Nazis Seizing Bulgaria Rumania. U S Rain More Bombs On Berlin
Allied air forces pound Berlin with 1 500 tons of bombs in a fifth heavy bomber raid. More than 1 000 American planes plus fighters attacked industrial targets as Mosquito and Royal Air Force operations persist across western Germany and France.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
U. S
Berlin
London
United States
Germany
Air Ministry
U.S. A
Sailors Linger Near Anzio After Storm Delays Landing
Allied forces halted 24 hours amid a Mediterranean gale near a small port awaiting the Anzio beachhead. On shore, Italian children crowded the dock, begging for cookies and knickknacks as sailors tossed treats, with one cheerful eight year old girl standing out amidst the crowd.
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Orces
Italy
Ireless
E Anzio
Mediterranean
Thankful Letter Praises Red Cross Aid to POWs
A local father, J E Marx, sent a large Red Cross donation after his son Lieutenant I Sackman Marx, a prisoner of war in northern Germany since 1943, wrote home praising the Red Cross. The father urged continued support to meet the Ouachita parish quota and included the POW letter for public use.
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Red Cross
J. Sackman Marx
Germany
J. E. Marx
Ouachita Parish
Marx
American Red Cross
Monroe
Ian
I. Sackman Marx
P. S
Louisiana Soldiers Wounded In Action Listed
War department released names of 508 U S soldiers wounded in action. Louisiana entries include P F C Sidney J Landry of Bellerose and others from New Orleans Gretna Marrero Shreveport and Montgomery with mothers named.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Louisiana
Sidney J. Landry
Clara Landry
Bellerose
Ferdinand Longo
Lucy Longo
Gretna
Vincent C. Mascarella
Angeline Mascarella
Fourth Street
Marrero
P. F
Odus M. Wardlow
O. F. Wardlow
Montgomery
F. C
Cyril B. Wilde
Walanche Wilde
Delaware Street
Shreveport
Three from Selman Field Are Killed
Three airmen were killed and one injured when a training plane from Selman field crashed near Laughlin field in Del Rio Texas Monday night. The dead are Second Lieutenant Keith A Richardson of West Branch Michigan Aviation Cadet Wallace C Gronert of Long Island New York Aviation Cadet William Giesehl of Allentown Pennsylvania. Injured was Aviation Cadet Forrest E Holstorm of Chicago whose wife lives in Albans Georgia.
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Joseph Gesehl
Mohr Street
Allentown
Forrest E. Holstorm
Chicago, I
Oglesthorp
Albans
Soviets Reach Close to Romanian Front in 1941 Campaign
Soviet armies push through Bessarabia and approach the Prut river border of Romania within miles as they strike south toward the Odessa area. Reinforcements of tanks and artillery cross the Dniester, cutting key rail lines and driving Nazi forces toward escape routes.
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London
Bessarabia
Balkans
Prut
Rumania
Moscow
Odessa
Dniester
Cernauti-Baltsky
Odessa-Tiraspollasi
Old Poland
Black Sea
Lwow
London subjected to heavy night raid with casualties
German warplanes attacked London in the heaviest raid since March. Nine raiders were shot down and bombs fell across East Anglia and southeast England. American and British anti aircraft fire joined the defense as rescue workers toiled in ruined homes at Middat. Authorities warned the death toll would likely be lower than in February raids.
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London
East Anglia
England
United States
Middat
Finnish Peace Talks Ended After Helsinki Rejection
Moscow reports a Finnish rejection of a Russian six point plan and warns Helsinki that it bears responsibility for any consequences. The Soviet foreign office cites a March 17 reply and suggests potential all out action including air and sea measures. Baltic fleet blockade clearance noted as context.
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Moscow
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow Radio
Foreign Office
Leningrad
Stockholm
Japanese Troops Break Into Indian Territory in Manipur
Japanese raiding columns penetrate into Manipur from northern Burma crossing the Chindwin river at night. Allied forces report contact with patrols as the offensive unfolds. Front reports also note maneuvers north of Tiddim and air strikes across Chindwin Chin hills Arakan and Kaladan theaters.
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New Delhi
India
Manipur
Burma
Chindwin River
Old India
Harold S. Alexander
Assam
Southeast Asia Command
Jambu Bum
Chin Hills
Tiddim
Falam
Chindwin
Arakan
Kaladan
Rome
Martabam
Moulmein
Infant in Bag Thrown Into Ditch Near Buffalo
Police search for a man who stopped his car in Marilla and threw a paper bag with a newborn baby into a ditch. The infant, taken to Mercy hospital, is in good condition. The child was briefly named Baby Benedict, honoring St. Benedict.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Marilla
Here
Mercy Hospital
Mary Mechtilde
Benedict
Lawrence J. Kelly
Mabel Jurg
Lonergan Charged In Fatal Attack On Wife In New York
The prosecution says Wayne Lonergan killed his estranged wife in her fashionable New York City apartment last October 24. ADA Jacob Grumet stated Lonergan returned from Canada after an evening with another woman and choked her after fracturing her skull.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
Grumet
Lonergan
Canada
States split on using federal ballots for armed forces vote
Dallas News reports Texas and Vermont join a minority in informing President Roosevelt they will allow supplementary federal ballots for the armed forces in November. Governors of Tennessee Michigan Wyoming and Oregon signaled little chance of authorizing federal ballots, as Roosevelt weighs the service vote bill with a month to act.
