Allies Score Gains in Burma Area
New Delhi dispatch reports Allied advances in Arakan Burma including the capture of Bulbedating north of Akyab bay. British forces also drove Japanese from Hindaw hill positions and from Razaldi north while expanding control around Buthedaung. Chinese and American troops pushed south in Hukawng valley reaching near Chanma, with plans toward Mogaung and Myitkyina. Trophy elephants were seized and U.S. soldiers T-4 Alfred Wooten and T-5 A. D. Gary earned Silver Stars.
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New Delhi
Arakan
Burma
Bulbedating
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast
Razaldi
Buthedauns
Fitoer
Alaungdaw
Mando
Buthedaung
Kynuktaw
Hukawng
Chanma
Walawbum
China
Sipeapore
Joseph W. Stilwell
Alfred Wooten
Shelbyville
Texas
A. D. Gary
Fort Worth
February Raids Kill 961 British
London report on air raids against the United Kingdom states 961 people were dead or missing and believed dead, with 1712 injured. The figure compares with February 1943. The Ministry of Home Security announced the tally in May.
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London
United Kingdom
Ministry of Home Security
Yank Led Slavs Take Nazi Island
Yugoslav partisans commanded by a United States officer captured the port of Pucisce on Brac island off the Dalmatian coast. The report notes Allied, Soviet, and Yugoslav forces in battles around Dalmatia as Tito’s Partisans align with the Red Army amid changes in leadership and monarchy views.
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United States
Pucisce
Brac Island
Tiles
Brac
Split
Free Yugoslav Radio
Berlin
Church JW
Lissi Island
Italy
Korcula
Neretva Channel
Karculs
Lissa
Reds Near Kherson Base in Soviet Southern Drive
Soviet forces pressed toward Kherson on the lower Dnieper and advanced to within about 22 miles of the Nazi stronghold. Moscow said 60,000 Germans killed in ten days as Russians cut rail lines toward Romania and Hungary. Prisoners reported shrinking morale and increasing surrenders as the Red Army pushed along the Ingul and Pripol rivers.
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London
Red Army
Kherson
Dnieper
Moscow
Germany
Kilka
Proskurov-Gusyalin
Rumania
Tlungary
Gaivoron
Berislav
Tyaginka
Dolinskaya
Nikolaev
Nagi River
Black Sea
Jas
Proskurov-Cusyatin
Hungary
Russia
Progkurov
Tartopo
Ingwl
Nitolney
Pravda
Malinovsky
Third Ukrainian
Ingwl River
Novy Bug
Privolnoye
Taxpayers form seven block line at capital bureau
Washington March 13 a seven block line of taxpayers formed early today at the internal revenue bureau seeking expert help to meet the income tax deadline. It was the longest line of taxpayers ever to come to the bureau, winding through the corridors as they waited for assistance.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Bureau
Two Nazis Replace Junker Generals on Russian Front
London March 13 German news reports say on the Russian front Field Marshal Guenther von Kluege chief of center and Marshal Georg von Kuchler on the north have been permanently relieved and replaced by Nazi officers from the ranks. Von Krieg wounded seriously and replaced by Gen Ernst Busch now field marshal. Von Keuchler replaced by Gen Walter Mailer due to stress. Both new commanders reputedly capable and promoted from the ranks.
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Georg von Kuechler
Junkers
von Kriege
Germany
Ernst Busch
von Keuchler
Walter Mailer
Bombings and Air Battles Shift to Annihilating German Air Force
London reports that U S air forces shifted from targeting scattered German targets to a concerted campaign to destroy the German air force. Weather affects results, with good days hitting ground factories and bad days provoking fighter responses. The plan aims to deter or force German fighters into combat, while warning Germans publicly is unlikely be considered.
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London
U_ 8
Strategic Air Force
Heavy Destroyer Sperry Launched in Kearny Yard
KEARNY N J March 13 The heavyweight destroyer Charles Sperry named for Rear Admiral Sperry was launched today at the T & S Steel federal shipyard. Miss Margaret Sperry of Washington DC, granddaughter of the admiral, christened the 220 ton super-fitter amid ceremony marking the world cruise leader.
