NONE LOST ON RAID IN FRANCE
A small formation of American Fortress bombers attacked targets in northern France with two bombers lost. Thunderbolt escorts accompanied the mission, as Liberators hit Pas-De-Calais installations in the first heavy US operation in months with no fighter opposition. Allied air superiority was noted across the raids and German defenses showed limited effect.
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London
France
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Pas-De-Calais
United States
Hamburg
England
Air Ministry
Augsburg
Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Eighth
15Th Air Forces
Regensburg
Stuttgart
Furth
Venio
St. Trend Aur
Allied air and naval actions press German ships
Allied sweeps in the western Mediterranean hit two German pig ships off the Spanish coast and near the Ebro, with one beached and the other sinking. British Blenheims reportedly sank the Kurissi in Spanish waters, killing 10 and wounding 15. Additional strikes sunk two enemy vessels near Ancona and Yugoslav coast. The Anzio beachhead saw increased Allied fire and weather limited further action.
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Spanish Coast
Berlin
Propada
International Informa Bureau
Uth
Ebro
Sintic
Ancona
Anzio
Mediterranean
Italy
West St
Genoa
Padua
Frence
Pulon
Hensburg
Flying Fortress
Alon
Nazi Commanders Relieved of Posts on Russian Front
London report says Field Marshal Guenther von Kluegel and Field Marshal Georg von Keuchler were permanently replaced by strong Nazi commanders. Kluegel reportedly wounded and removed. Ernst Busch promoted to field marshal. Keuchler replaced by Wal Walker Model. both successors deemed capable though unspectacular.
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London
Guenther von Kluegemmander
Feld
Georg von Keuchler
Haveeen
Junker
Inormant
von Kluege
Urce
Germany
Genral Ernst Busch
von Keuchler
Genwal Walker Model
Oth Busch
Model
Service Vote Bill Called Up Today In Senate
Washington March 13 The service vote compromise faced opposition from some authors and administration allies but was advanced in the senate as leaders signaled likely passage. Senator Connally predicted approval while Senator Barkley hesitated on his vote and Senator Lucas criticized the bill as too weak for soldiers.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Connally
Texas
Green
Rhode Islan
Barkley
Kentucky
Connally
Lucas
Ilinois
Congress
Jones Silent on Senatorial Race in Louisiana
Baton Rouge March 13 Governor Sam Jones offered only a brief comment on vacancy politics saying he believes the people of Louisiana want and deserve a vacation from politics as speculation swirls about a possible bid for the U S Senate.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
United States
Louisiana
Overton
Reds Advance Near Kherson Amid Eight Day German Toll
The Red army closed to 22 miles from Kherson on the Dnieper as Moscow reported 60 000 German dead in eight days of southern offensives. Soviet forces seized 210 settlements while cutting the Proskurov Gulyatin railway toward Romania and Hungary and pressed into Gaivoron near the Middle Bug river. Tass said house to house fighting raged in Tarnopol as Germans defended every hill.
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London
Red Army
Kherson
Dnieper
Moscow
Proskurov-Gulyatin
Rumania
Hungary
Gaivoron
Bug
Russia
Tarnopol
Tass
Army
Red Star
GOP Sets Up Tax Committee For Postwar Policy
Washington March 13 A 25 member Republican committee on postwar taxation was announced by House Republican Leader Martin to draft the 1944 GOP tax plank. Dan Reed heads the all House panel as it studies revenue law changes urged by Baruch for postwar use.
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Washington
Republican Committee
G.O. P
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Dan A. Reed
Ruddy
Graying
Bernard M. Baruch
Congress
George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Virginia
Vandenberg
Michigan
Finance Committee
Baruch
Doolittle Named Lieutenant General In WW II Rise
Washington March 13 Major General James H Doolittle who led the Tokyo raid in 1942 was nominated by President Roosevelt to lieutenant general He held temporary rank of lieutenant colonel at the time of the raid and later became a brigadier general and recipient of the congressional Medal of Honor He served in North Africa with the 12th Air Force before returning to England to command the Eighth Air Force earlier this year
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Washington
James H. Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
England
Roosevelt
Tokyo
12Th Air Force
North Africa
Plan to Close Northern Ireland Ireland Border Amid War Tensions
British government moves toward a full border closure with Eire to enforce travel suspension between the islands. Reports from Belfast say the step is expected, as Allied leaders push for security measures against axis activity. Public sentiment in Dublin and Belfast shows opposition to de Valera.
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London
Northern Ireland
Eire
Britain
Ireland
Belfast
Home Office
Eamon de Valera
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Holyhead
Kingstown
Dublin
de Valera
Michael Leneham
Carrock-on-Sair
Germany
Lord Beaverbrook
Express
New York Times
Belfast News
Gasoline ration cuts eyed to equalize supplies
Washington March 13 The office of price administration may trim basic A gasoline rations in the mid west and far west from three to two gallons a week to match the eastern seaboard. OPA decision expected tomorrow if PAW transmits second quarter civilian allocations. If ordered, A coupons may be extended to three months to reflect the change. Officials noted only a small saving would result. PAW chief Harold Lockett advocates national ration parity.
