MacArthur Sets Fast Pace in Pacific Offensive Plan
Brig. Gen. Patrick Hurley says General MacArthur intends to form a rapid offensive to defeat Japan and free the beleaguered Philippine garrison. Hurley, returning from a MacArthur conference at United Nations HQ in Australia, outlined the strategy.
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Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Australia
Japan
Patrick Blurley
U.S
New Zealand
Hurley
U. S
MacArthur
Japanese Invasion Plans For Australia Crippled
United States Army and Navy units bolster Australian defenders using aggressive tactics to blunt Japanese spearheads. The Nipponese face effective air reconnaissance and smaller invasion groups, risking fewer large armadas as they press northern bases near New Guinea.
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Joseph A. Bors
International News Service
Washington
Marcel
United States Army
Australia
Pacific
Java
Philippines
Malaya
Dutch East Indies
New Guinea
U S General Stilwell Commands Chinese Armies in Burma
Lieutenant General Joseph W Stilwell has been placed in command of the fifth and sixth Chinese armies aiding efforts against Japan in Burma as part of American strategic guidance in the China Burma India theater. Stilwell, a Palatka Florida native, long served in China including Tientsin duty and as military attache in Peiping.
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Jos. W. Stilwell
Stilwell
United States
Palatka
Fla
United States Army
United States Military Academy
Tientsin
15Th Infantry
China
Peiping
Heavy air raids batter Japanese vessels at Rabaul
Canberra March 19 Heavy American and Australian air attacks scored direct hits on a Japanese heavy cruiser at Rabaul New Britain and damaged two other ships during daylight raids. The United Nations air offensive now totals 28 ships sunk or hit, including prior raids on New Guinea bases.
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International News Service
Canberra
Australia
John Curtin
Rabaul Harbor
New Britain Island
Sydney
Rabaul
New Guinea
Curtin
United Nations
State highway crew repair North Jefferson street potholes
State highway department employees finished fixing North Jeffersontreet near Neff street after the heavy snow storm wore large holes in the roadway. Another repair near the Post Office was completed in the past week.
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State Highway Department
Jeffersontreet
Neff Street
Rationing Not Stopping Downtown Parking Woes
Pa Newe dis covers that tire and automo rationing does not ease night parking downtown. A bad heaved pavement on Highland avenue near Sumner avenue creates a brick mound. Robins return and benches on the public square fill again as Clenmore boulevard and Langle wood avenue vie for most frequent road tearing.
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Pa Newe
Highland Avenue
Sumner Avenue
Daily Weather Report for United States
Daily weather statistics for the 24 hours ending 9 am show a maximum of 42 and a minimum of 33 with 0.02 inches precipitation including rain and snow. River stage is 12.2 feet. Year ago figures record a 28 degree high, 19 degree low, and trace precipitation.
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United States
Plan New Move To Halt Auto Tire Thefts
Harrisburg March 19 state motor police commissioner Lynn G Adams urges a law requiring auto inspection stations to report tire owners with no serial numbers to curb tire thefts. He notes current laws restrict community enforcement and warns shortages may drive a rise in hot tires.
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John Paget
Harrisburg
Lynn G. Adams
Adams
Fierce Fighting On Burma Front
Fierce fighting was reported today on the Burma front as British and Allied forces tried to halt Japanese thrusts along the Irrawaddy and toward Prome and Mandalay. Earlier clashes north of Toungoo were noted, following American air raids on Moulmein that destroyed 15 Japanese planes.
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International News Service
New Delhi
India
Burma
Irrawaddy River
Prome
Mandalay
Kanyutkwin
Toungoo
Moulmein
Rivers Falling At Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh river stage at the point in downtown was falling after an 11 hour stationary period. The weather bureau reported stage variance of only a few hundredths of an inch from yesterday afternoon to this morning. A slight rise in the Allegheny and a drop in the Monongahela balanced the level. at 9 am the stage stood at 21 feet with the Monongahela wharf still partly submerged hindering auto parking.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
Point
Weather Bureau
Allegheny
Monongahela
Army raises enlistment age to forty five
Sergeant O. E Tighe announced from the local recruiting station that the United States Army now allows original enlistments for men aged 18 to 45, changing the previous 18 to 35 limit effective immediately.
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United States Army
O. E Tighe
Wainwright Named to Lead American Filipino Forces
Maj. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright chosen to succeed Gen. Douglas MacArthur as commander of American Filipino forces in the Philippines. MacArthur and staff transferred to Australia to take supreme command of United Nations forces in the Australian area.
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International News Service
Washington
War Department
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States Army
Burma
Stilwell
Philippines
United Nations
Australia
U. S
Henry L. Stimson
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Jonathan M. Wainwright
MacArthur
Film Co Head Sidney Kent Dies at 55
Sidney Kent president of the Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation died of a heart attack in his New York townhouse. He was 55 and had recent health issues though not deemed dangerous. His daughter Peggy Kent, wife of radio announcer Don Wilson, was notified in Hollywood by his stepmother Mrs. Lillian Kent at his bedside.
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New York
Sidney Kent
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Kent
Peggy Kent
Don Wilson
Hollywood
Lillian Kent
Death Record Notices for Several Individuals
Obituaries list several individuals with ages and hometowns including Mrs. Mary Belle Miller 33 East street. Mrs. Catherine Patterson 70 Dayton Ohio. Miss Mary Hanna Grove City. Michael Joseph McGuire 75 Hoysdale. Mrs. Thomas W. Glover 475 Ellwood City. Frederick Kemp Pashley 69 Y M C A.
