Bombers Launch New Assaults on Corregidor Artillery Erupts on Bataan
War department report says sharpshooting American and Philippine artillery hit Japanese lines on Bataan with heavy casualties. Corre vidor Island anti aircraft batteries repelled 54 heavy bombers of a new type. The first major raid since January caused only slight damage to installations while Americans claimed success against the attackers.
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International News Service
Washington
Bataan
Correvidor Island
Philippines
War Department
Dover Hit by Heaviest German Raid in Nine Months
London reports a major night raid on Britain with the invasion port at Dover as a target. Soldiers and air raid crews labored to rescue people trapped beneath debris after fifteen Nazi bombers struck southeast coastal towns, destroying banks shops and cottages with no immediate casualty figure available.
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International News Service
London
Dover
British Isles
Torpedoing Of Six More Enemy Ships In Japanese Waters
U S forces report sinking or damaging six more enemy ships in Japanese waters as Allied sea and air power increases. Analysts cite heavy Japanese losses and extended supply lines, with UN determination to press the war, while MacArthur moves from the Philippines to Australia and Sayre is reassigned.
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Washington
Far Pacific
United Nations
Nippon
Pacific
United Nations Halt Japanese Advance In New Guinea
International News Service reports WEEBURNE March 24 that UN forces blasted Japanese troops and ships, claiming at least 7000 dead plus LCO planes and torpedoes, halting the Nippon advance along the Markham valley near Port Moresby after bridgeheads at Lae and Salamaua.
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Weeebourne
United Nations
Australia
Port Moresoy
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Lae
Salamaua
World War Vet Patterson to Speak at Hello America Event
Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, a World War veteran, will be among speakers at the 11th annual Hello America program to be held Thursday evening March 26. Local VFW posts sponsor meetings in post rooms, ending with initiation of candidates by commander-in-chief Max Singer. Lawn rolling rises as homeowners prepare for spring chores. Trout season opens April 15 and streams are stocked in anticipation. New Castle residents stay safety minded as ambulance calls drop since February 6. initial service had about 15 monthly.
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Robert P. Patterson
National Organization of the V.F.W
V.F.W
Max Singer
New Castle
Daily Weather Report for 9 a.m. period
United States weather statistics show a 24 hour period ending at 9 a.m. with a maximum temperature of 43 and a minimum of 23. Snow flurries noted with river stage at 9 feet. Year ago figures recorded a maximum of 60 and minimum of 36 with 0.04 inches of precipitation.
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United States
Ban on US soldiers marrying while in Australia urged by Archbishop
Brisbane March 24 Archbishop Duhig urged a total marriage ban for United States soldiers serving in Australia saying they came to fight not marry. He noted the church already blocks such nuptials unless proof of freedom to marry and written consent from the soldier's commanding officer is shown. More than 20 marriages between American soldiers and Australian girls have been reported recently.
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International News Service
Brisbane
Australia
Duhig
United States
No Extension For Auto Licenses Warns of March 31 Deadline
Acting Secretary of Revenue Walter J. Kress warned there will be no extension for renewing licenses after March 31. Of 2,400,000 applications mailed this year, 1,300,000 renewals have been made, compared with 1,800,000 last year.
New Delhi Shaken by Moderate Earthquake
An earthquake of moderate intensity shook New Delhi on March 24. A mysterious rumbling noise followed the quake, heard citywide. The source of the disturbance was not immediately determined.
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New Delhi
Nazis Fail To Halt Soviet Advance Near Novgorod
Moscow reports say stronger German resistance could not stop the Soviet push toward an ancient walled city on the northwest front believed to be Novgorod. Encirclement and likely annihilation threaten Nazi positions along the Leningrad front.
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Moscow
Novgorod
Leningrad
Lake Ilmen
Weingartner Announces Retirement From State Legislature
Rep. George T. Weingartner of New Castle said he will not seek re election and will retire after 18 years in the General Assembly. He has served in the House 1905 08 and 1925 32 and in the Senate 1909 12, with a return to the House last year for a final term.
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International News Service
Harrisburg
George T. Weingartner
New Castle
House
General Assembly
Lawrence County
Ellwood J. Turner
Delaware
Senate
Weingartner
Lawrence
James M. Smith Sr Honored On 80th Birthday In New Castle
Citizens of New Castle present Shenango Pottery Company president James M. Smith Sr with a stainless steel plaque on his 80th birthday March 23 1942. Judge W Walter Braham delivers brief tribute as Mayor Charles B Mayne Pastor Dr John Jamison McKvaine and Fred L Rentz attend.
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New Castle
James M. Smith
Shenango Pottery Company
W. Walter Braham
Charles B. Mayne
Fred L. Rentz
John Jamison McKvaine
First Presbyterian Church
Farmer Guests Of Rotary Club in New Castle Dinner
About 75 Lawrence county farmers attended the New Castle Rotary Club annual dinner at The Castleton Monday noon. Fred Taylor introduced H R Eby who spoke on farm business cooperation and Pittsburgh merchants aiding Allegheny farmers in relocating a Monongahela market site near Federal Street Northside to serve 175 trucks.