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Washington
Texas
Vermont
Roosevelt
Tennessee
Michigan
Wyoming
Oregon
California
Maryland
North Carolina
Florida
Kansas
Alabama
Nevada
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Georgia
Virginia
West Virginia
Arizona
Wisconsin
Colorado
Minnesota
Ohio
Montana
Mississippi
U S S Scorpion Missing and Presumed Lost
The navy announced the submarine U S S Scorpion is overdue from patrol and presumed lost. Commanding officer Commander Maximilian G. Schmidt and about 75 crew are missing. Scorpion, built in Portsmouth New Hampshire and launched July 20 1942, adds to wartime naval losses and battles with Japanese ships.
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Washington
Navy Today
Maximilian G. Schmidt
Boonville, Mo
Elizabeth H. Schmidt
Lafayette Avenue
Annapolis
Portsmouth
N. H
Slaughter of Japs Like Killing Flies on Bougainville
On Bougainville the battered Sixth Japanese Infantry Division surrenders in small groups as U S patrols round up survivors. An infantry officer likens the slaughter to killing corned rats amid a brutal campaign. Official enemy death estimates range toward six thousand with three thousand counted.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Millard F. Hannon
United States
Howard J. Rancourt
Cleveland
Harmons
Hull lays out 17 point plan for postwar world leadership
Secretary of State Hull unveils a 17 point foreign policy statement aimed at establishing postwar U S leadership and sovereign equality among nations. The address raises questions on wartime relations with France's national committee and potential shifts in Finland ties amid Helsinki's stance on Russia.
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Washington
Hull
United States
French National Committee
France
Finland
Helsinki
Russia
New Orleans Mother Held After Hatchet Slaying Of Son
Mrs. Oscar Lynn Bradford 41 was charged with murder in the death of her 6 year old son Arthur Lynn Bradford. Coroner reports say the child sustained 21 hatchet wounds to head and body, death instantaneous. Detective Captain Frank Lannes said Bradford cited extreme nervousness and a severe headache as factors.
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New Orleans
Oscar Lynn Bradford
Arthur Lynn Bradford
Frank Lannes
Bradford
Lannes
Allied advance seals off Bismarck archipelago in St Matthias push
General MacArthur reports a rapid landing and isolation drive in the Bismarck Sea sector. Emirau and Elomusao fall to Solomons forces as Kavieng is bombarded. Navy and air cover support a leapfrog assault through the Green Islands to St Matthias, with Truk within bombing range.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
Solomons
St. Matthias Islands
Truk
Douglas MacArthur
Emirau
Elomusao
William F. Halsey
Green Islands
New Ireland
General MacArthur
Admiralties
St. Matthias
Bismarck Sea
Bismarck Archipelago
MacArthur
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
New Britain
New Guinea
Saidor
Admiralty Islands
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Eniwetok
Jennifer Jones Seeks Divorce From Robert Walker
Hollywood star Jennifer Jones plans a Reno divorce from actor Robert Walker on grounds of incompatibility after separation last November. She will file once film work allows, and Walker agrees not to contest or seek custody of their two children, Robert Jr. and Michael.
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Hollywood
Greenwich Village
Jennifer Jones
Academy
Reno
Robert Walker
Nevada
Walker
Robert, Jr
Michael
Miss Jones
Phyllis Isley
P. R. Isley
Tulsa
Okla
H H. Walker
Salt Lake City
German Troops Extend Occupation Across Southeast Europe
Reports from London and neutral capitals indicate German divisions push to occupy Bulgaria and Romania under a single command. Nazi forces seize strategic centers in Hungary with ruthlessness. Bulgaria faces German pressure while Romania considers armistice terms with Russia as 100000 troops dominate Hungary.
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London
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hitler
Europe
Ankara
Ion Antonescu
Russia
Bessarabia
Allies Press Cassino Breakthrough In House-To-House Fighting
New Zealand Fifth Army troops clash with Germans in Cassino with heavy hand to hand combat as Allies push southward and northern hills. Artillery and shelling from west of the ruined town continue as German prisoners rise to 238. British forces breach two German points but hit a minefield and halt advances.
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Allied
Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Allies
Monte Cassino
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