Nimitz Predicts Big Smash in Pacific War
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said American forces have occupied Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands and that submarines are inflicting heavy tolls on Japanese shipping. He noted no Japanese forces on Majuro and that the base will aid future operations while avoiding disclosure of its use.
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Roosevelt pushes national service act front in labor clash
In talks with CIO chief Murray over a national service act Roosevelt sought CIO support for subsidies in Congress. Murray, a key CIO ally, opposed labor draft plans while acknowledging left wing unions like Electrical Workers, Longshoremen, and National Maritime Union backed endorsements.
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Joseph Curran
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Thrusts of Nazis Given Big Setback
Allied patrols clash with German forces in Cassino as Americans repel two Nazi attacks near Cisterna. Heavy mortar and machine gun fire fail to gain ground at Cassino while rain and mud slow movements on the Rapido River. A second Nazi thrust southwest of Carroceto is stopped.
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Navy to Occupy Truk Base for Repair Work
Washington report shows the United States Navy plans to take over the Japanese stronghold at Truk. Rear Admiral Edward Cochrane testified that repair facilities will be needed, with most work by January 1945. The hearing was released by the House Appropriations Committee.
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Ladies Go To Blazes Militants In Forest Service Firefighting
Washington dispatch notes women now make up 16 percent of forest lookout personnel and possibly up to 40 percent this year. Edith Bedal a Mount Baker guard stars among outdoorswomen who run packhorses cook for crews and sometimes extinguish fires single handedly. Dora Hunt and Maxine Hokoe are cited as examples with a continuation promised on the next page.
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Pat” Thompson
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Warning on Compromise With Japan Editorial Sparks Critique
The Daily Mail runs an editorial by Simon Harcourt Smith under the headline Japan is Scheming to Fool Us Again warning against appeasing Tokyo. It claims a London financiers and Commons group have begun a process toward a compromise peace with Japan based on a Batavia broadcast quote about waging war across generations.
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Japan
Daily Mail
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Tokyo
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Harcourt Smith
Batavia
1944 Income Tax Returns May Be Last
Washington March 17 The House Ways and Means Committee hopes that about 30 million income taxpayers may not have to file after 1944. Chairman Coughton says the panel is studying cutting the 1944 filing requirement for those earning 5000 dollars or less and weighing a withholding tax to replace the need for returns.
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Red Army pushes toward Rumania amid muddy Ukraine fronts
Soviet forces advance toward the Romanian border as weather and mud hinder German lines. Front reports say Red Army units hold strongholds near the Odressa Warsaw railway while 87 miles lie to Romania, with German units separated and retreating through flooded, roadless fields.
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Germans Plan Another War In Twenty Five Years
London reports that The Combat a French underground paper printed in Algiers quotes the London Sunday Chronicle claiming Germany has drafted a memorandum for a future war with the United States. General Otto von Stuelpnagel allegedly argues against conquering Russia while leaving American industry intact.
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Mrs Bulmer Visits Juneau While Husband Leads Alaska Office
Mrs. M. W. Bulmer arrived from the Westward to spend a few days in Juneau while her husband runs the Alaska Airlines office during Vera Clifford’s absence.
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Four Engined Bombers Raid Rome In Broadcast
Rome radio reported waves of four engined bombers attacking the city today in successive formations. Bombs fell on inhabited districts Ostiense and Trastevere as enemy aircraft flew at low level with heavy explosives. Casualty toll not yet known but expected high.
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Trastevere
Americans Advance on Los Negros and Saidor Coast
Reinforced American troops push north of Momote airdrome on Los Negros Island amid Japanese artillery fire. The Thirty Second Division conducts an amphibious landing 30 miles west of Saidor on the New Guinea coast while First Cavalry advances from Momote. Allied destroyers and aircraft back the push as raids target Rabual.
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Madang
Rabaul
Finland to reply to Russia on peace terms in Stockholm
The Tidningen quotes private sources that Juho Paasikivi will arrive in Stockholm soon with Finland's answer to Russia's peace terms. Finland will hand the reply to the Soviet Ambassador and seek clarification on certain points. Earlier, Dagens Nyheter said the Finnish Parliament rejected Soviet demands to intern German troops in Finland and to restore the 1940 borders.
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Tidningen
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American Battle Fleet Becomes World’s Largest
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox announced in Washington that the American battle fleet is now the largest in the world with more than 900 warships. He noted Kasex class aircraft carrier groups exceed original plans and warned the German submarine threat remains significant as the war continues.
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Atlantic
War Workers Going Home Creates Manpower Shortage
Washington reports that many wartime workers who rushed to centers are now returning home. Officials warn this reverse trend will strain war production centers, especially on the Pacific Coast, and note the National Service Law aims to address the worker shift.
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Office of War Inframation
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Red Cross Drive Opens in Juneau With $13,000 Goal
Red Cross War Fund solicitors begin in the Gastineau Channel area aiming to raise $13,000 this month. Each breadwinner is urged to donate a day’s wages, with receipts and window stickers provided. Floyd Gorman and wife arrive in Juneau and stay at the Hotel Juneau.
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Red Cross
Judeau and
Douglas
Juneau
Allen Shattuck
Alaska
U. S. Fleets Engage in Big Battle Over Berlin
Allied air forces clash in sweeping operations across German fronts. American bombers conduct massive raids on Berlin with 2,000 tons dropped as Mosquito and RAF bombers strike targets near Paris and Trappes. U S A A H Q reports 176 Nazi planes down and 68 bombers lost, marking a major battle in World War II.
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Senate Delays Contempt Move Over Daniels Testimony
The Senate Agriculture Sub-committee postponed contempt action against Presidential Assistant Jonathan Daniels after he agreed to answer questions about pressuring Rural Electrification Administrator Harry Slattery to resign. Daniels testified the President approved a plan to move Slattery to an overseas posting if he resigned, which Slattery refused.
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