Yanks Claim 37 Air Raids Across Carolines
The report describes 37 air raids by American forces on the Carolines with strikes on Ponape. It notes destruction of defenses and ships, ground damage, and towns laid waste. Adm Chester Nimitz’s operations are referenced along with advancing air supremacy and disrupted supply lines.
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Ponape
Trun
Adm
Chester
Navy
Atiaca
Pon
Larce
Nimitz
Pacific
Los Negros
Manusaland
Admiralty
Habaul 13
Deusaimyville CO
Draft Accent Emphasizes Youth in WWII Draft Plans
President Roosevelt warns manpower needs will require 1,160,000 new recruits between February 1 and June 30. He rejects lowering the draft age, arguing shortages must be filled from 18 year olds and older men, and plans to review the crisis with new orders reinforcing the focus on youth soon.
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Roosevelt
Selective Service
Dewey Urges Retention Of Rubber Techs In War Drive
Rubber Director Jadiey Dewey warned that synthetic rubber production suffers from a shortage of young technicians. He urged retaining skilled workers under 26 deferred for occupation to avoid plant shutdowns and jeopardizing vital research as drafts loom. He stressed irreplaceable experts aid national effort.
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Jadiey Dewey
Dewey
Two Men Convicted In Bogus Check Ring
Walter J. Pelka convicted of conspiracy to defraud in a bogus check ring operating with civilian operatives. Chester Rudnicki also convicted and fined $2,000 with a three to five year sentence. Valaskas acquitted as primer. Six girls in custody accused of passsing checks.
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Chicago
Walter J. Pelka
Civl
Chester Rudnicki
Michael Valaskas
Pelka
Rudnicki
Valaskas
Romania Peace Terms Drafted at Ankara Peace Conference
A Geneva dated note from Ankara outlines terms for Romania including retrocession of Besarabia and Northern Bukovina to Russia, return of the northern Danube arm to the Soviet Union, a Soviet Romanian condominium over the Danube outlet, and Romania breaking relations with the Reich. The plan preserves the Dobrudja frontier and envisions Romanian territories under Russian occupation until war end, with no German war reparations but restitution of certain machines and extradition of accused persons.
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Surbey
Ankara
Vial de Geneva
Rumania
Russia
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Danube
Latvia
Soviet Union
European Control Commission
Romania
Timis
Transylvania
Government details streamline tax plan proposals
The document outlines a plan to adopt a streamlined tax system with adjustments to normal and surtax exemptions and rates. It suggests withholding receipts as a prepayment, post year-end settlement by the collector, and repeal of the Victory Tax. It estimates 20 million filers with half using a simple tax table and the other half receiving a simpler return.
Overprice Meat Fines Total $118 350 in New York
Twelve meat wholesalers and 32 individuals nationwide agreed to pay fines totaling 118 350 for selling or buying meat above OPA price ceilings. Sentences were handed by Judge Robert A. Neh in Brooklyn Federal Court with a one week deadline to pay or face jail. Five people including two firefighters were burned in a three story rooming house fire in Buffalo's west side caused by a careless smoker.
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New York
Brooklyn
Robert <A. Neh
Buffalo Buffalo
Buffalo
West Side
Harold G. Rainey
Carelss
Women hold senior roles in the Postal Service
Postmaster General Walker announced new figures showing women in leading postal positions. More than 27,500 serve as postmasters, 300 regular rural carriers, 90 substitute rural carriers, 309 substitute letter carriers, over 6,000 clerks, 9,000 substitute clerks, and 10,000 in assistant postmaster or similar roles. These women are rendering good service.
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L’s
Walker
Washington
March
Vanadium plant stoppage discussed by union and company
Officials of Vanadium Corporation of America and District 50 United Mine Workers meet in Niagara Falls to resolve a strike that left 550 workers idle since Sunday and halted ferro alloy production for wartime use. Federal conciliator Verne Follanshee hopes an agreement will be reached today amid claims of a lockout after a foreman and worker dispute.
