Bus Plunge Into Passaic River Kills Dozens
A Greyhound style bus plunged from a bridge into the Passaic river near Passaic New Jersey today leaving a death toll estimated between 8 and 30 with seven rescued, one dying in a hospital. The driver Irwin Uhrbach 35 Clifton father of three survived escaping through a rear door as the bus sank in 18 feet of icy water. Rescue workers using rafts and lumber thrown from factory workers aided survivors as authorities awaited a barge to lift the bus from the river.
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N. J
Stanley Raymond
Raymond
Comfort Bus
Irwin Uhrbach
Clifton Avenue
Clifton
Riverside
Nicholas Malick
Wallington
Red Cross
New York
Woodridge
Acci
Soldier artist Von Ripper blends steel and art in Italy
In a dispatch from Italy dated March 20, Ernie Pyle describes Lieutenant Rudolf Von Ripper as a calm, bold, twice wounded soldier who also serves as a skilled artist. The piece notes his long experience, sharp intellect, and fearlessness, making him a legend at the front as high officers seek his input on attacks.
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Italy
Rudolf C. Yon Pper
von Ripper
Bus drivers strike halts operations in Shreveport district
Shreveport district bus drivers and mechanics walk out at 7 am amid a general nine state walkout tied to delays by the War Labor Board on contract wage talks. Union president De Bate says the strike was called by workers. company head Johnson notes the old contract expired May 15, 1943 and they are operating without a full agreement.
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Tri-State Transit Company
Stern Division
Thempany
W. H. Johnson
rn-State Transit Company
War Labor Board
Otto Ie Bate
Shreveport As Drivers and Mechanics Union
de Bate
WLB
Johnson
Cmpany
Newontract
Uion
Finland considers moving capital as war may widen
Stockholm reports Finnish government departments prepare to abandon Helsinki for a northern temporary capital if needed as Moscow peace terms are rejected. Officials evacuate children and fear no negotiation path remains, while Mannerheim’s warning on long term resistance is not yet shared with parliament. The main hurdle is Soviet demand to intern German troops in Finland.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
Red Army
Mannerheim
G R Hunsicker Dies in Auto Crash Near Monroe
George R. Hunsicker 56, a noted pipeline contractor, died of a heart attack Sunday afternoon while traveling from Monroe to Rayville. A companion drove him to a local hospital, but he died before arrival. Deputy coroner Dr. C A Johnson led the case. the body was taken to Shreveport for funeral services at 402 Columbia Street with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He resided in Shreveport but had strong Monroe ties and supervised major pipelines in the region. He is survived by his wife, a brother John Hunsicker of Shreveport, and two sisters Mrs Sue Fox and Mrs Hattie Monkhouse, also of Shreveport.
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George R. Hunsicker
C. A. Johnson
Shreveport
Columbia Street
Greenwood Cemetery
Hunsicker
Louisiana
John Hunsicker
Sue Fox
Hattie Monkhouse
Witnesses to View Shakedown Suspect in New Orleans
City Detective William Grosch announced unidentified witnesses would view Salvadore Vitale 40 a suspect in a shakedown with at least one slain and possible wider impact. Vitale linked to disappearance of Tommy Siracusa 42 and murder of Gene Mano French Market butcher. Evidence includes a mutilated body possibly Siracusa removed from the Mississippi river. Witnesses are said to be victims of a gang that bilked thousands via fake schemes and bill-raising tricks.
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New Orleans
William Grosch
Salvadore Vitale
Vitale
Tommy Siracusa
Gene Mano
Mano
Here
Grosch
Mississippi River
Siracusa
Germans Hold Fast at Cassino as Allied Presses
Allied and German forces clash at Cassino with a contested Continental hotel stronghold. German reinforcements deepen positions behind hills while Allied infantry and armor attack ruins and holdouts around the hotel. About 100 German prisoners are reported taken.
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Naples
Cassino
Fifth Army
Associated Press
King Peter and Princess Alexandra wed in private legation ceremony
Yugoslav King Peter and Princess Alexandra of Greece marry at the Yugoslav legation in London in a small private ceremony. Attendants include Archpriest Ristanovitz and Archbishop Germanos. notable guests include King George VI, Queen Wilhelmina, and other royal figures.
