Burma War Strategy Signals Preparations For Invasion
Dewitt Mackenzie explains a coordinated Allied buildup in Burma aimed at a future waterborne invasion. He notes Wingate and Merrill leading jungle units, Stilwell pushing toward Myitkyina with Chinese troops, and British forces forming a multi-national assault to cut Japanese control and reopen land routes to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Burma
Tria
Tokyo
Pacific
Palau
Philippines
MacArthur
Truk
Hollandis
New Guinea
Joseph Stilwell
China
India
Frank Merrill
Britain
Orde Wingate
Wingate
Bay of Bengal
Quebec
Churchill
Stilwell
Merrill
U.S
Marshall
Charley J. Rose
Flerwest
Myitkyina
Manipur
Jon
Jett
Red Army drives sweep through Ukrainian steppes toward Black Sea
Soviet communiques report advances up to 20 miles with key towns captured including Lubashevka Rybnitsa and Varvarivka as the Lateral railway from Pervomaisk to the Prut is cleared. Other advances reach near Stanislau and Tysmenytsia as German lines along the Prut retreat and pressure concentrates on Czernowitz Stenislau and the Carpathians.
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Bug River
Great
Black Sea
Voznesensk
Lubashevka
Rybnitsa
Pervomaisk
Prut
Varvarivka
Bug
Nikolaev
Turch
Delstyn
Carpathians
Zhukov
Kolomea
Tysmyenitsy
Stanislau
Delatyn
Tlumach
Nadvornaya
Czernowitz
Stenislau
Prut River
Black Market Gas Gangs Elimination In New Jersey
Camden police say two black market gasoline gangs in northern and southern New Jersey will be smashed after an investigation into the slaying of Vincent China Scola. Stamp fraud tied to counterfeit and stolen gas coupons is discussed with recovered stamp value cited.
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Camden
N. J
New Jersey
Vincent China Scola
Gustave Koerner
Koerner
Reading
New York State
Camden County
Scola Ag
Spike
Scala
Gene R. Mariano
Newark
Mariano
Elmer Bertram
OPA
Scola
Lawrence Doran
Roosevelt urges universal service vote ballots in federal form
President Roosevelt argues Congress can ensure all service members vote federal offices using a short uniform ballot if state ballots arrive late. He criticizes state conditions tied to federal ballots and urges quick distribution, separate federal ballot access, and postal card applications as sufficient. He cites prior use of federal war ballots and calls for no red tape delaying service members’ voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roosevelt
Battle-Scaled Luftwaffe Strikes Reed Fronts Across Europe
Allied air operations report heavy raids from the Mediterranean to Sofia and Nuernberg. The Nuernberg attack, described as very great strength, caused widespread destruction with about 2,240 tons of bombs. British intruders targeted France and the Low Countries while German raiders hit London. Ground fighting in Italy remained mostly deadlocked as Allied air forces conducted 1,500 flights and targeted assets at Tomorski and Leghorn alongside other western coastal points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Sofia
Bulgaria
Nuernberg
Adolf Hitler
Tay
Continent
France
Low Countries
Germany
London
Soviet Union
Sakhalin Island
Italy
Cassino
Azzlo
Tomorski
Yugoslavia
Leghorn
Holland
Yester
Chaplin Weeps as He Denies Immoral Acts with Berry
Charlie Chaplin testified in Los Angeles that a visit by Joan Berry to his Beverly Hills home in December 1942 ended with a gun threat and no sexual relations. He described Berry leaving after he gave her money, and he denied intimate acts she claimed occurred at the Waldorf Astoria and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lindsley
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
New York
Miss Berry
Chaplin
Beverly Hills
Waldorf-Astoria
California
Gerry Giegler
J. F. T. O'Connor
Giesler
FBI
Roger Lewis Gardner
New York City
Gardenia
Ora E. Murray
Gardner
Allies strike Japan and Nazi targets in world war reports
Soviet union signs protocol with Japan surrender terms for Sakhalin oil and coal leases along with a five year oil supply plan. Britain and United States air forces report heavy Allied air activity across Asia and Pacific from India to Truk and Hollandia as operations continue against Japanese and German targets with substantial aircraft losses on both sides.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Pacific
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
Selkha‘lin
Olshinsky
Salkha‘lin
Brahmaputra Valley
Aniskan
Frank Merrill
Laban
Mogating Valley
Myitkyina
Shaduzup
South Pacific
Truk
Eten
Douglas MacArthur
Woleai Island
Guam
United States
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Palau Islands
Marshall ‘Islands
Hallandia
Weather brings cold snaps and light flurries in PA
Western Pennsylvania remains cold with scattered snow flurries in the north today. Tonight and Saturday light clouds keep the cold. Warmer conditions expected by weekend with partly cloudy skies.
