Second big attack on Pas-de-Galais coast in three days
Allied air units hammered the Pas-de-Galais coast across the Channel today in the second heavy attack in three days. A U S heavy bomber force despite poor visibility reported little ground fire and no Nazi fighters. Flight crews praised the mission as a dreamlike effort.
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London
Britain
Nasea Amereon Liverators
Pas-de-Galais
Liverator
Flord George
Pomona
Calif
U. S
Angouleme
France
Germany
Angou- Henge
Bordeaux
Bergerac
Michelin
Clermont-Ferrand
Precision Instrument
Hengelo
Holland
Battle for Cassino Rages as Allied Forces Press On
Allied Fifth Army reports continued heavy fighting at Cassino with German defenses reinforced. Prisoners increased while two tanks were knocked out at the Continental Hotel. Allies threaten key positions on Monte Cassino slopes and Monastery Hill as emergency supplies reach troops amid costly assaults. Airstrikes hit ports and rail lines north of Rome, including Piombino and Port Ercole, to curb German logistics.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Continental Hotel
Monte Cassino
Rapide
Garl
Blonte Cassino
Monastery
Eighth Army
Ccassino
Rome
Piombino
Leghorn
Port Ercole
American Sub Sinks 15 More Japanese Ships
Washington reports American submarines have sunk or damaged 15 Japanese ships near Weak New Guinea and in Far Eastern waters. Two tankers, two transports, 11 freighters included in the tally, as British subs claimed seven ships sunk and three damaged in Japanese waters. Navy Secretary Knox noted combined Allied submarine efforts and warned Japan’s supply lines are progressively strained.
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Washington
Pacific
London
Far Eastern
Watera
Douglas MacArthur
Weak
New Guinea
Navy
Knox
Admiralty
Stassen Accepts Nomination If Offered
Former Minnesota governor Harold D. Stassen told Secretary of the Navy Knox he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination but would accept it if offered. The disclosure was made in a letter to Knox read today by agwomen, while Stassen serves on Admiral Worthington Halsay's staff.
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Washington
Harold D. Stassen
Minnesota
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Stuggen
Williag S. Halsay
Jecome
South Pacific Forces
Street Scene Echoes Battle Mood as convoy Near Town
A fragmented report notes a lieutenant in camouflage gear rushing toward police headquarters to report an approaching convoy. An Ebony individual dressed in bright pink and green attire is described amid a tense street scene with a loaded vehicle on a crude roadway.
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Yank Bombs Sink Five Jap Vessels
Allied airmen at Wewak New Guinea wiped out the five Japanese ships in a Sunday convoy attack. Gen MacArthur reported hundreds of enemy troops lost while three American planes were downed, with two transports of 6000 and 4000 tons sunk. The operation followed earlier strikes against the same convoy near Hollandia.
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Allied
Southwest
Wewak
New Gainea
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Fifth Army Airforce
Olen Clements
Associated Press
Manus Island
Admiralties
Lorengau
Japinese
Lorengau Township
Ind
U. S. Delivers 38 Escort Carriers to Britain
Secretary Knox announced that 38 U S escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under the lend-lease program. He said the carriers will bolster the Allied anti submarine effort and that these ships of about 10,000 tons displacement have proven highly effective against German submarines in the Atlantic.
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U. S
Britain
Washington
Knox
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
Nazis Reported Sending Troops To Occupy Hungary
German and Romanian units were said to occupy Hungary as Russian forces pressed within 100 miles of Transylvania. Hungarian leaders including Horthy and Kalley were reportedly summoned to Berlin to accept hard demands for full mobilization. Bela Imredi was alleged to propose a new government while some Hungarians resisted the invasion.
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Jondon —E
Hungary
Balkan
Tiller
Nicholas Horthy
Nicholas Kalley
Germany
Bela Imredi
Horthy
Old Poland
Tarnopol
Transylvania
Rumania
Bessarabia
Carpatha-Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Lwow
German Foreign Office
Berlin
Maxis
Vphe
McKellar backs FCC cut as military could control radio race
Senator McKellar argued for a $1.5 million slash in the FCC budget while contending the War and Navy Departments should run radio monitoring. He cited Axis spy stations near the Atlantic and praised military radio superiority, contrasting with La Follette’s push to restore funds. The exchange touched on the German embassy case and other Axis efforts.
