Strange Planes Fall Behind Japanese In Philippines Defense
Report from the theater describes German marked twin engined bombers suspected in bombardments along MacArthur's coastline as Nipponese invaders grow pressed. Communiques claim Nazi reinforcements and remaining P40s are scarce while Japanese jets and heavy bombers press the line at the Philippines front. American and Filipino forces push ahead on the Batang front as Marquardt's surprise assault stirs.
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Wallington, Marcel
U.P
Hermanebuilt
Pengins MacArthur
Insarin Irene
MacArchir
New Battle Line Stratels
Feninsula
Philippines
Ef Hh
Ratan
Mardethir
Guerrillas In Bataan Help To MacArthur
A scattered army of guerrilla warriors, possibly twice MacArthur’s main force, harasses Japanese plans in the Philippines. President Quezon calls Filipinos to fight to the death behind enemy lines. Estimates place guerrilla strength from 50,000 to 90,000, with bands spread from northern Luzon to Mindanao.
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Washington
T.m
Douglas MacaArthur
Batasn
Philippines
Manuel Quezon
Filipinas
War Department
Luzon
Mindanan
Mokammedan Maroe
U S and Brazil to sign new lend lease accord
Acting Secretary of State Wiley says he will sign statements with Brazil's finance minister Arthur J Souza Corta covering additional minilaboration arrangements in the intered of homophene defene. One document will be a res Teasertend acreerment and the other a development prea aimed at rubber and related materials in the Amazon and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Summner Weiles
Arthur J Souza Corta
Amazon
Baun
Three Cottages Burn at Methodist Camp
Fire destroyed three cottages at a Methodist camp near Lancaster today. Damage was estimated at 2.3 thousand dollars. Firemen drew water from the camp swimming pool to save other buildings including the tabernacle. The cause of the blaze was not yet determined.
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Lancaster
Onune
Weather Update Moderately Cold With Light Snow
OID reports moderately cold conditions with very light snow tonight across the area. Snow shows toward western and southern portions by afternoon as markets page two notes further details.
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Oid
Dover Coast Bombarded By Germans
London reports a heavy German artillery bombardment along the Dover Strait as Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen crossed the channel. Explosions rocked Dover and Calais area with anti air defenses firing as a large air raid warning sounded. The night brought a tense blackout and observers noted significant gunfire from the German side during the Dover Calais clash.
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London
Xenom
Dover
Dwer-Calais
Scharnhorst
Ginevenay
Pring Eugen
Threuth
New Tires and Tubes Stolen from Brock Tire Co
Thieves broke into Brock Tire Co at 10 Cleveland Street over the weekend and took 34 new tires and tubes valued at about 900 dollars. Police say the break in opened by Chance Motter and the shop floor was ransacked. Also stolen were 72 passenger tires, two truck tires, 13 passenger tubes, four truck tubes and four batteries, about a third of the stock.
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Brock Tire Co
Cleveland Street
Alas Brock
Chrence Motter
Arxk
Plans for Wellington Conference by Parents Council
The executive committee of the Letain County Council of Parent Teacher Associations will meet at the county school headquarters in Elytia Plack at 7 p.m. Wednesday to plan the North Central District conference in Wellington on March 23 and to arrange the April meeting of the agency council.
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Wellington
Létain County
Three Injured In Traffic Accidents In Elyria Area
Police and sheriff reports over the weekend show three injuries and several arrests from traffic crashes. Oliver Miller, 51, of 434 Cleveland Street, fractured nose and chest injuries when his car hit a parked vehicle at 1150 p m Friday near Cleveland Street, taken to Elyria Memorial. The parked car owned by W M Pflaff, 420 Poplar Street, both cars damaged. Sam Pant Rabineen, 21, of Oberlin charged with reckless driving after a crash at 310 p m Friday in front of 42 Cleveland Street. he was thrown from the car. Veron Car Hamilton was driving when the collision occurred. front of his car badly damaged. Malice said he would be arraigned later this week. Helen Harmon, resident of the Jackson Hotel, sustained bloody nose and knee injuries and was arrested for reckless driving after a collision in front of 4 Cleveland Street with a parked truck and trailer under Emory Johnson of Pontiac Mich. Harmon said she was blinded by approaching headlights. A Westlake man was fined 73 and costs and suspended from driving after a crash in front of a rail pillar near the bridge. Malone, North Ridgeville, charged with reckless driving after a collision near Fut Bridge. Continued on Page 1.
