U S Bombers Hit Berlin Again In Six Day Assault
U S Eighth Air Force bombers attacked Berlin for the fourth time in six days, with Fortresses and Liberators striking the capital for a second straight day. Strong escort fighters from the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces accompanied the raids as German resistance waned. Berlin has faced more than 30,000 tons of bombs since the RAF raid on Nov 18, while American raids push a relentless campaign.
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London
Berlin
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Germany
Hitler
War casualty totals rise to 162282 with 37853 dead
Washington reports American war casualties totaling 162282 with 37853 killed. War Secretary Stimson cites Army figures of 121458 casualties including 20592 dead, and Naval totals of 40824 with 17261 killed. Marine and Coast Guard losses included. Prisoner deaths due to disease noted. Ends in mistrial in Pittsfield murder case. Tokyo radio reports bombers attacking Wake Island with unconfirmed date. AP gains direct appeal to Supreme Court in anti trust suit.
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Stimson
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy
Marines
New York
The
Associated Press
United States Supreme Court
News Cooperative
125 German Planes Shot Down By U S Wednesday
London march 9 bombers which attacked Berlin yesterday shot down 42 German planes, Army headquarters announced today. With 83 planes shot down by fighters, total for the day 125, versus 176 on Monday. Five-to-one victory cited in fighter escorts over Berlin. Bomber loss halved to 38 from 68, as Fortresses and Liberators focused on Erkner and other industrial targets.
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Berlin
Army
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Hitler
Thunderbolt
Erkner
Stockholm
Morgen Tidningen
Russ Drive Through Mud Near Proskurov in Ukraine
Moscow dispatches report Soviet forces advancing through heavy mud toward Proskurov Ukraine aiming to seize a key junction on the Odessa Warsaw railway. Chernostrov captured, Staro Konstantinov under battle, Gruzhevitsa stormed, German lines threatened as Von Mannerheim counters.
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Marshal Zhukov
Red Army
Ukraine
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Moscow
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Volochisk
Chern-ostrov
Staro-Konstantinov
Lwow
Cernauti
Rumania
Odessa-Warsaw
Zhmerinka
Dnieper
Cherni-Ostrov
Gruzhevitsa
Moscow Bulletin
Volosovtsy
Fritz von Mannstein
Allies On Threshold Of Critical Offensives
Navy Secretary Knox told the House Foreign Affairs committee that Allied offensives against the Axis are on the threshold of decisive actions and urged Congress to extend the lend lease act beyond June 30. He cited vast U S transfers of ships and aircraft and praised Brazilian Cuban and French cooperation in convoy, patrols, and missions aiding the war effort.
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Congress
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Bearn
Brazil
Cuba
Coast Guard
Britain
U S and Britain Mulling Naval Aid to Russians
London reports Prime Minister Churchill stated that disposition of enemy fleets should be deferred until war's end while confirming Roosevelt’s talk of possibly reinforcing the Soviet navy with Italian or other warships. He said details on Italian fleet transfers remain limited and stressed no change in current Italian arrangements.
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Churchill
Roosevelt
Washington
House of Commons
Germany
Japan
Russia
Earl Winterton
United States
Leslie More-Belisha
Great Britain
Aneurin Hevan
Laborite
Publc
America
Churchdl
Bevan
Casualties In Italy Reach Forty Thousand Nazis
Allied headquarters in Naples reported 40 000 German losses since late January with 9 000 Allied casualties in the Cassino area. The communique noted 1 500 Germans captured, rest wounded or killed, plus 24 000 German losses on the Cassino beachhead. Casualties were also reported for the Garigliano sector and mountains north of Cassino with routine patrolling and air raids mentioned. The weather was fair to cloudy and about 900 Allied night sorties were conducted including attacks on Santo Stefano and Orte. Gen Thomas Holcomb was nominated as American minister to South Africa by President Roosevelt.
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Haly
Carroceto
Garigliano
Britishi
Eighth Army
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Ateleta
Italy
Santo Stefano
Rome
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Orte
Capital
Holcomb
Washington
Thomas Holcomb
Marine Corps
Roosevelt
Union of South Africa
38 More Go Today For Induction Into Army
Thirty-eight registrants from Local Draft Boards One and Two leave today for Army service at Fort Meade induction station. Most passed pre induction exams, with few failures among single men. groups include fathers, brothers, and a Frederick attorney among Board One figures.
