Rangoon In Ruins And All Southern Burma Is Lost
Japan surged westward beyond Rangoon toward the Irawaddy oil fields as Allied forces faced threats of a Moslem revolt. Rangoon lay in fire-blackened ruins while Java fronts showed Japanese gains near Soerabaja and Ban doeng. In the Philippines, Lt Gen Yamashita was named commander for the Batam invasion, signaling a major effort against American Filipino forces.
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Associated Press
India
Rangoon
Irawaddy
Java
Bandoeng
Soerabaja
Aneta
Japan
Indies
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Malaya
Singapore
Roswell Mayor Hall Drafted For Second Term
Mayor Thomas J. Hall yesterday accepted the call of fifty Roswell business and professional leaders to seek re election for a two year term. The meeting praised his administration during a busy city period and urged support at the March 20 Democratic primary where he is expected to receive unanimous nomination.
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Mayor Hall
Thomas J. Hall
Roswell
Chamber of Commerce
Will C. Lawrence
Bob Ballard
Pat O'Neill
Hall
Mr. Hall
Jason Kellahin
State Defense Fund
King Made Supreme Commander Of Naval Operations
Admiral Ernest J. King was given command of all United States naval operations, consolidating control of combat, planning, and fleet maintenance. He previously led the U.S. fleet and now supersedes Admiral Harold R. Stark as chief of naval operations while Stark takes a new post in European waters. Secretary Knox announced the shift as the navy streamlines its structure amid ongoing army staff changes.
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Washington
United States
Ernest J. King
King
U.S
Harold R. Stark
Chief of Naval Operations
Nary Knox
Admiral Stark
U. S
Army
Farm Groups Oppose Unionization Of Dairy Farmers
Chicago plainspoken clash shows farm organizations in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin reject CIO drive to unionize 3.5 million dairy farmers. Pure Milk Association manager says no common ground between labor and farmers in one group. Wisconsin agriculture council decries drive as selfish and predatory power. John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers affiliate led the push to the Midwest and New England with claims of 27 000 members across New York Pennsylvania Vermont and Michigan.
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Chicago
CIO
Arthur H. Lauterbach
Pure Milk Association
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Dairy Farmers
Middle West
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Michigan
Local Weather Summary from Readings and Averages
Temperature readings taken at three hour intervals ending 11 30 a m yesterday and 8 00 a m today show a high of 73 and a low of 37 with normal highs for the date at 65 and lows at 33. Precipitation for the 24 hours ending 12 30 p m today totals 0 with month to date 0 17 and year to date 1 30. Sunrise 7 15 am Sunset 6 02 pm day length 11 8 hours.
Atrocities by Japanese in Hongkong alleged by Eden
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Japanese forces in Hongkong committed wholesale atrocities after the fall. He cited bayoneting of fifty officers and men, mass rapes and murders of women, and the creation of a Chinese district treated as a brothel, with eye witnesses confirming the brutal acts and linking them to the Nanking massacre. Independent investigation was denied.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Hongkong
Crown Colony
Eden
Nanking
Predict Failure To Reach Big Revenue Goal
Washington March 10 The House Ways and Means Committee opposition to Secretary Morgenthau's tax program grew this day as members predicted the $7.61 billion target in new revenue would not be met. Committee splits on raising over $6 billion in higher taxes emerged, with clear opposition to minor proposals. Hearings continued amid signs of a shift from early favorable sentiment to broader resistance, despite Roosevelt's advisement of strong opposition.
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Washington
House
Morgenthau
Treasury
The
Roosevelt
RAF Bomber Attacks Essen Two Nights Running
London reports heavy night raid on Essen by RAF bombers setting fires including large blazes. Target Krupp munitions works as city suffers second night of air attacks.
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London
Essen
Krupp
Air Ministry
British torpedo planes set Italian cruiser ablaze in central Med
Cairo report says four British torpedo bombers attacked yesterday, setting a Italian cruiser a merchant vessel and a destroyer on fire in the central Mediterranean. The strike targeted an enemy convoy escorted by Italian fleet units, an official announcement stated.