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Washington
Mid-West
West
Seaboard
Bryan Houston
Office of Price Administration
Houston
Petroleum Administration
OPA
PAW
Saiel
Harold Lockes Long
Britain Faces Luftwaffe Toll For Last Month
Air raids against the United Kingdom in the past month killed or missing 961 people and left 1,712 injured, according to the ministry of home security. This eclipses February 1943 deaths of 252 and January 1944 deaths of 109.
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London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Bill Offered to Abolish FSA and Channel Powers to Farmers Home
A House subcommittee proposed legislation to abolish the Farm Security Administration and transfer its assets and duties to the Farmers Home Corporation. The plan would also move regional farm credit bodies and emergency loan programs, set loan caps, expand tenant purchases, and authorize long term loans with private loan insurance. The measure aims to curb federal supervision and end 99 year leases while reallocating facilities at resettlement projects.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
House
Agriculture
Cooley
Democrat
North Carolina
Farmers Home Corporation
FSA
Farm Credit Administration
Farm Credit Organization
Farmers’ Home Agency
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Barkley Attends Roosevelt Confab After Tax Bill Veto
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley met with President Roosevelt at the White House for a Monday conference with Vice President Wallace, Speaker Rayburn, and House Majority Leader McCormack. He said the session was agreeable and did not delve into tax bill issues as prior discussions noted. He had resigned after the veto but indicated acceptance of reelection when urged.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
White House
Wallace
Rayburn
House
McCormack
OPA
Doenitz Delivers Memorial Day Address In Hitler’s Absence
Admiral Karl Doenitz substitutes for Adolf Hitler to address the nation on memorial day declaring a merciless struggle for survival and the annihilation of our nation. He warned of the harshness of war and the stakes against Germany amid RAF raids on Berlin near the Zeughaus.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Karl Doenitz
Hitler
Germany
Doenitz
Berlin
Unter den Linden
Stockholm
Dies Seeks Probe of False Radio Comments
Chairman Dies claims that about 60 percent of radio commentators statements are false and says the House un American Activities Committee may subpoena commentator scripts to verify truth. He targets Walter Winchell amid a broader clash over broadcasting abuses and pro American propaganda concerns.
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Washington
Dies
Texas
House Committee On UN
Walter Winchell
Texan
Congress
Five Fliers From Barksdale Killed In Crash
A twin engined Army plane from Barksdale Louisiana crashed on the Fourche mountain range near Mena Arkansas killing five airmen. The crash happened Saturday night during a storm. The dead include First Lieutenant Edmund Joseph Casey 26 whose widow lives at 339 Egan Street Shreveport Louisiana.
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Mena
Ark
Barksdale
Fourche
Here
Ouachita Forest Rangers
Edmund Joseph Casey
Egan Street
Shreveport
Red Cross Fund Drive Receives Police Support in Ouachita
West Monroe Sergeant M. J. Banister donates 25 to the Red Cross citing his son’s Nazi imprisonment in Germany since February 14, 1943. The Ouachita parish aims to raise 8000 with Red Cross workers aiding prisoners’ welfare as families rally to fund relief and relief efforts. The note urges completion within 18 days after Monday.
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M. J. Banister
West Monroe
Red Cross
Samuel B. Banister
Sergeant Banister
Ouachita
Simple funeral planned for Irvin S Cobb
Irvin S Cobb humorist and author dies. A private service will be held in New York at 4 40 p m eastern war time with readings from the 23rd Psalm and Stevenson's verse per Cobb request. His ashes will be interred in Paducah after delays due to Mrs Cobb illness.
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New York
Irvin S. Cobb
John Sutherland Bonnell
Fifth Avenue
Cobb
Harry Gilbert
Paducah
Kentucky
Fred G. Neuman
Marines seize Wotho atoll as Pacific advance continues
Allied forces press across the Pacific with Marines landing at Wotho atoll northwest of Kwajalein. US Fifth Air Force destroyed 26 Japanese planes in a Wewak strike, while Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay battles push back Japanese forces. Stilwell predicts Hukawng valley will soon be theirs.
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Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
United States Fifth Air Force
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
Wotho Atoll
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Marshalls
Watho
Eniewetok
Tokyo
Willauemez Peninsula
New Britain
Talasea
Bougainville
Empress Augusta Bay
Admiralties
Arakan
Burma
Buthedaung
Akyab
Hukawng Valley
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hukawng
Stilwell
Singapore
Pope Pius XI Urges Spare Rome in War Plea
Pope Pius XI addressed a huge crowd in St. Peter's Square and radio listeners, pleading Allied and German leaders to spare Rome and seek a peace of liberation. He urged an end to violence and appealed for material aid as Rome lies occupied by Germany with lines closing in.
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London
Pius XI
St. Peter's Square
Rome
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Center
James A
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Albany, N. Y
Roosevelt Confab
Winchell
Son
Seize Island
RED Cross War Fund
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