MacArthur Versatile As Tactician In Australia Plan
Washington notes General Douglas MacArthur now Supreme Commander in Australia faces a vast, undefended continent to hold with Allied and American forces. The piece credits his World War I Rainbow Division leadership, warns of potential Japanese invasion, and underlines his blend of strategic retreat and swift offense as he shapes defensive strategy for the Far Pacific theater.
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Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Wide World
Wirke L. Stimson
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Washington
Axis
Fellowship of Conquest
Far Pacific
MacArthur
Bataan
Rainbow Division
Marne
Sedan
France
Luzon
Bataan Peninsula
Japan
India
Russia
China Sea
Pacific
Rainbow
Pershing
Metz-Thionville
Horder
United States
Bico
MacArthur’s strategic retreat to Bataan and its lessons
The piece analyzes General Douglas MacArthur’s decision to fall back to Bataan during the Luzon crisis, comparing it to potential future actions in Australia. It argues his leadership preserved main forces, ammunition, and supplies despite air and sea pressure, shaping expectations for continental battles.
Arrests Hit 50 Cities in FBI Lottery Ring Sweep
The FBI carried out a broad raid seizing steel machinery printing presses and millions of tickets supporting a nationwide lottery scheme. Authorities name operatives known as Empire and Colonial among others, with arrests across New York Vermont and nearby states. Notable detainees include Frank Cohen Albany and Stanley Forman Schenectady. multiple others in Ilion Fort Plain Cohoes Troy and Rutland. Buffalo and Rochester agents also reported arrests.
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Cornelius
Uncle Sam
National Defense
Ring
Empire
POA
Colonial
People’s Club
New York State
Vermont
Albany
Frank Cohen
Frank Cole
Harry Fox
Frank Clark
Clarence Tomlinson
Stanley Forman
Schenectady
Maxwell P. Kyser
Fort Plain
Edward Dunn
Charles Leip, Sr
Glenn Lumley
G. Fred Loesman
Tlion
Fred A. White
Ilion
Edward Borden
Cohoes
Raymond D. Barger
Troy
Fred Johnson
Binghamton
James Sands
Arthur J. Standish
Nineveh
Frank Whitehouse
Burlington
J. K. Sherman
Rutland
J. Rb.wersebe
St. Albans
Joseph McTague
R. J. Roberts
Kingston
Buffalo
Ray Kruzen
Elmira
Elmer Ernst
Rochester
Joseph Abramson
MacArthur’s Philippine voyage ends in Australia with family move
Reports recount General MacArthur and family landing in Australia after a perilous voyage from the Philippines. Officers praise the convoy’s passage, note American-held islands like Cebu and Mindanao, and describe Filipino guerillas and Japanese actions. The text highlights food, malaria threats to the Japanese, and Mrs MacArthur’s courage. Arthur MacArthur Jr, born in the Philippines, accompanies his family through Alice Springs and Melbourne.
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Casey
Philippines
Drum
Mills
Frank
Manila Bay
Cebu
Panay
Mindanao
O. K
Australia
MacArthurs
Mrs. MacArthur
Arthur
MacArthur
Amah
Adelaide
Melbourne
General MacArthur
Alice
Springs
Bataan
Four Die as Bomber Burns in Memphis Crash
Memphis Tenn March 21 four persons were killed when a two motor Army bomber crashed and burned near Municipal Airport. The dead were taken to a Memphis funeral home and not yet identified. Two others were rescued badly burned. The plane took off from the airport and crashed in underbrush a quarter mile away. The injured included 7 Lieut Edward C Huggs 22 of Arkadelphia Ark. His condition was undetermined. Sergt Richard Gemiem address undetermined. His condition was reported as critical.
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Memphis
Tenn
Edward C. Huggs
Arkadelphia
Ark
Richard Gemiem
War Today on Page One Discusses Pacific Strategy and Offensives
The article analyzes Allied strategy against Japan, stressing that major offensives are unlikely soon. It highlights MacArthur's role, bases in Australia, Burma, and China, and the need to strengthen air power, sea routes, and transport. It notes Japan's vulnerability and cites potential bomber missions via Alaska and the Aleutians, with possible Soviet landings in transit to China.