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Lawrence County
New Castle
Federal Street
Northside
Ban on Distracting Slacks Enforces School Wardrobe
Bloomington Illinois March 24 Principal P C Kurtz ordered a ban on wearing distract ing slacks by high school girls. Faculty say some slacks distract peers and hamper education. Future wearers must have parental approval and dean of women must deem them non distracting.
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Bloomington, Ill
Bloomington
P. C. Kurtz
British Flier Bagged 45 Planes in Burma Battles
London March 24 Wing Commander Frank Carey nicknamed Cockney Bill has been awarded the second bar of the distinguished flying cross for leadership in Burma. He is credited with destroying at least 45 enemy planes, becoming the RAF’s top fighter. runner up is Wing Commander Malan with 35 aircraft.
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London
Frank Carey
RAF
Cockney Bill
Burma
Air Ministry
Carey
Malan
Red Navy Delivers Reinforcements to Sevastopol
London dispatch reports a large convoy of transports with supplies and reinforcements for the Sevastopol garrison in Crimea. The Red Navy fought off submarines dive bombers and German mine fields while the Red Army garrison mounted a diversion to shield the approaching ships.
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International News Service
London
Red Navy
Sevastopol
Daily Herald
Crimean
Black Sea
Daily Herald Dispatch
Red Army
Untimely Republican Suggestion on MacArthur for 1944
Washington March 24 Republican senators labeled as untimely and immature ideas that General Douglas MacArthur may be the Republican presidential candidate in 1944. Veterans deny any movement toward MacArthur and warn such talk harms both him and the party.
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International News Service
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Local death notices list five residents with ages and addresses
Death notices include Myrtle McConnell Wilson, 68, of 710 North Mercer street. Joseph D. Donnelly, 55, Ellwood City. Charles E. Holliday, 95, Mercer R. D. 6. Jesse H. Gardner, 63, 421 Duquesne avenue. and Mrs. David L. Forsberg, R. F. D. No. 3.
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Myrtle McConnell Wilson
North Mercer Street
Joseph D. Donnelly
Ellwood City
Charles E. Holliday
Mercer
R. D
Jesse H. Gardner
Duquesne Avenue
David L. Forsberg
U S Navy Flying Boat Crew Fights 72 Jap Planes
London dispatch reports a U S Navy flying boat crew manned during a heavy Nippon raid on Port Darwin. The crew engaged 72 Japanese planes, remained victorious in the battle, but their craft was shot down in flames. All four crew members were wounded and rescued by a cargo ship later sunk by Japanese forces. 40 aboard reached land in lifeboats.
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International News Service
London
Australia
London Daily Telegraph Today
U. S. Navy
Port Darwin
Britain warned on invasion season duties and defense
Sir John Anderson told Parliament Britons must arm and organize fit men and resist invasion with all means. Government urges unity and scorched earth only by government instruction, warning against refugee movements and stressing defense of homes and land. Churchill cautions Germany may attempt a last desperate gamble if eastern front pressures grow.
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International News Service
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
John Anderson
Council
Jobill
Anderson
Britain
France
Russia
John
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Churchill
Chinese Troops Launch Fierce Burma Counter Attack
Fighting rages along the Pyu river seven miles south of Toungoo as Chinese expeditionary forces under General Stilwell counter Japanese, Siamese, and Burmese troops. The United Nations air battle over Burma features American, R.A.F., Indian, and Chinese pilots opposing waves of Japanese bombers and fighters. A traitorous Burmese element fighting with the Japanese is disclosed for the first time.
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Chungking
Burma
Toungoo
Joseph W. Stilwell
Chiang Kai-shek
Pyu
Mandalay
Burima
Stilwell
United Nations
American Volunteer Group
R.A.F
British army air corps formed to unite air troops
London reports the formation of a British army air corps uniting land forces air units with the Royal Air Force as backbone while glider troops may be first used. New Delhi notes the Royal Indian Navy sloop Dumana shot down at least four Japanese bombers in the Sunda Strait during a daylong battle. A New York dispatch mentions two powerful simultaneous attacks on Japanese airfields in Thailand.
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Manila
Lae
New Guinea
Rabaul
Darwin
Timor
Katherine
Port Augusta
Perth
Australia
Bai
London
British Army Air Corps
Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Army Air Force
Royal Air Force
New Delhi
Dumama
Royal Indian Navy
Sunda Strait
Java
Sumatra
New York
Thailand
Tax time comes for the war effort warns weathered voice
A wartime warning speech notes rising pains of tax and inflation as the year ends. It urges thrift to fund tanks and bombers and to resist unnecessary spending while the weather marks forty eight degrees.
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Jan
Corregidor
Joseph A. Bors
National News Service
Miles
Tral Presse
U. S
America
Francis B. Sayre
Islands
Port Moresby
Inter
PA Newc
BUY United
Daily Weather Report
Sen. Weingartner
James M. Smith, Sr
Rotary Club
British Flier
U.S. Navy Flying Boat
By Charles A. Smith
By Francis Lee
Tional News Service
Arthur Mometer
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