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Washington
Mel Wollan
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Atlantic
MeKellar
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
LaFollette
Tle Senate
FCC
Ratio Intelligence Division
Pearl Harbor
Healsphere
Evont
Medlar
la Follette
War and Navy Departments
Embhassy
Severa
LaFollettie
K. Jett
Appropriations Committee
Jett
Radio Intelligence Division
Lhia
Axis
Latin
America
Bus Plunge Kills Fourteen in Icy Passaic Bridge Crash
A bus plunged from the Market Street bridge into the Passaic River as emergency crews recovered a fourteenth body and listed seven missing. Six passengers survived, two rescue workers were injured, and investigators, aided by divers and cranes, recovered multiple corpses from the submerged vehicle in freezing conditions.
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Passiac
Market Street
Passaic
Wallington
Po Third
Sprig Arrives as Spring Brings Cold Weather
The article notes the first day of spring with lingering cold, urging readers to keep warm with woollen underwear and coal. It mentions a debate on the exact spring date, with March 21 as official, while temperatures hover around 47 and three degrees above freezing at noon.
Vesuvius Puts On Show For War-Torn World
Villages around Naples evacuate as Mount Vesuvius erupts pouring lava toward Cercola and San Sebastiano. About 5 000 residents flee Cercola and 7 000 from the other towns as three lava rivers descend the mountain at five to ten feet per minute. No casualties reported. In Burma, Allied forces cap Sumprahum, a key Herts Valley stronghold, with Gurkhas and Kachin levies overrunning Japanese positions.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
San Sebastiano
Massa di Somma
Cercola
Cercols
U. & Army
Volciio
Pompei
Rome
Scenia
New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Sumprahum
Herts Valley
Reds Push Deeper Into Old Rumania
Soviet forces drive toward the Romanian border as they seize the highway from Zoroski in Bessarabia. Red Star dispatches report Dniester crossings expanding, Mogilev Podolski falls, and Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army nearing Lwow with Brody in view. Bus strike action awaited as regions board investigates new contracts.
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Moscow
Red Army
Zoroski
Bessarabia
Prut
Lanlester
Yurrpol
Igor Agibalov
Red Star
Dniester
Irom Soroki
Bessarabian
Mogilev- Podulski
Gregory Zhukay
Lwow
Poland
Brody
Java
McKellar Forecasts Senate Approval of TVA Plan
Senator McKellar D Tennessee predicted Senate approval of his amendment to tighten TVA control despite Southern opposition. He said the plan could pass the House after a similar proposal failed in 1942. Democratic leaders reportedly split on the measure as debate on the large appropriation bill stalled amid a broader fight over TVA provisions.
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Washington
Scnate
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
McKellar
D- Tenn
Mckilliny
Senate
House
Seo McKellar
Nazi Over Running Of Balkans Threatens Early Peace Hopes
Washington officials warn full German occupation of the Balkans could end independent governments in Romania Bulgaria and Hungary and spoil allied hopes of peace from satellite states. The piece cites Russian pressure and Hitler’s fear of Allied surrender as drivers of expansion. It notes Berlin must police occupied areas, straining its war effort and potentially reducing chances to eject satellites without invasion.
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Balkans
Washington
Romania
Buligaria
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hitler
Hhurope
Jles
Soma
London
Germany
Italy
Italkans
Jury Sessions Hear Evidence In Multiple Civil Actions
Law Court juries heard evidence in several civil cases including a replevin of a 1940 Ford, Coffey versus Bowser for automobile repairs with Bowser awarded 128.95, and a damages verdict of 600 to a Bradford and Moore couple against Washington County Bus Lines for injuries from the 1943 accident. Bracketed awards included 100 to Bradford Moore for medical and 500 to Metheard for injuries. A separate verdict favored the defendant in Painter versus Jones for a $250 real estate commission. Nonjury hearings begin Wednesday with compensation cases and Thursday set for divorce cases.
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Marsport Law Court
Milford Carroll
Leonard Chatehwell
G. E. Coffey
Carson Bowser
Coffey
Bowser
Bradford
Metheard Moore
Washington County
Johnson City
Kingsport
Bradford Moora
Metheard
Itn
C. S. Painter
I. W. Tones
Ainter
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Great
Adolf Hitler
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Weilng
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