British Eighth Army Holds Mareth Line In Tunisia
British forces continued to hold their Mareth Line bridgehead near Zagu Zoon after a fierce night attack by German and Italian units. Allied troops endured heavy artillery and tank assaults, with British engineers crossing anti tank ditches under fire as the Desert Army repelled further pushes.
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Hyghungh
Mareth Line
Eighth Army
Ameri
Tedy
Nisth
Ifier
Ensourt
Montgomery
Wadi Zaou
Odty
Anjer
Herny
Rommél
Eighth
Crete
Vantt- Bifteen
OWI Chief Warns on War Outlook and Exaggeration
OWI Director Elmer Davis cautioned Americans that Tunisia progress remains uncertain and not decisive in any sector. He rejected excessive optimism or pessimism and defended OWI’s work, saying the agency issues over 250 war news releases weekly and answers about 2,500 press queries monthly.
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Washington
Mayen
OWI
Elmer Davis
Atlantic
Ditler
R.-Pa
Brant to Speak at Laughlin Field Dedication
Maj Gen Gerald Brant, commander of the Army Air Forces Gulf Coast Training Center, will be principal speaker at the Laughlin Army Air Field dedication in Del Rio. Honor guests include the family of Lieut Jack Lauguin, a Del Rio air filer killed over Java in 1942, after whom the post is named. Public hours are 12:20 to 8:29 p.m. A 4 p.m. ceremony follows a concert by Del Rio and San Felipe high school bands.
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del Rio
Gerald
Brant
Army Air Forces
San Felipe
U S Bombers Raid Messina In World War II Action
Cairo dispatch reports Ninth United States Air Force bombers raided Messina and nearby areas at daylight, setting ferries and terminals aflame. The communique said two bombers returned safely after being engaged by enemy fighters, with one fighter destroyed and another probably. It also noted air incursions against Messina and Catania with reported deaths and wounded.
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Cairo
United States Air Force
Messina
Bimily
Naval State Age
United States
Gfler
Italan
Bleh Command
Vormmunique
Messing
Catania
Yank Attack May Be Key to Rommel Fall
In a bold assessment the article credits Montgomery with a Mareth line breakthrough echoing El Alamein tactics. It argues Patton’s U S troops could prove decisive, pinning Rommel near the coast while Montgomery presses the Mareth line with counter attacks and heavy tank actions.
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Rommel
Montgomery
Rommer
el Alamein
Hne
Romnel
Genfal Patton
U. S
Patton
el Gudtar
Carrier Named for King Ranch Inlet
Washington March 23 The Alazon Bay an aircraft carrier named for a narrow inlet on the Gulf of Mexico that extends into the King ranch will be launched April 5 at the Henry J Kaiser shipyards in Vancouver Washington Representative Kleberg of Texas part owner of King ranch said yesterday naming of the vessel is one of the anak aircraft type and the first of its kind to be turned out by Kaiser.
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Wasrnngton
Alazon Bay
Gulf of Mexico
King Rand
Henry J. Kaiser Siipyards
Vancouver
Wash
Representatve
Hills Beyond Maknassy See Axis Forces Clash In Tunisia
American units gain ground on mountains east of Maknassy as they shell the Tast range and press toward Mezranna. Axis bombing disrupts patrols near Mehr Zebbeus while wreckage and several vehicles lie along the El Guetar plain, with losses on both sides.
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Doyle
United States
Mez 2Iina
Ie Lown
Mehr Zebbeus
Djehel Zebbius
L Ies
Maknassy
Fram Isn
el Guetar
Italian Captives Shot By Nazis In Tunisia
Italian captives shot by a German unit near Maknassy in central Tunisia. An American officer reported many prisoners taken from the attackers and said a string of engagements in the Maknassy El Guetar area has left over 1000 Italians captured and only a few Germans in the last three days.
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United States
Tunisia
Dolayen
Tralian Saidiers
Leider
Maknassy Odev
Sale
Dali Treanps
Germany
Mehiy
Maknasey-El Guetar
American artillery devastates Mazzouna airfield in Tunisia
In southern Tunisia near Maknassy, American forces wrecked the Mazzouna airfield destroying five enemy aircraft and disabling the port. Major Walker Thomas reports German planes could not respond as two rifles moved into position overnight and artillery opened fire minutes after landings. The field is rendered unusable by Axis forces.
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Tunisia
Mzzouna
Xin
Titobie
Cape
Mallee Wear
Mak
Boeing Declares $1 Per Share Dividend
Seattle March 26 The Rating airplane company announced a dividend of $1 per share on the outstanding capital stock after a three director meeting today. The dividends will be payable April 21 to stockholders of record April 8. The company declared a similar dividend a year ago in its first declaration in several years.
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Seattle
Maron
Rating Airplane Company
Capital
Financial Writer to Speak in Los Angeles at Central Catholic
A Moody's Investors Service head from New York will address central Catholic high school's auditorium in Los Angeles. The talk titled Books, and Their Significance will be free to the public. Officials said the lecture is set for 4 p.m. on Thursday.
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L. A
Jonipea
Ead
Moody's Investors’ Service of
New York
Central Catholic High “School
Youths Attack Man With Knives on City Streets
Four youths attacked a man on Zarza Mots and Guadalupe streets as he walked home about 10 30 p m Wednesday night. He was slashed with knives after they demanded money and found his pockets empty.
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Zarza- Mots
Guadalupe
Burial for S A Man in De Ridder La
Everett Talbert of 144 West May tied boutevard died Wednesday on his forty ninth birthday in Legis. Survivors include widow Bre Carter Tilbert daughter Mary and sons Earl Ralph Marion Thibert. Services will be held Friday in De Ridder La.
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Everett Talbert
West
Boutevard
Legis
Bre
Carter
Tilbert
Mary
Talbert
Earl
Ralph
Marion Thibert
Dal Ridder
Man Cut Bruised In Car Collision
Paul Voigt was injured with cuts and bruises after a traffic accident at Broadway and Alsino on Wednesday. He was a passenger in a car owned by A.J. Phillips of Pairbanks Street, which collided with a truck driven by L. M. Cals Bard Squadron Randolph Feta.
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Paul Voigt
Aieter
Pairbanks Street
Broadway
Alsino Street
Goodrich’s Synthetic Tire for Aircraft Safety
B F Goodrich has long pursued synthetic rubber tires, dating back 17 years, with the first synthetic tires sold in the U S to car owners before Pearl Harbor. Many on the road prove their durability, some surpassing 30,000 miles, while limited supply delays broader availability. The article touts the first synthetic tire approved for U S aircraft use and explains the demanding conditions of airliner tires in landing, takeoff, and stopping, highlighting American capability to produce safe tires.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
B. F. Goodrich
BF. Goodrich
B.be. Goodrich
B. FP. Goodrich
Pearl Habor
U. S
America
BH. B. Goodrich
Silvertowns
Pearl Harbor
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