India and Dominion Status in the British Empire
A column argues for India to gain dominion status or independence rather than remain subjugated within a shrinking British empire. It critiques British policy, cites Tojo and Pan-Asian hopes, and urges loyalty to India’s democratic aspirations while warning England of a possible loss of empire if it denies India self rule. It references Wavell, Chiang Kai-shek, and Allied diplomatic pressures as pivotal factors shaping the issue.
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India
Dapan
PSOMA
England
Archioh
Andin Jawailate
NEMRU
Big
Noddy
Bella
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Tadia
British Forces Leave Rangoon and Yamashita New War Chief
U S war dispatch says Jap conqueror of Malaya General Tomoyuki Yamashita is reassigned to command in the Philippines, replacing Massharu Horma who reportedly died by his own hand after failing to crush General MacArthur. Front reports detail Mindanao skirmishes and shifting Japanese strategy as Yamashita sets up a base near San Fernando.
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Washington
War Department
Malaya
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Yamashita
Massharu Horma
MacArthur
Butsen Seningula
Hell
San Fernando
Patupinge
Bataan
Singapore
Tong Mainyan
Love
Macarthine
Four Bucharest girls sentenced for political activity
Dispatches report four Bucharest girls, aged about 20, sentenced to 20 years for political activity. In a separate incident in Hughesville, Montana, 25-year-old Emmett Bailey of Lewiston died at the St. Joseph lead mine after a blasting accident.
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Hughesville
Mont. Mateh
Toherk
Emmiett Bailey
Lewiston
St. Joseph
Building Code Fight in San Antonio Over Defense Housing
City officials clash over relaxing the building code to speed defense housing. Electrical Inspector Stewart warns looser rules would reduce fire safety and require more materials, while the ORM and War Production Board push for priority relief. The city plans an ordinance with conditions from the OHM list to be voted Thursday.
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Ghice
Emergency Management
San Antonio
City Electrical
W. B
Stewart
City Counsell
Cormimission
Victor Keller
FP. L. Anderson
Hal
OHM
Anderson
Aracing
Counen
Cat
War Production Board
K. Quinn
W. H. . Cothram
O&m
Record U S Tax Payments Reach Historic High
Washington March 9 U S tax payments surge to a record 2 75 billion to the U S treasury as the busiest collection week opens With millions of individuals and at least seven million new filers expected to meet the deadline by midnight Monday Many taxpayers will file by mail and the tax window remains busy The article notes higher rates and broader exemptions in the context of wartime finance and the defense program.
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Washington
Lottory
Iby Roweck
United States Treasury
Marvel If
Mlare
Mall
Sone Wea
von Merce
Ban on All Tax Exemptions Urged by Seidman Panel
Washington was urged to eliminate all personal income tax exemptions to bring every income level into taxation for war financing. M. L. Seidman, head of the Norwegian committee of the New York board, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on the $7.61 billion tax program. The plan would tax every individual’s income, with limits preserved only for the lowest earners under current law.
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Washington
Minasa
Cangess
Tilved
M. L. Seidman
New York Board
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasy
Farrs Convoy Story Sparks Navy Mail Dispute
Washington dispatch unfolds a clash between the U S Navy and the London Daily Mail over an exclusive Farr convoy report from Honolulu. Knox denounces Farr for allegedly obtaining and broadcasting restricted intel while Farr claims the London paper published an accurate account of American convoy movements to Australia and the India Ocean. The issue centers on source location and whether the material violated security or merely disclosed strategic status of convoys.
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Washington
Ie Teele
Daily Mail
Farry
Umea
Navy
Parr
Honolulu
California
Department
Paty
Farr
the Mall
Knox
Vigor
Arrests in Slaying Case Predicted by Sheriff
In the Rudolph Canan murder case, San Antonio authorities predicted arrests within 12 hours as Sheriff Owan Kilday called the case baffling. Investigators questioned travel bureau operators. Canan, born in Mexico, had recently moved to San Antonio after leaving a Climax, Colorado, engineering post.
