Rommel Delays Allied Move In North Africa With Counter Attacks
The piece credits Nazi Marshal Rommel with steadfast counter attacks along the Mareth Line in Southern Tunisia, delaying Allied advances and potentially averting a quick Axis collapse. It notes Montgomery and Patton forcing a push toward the coast while Rommel battles to hold the line, risking heavy casualties on both sides.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rommel
Jareth
Tunisia
Grim Warnat
Desate
Romiel
Mareth
Mar- Britain
Mar Iomery
Montgomery
Patton
Romm Nad
Dat St
el Guétar
Cenit
House of Commons
Fuehrer
Africa
Europe
Hitler
Russia
United Nations
Resolutions Demand Plane Recovery From Mississippi River
Caruthersville Missouri civic groups urge Congress to press the War Department to raise the February crash plane and recover Cadet James Morrison Jr’s body. They cite river floods and a slow response, with officials citing high water and uncertain location.
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Caruthersville
Army
Mississippi River
Here
Congress
Rotary Club
Orville Zimmerman
Harold S. Jones
Women's Club
Harry Truman
Blytheville
Ark
James E. Morrison, Jr
Austin Tilman
Zimmerman
War Department
Jones
Department
Cadel Morrison
Maxion
N. C
Col,. Milner
Army Air Corps
Coast Board
Rommel’s Prolonged Tunisian Ink Protects Axis Lines
The piece argues Rommel’s delaying actions in Tunisia hinder Allied communications via the Mediterranean, easing Japanese operations in Burma and surrounding areas. It states Rommel’s efforts are a service to Japan and predicts a favorable Allied outcome when Rommel faces Dunkirk.
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Europe
Sea of Azov
Rommel
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Orient
Japan
Burma
Market Report from St Louis and Chicago Grain and Stocks
Market activity covered hogs cattle and sheep at National Stockyards with mixed results including lighter weights down to ten and sow strength, and steady to higher cattle ranges. Grain futures rose with wheat oats and rye advancing and cash oats peaking since 1928. cotton and steel stocks also moved higher in New York trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Bards
Flashes of Life From Across the Nation
A series of short quirky items: a mother mocking bird watches as a palm tree is moved at Yacht Basin Park, a Mississippi political puzzle about a senator's letter and presidential term limits, WAAC drill humor at Fort Warren, a Long Beach sailor reunion with cookies, a coffee necklace in Kansas City, a vanity cake theft at a Los Angeles rally, and a faux cake note for bond buyers.
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Home
Swest
Fort Myers
Fla
Fred H. Loudermilk
Yacht Basin Park
Jackson
Miss
Lucius Somners
Hoagland
Ind
Mississippi Senate
Bob Brown
Mississippi
Sormers
U.S. to Probe Faces Questions Over Steel Fleet Tests
President Truman pressed Carnegie Steel head J Lester Perry to name those responsible for faulty tests and ensure no repeat failures. Perry said several employees were suspended and promised a house cleaning, claiming high management was not involved and that laxity arose from pressure of production.
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Truman
J. Lester Perry
Carnegie Illnois
U. S. Steel
Jhe
Perry
New Orleans Minister to Face Murder Charge
Assistant District Attorney Henry J Vuss said a charge of attempted murder would be filed against Rev. Charles Monroe rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for shooting and wounding his former secretary Mrs. John McBride and her estranged husband a shipyard worker both 38 The shooting happened Monday in a bedroom at the McBride home after Monroe said he prayed thirty minutes to win the wife of Yeats and he alleged
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New Orleans
Henry J Vuss
Charles Monroe
St. Puls’ Episcopal Church
John McBride
McBride
Highway Funds Plentiful Despite Gas Rationing in Arkansas
Arkansas highway revenues for the bond year ending March 31 met all refunding law requirements and left about 235000 in reserve. Revenue data show gross collections at 15518065 with an estimated 20050 remaining, about two million below the prior year. A 1943 law channels free money to the highway reserve fund to cushion debt service. if cushion falls, funds will restore to 3.5 million.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
Frank Storey
Revenue Department
Highway Reserve Fund
Highway Debt Service Fund
Allied Airmen Clash With Germans Across English Channel
Allied daylight raids target northern France as RAF and other Allied aircrews push across the Channel. Bomb blasts west of Boulogne shake the Foirstone district while German fighters attempt to shadow coastwatchers.
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London
Muarch
Englaish
France
Britain
Boulone
Foirstone
Germany
Marrow
Dover Strait
Couple Wounded In Shooting After Church Dispute
A husband and wife were wounded in a shooting after a dispute over checks sent to Mrs McBride following her resignation from church work. Both were hospitalized, while the husband, who sustained five wounds and a stab wound, remained under guard for treatment. The wife was wounded in the arm. the minister was treated for a stab wound and held at Charity hospital for care.
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McBride
Charity Hospital
Fuuru
Meat Rationing Rules Expected to Win Out
OPA outlines how scarce meat will be allocated amid heavy service demand and price controls. Farmers may eat their own produce, but most must use coupons. point values vary by cut, with hamburger at 4 points per pound and ready to eat ham at 9 or 11 points. Buyers face coupon changes and weight-based calculations to determine costs.
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Stoner
Habana
Lees
Wererneaneseniaey
Anc
Sean Anas
Broast
Frank
Boston
Jowis
Ghittrings
Shankar
Bonel
Pe Wi Square
Haat
Tonga
Vienna Sausay
Wright al Na Malian
OPA
Unis
Americans Fight in Tunisia and Sicily Toll Report
Axis communique says 40 Allied tanks destroyed and 170 Allied prisoners captured as fighting rages in Central and Southern Tunisia. Bombing hits Bone, Philippeville, Messina. Sicilian raids kill 10 and injure 32. Allied air action targets Zarai and Mareth area, with losses six Axis and eight Allied planes. Facts about eye dilation and insect vision follow.
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Central
Tunisia
Rome
Associated Press
Bone
Philippeville
Messna
Sicily
Falcans
Zaral
Mareth
British First Army
Cleopatra’s Pearl Drinking Tale Sparks Ulcer Debate
An old tale mentions Cleopatra dropping a pearl into wine and drinking it, cited as a sign of her daring. The ad text urges readers with stomach ulcers and indigestion to try Aden, offering a 25 cent box and a double money back guarantee from John P. Cox Drug Co and pharmacies.
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Cleopatra
Aden
John P. Cox Drug Co
Flour Milling Executives Indicted For Price Fixing
Chicago March 24 federal grand jury indicted flour milling executives and their national trade association on conspiracy to fix prices of packaged family flour sold nationwide. The case cites about 45 million barrels sold annually with 8 percent milled by the Millers Federation. Indictment alleges uniform price differentials and printed schedules used to raise prices, boosting some sizes by more than 100 percent, harming free competition. Judge John P. Barnes presided, with Daniel Britt leading the anti trust division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Millers National Federation
John P. Barnes
Daniel Britt
Midwest
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Jutice
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Wyo
WAAC
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Calif
Tom Jump
Pacific
Jump
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U.S
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W. M. Ramsey
Harry W. Shiver
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