Regent Kidnaped In Reich
More than 100000 German and Romanian troops occupy Hungary amid reports that Regent Horthy and key Hungarian leaders have been summoned to Germany. Bela Imredl may form a government. Tito’s Partisans and Hungarian resistance are mentioned. Berlin signals suggest possible strategic aims behind Carpathians and Balkans shifting front lines.
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London
Hungary
Balkan
Hitler
Nicholas Horthy
Nicholas Killay
Germany
Bela Imredl
Horthy
Linckhalm
Balkans
Germain Wansport
Marshall ‘Tito
Tidningen
Stockholm
Danube
Budapest
Givens
Kallay
Tintler
Austria
Rumania
Borthy
Jena von Ghyezy
Franz Szomhathelyi
Stati
Istanbul
Mmomung
Associated Press
Frank O'Brien
Bungary
Carpathian Mountains
Dinaric Alps
Dartube
Yugoslavia
Greece
Transylvanian Alps
Sextuplets Rumor In Nicaragua
Rumor reports sextuplets four boys and two girls in Polosi near Rivas with no immediate confirmation. Fire in Albany district injures five firefighters and a woman. one firefighter fatally burned as six houses burn in a residential area.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Albany
Russians Press Dniester Drive Near Romanian Border
Moscow dispatches report Red Army pushing to 50 miles from Romania on a 31 mile Dniester front. Soviet gains include Mogilev Podolski and advances toward Lwow, with German bridges across the river aiding the push. German planes neutralized by Soviet air power as heavy matériel falls into Soviet hands.
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Mosscow
Red Army
Soreki
Bessarabia
Moscow
Prut
Yampol
Mal
Igor Apibalov
Red Star
Dniester
Soroki
Mogilev-Podolski
Lwow
Old Poland
Korsov
Novo-Ukrainka
Odessa
Criman
Waals
Bulletin
Britain Sends 38 Escort Carriers to Britain Under Lend-Lease
Washington March 21 Navy Secretary Knox announced 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Britain under lend-lease. The carriers, about 10,000 tons each, will join the Allied anti submarine fleet. Knox said 36 will operate with Britain and 50 remain in U S service, noting the ships were delivered without their aircraft and that he did not know how the planes were supplied.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
United States
Britain
England
FCC Blamed In Jap Trap
Washington March 22 Representative Miller says he will produce two sailors to back a story that a United States task force was trapped by the Japs in Alaskan waters due to bungling by the Federal Communications Commission. He spoke as hearings resumed before a special House committee probing the FCC and questioned Charles R. Denny about the task force report. Miller said Admiral Stafford C Hooper once Pearl Harbor communications officer had been silenced by executive order.
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Washington
Miller
R.-Mo
United States
Adm
Stafford C. Hooper
Pearl Barner
Italian Navy War Aid Cited In Co-Belligerency Report
Salerno Italy March 21 The pro Badoglio newspaper Italia Il Corriere said Italian war ships have escorted 176 allied convoys totaling 2544 ships and 21 318 300 tons since the armistice last September. Navy operations covered 23 war missions in the Mediterranean carrying 9182 UN troops and 93 000 Italian troops while escorting 56 Italian steamers. Roosevelt treated for head cold in Washington.
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Salerno
Italy
I! Cor‘hiere
United Nations
Mediterranean
Invasion Preparations Rumored Across the Med
A Swiss Basler Nachrichten correspondent in Shiasso reports unconfirmed Italian rumors of large scale Allied troop concentrations on Sardinia and Corsica. The rumors suggest possible landings in southern France and indicate preparations for a Mediterranean invasion.
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London
INS
Basler Nachrichten
Shiasso
Italy
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Corsica
France
Allied Dealings With Vichy Denied
Washington reports from March 21 state the state department calls claims of possible U S dealings with Vichy officials false on their face as Allied armies prepare to liberate France. It notes the French Committee of National Liberations in Algiers was informed last January that the United States had no intention of relations with Vichy beyond its dissolution.
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Washington
State Department
Todny
Algiers
United States
France
Department
Frenely 7 Committee of National Liberations
Al-|r Giers
Cassino Defenders Reinforced Amid Ongoing Battle
Allied New Zealand troops push at Cassino western edge while German fortifications hold. Prisoners increase as heavy fighting continues around Monte Cassino and Monastery Hill. Allied air strikes hit port and rail targets, with several planes lost.
