Russian Troops Advance Toward Smolensk On Central Front
Moscow reports Soviet forces push toward Smolensk on the central front after heavy fighting near Bryansk. German losses count 65,000 killed in three days as Russians claim to have captured over 40 inhabited localities and strongpoints. Aerial activity, naval actions, and repelled counterattacks are noted with Dorogobushy threatened from two sides and Russian forces within 50 miles of Smolensk.
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Alua Renechonls
Moscow
Mtarel
Srvieli
Smolensk
Lockiy
Bryansk
Kuban
Caucasus
Resistanes
O.sudding
Dorvogobudh LA Reuter
Sovi
Dorogobushy
Dorogobuazhi
Lerny
Winters Is Observed In Despite Snowdrop
The town records a 12 degree night with milder day, contrasting last year’s five inch snowfall. Residents adapt with gardening talk and preparations for spring. War bond drives loom in New Castle and Lawrence counties, demanding broad participation. Ashes cleared from streets after winter, with highway berms being reinforced.
Daily Weather Report for United States
Daily weather statistics for the 24 hours ending today show a maximum 38 degrees, minimum 17, heavy frost precipitation, and a river stage of 7.8 feet. Comparable data from a year ago report a maximum 60, minimum 31, and 60 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Areias
British Bombers Resume Night Raids Over Coast Base
British bombers resumed night raids after a 10 day lapse with a heavy assault on the St Nazaire submarine base on the French coast. RAF Whirlwind bombers also hit rail targets in Brittany and returned safely. A strong force renewed operations over the channel to weaken enemy war production ahead of the invasion.
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Charles “Ay Smafh Ff
London
Nag
St. Nazaire
Air ”Ministry
Reich
Europe
Eskell
Ab. St. Nazaire
Brittany
Coperalanes
Pacific Sea War Costs Japanese Naval Forces
A Washington dispatch reports that Pacific combat has cost Japan at least 50,000 trained naval personnel with U S losses under 15,000 dead and missing. The survey tallies 111 Japanese warships destroyed versus about 70 American vessels. The figures reflect the waning naval clashes since the Guadalcanal air and sea victory last November and limited subsequent action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josepha, Bors
le N.S
Washington
United States
Jong
Aff
Guadalcanal
USO Names New Officers and Center Plans
Rev. G S Bennett pastor of the First Christian church was named chairman of the United Service Organizations at its annual meeting on March 22. New officers include Vice Chairman Emanuel Shenkens, Secretary Gilbert Levine, Treasurers Howard M Burr and Robert L Meermans, and three new directors James C Brice Louis B Round John Leonard Ib. The large storeroom on the public square previously held by Lawrence Furniture Co. was taken over by USO for an information and recreation center for service men. Bundles for America will furnish the room and it is expected to open about April 15 as transfers fill up and soldiers are stationed at Westminster and Grove City colleges. The USO is composed of Catholic Welfare Board, Jewish Welfare Board, Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, and Travelers Aid.
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G. S.’Bennett
First
Christian Church
United
Bennett
Robert’ L Meermans
James C. Brice
Louis B Round
John
Leonard
Lawrence Furniture Company
America
Army
Wavy
Westminster
Grove City Colleges
United Service Organization
Catholic Welfare Board
Jewish Welfare Board
Salvation Army Wei
Potatoes Held In Boston By Red Tape Of OPA
More than 80 carloads of Maine potatoes headed to Massachusetts markets sit idle in Charlestown yards as an OPA clash over price ceilings unfolds. Maine growers call them seed potatoes with a $3.83 hundredweight cap, while the regional OPA lists them as table stock at $3.08. Growers protest to Washington and threaten bypassing Massachusetts shipments, insisting on an affidavit not to eat the stock and seeking a resending of the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciiternational News Service
Boston
Maine
Massachusetts
Charlestown
OPA
Washington
Federal Department
of Agriculture
Warning device for peeping Tom causes fatality
In Upper Darby on March 23, 23 year old Chester plant worker Burris was shot and killed after stepping on a home made electric warning device. Stephen Sauck, 30, claimed he placed the alarm under a mat to deter a peeping Tom and shot Burris when the man refused to stop. Sauck was jailed without bail as police could not confirm Burris was the target. Burris worked at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock in Chester.
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Upper Darby
Sauck
Samacian
Darby
Burris
the Sun
Chester
New Battle in Pacific Likely, Says Knox
Secretary of the Navy Knox told reporters the Pacific battlefronts are quiet now but warned the calm could be before the storm. He advised against optimistic deductions from the nine names listed in the navy’s latest casualty report, noting casualties rise and fall.
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Washington
Campbell Flier Among 10 Killed in Harlingen Crash
Ten officers and men died when a bomber from the Harlingen Army base crashed during a gunnery training flight yesterday afternoon. The Harlingen public relations office identified victims including First Lieut Coburn B. Snook of Fayetteville New York Staff Sgt Jack Delphia of Pyt and Joseph R Martell of Campbell Ohio. The plane crashed and burned as it landed for a return from a training flight.
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Harlingen
Texas
Gulinery
Coburn
B. Snook
Fayetteville
N. Y
Jackdelphia
Pyt
Joseph R.martell
Campbell
Ohio
Chilraga
Phil
Bombers Hit Burmese Military Camps In Burma War Update
British bombers attacked military camps in Burma including Akyab Laungeehaung Kalachaung Simbo Magwe and Ki i. An official communique said heavy damage was inflicted and all planes returned safely.
