Germans Threatened by Russian Trap in War Front
Moscow reports Soviet south and southwest forces killed 109000 Germans in five days of fighting, capturing or destroying vast supplies. Communiques claim 14600 Germans killed in 15 days on the northwest front and suggest German armies face growing pressure as Russians threaten key rail lines.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Poland
Soviet Po
Mosn
Cenai
Frnolenss
Vyenna
Tee
Bastly
Rahev
New Aviation Courses Open to U S School Pupils
New York March 14 Robert M Hinckley assistant secretary of commerce announced a nationwide program to expose elementary and secondary students to aviation training. The effort aims to indoctrinate youth with pre flight instruction as the nation seeks air supremacy. Ground school and flight training already run at over 500 colleges and will expand as the program begins next September.
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New York
Robert M. Hinckley
Knckley
Udies
Lawyer in New Orleans faces tax evasion sentence
Arthur A. Steiner, New Orleans attorney, pleaded nolo contendere before Judge Brian J. Caillouet to attempted evasion of income tax payments for 1936 37 and 38 totaling 3921.32. The indictment charged Steiner earned fees and commissions from legal work and tax matters, with evasions mainly from underreporting his income. George A. Lambert of the Treasury testified on the case.
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New Orleans
Arthur A. Steiner
Alwney
United States
Brian J. Caillovet
Steiner
United Sates Grand Jury
George A. Lambert
Telligence Unit
United States Easury Department
Satf
Boston man claims world record with 72 gallons donated
Jim Ryder, a night watchman at the Boston Seaman's Friend Society, says he has donated 72 gallons of blood in 25 years, claiming a world transfusion record with certification from 38 hospitals. He describes a long career of donations and plans to taper off after 38 more.
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Boston
James J. Ryder
Seaman's Friend Society
Ryder
Happy Kitchen Cooking School Opens Monday at Newville High
The Happy Kitchen Cooking School, directed by Miss Jessie Hogue, opens Monday at 2 p.m. in Newville High School auditorium with four sessions and more than 1000 free prizes from Twin City merchants. Prizes include Lu Ray dinner sets, Pillsbury flour, and KC Baking Powder, judged by Miss Frances Kelso and Miss Sarah Brea.
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Happy Kitchen Cooking School
Newville
Pillsbury's
Frances Kelso
Northeast Junior College
Sarah Brea
Neville High
Former Governor Graves of Alabama Dies in Florida
David Bibb Graves, a two term Alabama governor and longtime political figure, died in Sarasota Florida at age 68 from a heart attack. He had gone to Florida with his wife for recuperation and to prepare for another campaign, with funeral plans pending arrival in Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Ala
David Bibb Graves
Alabama
Sarasota
Fla
Graves
Henry A. Wallace
Hitler pressuring Japan for vast world conquest plan
A London dispatched report says Adolf Hitler urges Japan to join in a two front assault on Russia and India with later moves toward Africa. The note notes divisions in Japan over expanding conquests and cites Kitahara like appointments and Madagascar plans as part of a broader strategic push.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Africa
Germany
Japan
Europe
Far East
Hitler
Russia
India
Naotake Sato
Seto
Kurasu
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Madagascar
Gasoline Cut Ordered Across Eastern Seaboard and Northwest
The War Production Board ordered a 20 percent cut in gasoline deliveries to filling stations in eastern seaboard and Pacific Northwest states as a preliminary step toward rationing. The move targets essential users first, including physicians, nurses, government vehicles, school buses, taxicabs, and farming machinery.
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Washington
Seaboard
Pacific Northwest
War Production Board
Monroe awards contracts for power plant equipment
Monroe commissions awarded a 6000 kilowatt turbo generator to Westinghouse Electric for 137,974 and a switch gear to General Electric for 65,964. C H Wheeler Manufacturing got two condensers totaling 47,900. Other bids included a turbo generator from General Electric at 138,818 and Allis Chalmers.
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Monroe Commission Council
Harvey H. Benoit
City Hall
Commission Council
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
General Electric Company
C. H. Wheeler Manufacturing Company
Allis-Chalmers
Survivors From Cardonia Return Home After Sinking
Twenty crew members of the American freighter Cardonia, torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean a week ago, arrive in Florida and head for New Orleans. One drowned when a lifeboat capsized. Captain W G Darnell led the group aboard the train and reported the attack at dawn.
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West Palm Breach
Fla
Cardonia
Caribbean
New Orleans
A. L Baxley
Beaumont
Tex
Haiti
W. G. Darnell
Houston
Texas
Sweden Steps Up Defense Activity
Sweden boosted defense preparations amid rising German pressure in the war. Reinforcements were called at end February as German forces reportedly arrived in Stavanger. Swedish mobilization continued and northern Jamtland hosted extensive maneuvers with ski troops, motorized units and civil guards.
