Young Levits Builds Sardinia Home With War Crew
Sgt Earl Levits Jr of Berlin Route 4 and five companions built a stone house on Sardinia for their group. They pay locals 25 cents a day and plan to leave it behind when they move on. Levits, in seven years in the Army Air Corps, has lived in Hawaii Philippines Greenland Iceland England Scotland North Africa and every U.S. state. He writes from England and Africa about life, cooking, and a sense of home amid war.
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Mary Hause
Army Air Corps
Earl Levits, Jr
Berlin
Sardinia
Sgt. Levits
Hawaii
United States
Philippines
Greenland
Iceland
England
Scotland
North Africa
Whennis
Sos
Lova
Twila Burkett
Somerset
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New England
Reading
Levits
Roosevelt butter famine near end as supplies improve
In Chicago on March 6 the Office of Distribution said butter shortages are easing in most large cities. Butter production grows slightly faster and milk diversion from butter is checked. Demand remains constrained by a 16 points per pound ration and oleomargarine use. In Philadelphia supply improves with more order cancellations. New York retail restrictions ease and buying orders are cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Office of Distribution
Philadelphia
New York
County Red Cross drive reaches five thousand amid gifts
County War Fund totals indicate 5 057 raised toward the quota with 4 218 from Somerset borough and 540 from Confluence with 299 from Upper Turkeyfoot township. Special gifts include Markleton residents like Kingwood Church of God donor Markleton 25 and several families giving 10 to 25 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C. Shaffer
Red Cross War Fund
Somerset Borough
Confluence Borough
Upper Turkeyfoot Township
Kingwood Church of God
Markleton
W.L. Mills
Frank M. Stoner
Norman Gary
A. Kreger
L.R. Stoner
J. Ross Younkin
Milton Ohler
John Romesburg
Orion Nicklow
Frank Marker
An Liphart
Rockwood
H.D
Charles E. Sechler
W.R. Sechler
No Hope For Ten Million Flood Control Project
Representative Hock of Pennsylvania said there is little chance the $10 million Schuylkill river improvement project will be included in a postwar flood control bill now being prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hock D-Pa
Schuykill
Pennsylvania
Man Killed Under Train In Youngstown Yard
John W. Phelps aged 66 of Butler was killed instantly in Hazelton yards when he slipped under a Baltimore and Ohio train. The accident occurred yesterday in Youngstown Ohio.
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Youngstown, O
John W. Phelps
Butler
Baltimore & Ohio
Hazelton
Sink Ships in Pacific Pushes Across Los Negros and Saidor
Allied forces report a juncture of land and sea operations across Los Negros strongholds as the 32nd division pushes behind Japanese lines near Saidor. American destroyers and air power blast Japanese gun positions while amphibious landings threaten Madang. Australian troops move toward Bogadjim as bombers strike Madang and Rabaul area targets.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Los Negros Island
Admiralties
Momote
Douglas MacArthur
32Nd Division
New Guinea
Saidor
Hyane Harbor
Sabor
Madang
Bogadjim
Alexishafen
Rabaul
New Britain
Ataliklikun Bay
Bombers Hit Three Marshall Islands Targets
At Pearl Harbor on March 6 Admiral Nimitz said U S bombers and navy aircraft bombed three enemy positions in the Marshall Islands on March 4. Hellcat fighters strafed ground targets as medium and dive bombers struck. All planes returned safely despite anti aircraft fire.
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Choiseul
Choiseul Island
Bougainville
Solomons
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Command
Catalina
Eugene Rankin
Coronado
Calif
Empress Augusta Bay
Green Islands
Rabaul
Saua River
Jaba River
U. 3
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Army
Navy
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
24000 Nazi Odessa Lwow Casualties Reported On Beachhead
A wartime bulletin reports 24000 Nazi Odessa Lwow casualties on a beachhead and notes the impact on Allied invasion plans. The dispatch highlights heavy losses and the resulting disruption to operations against Great Britain.
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Odessa-Lwow
Great Britain
Weathered Echoes of Anzio Beachhead Battles
Report from Anzio March 6 describes grim German casualties with bodies piled up like cord wood and 24 000 Allied casualties, including 3 500 captured. The Goering division and other crack formations were diverted to France then compelled to defend Cassino as Allied weather slows invasion.
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Edward Kennedy
Anzio
Italy
Great Britain
Hermann Goering
Albert Kesselring
Hwo
Cassino
Britain
Goering
France
Rome
Panzer Grenadiers
Kesselring
Turkey Refuses War Entry and Aid Until Material Delivery
Reliable Cairo sources report Turkey will not join the war or grant lessons to the Allies unless a vast volume of war materials is fully delivered, a process expected to take months. Turkish officials dispute British estimates of German capabilities, and Turkish concerns mount over possible German and Bulgarian retaliation if peace talks with Bulgaria progress.
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Cairo
Turkey
Bulgaria
War Writer O Sullivan Receives Comrade in Arms Rank
J Reilly O Sullivan AP war correspondent is decorated with the honorary title comrade in arms by Gen Ho Hing Chin of the 78th division on the eve of his departure after 18 months in the China theater. He hails from Kansas City and has covered AP bureaus in several midwestern cities.