Mambare River Region Cleared Of Japs In New Guinea
Allied forces reported the Mambare River region cleared of Japanese troops with about 700 killed and 1000 captured. In the same operation, Gasmata airbase on New Britain suffered heavy bomb damage, runways and facilities hit by 2,000 pound bombs. Additional raids targeted Lorengau harbor and enemy bases at Madang, Finschhagen and Lae as three Japanese bombers attacked Milne Bay. Recon patrols near New Britain yielded no enemy destroyer sighting.
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Lee Vanatta
Marvel 24
New Guinea
Mambave
Hes Woot
Ab Gasmata
New
Britain
Gasmata
Lorengau
Admiralty Islands
Madang
Finschhagen
Lae
Orl
New Guichea
Milne
Bay Avenvale
Solomons
New Britain
Neave Hy
Invan
Knox calls Nazi submarine reports a wild dream
Secretary Knox dismissed Nazi claims of a new submarine using oxygen in diesel motors to operate without batteries as a wild dream. He said the reports published in the United States wereexcited rumors and not credible.
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Cinternational News Service
Washington
Navy
Knox
No Truth In Rumor Government To Stop War Bonds
Postmaster William Hanna said there is no foundation to rumors the government will stop cashing war bonds after April 1. He noted a rush to cash bonds yesterday as people fear a ban, but bonds remain valid after a 60 day holding period. He believes the rumor is propaganda to hinder the war effort on the eve of a major bond sale.
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Wlliam Ri Hanna
Rmigy
Hanna
Haina
Naazi
Naples Bombed Again by Axis Forces
International News Service from Cairo reports heavy bombing of Naples for a second consecutive night. Large fires erupted in the southern Italian port area that served as a key supply base for Axis forces in Tunisia.
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International News Service
Cairo
Bamberg
Naples
Middle East
Ital
Dane Park
Tunisia
War Labor Board blocks wage increases in steel formulas
Washington March 23 President Roosevelt appears to have ended hopes of John L Lewis securing a $2 a day wage rise for United Mine Workers as the War Labor Board rejects proposals to alter the Little Steel formula. The board vows to enforce the October wage-freezing act, warning employers against unapproved pay boosts while urging continued production in coal mine negotiations. The March 11 contract deadline nears with a potential April mines shutdown if no new pact is signed, amid deadlock since New York talks between Lewis and operators.
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Jack
Vincent Cle N
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
United Mine Worker's Union
War Labor Board
Wge
Lewis
New-York
Cook
Betw Lewis
Carl
New’. York
Lewise
Union Leaders Propose 30 Day Coal Labor Pact
Union leaders propose a 30 day retroactive extension to the coal labor contract as President Roosevelt seeks uninterrupted soft coal mining. The plan calls for mines in the Appalachian area to stay operating for 30 days under existing terms with retroactive wage and hour adjustments pending continued negotiations. The proposal, signed by United Mine Workers Appalachian joint conference leaders and several officials, follows Roosevelt’s assurances of government consideration for any adjustments to prices.
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James LO Kilgalen
NLS
New York
Roosevelt
John K. Lewis United Mine
Northern
Lewis
Appalachian Bank
United Mines Workers of America
Appalachian Joint Conference
John Ones
John.t. Jones
C. F. Davis
James Marky - Willian
Do. Hynes
John’ F. Busarello
Frank Hughes
Vgohn li Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Tax Clerks Struggle as Returns Pile Up in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh March 23 internal revenue clerks labor through first quarter income tax returns. The office banked 4,085,660.51 yesterday from 25,600 returns. To date the Pittsburgh office has collected 154,146,986.41 from 418,200 taxable returns. Last year's totals were 124,943,618.67 from 422,300 returns.
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Cinternationals News
Pletsburgh
Revenue Department
Pittsburgh
Axis Armies Pushed Back in Tunisian Front by Allies
Allied forces press the Tunisian front with Patton’s troops seizing Maknassy while Rommel’s units counter near El Guettar. British Eighth Army outflanks Mareth line, advancing toward El Hamma and Gabes as heavy fighting and air offensives continue along the front.
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Eighth Arms
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Mareth Line
Algiers
U.S
International‘ News
Service Allied
North Africa
Rommel
Panzer
el Guettar
Hakjeb-El-Aioun
Kairouan
Robert. .G. Nixon
International News Service
Allied
George’ S.patton, Jr
Maknassy
Eighth Army
el Hamma
Gabes
Sta
EF Guettar
Gabe
Mahares
Une
Sea
Bernard Law Monts
Amiy Alamein
Sucre
Widday
Marehy
Gatsa
Guettar
ANS
Death Record for Adams and Warmkessel in Ellwood City
Ellwood City observer reports a death record for James Adams age 81 and Mildred Warmkessel age 81 in Beaver County. The notice lists a Beaver Pats affiliation and a Wiley party affiliation with unclear details. Local officials note a brief obituary and no further information available at this time.
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Warmkessel
Beaver Pats
Wiley
Ellwood City
Niiella
Modre
Adams
Dintee
Estveel
Navy reports new air raids on Kiska by Liberator bombers
The Navy said Army Liberator bombers struck Japanese positions at Kiska for the 21st time this campaign. Two groups of B-24 and B-25 bombers with fighter escort attacked on March 21, but results were observed only as one large fire, with no other immediate effects reported.
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Washington
Navy
Kiska
Fiska
Unis
Prelfie
Grass Fires Alarm City Firemen Respond
City firemen were called to two grass fires on Barbour and Porter streets and Woost Leasure Avenue on Monday. Firefighters arrived to find flames already controlled at first call and stopped further spread.
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Barbour and Porter
Spring track meets blur lines as runners push limits
An aged, humorous account recalls college track events with spring weather turning runners competitive in scanty attire. The piece notes long miles, repeated sprints, and fans reacting to the score as spring arrives and the season begins.
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College Rarriers
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Arthur Mometer
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