Germans Win Post War World At Belgorod Basis Sought
Russian advances near Smolensk and Kharkov deepen the Donets river line battle as Durovo falls and Chuguev area resists. Pravda says tanks are broken up and cavalry pursues Germans. 12 western bank settlements seized as thaw hinders crossings. Churchill outlines postwar order with councils for Europe and Asia and social insurance. Montgomery moves against Rommel at Mareth Line as Britain braces for long conflict.
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Belgorod
EDDIE GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red
Durovo
Smolensk
Bely
Donets
Kharkov
Chuguev
Pravda Communist dispatch party
Red Army
Pravda
Dnieper
Helsinki Air Raid Kills Two and Wounds Twenty Three
Helsinki reports two killed and 23 injured in the city's longest air raid Saturday night into Sunday. Soviet planes pounded the capital for seven hours, with blasts across core districts and wartime shelters inundated. Authorities warned residents to stay off streets as rescue and casualty teams responded.
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HELSINET
Helsinki
Left Hand Corner diet boosts army and industry gains
A Time Magazine excerpt notes British army medical boards rejected some men who were later fed a balanced diet at a camp, with 35 percent accepted after six months. In Ohio a factory fed porcelain workers Vitamin A boosting output, cutting porcelain rejections to 0.4 percent and saving $50,000 annually. Diet improved fatigue and production by 43 percent in British industry. In Miami on patrol, new recruits faced a denied raise petition.
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Leonard Knott
Mansfield
Ohio
Time Magazine
Miami
Eng
Allied bombers cripple Japanese destroyer in Pacific raid
Allied headquarters report from Australia on March 22 describes Sunday air sweeps over the southwest Pacific targeting shipping near Netherlands New Guinea, Salem Sea, and Solomon Sea. A Japanese destroyer was hit twice at night and left limping, trailing an oil slick, while a convoy of two cargo vessels and a destroyer was seen off Cape Vandenbosch.
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AUSTRALIA
southwest
Pacific
Netherlands New Guinea
Salem Sea
Cape Vandenbosch
Solomon Sea
Cape Namaripi
Langgoer
Kal Islands
Gasmata
New Britain
Cape Glouchester
Bergen Bay
Madang
Finschhaffen
New Guinea
Budget debate defends price controls and asks for unity
Ottawa March 22 Finance Minister Ashley urged MPs to stop piecemeal attacks on anti inflation and fiscal policies and back the government. He defended the prices board led by Donald Gordon, warned weakening price controls could raise living costs, and called for support of a $1.1 billion Victory Loan campaign opening April 26.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Asley
house of commons
prices board
Tisley
eral
Hmtt
Isley
Donald Gordon
Whitehall Beat Reflections From Amaron On Churchill Fronts
Montreal writer Douglas Amaron reports from London on Churchill's dominance in Parliament and growing support for new fronts. He recalls the Boulogne commando raid led by Lord Lovat and notes British hopes tied to North Africa and potential actions between Norway and Greece as the war effort evolves.
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Britain
organization for peace
Churchill
British Commonwealth of Nations
United States
Soviet Russia
Europe
European council
JACK BRAYLEY
MONTREAL
Boulogne
Douglas Amaron
London
Amaron
G.P
United Nations
Whitehall
commons
lords
Lord Lovat
French
Dominion
Winston Churchill
Amazon
Russia
Norway
Greece
Africa
continental
Japs and RAF swap raids across Burma and Bengal
British communique reports R A F bombers blasting Donbaik and fighters hitting a Japanese position near Laung ehuang on the Mayu peninsula in Burma with all aircraft returning safely. Enemy aircraft damaged Fenlain air field in Bengal and a small number of casualties. Japanese dumps, a railway and Toungoo air field targeted.
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NEW DELHI
R.AF
Donbaik
Laungehaung
Burma
Mayu peninsula
Fenl
Bengal
Toungoo
Pope Pius XII Confined by Severe Cold in Vatican
A Vatican dispatch broadcast by Berlin radio and AP says Pope Pius XII is ill with a severe cold and high fever, possibly bronchial and lung complications feared. All audiences of the pope are suspended as he remains confined to bed. the pontiff is 67 years old.