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Olver Miller
Cleveland Treet
Elyria Memorial Hospital
W. M. Pfalf
Poplar Street
uTifay
Sam Pant Rabineen
Oberlin
Cleveland Street
Hobinsou
Sid
Helen Harmon
Jackson Hotel
Chatre
Emery Johnson
Pontiac
Mich
Harmon
Westlake
Teder
Fiel Malone
North Ridgeville
Army Ambulance Upsets Ohioan Fatally Burned
New Orleans reported an Army ambulance incident late Saturday night left Pvt. Robert Oxtes of Ashland injured and Pvt. Glen Snyder 21 fatally burned. Two other soldiers, Advant Wheeler of Evansville Indiana and another comrade, were hurt. The driver was not severely injured.
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New Orleans
Glen Snyder
Fdvant Wheeler
Evansville
Ind
Robert Oxtes
Aly
Ashland
Trax
Way to get cash to pay taxes defense bonds or stamps
A concise admonition notes that the route to cash for tax payment lies in selling items one cannot use, rather than using cash you already have. It frames selling unneeded goods as the practical method to obtain funds for government obligations and defense purchases.
Rubber Raft Saves Lives Of 3 Fliers
The Navy recounts that three airmen drifted hundreds of miles for more than a month after their bomber crashed in the Pacific. Harold Dixon of La Mesa California crew chief piloted the craft, Anthony Pastula of Youngstown Ohio ordnance man, and Gene Aldrich of Sikeston Missouri radio man landed on a small atoll and were rescued. They survived on rainwater and fish and birds. Dixon devised an emergency sustenance method and all three, though sunburned and malnourished, are expected to return to duty.
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Honolulu
Navy
Pacific
Tliers
Harold Dixon
Aviation Ihief
Dixon
Survivors From Four Ships Land East Canada
March 2 report from an East Canada port says 111 survivors from four ships landed after torpedo attacks in the western Atlantic. The crews of two tankers were saved within an hour. 38 missing from a third tanker. 4 deaths on a freighter. overall Canada east coast submarine toll rising to 32 since mid January as U boat activity intensified.
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East Canada
Perssi
United Nations
Congoy
Atlantic
United States
Atl
Doe
Mbsing
Fer
Lantal
Harten
jSludirs
Canadian East
Attorney Appoints Coordinators Clerk Amid County Shift
Attorney Walter J. Weisht announced Tolbert Vanderark, Ely rationing board member, as clerk for the county commodities coordinators at 1480 dollars per seat. Effective March 1 under federal authority, the salary is federally funded. Weicht said the clerk appointment was needed due to heavy workload. Wright, the county treasurer, serves as interim coordinator without reprisal.
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Walter J. Weisht
Tolbert Vanderark
Elysha Rationing Board
Weicht
Sidiat
Wright
All Or Nothing Battle Under Way As Japs Press
Allied and Japanese forces clash as invasion fleets surge toward Java. Allied air power targets landing barges and tanks while U S and British wartime actions aim to thwart three Japanese bridgeheads near Batavia and Soerabaja. No. 1 continued on Page 2.
