Principal Military Developments Are Back Of War Fronts
The article notes war strategy shifts away from front lines to factories, ports, and supply routes as Allies push through timelines for 1943. It cites Russia relations, American and British coordination, and diplomatic moves including Eden and Bruce arriving in Washington for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Babb
Crieblanca
Congress
Anthony Eden
Bruce
Melington
William Rang
London
Foreign Office
Washington
Eden Warns We Have Long War To Go In Global Security Talks
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden tells President Roosevelt there is a long road ahead to victory and world security. He says talks will cover military and political issues and that Churchill is in top form despite recent illness as they plan postwar world. Roosevelt to arrange meetings with Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
Briteh Goverment Tald
Eden
Churchill
Great Britain
White House
Stephen Early
Mr. Eden
May Ease Up On Meat Rationing
Washington reports indicate meat rationing may ease as supplies improve. Officials outline temporary relief measures and coupon changes for sheepherders, fishermen, and forest workers while interior bureau plans seek to expand overall meat availability by year end. Estimated allowances suggest up to 3 4 pounds of hamburger or 1 1 3 pounds of steak weekly, with regional variations expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prenties M. Brown
Office of Price Administration
Idea
Bureau of the Interior
Brown
Unity Plan Proposed to Merge French Factions
General Charles de Gaulle's national committee proposes uniting the rival French factions under Fighting France. A four point program aims to fuse de Gaulle and Giraud factions, seeking liberalized leadership and a coherent war effort across North Africa amid public anxiety and dissatisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Merck
Charlies de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
France
Giraud
Cer
Rench Commission
North Africa
Aisen
Allied Planes Bomb Japanese Convoy Near New Guinea
Allied planners report air strikes against eight Japanese vessels near Weeak Wenik in northern New Guinea. The convoy included four destroyers and five merchant ships with fighters providing cover. Bombers reached the scene near dusk, aiming for a 10,000-ton transport in flames and a 4,000-ton cargo ship as weather hampered operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Sumdey
Weeck
New Gainea
Wenik
New Guinea
Fontenot Opposes Tugwell Plan On Tax Payable Date
Baton Rouge reports State Revenue Collector Rufus W. Fontenot rejects A. P. Tugwell’s plan to require 1942 income taxes by July 1 with government bank loans. Fontenot says taxpayers now borrowing to meet first installments will be forced to finance by government loans, disrupting pay at you go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Rufus W. Fontenant
A. P. Tugwell
A. P. Tugwells
Fontenot
Burks Granted Birthday Reprieve by Louisiana Governor
In Baton Rouge on March 15 Governor Sam Jones granted an eight tier reprieve to Finnan Burka, 27, who faced execution by electric chair in Lake Charles. The stay extends to March 23 to allow Burks to pursue legal appeals, as Judge Mark C. Pickrel granted a show cause order and recused himself. With the court short on available judges, a new appointment could not occur before the scheduled execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Cheries
Burks
Pickrel
Jones
John T. Hood
Mississippi
Supreme Court Coust
Henry A. Reid
Calcasieu Perish
Chearing
Seeking to Halt French Desertions
Washington March 12 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox warned that continuing desertions of French sailors from warships in American harbors could leave vessels understaffed and virtually immor tized. Reports say sailors abandon ships under General Henri Giraud to join De Gaulle’s Fighting French forces. A high US official said the United States will not permit desertions to hamper future use of the ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Knox
United States
Japanese Casualties in China Top 2.5 Million, 1942 Totals
National military council in Chungking disclosed a war casualty tally through 1942 with 642,657 killed and 1,287,982 wounded among Japanese troops in front lines and 596,000 casualties among rear units. It cites 27,344 engagements and 21,314 prisoners, totaling 6,176,000 engaged in China by end of 1942. In Laurel Mississippi, three Army fliers died when a routine flight crashed between Waynesboro and Laurel around 6:34 PM. identities withheld pending notification.
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Chungking
China
National Military Council
Laurel
Miss
Laurel Air Base
Waynesbro
Retired Railroad Man McFarland Found Dead
Robert W. McFarland 74 of Morrison Avenue was found dead on the old Columbia road shortly after 7 am. Coroner J T French summoned. Death due to natural causes. Funeral at 3 pm at Mulhearn Funeral Home with Rev E P Hayward officiating. Interment in River View Burial Park. Native of Morehouse Parish, he worked 30 years for Missouri Pacific before retirement for disability. It is believed he started a long walk, a frequent habit.
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Robert W. McFarland
Morrison Avenue
Missouri Pacific Railroad
W. W. McDonald
Old Columbia Road
McDonald
J. T. French
Mulhearn
E. P. Hayward
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverview Burial Park
McFarland
Morehouse Parish
Met Rouge
Monroe
Every Day Is Registration Day Warns Young Men
New Orleans March 15 Brigadier General Raymond H Flem ing state director of selective service warned young men approaching their 18th birthday that every day is registration day for someone in Louisiana Every male residing in the United States is required by law to present himself at his local board and submit to registration on the day he becomes 18 or on a holiday if that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Raymond H. Fleming
Selective Service
Louisiana
United States
Fleming
J P Morgan dies at Boca Grande symbol of wealth fades
J P Morgan banker and symbol of immense wealth dies at 3 15 am in a Boca Grande Florida cottage after three days in a coma from coronary thrombosis. He had traveled to the Gasparilla inn for rest and fishing while his family and doctors attended him. His death leaves Wall Street steady and Morgan stable as an institution remain intact.
