Pacific War Developments Across Asia and Pacific Fronts
The report outlines India independence talks with Sir Stafford, a Tokyo backed Indian Independence movement, and a Tokyo-initiated plan in Tokyo for March 28. Philippines sees a six hour Japanese air assault on Manila Bay defenses, Corregidor hit but light damage and few casualties. MacArthur visits Canberra to discuss defense and future offensives. Burma experiences growing Japanese pressure with paratroopers and invasions along the Irrawaddy valley. Transport strains threaten Japanese advances as Allied forces claim substantial shipping losses reducing their strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia
Sir Stafford
Japan
India
Berlin
Tokyo
Indian Independence Party
Hong Kong
Malaya
Thailand
Shanghai
War Council
Burma
Toungoo
Rangoon
Rangoon- Prome
Irrawaddy River
Minhla - Tharrawad
Balkans Tension and Local Accidents Reported
Analysis says Bulgaria and Hungary face German pressure for troops as Axis aims at Russia and Turkey. Hitler and King Boris are said to discuss Bulgaria's role. no confirmation of troop concentrations. Local incidents include Wesley Traxler injured in a crash, Florence Gutierrez treated for eye injuries, Lillian Leichot with a fractured arm, and Robert Borowski injured after colliding with a car. John Olechnowicz fined for reckless driving after high speed pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Bulgaria
Hungary
Russia
Boris
Fuehrer
Dardanellese
Communist Party
Balkan
Turkey
Black Sea
Thrace
Florence Gutierrero
7Th St NE
Albino Alvarez
8Th St NE
Gutierreze
Aultman Hospital
Lillian Leichot
8Th St
Mercy Hospital
Mahoning Rd
Don Bole
Earl Thompson
Leichot
Dorothy A. Hoge
Arlington Ave NW
Robert Borowski
R. E. Long
Clinton Ave
Tonner Ct
Patrolmen
H. R. Griffin
Contribution drive denied by Governor Bricker
Don Power secretary to Gov Bricker said no organization or publication is authorized to solicit contributions for the governors political campaign fund. He has received complaints from Ohio industrial executives about a man seeking subscriptions to a labor publication under the pretense it aided the governors reelection campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Columbus
Don C. Power
Bricker
Power
Ohio
Auto crash and reckless driving charges spill into New Philadelphia report
In New Philadelphia March 26 three youths face reckless driving charges for speeding on Cleve land avenue NW and Tuscarawas street W. Ralph A Wise 18 and Ronnie Arrington 34 are cited by patrolmen Rinehart, Christ and Brady, Ridgeway for speeds around 50 mph. Thomas E Rennie 19 pays a $10 fine for improper license plates. A separate fatal crash near route 21 hospitalizes Harold Patrick 19 and injures his brother Russell 16. Oliver Jenkins of Stone Creek drives the tractor-trailer involved in a head-on collision.
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Ralph A. Wise
Greentown
R. O. Rinehart
George Christ
Cleveland Ave
13Th St
Ferndale Rd
Ronnie Arrington
Charles Ave
Massillon
R. C. Brady
Clifton Ridgeway
Tuscarawas St
High
Harrison Ares
Thomas E. Rennie
15Th St
James A. Bowman
Harold Patrick
Goshenave SE
Union Hospital
New Philadelphia
Russell
Oliver Jenkins
Stone Creek
Road crash, fines mark collision case in district court
A tractor-trailer driver from Harrisburg failed to stop at a rural intersection, striking a Hartville sedan. Three Amato passengers sustained minor injuries and were treated. the truck driver, Woodford Radcliffe, 32, was fined $10 and costs for reckless driving. The widow Mrs Willis obituary note accompanies unrelated items.
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Woodford R. Radcliffe
Harrisburg
Greentown
Mt. Union Road
Mickey Steve Amato
Hartville
Amato
Tresa Amato
Joseph Amato
Marie Amato
Radcliffe
North Canton
Allies move to route China shipments via new ports
The report notes the island loss shifts supply lines to other ports likely on the Arabian Sea, forcing longer land routes to China. It stresses unshaken determination despite setbacks and implies strategic adjustments in wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabian Sea
China
German Warplanes Raid Murmansk and Donets Front
Soviet dispatches report 66 German planes raided Murmansk, a key port for US war materials, while over 100 planes clashed above the city and eleven German planes were shot down. Hitler HQ says winter thawing as Red Army attacks in the Donets basin collapse in bitter fighting with German Romanian troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Arctic
Murmansk
Hitler
Donets
Small war finance plan gives loans to small firms
The war and navy departments along with the maritime commission may finance or guarantee loans to small plants to aid wartime production. Authority rests with agency heads, with federal reserve banks and RFC acting as loan agents. Patterson says the order is a production measure, not banking. The system could allow 100 percent financing for contracts and subcontracts, with the war department backing loans if needed after the war. A Senate bill proposes a smaller war plants corporation funded with 100 million dollars to prime contract and subcontract to small firms. Senators and WPB leaders see potential, seeking a genius to coordinate the program, while the RFCA and WPB face scrutiny from a congressional committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
RFC
Federal Reserve Banks
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Patterson
Senate
Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Commerce Jones
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Taft
Nelson
Treasury
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Germany
WPB
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Jones
Roosevelt Awards MacArthur Medal for Gallantry
President Roosevelt conferred the Congressional Medal of Honor on General Douglas MacArthur, praising his leadership of the Philippines forces in defense of Bataan and his role as United Nations generalissimo. The award followed MacArthur’s mobilization and training of the Philippine Army and his escape to Australia.
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Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
John Curtain
Japan
United Nations
Philippines
Pacific
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gen. MacArthur
Bataan
MacArthur
Roosevelt
United Nations Generalissimo
Army of the Philippines
Richard Bus Sutherland
Nelson T. Johnson
World stock of radium valued at eighteen million dollars
The global radium inventory is estimated at about two pounds in total value roughly eighteen million dollars.
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Pacific War
Manila Bay
Corregidor Fortress
Schmidt
Sani
Schm
Esber Beverage Co
Dial
Balkans
Wesley Traxler
Canton
John J. Olechnowicz
Akron
SACCO
Canton Hardware Co
Churchill
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Wake Island
Marcus Island
China Sea
Indo-China
East Indies
Britain
London
New England
WPB Heard
Congressional
Charles Carroll
Philadelphia
World War Industries Board
Ates
N. Dial
Wallpaper and Paint CO
M’ Arthur
Washington
Lever Brothers Company
Shipley’s
Orange
Grove
Florida
Korbin
Froelich
Wacnut Ave
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