Spring Crisis Signals Hit on Nazi Germany Before Autumn
The article argues that spring and summer will reveal the plan to defeat Germany first and then Japan. It cites Russian allied support for a Hitler first strategy while noting shifts in the Pacific and rising Allied momentum. Moscow's diplomacy with Finland Bulgaria and Italy is framed as part of a broader effort to exit Nazi control before war worsens.
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Europe
Hitler
Japan
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Tokyo
Leningrad
Garvation
Siberia
Burma
Asiatic War
Pacific
Washington
Teheran
Sweden
Finland
Haly
London
Italy
Balkan
Bulgaria
Rumania
De Gaulle Calls for Allied Recognition and Regime Unity
General Charles de Gaulle asserted France would not tolerate a foreign regime or Vichy remnants after liberation. The French committee of national liberation received unanimous support as it prepares a provisional government for liberated areas. He urged closer talks on regional economic pacts and stressed no authority but that chosen by the central government.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
France
Vichy
Consultative Assembly
Committee of National Liberation
de Gaulle
National Committee
Washington
London
Allies land bold airborne strike in northern Burma
In northern Burma about 150 miles behind Japanese lines Allied airborne troops aided by U S glider and transport units launched a surprise breakthrough southeast of Myitkyina. Led by Colonel Philip Cochran the operation, the largest airborne action of the war so far, aimed to disrupt Japanese north south supply routes as bases formed and expanded.
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India-Burma Front
Burma
Myitkyina
Philip Cochran
Flip Corkin
Agreement defers 40,000 key workers from WW II draft
Washington March 18 24 agreement reported reached today between the armed services and production agencies to defer about 40 000 men under 26 with key war industry jobs from the draft. WPB Army and Navy representatives and others say the policy would keep essential industry workers out of front line service. President Roosevelt weighing the plan and invited further canvass from Selective Service Director Hershey with a statement expected early next week.
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Washington
Armed Services
Draft War Production Board
Starling
WPB
War Manpower Commission
Army and Navy
Roosevelt
Armed Services - Production Agencies
Bradley Dewey
White House
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Mr. Roosevelt
G. I. Rights Bill Described as Generous and Economical
The Senate Finance Committee praised the $3.0 billion G I bill of rights as extensive and generous for veterans, calling it sound economic policy for future welfare. It funds education or training, unemployment credit for service time, and loans up to 1040 for homes farms or small businesses, plus a 500 million hospital facilities authorization.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
George
Georgia
Massive U S Bombers Strike Southern Germany Hours
Nearly two thousand U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators raid Augsburg Friedrichshafen Landsberg Oberpfaffenhofen and Lechfeld with heavy opposition. The raid costs 43 bombers and 10 fighters, 30 enemy planes destroyed, with 16 U S planes landing in Switzerland.
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London
Germany
Augsburg
Friedrichshaven
United States
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Friedrichshafen
Lechfeld
Landsberg
Oberpfoffenhoffen
Berlin
Europe
Switzerland
R. A. FL
Munich
Italy
Bern
Zurich
Veto May Hinge on Governors Over Overseas Ballot
The fate of a federal overseas ballot for U S citizens abroad may shape President Roosevelt's decision on the service vote bill. Governors Warren Green Kelly Bricker have weighed in with positions and actions varying across New York Pennsylvania Michigan Illinois California Ohio. The outcome depends on a half dozen big state executives and their legislatures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
California
Earl Warren
Dwight H. Green
Harry F. Kelly
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Two RAF Pilots Killed in Separate Crashes Near Plains Louisiana
Hard ingfield officials report two Royal Air Force pilots killed today in separate crashes near Plains and Magnolia areas in Louisiana while three other pilots made emergency landings uninjured. Flight Officer Ralph E. Davies, son of Roy A. Davies of Fort Sumner New Mexico, is named among the deceased. The second fatal crash piloto remains unnamed.
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Baton Rouge
Hardingfield
Plains
Ralph FE. Davies
Roy A. Davies
Fort Sumner
N. M
Magnolia
Harding Field
United Press in Argentina Shuts Down News Work
United Press in Argentina halted news gathering and distribution at noon after a post office order suspended all communications and accused it of evading controls. The move blocks receiving abroad news for domestic distribution by radio or cable and bars sending Argentine news abroad for publication. Colonel Julio Lagos cited an investigation into false reporting affecting sovereignty and dignity, claiming written evidence shows repeated evasion of controls. The action also affected two major Buenos Aires dailies.
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Buenos Aires
United Press
Argentina
Post Office Department
la Prensa Unida
Julio Lagos
Posts and Telegraph
Lagos
Plan to simplify tax system gains bipartisan support
Washington aboard a sweeping tax reform effort labeled the "streamliner" aims to ease filing for about 30 million of 50 million income tax payers by shifting to a system that totals tax liability for earners up to 5000 dollars. The Treasury calls the plan well conceived and bi-partisan backing signals swift enactment before conventions.
