Italian Force Attack on French Guerrillas in Haute Savoie
Martial law was proclaimed in Haute Savoie as 6,000 Italian troops attacked French guerrillas near the Swiss border after they refused to surrender. Reports say German chiefs fear a continental invasion and Nazi garrisons on coastlines are on alert.
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Iternational News Service
London
Haute Savaie
French Alps
Algiers
Lowell Bennett Cilnos
Haute Savoie
Alps
London Daily Express
A. Reuter
Zurich
Thala
Geneva
Lemdon
Finlish
Sayote
Snowdrops Bloom as City Sees Spring Night Crowds
On a mild Monday in the city, Snowdrops flowered in a Winter avenue yard while a 1914 C-37 Buick rested in a Southforcer street lot. Residents noted warmer weather and downtown crowds as St Patrick’s Day, March 17, approached, ending winter forecasts from Groundhog Day.
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Winter Avenue
South Forcer Street
Daily Weather Report Summaries for United States
Daily weather report lists 24 hour period ending 9 am with max 67 and min 54, precipitation 0.7 inches, river stage 8.5 feet. Figures for same date last year show max 62, min 35, no precipitation.
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United States
Stowaway Wife Flees to Britain by Cargo Plane
Marion Darling, wife of Sergt. Pilot Gordon Darling, secretly boarded a cargo plane in Newfoundland and flew across the Atlantic to visit her husband in Britain. The voyage was completed without incident and Canadian air minister C G Power warned her never to repeat the act.
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Marion Darling
Atlantic
Sergt
Gordon Darling
Britain
County Board Lists More Men Called Up for Service
Eastern half of the county lists additional men for military service. Examined March 11 at Erle Induction Center, they will depart after a week of furlough. Two join the Marine Corps. others enter the U S Army. Names and addresses include James Herbert Anderson Elwood City Hugh Anthony Parascenzo Ellwood City John Jeptha Plassmeyer Elwood City Robert William McCandless Ellwood City Glenn Reinhart Sharon Andrew Joseph Anicetts Ellwood City Frank Joseph Puchlopek New Castle Anthony Pertille Ellwood City George Robert Gilchrist Ellwood City Thomas Huston Peters Volant Kenneth Earle Burnside New Castle Paul Martin Pogozeles Ellwood City. Continued on Pare Tw
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J. R. Little
Erle
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Army
James Herbert
Anderson
Ninth Street
Elwood City
Hugh Anthony
Parascenzo
Crescent Avenue
Ellwood City
John Jeptha
Plassmeyer
Sixth Street
Robert William McCandless
Ellwood
Glenn. E. Reinhart
Oakland Avenue
Anthony Pertlle
Line
George Robert Gilchrist
Wampum Avenue
Thomas Huston Peters
Volant
British Sink Four Axis Subs in Portuguese Coast Attack
Four Axis submarines were sunk and two captains captured when a British convoy faced U boat activity off the Portuguese coast. Three Allied ships were damaged but reached their destinations safely, according to an exchange Telegraph report relayed by Morocco radio.
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International News Service
London
Xchange Telegraph
Morocco
Attack by Japanese Planes Fails to Reach Chungking
Air raid alarms sounded in Chungking but no enemy planes appeared over the city. Sixteen of a 34 plane Japanese formation penetrated to Wanhsien, 150 miles down the Yangtze river, before the rest were intercepted en route to Chunekine.
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Chungking
Wanhsien
Yangtze River
Chunekine
War Action North Of Australia Increases
Allied airmen blasted an enemy convoy near the Aru Islands north of Australia and scored direct hits on two troopships. Japanese planes attacked Darwin, losing twelve fighters and two bombers out of forty nine, with four Spitfires lost and two pilots saved amid the air battle.
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Australia
Lee
Van
Atta Cf
Ssurh
Dougilas
MacArthur
Dobo
Arub Islands
Darwin
Allies Agree On New Program To Smash U Boats
Washington reports full agreement among American British and Canadian officials on a policy to destroy the Nazi U boat menace in the Atlantic. Admiral King chairs meetings shaping escort, anti submarine craft, and aircraft use to protect Allied shipping as Axis claims of U boat successes prompt a spring offensive. Continued on page two.