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Mary Belle Miller
East Street
Catherine Patterson
Dayton
Mary Hanna
Grove City
Michael Joseph McGuire
Hoysdale
Thomas W. Glover
Ellwood City
Frederick Kemp Pashley
Soldier Killed In Traffic Collision At Indiantown Gap
A bus collision near Indiantown Gap military reservation in Pennsylvania killed Pvt Frank Woworski of Canton Ohio and injured 27 others, mostly soldiers. Pvt Paul Latella of Philadelphia remained in critical condition with a skull fracture. other injured include Pvt Alva Pyle Sgt Robert Hauser Pvt Henry Strembek and Pvt Norman Slack.
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Indiantown Gap
Ohio
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Frank Woworski
Canton
R. D
Post Hospital
Paul Latella
Philadelphia
Alva W. Pyle
New York City
Robert Hauser
Springfield
Henry Strembek
Cleveland
Norman F. Slack
Lebanon
William Donner
Lancaster
William Klepper
Charles Eckert
Jonestown
Collision kills William M. McKee in Ohio suburb
William M. McKee aged 29 of Salina Pennsylvania died after a Monday night crash between his car and a truck near Chillicothe Ohio. He was the son of Lieut. Col. W. M. McKee.
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Chillicothe,o
Chillicothe
William M. McKee
Salina
W. M. McKee
German Reserves Halt Russian Advance Reported
Moscow reports heavy fighting southwest of Moscow as German reinforcements surge to stop the Russian advance. New German units allegedly sent into battle suffered severe losses with one encircled objective near Vyazma. Soviet cavalry conducted deep raids inflicting further German losses.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio Today
Moscow Radio
Vyazma
Hope To Capture Fire Alarm Vandals
City council discussed false fire alarms and passed Solon D. O. Davies' resolution offering a 25 dollar reward for capture and conviction of vandals. Davies urged Mayor Charles B. Mayne for police cooperation, and the mayor pledged to check officers' duties.
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Solon D. O. Davies
Davies
Charles B. Mayne
Mrs. W. L. Mellon Taken By Death
Mrs William Larimer Mellon wife of Gulf Oil Corporation chairman died on the Mellon yacht Old River off Miami Fla after illness during a cruise. The body was being returned to Pittsburgh. She was formerly Mary Hill Taylor.
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Pittsburgh
William Larimer Mellon
Gulf Oil Corporation
Mellon
Miami
Mary Hill Taylor
Florida
Old River
Woman's Body Found In Trunk In Atlanta Basement
Atlanta police hold four family members incommunicado after Mildred Seymour Williams 22shoe store clerk was found stuffed in a waterlogged basement trunk. Suspects include Mrs Minnie Lee Griffin 46 and her sons T E Griffin 26 J W Griffin 16 and son-in-law K D Hubert 26. Authorities probe murder suspicions with four hour grilling.
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Atlanta
Mildred Seymour Williams
Minnie Lee Griffin
T. E. Griffin
J. W. Griffin
K. D. Hubert
Dodgers Given Sentences Draft Dodgers Given Sentences
ERIE PA March 19 John R Slezak 21 of Ambridge Pa was given three years in a federal institution for failing to report for his physical examination under the selective service act He said he had no religious scruples just that he did not believe in war He admitted destroying his registration card Joseph Marcinak of Ambridge a member of Jehovahs Witnesses was found guilty of draft evasion and given three years in a federal penitentiary
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Erie
John R. Slezak
Ambridge
Joseph Marcinak
Jehovah's Witnesses
Brazil Moves To Break Axis Ring In Nation
Brazilian authorities arrested three prominent German nationals in Paraiba for Nazi activities. Otto Pruntzek led the German Comrades Organization in Joao Pessoa. A German map pamphlet, propaganda, and a letter by Hans Albrecht were seized. An unnamed German photographer and Werner Gunter assisting were also arrested.
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International
Rio DE Janeiro
Paraiba
Otto Pruntzek
German Comrades
Joao Pessoa
National Socialist Legion
Pruntzek
Hans Albrecht
Werner Gunter
New Registration Planned for 18 to 64 Year Olds
Washington reports planned registration of 18 and 19 year olds and men from 45 to 64 during late April as part of mobilization. Legislation to train 18 and 19 year olds for immediate induction at age 20 is being rushed through Congress. Brig. Gen. Hershey said war-industry labor may be conscripted over military deployment.
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International News Service
Washington
America
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
Japanese advance near Mandalay as Burma evac continues
London reports Japanese troops are within 30 miles of Mandalay and the city is being evacuated. A Nazi station says 25 Allied planes were destroyed in raids on the Solomon Islands. Richard Casey named British minister of state in the Middle East, succeeding Oliver Lyttelton.
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International News Service
London
Paris
Burma
Mandalay
Solomon Islands
Richard Casey
Washington
Middle East
Weathering the Wind and Rain in Early Spring Days
Arthur Memeter notes the wind and rain along the pike as mud and sun mix with the coming spring. He urges patience for brighter days, saying the bluster now is the prelude to pleasant weather despite skies that are dark and thirty nine.
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