Germans Lie Dead In Piles At Anzio Beachhead
German attempts to drive the Allies from the Anzio foothold yield about 24,000 casualties, with 3,500 captured and many killed. An officer recalled seeing German bodies piled and a common grave dug. Allied forces repelled a new attack as weather limited operations, while artillery and air action targeted shipping and positions along the 5th Army front. Canadian and Indian troops supported by French forces reinforced positions amid minor German thrusts near Castel San Vincenzo and Orsogna. Reports from the Swiss frontier estimate 3 to 6 million workers striking across northern Italy threatening German control.
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Tne
ANZIO
Italy
Rome
APLES
A.P
5th Army
Eighth Army
Cisterna
Castel San Vincenzo
Iserma
8th
Orsogna
Monte Croce
Russians trap and cripple German rail line in South Russia
Moscow reports the capture of Volochisk cutting the Odessa Lwow railway, the main supply artery for the German front. The first Ukrainian army swept through over 200 towns, with 6 district centers taken, and at least 6,000 Nazis killed as Zhukov leads a 112 mile front advance and a 31 mile breakout. Soviet strikes also sink transports in Barents Sea as the drive promises a long Ukrainian corridor toward prewar Poland.
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Volochisk
Odessa-Lwow
Moscow
monitor
Dnieper
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Nikolai K. Vatutin
Poland
Dembrovitsi
Luck
Lutsk
Belozerka
Berlin
Barents Sea
Finland
Shepetovka
Vishgorodok
Ternapi
Belogorodka
Chimney sweeps and war duties in Grantham discussed in Commons
Independent MP William Denis Kendall pressed for release of a Grantham chimney sweep held as an army officer’s batman. Kendall cited four full time sweeps aged 178, 15, 60 and 60 with only one skilled at 60 and arthritic, arguing saving the town from fire outweighed batman duties. Continued on Back Page.
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Grantham
Kendall
William Brown
Tis
Twelve thousand Monmouthshire miners strike in wage dispute
London march 6 Twelve thousand Monmouthshire coal miners walked out over a wage dispute threatening fuel production already hit by a slowdown by thousands of other pit workers. The ministry led by Major Gwilym Lloyd George ordered transfers to jobs elsewhere to restore output and warned of mine closures if production did not rebound.
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LONDON
Monmouthshire
ministry of fuel
Gwilym Lloyd George
Easington
Durham
Daily Express
Europe
Bermuda's Stolen Jeep Found Safe in New York
Bermuda reports its navy jeep missing since January 31 has returned to base after a voyage to New York. The jeep was loaded on a freighter and found there still bearing Bermuda plates, indicating use. An investigation is ongoing.
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Bermuda
New York
HAMILTON
United States navy
Fire damages Blaney Henry furniture warehouse
A blaze of unknown origin swept the four story Blaney Henry furniture warehouse in downtown Edmonton Sunday night. A general alarm was struck after 6 PM MDT and firefighters had the fire under control about 2 1/2 hours later. Damage was estimated at 7 000 dollars.
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EDMONTON
Blaney- Henry
Heavy U S Air Blows At Berlin From Atlantic To The German Capital
Allied air operations report heavy U S Eighth Air Force bombing of Berlin in strong daylight strikes for the seventh time in eight days. Mosquito escorts and RAF bombers supported nighttime raids on western Germany and northern France as Allied forces press the air war. An additional daylight attack hit strategic targets around Berlin while German defenses suffered losses in several engagements along the coast and inland.
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ALLIED
Southwest Pacific
Los Negros Island
Admiralty group
Momote
RABAUL
Seadler harbor
Manus Island
Los Negros
Manus
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Madang
Herworth Point
Saidor
France
GLADWIN HILL
Associated Press
ONDON
A.P
United States
Berlin
U.S. 8th Air Force
RAF Mosquitos
Germany
Europe
Churchill
channel
English
Britain
Flt
A D Wagner
Ceylon
North Sea
Scotland
Fire Hits Pier 21 in Halifax Wipes Out Immigration Quarters
Flames engulfed Pier 21 at the Halifax ocean terminals causing losses estimated between 200 000 and 250 000 dollars early Sunday. The blaze destroyed immigration quarters and four port rest camp on Pier 21 and damaged sheds on adjacent Pier 22. Red Cross port nursery and RCAF officers quarters suffered water damage. Cargo loss was minimal as the shed was nearly empty. Fire likely started in an upper floor fumigation plant during blanket fumigation. three explosions were heard.
