Allied push in Burma and Pacific raids widen war fronts
Allied forces press to the Hukawng valley in Burma as American engineers build a road to China and American ground troops prepare to act as a unit. In Hainan and northern Thailand bombers claim 39 enemy aircraft destroyed while Los Negros sees heavy fighting and occupation shifts. Central Pacific raids target Lorengau, Rabaul, and Kwajalein area bases with multiple tonnages, as Burma’s Arakan front remains tense with shelling and patrol casualties.
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Seraf Ankof la Eua
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Joseph W. Shill
China
Hukawng
United States
Stillwell
Hainan Island
Thailand
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Central Pacific
Japan
Caroline Islands
Mamote
Los Negros
MacArthur
Manus Island
Admiralties
First Cavalry Division
Lorengau
Rabaul
New Britain
New Guinea
Wewak
Hol
Jlandia
Hausa Bay
Maungraw
Southeast Asia
Arakan
Buthedaung
German Anzio Casualties 24000
An authoritative source reports 24000 German casualties in three failed attempts to wipe out the Anzio beachhead below Rome. Heavy losses fed into shattered plans to meet Eisenhower’s invasion, with divisions diverted to Italy and others held for northern France and the Balkans.
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Anzio
Italy
Rome
English Channel
Eisenhower
France
Riviera
Cassino
Clear Skies Forecast for San Antonio Resulting in Cold Night
Clear skies and colder weather are forecast for San Antonio Monday night and Tuesday by forecaster J. H. Jarboe. The low Tuesday morning is expected to be about 42 degrees.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Texas Bombardier In Raid on Berlin
Mexia Texas bombardier Lieutenant Marshal J Phixton was part of the first American bomber crew over Berlin in Saturday’s Eighth Air Force raid. He reported intense flak but said it did not hurt the crew as they dropped their bombs.
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London
Mexia
Texas
Marshal J. Phixton
Herl
Eighth Air Force
Phixton
Strikes in Italy Reach Across Northern Regions
Reports from the Italian frontier indicate 3 to 6 million workers staged strikes in northern Italy threatening to disrupt Nazi controlled industry. Rome radio denied the action while Fascist papers confirmed it. Decrees warned workers to return by March 8 or face penalties including deportation to Poland. Milan saw an extraordinary tribunal convened as Fascists formed crews to operate street cars and buses.
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Italy
Riverside Lt Swanson Kills Two Wounds Five at Camp Anza
Riverside California March 6 Riverside police said a Camp Anza lieutenant shot and killed three people two of them women including the lieutenant's wife and wounded five others before commandeering a car and fleeing into Arlington. He shot and killed Patrolman Arthur Simpson and wounded Ray Schlegel before Swanson was shot. Swanson was taken to Camp Anza hospital and Schlegel to Riverside County hospital in serious condition.
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Riverside
Calif
Lins
Gampa Anza Army
Swanson
Ar |Ington
Ray Schlegel
Los Angeles
Gon
Schlegel
Arthur B. Simpson
BE. F. Cole
Simpson
Cole
Camp Anza
Riverside County
Anlighby
Anza
Crystal Interception Foiled by New Radio Crystals
SOUTHBRIDGE Mass March 6 The army disclosed a new method using crystals to direct radio transmissions and block enemy interception. Dr B D Tiller and Dr Tier described crystals with a face parallel to the axis of the radio beam enabling precise control of wavelength and secure air waves for tanks planes and submarines. The technique, developed by an optical company with army and navy permission, promises more efficient cryptic signaling and prevents enemy reading transmissions.
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Southbridge
Mass
Dr. Tier
B.d.tiller
Dr. Tiller
Optical Company
Russians Cut Odessa Lwow Rail Line In Major Push
The First Ukrainian army advanced southwest and appeared to cut the Odessa Lwow railroad, the last German supply line out of southern Russia. Zhukov’s force pressed toward Tarnopol and Volochisk, killing many Germans and capturing vast booty. Finns retreated as Soviet fronts widened south, while German losses were described as enormous and material was captured or abandoned.
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Associated Press
Odessa-Lwow
Russia
Volochisk
Tarnopoal
Rumania
Red Army
Romania
Gregory K. Zhukov
Stalin
Lwow Staduf
Soutern
Poland
Tarnopol
Shumsk
Yampl
Ostropol
Finlaid
Gulf of Finland
Naroya River
Bavick
OPA Checks Gas Ration Coupons at Stations
The enforcement division of the OPA began inspecting motorists ration coupons at filing stations to ensure each coupon was endorsed with the license number and state registration. No violations were reported up to Monday.
