Russian Forces Advance On Central Front Amid Heavy Fighting
Soviet troops drove southwest across the central front capturing the vast town of Trinanovo between Gzhatsk and Vyaana while forces on the southern front faced heavy Nazi counterattacks. The Staraya Russian area and Lake Ilmen region saw advances, though Kharkov and Donets basin sectors endured reinforced German attacks.
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Natalia
Rene At
Moscow
Marely
Trinanovo
Gzhatsk
Vyaana
Red
Staraya
Russia
Lake Ilmen
Porthtvese
Byeli
Rahev
Kharkov
Tummanovo
High Command
Seven pheasants observed at C R Ralph yard prompt garden planning
The PA Newc notes seven pheasants in the yard on Fairfield avenue and urges that spring and summer gardens be planned for canning and preserving vegetables. It highlights the Victory garden movement and winter food storage, while weather hints of a possible spring arrival are reported. The fishing season and Ash Wednesday timing are also touched on.
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C. R. Ralph
Fairfield Avenue
Rb HS
United States
Moos
Nicea
Asia Minor
Daily Weather Report Summary for today
United States weather statistics for the 24-hour period ending at 9 a.m. show a maximum temperature of 39 and a minimum of 32 with a river stage of 0.7 feet. Comparable figures from the same date last year list a high of 34 and a low of 10.
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United States
Admiral Standley May Relinquish Post
Washington reports a likelihood Admiral William Standley may soon give up his post as American Ambassador to the Soviet Union. The State Department disavowed his charges on aid disclosures, and while no recall is planned, officials fear ongoing strains in U S Soviet relations.
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Washington
William
Standley
Soviet Union
Moscow
State Department
Admiral Standley
Rsk
United States
Soviet Russia
Congress
Russia
Believe Roosevelt In Move To Get Postwar Program From Stalin
Washington officials believe President Roosevelt is maneuvering toward a public understanding with Premier Stalin on Russia’s postwar peace plan. Officials note UN leaders have agreed on general principles with Stalin, but Russia’s future plans remain a mystery to many in government and the public. Some officials warn that without a U.S. Britain and Russia accord, seeds of a third world war could be sown.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
United Nations
Congress
Wallace
United States
Britain
American Fighters Resume Attacks On Burmese Jap Bases
International News Service reports American fighter planes resumed raids on Japanese installations in Northern Burma hitting targets at Mogaung Kamaing Mangwet Wasal Tingpak Maingk wah Monywa Myingyan and a bridge in Mogaung. RAF Lancasters bombed Prome marshalling yards and Blenheim bombers hit Canvauk troop positions near Rathedau. All aircraft returned safely.
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International News Service
New Delhi
Burma
Mogaung
Kamaing
Mangwet
Wasal
Tingpak
Maingkwah
Monywa
Myingyan
Royal Air Force
Prome
Canvauk
Rathedauus
New Castle Motor Club Elects Officers and Governors
The New Castle Motor Club held its annual election on March 9 with Alec Samuels as president. Vice presidents named were O H P Green, Charles F Morrow, James B Foster, and Frank S Hoyt as treasurer, B N Hanlon as secretary-manager. Governors elected include Frank L Burton, John K Elliott, Frank S Hoyt, Charles F P Morrow of Wampum, and J P Bents. Governor seats to be filled at the April board meeting.
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New Castle Motor Club
Castleton Hotel
Alec Samuels
O. H. P. Green
Charles F. Morrow
James B. Foster
Prank S. Hoyt
B. N. Hanlon
Frank L. Burton
John K. Elliott
Prank S.hoyt
Visit of Legion Head Cancelled in Perry
Preparations for entertaining National Commander Roane Waring of the American Legion on April 6 were canceled. Waring’s speaking engagements were halted as he tours U S Army camps for several months. The Perry S. Gaston Post plans a $100 donation to the Red Cross and reports growing membership, including World War II veterans among the first admitted last night.
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Roane
Waring
American Legion
Ches ©. Sweesy
Perry S. Gaston
Legion
Cone
Post
American Red’ Cross
Clare B. Book
Traffic survey ordered after rise in Philadelphia driving
Philadelphia reports a marked rise in joy riding since the pleasure driving ban was eased on the honor system. City traffic engineers will survey March 24 to 26 to measure the increase, with unofficial estimates up to 30 percent. State OPA Administrator Raymond Ashenfelder warned excess driving will reduce gasoline ration coupon value.
