Red Army advances toward Vyazma Smolensk and Latvia
Red Army presses westward with fresh troops overrunning settlements north and southwest of Gzhatsk and Olenino. Forces converge to threaten Vyazma and Smolensk, aiming to engulf the Baltic region. Pravda notes gains across Smolensk districts. Don Basin fighting includes heavy losses for German forces, with 1,000 Germans killed overnight near Gzhatsk and Olenino.
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Red Army
Vyazma
Smolensk
Latvia
Pravda
Communist party
Sevsk
Don Basin
Voroshilovgrad
wag
Germans Raid England As R A F Streak Ends
German raiders attacked southeastern England and the counties around London early today with high explosive bombs. Casualties were initially reported low. About 25 German planes took part. three were destroyed and one four engine bomber was noted. London alert lasted about 30 minutes with one plane over the city. An Allied raid over Germany paused that night due to weather, the first since February 24.
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LONDON
C.P
England
Berlin
Heligoland
Vichy
France
air ministry
ReAF
Germany
Europe
R.A.F
The Left Hand Corner and Horatio Bottomley Tale
A London correspondent recalls Horatio Bottomley and his sensational 1917 prophecy that the war would end soon, noting readers believed his ghosted supplements. The piece mocks the famous fundraiser promise and the enduring gullibility of wartime Britons.
Lloyd George Confined With Chill At Home
London reports Prime Minister David Lloyd George, aged 80, is suffering a chill and has been kept at home for several days on a physician’s advice during the ongoing war effort.
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LONDON
David Lloyd George
Tojo says 1943 will decide world war issue
Tokyo radio quotes Prime Minister Hideki Tojo telling the Japanese diet that nineteen forty three is the year in which the war’s issue must be decided. The comment comes as a resolution calls for boosting Japan’s fighting strength.
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NEW YORK
Tokyo radio
United States
Hideki Tojo
Food Shipments To Martinique Cut Off By U S Action
The United States withheld food from Martinique, suspending shipments since November amid North Africa operations. Secretaries Wells noted the move and left readers to infer its political aims as warships at Martinique remained demilitarized under American oversight.
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WADE WERNER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Martinique
Caribbean
United States
Sumner Wells
Georges Robert
Welles
nearness
Parliamentarian News Bulletins Ottawa March 1942 debate
In Ottawa March 1942 the House considered referring the public accounts and auditor general reports to the Public Accounts Committee. Rev T C Douglas urged extending inquiry into Col John Thompson's wasteful expenditure charges and economy control. Gordon Graydon backed examination. LaFleche disputed the press reports.
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OTTAWA
March
C.P
John Thompson
public accounts committee
house of commons
T. C. Douglan
C.C.F
Weyburn
Mackenzie King
Douglas
Col
Thompson
house
office of economy control
Gordon Graydon
Mr. Douglas
East Indian Man Charged With Murder Attempt in Vancouver
Attar Singh Mahil, an East Indian, was held on a charge of attempted murder after J. Lashman was shot twice through the head while asleep in a Vancouver rooming house. Lashman's cheekbone was shattered. he was reported in fairly good condition.
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VANCOUVER
Attar Singh Mahil
J. Lashman
Lashman
Eleven Hurt In Street Car Crash In Toronto
Eleven persons were injured, none seriously, when a moving street car crashed into the rear of a stationary one at Dundas street and Euclid avenue. The injured were taken to hospital but most were sent home after treatment for minor cuts and bruises.
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TORONTO
Dundas street
Euclid avenue
New York Becomes Chicken Conscious Amid War Meat Shortages
War prompted New York to embrace poultry farming with day-old chicks in demand. Health officials permit backyard flocking within 25 feet of neighbors and require no fee permits. Officials note a surge in applications as meat supplies normalize.
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NEW YORK
Wide Allied Raids Hit Jap Bases in Southwest Pacific
Allied fliers attacked Japanese airfields in New Britain and New Guinea and bombed a cargo ship as 31 strafing runs struck positions in the Salamaua area. Airfields at Gasmata, Cape Gloucester, and Selamaua reported direct runway hits. Two flights hit ground troops in the Guadagasal Saddle and attacked supply barges offshore.
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ALLIED
Australia
C.P
southwest Pacific
New Britain
New Guinea
Salamaua
Gasmata
Cape Gloucester
Selamaua
Guadagasal Saddle
Fourteen soldiers drown during Gulf of Bea gulf maneuver crash
A night accident off the Florida coast during stormy seas left fourteen soldiers dead. Two officers and three men were rescued after a landing barge with nineteen aboard ran aground on a sandbar and the ramp was accidentally lowered.
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ATLANTA
March
Gulf of Bgealet
Florida
ran agroune
Rommel's Tank Units Mauled By 8th Army
Marshal Rommel's initial strong attacks against the British 8th Army failed and his units withdrew toward the Mareth line north and northwest of Medinine. Gen. Montgomery's forces halted two German thrusts Saturday then repelled four more in the afternoon, leaving Rommel with tank losses while British tanks remained intact. Axis air and sea actions produced convoy losses and Allied patrols captured 95 Italians west of Gafsa as fighting continued in Tunisia.