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Dava
Archibald Wavell
United Nations
Hatte
Daya
Kenat Htanitos
Batavia
Soerabaja
Java
Cestral Java
Strongboll
Dutch Indies
Bandeeng
Seerabaja
Jap Lowes Terifle
Mikes
U.S. Aleenn
P.M. Hardison
Licut
Believe Rangoon Will Soon Fall To Japanese
Burmese front reports indicate Japanese forces advancing from the north toward Shwe Gyin and Rangoon. Observers fear a breach in the Rangoon defense could split the area between Mandalay and the coast, signaling a major extension of the Burma campaign.
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Rangoon
Mandalay
Burma
Cherkel
Tower Sittane
Shwe Gyin
Tiver
Pemu
Evera
Buri
Bay of
Tiengat
Manstoon
Sit
Lotion
Rane ‘Geen
Shonda
Alanieon
Pete Fen
Two Trainmen Die In Wreck In Tenn
Chattanooga reports a rail wreck on the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis line near here. Engineer Ext Ballentine and fireman J. W. Arnold, both of Nashville, were killed and flagman C. N. West of Nashville injured when the southbound Chicago to Jacksonville passenger train derailed after a split rail.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga
Van Drivers Strike Shuts Cleveland Movement Hub
On March 24 the Van Drivers' Union AFL struck in Cleveland, halting city moving services as hundreds of movers with belongings were stranded. The walkout surprised both union members seeking higher wages and employer spokesmen amid ongoing negotiations.
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Cleveland
van Drivers’ Union
AFL
Nelson to Speak Tonight on War Plant Drive
Production Chief Donald Nelson will address a national audience on the Blue Network tonight, outlining a tough battle plan to accelerate war plant production. The speech, airing 9:35 to 10 p.m. EWT, promises a bold push for a 163-hour week for plants and stronger worker-management mobilization to meet total war demands.
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Washington
Donald Nelson
Blue Network
Tomore Toy
Roosevelt
Nelson
Cooperating With Free French In The Pacific
Washington reports the United States is cooperating with Free French forces to defend strategic French positions in the Pacific including New Caledonia. New Caledonia is rich in nickel and other strategic materials and houses refineries vital to the Japanese war effort. The island’s status concerns Australia and New Zealand due to its location over air and sea routes.
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Washington
United States
Vie Padine
New Caledonia
Japan
News
News Zealand and Southern Aunralia
New Zealand
Plan To Hold Ohio State Fair This Year
The Ohio state board of agriculture announced plans to hold the Ohio State Fair this year unless the government requests use of the fair grounds. They stated cooperation is possible if war demands require state grounds, aligning with Governor Bricker’s dedication to supporting the war effort.
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Columbus
Articulture
Ohio
Untess
Bricker
Obey
State Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
War Update Highlights Three Japanese Invasion Drives
Japanese forces press across Burma and the Philippines with new offensives. In Burma they strike Rangoon defenses, while in Luzon operations continue as the Bataan front remains quiet. Heavy casualties and air strikes accompany the new naval and ground actions.
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Java
Enteral
Philippines
Luzon
Bataan
Gen Ma Favors The Off Washington War Speech
General George CM of staff warned that enemy actions have reached U S shores and urged preparation for future fighting. Marshall indicated expectation of hostile forces and emphasized urgent military measures amid national debate over funding and policy.
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Washington
George CM
Tod
Marshall
Tisol
Sta
Les Austin
Verme
Senate
German Torpedo The Brit LONDON March Report on German convoy action
The Admiralty said a German tanker faced enemy shore batteries while in a convoy. British escort force engaged the German boat and sustained actions near the coast with limited details released.
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London
Mar
Elyrian Cadet Completes Training in California Detachment
Aviation Cadet completed basic training at the School in King City and has been sent to the Inland Detachment in California. Cadet Williams and Mrs. E, of SL W Avenue, referenced in the notice.
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King Cit
Ing
Calif
Williams
W Avenue
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U.S
Brazil
Douglas Moc
Canada
F.D.R
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Henry K. Bumeon
Oast
Nelson Will
U. 5
Ma Favors
Elyrian Cc
Valerie
Darrell
Walter
Teni
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