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HALIFAX
pier 21
ocean
department of immigration
port
pier 22
Red Cross
RCAF
Parliament targets judges retirement at seventy in bill
Ottawa March 6 the commons gave first reading to a bill by Stanley Knowles CCF Winnipeg North Centre to require superior court judges in any province to retire at 70 and accept the retirement allowance at that age similar to a 1933 bill. The move aims to spur retirement and reduce salaries to the lower level.
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OTTAWA
The
commons
Stanley Knowles
CCF
Winnnipeg North Centre
Knowles
senate
St Laurent
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
force COLDWELL DENTES
M. J Coldwell
Carl Stewart
Unity
Yorkton
Saskatchewan
oper
Paasikivi To Meet Soviets
Stockholm reports Juho Paasikivi former Finnish prime minister who helped negotiate the 1940 peace would go to Moscow to discuss armistice terms. Departure date eastward is unknown. Dagens Nyheter editorial hints he could win Finnish authority to negotiate and attain better terms, noting Finns balked at Soviet demand to intern Germans in Finland.
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STOCKHOLM
Finland
Truman Attacks Aluminum Co in Senate Report
The senate committee voiced regret in its third annual report that Aluminum Company of Canada would not be subject to U.S. laws after the war. It said the Canadian firm, controlled by the same group as Aluminum Company of America, benefited from a 1941 Metals Reserve loan at 2 percent interest, with Reynolds Metals also paying 4 percent. Aluminum Canada operates Shipshaw in Quebec. Canada had paid $68.5 million in advance for deliveries, with Britain and Australia contributing smaller sums.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Truman committee
Aluminum Company of Canada
United States
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Metals Reserve Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reynolds Metals Company
first
Shipshaw
Quebec
Howe
Ottawa
Canada
Great Britain
Australia
Ambush on Japanese Supply Caravan in Burma Front
British and Indian troops ambushed a Japanese supply caravan on the Maungdaw Buthedaung road in Arakan, Burma, killing or capturing most of the enemy. An Allied communiqué notes only a few survived recent routs from Ngakyedauk Pass. Front activity remained light elsewhere with Chinese forces engaging heavy Japanese artillery near Maingkwan.
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NEW DELHI
Arakan
Burma
Maungdaw-Buthedaung
southeast Asia
Ngakyedauk
Mayu range
Chin Hills
Atwin Yamas
Kaledan
Axyab
Maingkwan
main
Cars for post war New York production chief says 12 million cars
Lt Gen William S. Knudsen, U S Army production chief, states Americans will want 12,000,000 new automobiles after the war in a post war outlook reported from New York on March 6.
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NEW YORK
Wiliam S. Koudsen
United States army
Bombers Press Berlin Defiance As RAF Raids Continue
United States heavy bombers pounded Berlin in strong formations amid fierce anti-aircraft fire and stubborn German fighter opposition. Reports say the city remains far from flattened, with air crews stressed by continued Luftwaffe resistance.
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U.S
BERLIN
LONDON
A.P
RAF
BURMA
NEW DELHI
C.P
Frank Merrill
Joseph Stilwell
ABRAMOWICZ
MACLEOD
Peter Abramowicz
Veronica Zahorejko
Lethbridge
T. M. Tweedie
OTTAWA
MacKinnon
Dominion
Fort William
Port Arthur
ARTHUR SLADEN
Arthur F. Sladen
C.MLG
C.V
Canada
Lord Minto
Lord Grey
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Devonshire
Lord Byng
PEARL HARLOR
T.H
United States army
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
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Edward Kennedy
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RUSSIA
Rumania
Royal Air Force
Baltimore
Sulmona
Coast
Norman Straet
Bronx
William E. Bugbee
Roscoe
Calif
Negros Isle
Netherlands
Saskatchewan mobilization board
Coldwell
Stewart
Robert,Fair
Battle River
house
Mackenzie King
Gordon Graydon
Mr King
Paasikivi
Truman
Aluminum Co
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