10 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1942
Page
1
Australian defense commander urged readiness as reports cite strikes abroad and rising tensions. officials warned the country to stay vigilant while contradictory casualty estimates emerged from early reporting on the conflict.
Soviet high command announced new successes on the Smolensk front with two days of fighting killing about 2,000 Germans and capturing several inhabited localities. The bulletin also claimed four villages were liberated on the Kalinin front and reported 358 German planes destroyed in the past week.
Melbourne reports that Japan must attack Australia soon or face a powerful UN counteroffensive. Air Minister Drakeford orders an offensive spirit as Australian forces push back Japanese invasion bases in New Guinea and deter further raids toward the mainland.
London reports Japan overruns Java and Rangoon abandoned by British. Britain concedes Bandung loss while Netherlands rejects local Java capitulation as 93,000 Dutch Indies troops and 5,000 allied personnel surrender. Burma not lost, say London officials.
International reports from March 10 describe a third Japanese landing at Kinschhafen New Guinea sixty miles west of Lae. Japanese warplanes raided Port Moresby with emphasis on airdromes. BBC broadcast notes ten bombers. Risk assessments warn of potential large scale landings on Australia.
The notice states spring begins at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday March 21, eleven days from today. It emphasizes the official timing of the seasonal change.
An automobile left the beaten path on East Washington hill Monday evening and crashed into the steps and porches of two homes in the 400 block. The corner post of No. 469 was moved off its foundation. Speeding cars on the lyll are noted as spring approaches. A North Beaver township resident reports Mrs William McCombs near Mt. Jackson saw the incident.
United States weather statistics show a maximum 34 degree reading with a minimum around 30 and 0.03 inches of precipitation for the 24 hour period ending at 9 am. River stage stands at 12.5 feet with incomplete data for the year 19.
British bombers smashed the Calais Boulogne area in a heavy night raid across Nazi occupied France. Explosions shook the Pelish Channel at 9 a.m. and British long range guns attacked shipping in the Dover Straits. Weather was cloudy with hazy French coast as the attack followed a day raid plan.
London report details Malta island raids by Axis planes over a full day. RAF fighters and anti air defenses shot down three raiders, four probably down, twelve damaged, with damage to airfields and administrative buildings and light casualties.
Officials at the Denver ordnance plant ordered women workers to stop wearing sweaters. They said the garment distracted male colleagues and slowed wartime production, noting Lana Turner as the early film example of the style's distraction.
London reports further reinforcements of the Canadian army have arrived in Britain as of March 10, with official confirmation issued today.
International News Service reports that all American forces on Java evacuate before capture, disputing Tokyo claims of mass surrender. The piece notes only about 600 Americans, all air force personnel, were present and declares Japanese advances toward Australia met heavy Allied counter-blows.
President Roosevelt summoned Admiral Ernest J. King newly named chief of naval operations and Admiral Thomas J. Hart back from the Far East for a White House meeting on naval strategy. King adds CN O duties to his fleet command, while Admiral Harold Stark moves to London. Hart returns due to ill health after leading the United Nations fleet in the Far East.
A light Japanese cruiser shelled Cebu City, Philippines with little damage. The war department reported no ground or air activity in the area and noted a broader lull while Gen Yamashita plans further campaigns against Gen MacArthur.
The War Production Board ordered a stop to production of farm tractors with rubber tires effective May 1 and reduced March output from 17 000 to 10 000 units and May output to 8 000. Manufacturers must switch quickly from rubber tires to steel wheels due to rubber shortages.
Mrs Dorina George of 1008 Can avenue received word that First Lieutenant John A George 29 of the 26th Cavalry U S Army was killed in action in the Philippine Islands on December 22 as per a War Department telegram. A New Castle High School 1935 graduate he wrestled for Illinois University and later married a Parsons Kansas woman. Survived by his mother two brothers Louis and Nick and two sisters Minnie and Connie. He had been in active service since 1939 and was likely under Major James Blanning.
In a House of Commons briefing Anthony Eden described Japanese actions in Hong Kong as among the most barbaric in modern history. Eye witness testimony cited mass killings of British prisoners, rape and murder of women, and a district treated as a brothel with garrison survivors confined in subsistence camps.
U S submarines harass Japanese naval strength as East Indies fall and battles loom near Australia. Army and navy streamline command structure with a sweeping reorganization giving new leadership roles, including Admiral Ernest J. King adding chief of naval operations to his duties as commander in chief.
Rain and snow swollen the Allegheny and Monongahela to 93.2 feet in Pittsburgh marking near crest. The ice gorge above East Brady broke, high waters flooded low lands and highways in Somerset and Cambria counties as western Pennsylvania faced early March storms and fading winds.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson imposed a 60 day wholesale price ceiling covering about 90 percent of U S pork products including ham and bacon. The rule takes effect March 23 and sets caps at the highest wholesale levels seen in March 3 to 7.
Dutch officers arriving in Melbourne said the armistice applies only to Bandung. They report fighting ongoing in Central and Eastern Java as Tokyo based Domei agency claims Netherlands East Indies leaders accepted Japanese surrender terms.
Brazilian officials announced a probe into the sinking of the 7800 ton Arabutan off Newport News Virginia, with a protest to Germany planned after the investigation. One crewman died and two were seriously injured in the U boat attack that sent the Arabutan, formerly Italian liner Carprera, to the Atlantic bottom.
Death records list Mrs. Leonard Weaver aged 2 from Bessemer and Ben FE. Eakin of Harlansburg. Mrs Archie CC Williamson 97 from ND. Velant Infar Smith 1 from New Wilmington. Ivan Kukurin and John A. George 79 of 2008 Cunningham Avenue.
Senator Albert Chandler disclosed that a Supreme American General Staff and a Supreme Commander over both Army and Navy are under consideration. The move gains support after Sen. LaFollette urged a wide inquiry into Army Navy duplication. The report also notes Lieut Gen Joseph Stilwell named Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai Shek and China to send a military mission to Washington led by Hsiung Shi Hue.
A reflective note recalls past pitching efforts and looks forward to warmer days. The writer chases spring scenes from flowering grasses to budding trees, hoping for outdoor work with hoe and rake and longer days with the south wind.
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