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Harold V. Boyle
Associated Press
North Africa
Marshal Rommel
8th Army
Mareth line
Medinine
Bernard Montgomery
Rommel
Gafsa
United States
Pichon
Qusseltia
Tunisia
Further Cut In Gas Due
TORONTO March 8 CP His Controller G H Cottrelle warned it may be necessary to make a further cut in the value of AA gasoline ration coupons Addressing Ontario Motor League directors he said if a national emergency arose or if there was abuse of the AA classification holders would be the first to suffer AA ration books provide 40 units a year and the present unit value is three gallons There is another impression being spread abroad namely that one who is fortunate enough to get a special category and I hope these will be few in number may have a special category which will take care of vocational requirements and the AA to the good This would not be equitable if Tasks man to get along on an AA to provide for his activities then I should not give a doctor a lawyer or anyone else a special category for his business and still keep the AA book to drive to Muskoka and take to the roads on fine days
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TORONTO
C.P
G. H Cottrelle
Ontario Motor League
tuncneon
Cottrele
ofl
Muskoka
Vancouver swimmer sets junior 80 yard backstroke mark
Shirley Muir of Vancouver clocked a national junior girls 80 yard backstroke record in a swimming regatta here Saturday night. Her time of 34.25 seconds bested Joan McArthur of Edmonton by about 3.5 seconds.
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VANCOUVER
Shirley Muir
Joan McArthur
Edmonton
Wartime Alcohol Rules Debate Says Board Not Involved
Ottawa reports two views on Wartime Alcoholic Beverages Order 11374 with protests by readers. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board says it has no role, leaving distribution and marketing to national revenue and provincial governments under the War Measures Act.
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OTTAWA
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Price Board
Prices Board
Privé Board
Minister of National Revenue
Finance
Raid on Rouen and Rennes by US bombers with RAF escort
United States heavy bombers raided Rouen and Rennes today, escorted by British Spitfires. Rennes, a Brittany rail junction, connects lines to Lorient, St Nazaire, Brest, and Cherbourg while Rouen sits on the Paris Le Havre line. This marked the fifth American air raid in eleven days.
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LONDON
United States
Rouen
Rennes
Brittany
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Brest
Cherbourg
Paris-Le Havre
Glace Bay Miners Threaten Strike Over Butter Shortage
Delegates from United Mine Workers of America locals in Cape Breton voted Sunday to urge a general strike at all Cape Breton collieries Thursday unless butter and other essential commodities are delivered by Wednesday.
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GLACE BAY
United Mine Workers of America
Cape Breton
Joe E Brown Becomes Granddaddy in Hollywood
JOE E BROWN is a grandfather as Cynthia Lee was born yesterday to Virginia Newport Brown and Cpl Joe L Brown of the US Army Sab Command at Long Beach California. The newborn gives the comedian a new family milestone amid wartime service updates.
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JOE E. BROWN
HOLLYWOOD
Cynthia Lee
Virginia Newport Brown
Cpl
Joe L. Brown
United States Army Sab Command
Long Beach
Soy Burger Uses Soybeans and Oatmeal to Simulate Meat
In Los Angeles on March, William Hopple unveils a Dergey meat substitute made from soybeans and oatmeal that reportedly mimics the taste, smell, and texture of real meat with only a touch of imagination. The release notes the hamburger meat shortage and offers a plant based alternative.
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LOS ANGELES
William Hopple
Hopple
Japanese losses reported in Chinese mop up ops
The Central News Agency reported 1,500 Japanese troops killed during Chinese mop up operations south of Wanchang in the Klangsi province canal area.
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Central
Wanchang
Klangsi province
Gigantic Air Battles Coming Low Dow
Harold H. Balfour, under-secretary for all, tells Londoners a new phase of the war begins with massive air warfare. RAF and US air forces push offensive across theaters as Germans still pose formidable resistance. He notes halving German air power and taking Italian air strength to aid Russian allies during Wings for Victory campaign. The parade features bomb tones, two and four ton bombs, and German bombs weighing 220 pounds.
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Low Dow
Harold H. Balfour
Royal Air Force
United States army air forces
formida
Balfour
Tragalg Square
London
Croldhall
Europe
U S to Have Five Ocean Navy Ready by 1945
Navy Secretary Frank Knox reports the United States will have a five ocean navy ready for sea duty by 1945, four times the 1939 force. He says accelerated shipbuilding and aviation expansion break previous records and could meet the goal two years ahead of schedule.
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WASHINGTON
March
United States
Navy
Frank Eno
Roosevelt
Knox
Russians Capture Rzhev Vyazma Railway Centre
News bulletins report Soviet forces claiming capture of the Rzhev Vyazma rail junction and advances on the T-mile line between Rehev and Vyazna. The outbreak of air combat over France and operations in Tunisia accompany other wartime dispatches from London.
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RZHEV-VYAZMA
LONDON
Syehevka
Rehev
Vyazna
U.S
C.P
Rennes
Rosen
United States
TUNISIA
Algiers
Associated Press
Readeye
Chott Raarsa
Gafsa
R.CA.F
B.C
VICTORIA
ILC.AF
Cowichan Ike
Vancouver Island
R.C.A.F
HERO OF COAST FIRE RESCUE
VANCOUVER
Jimmy Mitchell
hero
Jane
Jimmy
RALPH WEBB
WINNIPEG
Ralph H. Webb
Britain
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Eddy Gilmore
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Gzhatsk
Olenino
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Rzhev
Baltic
Estonia
Lithuania
Moscow-Smolensk
Qrel
Velikie Luki
Demyansk
Novgorod
Staraya Russa
Horatio Bottomley
M.P
Ottawa Journal
Bottomley
Ola Bottomley
BUFFALO
LLOYD GEORGE
WOIO
Robert
Marshal Henri Petain
PARLIAMENTAR
Graydon
War Services
LaFleche
Col.Thompson
Col. Thomp
Col. Thompson
Gen. LaFleche
Col.hompson
King
Helen Cuttacks
Spellrose
Mediterranean
Sicily
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