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Jess W
Robert W. Poulson
Emmitsburg
Manuel M. Weinberg
Frederick
Board One
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George W. Moore
Knoxville
Aubrey C. Soper
Linden Hills
Melvin E Mentzer
Burkittsville
Charles
Boyds
RFD
Jesse F Hoffman
Brooklyn
James A. L. Wachter
Chesapeake City
Edward L. Albert
East B Street
Brunswick
Frederick M. Kemp
North Market Street
Franklin G. Baumgardner
East Sixth Street
Kenneth E. Fogle
East Fourth Street
Bernard W Zimmerman
Chester L. Baker
East South Street
George F. Ray
Melvin J Hewitt
Thurmont
William A. J. Wentzell
Irving H. DeGrange
Ijamsville
Bernard E Cool
John W Krom, Jr
Lewis N. McClain
Sabillasville
Brinton Lb
Wastler
Graceham
Howard H. Talton
Keymar
Welsh Coal Strike Grows Across Britain in 90 Percent Idle Miners
London March 9 The Welsh coal strike widened with a fresh wave of walkouts bringing idle miners to 90,000 or about 90 percent of the workforce. A total of 165 mines are idle, threatening Britain's war industries and transportation. The Swansea anthracite district also saw 14 pits close. Snow flurries and a chill linger as weather officials expect rising temperatures but no new snow.
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Britain
Swansea
Gwilym Lloyd George
Mills Given Five Years By Court On Two Indictments
Raymond Lee Mills a 22 year old former Army private who went AWOL was sentenced in Circuit Court to five years in the House of Correction on two indictments. He confessed to thefts including stealing a Winebrenner automobile and cash from a Ridgeville garage and described his escape and capture after a dramatic pursuit near North East Maryland. The judge noted that leniency would encourage desertion and added that detainers from other counties were pending as Mills had a prior good record but had stalled his local term.
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Patrick M Schnauffer
Raymond Lee Mills
Montgomery County
National
Ridgeville
Mills
North East
Fort Meade
T. O Nichols
Baltimore
Charles V. Main
D. C. Winebrenner, Inc
South Carroll Street
Main
Roosevelt Can Win In State If He Runs
Annapolis March 9 Fifty two Maryland lawmakers out of 134 respondents to the Baltimore Sun questionnaire say President Roosevelt can win the fourth term and carry Maryland. One Democratic delegate, Charles Carroll Jr., Carrollton, descendant of the signer of the Declaration, says he believes Roosevelt could win Maryland if the Sunpapers oppose him, noting the papers are independent Democratic.
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Maryland
Roosevelt
Baltimore Sun
Charles Carrol, Jr
Carrollton
Carrol
Sunpapers
Submarines Sinker Trade Ships In Pacific Toll Rises
American submarines have sunk 16 Japanese ships in enemy waters, including one large tanker and five transports and ten cargo vessels. The Navy puts total sinkings at 627 with 1,989 enemy vessels accounted for by all causes. Navy notes area not reported, but operationsn are near Japan’s coast as Nimitz warns shipping losses may curb Japan’s war effort.
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Washington
Navy
Japan
Pacific
Brunswick Man Sergi Huffer Killed in South Pacific
Sergt Paul Eugene Huffer of Brunswick died February 9 in the South Pacific from a gunshot wound in an Army hospital near New Guinea. He was 26, served seven years in the Marine Corps, and participated in the Guadalcanal offensive. Survived by wife, parents, and brothers and sisters in Brunswick and nearby areas.
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Paul Eugene Huffer
Harry Huffer
Brunswick
South Pacific
U. S. Marine Corps
Sergt. Huffer
Washington
Paul Huffer
New Guinea
Huffer
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Walter Ambrose
East Potomac Street
Befor
George Gletner
Marvin
Ivan Huffer
D. Woodrow Younkins
Yarrowsburg
Washington County
Lorraine
Bouford S C
Hayes Huffer
Trinidad
South America
German Planes Attack Convoy Off Algiers
A strong German force attacked an Allied convoy off North Africa but Allied airmen downed five attackers and damaged two others. French P-39 pilots destroyed one Junkers 88 in the first wave and RAF Beaufighters added four more. Algiers alerted as a heavy AA barrage rose. About 60 German planes reportedly took part but caused no convoy damage. two Allied planes were lost. Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government lifted a ban on wireless AP news.
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North Africa
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