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Hit Menace
Joseph A. Bors Cron
Washington
Europe
Navy
Atlantic
Ernest J. King
U. S
Thev
London
Ottawa
Hitler
United Nations
Weather Curtails Bombing Raids In Britain and Brittany
Weather conditions slowed aerial attacks as American Ventura bombers escorted by British Spitfires attacked St Brieuc in Brittany in daylight and dusk. Typhoon fighters raided shipping off the Dutch coast setting a trawler aflame. one Ventura missing. In England, Axis raiders hit two northeast towns but were met by heavy anti aircraft fire with four enemy planes destroyed. Berlin claimed fires in Grimsby. two bombers did not return.
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International
London
Uyope
Air Ministry
St. Brieuc
Brittany
England
Berlin
Grimsby
Investigation opened into Puget Sound plane collision
In Seattle on March 16 a combined Army and Navy inquiry investigated a mid air collision over Puget Sound between a Navy bomber and an Army fighter. One man is known dead and six are reported missing.
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Seattle
Wash
Navy
Puget’ Sound
Ine
Rey
Priest Rev Fr Thomas Rocks Killed in Mindanao
Word reaches New Castle relatives of Rev Fr Thomas Rocks SJ that the 37 year old priest was killed in Mindanao Philippines last October. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Hugh Rocks of Wildwood Avenue and educated at New Castle High School Holy Ghost College Worcester and Woodstock College. He served in the Philippines, then returned to the United States and was ordained four years ago. His first Mass was at St Mary's New Castle and he later returned to the Philippines to lead a mission and school. Survived by two brothers Hugh of Waynesboro and Edward of Port Mey Va and sister Eden of Merceda. More details expected later this week.
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Thomas
Newman Rocks
Mindanao
Philippine Tilanas
Fr. Rocks
New Castle High School
Lnte
Hugh Rocks
Wildwood
Avenuee
New Castle
William. Masterson
S. J
Rocks
Holy Ghost College
Worcester
Mass
Theological School
Woodstock College
Woodstock Md
Philippines
United’ States
St. Mary's
Hugh
Waynesboro
Edward
Port Mey. Va
Eden
Merceda
J P Morgan Is Buried Today
International News Service reports the funeral of J Pierpont Morgan Jr attended by over 1500 friends and associates. Lord Halifax sent official representation via R G Stafford as services at St George's Protestant Episcopal Church named no by name the deceased. The simple Episcopal rites were led by Rev Rushy R Sloane with assistance from Rev Elmore M McKee.
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International News Service
New York
Friends
J. Pierpont Moreau
Lord Halifax
United, States
R. G. Stockford
New York City
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Rushy R .Sloane
St. John's Church
Waf Lattington
Locust Valley
L. T
Mr. Sloane
Elmore ,M. McKee
St. George's
Morgan
Food scarcity grows in France's cities
International News Service reports French cities face rising food shortages worsened by German requisitions. The office of war information says Germans demand up to 80 percent of milk, 70 percent of wine, and 60 to 70 percent of other stores, with all tinned fish stocks seized as claimed by Tribune Geneve.
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International News Service
New York
Geneva
Office of War ‘Information
Tribune Geneve
Bomber Crash Near Boothwyn Reported by Police
New York March 16 The first force reports today the crash of a cable motor bomber near Boothwyn PA at 10 35 am. Police guard set at the scene and no further details are available.
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PPI
Epraligugal
Ingwaso Veer
New
York
Orst “di Force
Boothwyn
Ground Activity in Tunisia Area by Allied Bombers
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports heavy American bombers damaged several Axis ships in a convoy bound for Tunisia. Medium bombers and fighters attacked Anis airfield and supply lines as British Army units advanced in the Sejenane area. Mezzouna airfield was bombed and a convoy between Sicily and Panisia was attacked with bomb bursts observed on a vessel.
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Allied
North Africa
Anis
Tunisia
Robert G. Nixon
Lon. S
Sicily
Panisia
Mezzouna
Page
Pwo
Coal wage pact talks begin after union demand
Negotiations start as Northern bituminous operators and United Mine Workers form subcommittees to draft a working pact. Union seeks a $2 daily wage rise and other concessions, while soft coal operators warn mining may halt after April 1 without a contract. UMW President Joan G. Lewis warns no coal will be mined after March 31 without an agreement.
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News Service
New York
Net
United Mine Workers Today
United Mine Workers
Little . Steel
UMW
Joan G. Lewis
Report Boy Act Causes Blackout on North Hill
A boy caused a blackout for about thirty minutes last night by throwing a potato at a street light on Garfield Avenue. The potato struck a Mustang, ignited, and led to the loss of power across North Hill and nearby Croton areas starting around 8:30. London reports a Vichy decree mobilizing skilled French workers ages 18 to 20, with purpose not explained.
