Churchill Speech Highlights End of War in Sight
The radio report of Winston Churchill's 46 minute address stressed that the war will not end in 194d but Germany’s collapse will lead to demobilization and a peacetime shift. The final phase likely to center on naval action and continued Allied support to China and other nations. Buck Powers Stock Ranch sign drawn mockery in town with a prank board reading ATTENTION PRAT BOARD.
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Winston Churchill
British Empire
Churchill
Germany
Japan
Hill
Buck Powers
Buck
House Prepares to Take Up Tax Plan Fight Seen
Washington march 22 the house opens debate on a pay as you go tax plan amid split views. Rep Knutson Georgia predicts 30 democrats could back Republicans to pass the year skip. Republicans expect more GOP votes than Democrats.
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Francis M. LE May
Washington
Demmaseratie
House
Rep
Rumepeck
Georgia
Ways and Means
Knutson
R-Mian
Ways and Means Committee
Nike
Peter
Paul
Rep. Forand
D-Ri
Robertson
Tomi Henry's Pal to Pay Penalty Today
Horace Fin nan Burks faced execution by electric chair in Louisiana for his role in a Houston salesman's death on St. Valentine's Day three years earlier. Governor Sam Jones indicated no stay was likely as Burks prepared to die in the portable chair at Port Wayne facility near Lake Charles. Annie Beatrice Pont Honey and J. D. Galhaway were previously involved in the case.
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Lake Charles
Horace Finnan Burks
Houston
Tex
Sam Jones
Baton Rouge
Annie Beatrice Pont Honey
Tomapanion
Burks
Silesman
Galhaway
Wits
Port Way
Novemer
Fayetteville Votes Tuesday on Liquor
Fayetteville plans a Tuesday vote on liquor after the anti saloon league promotes the new local option law. The city, home to Rev Sam M Yancey league chair, faces about 2000 qualified voters with many away at service or work. Ministers push for the dry side as Springdale and nearby towns also weigh liquor measures.
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Fayetteville
League
Mena
Springdale
Pope Pius X Reported Confined to Bed
The Pope was described by Berlin radio as severely ill with a high fever and confined to bed, while Rome reports cited by British radio and CBS stated he was only slightly indisposed. Audiences were suspended to prevent bronchial or lung complications, per Vatican dispatches.
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Associated Press
Pius X
Berlin
CBS
Rome
Vatican City
Flood Threats Drive Evacuations Across Southern States
Widespread flood threats sweep parts of Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi as rivers rise toward dangerous crests. Hundreds flee lowland areas while Red Cross coordinates shelters in Hattiesburg Mississippi. Rescue teams race to keep highways open near Bogalusa and Liv, with one drowning reported near a boat capsize. Ohio River crest revisions lower anticipated damage though multiple communities evacuate in Covington Dayton Newport and Louisville.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Georgian
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ohio River
Hultersburg
Miss
Red Cross
Miss Pearl English
Hattiesburg
Mississippi Highways Department
Meridian
Bouie
Leaf River
Bogalusa
Liv
Boyd Knight
Coosa
Galsden
Ala
Covington
Dayton
Newport
Louisville
Butter Rationing Begins As Government Halts Sales
Washington, March 22. Retail sales of butter and other fats frozen for the one week before rationing starts next Monday. Margarine lard and other edible fats, cheeses and meals also halted. mayonnaise and dressings not rationed. Restaurants unaffected. public stores must stock for ration book two. OPA cites insufficient stock to support heavy buying.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Ttese
Central Way
Red Army Captures Duravo Near Smolensk in 1941 Drive
Moscow reports the Red Army has seized Duravo a railway town 57 miles east of Smolensk on the Moscow main line. Soviet forces driving south toward the Donets line claim to have taken two heavily fortified German positions as heavy fighting continues near Vyazma Belo gorod and Chuguey with German counterattacks repulsed.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Duravo
Smolensk
Bely
Commmutique
Belogorod
Kharkov
Arca
Chuguey
Donets
German
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Vyavma
Lake Maden
Vyazma
Halsginil
Pravda
Dnieper
Daniel DE Luce
North Af’rica
Erwin Rommel
Gulf of Gabes
Bernard Montgomery
Mare Line
Ate
Mak’nassy
Gafsa-Mehares
Mahares
Tunisia
Churchill
Rommel
Montgomery
U. S
George 5. Patton, Jr
Jurgen von Arnim
First Army
Nessa
Bizerle
Djebel Abijad
Djebel Abiad
CHS
Wich
Acmy
el Alamein
Patton
el Guetar
Bou Hamran
Rome
Thalian
CSA
Axis
Tripoli
Algiers
London
Gafsa
Maknassy
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Feild Marshal Rummel
Gafsa Seceror
Gafse
Sedjenane
Vontiel
Ferryville
Biserte
Roundup of Rationed Products Under New Rules
A roundup of rationed goods outlines bans on meats fats oils cheese canned fish and invites new rationing from March 29. It details weekly points per person from red stamps and lists which A B C and blue coupons remain valid through specified dates for fruits vegetables sugar coffee shoes gasoline and other items with regional variation. Holders of A books require live inspection by March 31.