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Chungking
China
J. Reilly O’sulivann
Associated Press
China Theater
O'Sullivan
Ho Hing-Chin
78Th Division
Kansas City
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
3.D
Oklahoma
U.S. Fourteenth Air Force
Reds Renew Peace Offer to Finland
Pravda the official Communist party newspaper renewed Moscow’s peace offer to Finland on March 6 noting Russia remains ready to talk terms despite Finnish press criticism. It warned Finnish leaders not to mistake generosity for weakness and said Finland must choose whether to exit its blind alley or join Hitlerite Germany on its doom.
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Moscow
Finland
Pravda
Communist Party
Russia
Germany
Prayda
Russian advance reshapes Ukraine rail lines with Volochisk capture
Soviet forces on the First Ukrainian front report capture of Volochisk and an 18 mile breach of the Odessa Lwow railway. Zhukov’s men sever key lines, cross borders, and push toward Proskurov Tarnopol as heavy fighting and mass losses unfold across the region with hundreds of villages taken and thousands of German casualties.
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Tom Yarbrough
London
Dnieper Bend
Volochisk
Odessa-Lwow
Moscow
Gregory K. Zhiikov
Russia
Red Army
Zhukov
Poland
Baltic
Narva
War Bulletin
Vishnevets
Tarnopol
Old Poland
Berlin
Zvenigorodka
DNB
400 Killed In Rome In Allied Bombing Raid
A Rome dispatch reports the allied bombing raid on Rome killed more than 400 people. One shelter was hit directly with about 200 dead inside. Water lines, electricity, and gas were severely disrupted across the city.
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Bern
Switzerland
Rome
Gazette de
Lausanne
Coal strike looms as Monmouthshire miners threaten stoppage
Britain faces a potential coal shortage as 12,009 miners in Monmouthshire threaten to strike over a wage dispute, adding to an unofficial slowdown that has already hit production.
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London
Britain
Monmouthshire
Bombers Strike Berlin In Seventh Heavy Raid In Eight Days
More than 850 American heavy bombers attacked Berlin under heavy fighter and flak fire. Losses included 68 American bombers and at least 123 German planes, with over 2,000 tons of bombs dropped on the capital's industrial targets as swift air battles raged across Europe.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Europe
U. S
International Information Bureau
German Propaganda Agency
RAF
Stockholm
Frankfurt
Rhine-Main
Germany
Eighth Airforce
Conners
Sweden
Luftwaffe
Charles W. Perry
West New York
N. J
Americans Open First Asiatic Front in Burma Drive
American infantry units begin action in northern Burma under Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell advancing 200 miles through dense jungle to cut off Japanese retreat routes near Maingkwan and Walawbum. Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill leads the forces, joining Chinese troops pushing toward Maingkwan as Myitkyina and the Salween area form the broader fighting front.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
China
Stilwell
Maingkwan
Hukawng
India
Hukawang
Walawbum
Nritu Ga
Wa Gahtawng
Lashu Ga
Asia
Two Men Scratched By Henry B. Jameson U S Bomber Base in England
A U S bomber crew led by Capt Francis G Lauro faced fierce German air opposition near Berlin. The Nelson King suffered heavy damage with tail torn, four Fortresses lost, and the group scattered as escort fighters left them. The account ends as the action continues.
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Henry B. Jameson
England
Nelson King
Francis G. Lauro
Hollis
N. Y
Lauro
Berlin
Jungle trained veterans reroute supply lines in Burma front
Troops drawn from Puerto Rico Panama and across the southwest Pacific endure jungle life after months of training in India and Burma. They rely on jungle paths and air transport for supplies and carry the latest jungle weapons. Meanwhile Chinese engineers push near Hukawng valley as Mountbatten reports quiet on the Burma front except shelling near Buthedaung and an allied coastal patrol encounter south of Maungdaw with enemy casualties.
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Puerto Rico
Panama
Southwest Pacific
India
Furma
Hukawng
Ledo Road
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Buthedaung
Arakan
Akyab
Maungdaw
Gripsholm Due Soon
The liner Gripsholm is expected to dock at Jersey City on March 14 or 15 bringing several hundred Americans home from Germany and occupied Europe. The ship left Lisbon at midnight but anchored eight hours in the river due to fog. passenger names and hometown addresses will be released when the list is received.
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Washington
Gripsholm
Germany
Europe
Jersey City
Lisbon
Somerset Daily Weather Reported by David Grove
Daily weather summary from 5 30 p m Sunday to 5 30 p m Monday by David Grove U S Weather Observer lists high and low temperatures with additional notes and comparisons to the previous year, the exact figures are unreadable in the OCR but the report records temperature readings for the period.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
U.S. Weather Bureau
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Sete Meen Mneent Maneverenees Cameanaemmion Ata
Denver
Weather forecast for Pennsylvania and nearby states
Eastern Pennsylvania expects rain south with sleet or freezing rain in the north through Tuesday morning as it warms. Western Pennsylvania stays cloudy and windy with morning rain east and colder temperatures with light snow flurries late afternoon. Maryland sees morning rain with moderate temperatures. West Virginia remains cloudy and windy and turns colder.
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Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
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Sgt
Roosevelt
N&ar
RED Cross
Carload
U.S
C. Yates McDaniel
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Somerset Americar
Reds
W. W. Hercher
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