Rommel Forces Hold Mareth Line in Northern Africa
War Today analyzes Rommel’s counterattacks at the Mareth Line in Tunisia, noting his skill in delaying Allied advance and his broader impact on North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Japan, as Montgomery’s Eighth Army and Puatfon push toward the coast. The piece warns of heavy casualties and praises Rommel’s defences while underscoring the strategic stakes for Axis and Allied forces.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Rommel
Mareth
Tunisia
Mareth Line
Britain
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Rummel
el Guetar
Hitler
Fuehrer
Africa
Europe
Axis
Russia
United Nations
Mediterranean
Orient
Japan
Burma
Mareth Battle Continues In Tunisia Front
wartime dispatch reports ongoing heavy combat as German counterattacks push to retake portions of the Mareth bridgehead in Tunisia. British and American forces resist, with more fighting anticipated before any breakthrough.
The Human Torcits Wednesday Prayer Message
The piece urges healing through friendship and the human touch as taught by Jesus. It reflects on prejudice and isolation among sinners, stressing that only closeness can heal divisions. A closing prayer asks for pity, care, and divine love to reach hearts torn by distance.
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Jesus
Ikemes
Almast
Questions on rationed meat point values in stores
Consumers learn point values for meat under rationing. Widespread sameness exists across chains and markets with eight points per pound for sliced bacon and similar cuts, five points for pork liver and veal kidneys. detailed tables posted in every store explain retail and wholesale point values.
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WIL
Axis defenses in Mareth zone clash with Allied push
World War II dispatches report continued fighting in the Mareth zone with Allied and Axis forces engaged near Gabes and along the seven mile front. Churchill warned hard fighting lay ahead but voiced confidence in the ultimate result. Soviet reports claim heavy German losses as Red Army offensives push near Smolensk and in the Kharkov-Belgorod region, while Algiers radio notes advancing units within reach of Gabes as censorship delays delay confirmation.
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Mareth Zone
Algiers
Churchill
Ure Rusia
Stor
Danet
Kharkov-Blestorud
Bry
Smolensk
Adolf Hitler
Dukhovsehing
Dukhovehing
Rec Army
Yvartyseva
Sitalensk
Warsaw
Churelil
Pune
Tunisia
Eighth Army
Gabes
Mareth Line
Subpoena Issued For John L Lewis Over Testimony
The Senate war investigating committee served John L Lewis with a subpoena in Washington on March 24 threatening contempt if he refuses to testify Friday on labor's role in wartime production. Lewis had said he would appear if coal wage talks in New York progressed. committee chair Truman D. Mor said enforcement would proceed. Lewis planned to attend, and leaders Phillip Murray of the CIG and William Green of the AFL agreed to testify as the inquiry reopened.
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Washington
Apta
Senate War Investigating Committee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
New York
Truman D-Mor
Lewis
Lews
Truman
JK. C. Adams
Phillip Murray
CIG
Wiliam Green
AFL
Swanpower
Front-line battles rage from Kharkov to Burma fronts
Describes heavy fighting along a 50-mile Kharkov stretch with 200 German tanks near Chuguev, and Russian resistance in a critical 400-mile front zone. Notes Allied air actions over the English Channel, British RAF bombings and Japanese resistance on the Mayu Peninsula, plus naval losses and shipping reports across theaters.
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Kharkov
Chuguev
Belsared
Chugnev
Orel
Rostov
Bryansk
Zhizela
Mayu
Burma
Mungsoon
Akysh
Bay of Bengal
India
RAF
Donbaik
Mayo Peninsula
Teungoo
Akyab
Magwe
Bengal
Iudin
New Guinea
Muba
User Wase
Salaun
Crerman Radio
Trav Gerais
Las Verte
America
Mediterranean
Tokyo
South Americ
New
Coast Guard sergeant named in family service notice
A continued service notice on page one mentions Sergeant Alvin E. Hew and the Hew Cherrytree family. It notes he currently serves with the Coast Guard in Gregan and references other family members and recent events involving the parents My and Mrs John Hew.
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Brothers Im Service Metros
Heury
Segimarr
John Hew
Cherrytree
Coast Guard
Gregan
Mervare
Alvin E
Sone
Assembly Roundup Moves On With Teacher Pay Boost Plan
Harrisburg March 24 AP Final decision on funding methods for a 13 million dollar yearly teacher salary increase was due at a conference in Governor Martin's office. Leaders discussed using a reduced corporate tax with deductions for the levy before a federal impost, with officials estimating nearly 30 million in revenue over the next two decades. Rep Raymatin Slobleiberger said the amended bill would still raise pay for Pennsylvania's 63 000 teachers. Other items included parole system reform, an experience rating plan for unemployment insurance, and hearings on water company purchases by Authority agencies. Senate action approved fees for municipal registrars. rejected higher resident fishing fees. House moved to oust PUC commissioner Beamish at term end. deficiency bills passed. War service dependents benefits and home town club formation for war workers noted.