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Associated Press
Bombers Hit Japanese Supply Area on New Georgia
U S bombers struck a Japanese supply area and an enemy gun position on New Georgia Island at Munda, with dauntless dive bombers supported by Wildcat fighters also attacking Vila in the Central Solomons. Evening raids by B 17s and Liberators targeted Kahili on the Shortland Island group.
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Washington
Munda
New Georgia Island
Navy
Vila
Kahili
South Pacific
Vili
Solomons
Shorthind Island
Jap Attack on Australia Seen by Army Chief
Australian Army Minister Francis Forde declared Japan more determined to attack Australia as Allied victories in the Solomons New Guinea and the Bismarck Sea intensify Tokyo's aims. MacArthur's raids northwest of Australia focused on Cape Vanderbosch Dutch New Guinea and Langgoer Kai Islands as Japanese raids hit Gasmata Cape Gloucester Madang and other targets. Pravda denies a Soviet ship sinking claim.
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Associated Press
Francis Forde
Japan
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Forde
Pacifi
MacArthur
Arawtig
Cape Vandenbosch
Dutch New Guinea
Cape Namaripi
Langgoer
Kai Islands
Solomon Sau
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Madang
Finsehhafen
Bergen Bay
Moscow
Tokyo
Saveid
Pravda
China Sea
Tokyo Radio
Fou
Ian Kola
Burma
Donbuik
Mayu Peninsula
Akyab
Rathedaung
Toungoo
Katha
Feni
Bengal
India
Churchill Outlines Postwar World Order Vision
London reports Churchill’s radio address sketches a postwar system with a European and Asiatic council of free nations, backed by Britain, the United States, and Soviet Russia, plus regional federations. He urges continued war effort, social reforms from cradle to grave, and a united plan to prevent future wars, with Montgomery pushing at Mareth. The Times and Herald react mixedly, noting reforms may come later while war continues.
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London
Winston Churchill
Council of Free Nations
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Churchill
Crandle
Organization For
Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Soviet Russia
Sh Eighth Army
Bernard L. Montgomery
Field Marshal
Rommel
Africa Corps
Mareth Line
Tunisia
London “Times
Laborite “Herald
Hitler
Japan
World Organization
Council of Europe
Council of Asia
Group to Discuss Research Institute Plan
The State Academy of Science will discuss establishing an industry sponsored Arkansas Research Institute at its annual meeting in May. President L B Roberts of Monticello announced. Dr. Roberts of A M College said the army will meet at the University of Arkansas medical school due to travel restrictions. The agenda also includes a junior academy ignition discussion.
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Lite Rock
Arkansas Research Institute
State Academy of Science
L. B. Roberts
Monticello
Roberts
Monticello A. & M. College
Army
University of Arkansas Medical School
Wayelleville
Germans show no sign of breaking under war strain
London reports a British compiled survey finds Germany not cracking, Hitler’s war machine still able to fight, and German arms well armed and supplied despite losses in Russia and Allied bombing. It notes German Army numbers and replacement rates, with cautious views on looming shortages and a long war.
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Belman Morin
London
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Europe
Hitler Breaks Silence With Berlin Address
Adolf Hitler spoke from Berlin in a radio address outlining the eastern front crisis and German war dead. He cited Soviet losses and German casualties, noting sacrifices amid Allied bombing and wartime trials while veterans questioned the voice’s authenticity.
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Hitler
Berlin
London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Fuehrer
Zunghaus
Mustion
Josuf Stalin
Stalingrad
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