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Cairo
Mediterranean
Japanese cruiser shells Cebu port causing minor damage
The war department reported that a Japanese light cruiser shelled the port of Cebu on Cebu island in the central Philippines today, but the city sustained only slight damage.
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Washington
Cebu
Cebu Island
Philippines
War Department
Communique Says No Activity in Bataan Peninsula
The brief message, based on reports to 9 30 am, notes no ground or air actions in the Bataan peninsula where MacArthur's defenders are holding off the Japanese and adds no further reports from other areas.
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Bataan Peninsula
MacArthur
President Warns Against Inflation And Profiteering
Administration leaders cite a Roosevelt warning on inflation and profiteering to urge the farm bloc to drop farm price restrictions in an agricultural appropriation bill. The president spoke in a broadcast last night reinforcing the warning.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Allied Troops May Occupy Isle of Madagascar
London reports unofficial discussion that Allied forces could seize Madagascar, a Vichy island in the western Indian Ocean, to deter Japanese expansion. Since Singapore’s fall, Madagascar’s strategic value has risen, with a Japanese mission alleged to seek naval and air bases there, while Axis already holds Kerguelen.
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Isle of Madagascar
London
Madagascar
Indian Ocean
Africa
Singapore
South Indian Ocean
Kerguelen Island
Desolation Land
Capetown
Kerguelen
Ang Er Mariner
Madagascar Island Nation and Its Key Harbors
Madagascar ranks as the world’s fourth largest island and France’s largest insular possession. Located about 250 miles off the east African coast, it sits near the Mozambique Channel separating it from Mozambique. Its principal harbor Diego Suarez is described as among the finest natural ports in the world.
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Madagascar
France
Mozambique
Mozambique Channel
Diego Suarez
Guayule Planting In New Mexico To Start Next Week
Rep. Anderson of New Mexico announced that the agriculture department ordered planting of guayule in selected New Mexico tracts to begin next week. The project will be directed from the Texas New Mexico district headquarters in San Antonio with J. T. Presley and C. H. Muller in charge. Farmers are being submitted from Roswell Artesia Carlsbad Las Cruces Deming and Tucumcari via chambers of commerce.
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Washington
Anderson
D-Nm
Department of Agriculture
New Mexico
Texas
Roswell
Artesia
Carlsbad
Las Oe Deming
Tucumcari
Drive By State Oil Men Scrap Drive Gains Support
The New Mexico Petroleum Industry scrap drive reports large metal collections led by Hugh L. Sawyers. He urged county chairmen and operators to continue hauling scrap metal aluminum and rubber as long as available to aid war needs and move materials to eastern mills via local dealers.
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New Mexico Petroleum Industry
Hugh L. Sawyers
New Mexico Oil and Gas Association
New Mexico
Mr. Sawyers
Tom Mason
Lea County
Tom Sivley
Eddy County
Ray Barker
McKinley County
Harry Clark
Survivors From Torpedoed Ships Arrive In Port
Survivors from torpedoed merchant ships reached three Caribbean harbors as the peril on sea lanes between the Americas continued. In Haiti 22 aboard a United States steamer including the captain were rescued. Baracoa Cuba 39 crewmen of a standard oil tanker were saved. Kingston Jamaica 39 survivors, with two bodies recovered, arrived with some injured.
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Caribbean
North
South America
Brazil
Haiti
United States
Carodia
Lloyd’s Shipping Register
Barocoa
Cuba
Lloyd's
Kingston
St. Vincent
British West Indies
Hitler Reported Preparing For Gigantic Offensive In East
London reports say Adolf Hitler is mobilizing deep into manpower for a broad spring drive from Leningrad to Rostov to smash Russia and end the Baltic threat. Conflicting dispatches note possible delays due to early thaws and uncertainty about the 16th Army trap at Staraya Russa.