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NEW YORK
Vatican City
Berlin
Associated Press
Pius XIII
Merch
Severe earthquake detected by Fordham ceismar graph
New York March 22 a severe earthquake was recorded 8 500 miles away in an undetermined direction on the Fordham University ceismo graph Rev Joseph J Lynch said today the shock occurred at 4 50 pm E D T and was cataloged as a notable event by city researchers
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NEW YORK
New York City
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
E.D.T
Initial Objectives Gained As Allies Launch Drive
British 8th Army reports capturing initial objectives on a six mile front between the sea and Mareth road amid strong Axis opposition and mine fields. American armor wedges Rommell’s defenses as about 1400 prisoners fall. French forces advance several miles south of Gafsa with serious enemy resistance noted.
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Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
North Africa
8th Army
sea
Mareth road
Mareth line
Erwin Rommett
Gulf of Gabes
Algiers
Gafsa
Hitler Admits War Damage In subdued Berlin broadcast
London dispatch reports Hitler, after a 13 day silence, claimed Russian front crisis continues and German war dead are low, while large areas remain war zones due to bombing. He cited 542,000 German soldiers killed and, with Stalin's 4,000,000 eastern front deaths, defended renewed mobilization and rising war production.
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LONDON
Hitler
Germany
Zaughers (military museum
Berlin
Joseph Stalin
Stalingrad
U S Airmen Raid Naples In Night Bombing
Cairo March 22 Aled bombers raided Naples Saturday night scoring direct hits on a railway yard docks and targets in the city They returned without loss of a plane The communique named heavy bombers of the U S air force and said the Victor Emmanuel mole was struck and a ship left burning all planes returned safely.
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CAIRO
Naples
RAR
Middle Fash
air force
Victor Emmanuel mole
RCAF Beaufighters Bag 14 Foe Craft
Ottawa March 22 An RCAF squadron flying Beaufighter night fighters from a station in England has 14 planes destroyed and many damaged to its credit so far The squadron's job is to intercept enemy planes coming to England FO Art G Lawrence of Brandon Manitoba describes it as a pretty simple and straightforward job Wing Commander J R Stephenson 27 An RA man commands it It has many Western Canada pilots besides Lawrence Others include PO George R Shipley of Edmonton and PO Doug McNabb of Winnipeg A Beaufighter may carry four cannon and six machine guns Lawrence 25 formerly a Brandon hospital employee has brought down two enemy aircraft He started night fighter operations and has no wish to change Shipley overseas 18 months laments none of his operations brought him into contact with enemy aircraft McNabb a garage man back home has been with the squadron three months after serving with another Beaufighter squadron
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OTTAWA
C.P
R.C.AF
England
Ita
air force
squadair
Art G. Lawrence
Brandon
Man
J. R. Stephenson
Western Canada
Lawrence
George R Shiptey
Edmonton
Doug McNabb
Winnipeg
Shipley
Canada
McNabb
Beauflytter
CHUNGKING
A.P
Hupeh
chang
Cungting Lake
RAND WEILHELMSHAVEN
LONDON
Marsh
United States
Wilhelmshaven
R.A.F. Venture
Maasiuly
Rotterdam
Netherlands
France
Bay of Biscay
Short Brothers, Ltd
baliders
Sunderland
Stirling
ministry of aircraft production
TURNER VALLEY
CALGARY
Robert Webster
Home
oilfields
Webster
ballet house
RED CROSS
GREECE
Swedish Red Cross
Piraeus
Athens
Theo
BRITAIN
Atlantic
Germany
Montgomery Presses Mareth Line In Tunisia Drive
British 8th Army advances against Mareth while American troops push toward Gabes, encircling Rommel’s southern forces. Maknassy sighted, Diors Abiad line defended, air and ground battles rage. Axis claims of sinkings reported. Allied pace tempered by supply issues.
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The Herald
Churchill
Tunisia
Britain
Rommel
Montgomery
George Patton
Maknassy
Gafsa
Mahares
Jurgen Von Arnim
1st Army
Nessa station
Bizerte
Djebel Abiad
El Alamein
BBC
CBS
8th Army
Patton
Eluetar
Bou Hamran
Berlin
Rome
Associated Press
Chinese Charge Japan Used Poison Gas In Hupeh Battle
Chinese high command charged Japan used poison gas in a south Hupeh encounter. Japanese aim to safeguard communications to Chang, while Chinese forces press rice country front near Cungting Lake.
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C.P. London
R.A.F
Pope Pius XII
U.S
R.C.A.F. BEAUFIGHTERS
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