Russian Army Fights Thaws Amid Smolensk Threat
Soviet dispatches report the Red Army pressing a counter offensive toward Smolensk as spring thaws hinder German defenses. Guerilla bands claim 4,560 German casualties in January February, while the Soviet air force destroys tanks trucks and emplacements and disrupts rail traffic. Murmansk air battles and heavy German air strength are noted along with renewed attacks in Kalinin Donets and Staraya Russa. Soviet spokesman Yermashev urges rapid action to pressure Hitler and hasten an anti Nazi coalition victory.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Ality
Arctic
Murmansk
Kalinin Front
Donets Basin
Prava
Gzhatsk
Lake Ilmen
Staraya Russa
Donets
I. Yermashev
Kuibyshev
Yermashev
Hitler
Newspapers Named Essential Service By Ottawa Officials
ESSENTIAL WORK Ottawa Elliott M Little director of national selective service and Labor Minister Mitchell said newspapers should be regarded as an essential service and protected from losing qualified personnel. They noted adjustments possible if staff exceed needs or if transfers from non essential work are feasible to aid publication.
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Ottawa
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Mitchell
Mackenzie King
Canada
German Gliders Use Tennis Balls as Landing Gear Buffer
The ministry of economic warfare noted Germany's nationwide appeal for tennis balls, later realizing the balls are used to cushion landing gear on gliders. This odd procurement hints at wartime supply strategies and improvised equipment.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Germany
Britain’s War Effort Sees Sugar Order Expanded
A government spokesman said wartime sugar production rose over 40 percent since last September and will continue upward to reach maximum capacity. The Ministry of Supply employs over 14 million in engines and 40 ordnance sites with 300000 workers plus 20000 in small factories. Ottawa issued new wartime sugar rules to distribute available supplies efficiently, with exemptions for condensed milk makers and higher rations for sailors, deep-sea fishermen, and isolated contractor crews.
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London
Ministry of Supply
Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
RAF Raid Blasts Paris Suburb Industry
Nazi officials set property damage at 7 million francs about 140 million dollars after the March 3 RAF assault on Paris suburban industrial plants aiding German war materiel. They report 350 buildings destroyed.
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Paris
Royal Air Force
Warning of Critical Days Ahead in Wartime Defence Build-Up
Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlined plans for two new army divisions as mobile coastal defence reserves, expanded aerial forces for Canada, and naval expansion. He warned of a long global struggle yet expressed confidence in ultimate Allied victory, stressing no early war end and urging national unity and intensified munition production.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mackenzie King
King
Free Nations
Lower Prices in Canned Goods in Ottawa
The wartime prices and trade board announced cuts in prices for about 35 kinds of domestic canned fruits and vegetables effective April 1. The board said the reductions bring cost prices to wholesalers and retailers into reasonable relation with maximum selling prices.
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Ottawa
Senate Passes Gift Bill for UK and Wheat Act Referral
The senate approved the governments measure delivering a one billion dollar gift to the United Kingdom and gave second reading to the wheat acreage reduction act which was sent to the banking and commerce committee for review.
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Ottawa
Senate
United Kingdom
Banking and Commerce Committee
Polish Priests From Home Sent to Dachau
The Polish Telegraphic Agency reports 70 Polish priests aged 60 to 80 were removed from a retirement home at Ciechocinek by the Nazis and sent to the Dachau concentration camp. In Washington Lord Beaverbrook, ex-British minister of production, arrived from Miami to help form an Anglo American supplies and production coordination group.
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London
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Ciechocinek
Dachau
Germany
Washington
Lord Beaverbrook
Miami
Prime Minister Announces Mobilization of Two Additional Divisions
Prime Minister King told the House of Commons that two more army divisions, the 7th and 8th, will be mobilized. Since the war with Japan began, many new battalions and anti aircraft and coastal defence batteries have been mobilized as part of broader wartime efforts. Ottawa also reports W H Male of Toronto named deputy to James Stewart to direct rubber gasoline and automotive equipment conservation programs.
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Ottawa
King
House of Commons
Japan
W. H. Male
Toronto
James Stewart
Prices and Trade Board
Churchill's Pilot Receives O B E Award
Captain Kelly Rogers who piloted Prime Minister Churchill from Bermuda to Britain after a year end visit with President Roosevelt was awarded the Order of the British Empire at a recent investiture by the King. Rogers stands with sister Mrs Carroll in W A A F dress.
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Kelly Rogers
Winston Churchill
Bermuda
Britain
Roosevelt
Rogers
Mrs. Carroll
W.A.A.F
Reprisals Reported After Belgrade Attack
A Budapest despatch to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung says seventy five Serbs were executed in reprisal for the killing of a police chief on a Belgrade street. Police Chief Kosmajac and an accompanying detective were shot by Komitadji, a Serb patriot secret order. the killers remained at large.
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Berne
Switzerland
Belgrade
Budapest
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Kosmajac
Department of Police
Komitadji
India Defence Against Danger Of Jan Attack
Britain prepares to meet a possible Japanese invasion from the east, with Trincomalee naval facilities at Ceylon and fortified western border defenses. Key leaders Layton and Pownall assume command in Ceylon as India prospects of 1,000,000 troops are discussed amid equipment and training concerns.
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India
Japan
Andaman Islands
Calcutta
Britain
Khyber Pass
Madras
Cittagong
China
Burma
Ceylon
Trincomalee
Port Blair
Andamans
Netherlands
Surabaya
Java
Geoffrey Layton
Singapore
Far East
Henry Pownall
British Imperial Board
Ganges and
Brahmaputra
Archibald Wavell
Importance Of Middle East For The Allied Cause
London notes the Middle East as Britain's second front for 1942 with a possible continental invasion later, while emphasis remains on preserving the Middle East and Indian bridges and guarding maritime routes. Agitation for a second front grows as experts discuss raids and strategic diversions from the Russian front.
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Middle East
London
Britain
Burma
Europe
Britain Warns of Greater Attacks on Russian Supply Lines
British circles predict intensified German attacks by air sea and U boats on supply routes to Russia as summer days lengthen. They note increased U boat activity in the Caribbean and off the U S coast and say Britain will give the United States all possible help to combat the submarine menace while awaiting full convoy and escort systems.
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Bruneval
North Cape
Bay of Biscay
Britain
Russia
London
Caribbean
United States
Atlantic
North Atlantic
MacArthur Receives Medal of Honor for Gallantry
The War Department announced that Gen. Douglas MacArthur is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry against Japanese forces. President Roosevelt directed Nelson Johnson to present the medal in MacArthur's name to the general, the highest Army decoration for valor.
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MacArthur Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United States War Department
Richard K. Sutherland
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Nelson S. Johnson
United States
Australia
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the Times
Great Britain
McNaughton
White House
A. G. L. McNaughton
Leighton McCarthy
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