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Robert E. Bunnelle
London
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Rostov
Russia
Germany
Baltic States
Hitler
Red Army
Staraya Russa
Moscow
Berlin
Four Japanese Carriers Sunk or Damaged, Navy Reports
Washington march 10 four Japanese aircraft carriers have been sunk or damaged since the start of the war, navy figures showed today. A communique said American submarines last week sank or damaged six Japanese vessels, including one carrier with two torpedo hits. Total enemy ships sunk by U. S. submarines rises to 18. all types sunk by army and navy in the western Pacific to 138.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Japan
U. S S
Western Pacific
Three Little Girls Electrocuted in Odessa Bathtub
Three young sisters Eaton aged 1 Klomah Jean aged 5 and Anna Joyce aged 3 died accidentally last night in their Odessa home. They pulled a loose extension cord from a bathtub outlet causing fatal shock. Father L V Eaton was away seeking work at the time.
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Odessa
Tex
Eaton
Klomah Jean
Anna Joyce
Kansas City Reform Administration Up For Re Election
Kansas City March 10 reform administration that ousted the Pendergast machine seeks public vote of confidence. Two factions opposing Mayor John B. Gage unite remnants of the old machine led by Tom Pendergast. James M. Pendergast and Rep Joseph Shannon lead one side. James P. Aylward heads the other. Twenty thousand majority in 1940 and new secret ballot law shape turnout.
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Kansas City
Reform
Pendergast
John B. Gage
Tom Pendergast
James M. Pendergast
Tom
Joseph Shannon
James P. Aylward
Facon
Gage
War Production Board bans rubber tire tractors
Washington on March 10 1942 the War Production Board ordered that farm tractors with rubber tires be prohibited after May 1 and directed manufacturers to switch as quickly as possible to steel wheel equipment.
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Washington
War Production Board
Dominion status for India regarded as a certainty
London reports prime ministerial plans to state India's policy in Parliament. Cripps said a Commons statement could come soon as cabinet debates sharpen the prospect of granting Dominion status in return for India’s wartime support amid Japanese threats and tepid public sentiment.
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India
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Stafford Cripps
Privy Seal
House
Commons
Britain
Hobbs Airport gets $60,000 additional allotment
Hobbs New Mexico March 10 Mayor Guy L. Rogers announced that J. D. Church district airport engineer for the Civil Aeronautics Administration informed him another 60 000 has been allocated for the Hobbs municipal airport project raising total funds to 290 000 The money will cover paving for two runways five taxiways and installation of night landing lights Skousen Bros of Albuquerque began the work about a month ago
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Hobbs
N. M
Guy L. Rogers
J. D. Church
CAA
Hobbs Municipal Airport
Skousen Bros
Albuquerque
Repeal Of Pensions For Congressmen Is Completed
President Roosevelt signed the repeal of pensions for members of Congress. The measure was part of an army and navy pay increase bill that funded new Panama Canal locks. The act raises pay 20 percent for enlisted personnel abroad and 10 percent for officers, with continued pay for missing and captured personnel and allotments to dependents.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Navy
Panama Canal
Continental
United States
Japanese Landing At Finschhafen On New Guinea
Sydney reports Japanese forces made their third landing on New Guinea at Finschhafen about 60 miles west of Lae. Enemy bombers kept up nearly nonstop raids on Port Moresby, marking the tenth raid on the airport roughly 280 miles from Australia.
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Sydney
Australia
New Guinea
Finschhafen
Lae
Port Moresby
Rent ad drew crowds but wear and tear costs loom
Mrs Mary Frances McClure recalls placing a room for rent classified ad in Record, which drew many applicants and led to rapid rental. The piece notes advertisers bear risk for damages caused by mobs answering ads and states compensation for wear and tear cannot be paid.
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Mary Frances McClure
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Pearl Harbor
He, Lee Ca Ae. Eee
Burma
House Committee
Pecos Valley
Kansas City Reform Administration
Pendegrast
Sir Stafford Cripps
Empire
New Jap
J. F. Kambric
E. 2Nd St
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