Stilwell Ordered to Command China India Burma Forces
Lieut. Gen. Joseph W Stilwell announced he has been placed in command of all U S forces in China India and Burma and pledged United and Chinese troops will reach Tokyo. He stated China will be supplied without reservation and noted the effort in the China theater is large. Stilwell, recently chief of staff to Chiang Kai Shek, also discussed air support for Chinese troops in Burma and praised Chinese soldiers while criticizing Japanese brutality. British informants said Japanese advances in Burma threaten India, with possible German and Thai involvement noted.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
China
India
Burma
Tokyo
Stilwell
Chiang Kai- Shek
Roosevelt
United States
Sitwell
Bulwell
United Nations
Billwell
Japan
London
Toungoo
Prome
Houngoo
Piome
Avalon
Akyab
Hysukpya
Calcutta
Bay of Bengal
Wainwright's Wife Glad Of Promotion
Monterey Calif March 20 The wife of General Jonathan A Wainwright said she was naturally proud of his promotion to lieutenant general and happy over the recognition as he would succeed General MacArthur in command of Philippine forces. She noted his recuperating from illness and that getting well would be easier now after Senate confirmation of the promotion.
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Monterey
Calif
Maron
Hiness
Mire
Jonathan M. Wainywright
Liew
Jonathan A. Wainwright
Tafay
Senate
Walneright
Watneright
Tam
Wainwright
MacArthur
Philippine Forces
Champion Steer Brings $1800 at Fort Worth Auction
Fort Worth March 20. The grand champion steer of the 1962 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, Mex, aged year old Hereford, exhibited by Milton Samuel Eckert, 16, Mason County 4-H Club member, sold for two dollars a pound totaling $1800 to start the exposition's annual auction of champion cattle, sheep, and swine.
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Fort Worth
Sterr
Nilton Samuel Eckert
Mason County
Club Bay
Tirpitz Back In Norway
British sources say the 35,000 ton Tirpitz is back in Trondheim Norway after a flight attack and reconnaissance sighting. Admiral Scheer and Prinz Eugen are at Trondheim, while reports of damage to Prinz Eugen are noted amid the Dover straits escape.
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London
Maren
Tirpitz
Trondheim
Norway
Fleet Air Arm
Scheer Gise
Pring Eugen
Brest
Schamhoret
Gneisenau
Sime
Churchill
Pring Engen
Dover Straits
Gaic
Permits Issued For 15 Duplexes On Eleanor Street
Defense housing permits for 18 duplexes were issued Friday by City Building Inspector Carl Wideman. The homes will cost 5000 dollars each and be built by Alex Spencer Lumber Company.
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Eleanor Street
Carl Wideman
Alex Spencer Lumber Company
Blackfeet Tribe Adopts MacArthur in Tribal Rite
In Browning Montana on March 29 the Blackfeet Indian tribe adopted Gen Douglas MacArthur as Mo Kebki Peta or Chief Wise Eagle. Tribal rites were performed before a large picture of the general.
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Mont
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Jap Cruiser Struck by U S Bombers in Rabaul Raid
Washington reports two American bombers scored a direct hit on a large Japanese cruiser at Rabaul in New Britain. Prime Minister Curtin says Australian bombers hit a cruiser with smoke visible aboard and near misses on two other vessels. War department lists 15 army officers joining General MacArthur’s transfer to Australia, with accompanying staff and family members.
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War Department
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Australia
Commiurique
John Curtin
Melbourne
General MacArthur
MacArthur
Arthur Mas-Artur
Philippine Front
of Army
Perjropnel
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard J. Marshall
Charles B. Stivers
Charles A. Wiloughby
Jac R. Sherr
5. C
Willem F. Marquat
Harold H. George
Air Lotticer
Hugh J. Chasey
Sidney L. Hull
Francis H. Wilson
le Grande A. Diller
Charles H. Morhouse
Medical Corps
Paul B. Ragera
Insantry
Hawaii Food Prices Set Monthly Max To Curb Profiteering
Honolulu March 20 The military government in Hawaii set maximum retail prices on fruit and produce to curb profiteering. Prices will be based on averages from the past year and kept constant regardless of market flow. Two individuals have already been charged with profiteering in food. Pricing highlights include asparagus 20 cents per pound bananas broccoli 16 cents per pound cucumbers 2 cents per pound Irish potatoes 5 cents per pound butter 40 cents per pound eggs 85 cents a dozen.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Ti Waa
Maine
Isling
No Sabotage in Honolulu Police Claim
Police chief W A Gabriel declares there was no sabotage in Honolulu during the Pearl Harbor attack and none since. A March 14 cablegram to Congress, released by the House National Defense Migration Committee, notes evacuation of Japanese from the West Coast as the committee’s view, with no other comment available.
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Honolulu
Ban Prangisco
Pearl Harbor
W. A. Gabrielson
Congress
Gabrielgon
Tolan UD
West Coast
Bters
Tolan
10000 Japs to Live in New Town
In Manzanar California a new town to house 10000 Japanese evacuees from Southern California is rising in Owens Valley. Four hundred carpenters began work and erected scaffolding for an administration building and a 150 bed hospital. The project aims for completion in 60 days with the first 1000 evacuees due Monday. More Japanese artisans and tradespeople arrive to assist.
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Manzanar
Calif
California
Owens River Valley
Pearl Harbor pilots wore Honolulu insignia and rings
Senator Reynolds says Jap pilots shot down at Pearl Harbor wore Honolulu high school badges and United States college rings. He cites fifth column activity in Honolulu aiding the attack. Plans for Manzanar reception center call for 400 buildings, 1000 workers, 10 hour shifts, rising at 20 to 25 per day at peak. Aliens are to be housed under Dewitt authority with MP guards and irrigation ditches reopened for farming.
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Washington
Reynolds D
N. C
Manzanar Reception Center
Los Angeles
O, FE. Evans
Griffith Company Contractors
John L. Dewitt
Western Defense Command
Pacific Coast
Ares
Little Tokyo
Shaw Caught By Bombs In Dry Dock
In Oakland on March 20, Lt Cmdr W G Jones reported that the U S destroyer Shaw in drydock twenty feet out of water was bombed by Japanese raiders striking the Pearl Harbor attack. Bombs hit forward and on the bridge causing fuel and oil fires that damaged the bow. after emergency repairs the ship sailed home under its own power for convoy duty.
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Galt
U. S
Shaw
Pearl Harbor
W. G. Jones
Jones
Rotary Club
United States
Jared
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