Allied command split stirs Australian concerns over MacArthur
Australian leaders urge unification under General MacArthur with stronger naval support in the Southwest Pacific. They warn divided authority weakens Allied war effort and fear a Japanese push toward Australia, calling for substantial reinforcements and sea power to disrupt enemy strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
General MacArthur
John W. Greenslade
12Th Naval District
MacArthur
Greenslade
Torres Strait
New Guinea
Rabaul
Truk
Southwest Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Australia
Genpeat MacArthur
Great Britain
High Command
Hitler
Japan
Toll Heavy in Dakotas Flood Toll Heavy in Dakotas
Mandan North Dakota March 20 Thousands were homeless in flood ravaged areas where the Heart and Missouri rivers meet. Damage estimated over a million and a half dollars. Three Edhuh brothers Otto Arthur and Walter drowned while trying to rescue horses from Knife River northwest of Mandan. Mandan suffered the worst with seventy five percent of residence basements flooded and water reaching roofs. Three thousand residents displaced sleeping in churches schools and shelters fed by the Red Cross.
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Mandan
N.D. Maren
Heart
Missouri Rivers
Otto
Arthur
Walter Edhuh
Knife
Bismarck
Chiefs Plan Pacific Attack
Chief planners in Hawaii map a Pacific attack with top officers from Army Navy and Marines. Representatives include General MacArthur’s Allied air forces Lieut General George C. Kenney Maj. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland Brig. Gen. J. Chamberlin and Capt. I. J. Ray. From Admiral Halsey’s side Gen Millard F. Harmon Maj. Gen. N. F. Twining Brig. Gen. Dewitt Peck Capt. Miles R. Browning and others participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
R. A. Spruance
Li. R. Boyd
F. P. Sherman
BE. T. Small
MacArthurware
George C. Kenney
Allied Air
Southwest
Pacific
Richard K. Sutherland
J. Chamberlin
I. J. Ray
Halsey
Millard F. Harmon
U. 5. Army
South Pacific
N. F. Twining
de~’ Witt Peck
Miles R. Browning
T. D. Roberts
W. H. Ashford Jr
Plant, Giant Bus Build Ahead Of Schedule In Louisiana
Baton Rouge March 20. The H K Ferguson company working with industrial firms in Cleveland and New York announced completion of a new government synthetic number giant motor bus built for an automotive company. The plant here completed the project a month ahead of schedule, reflecting strong production momentum.
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Baton Rouge
H. K. Ferguson Company
Cleveland
New York
Giant Bus
One Automotive Company
Giant Motor Bus
Ex Hollywood Writer First Yank to Bomb Berlin
Maj Sidney S Bartlett of the Eighth Air Force became the first American to bomb Berlin, dropping a 4900 pound bomb from a Lancaster during a RAF raid. The former Hollywood writer described Berlin’s fire and smoke in vivid colors, praising the RAF for giving Berlin indigestion. Bartlett spoke with his wife Ellen Drew in London after the mission.
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Berlin
Dixie Tighe
London
INS
Maj
Sidney
Cy” Bartlett
Eighth
U.S. Army Air Force
Bartlett
Herlin
Hollywood
Ellen Drew. Shoe
Brady Triplets Adopted in Austin
Three Brady triplets Ernestina Josephina and Hermina daughters of Mr and Mrs Calletano Chavez have been adopted by a family in Austin. Civic and church groups gave gifts and contributions on their bed in Brady a year and a half ago. Sisters from Santa Rosa hospital San Antonio cared for them from infancy until they were a year old.
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Brady
Brady Triplets
Ernestina
Josephina
Hermina
Calletano Chavez
Austin
Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio
Germany under state of siege proclaimed by Himmler
A Geneva dispatch to Tass reports from Moscow via Reuters says Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler declared a virtual state of siege across Germany. Traffic is banned after 11 p.m. and penalties for blackout violations are increased. Military courts now handle cases formerly under civilian tribunals.
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London
Maren
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
Germany
Geneva
Tass
Moscow
Reuter
Reich
Jolvil Tribunals
Allied drive tightens around MarethGabes front in Tunisia
Allied forces pressed the Mareth line as Rommel’s retreating troops pulled back from Mareth Toujane and Marmata. Described operations detail air and ground attacks destroying dozens of Axis vehicles and driving pockets of resistance as American and British units converge toward El Hamma and Fondouk with Patton’s columns and desert fighters closing in on the Gabes corridor. A pilot, Eldred Wilson New, 25, was killed in a San Marcos trainer crash en route to his funeral.
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Mareth
Toujane
Marmata
Western Desert Air Force
Gabes
Gahes
Hemma
Algiers
London
Montgomery
el Hamma
Eighth Army
el’ Hamma
Mareth Line
Rommel
Fondouk
Kairou
el Guetar
Maknassy
Beow
Djebel Mansour
Mediez el Bar
Bizerte
Dunkerque
Kairounn
Kairouzn Les Sousse
Oussella Yilaln
Kakouga
San Marcos
Eldred
Wilson New
West Flying School
New
Henrletia
Oklo
Garfield
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Unified Pacific Command
England
Boston
Cheyenne
Denver
Dodge Ci
Waco
Texan
Houston
ANKE
Oklahoma City
Buebla
Cole
Dakota
Chiefs
RAF
Mame
Adlon
Tre
Bartlett Jelb
Rommel Fiees
Bon
LIGHT
Axis
U.S. Army Aviation
Aviation Cadet Examining Board
Armed Forces Induction Station
Army Air Forces
Selective Service Board
Joint
Army-Navy Personnel Board
Army
Air Corps
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
Locetad
Broadway
San Antonio, Texas
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