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Rudolph Canan
San Antonio
Eninert
Plavo- McKinney
Owan Kilday
Kilday
Suryrillanes
Mude
Texas
Colorado
Conan
Molybderum Nine
Oklahom
Ctty
Ganan
QUIZ
Sa Antonio
Canan
Angelica Herrera
el Pusa
Wilt Inn
Mexico
Sororre
N. M
Mioe
Climax
Colo
Sweden's King 83 Undergoes Gall Bladder Operation
Stockholm reports King Gustav V of Sweden, aged 83, was operated on today for a gall bladder ailment. Doctors say the operation was successful and his condition is good. Despite age, his health had been regarded as sound and he remains a familiar figure at European courts.
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Stockholm
Gustav V of
Swerey
Europe
Scratch on Knee Ends Child's Life
A 13 year old, Louis Orliz of Life, died after a knee scratch Sunday led to tetanus. Hospital officials said the wound was not sterilized, and the infection developed over the following days. Funeral services were held Monday.
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Louis Orliz
Robert B. Gree Hospital
Tetanus
Brazilian Freighter Arabutan Sunk Near U S Coast
Rio de Janeiro reports the 871 ton Brazilian freighter Arabutan was sunk off Newport News Virginia on Saturday night. The vessel carried 61 crew members and reportedly had additional Brazilian tanker crew aboard being repaired in the United States. Built in 1907 as the Italian ship Gaprera in San Francisco.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Newport News
United States
Lloyd National One
San Francisco
Nazi Krupp Arms Plant Bombed
London reports a night raid on Essen hit the Krupp munitions works as RAF and US bombers targeted several Ruhr industry sites. Allied daylight attacks near Paris and in northern France followed, including a Matford factory blaze west of Paris and dock area raids at St Nazaire, with anti aircraft fire and swift RAF returns noted.
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London
Essen
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Holland
France
Ostend
le Havre
St. Nagaire
BRAFL
Counties
Litle
Abbeville
Boulogne-Sig-Mer
Vichy
R.A. F
Potsss
Parla
Taft's Son On Navy Duty Reported From Boston
Robert Taft Jr son of Senator Taft reported for duty with the U S Navy after a late mission as an ensign in the naval reserve. A Yale graduate and Harvard Law School student Taft heads to active duty as the Navy expands. Governor Coke Stevenson announced travel to El Paso for a Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association convention.
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Senator Taft
Boston
Robert Taft Jy
WW. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Taft
Yate
Harvard Law ‘School
Gors Wrest
Austin
Coke Stevenson
el Paso
Texas and Southwestern Cattleraisers* Association
canveliMan
Flouse Group Hits U S War Effort
Washington March 9 The joint committee on defense production called for a centralized purchasing agency to supply all military needs. The report blamed disorganized domestic production for defeats in the war and warned the nation had not yet matched Germany and Japan in mobilizing wartime materials. The committee stressed understanding modern warfare’s scope and the enemy’s long lead times.
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Washington
Marly
Hots Committee of Defence Migration
Tolan B Gantyue Meintatting
Tie
United States
Germany
Italy
Japan
Japs Claim All Indies Overrun Amid Burma Turmoil
British withdraw from Rangoon after demolitions as Japan claims control of the Indies and Java strongholds. London reports Allied resistance, Burma’s capital under debate, while Australian and Indian defenses brace for possible wider assault.
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Indies
Hostages Executed in Paris as Nazi Reprisal
A Nazi military spokesman said 20 hostages were executed in Paris on March 9 in retaliation for the killing of a German sentry. The report, issued by General Otto von Stuelpnagel’s office, described the executed as communists, and warned that 30 more would die if four youths who shot the sentry were not surrendered by March 16.
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Vichy
Paris
Otto von Stuelpnagel
Naz
France
Accident Kills Yank in Ireland Report
In Belfast a Minnesota man, Perkins, was killed while clearing a rule with U.S. troops nearby. He was about 20 years old and died within minutes after being admitted to a hospital.
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Yank
Ireland
Belfast
Marth Y
Perkins
Minnesota
United States
Shang Jip landing forces consolidate New Guinea coast
Suskatia Melbourne reports that Shang Jip landing forces were mapped today as they consolidated their footholds along the New Guinea coast, continuing a western campaign. Marah and Tio are referenced in the fragmented dispatch but do not alter the military action described.
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Melbourne
Suskatia
Marah
Shang Jip
Porkhenss
New Guinea
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity modest warm night
Weather forecast notes a light warm trend for the San Antonio area and nearby East Texas as the night approaches. Forecast models indicate a slight uptick in temperature with a calm wind pattern and minimal precipitation expected overnight.
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San Antonio
East Texas
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