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Harrisburg
Governn- Martin
Pennsylvania
James H. Dut
Raymatit Sojleiberger
R-Blair
House Education Committee
Senate
Taba
House
Richard J. Beamish
Department of Catnimercs
Overseas service mentions Corporals Sidney G and James J and Private Robert F
The brief notes three service members. Corporal Sidney G of the Quartermaster Company is listed with New Bern North Carolina. Corporal James J of the Signal Corps is noted at Biggs Field El Paso Texas. Private Robert F of the Air Forces is recorded at Laredo Texas.
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Sidney G
Quartermaster Company
New Bern
James J
Signal Corps
Biggs Field
el Paso
Tex
Robert FP
Air Forces
Laredo
Cookies Reach Sailor Far Afield From Long Beach Aunt
In Long Beach California pharmacist Mate Tom Jump’s aunt mailed cookies last November to him aboard a Pacific ship. The cookies arrived yesterday and were still fresh prompting a warm note from Jump.
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Long Beach
Calif
Tom Jump
Pacific
Cammente Jump
Allied air raids smash Japanese bases in southwest Pacific
Allied headquarters reported a dawn bombing of three Rabaul airdromes in New Britain. More than 250 Japanese fighters and bombers were hit by 44 tons of explosives and incendiaries. Reconnaissance had spotted the massed planes Monday, with a one hour raid carried out before daylight Tuesday despite heavy anti aircraft fire. An Allied bomber unit suffered no losses, while a 10,000 ton transport was set ablaze off Cape Gazelle. Additional raids targeted Ketimai, Vunakahau, Rapopu, Mubo, Salamaua, Lorengau Harbor, and ships and towns in the Admiralty Islands and northwest of Australia.
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Cape Gazelle
Ketimai
Vunakahau
Rapopu
Mubo
New Guinea
Salamaua
Lorengau
Admiralty Islands
New Gainer
Barbor
Tanimber Island
Australia
Allied North Africa Command Reports Mareth Line Battle
Dispatches from Allied headquarters in North Africa describe intensified fighting around the Mareth Line near Mareth Village and east of El Guidar as British Eighth Army and American units face German counterattacks. Churchill notes Montgomery’s losses of bridgeheads while Montgommery’s forces press toward the coast, and claims about Far East airlift and Lend-Lease figures are mentioned with conflicting reports.
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North Africa
Asis
Eighth Army
E Guetar
Erwin Romainel
Tunisia
Mareth Line
Mareth Village
el Guidar
George & Patton, Jr
Owithite
Tour
Ibont
Miegen
Churchill
House of Coan Noms
Bernarva J. Montgomery
Mareth
Ruimmel
Axia
Dias
Sec
Fur
Gabes
Poly
Barly
Abb Radio Today
Rotary Club Speaker From Burma Recalls War Tales
Speaker E Currul Cuudict, past president of the Thayet nyu Rotary Club in Burma and a Baptist missionary for 39 years, addressed the Rotary Club. He spoke on Were the Burmins DPrusjap, highlighting war prosecutions, and noted he helped found Burma’s first Rotary Club before evacuating Maclay prior to bombing. He is a Mason and active Baptist church presenter in Ia cliana County.
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Br. E. Currul Cuudict
Thayetnyu Rotary Club
Burma
India
Rotary Club
Bureia
Maclay
Dr. Candiet
Assatian
Iacliana
Red Army pushes on Smolensk front amid river crossings
Soviet forces on the Central Front advanced toward Smolensk capturing settlements as they pressed forward while German units crossed the Donets east of Belgorod. On the Western Front the offensive ruptured villages and surrounded riflemen near Dukhovshchina as Soviets claimed gains elsewhere toward Smolensk.
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Moscow
Red
Smolsensk
Donets
Belwarod
Neon Ceraminique
Red Army
Smolensk
Rapid
Dukhuysehine
Smulensk
Tnd
Gervisiers
Market Summary From Pittsburgh March Reports
Markets show fruit and vegetables with apples graded and priced across Pennsylvania and New York listings. Livestock bids in Pittsburgh include hogs steady to lower with 300 head traded. cattle and sheep receipts noted, reflecting a mixed day in market activity.
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Pittsburgh
Postwar group debates making a peace plan push
Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee weigh large postwar subcommittee to distill peace proposals. They consider UN talks to aid economic rehabilitation and a peace machinery backed by a UN force, with Hill Hatch Ball Burton pushing for broad discussion. Maybank Brewster urged public discourse on postwar problems.
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Washington
Senante Foreign Relations Committee
Senators Hill
D-Ala
Heteh
D-Nm
Ball
R-Minn
Burton
Ohio
United States
United Nations
Maybank
D-Sc
Brewster
R.me
Hille Hatch-Ball-Burton
Congress
Senate
Gillette
Iowa
Thomas D
Utah
Stock Market Snapshot of Major Corporations and Utilities
A dense list of companies spans oil refiners, steel producers, motors, railroads, and utilities. Firms include General Motors General Electric Edison Consol Oil and Pennzoil among many others, with references to stock actions and affiliated subsidiaries. The compilation outlines a broad cross section of 20th century corporate names and market activity without narrative detail.