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North Hill
Power Company
Garfield Avenue c
Croton
Cora
Cthormisdatt Wewr Bere
London
Vichy
Learee
Reuter
Greater Air Battles Looming In Pacific
American airmen intensify assaults in the north and south Pacific with a survey showing at least 130 air attacks on Aleutian and Solomon bases since Feb 1, averaging over three daily. Japs weakened near Guadalcanal. MacArthur's airmen hit shipping and bases from Australia. Expect larger Pacific battles as Jap planes dwindle around island perimeters and targets like Munda Buin Kahili Ballale face intensified pressure.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Munda
Solomons
Buin
Kahali
Ballale
Red Cross War Campaign Pledge Reaches Fifty Million
The nation pledged 50 million of 125 million sought for the 1943 Red Cross drive as a Madison Square Garden pageant closed the drive. New York reported 5 107 000 raised toward a 13 920 700 total with Eleanor Roosevelt and Princess Martha of Norway taking part in the spectacle.
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New York
Red Cross
Asi. Nigiti
Madison Square - Garden
Eleanor Roosevelt
Martha of
Norway
Roose
Son of Hanna hospitalized from Guadalcanal
Mr and Mrs Robert Hanna of Nassau Avenue announce their son Private Gerald K Hanna of the Marine Corps was hospitalized in New Zealand after a second operation on February 6. He has been in the New Zealand hospital for several months.
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Robert Hanna
Neshannock Avenue
Gerald, K. Hanna
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
New Zealand
Hanna
New: Zealand
Huge numbers file income tax returns
Washington reports 45 506 000 individuals filed income tax returns yesterday totaling 9 815 000 000 in taxes. Treasury officials say most returns would add to national revenue, with an average tax of 252 76 per person and the largest group earning 1 000 to 2 000 dollars contributing about 2 170 000 Sullivan notes.
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International News Service
Washington
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
John L. Sullivan
Treasury
Uwnat
Sullivan
Wil Shell
Uncle Sam
German Transport Plane Interned in Sweden After Forced Landing
A German transport plane with fifteen troops on board was forced down in Sweden and interned. Swedish sources say the aircraft carried dismantled machine guns and revolvers. Soldiers were escorted to the Norwegian border with weapons surrendered.
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Internto News Service
Stockholm
Sweden
Iheny
Death Record for Joseph Biodni in New Castle RD
Joseph Biodni aged 56 died in New Castle RD. The record notes the deceased and location of death with no further details provided.
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A Joseph Biodni
New Castle
Russians Smash Westward Toward Smolensk Front
Soviet armies drive west from Vyazma toward Smolensk with reports of towns and villages captured along the Vyazma Smolensk line. Within 72 miles of Smolensk, heavy fighting continues north of Kharkov and along the Donets front as German counter moves are repelled.
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Kharkov
High Comand Iso
Vyazma
High Command
Caeser Badd
Natalia Rene
U.S
Moscow
Smolensk
Red Army
Nharkov
Donets
Moscow-Velikie Luki
Vyazma-Smolensk
Reuter
Lake Ihnen
Rostov
Fighting Rages In Western Burma But Lines Not Changed
NEW DELHI March 16 Fighting continues to rage between British and Japanese forces north of Rathedaunge in western Burma but positions remained unchanged. An official communique said activity centered between Thaungdara and Kyauktaw with Merce attacks and Wacks. Royal Air Force planes provided maximum support as bombs burst on targets. one fire started among enemy-occupied buildings.
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International
New Delhi
Rathedaunge
Burma
British India Command
Thaungdara
Kyauktaw
Royal Air Force
Arthur Memeter On the Gridiron Star of the Scrap
Arthur Memeter On the gridiron star of the scrap, he runs for his Unela Sam with a fighting plane in mind. His speed and tricks spark cheering fans as he advances, while the game’s bigger stakes loom and the crowd roots him on amid a bold, heady contest.
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Rab Qavae
Saryretghe
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St. Patrick's Tay
North Win
Daily Weather Report
THE
Admiral King Heads
Thomas N. Rocks
J. P. Morgan
France
Mareth Line
Workers Mobil
Fmoscow
Mkharkov
Biedi
Pacific
RED Cross Fund
International News Services
Revenue Department
Arthur Memeter
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