U S Bombers Ravage Japanese Base at Dobo Island
American Huelson and Mitchell bombers hit the Dobo invasion base on Arce Island. They wrecked radio, barracks, and storage, with fires consuming enemy fuel stores as 7000 feet of smoke rose. Other strikes targeted Lae, Salamaua, and surrounding targets, with heavy anti aircraft fire reported.
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Lee van Atta Chonos
United Nations
Australia
Marvel 17
New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Aloe Island
Lockheed
Hehming
Lae
Atkack
Saiamaua
Lhe Cap
George Co. Kenney
Pa Newc Observes Weather and Garden Tips
Balmy Tuesday brings yellow crocuses to North Hill and a roller on a lawn across the street. Gardeners are urged to inspect spades and hoes as ground dries, then begin digging. A soldier from Shenango camp explains its name is Transfer Depot, pronounced deppo, with local slang. Planting street peas on St Patrick’s Day favorable today. some plant sweet peas in fall.
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North Hill
Se Male
Greenville
Pa Nene
Shenango
S. P Rm. D
Deppo
Daily Weather Report United States Statistics Summary
Daily weather report shows 34 hour period ending 9 a.m. today with max 73 and min 33, precipitation .29 inches, river stage 11.2 feet. For same period previous year, max 52 and min 34 with no precipitation noted.
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United. States
ODT freezes buses and street cars in present service
ODT Director Joseph B. Eastman issues a sweeping order freezing nearly 200000 passenger vehicles including city buses street cars inter city buses school buses rapid transit cars suburban rail cars and trackless trolleys in their current roles to curb migration for profit and stabilize transportation amid equipment shortages Aimed at all nine or more passenger vehicles in the United States and territories with total counts broken down by category and region
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Washington
ODT
Joseph B. Eastman
Stroge
The
Transportation Agency
Eastman
United States
Gestapo Terror Spreads From Lyons and Bordeaux
London dispatch reports Gestapo and Vichy police seizing thousands in Lyons for forced labor in Germany. In Bordeaux virtually all journalists are detained and deported. city papers to close. Guerrillas resist in Haute Savoie Alps as martial law is declared. many French men rally to join. Allied planes reportedly drop arms and supplies to rebels.
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Lowell Bennett T
S. Starr
London
Juyens
France
Germany
Stockholm
Bordeaux
Churchill Defends Lorient Bombing As Strategic Move
Churchill defends bombing raids on Lorient German submarine base as essential to Anglo American strategy. He told the House of Commons that Allied demands have urged the French population to evacuate coastal areas and that such operations will bring victory nearer.
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Cinternational News Service
London
Churchil
Lorient
Churchill
House’ of Commons
Ares
Claim Morocco Border Fortified
London broadcasting via Berlin reported American troops are fortifying the Morocco border between Spanish and French Morocco. Barbed-wire entanglements and pillboxes are already under construction on the French side, according to the German announcer heard by Reuters in London.
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International News Service
London
North Africa
Morocco
Berlin
Reuters
Allied Bombers Attack Convoys Near Tunisia
Allied headquarters in North Africa reports heavy new attacks by Allied bombers on Axis convoys off Tunisia and inland positions. Flying Fortresses swept between Sicily and Tunisia. six to seven motor barges carrying supplies were hit, with flames rising 800 feet. Gabes airfield and nearby rail and road links to Sfax were targeted. American patrols engaged German tanks north of Gatsa on the Ferjana road. Two German Messerschmitts were shot down, including one by Lieut. Charles E King of Birmingham, Alabama.
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Robert. G
Nixon
Starr
Allied
North Africa
Tunisia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sicily
Bisley
Gabes
Sfax
Gatsa
Ferjana
Eisenhower
Charles E, King
Biringham
Ala
De Gaulle and Giraud to Confer in Algiers
Fighting French headquarters said Gen Charles De Gaulle will depart soon to meet Gen Henri Honore Giraud in Algiers. The expected talks aim to coordinate leadership as France seeks unity in its war effort during the World War II period.
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de Gaulle
Giraud
Algiers
International News Service
London
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Honore Giraud
Russian Forces Close On Smolensk and Donets Fronts
Soviet dispatches report central front advances within 50 miles of Smolensk as Russians push toward Kharkov and the Donets region. German forces concentrate south of Kharkov amid fierce battles while Nazis claim encirclements and road junction gains northeast of Kharkov. Red Army reports occupy scores of new localities west of Moscow.
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Lonos
Moscow
Mare
Donets
Smolensk
Wharkov
Kharkov
Naz
Bend
Byelgorod
Byrelgorod
Red Army
Sealanes Battle Rages With Fury Across Oceans
Washington dispatch reports escalating sea lane warfare as United Nations forces press to crush Nazi Uboat activities in the Atlantic while American submarines in the Pacific sink and damage Japanese vessels. The Navy says Washington talks yield complete agreement on the Atlantic campaign policy as U.S. subs have sunk four more enemy ships, bringing total to 199.
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Joseph 4. Borschon
Washington
United Nations
Pacific
Axis
Navy
Atlantic
U.S
U. S
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Flynn in Chicago Talks on Railroad Pay Case
Edward J. Flynn former Democratic committee chairman arrived in Chicago to meet Big Five railroad brotherhood leaders over demands for higher wages. He carried law books and said he would devote all time to private practice.