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Philadelphia
OPA
Office of Defense Transportation Today
Raymond F. Ashenfelter
Erie Woman Found Poisoned in Car
Mrs. Antionette Pasqunic, 28, of Erie, was found dead in the back seat of her husband Alfonso Pasqunic's car. Police say she drank poison. the body was discovered in the garage after he missed her at 4:30. Deputy Coroner Frank S. James and District Attorney Burton Laub investigated.
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International News Service
Brig. Pa
Antionette Pasqunic
Erie
Alfonso
Frank S. James
Burton Laub
Turkish Military Mission Heads to Tunisian Front
New York March 10 A Turkish military mission has left for Egypt and will proceed to Tunisia to study the North African campaign, the British airlace reported today, according to a broadcast heard by the Office of War Information.
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International News Service
New York
Egypt
Tunisia
Aracie
Office of War Information
Sister Too Noisy So He Shoots Her Sister Too Noisy
In Flint Michigan on March 10 seven teen John Wesley May confessed to shooting his six year old sister after saying she was too noisy. He then hid the body under a bed before later attending a movie. Autopsy cited blunt force trauma and beating.
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International News Service
Flint
Mich
John Wesley May
May
James KK
Sutherland
Perkins Proposes Fines for Absentee War Workers
Secretary Frances Perkins urged Congress to consider fines for absentee workers in war plants. She did not detail a system but said fines should be developed with unions and labor in war factories. She warned pending legislation could delay a practical industry solution.
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Ternational News Service
Washington
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
Congress
Nis
Mixs
Perkins
Training Plane Crash Kills Two in Texas and California
Two Army training pilots were killed when their training plane crashed 2 miles northeast of Eagle Pass, Texas. Lieut. Lucian A. Marsh and Hillman Malvern died in the accident announced by officials.
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Wagle-Pass
Tex
Lucian A. Marsh
Min
Valley
Allied Patrols In Action On Entire Tunisian Front
Allied patrols harassed Axis forces along Tunisia frontline with light enemy activity. British Eighth Army pressed German positions near Mareth, while tank units beat back an assault and withdrew west of Hallouf. North, the British First Army repelled attacks west of Sedjenane and on the Mateur Beja road, with hundreds of prisoners reported. French columns moved from Nefla toward Tozem, as patrols pressed toward Gatsa amid limited resistance.
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Robert G. Nexon
Teadquaters
North Africa
Maveh
Busisian
Sedjenane
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Hallouf
Medenine
First Army
Mateur- Beja
Fran Nefla
Tunisia
Tozem
Cgatsa
Lanshed Sn
Jersey Sees False All-Clear During Bogus Blackout
Newark residents heard an all clear signal for a blackout that never occurred prompting radio lights on and bewildered air raid wardens. The error originated with the armies second service command delaying signals. Governor Jadison secured a real blackout at 10 30 pm after wardens had dispersed.
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International News Service
Newark
N. J
New
Air Crale
Army
New Jersey
Leonard Dreyfuss
Charles Jadison
Wolverines Recaptured After Zoo Escape at Highland Park
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a 100 pound wolverine that escaped from Highland Park Zoo a week ago was recaptured near the swimming pool area. A second wolverine, two weeks missing, remains at large as officials struggle with reinforced wire cages and a difficult removal from a brush area.
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Lews Service
Pittsburgh
Highland Park Zoo
House panel opts to keep current tax system with tweaks
The Ways and Means Committee signals no pay-as-you-go approval and shifts to retaining the present tax system with limited changes for easier collection via paycheck deductions. The plan, said to have committee majority support, would continue annual tax collection with a 20 percent withholding to aid budgeting, while Republicans push the pay-as-you-go Rum plan and threaten a minority report.
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House Ways and Means
Robert Humphreys Tl
NOS
Washington
Burma Base Bombed Heavily by American Liberators and RAF
American Liberator bombers flown by RAF crews attacked the Japanese base at Prome Burma with strikes on the marshal lines and rear yards. British Blenheim aircraft targeted enemy positions northeast of Rathedaung and all planes returned to base safely.
