Armored Troops Push Toward Sea From Gafsa Advance
Allied forces report U S troops seal the town of El Guetar after a 12 mile drive from Gafsa supported by Patton. A broader push through central Tunisian hills aims to sever the Axis coastal corridor while British and other Allied units adjust lines amid heavy rains and minefields.
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Gafsa
el Guetar
Tunisia
K. A. N. Anderson
Jurgen von Arnim
Tamera
Bizerte
1St Army
Tunisian
8Th Army
Mareth Line
U. S
Gabes
Kite Flying Rules For Spring Time Fun
A retro note explains why kite flying blends with spring and warns boys about hazards from wires and electricity. It stresses five safety rules: avoid wire or tinsel string, stay clear of overhead lines, don't run across roads, don’t fly in rain due to wet string, and never climb poles or towers to retrieve a kite.
Kruse Urges Ohioans to Quit Black Meat Markets
Columbus report says Elmer F. Kruse chairman of the State Agriculture War Board urged Ohioans to stamp out the black market in meat. He warned millions of pounds produced in the state are still sold illegally and called for full cooperation to ensure fair distribution. The appeal was made to county agricultural war board heads in Columbus.
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Columbus
Elmer F. Kruse
State Agriculture War Board
Allied Airmen Strike Across Pacific Bases
Allied airmen conducted a sweeping offensive across Japanese bases in the South Sea theater dropping 38 tons of bombs on Maddang New Guinea and attacking 14 strongholds along a 2000 mile arc from Timor to New Ireland. Burma fighting continues near Taungmaw as Japanese pressure eases east of the Mayu River.
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Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Sea
America
Nippon
United Nations
Japan
Australia
Maddang
New Guinea
Timor
East Indies
New Ireland
Bismarck Sea
Burma
Mayu Peninsula
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Taungmaw
Hocking River Floods Logan After Rainfall
A soaking rain after midnight Thursday swelled the Hocking River at Logan causing spillover in Kachel macher Park Friday afternoon. Earlier rains kept levels above normal and more rise was expected Friday night as the Ohio River south of Portsmouth also neared flood stage.
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Hocking
Logan
Kachelmacher Park
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Heavy rains follow warm spell across county
Warmer weather brought heavy rains Thursday night with no sign of abating by Friday noon. Temperatures reached the 50s as the day warmed, and the downpour swelled the Hocking River and county streams though flood levels remained safely below flood stage.
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Hocking
New Plant Opens in Tiffin as War Production Returns
The Tiffin Art Metal Co. resumed war production yesterday in its new plant, replacing the facility destroyed by fire last October.
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Tiffin, O
General Motors protests foreman union bid at GM plants
General Motors sent telegrams to Congress demanding action on a protest against the Foreman’s Association of America. The company seeks exclusive bargaining rights for foremen at its Detroit diesel engine division, sparking immediate study by House committees. C E Wilson signed the telegram as GM president, stressing vital war production and stable industrial relations.
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Washington
Foreman’s Association of America
Congress
General Motors Corp
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
C. E. Wilson
House Labor and Naval Affairs
Special
House Committee On
Rep
Smith
D-Va
Military
Wilson
National Labor Relations Board
General Motors
Foreman’s Association
Detroit Diesel Engine Division
Beck Urges Food Aid to Italy and War Effort
Indianapolis dispatch notes P G Beck regional Farm Security Administration director urges farmers to curb production difficulties and suggests feeding Italy and other nations with food could win battles more cheaply than blood. He says tasks facing agriculture seem almost impossible yet compares past industrial challenges readiness and pledges full government support to meet 1943 food goals.
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Indianapolis
P. G. Beck
Farm Security Administration
Italy
Beck
Ohio
FSA
Three Barclay Family Perishes in Industry House Fire
Beaver Pennsylvania reports a fatal house fire in Industry near the Ohio River. Farmer Robert James Barclay, his son George Wayne Barclay age 19, and George's wife Eva Barclay were all burned to death in their home in the early hours.