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Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means Committee
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Railroads Seek Joint Air Line Operation Between Louisiana and Texas
Two railroads Missouri Pacific Lines and Texas and Pacific filed with the civil aeronautics board for a permanent certificate to operate Eagle Airlines Inc. as a freight express and passenger carrier. Planned two daily El Paso routes via Baton Rouge Alexandria Shreveport Dallas Fort Worth and via Baton Rouge Lake Charles Houston to Brownsville with interior Louisiana stops.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
George C. Stohlman
Missouri Pacific Lines
Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Civil Aeronautics Board
Eagle Airlines, Inc
el Paso
Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Shreveport
Dallas
Fort Worth
Lake Charles
Houston
Brownsville
Stahlman
Cassino Battle Progresses Amid Rubble and Fire
Fifth Army troops creep through Cassino ruins from stone to stone amid dive bombers and 170 millimeter shells while Allied bombers strike Anzio positions and airfields in northern Italy. Engineers clear rubble for tanks as Germans cling to caves and positions on surrounding heights.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Anzio
Rome
Italy
Udine
Villorbe
Maniago
Livariano
Gorizia
Mediterranean Air Force
Monte Cassino
Southern Anti New Deal group forms in Deep South opposition
A North Louisiana and East Texas business and professional group has organized to oppose a fourth term for President Roosevelt and New Deal policies. The Southern Anti New Deal association plans expansion across the Deep South with field reps and a war chest, led by prominent local business leaders.
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Shreveport
North Louisiana
East Texas
Roosevelt
E. Wayles Browne
Louisiana Democratic Central Committee
Caddo Parish
Democratic Executive Committee
Southern
Louisiana
Texas
Deep South
Dewey Signs State Service Vote Bill in New York
Governor Thomas E. Dewey signed a soldier voting bill and sent a copy to President Roosevelt. He said the state law provides a full valid ballot for New York service members and agrees with title two of the federal bill, with a simpler postcard application.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Army
Navy
New York
Finland and Russia to Explain Stands on Armistice Talks
Stockholm March 18 Finland and Russia may issue official statements this week to clarify armistice proposals now stalled after weeks of negotiations. Finland reportedly rejected Soviet terms in a polite note supported by Parliament. No official Finnish radio update was released as the country awaited word.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Helsinki Radio
Helsinki
Associated Press
Ouachita Parish Red Cross Drive Seeks $33,362 More
R D Kellogg reports Ouachita Parish has raised $46,698 toward a doubled $79,? goal for Red Cross relief, with three weeks elapsed. He urges every citizen to double last year’s giving to support armed service men and ensure the drive’s success, noting schools and churches will receive donation requests.
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Ouachita Parish
Red Cross
R. D. Kellogg
Mr. Kellogg
Quachita Parish
Re exporting of goods discussed between US and UK
Washington reports Anglo American discussions on relaxing lend lease export restrictions. The aim is to allow Britain to re export goods paid for in cash and to extend lend lease rules to cover goods moving both ways. Hull and Crowley said talks may continue and committees of congress will be consulted as soon as possible.
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Washington
State Hull
Leo T. Crowley
Federal Economic Administration
United States
Britain
Hull
Rowley
Congress
Attack Closest To Japanese Mainland Since Doolittle Raid
U S Pacific Fleet reports a Matsuwa strike 960 nautical miles from Tokyo, the deepest Kuriles raid to date. A single Lib erator from the Aleutians attacked Matsuwa with no opposition, part of a broader sequence including Paramushio Shumusshu and Caroline atolls, as Nimitz notes 39 raids on Caroline islands since January.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Matsuwa Island
Kuriles
Tokyo
Matsuwa
11Th
United States Army Air Force
Aleutian Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Paramuship
Shunushu
Marine
Navy
Marshall Islands
Kusale
Caroline Islands
Oroluk Island
Truk
Kusate
Pacific
James Doolittle
Paramushio
Kurile Islands
Shumushu
Ventura
Nimitz
Two U S Submarines Missing In Enemy Waters
Washington reports two American submarines the Capelin and Sculpin are missing in Japanese waters with about 150 officers and men unaccounted for. Captain John Philip Cromwell of Fenry Illinois and Commander Fred Connaway of Forrest City Arkansas are among the missing. The Sculpin was commissioned in 1939 and displacement 1495 tons. Capelin commissioned June 1943.
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Washington
Japan
Amore
John Philip Cromwell
Fenry
Ill
Cromwell
Margaret R. Cromwell
Harker Street
Palo Alto
Calif
Fred Connaway
Forrest City
Ark
Connaway
Laurens W
250 Planes Raid Hungarian Cities Blighting Kaposvar
Ankara March 13 A Budapest report by Anatolian agency says about 250 Allied planes attacked Hungarian cities in the first Anglo American air raid. The alert lasted about ninety minutes with Kaposvar confirmed as hit and reconnaissance noted over Pec Szolnok and Gyor.
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Ankara
Hungary
Budapest
Anatolian Agency
Croatia
Pec
Szolnck
Gyor
Russians claim destruction of German Sixth Army in Ukraine breakthrough
London reports the Red Army shattered the German Sixth Army northeast of Nikolaev, claiming 36 300 Germans killed and 13 859 captured, with 131 tanks and other matériel seized. Moscow announced take of Yampol and Promoshnoye as part of a wider push from Dubno to Nikolaev and across the Ukrainian front.
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London
Red Army
Ukraine
Yampol
Dniester
Rumania
Sixth Army
Nikolaev
Stalingrad
Dubno
Poland
Black Sea
Marshal Stalin
Promoshnoye
Novo Ukrainka
Zhmerinka
Odessa-Lwow
Bug
Stalinegrad
Igulets
Honig
Friedric von Paulus
Rodion
Malinovesky
Convention Proposal Seeks Delegate Method Change
Shreveport announces a resolution to choose delegates to the national Democratic convention by party convention rather than direct selection by the state Democratic central committee. The Louisiana State Federation of Labor will bring the proposal to its Monroe convention on April 3 to 5, aiming to reflect labor sentiment and representation.
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Shreveport
State Federation of Labor
of Representatives of Labor
Osm
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Tee
Nazi 6Th Army
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