21 Mar 1943
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1943
Page
1
Glenn Babb notes a period of improving fortunes on the front as winter ends. Allied confidence grows with the Allies holding the initiative, choosing main battlefields while awaiting the next major German strike.
Jeremiah T Mahoney of New York awarded the Silver Star for his leadership of the crew aboard the Liberty ship William Moultrie. The vessel, part of a convoy protecting Allied cargo, fired on enemy planes and submarines in the North Atlantic, driving off raids while under near-continuous attack for a week.
Mrs. Clarence Pinion learns from U.S. Marine Headquarters that her son Private Earl V Gould USMC is alive and held by Japanese forces. Red Cross communications provide name and status but no burial place, listing him among POWs in the Philippines area with serial number and address routed via Tokyo and New York. He enlisted July 1940 and had been missing since January 10 1942. last mail reached home January 19 1942.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will speak to Britain and the world at 9 pm local time. The address is expected to outline Allied prospects for the coming year and may hint at the invasion of Europe. The speech, nearly an hour, will be broadcast nationally with brief news comment.
Grand jurors and petit jurors for the United States district court spring term set to convene April 5 were announced. Names include W L Milla and Leo Bagley among grand jurors and R W Bandy and John R Golson among petit jurors, with multiple others listed from towns such as Bastrop Monroe Rayville and Delhi.
In Los Angeles a fourteen year old, Eugene Underwood, died after a self inflicted neck hold. Police say the death was accidental though the boy reportedly enjoyed the wrestling move and sought to lose consciousness. His mother found him dead in bed.
The navy reports the City of Flint, a 4963 ton freighter once involved in postwar neutrality actions, was torpedoed without warning in the mid Atlantic last January. Seventeen crew members of 65 aboard were lost. four lifeboats with 54 men were saved by a neutral ship. A radio distress call and two explosions suggest torpedoes. The ship had previously rescued survivors from the Athenia and faced a German prize crew.
Lieutenant Noel Learned of Monroe was one of seven airmen to survive a medium bomber crash within Memphis Tennessee on a routine cross country flight. The crew included Earl James Bass pilot from Greenville and W F Livengood co pilot from Johnstown together with Bart Terrill Jr and other sergeants and lieutenants listed as sustaining lesser hurts.
Nine people died and 16 were injured when an intercity bus was struck by an Illinois terminal electric train at a grade crossing in Granite City. The bus had nearly cleared the last rail before the crash. the interurban remained on the tracks and continued after a slight delay. Local residents aided passengers as responders arrived, and investigators noted the bus was close to the crossing when the signals failed and the bus obscured the view.
Allied forces in North Africa stabilize positions around Gafsa and Guetar as rain and dust storms slow advance. Patton’s divisions tighten grip near the east coast while planners eye a potential decisive push against Rommel’s forces along the Mareth line. General Giraud cites Gafsa’s recapture as a prelude to broader offensives toward Berlin.
The Army renamed the WAAC training center at Monticello to avoid stigma of an internment camp. Branch B of the 5th WAAC center in Ruston La houses about 3000 women by April 1. Mail will read Fifth WAAC Training Center Branch B Monticello Ark.
In Cayenne on March 16 a peaceful coup backed by anti Vichy factions led to Governor Rene Veber and four cabinet members fleeing to Dutch Guiana. The regime declared alliance with the Allies, and a civilian-military committee proclaimed Guiana joined de Gaulle and the Fighting French, signaling a shift in loyalty in the western hemisphere.
American parachute troops topped all others in North Africa by being the first Allied fighters flown directly into battle from distant bases. British paratroops followed in a later phase to seize enemy airfields as the invasion progressed.
A fire partially destroyed one New Roads bakery, ruining half its bread and pastries and a two month sugar and flour quota. Demoges were estimated at 52. With no repairs underway, outside bread is being brought in to meet demand.
Allied bombers and fighters attacked Japanese vessels off northwest New Guinea and near Rabaul. A large U boat was sunk in Lac Harbor, with cargos ashore. B 25s hit a 10 000 ton merchantman near Cape Vanderbosch. Singapore and Dutch New Guinea airstrikes targeted Malangka Keimana and Madang Beliso island Finschhafen Amboina Langgoer and Faan.
The United Mine Workers voted down a joint proposal by Southern Coal Producers to push wage dispute talks to the government for a New York agreement replacing the expiring March 31 contract. Congressmen from both parties warned that a miners walkout would prompt swift legislation to outlaw strikes for the duration with a bill already drafted by Rep. Mott of Oregon.
A March 20 blast caused by seeping gas ignited underground cables in Indianapolis plunging much of the downtown area into darkness. The master transformer and substation were destroyed, windows blown from a nearby garage, and traffic signals failed. No casualties reported as crowds gathered while police and fire crews responded.
The committee majority attacked the Ruml tax plan calling it unfair and inflationary. They argued it shifts burden from high earners to middle and low brackets and would aid about 60 taxpayers with million dollar incomes by at least 854 dollars each.
March 29 a Cook county coroner jury ruled Frank Nitti died by his own action on March 19 at 24th Street and the Belt railroad in North Riverside. The jury described him as temporarily insane and despondent. Mayor Edward J. Kelly commented Good riddance after the indictment news.
Soviet dispatches report 800 Germans killed and 15 tanks destroyed south of Kharkov while gains reported northwest and east of Smolensk. Moscow says Red Army advanced in hand to hand fighting near Lake Timen and captured new localities. German claims of Chuguev and Sevsk were not confirmed.
First Lieutenant Jack Ludlow, a Tulsa, Oklahoma native, reports destroying a German twin-engined bomber without firing a shot after mistaking it for a friendly aircraft. He pursued three bombers that strafed a road and convoy, witnessed bombs explode in a pasture, and managed a perilous return with dwindling fuel.
Speedy Mosquito bombers of the RAF attacked railway targets at Leuven and other Belgian points at dusk. A Lancaster bomber dropped explosives on a railway target at Leer, Germany, during a dawn reconnaissance flight. All aircraft returned safely according to the Air Ministry report.
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