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NEW
Prome
Burma
Marshallinge Yards
Eemy
Cane Gauk
Rathedaung
Alli
Bombing of Sicily Targets Ports and Harbors
Allied medium bombers hit Sicily with raids on Palermo harbor and nearby coasts. Explosions observed in the harbor area while such strikes extended to Agrigento and Licata on the southern coast, signaling intensified operations on the Italian island.
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International News Service
Cairo
Allied
Sicily
Palermo
Agrigento
Licata
Second Report On War Fund Set For Thursday
Red Cross War Fund drive accelerates as solicitors redouble efforts to submit a second report. The Pennsylvania Power building headquarters will be open 8 am to 9 pm for report reception. Monday’s report showed about $9,000 raised mainly from business and residential districts. industry contributions expected to swell totals. Dr. Robert F. Galbreath chaired the campaign meeting with district leaders to speed up efforts.
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Pennsyvania Power Company
Rand
Perea
Robert F. Galbreath
Charman
Fort Dix Soldier Killed in Wreck
Private Aldo Selva, 26, from Fort Dix, was killed when a chicken tuck operated by Raymond Magee, 20, crashed into a bus in Burlington New Jersey. George E Evans 24 of Bordentown and other passengers were shaken up but not hospitalized. Magee allegedly dozed at the wheel prior to the collision as the bus stopped to discharge passengers.
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International News Service
Burlington
N. J
Aldo Selva
Fort. Dix
Raymond Magee
Spelbysville
Del
George E. Evans
Bordentown
Po- Hee
Magee
Lou Costello Sicks With Rheumatic Fever
Hollywood dispatch reports comedian Lou Costello ordered to rest after four specialists diagnosed rheumatic fever. He has been ill at home since Friday as doctors completed a thorough examination. Charles Kerestely, Chesbro Seminary student in North Chili New York, visited over the weekend with his parents on Long Avenue.
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Hiylev National News
Hollywood
Low Costello
Costello
Charles, Kerestely
Chesbro Seminary
North Chile
N. Y
Mrs
Prank Kerestely
Long Avenue
Death Record for Harry Urnson and Myrle White
Death notices list Harry Urnson aged 63 of 333 Berger Place and Myrle Pandey White aged 72 of GM Wood City. The brief item provides ages and addresses and names a Wednesday, March 10, 1949.
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Harry GC. Urnsen
Berger Place
Myrle Pandey White
Wood City
Bombers Hit Munich In Night Raid On Industrial Targets
Royal Air Force heavy bombers attacked Munich and other German targets during the night in the second raid on Germany within 14 days. The Luftwaffe said civilians suffered damage while claiming 12 British planes were shot down.
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London
Royal Air Force
Munich
Germany
Air Iministry
Nuremberg
Reich
Air Ministry
Brtiss
Japanese Bomb New Guinea Base Raid Fails to Hurt Airfield
Allied headquarters in Australia reported that a March 10 Japanese air power assault on Wan in northeast New Guinea failed to seriously damage the airfield. The raiding squadron had 26 bombers and 21 Zeros. In a separate over New Britain, a lone Allied bomber on reconnaissance near Gasmata was attacked by nine enemy fighters. four were shot down and a fifth damaged, with the Allied plane returning safely.
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International News Service
Allied
Australia
Wan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Gasmata
New Britain
Holyoke Campus to Plant Victory Garden on Campus
Mt Holyoke College plans to plough part of its campus this spring to plant a victory garden. Students will farm the garden to provide food for the college this fall in South Hadley Massachusetts as reported by the Cliens Kellg News Service.
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Wallesley College
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Weenerniissimo
Cliens Kellg
South Hadley
Mass
Mt. Holyoke College
Mauve Man Delivers Garden Seeds for June Planting
Arthur Mometer recounts receiving a package containing seeds for radishes lettuce and sprouts. He urges timely planting as weather warms to ensure a harvest, noting the efforts should begin soon in June. The message blends personal delivery with practical farming notes.
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Bec
Office of Price Administration
Philip L. Crowlin
Huron
Crowlie
U. S
Elitesuatlea
Lou Costello
R.A. F
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Holyoke
Victory Garden
Arthur Mometer
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