16 Mar 1942
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1942
Page
1
Australian and U.S. aircrews attack a Japanese base in Timor delivering fresh blows as Britain reports heavy aerial activity. Japanese shipping losses reach a reported 60,000 tons in these intensified offensives.
Sydney radio reports Port Darwin on Australia's northern coast was bombed again by Japanese planes. Fourteen enemy warplanes carried out the attack with only slight damage and some casualties, according to a Reuters dispatch.
Washington diplomats expect the spring United Nations offensive to focus on land and air rather than sea. The main aerial push is expected from the British Isles against Germany in western Europe, with another from India against Japan. Russia Africa and India are seen as likely to host major land operations.
War Department dispatch reports a lone wolf American fortress bomber struck a Japan held airdrome on New Britain causing heavy damage and at least two enemy planes destroyed on the ground. No activity was reported from the Philippines as Japanese reinforcements reportedly gather for renewed attacks on American Filipino forces.
Air Marshal B C Peirse says air reinforcements flow into India and Burma as the United Nations air force plans to carry the war into Japan. He praises American volunteer units with the RAF for downing many Japanese planes and notes air superiority in Burma. He cites greater strength and optimism versus earlier Burma operations.
Canberra issued a brief report saying Australian and American aircraft bombed Japanese airfields at Dill Portu guese Thnor and Rahaul Gasmata in New Britain. The communique noted further details would follow about the Japanese actions and responses.
A Royal Canadian Air Force member visiting the city Saturday said he had just completed a channel fight and would soon be in action elsewhere. He has served 11 months in the air force and earned his wings six months ago.
The document announces today as the final date for filing income tax reports for the year 1941. It urges taxpayers to submit returns promptly to avoid penalties and ensure compliance with tax regulations.
U.S. weather report records a maximum 52 and minimum 34 as of 9 am with no precipitation. River stage stands at 12.6 feet.
British counter stroke in Burma recovers Shwegyin 100 miles northeast of Rangoon. Indian sergeant disguised as a coolie led to the capture, carrying enemy plans and a list of Burmese fifth columnists. Chinese troops reportedly arrive. RAF planes active as operations continue.
Washington reports final preparations for the first wartime draft lottery since 1918. About 9,000,000 men will be sorted, with 7,000 numbers drawn starting at 6 p.m. The event will span seven to eight hours as the order for calling the 26,000,000 registered men is determined.
Dr. C C Green says March dates for sugar rationing cards are postponed and distribution may occur in April. County Superintendent John C Syling reports no definite start date yet. 136000 books received by Will A Eakin and sent to school heads as plans pause.
London reports destruction or damage of six enemy E boats in the English Channel and North Sea over Saturday and Sunday. The admiralty says one E boat blew up and another sunk in a two and a half minute engagement in the Channel with no British casualties and only minor damages. On Sunday Spitfire fighters strafed and damaged four E boats off the Holland coast.
London report says the Duke of Atholl died today at Pédrth shire home. Born 1871, he was eighth in line and held numerous hereditary titles along with many honors from service in wars. He owned 202000 acres in Scotland and was unique in the United Kingdom for maintaining a private army by statute.
British military authorities said patrol forays on the Libyan front are more active but not significant for a large later operation. Free French African operations were not deemed major to the campaign. The Free French conducted sallies northward into Axis territory from French Equatorial Africa.
Numbers have been assigned to all local selectees aged 20 to 44 who were not previously registered and posted at the four county selective service boards. The drawing is scheduled for Tuesday evening at 6 o clock, with affected men advised to listen to the radio for their draft number. It is stated that those called up will likely not be summoned for several months.
Survivors from a large tanker torpedoed off the Atlantic coast tell of heroism during the disaster. The death toll stands at 23 of 49 crew. 16 bodies recovered and seven missing. Eleven survivors were landed at Wilmington after nine hours aboard a life raft, enduring a sea of flaming oil.
The Shenango River reached 13.4 feet, the highest in years, due to rain over melting snow. Upstream lowlands between Harbor Bridge and Pulaski flooded farmland as the river rose to near flood stage, while Neshannock Creek and Big Run ran high with no drainage damage. Water dropped about a foot by morning as subsidence began.
In the fifteenth week of Pacific fighting the United States and Japan are testing approaches during a lull. The War Department and Navy have issued limited communiques as bomber crews aid Australian forces in New Guinea. U S submarines and surface ships operate west of Hawaii while MacArthur presses operations on Bataan Peninsula.
London awoke to bursts of gunfire and a daytime air raid alarm as two enemy planes crossed the south coast and headed for the city. Intercepted and chased off, the raiders left without causing damage and the all-clear followed at noon, the 578th London air raid of the war.
Soviet infantry and tanks breached fortifications between Orel Kursk and Kharkov and captured several towns, routing an infantry regiment. Front-line reports say no material changes overnight, while a high command bulletin tallies 1,806 German deaths over two days on the Leningrad front. The Moscow radio also notes repelled German counterattacks on the southwestern front.
Congress reassembled for a busy week as the war department indicates approval of the WAAC measure and the house action on establishing a women auxiliary army corps in U S history. Arthur F Hermann highlighted the developments as the assembly considers the bill.
Death notices show Winsor A. McNally 47 of 183 Fairfield Avenue and Francis Frutcher of Otter Creek township Mercer county among others. Mildred Duignan 19 of Enon Valley R D 2 Donata DivVitto Sr 411 Blunston Avenue Mrs Fred Grandy 472 Volant R 1p 1 Stephen Keul Sr 68 Ellwood City among the listed decedents.
In Pittsburgh on March 16, Walter L. Miller, IRS collector for western Pennsylvania, reported 420 clerks processing a flood of taxpayers before the deadline. More than 100000 pieces of mail arrived in the morning with similar volume expected. a Pittsburgh corporation paid 10 million in tax notes. February receipts totaled about 10 million and by last Saturday March receipts reached 26 million, with the 1941 district total forecast near 500 million.
A Tokyo broadcast relayed to London says Japanese forces landed in the Solomon Islands east of New Guinea and occupy positions threatening the New Hebrides. British authorities report ongoing operations on the Burmese front with no confirmation of a Shweegvin capture.
We sorted catalogue items and chose seeds beans broccoli onions beets to grow this year as defense against hunger. The note urges readers to contact someone with vacant lots to arrange plots and prepare beans onions corn and potatoes despite dark weather.
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