier exploded. British gains improved northern Mareth positions as Axis claims of heavy attacks were reported repulsed by Berlin.
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Patton
Feriana
Aira
Andras
Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Rommel
Cairo
Middle East
Mareth Area
Gafsa
Lod
Faidi Pass
Maknassy
Sened
Chott Djerid
Maresh Line
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
Associated Press
Rome
Mediterranean
Market Report from St Louis and Chicago Briefly Mixed
At National Stockyards hog futures eased 10 to 20 cents from the prior average with brisk early sales in lighter weights. Cattle and calves showed modest demand with steers, heifers, and bulls trading within narrow ranges. Grain and provisions traded at steady to lower levels while New York stocks and cotton futures drifted amid legislative uncertainty and cautious trading.
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St, Louis
Cily
Chicago
Washington
New York
Jly
Tly
Scraps of Life and Oddities from Across the Nation
Across Arkansas and Louisiana a scrap metal wager forms between governors as Louisiana reports 108.6 percent of its quota while Arkansas hits 61.3 percent. A Memphis bombardier recalls a parade of 13s in battles from the Solomons to Guadalcanal, ending with a homecoming luncheon for 13 guests. Houdini in Reverse tells of a boy tied to a tree, claiming a wild west show trick, and California’s Senate votes to repeal 3,761 obsolete statutes in a bid to curb old laws.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Homer M. Adkins
Arkansas
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana
Jones
Memphis
Tenn
James F. Coates Jr
Army Air Forces
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Houdini
Baltimore
William Braeford
Roland Johnson
Johnson
Oddity Dept
Sacramento
Calif
Caliornia Senate
Coyotes Save Their Skins in Salt Lake City
Coyotes persist as a valuable bounty drives private and federal control efforts. Traps and ammunition are scarce as many hunters enlist or shift to war work. Utah animal and rodent control crews have declined from earlier peak to current levels.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Federal Animal and Rodent Control Division
Feeding Pigeon Gets Collared in St Louis Backyard
A pigeon in a St Louis backyard pecked at pressed ham and bread. Holes in the ham and bread formed a collar around the bird’s neck, preventing takeoff until the humane society was called for rescue. The article notes an England law from Edward VI era limiting shoe extension beyond foot length.
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St. Louis
The
Humane S Society
England
Edward Vy
Rationing Q and A issued by Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration released a Q and A on wartime rationing starting March 29. Red stamps in War Book Two become valid March 29 for meats cheese butter fats oils and canned fish. Stamps A through E have staggered start dates in March and April with E to be announced. A table of stamp point values will be posted in each state selling rationed foods, listing prices for meat cheese butter and other items.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Nine Acquitted on Wild Game Charges in Fort Smith
Municipal court acquitted nine defendants including W. Stozler brother of Sebastian county judge and A. B. Marpier president of Fort Smith Gas company on wild game possession charges. Five others pleaded guilty. R. C. Framborst case continued due to illness. Charges filed March 1 following raids on local cold storage lockers.
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Fort Smith
W. ©. Stozler
Sebastian County
A. B. Marpier
Redskins Roll Call of Names at Fort Leavenworth
At Fort Leavenworth a staff prank highlights list of unusual Native American and other names including Clayton Jenious Me Boy White Butterfly Levi Yellow Boy George White Bull Andrew Slow Bear and Moses Blindman as a lighthearted group event. Judge Hammars home point and a court gavel theft are briefly noted with humorous courtroom commentary.
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Redskins
Port Leavenworht
V. Masta
al Sioux Olin
Fort, Leavenworth
Clayton W. Jenlous
Boy White Butterfly
Levi Yellow Boy
George White Bull
Andrew Slow Bear
Moses Blindman
Double Trouble In Sheriff's Corner
Darlington sheriff C A Goinnell arrested a man fitting a bus station description for assault and battery after a described pursuit. The suspect protested innocence but was detained, then another man claimed the same name and was also arrested and confessed.
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Darlington
D. C
C.A. Goinnell
Roth
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Harry W. Shiver
Yellow Cab Taxi Co
Jesse Brown
Shorty
Fob Elmore Auto Supply
Hope, Ark
Hope Star
French War Council
North Africa
French Africa
NEA
Ed Gunder
Henri Giraud
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Jean Bergeret
Auguste Nogues
Morocco
Pierre Boisson
West Africa
Market Report
Poultry and Produce
Jemima
Ground Beer Ou.ra
Curtiss Corn
Stubart
Right
SOC
Quaker Schumacher
Royal Red Tomatoes
Quaker
Bell Peppers
Lee, Stalk
Yan
Mary Lee Taylor
Rosedale Peas
Coyotes
Tianes
British Coastal Command
Asia
Warrmitian Bank
Hammers
Denver
Slantey VI
Carpenter
Balliff
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