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Beaver
Ohio River
Industry
Here
Robert James Barclay
George Wayne Barclay
Eva Barclay
George
Roosevelt Signals Hesitation On War Work Draft
President Roosevelt told reporters he wished to avoid national service legislation for now and without decision on drafting workers for war industries. He warned it could add machinery and complexity, though he conceded war demands might eventually require it. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker noted industries still operate on a share the work basis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Eddie Rickenbacker
Patton Drives Wedge in Axis Africa Campaign
General Eisenhower appoints Patton to lead Western Tunisia operations as Allies pursue a possible big offensive. Patton recaptured Gafsa without losses and advances southeast, aiming to split Rommel and von Arnim. Gafsa, a strategic oasis hub, anchors the central Allied front and its highway network.
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Eisenhower
Blood
Patton
Tunisia
von Arnim
Marshal Rommel
Gafsa
Rommel
Garden of Eden
Barbary
War and postwar plans spurred by Eden plea
Allied hopes for a lasting peace structure rose after Anthony Eden urged unity with United States Britain Russia and China. Lawmakers eyed rapid action on postwar planning while labor manpower tax and food troubles clouded Washington. A Paris Caribbean flash noted Guiana French colonies and Giraud’s leadership as Martinique faced a hunger crisis. Labor issues split miners wage time drills and coal payrolls. Congress eyed civilian draft for wartime production. A raid on Manila occupied enemy territory closed the day.
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Washington
Britain
Anthony Eden
United States
England
Russia
China
Eden
Senate
House
Guiana
French Guiana
Henri Honore Giraud
French West Indies
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Caribbean
Georges Robert
Giraud
John L. Lewis
Senate Military Committee
Mandalay
Roosevelt foresees UN conferences on postwar issues
President Roosevelt said perhaps half a dozen United Nations conferences may be held to discuss postwar problems. Joseph B. Eastman urged farmers to plan 1943 crops with assurance of gasoline for essential truck operations, subject to local fuel supplies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United Nations
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
Law proposal bars war contractor foremen from unions
A broad measure to bar administrative and supervisory employees of war contractors from labor organizations was introduced in Congress following General Motors plea for action to stop the formation of foremen's unions.
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Washington
Congress
General Motors Corp
Draft Objectors Enter 36th Day Of Hunger Strike
Two conscientious objectors, Louis Krawczyk and Stanley Murphy, remain in a 36th day of forcible feeding in a Danbury prison hospital. They refuse food for 17 days after walking out of a conscientious objectors camp, seeking a stricter parole policy and more socially useful work for violators, according to ACLU official Robert B. Brooks.
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Washington
Louis Krawczyk
Bronx
N. Y
Stanley Murphy
Queens Village
Long Island
Buffalo
Danbury Conn
Plane survivor promoted in Puerto Rico
Herbert C. Lingafelt 26 of Canfield Ohio was promoted from private to sergeant by the Antilles air task force headquarters in San Juan Puerto Rico. Lingafelt is the sole survivor of a Caribbean bomber crash and spent three days on a raft before rescue.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Herbert C. Lingafelt
Canfield
Antilles Air Task Force Headquarters
Lingafelt
Caribbean
Kaiser Company Charged by WPB in San Francisco
Kaiser Company Inc, a major U S shipbuilder, was charged in a War Production Board subpoena awaiting service by the U S Marshal with unauthorized acquisition of millions of dollars of war materials at its Richmond shipyard No 3. The hearing is set for March 29 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Kaiser Company Inc
War Production Board
U. S. Marshal's Office
Richmond
Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Lowell Turrentine
WPB
Drop Forge Strikers Resume Work Friday
Cleveland March 19 Members of the AFL Blacksmiths and Drop Forgers Union returned to work at Park Drop Forge Co but left unsettled their demand for the removal of a maintenance man from the forge department. C J McCune of the Police Labor Relations Bureau said the union members resumed production after a dispute over personnel action.
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Cleveland
AFL Blacksmiths and Drop Forgers Union
Park Drop Forge Co
C. J. McCune
Police
L Bor Relations Bureau
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Mediterranean
Kasserine Pass
Erwin Rommel
By Roger Greene
Associated Press
Allied Headquarters
George S. Patton, Jr
Gladys Kaurin
Linda Lark
New York
Kruse
Black Marts
The
Theater
Hocking River
US Foreman Union
By Dewitt MacKenzie
Plane Survivor
Morgan
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc
J. P. Morgan
Florida
House of Morgan
International
Kaiser Company
Kaiser
Maritime Commission
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