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Bern
Switzerland
Sweden
Stockholm
Lausanne
Stavanger
Jamtland
Germany
Norway
Finland
Gustaf
Denmark
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Russia
Nor
Japanese Navy Gains Ground In Java Area Naval Action
The navy reports heavy losses for Allied ships with 12 sunk and a thirteenth missing, including US cruiser Houston and destroyer John D Pope. Eight Japanese vessels were damaged or destroyed as battles unfolded near Soerabaja Bawean and involved Dutch British and Australian forces.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Today
Java
Houston
John D Pope
Soerabaja
Bawean
Koertenaer
Electra
Exeter
de Ruyter
Jupiter
Army Deserters Admit Murder of FBI Agent in Bristol
Charles J Lovett and James Edward Testerman pleaded guilty to murder of FBI agent Hubert J Treacy Jr during an attempted arrest in Abingdon. The two deserters from Fort Oglethorpe were held for district court grand jury in Abingdon April 13 after the shooting of agent Treacy and wounding of agent Charles L Tignor.
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Bristol
Charles J Lovett
Philadelphia
James Edward Testerman
Clinchburg
FBI
United States
T. H. Crabtree
Hubert J. Treacy, Jr
Richmond
Charles L. Tignor
Abingdon
Crabtree
Third Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
United States District Court
Spring to Bring Mightiest War Across Global Fronts
Wide World editors project a spring of massive offensives in Europe and Asia. Stalin endorses a Soviet push against Germany while US Britain aid countermeasures. Japan faces potential allied strikes as US plans sustained bombing and offensive actions.
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Hitler
Stalin
United States
Britain
Australia
Japan
Time Has Arrived When United Nations Will Take Offensive
Drew Middleton reports from London that in 1942 Germany and Japan plan a giant spring offensive to girdle Europe and Asia. Axis aims include a British stand in India to hamper Japan, with Allied counter thrusts from Australia. Germany targets southern Russia toward the Caucasus and Suez, Iraq, and Iran. Japan seeks moves across the Indian Ocean to the Persian Gulf, cutting Russian supply lines. An Anglo American invasion of northern Europe is anticipated.
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United Nations
Russia
Germany
United States
Japan
Drew Middleton
London
Helil-bent
India
Australia
Caucasus
Egypt
Suez
Iraq
Iran
Indian Ocean
Ceylon
Madagascar
Persian Gulf
Europe
Britain
Nations Brace for Fiercer Battle as Spring Nears
Wide World War analysis notes that as spring approaches both Allies and Axis anticipate sharper moves in the Atlantic while Japan's Pacific actions loom. It asserts the Atlantic supply lines to England and Russia remain secure with heavy convoys advancing unscathed to the British Isles.
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Pacific
Indian Ocean
Axis
Atlantic
United Nation
Japan
Australia
India
Russia
Anglo-American Fellowship
England
British Isles
Senate Finance Panel Sees Some Support for Sales Tax
A majority of the senate finance committee expressed qualified approval of a sales tax to help fund wartime needs. An Associated Press canvass found 14 senators willing to consider general levies under certain conditions, with opposition from La Follette. Several others declined to commit, and inquiries noted ongoing House action.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Associated Press
la Follette
Wisconsin
Johnson
Colorado
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Gerry
Rhode Island
Bailey
North Carolina
Lodge
Massachusetts
Walsh
Merrill to Command Indiana Battleship and New Head at Tulane Navy Reserve
Captain A Stanton Merrill, Tulane naval reserve unit commander, is ordered to command the newly launched battleship Indiana. Commander Thomas B. Brittain becomes acting head of the Tulane unit while Merrill reports to Newport News Virginia.
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New Orleans
A. Stanton Merrill
Tulane University Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Indiana
Rufus C. Harris
University
Thomas B. Brittain
Tulane
Merrill
Newport News
Vas
Brandon Hall
Natchez
Prime Minister Calls United States Paramount Factor in Democracies
Curtin in Melbourne framed the United States as the key ally in the war, stressing America’s decisive role for Australia and other democracies. Japanese raids 30 miles off Australia mark a tense Pacific situation as defenses tighten along Port Moresby, Rabaul, and New Guinea fronts.
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America
Melbourne
Australia
Commonwealth
New Gainea
Thursday Island
Torres Strait
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Salamaua
Lae
Rabaul
New Britain
United States
Japan
John Curtin
Great Britain
Uneasy Calm Lays Over Pacific Theater
An uneasy calm hung over the Pacific front as Allied forces gather strength for the next Japanese offensive. In Europe, Russian troops advanced from the Baltic to the Black Sea while the RAF hit German targets in Britain and the continent. Far from Europe, Australian defense zones saw light air activity and Allied bombers struck a Japanese base as the invasion fleet remained unsigned. Washington provided no morning communique on the Philippines.
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Associated Press
Pacific
United Nations
Europe
Baltic
Black Sea
English Channel
Germany
Britain
Australia
Barrier Islands
Washington
War Department
Philippines
Municipal group to discuss war plans in Baton Rouge meeting
Louisiana Municipal association holds a two day conference starting Monday with about 100 delegates expected for the executive committee sessions. Speakers include Nichols Bauer former New Orleans superintendent J E Clegg FBI New Orleans Robert A Martino War Production Board Washington S J Flores Shreveport fire chief and Roland Cocreham state civilian defense coordinator. A special program is planned for women visitors.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Municipal Association
Association
Nichols Bauer
New Orleans
J. E. Clegg
Robert A. Martino
War Production Board
Washington
S. J. Flores
Shreveport
Roland Cocreham
Federal court strikes down 40-cent wheat penalty
A three judge federal court in Dayton Ohio nullified the 40 cent penalty on wheat sold above AAA quotas ruling it was an improper taking of farmers property without due process.
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Dayton
Ohio
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