War Bonds for H S Essays in Pennsylvania Prize Winners
Prizes totaling 760 War Bonds will be awarded to 21 Pennsylvania high school students for essays on The Spiritual Legacy of Thomas Jefferson. The program by the State Jefferson Bicentennial Commission, created by the 1941 General Assembly, offers a $500 bond first prize and two $25 bonds for second and third in seven districts.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas Jefferson
General Assembly
Dependents Lose Money as Court Strikes Pay for War Service
Pittsburgh March 24 the State Supreme Court declared unconstitutional an act granting special pay allotments to state county and municipal employees on military leave. The Pittsburgh board of public education halted payments to dependents of teachers serving in the armed forces. Only about 86 dependents in Pittsburgh schools had drawn funds, totaling less than 1000 dollars monthly.
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Pittsburgh
State Supreme Court
IAT
Pittsburgh Board of Public Education
H. W. Graimblet
Turnpike damage trial denied in land condemnation case
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was denied a new trial in a condemnation case involving a verdict favoring Jesse M. Hays of Donegal Township. The 23.52 acre land strip 200 feet wide was taken from the Hayes farm for road construction. Judge Richard D. Laird filed the opinion with concurring judge JH McWherter.
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Civo
JH. McWherter
Obituary notes for college coach and Myrtle Conner
Obituary items list Civute City College football coach Lt George Katler of the U S Marine Corps Attorney Richard Ketler Grove City Davi Ket ler Grove City College student Mrs Meath Larry Mit Lebanon and Betty and Martiny Sune Bell Durham NC. Funeral services will be held at First Methodist Church Punxsutawney at 2 00 p m Thursday Reverend Ray Decker to officiate and interment at Circle WAL Cemetery Myrtle Horkell Conner born November 21 1805 in Tunnelton died Tuesday in Washington DC surviving husband Archie Conner two brothers Ralph Hurrell Normatt Morrell sisters Dorothy Compton Jane Lane and others. Funeral held Ferguson Funeral Home Blairsville at 2 00 p m Friday.
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Civuve City College
George Katler
U. S. Marine Corps
Richard Ketler
Grove City
Davi Ketler
Grove City College
Meath Larry
Mit
Lebanon
Betty and
Martiny Sune
Bell
Durham
First Methodist Church
Punxsumwney
Hey. Ray Decker
Circle Wal Cemetery
MHS
Myrtle (Horkell) Conner
Tunnelton
Ia Hurrell
Sarah E.shrum
Morrell
400 & M
Washington, D.C
Conner Horny
Saltsburg
Archie Conner
Cabot
Ralph Hurrell
Washington
Normatt Morrell
Apollo
Dorothy Compton
Jane Lane
Rodney
Ferguson Funeral Hone
Blairaville
Obituaries and funeral notices from local area
Interment will be in Avonesure Cemetery for Mrs Kathers Schuerger. She died at 9 08 p m Tuesday at her son's home Creekside after decades in the U S and widow of Jota Schuerger. Surviving include daughter Mrs Catherine Owens of Painesville Ohio. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Robinson Funeral Home. Route Audella Miller, 31, of Bort City near Cochran's Mill, died at home after illness. She was a member of First Methodist Church of India and survived by her mother Mrs Iva Miller, sister Mrs Vila Reefer, brother Perne Miller, and others. Funeral service at St Michael's Lutheran Church, Brick Church, with interment in church cemetery. Nora Elizabeth Rishell Kelly of Banks township died at home near Smithport. Surviving husband Mouse Kelly and children Mrs Mary Jane Fyvels, Davis Eileen, Warren Keith, Goldie Grave. sister Ward Rishell, and others. Funeral arrangements in Banks township with burial at Union Cemetery. Mrs Jessica Robinson Carr of Bolivar died at Cleveland home. She was a painter and former studio operator. husband Fran Le Carr and son Robinson Saint-Armour Carr survive. Interment to be at Westved Cemetery after services in Cleveland.
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Kathers Schuerger
Germany
Tuesely
George J. Schuerger
Creekside
GM Yours
Sons
Jota Schuerger
Iky
Catherine Owens
Painesville, O
Robinson Funeral
Route Audella Miller
Iva Miller
Phoebe Miller
Cochran's Mills
St. Michael's. Lutheran Church
Brick Church
Joeseph T. Brown
Nora Elizabeth I(rishell) Kelly
Banks Township
William Co
Hannah (Stupps) Rishell
Smithport
Mouse Kelly
Mary Jane Fyvels
Rochester Mills
Moose Kelly
UF 8. Navy
Jacksonville
Fla
Davis Eileen
Warren Keith
Goldie Grave
Ward Rishell
Rossiter
R. Davis
Rita Oaks
West Virginia
Alvin Rishell
Johnstown
Elmer Rishes
Barkdale Barracks
Louisiana
Montgomery
Messrs
Than
Jessin (Robinson) Carr
Bolivar
William I
Margaret (McHaHil) Robinson
Cleveland
Cary
Robinson Sauint-Armour Carr
Merchant Marine
Fran le Carr
Mars
Ww. Updenragf
Ligonier
Mes
Robust Harve
Wo OM. Hobinson
OH. Robinson
Philadelphia
Clévuland
Serae
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