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MacArthur
Australia
America
Orient
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Yamamoto
Washington
Stilwell
United States
Burma
China
Japan
Nippon
Tokyo
Osaka
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Russia
Cn-Stry
Tre Mikado
Australia seeks voice in war councils amid cabinet shifts
Australian Foreign Minister Dr. Evatt and diplomat Richard Casey pressed for a more representative wartime council, arguing current Pacific leadership lacks the United States and Australia wants cabinet-level involvement. They briefed President Roosevelt and Sumner Welles, weighing future representation and regular changes to reflect Australian conditions.
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Evatt
Pacific Council l
London
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Churchill
Richard G. Casey
Washington
Middle East
Curtin
Dr. Evatt
West
Roosevelt
Casey
Second Ship Crippled by Allied Fliers in Pacific Raid
Allied air strikes damaged a cruiser and caused smoke and sinking rumors after direct hits and near misses. A bomber fleet returned safely as RAF aircraft struck Saumlaki and Yamdena in the Dutch East Indies. Japanese reconnaissance and attacks hit Broome and Derby with limited damage. Darwin raid casualties confirmed, two killed and seven wounded.
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Douglas
MacArthur
Melbourne
New Britain
Rabaul
Samnliki
Broome
Derby
Darwin
Philippines
Northern Territory
Saumliki
Yamdena
Australia
Western Australia
Labor effort dispute over 40 hour week and strikes
Testimony cites a large Oklahoma campaign to repeal the 40 hour week and outlaw strikes. Oklahoma publishers deny funding, while city papers back labor policy as aiding war production. Witnesses argue Congress should delay anti strike and 40 hour week legislation during the war period.
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Oklahoma
Okahoma Publishing Company
Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
Oklahoma City
E. K. Gaylord
Green
Murray
Thomas
Appropriations Subcommittee
War Department
Congress
MacArthur Arrives in Melbourne amid fanfare and invited greeting
General MacArthur and family reach Melbourne as crowds gather to greet him. U.S. and Australian leaders plan talks with MacArthur and service chiefs. A unit of Filipino soldiers wounded in the Philippines march in the reception, and Mrs. MacArthur appears moved by the welcome.
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U. S. Army
MacArthur
Australia
Pacific
New York Times
Melbourne
Adelaide
United States
Philippines
George H. Brett
Herbert Leary
Patrick Jay Aur
U. S
New Zeaand
Richard K. Sutherland
General MacArthur Greets Australian Press Friends
General Douglas MacArthur meets Australian reporters and photographers and says he values the press as some of his best friends. He appears in a room with his mother as the event concludes and discusses his gratitude toward the Australian press.
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MacArthur
German Rout Reported at Key Fronts in Soviet News
Reports describe German detachments starving villages around Savage Russia and exhaustion among a German company commander’s troops since February 23. Red Star notes fierce Southern Front fighting with German retreat under hammer blows and rising Allied aircraft activity. Russian air losses include 37 German planes downed Thursday, with 14 Russian losses. Tass cites guerrilla actions near Leningrad, claiming 627 Germans killed and substantial matériel damage, including ammo dumps and trucks.
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Russia
Red Star
Rzhev-Vyazma
Moscow
Tass
Leningrad
Nazis Claim Six Soviet Attacks Repulsed Near Timen
German broadcasts report repulse of six Soviet assaults southeast of Lake Timen near Staraya Russa with heavy losses. Five tanks destroyed, many dead and numerous prisoners taken. British BBC report notes Berlin food rations expanded with water to powdered apples cheese and vegetables.
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Berlin
Lake Timen
Staraya Russa
Kerch
Crimea
Donets Basin
BBC
CBS
Axis Supply Ships Sunk by British Submarines
London March 21 The Admiralty announced two large Axis supply ships were sunk in the central Mediterranean after being attacked by British submarines. The communique noted both ships were known to have sunk and the larger was escorted by two destroyers.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
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