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Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Greece
Alexander
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Andrei
Ristanovitz
Germanos
Aspasia
Mother Marie
George
Haakon
Norway
Duke of Gloucester
Duchess of Kent
Wilhelmina
Bernhard
Netherlands
George VI
Britain
Willkie Eyes Wisconsin Primary as GOP Course Shaped
Wendell Willkie urged that Wisconsin's April 4 primary will test the Republican party's path at the Chicago convention. He outlined three options: nationalism and economic conservatism, avoidance of issues, or international cooperation with economic liberalism. He said only the third course promises a GOP victory in 1944, while the first two likely boost Roosevelt's reelection.
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Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Chicago
Willkie
Roosevelt
Winter Blasts Strike Across Nation in Early Spring
A day early spring arrives as a winter storm dumps heavy snow and freezing rain from New England to the South. Deaths in Indiana Ohio and Kentucky and traffic wrecks mark the toll while cities brace for continued cold and delays.
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Bowman Field
Bombers Raid Germany In Six Day Allied Offensive
Allied air forces intensified a six day campaign against Germany dropping about 20 000 tons of bombs. Major James A Stewart led a fighter squadron that claimed two German planes bringing his total to 12 as crews confronted heavy weather and stiff opposition from German interceptors.
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James A. Stewart
Coronado
Calif
Stewart
Dale E. Stream
Grant
Mich
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Oklo
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Trieste
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Noe Urges Factions to Unite Behind Overton in Senate Race
Former Governor James A. Noe calls Louisiana factions to back Senator John H. Overton for renomination to the U S Senate in September’s Democratic primary. Noe would withdraw his bid if others publicly support Overton, who plans to retire after his term ends next January. The Old Regulars reportedly agreed to back Noe only in a vacancy.
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Louisiana
John H. Overton
United States Senate
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Noe
Washington
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House of My Friends
United States
O. K. Allen
Admiralty Islands Fall Ends Fast Pacific Campaign
After twenty one days the Admiralty Islands capitulation clears Lorengau and Morotene airfields and Seadler harbor. General MacArthur says the enemy is defeated with Japanese forces trapped and starving while Allied bases tighten the blockade on Wewak and northern New Guinea. Allied air forces strike Paramushiro Ponape Kusaie and eastern Marshalls as the Pacific war widens.
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Kusaie
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Ford predicts war ends in two months in interview
Atlanta March 4 Henry Ford told the Atlanta Constitution he believes the war may end in two months and railroads could be abandoned. He blamed laziness and idleness for global troubles and urged people to work, noting idle land as well as idle people. He offered no further detail on the timing of the war’s end.
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Atlanta
Henry Ford
Atlanta Constitution
Ford
Pucheu Killed At Own Order In Algiers
Former French interior minister Pierre Pucheu was executed by his own firing squad at dawn in Algiers after a treason conviction. The five man court convicted him of treason malfeasance in office and collaboration with the enemy but spared conspiracy to overthrow the third republic. Pucheu requested the firing squad and asked his body be sent to his family after France is liberated.
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Pierre Pucheu
Charles de Gaulle
French Committee of National Liberation
Pucheu
Pierre Weiss
Weiss
North Africa
Henri Giraud
France
Leon Verin
Plan to simplify taxes drawn fire on Capitol Hill
Rep Curtis Nebraska assails the income tax simplification proposal calling a 10 percent blanket deduction unfair and immoral He supports the goal of easing filings for about 30 million taxpayers but objects to letting any contributor gain a deduction without giving charity Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and several senators praised the plan as well conceived and timely.
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Nebraska
House
Republican Committee On Taxes
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Vandenberg
Michigan
House Committee
Millikin
Colorado
Treasury
Morgenthau
Storm across Dniester river changes wartime fronts
Stalin announced Soviet capture of Mogilev Podolski and crossing the Dniester on a 31 mile front opening a new base in Bessarabia. German forces abandon Vinnitsa as Russians push toward the Danube estuary while fighting broad-front offensives across old Poland and Romania.
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