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OPA
Children Blamed In Garage Fire
Authorities blame two children for a garage fire started by playing with matches. The blaze damaged the garage at Saunders on 11 South Cherry Street and caused exposure damage to the Saunders residence valued at about 100 dollars.
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Saunders
South Cherry Street
Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas Monday through Tuesday
Forecast shows partly cloudy conditions for San Antonio and vicinity with cooler Monday night. Tuesday brings generally fair and cooler weather, with Tuesday morning lows around 42 degrees. East Texas expected partly cloudy Monday with thunder showers in the far east, cooler interior, near freezing in northwest and Red River valley regions, and cooler central and southern portions Tuesday.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Red River
First U S Bomber Lights Berlin On Historic Mission
In a rare account for International News Service Second Lieutenant Arthur T Howard, navigator of the Fortress- Situation Normal, recalls the first U S bombing of Berlin. The crew faced 60 below zero, 70 mph winds, frost and flak as they attacked the German capital from 20 000 to 26 000 feet. The bombardier Max Lyon and tail gunner Floyd Mann endured exposure and a shattered plexiglass nose as the formation pressed home the raid.
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Arthur T. Howard
Berlin
U.S
International News Service
Howard
A. G. Bowder
Hannibal
Alrapeed
Frank G. Vansant
Bon. Sy
Pitman
N.Y
A. U. & Fortress
England
Germany
Jerry
Statt
Floyd H
Mann
Gadsden
Alc
Max
Max Lyon
Indianola
Iowa
Heavy American bombers strike Berlin in second raid
London reports the eighth air force dispatched heavy bombers with strong fighter escort on a daylight attack against Berlin. The raid, following Saturday's feebreaker, targeted the Berlin district with claims of precision hits while R. A. F. night raids already pounded the city. Twenty seven enemy planes were shot down as the operation stretched from Britain across northern France to Berlin, with blitz-like daylight and night assaults continuing.
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London
U. 8
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
France
Churchill
Germany
Dingle M. Fact
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Europe
Pas de Calais
Brunswick
Zuider Dee
Heavel Lakes
Dl.a
Tragedy in Italian Train Tunnel Kills 509 Civilians
In Naples 509 Italian civilians perished early Saturday when a freight train crowded with civilians stalled inside a southern Italian tunnel. Brig. Gen. Carl R. Gray called the disaster one of the most unusual in railroading. Only about 50 escaped. carbon monoxide from the engine swept the tunnel. All crew except the fireman died. no Allied personnel aboard.
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Naples
Laly
Carl R. Gray
Re Paul
Minn
Allied Military Railway Service
Snd
Jap Gunmen Target Yank Fliers in China
Chinese military authorities warned American air force personnel of a Japanese plot to kill officers. A band of gunmen has a 700000 Chinese dollar bounty for killing a colonel or higher, with about 200 gunmen assigned to regions. Daily wages are 400 Chinese dollars while awaiting assassination opportunities. No attacks have yet occurred. Concurrently, weather gusts up to 80 to 350 miles per hour were forecast from Brownsville to Fort Eads.
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U. & Air, Force
China
Yeh Houston
Brownsville
Fort Eads
United States Weather Bureau
Allies Repulse Thrust at Anzio Front
Allied headquarters in Naples reports repulsing another German attack at Anzio. Weather disrupted operations. fighter-bombers struck Yugoslav coast shipping and Fifth Army gun positions. Eighth Army repelled a probe. German tank concentration dispersed. French forces countered probes near Monte Croce. Indian troops repelled near Orsogna.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Cisterna
fFifth
Castel San Lincenzo
Isernia
Air Officers Face Trial for Neglect
The army announced three air force officers will be tried April 3 by a general court martial in Cincinnati on charges of neglect of duty connected to faulty inspection procedures at the Wright Aeronautical Plant in Inwekland Ohio. The officers named are Lieut. Col. Frank G. Gruelich of Detroit Maj. Walter A. Ryan of Detroit and Maj. William Bruckmann of Cincinnati.
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Washing
Marten
Army
Army Air Forces
Cincinnati
Wright Aeronautical
Inwekland
Ohio
Prank G. Gruelich
Detroit
Walter A. Ryan
Willam Bruckmann
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