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Niagara Falls
Vanadium Corporation of America
District 50
United Mine Workers
Verne’ S. Follanshee
Thomas G. Rickerts
Newsmen Refused Proof of Argentine Quintuplets Birth
In Buenos Aires reporters say the Diligenti heir declined to show birth registration of quintuplets. Franco Diligenti released the infants names and pictures but would not reveal where registration occurred or why. Skepticism grows as civil registry records are not found. he claims the birth date July 15, 1943 and secrecy to avoid public curiosity.
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Buenos Aires
Franco
Air Troops Land Behind Foe in Burma Invasion
On the India Burma frontier Allied forces including U.S. engineers and British infantry were flown in by American gliders to establish an airstrip behind Japanese lines near Miyithyina. Col Philip G. Cochran led the special air task force from India to push a new supply route to China and open a widening offensive in Burma.
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India-Burma
Burma
Josepn Wosuliwell
Itis
India
Lnes
Donald C. Tulloch
Ogdensburg
United Press Restricted in Argentina by Telecommunication Ban
Buenos Aires reports that Argentina's postmaster general renewed a ban on United Press and its affiliate La Prensa Unida. The order revokes teletypes between Buenos Aires and Montevideo and suspends telegraph and telephone facilities. The action cites misuse of the circuit and seeks ministry review and possible justice submission.
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Buenos Aires
Manch
ISCP
Department of Posts and ‘Telegrams
trans‘Mini
United Press
la Prensa Unida
Postmuister
Montevideo
Argentina
Ministry of the Interior
Resolutio
Ministry of Justice
Willkie Farm Talk Opens Wisconsin Delegate Drive
Willkie planned a 12 day Wisconsin delegate drive starting tonight with a farm policy speech at Richland Center. He arrives in Madison this afternoon and will stay with Gov Wantner S Goodland after the Richland Center visit. The Milwaukee appearance on March 27 will cover labor issues. Seventeen Wisconsin cities are on the itinerary including Ripon for party unity.
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Willkie
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wendell Willkie
Richland Center
Madison
Wantter S. Goodland
Ripon
Stromsz Carlson Seeks Television Permit For Rochester Station
The Stromsz Carlson Company asked the FCC for a license to operate a commercial television station as soon as the war ends. Dr. Ray H. Manson said the firm plans a new studio and transmitter next to its plant. The firm already runs radio WHAM and FM WHFM.
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Rochester
Federal Communications Commission
Stromsz-Carlson Company
Ray H. Manson
Radio and
WHAM
WHFM
Bowman to join London talks as postwar adviser
Dr. Isaiah Bowman, president of Johns Hopkins University, meets with President Roosevelt and Undersecretary Stettinius to discuss postwar matters with Britain. The visit recalls Bowman’s 1917 work with Woodrow Wilson on European issues and the postwar vision known as Wilson's 14 points.
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Washington
Histers
Isaiah Bowman
White House
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Bowman
Jonas *Hopkins University
Edward R. Stettinius
London
Roosevelt
Dr. Bowman
Germany
Wilson
Col
Edward M. House
The
American Geographical Society
Dairy League Seeks 5.30 Class 1 Milk Pay in NY
The Dairy men’s League Cooperative Association requests a 5.30 per hundredweight price for Class 1 milk sold to New York City. President Fred Hr. Sexauer said an amendment to the city milk marketing order would raise the return, noting federal subsidies and a decline in farmers supplying milk.
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Dairy League
New York
Dairymen's League Cooperative Association
New York City
Fred Hr. Sexauer
League
New York ‘City
Lexauer
Monarchs in Flux Across Greece Yugoslavia Romania and More
In postwar shifts several monarchies face upheaval as Greece Yugoslavia and Romania grapple with abdication or republican pressures. King George of Greece, refugees in Cairo, faces plebiscite demands before return. Yugoslavia weighs abolishing the monarchy amid rising communism. similar currents affect Luigaria and Romania. King Peter of Yugoslavia’s influence wanes while royalists and republicans seek new governance.