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Boca Grande
Fla
LPS
Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
House of Morgen
Morgan
Morgen
Gasperilla Inn
Gulf of Mexico
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Naval Reserve
Paul G. Pennoyer
Junius Spencer Morgan
George Nichols
H. §. Patterson
Amiens Raid by Fortresses At a U S Bomber Station
Allied Fortresses with Spitfire escort bombed Amiens railway yards behind the French coast as thick clouds hid the action. German Me 109s and Focke Wulfs attacked during withdrawal. Fortresses and gunners repelled the raid. Co Pilot Lloyd Patterson of Ontario California and Bombardier Paul W Williams of Dublin Texas returned safely after a 20 millimeter shell struck the cockpit, Patterson taking over the ship.
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U. S
England
Channel
Amiens
Goering
Lloyd Patterson
Ontario
Calif
Paul W. Williams
Dublin
Tex
Patterson
Williams
Britishers Regard Morgan as Farmer in Aldenham
In Aldenham England villagers remember J P Morgan as a rich American farmer who kept busy with stock breeding and farming. Locals recall his large farming operations and prize hogs, noting his sideline in banking was only a vague detail. His death occurred last night, leaving behind a life centered on hog breeding and farm management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldenham
England
Hertfordshire
J. P. Morgan
Morgan's Death May Close Era
New York report notes J. P. Morgan symbolized a historic finance era tracing to medieval roots. It recalls private bankers ethics and the rise of railroads funding, with J. Pierpont Morgan as a key progenitor and London as the financial hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude A. Jagger
New York
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Committee of Congress
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. P
Americas
Madame Chiang Fans Spark Global Interest in New York
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, visiting first lady of China, attracts vast fan mail in New York. Thousands of letters pile up daily, with requests for interviews, autographs, and pictures. Readers seek inspiration, world peace ideas, leadership of organizations, reading suggestions, and even job prospects in China from the famed wife of Chiang Kai-shek. A U.S. soldier also writes seeking inspiration from her.
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New York
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mme, Chiang
Fires Rage at Krupp Works as Allied Bombs Strike Essen
London dispatch reports the R A F dropped over 1900 tons on Essen as fires raged in the Krupp plants late today. American heavy bombers attacked rail hubs behind the French coast, striking Amiens and Rouen regions to cut vital German supply lines along the 100 mile coast between the Somme and Seine. Reconnaissance showed Essen center blazing at 3 p.m. in what officials call a record air assault on German industry.
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London
Essen
Krupp Works
Rouen
Amiens
Somme
Seine
Dieppe
British
Air Ministry
Germany
Cologne
Krupps
R.A. F
Archibald Sinclair
Air
Jewish Welfare Drive 10 Start Campaign
Preliminary plans for the 1943 campaign of the Northeast Louisiana Jewish Welfare fund were announced by F. Strauss president. He stressed concern for war sufferers across the sea and the Jewish victims of Nazi terror. The drive begins Wednesday March 17 with over 90 percent of funds aimed at aiding victims worldwide.
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Northeast
Louisiana
Jewish Welfare Fund
F. Strauss
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Europe
Mr. Strauss
America
Hitler
United Northeast Louuane Jewish Welfare Fund
Netherlands Envoy Leaves Baton Rouge Heading to Jackson
Dr. Alexander Loudon ambassador to the United States from the Royal Netherlands government in exile and his wife departed Baton Rouge by plane for Jackson Mississippi to speak at Dutch fliers graduation exercises. Willard C. Wichers accompanied them as director of the Midwestern Netherlands information bureau. The envoy spoke at a Louisiana college conference last night and met Governor Sam Jones after a capitol visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Alexander Loudon
United States
Royal Netherlands
Capitol
Sam Jones
Nazis Seize Main Railway Station In Kharkov City
German troops gained fresh ground in Kharkov as heavy fighting raged in the city. Soviet dispatches described the situation as serious with elite SS units said to have shattered resistance and advanced toward the main railway station.
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London
Kharkov
Moscow
Ukraine
Paris
Red Army
Monitor
Red Star
Pravda
Axis pushed toward sea in Tunisia as Allies seal trap
General Eisenhower declared German and Italian forces in Tunisia doomed to be driven into the sea after three breakout attempts were crushed. Allied reports note patrol activity across the front and heavy Allied air strikes on Tunis and Sousse. Montgomery pledged later action after an earlier promise of a bloody nose from the Mareth line.
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North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tunisia
Tunis
Sousse
Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
War Spending Reaches New February High
The War Production Board reports February spending at 255.4 million dollars daily and total war expenditures of 6.801 billion, down 28 percent from January but up 2 percent from February 1942. Since July 1940 the defense program totals 36.5 billion through February.
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Washington
War Production Board
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Britain
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Siyth
Hal
Tugwell
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Krupp
Seas
Netherlands
Ciy
Smolensk
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