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Naples
Fifth Army
New Zealand
Cassing
Cassin
Monte Gassing
Rapido
Gari
Pitth
Monastery Hill
Eighth Army
Cassino
Trants
General Wilson Confers in Cairo in Mediterranean Defense Talks
Gen Henry Maitland Wilson, Allied commander in chief in the Mediterranean, arrived in Cairo for high level conferences on allied military coordination and strategy. The visit underscores ongoing efforts to align operations in the region amid mounting tensions and evolving fronts.
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Wilson
Cairo
St Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Calra
Weather forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Forecast shows considerable cloudiness in San Antonio and vicinity Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday with occasional rain Tuesday afternoon and night. Cooler Wednesday with low around 30. East Texas shares cloudiness with night rain in northwest to west central regions Tuesday night, Wednesday, warmer northeast and upper coast, cooler west. Winds fresh to strong.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Northwest
West Central
Nash
Dper
Northeast
Upper
Vesuvius Threatens 3rd Town As Lava Flows Toward Cercola
A lava surge from Mount Vesuvius advances toward Cercola at noon, 40 miles an hour, after destroying San Sebastiano and Massa di Somma. Evacuations reach Cercola and Pollena as 5,000 residents flee. three lava rivers engulf roads and vineyards, with no fatalities reported. The eruption, the worst since 1872, follows heavy destruction around Fompei and nearby towns.
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Cercola
U. Ss. Army
Pollena
Fompei
Rome
Java
Dama
Native Tells of Amelia Earhart
A Native in the Marshall Islands revived claims that Amelia Earhart Putnam was taken to Japan after running out of gas. Lt Rogan and Admiral Nimitz officials cite a trader Ajima’s tale and a third hand account. Noonan and Earhart were last heard from en route from Lae to Howland in June 1937.
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Limiiet
Ajima
Rita Island
Jalul
Japalap Atolls
Japan
Elion
Fred Noonan
Mrs. Putnam
Marshall Islands
Ellen
Gainng
Deputy Suspended After Altercation in Harlandale Office
Deputy Sheriff Ace Querner was suspended indefinitely by Sheriff Owen Kilday after an altercation last Thursday night with a volunteer constable in the office of Justice of the Peace Olts West in Harlandale. W. A. Chadwick II is bedridden with a heart condition. his wife says Querner attacked him unprovoked. No charges have been filed.
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Ace Querner
Sherif Owen Kilday
Office of Justice of the Peace Olts
Harlandale
W. A. Chadwick
Robert
Lee Street
Querner
Shell
Scious
Icident
Kilday
Nest
Chadwick
Blizzard Hits Rockies Paralyzing Trams With Heavy Snow
A spring blizzard hit the Rockies causing extensive snow from eight inches to a foot in many areas. Trams were tangled and travel disrupted as the storm swept through the region on March 21.
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Denver
Rockies
Americans Witness Power of Mt Vesuvios Lava Tumble
Reporter Edward Kennedy on Mount Vesuvius as lava streams swallow homes and a four story building in a deadly, slow explosion. Panic grips Italians amid war fatigue while the hurled fiery river consumes stone and stucco, cracking bridges and towering behind the mass in San Sebastiano.
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Mt. VeSuvius
Edward Kennedy
Mt. Vesuvuus
Sven
Q Wat
Java
Or Vesuvius
San Sebastiano
Alcohol in Beer Reduced
New York reports the brewing industry has lowered civilian beer alcohol to 3.3 percent, about 0.9 points above the old 4.2 standard used after repeal. Production is up 13 percent from last year while demand has surged, prompting the shift to stretch scarce materials.
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New York
Yank Fliers Obliterate Convoy and Marshalls Battle
Allied reports announce sinking or damaging at least 27 Japanese ships, including transports and freighters, with several more lost off Dutch East Indies and in the Marshalls. A five-ship convoy near Wewak was destroyed by Fifth Air Force planes, while other raids hit Rabaul Ponape and the Marshall Islands. In Burma, Sumprabum fell to Allied forces as actions continue near Imphal and the Chin hills.
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Sutmarines
Japan
Marshalls
Pacific
Far East
Dutch East Indies
Brittish Admiralty
Wewak
New Chines
Fifth Air Force
Central Pacific
Mu! Atoll
Mare Shalls
Nimitz
Tol
Marshalla
Pace
Jestrayers
Rabaul
New Britain
Ponape
Caroline Islands
Haugainville
Pattals
Southeast Asia
Sumprabum
Burma
Chindwin River
Chin Hills
Sowmanique
iChindwin
Imphal
Eee
Chindls
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A.P
U.S. Nery
Vesuvius
Amelia Earhart
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Australia
Amy Seas Diving
Cyclone Uftesd
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