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Little Emanuele
America
Britain
Moscow
Saria
Yugoslavia
Rumania
George
Greece
Cairo
Metaxas
Athens
Marie
Romania
Peter
Luigatia 1
Propaganda leaflets urge revolt in Germany from Allied info
The pamphlets call Germans to turn in Nazi leaders under threat of death and condemn Hitler's war. They claim peace ends destruction and slavery, warn of continued bombing, and contrast Nazi claims with Roosevelt's position. Starry Flag edition touts Allied relief spending and red army gains with Stalingrad references.
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Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
U. S
War Department
Germany
Roosevelt
Hitler
London
Kriegsinformationsamt
OWT
Italy
Red Army
United States
Fort Jackson
United Nations
Reichswehr
Cherkassy
Stalingrad No. 2
Russia
Stalingrad
Seabees Amaze Solomons Tribe With False Teeth Feat
Natives on Green Island in the New Ireland Group thrill at an American Seabee who shows his removable upper denture during a meal. The incident sparks curiosity as a native delegation later visits his camp and invites others to witness the spectacle of the movable teeth.
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Green Island
New Ireland
Seabee
Cherkassy Casualties Attributed to The Führer
Red framed wartime caption proclaims in large letters that casualties at Cherkassy are to be thanked to the Führer, reflecting propaganda framing of battlefield losses during the campaign.
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Cherkassy
Fuhrer
Future Limitless For Industry Says U S Chamber Head
Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce spoke at the Rochester Chamber installation dinner. He argued freedom of enterprise expands the American way of life and urged broadening opportunities beyond the current national scope. He compared Western states population and resources with India and Europe and highlighted aviation as a source of industrial opportunity.
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U.S
Rochester
Eric Johnston
United States
India
Europe
Johnston
Government Ends Denaturalization Trial
Buffalo march 18 the government finished denaturalization proceedings against 11 alleged former German American Bund members claiming they acquired citizenship with mental reservations. Judge John Knight did not set a date for oral arguments or briefs after Nicholas Radl 41 testified he never told the FBI he would rather be shot than bear arms against Germany. He said if such remarks occurred they were due to mental torture and being too tied to know what he was saying.
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Buffalo
Bund
John Knight
Nicholas Radl
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Germany
De Gaulle Demands Unity Against Foreign Regimes
Gen Charles de Gaulle in Algiers declares France will not tolerate a foreign regime or continued Vichy elements after the war. He notes the French National Committee is drafting a provisional government and urges unity within France and abroad as liberation approaches.
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de Gaulle
France
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Consultative Assembly
French National Committee
Cassino Battle Amid Tanks and Smoke
Reporter witnesses New Zealand tanks and troops pressing into Cassino Italy as German shells answer. A Sherman tank bursts into flames while medics carry wounded through bombed streets and ambulances take shrapnel hits in the fight for Cassino.
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Jasles E. Koper
iCassino
Italy
New Zealand
Cassino
Kranite
Monastery Hill
Small Merchant's Bright Future Praised by Furniture Official
Loren Troost, president of the National Retail Furniture Association, told the Western New York Retail Furniture Dealers' Association that wartime regulations let small merchants compete with big-city stores, mail order houses, and chains. Henry Dinegar of the War Production Board urged full use of manpower and materials to keep the economy strong.
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Buffalo
Loren Troost
National Retail Furniture Association
Troost
New York
America
Henry Dinegar
Consumer Durable Goods
War Production Board
Irvin Cobb Leaves Most Estate to Widow in Will
Renowned humorist Irvin S. Cobb, who died eight days ago in Paducah, left most of his large estate to his wife Laura Baker Cobb. The will directs income from five sixes of the residuary estate to her, with the daughter Elizabeth Cobb Rogers inheriting income after the wife’s death along with $25 000 cash. A one sixth trust is set for Cobb’s sister Hewitt Howland of New York City, with reversion to Mrs Rogers if she dies first. No portion is left to brother John S. Cobb of Memphis. The estate’s value is unspecified.
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Irvin Cobb
New York
Irvin S. Cobb
Paducah
Laura Baker Cobb
Cobb
Ufe
Elizabeth Cobb Rogers
Hewitt Howland
New York City
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