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Kearny
N. J
Charles Sperry
Sperry
United States
T. &. Steel
Federal
Margaret Sperry
Washington, D. C
Yanks Bay 25 in Fight Over Wewak
Allied air and naval forces crippled Japanese targets in the Southwest Pacific. MacArthur announced a 120 ton strike on Wewak destroying 26 enemy planes and damaging fuel and supply areas. Marines landed on Wotho atoll in the Central Pacific while broader operations in New Britain Bougainville and the Marshalls continued.
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Southwest Pacific
A. & Pifth Air Force
Wewak
New Guinea
MacArthur
Central Pacific
Wotho Atoll
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Majuro
Marshall
Wotho
Eniwetok
Wilpanes
New Britain
Tulasea
Bougainville
Empress Augusta
Irish neutrality policy praised by Shaw and Brennan
London Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw argues that Ireland should not abandon neutrality and warns sanctions would insult Irish soldiers in the Allied forces. In Washington Irish Minister Robert Brennan says neutrality aids the Allied effort by keeping livestock and crops flowing to Britain, stressing Ireland feeds Britain more effectively neutral than if at war. Beverly Hills activist Dudley Field Malone urges Dublin to root out Germans and spies, pressing Prime Minister de Valera.
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London
George J) Brroard Shaw
4. C. Toohil
The
Daily Sketch
Shaw
Washington
Robert Brennan
Ireland
British Isles
Brenman
Britain
Beverly Hills
Texan Dedicates Los Negros Field Memote Now Wainwright
A wartime dispatch from Los Negros island reports the airstrip formerly known as Momote renamed Wainwright in honor of General Jonathan Wainwright. The dedication follows American and Australian forces seizing the airstrip, used by Allied planes, during operations led by Brig. Gen. William Chase as part of the Southwest Pacific campaign.
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Texan
Los Negros Field
Wainwright
Lee Vanatta
Stall
Liew
Jonathaners
United States
Bataan
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Australia
Mander
Peas Harbor
William Chage
Elbrigade
Paso
Texas
Momote
Rainy Southwest weather and Barn Dance at Denver Heights
San Antonians are told to expect more rain with J H Jarboe forecasting precipitation for Monday and Tuesday. The temperature Tuesday morning will be about 60 degrees. A barn dance with a string band is set at the Denver Heights recreation center from 8 to 11 p m Tuesday with no admission charge.
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San Antonians
Southwest Pacific
J. H. Jarboe
Jarboe
Denver Heights Recreation Center
Cut in A Gas Coupons Seen
Washington reports a possible cut from three to two gallons a week in Midwest and West gasoline rations to align with the Eastern seaboard. Col. Bryan Houston says the plan, backed by the Petroleum Administration for War, could be announced soon with second quarter allocations set from April 1. If approved, A coupon extensions may run three months instead of two, aiming to save gasoline nationwide.
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Washington
Mid-West
West
Seaboard
Bryan Houston
IOPA
Houston
Petroleum Administration
OPA
PAW
Harold J. Tekes Long
Allies Move To Halt Axis Spying Across Britain Ireland Border
Allied leaders move to suspend travel between Britain and Ireland after Eire refused to close German and Japanese offices. Northern Ireland border tightened by Home Office order, aiming to curb Axis espionage with other steps hinted but not disclosed. Irish public opinion voices mixed views as Belfast analysts weigh consequences for workers and trade.
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Maren
Northern Ireland
Eire
Britain
Ireland
Belfast
Notthee
Asis
Irish Mall
Holyheep
Germany
Treland
United States
Lord Feaverbrook
Express
New Yorker Times
Belfast News
de Valera
Insh Press
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Forecast calls for a cloudy period with chances of rain Monday afternoon and tonight into Tuesday. Temperatures near 60 Tuesday morning. Winds from the northwest increasing to fresh to strong over the interior. Warmer in the northwest Monday afternoon, cooler Tuesday. Additional details on Page 2-A.
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San Antonio
East Tesas
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