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International News Service
Chicago
Edward J. Flynn
Preparing For British Attack On Mareth Line
In North Africa on March 17 preparations surged for a British assault on the Mareth line in Tunisia. Yanks and guns moved into positions as Royal Air Force daylight raids tested German defenses while British artillery pressed the line. A ridge near Sedjenane, northern Tunisia, was occupied by British infantry without opposition, mirroring the previous day’s action.
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Robert G. Nixon
Sedjenane
Tunisia
French Guerillas Grow Stronger In Southern France
Algiers reports French guerrilla resistance in Haute Savoie is strengthening with 500 officers and men across 27 regiments holding out. German and Italian troops are sent in, while disturbances flare in Lyons Toulon and Nimes. London notes Archbishop Hinsley of Westminster dies at 77 after serving as rector in Rome and becoming archbishop in 1935 and cardinal in 1937.
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French Alps
Thonon
Radio
Algiers
Toulon
Lyons
Nimes
International
Haute, Savoie
France
Morocco
Condernaitional News Service
London
Uost
Arthur Hinsley
Westminster
Rome
Heater
Removal of Petain Pictures Ordered by General Giraud
In Algiers a decree by General Henri Honore Giraud orders removal of all publicly displayed Petain pictures. The edict also bans posters with Vichy slogans and withdraws stamps bearing the French chief of state.
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C International
Algiers
Henri Honore
Giraud
County Board Two Sets List Of New Service Recruits
A large group accepted into the service by County Board Two includes eight successful in passing examinations. Recruits from Erie county await reception centers before duty. Names include Henry Frederick Smith Lowellville Joe Luksetich Bessemer Herman Petrick Hillsville and more with addresses across New Castle Newcastle Edenburg Hillsville and Beaver Falls. Continued on page two.
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Erie
Edwin. E. Mercer
Navy
Muhough
Henry Frederick Smith
Lowellville
Joe Luksetich
Bessemer
Herman Petrick
Hillsville
John James Burkie
Seventh Ave
Beaver Falls
Marsh Alonzo Miller
Ridge Ave
Newcastle
Albert Commisso
Edenburg
George Hillis Wilker
Maple St
New Wilmington
Paul Raymond Johnson
Tony ‘Retone, Jr
Andrew Evanich
Albert
Vignola
James Bryan Sadler
Naw
Castle
Stanley Joe Witkowski
Ellwood St
New Castle
Frank
Donald ‘Tomasella
Wilson Leasure
West Washington St
New Castile
John Maguslak
Robert
William Welker
Charles NI. Cossentino
Patsy Louis Moretti
Union
Joseph John Alfagato
Withony Randa Myers
Harold Dean Womer
New ‘Castle
Ee Howard Primavere
William Shaffer
Clifford Spiker
Kenney says Jap pilots deteriorating in quality
Lt Gen George C Kenney Allied air commander in the South Pacific declares Japanese pilots are unquestionably deteriorating in quality while our first team is just beginning to get into the line after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. Kenney notes American aircraft still maintain superiority and that Jap Zero fighters have changed little since the war began.
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Washington
George C. Kenney
South Pacific
Une
Kenney
Roosevelt
Pacific
White House
Richard Sutherland
Douglas Macarthur
Kirksen to seek ban on government hiring dissenters
Representative Dirksen announced an amendment to the state and federal appropriations bill to bar government employment of conscientious objectors to military service. He cited that 23 draft deferments are working in Washington government jobs despite sworn allegiance to the Constitution.
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Fnternational News Service
Washington
Kirksen
RJTM
Dirksen
Japanese air strike on Yangtze fails near Chungking
Twenty four Japanese planes attempted to bomb Chinese positions on the Yangtze near Chungking but were unsuccessful. Chungking later endured an air raid alarm that lasted an hour without enemy planes over the city.
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Hiternaational
Chungking
Twen Vyfour
Yangtze River
Dawn To Dusk Raids Hit Kiska And Solomons Bases
The navy reported six dawn-to-dusk air raids on Jap-held Kiska in the western Aleutians and five aerial assaults plus one naval bombardment on enemy bases in the Solomons. Night bombardments targeted Vila on Kolombangara and Kahili, Buka, and Munda on New Georgia, with dive bombers and fighters aiding. The strikes marked a heavy, multi-front Pacific push with no reported U.S. casualties.
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Joseph A. Bors
International News Service
Washington
America
Pacific
Navy Today
Kiska
Solomons
Aleutians
American
Navy
South Pacific
Vila
Kolombangara Island
Kahili
Buka
Munda
New Georgia Island
Vilu Harbor
North Pacific
British Bombers Hit Western Germany In Night Raid
London report says a small force of light British bombers attacked Western Germany last night. The German wireless broadcast said the target was not disclosed due to poor visibility. Berlin claimed civilian losses and that one British aircraft was shot down.
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International News Service
London
Germany
Berlin
Isle of Emerald Green Ballad for St Patrick Day
Poem praising Isle of Emerald green and fairest colleens with leprechauns riding in glen. Mentions dancing on village greens and Saint Patrick Day as people wearin the green with shamrocks in front.
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Isle of Emerald Green
Land's Mossy Dells
Trish
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