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Pennsylvania
Portion
Danbury 100 Women Send Gift to Soldier Overseas
The Danbury committee of 100 Women, a volunteer group delivering presents to servicemen abroad, mailed a birthday package to a lone outpost. A returning thank you note added a postscript asking to include the group’s name again in future packages.
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Danbury, Conin
Committee of
Danbury
Obituary notices for Cunningham and others in Pennsylvania
Obituary notices report Robert C Cunningham 76 of Heshbon died at home after long illness with survivors including widow Myrtle and four children. Additional obituaries list John Faith 30 Freeport killed in Gallitzin wreck, William Allison Saltsburg resident died in Indiana Harbor, Anthony Ercole Moween coal miner, Mrs Carolyn Greaves Meadville, and public notices on Pittsburgh Red Cross drive and Pittsburgh Junior Regional Festival. final item notes Washington White House building status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Cunningham
Heshbon
Mr. Cunningham
Armagh
David and
Catherine (Campbell) Cunningham
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Clyde
Frank Turnbull
R. C. McClure
Bethel Cemetery
John E. Faith
Freeport
Gallitzin
Beatrice McMasters Faith
William McMasters
U. S. Army
Edward Rick
Marie Pantlinger
Lloyd Faith
Lloyd Funeral Home
High Street
Freeport Cemetery
Anthony Ercole
Moween
Keystone Coal Co
Italy
St. Matthews Church
Saltsburg
Wm. Koetz
St. Matthews Cemetery
Carolyn Greaves
Park Avenue
Meadville
City Hospital
Braddock
St. Agaths’s
Ruth
Carolyn
Felix Marrone
Indiana
Paul Johnston
Denver
Colorado
P. J. Testa
Helen Marrone
William Marrone
John
Grandpa 1 A SEYMOUR Ind Grandfather Called for Induction
A Philadelphia area clipping notes Grandpa Charles Reign Julian aged 36 was called for a pre induction physical though the piece opens with a wartime theme. It mentions John Cochran 58 of Liggett Springs and Axle Co dying unexpectedly and lists 1943 net income figures for Pittsburgh related firms. It also reports a new vegetable tampala and statistics on silver use in airplane engines lifespans and life insurance.
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Seymour
Ind
Selective Service
Charles Reign
Julian
Monongahela
John Cochran
Liggett Springs and Axle Co
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Co
Pittsburgh Railways
Ind Duquesne Light Co
No Political Activities Proposed For Defense Corps Volunteers
Harrisburg report on March 41 describes staff penalties for political activity by Defense Corps volunteers listing servicemen eligible to vote in Pennsylvania. Dr. Ralph Cooper Hutchison advocates liberalizing the soldier’s ballot and a statewide canvass to mail absentee ballots, while Gov. Martin confirms a call-back to Harrisburg around May 1. A bipartisan conference with Republican and Democratic leaders will be held next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Defense Corps
Pennsylvania
Ralph Coopser Hutchison
Defense Council
Harry 8. McDevitt
Philadelphia Council of Defense
Hutchison
Martin
Palau and Truk Hit as Pacific War Advances
Military action across the Pacific reports heavy bombers striking Truk after Palau attacks open a Central Pacific campaign. Palau, Anguar and nearby islands are described as Japan’s strategic hub, with Palau’s phosphate resources fueling munitions, while the region lies near the Dutch East Indies and far from Manila and Tokyo. War bonds urged for future security.
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MacArthur
Truk
Palau
Seventh Airforce
Japan
Singapore
Carolines
Marshalls
Germany
Kérkor
Babalhuap
Caroline Islands
Anguar
Netherlands
Indies
Manila
Tokyo
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Signal Corps
Bougainville Island
Black Market
Madeleine LeBeau
Paris
U. S
Idaho
Joan
Day
RAF
Parrest
Leipzig
Akyab
Buthedaung-Maungdaw
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Bismarck Sea
Arakan
Frisco
Shayte
New Amsterdam
San Francisco
Paul Goebbels
Gerhard Schach
Berlin
Berlin Defense Organization
William E. Allison
Indiana Harbor
Robinson
D. D. Dodds
Edgewood
Salisbury
Allegheny County
Red Cross
Charleroi
State Federation of Music Clubs
White House
Washington
Grandpa
Admiral Nimitz
Marion Center
Frederick B. Hacer
New Stentor
Arthur N. Haer
Marion Canter
Peeler & Felt
Notich
Ales
Glen R. Orr
Washington Township
Harless
Eslate
Bertrr
Creekside
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