Gas Rations Cut to 2 Gallons A Week Southwest
WAS HINGTON March 14 9 Basic A gasoline ration will be reduced from three to two gallons a week in the Southwest Midwest and Far West effective March 28 OPA announced. The Pacific coast varies from 460 to 400 miles a month with no change for East Coast states and DC already on two gallons biweekly Bowles says reductions are reluctant but needed due to limited supplies. The cuts aim to save about 1 000 000 to 1 500 000 barrels daily.
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Midwest
Far West
OPA
Pacific Coast
East Coast
Columbia
Bowles
Evacuating is Russia Only Hope in War Tides
Soviet dispatches report German forces retreating along a 500 mile front from Nikolaev to Odessa amid worsening mud as Red armies push toward Kherson and Odessa. Estonian bombing raids kill hundreds and devastate Reval, with Moscow stating German positions crumble under winter offensive pressure.
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UPI
Russia
Nikolaev
Odessa
Hitler
Presa
Kherson
Bug River
Swiet
Ukraine
Skalat
Old Poland
Rumania
Dniester
Prince Stirbey
Cairo
Amtonesen
Estonia
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Dorpat
Vari
Viljadi
Panny
Paite
Gods of War to Stride Into Romania
International News Service dispatch describes the rapid Soviet advance into southern Russia fragmenting German armies. As Kherson falls and Nikolaev nears capture, Sevastopol and Odessa stand as remaining German strongholds with the Bug and Dnieper ports crucial for control of the Black Sea.
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Londway
Rumaniia
Black Sea
Oressa
Istanbul
Russia
Dunkerque
Rumanis
Sofia
Odessa
J. C. Orstreicher
Tnlernational Nena Service
Forriga
Vinek
Hitler
Ukraine
Dnieper
Kherson
Nikolayev
Crimean Peninsula
Sevastopol
Bug River
Marpee Stalin
Prince Potemkin
Peter
Catherine the Great
Potemkin
Hia Il
Stalingray
Bherson
Crimea
Bug
Red Air Force
Winter to Stage Come Back Winds Rally San Antonio
A cold northern front sweeping Texas brings showers and strong winds to San Antonio Tuesday night with a forecast low near 58 degrees Wednesday and colder air to follow. The Dallas weather bureau warned of a moving cold wave into the Panhandle and West Texas with snow expected in the Panhandle and South Plains.
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San Antonio
J. H. Jarboe
Jarboe
Dallas
INS
Texas
Dallas Weather Bureau
Panhandle
South Plains
West Texas
East Texas
el Paso
Pecos Valley
Brownsville
Morgan City
United States Weather Bureau
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Nebraska
Denver Weather Bureau
Navy to recruit seven million by year end 1944
Navy officials reported a plan to reach about 7,000,000 officers and men by year end 1944, an increase of nearly 500,000 from current levels, as ship construction and crew growth accelerate. The pace would include a rising daily ship commission rate, with projections of a 11.7 ships per day in 1944.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Exox
Randall Jacobs
Bureau of Navy Personnel
Jacobs
Coast Guard
Jacobe
Knox
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Czechs to Answer Guerilla Call in Wartime
Lieut. Col. Alexander Hess, Czech military attaché, said Czechs would answer their exiled government to guerrilla warfare. He noted they have always fought the Germans and that the backbone of the guerrilla effort would be the Sokal Falcons, Czech military training group.
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Washington
Mrch
INS
Alexander Hess
Hess
Gestapo
Crechoslovakia
Sokal
the Falcons
National Organization
Broken Elevator Keeps FDR in Study
President Roosevelt stayed in the White House study as the White House elevator remained broken. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early told reporters the elevator is out of service, keeping the president away from his office today.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Flamethrower Effective Jap Exterminator
Washington report details how Lee army flamethrowers aided a crucial assault in New Georgia. Pvt. Frank J. Kordeleski of Lorain Ohio earned the Distinguished Service Cross after crawling under fire, destroying a pillbox with a flamethrower and returning for a refuel to renew the attack.
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Washington
INS
Lee Army
War Department
Frank J. Kordeleski
Lorain
Ohia
Kordeleski
New Georgia
Army Vet Locates After 13 Month Furlough Ends
Atlantic City dispatch details Gunnery veteran John B. Zealor of Roxbury Conn who, after 13 months furlough and no pay, ends his wait at a redistribution station in New Jersey. Zealor, a decorated airborne gunner with 26 combat missions in Africa, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal. His aunt reports similar pay delays for two fellow gunners.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Stall Sel
John B. Zealer
London
Ing
Rome
Con Necticul
Roxbury
Conn
Army Airs Forces Redistribution Station
Connecticut
Alice McGovee
New York City
Pennsylvania
Hly
Zealor
Torrington
Comn
Katherine Zealor
Bridgewater
Con
War Department
Jane Uary
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
Elven
Nimitz Awarded Distinguished Service Medal
Washington March 14 The House unanimously passed a resolution awarding Admiral Chester W Nimitz commander of the Pacific fleet the Distinguished Service Medal for his wartime leadership and service.
Japs Slaughtered In Solomons Trap
Allied forces repulsed a four day Japanese assault on Bougainville near Express Augusta Bay as new actions in Burma and Pacific theaters were announced. British troops breached upper Chindwin defenses, opening potential land routes to China. Stilwell’s forces push toward the Irrawaddy Valley. Wake, Nauru, and other Pacific raids continued with heavy bomber strikes. Navy reports show plane losses of 13 to 1 in the Central Pacific with detailed counts.
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Associated Press
Bourgainville Island
Solomons
Express Augusta Bay
Burma
Southeast Asia
Upper
Chindwin
China
South
Peeble
Vern Tiaugland
Bougainville
Manus Island
Admiralties
Wake
Wewak
New Guinea
Sundey
Rabaul
New Britain
Wake Island
U. S
Navy
Nauru Island
Gilbert
Mersholle
Japan
Irrawaddy
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hids
Away
Stilwell
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Central Pacific
Knox
Washington
Forecast for Antonio and vicinity and East Texas
Forecast shows showers Tuesday afternoon and night with much colder conditions on Wednesday. Fresh to strong winds expected and Wednesday morning low around 56 degrees. East Texas regions report showers Tuesday afternoon and night with extreme NW portion cooling sharply Tuesday night to near 25 degrees. Wednesday remains cloudy and much colder, especially in the north and east, with strong winds.
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bin Antonio
East Texas
Golder
Hoon
Brien to Be Taken Back By City
Jack O'Brien former health department business manager will return to a redefined role with reduced salary. No indication of policy or complaint affecting the decision, and his duties will be carefully outlined by city officials.
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Brien
Don Politico
Jack O'Brien
Health Department
Simeé
Tiesay
O'Brien
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