U S Flier Arrives in Fairbanks After Sub Arctic Ordeal
First Lt. Leon Crane, 24, of Philadelphia, reached Fairbanks after 84 days in sub arctic wilderness and relayed the fate of a United States bomber missing since December 21. Four other crew members remain missing. Crane aided in locating camps and will assist efforts to determine their fate.
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U.S
Wilds
Fairbanks
Alaska
Leon Crane
Philadelphia
United States
Harold Hoskins
Holton
Maine
James Sibert
Norfolk
Virginia
Richard Pompeo
Mount Holly Springs
Pennsylvania
Ralph Wenz
Pinedale
Wyoming
United States Air Transport Command
Crane
Albert Ames
Ames
Woodchopper
Don Rice
Louis Cranes
Navy Seabees to Explore Point Barrow Oil Reserve
The Navy Department will send technical experts and Seabees to Alaska to examine 35 000 square miles of the Point Barrow oil reserve. Rep Norris Poulson says this marks the first step in a program to develop the reserve and notes geological reports describe oil seeping from the ground. He argues the Alaska project could replace a costly canal oil plan.
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Washington
Navy Department
Alaska
Point Barrow Oil Reserve
Norris Poulson
California
Poulson
Navy
Point Barrow Reserve
Truman
Vienna Bombed by U S Air Force Raiders
Allied headquarters in Naples reports Vienna was attacked by Fortresses and Liberators of the United States Mediterranean Air Force. A strong raiding force faced heavy anti aircraft fire while German ground resistance was moderate to weak. no fighters engaged.
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Naples
Vienna
United States Mediterranean Air Force
Skagway Woman Julia Potoch Guest at Baranof
Weather report notes from the U S Bureau show Thursday March 16 forecast with maximum 46 and minimum 38 and rain possible. Skagway resident Julia Potoch is referenced as a guest at the Baranof.
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Skagway
Julia Potochnick
The
Baranof
Troops Land on Manus Island Fast Move by Cavalry Division
American First Cavalry Division landed on Manus Island and advanced within half a mile of the Lorengau airfield within four hours. They landed from barges with two inland and coastal thrusts, suffering only minor casualties as heavy raids continued on Wewak and Rabaul.
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Southwest Pacific
America
Manus Island
Admiralty Islands
Lorengau
Los Negros Island
Manus
Los Negros
Thhe
Douglas MacArthur
Bismarck Sea
Truk
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Wewak
MacArthur Reiterates Promise to Return to Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur reaffirmed his pledge to return to the Philippines and launch a major offensive, speaking in Canberra on the second anniversary of his arrival in Australia. He expressed confidence in Allied victory and accepted the Grand Cross of the Order of Bath, honoring the soldiers under his command in the Papuan Campaign.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Canberra
Australia
MacArthur
Order of Bath
Lord Gourie
Baranof Hotel Guests From Anchorage and Kansas City
Alice Duncan registers as a guest at the Baranof Hotel from Anchorage. E. B. Black and J. V. Ferry are listed registered from Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Duncan
Baranof
Anchorage
Baranof Hotel
E. B. Black and
J. V. Ferry
Kansas City
Red Army drives reach Nikolaev and Odessa fronts
London and Moscow dispatch report Soviet forces pressing against the defenses around Nikolaev as they advance toward Odessa. Troops push to cut the Odessa Lwow rail line, with heavy fighting in the Proskurov area and a focus on securing escape routes west toward Bessarabia.
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Moscow
Odessa
Nikolaev
Ukraine
Black Sea
von Mannstein
Russia
Proskurov
Czechoslovakia
Odessa-Lwow
Slobodzeya
Bessarabia
Marshal Kohev
Tthe Junction
Roosevelt celebrates 39 years of marriage
March 17 marked the 39th wedding anniversary of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The President remained at his desk and sent a message to the First Lady while she visited armed services bases in the Caribbean Sea.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Armed Services
Caribbean Sea
Devil Choked Mother in Exorcism Claim
Miss Winifred Fairchild 64 held on murder suspicion after admitting she beat and choked her 87 year old mother Mrs Lucy Fairchild to exorcise a devil. She told police she saw a twinkle in her mother’s eyes and heard the Lord say to fight it. She struck with a shoe then used a strap around the neck and pulled.
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Los Angeles
Winifred Fairchild
LeRoy Sanderson
Miss Fairchild
Lucy
Liffle Finland Is Big Allied Prize in Tight Spot
Washington circles watch Russo Finnish peace talks as US bans Finnish propaganda in 1942 forcing Minister Hjalmar Procope to speak sparingly. Considerations of Finland’s actions and Nazi influence could have altered relations, with Russia's bombing raids on Helsinki signaling greater stakes in the war. Continued on Page Two.
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Liffle
Finland
Jack Stinnett
Washington
United States
Hjalmar Procope
Russia
Helsinki
Fifth Army Advances From Cassino Toward Liri Valley
The Fifth Army broke through Cassino ruins to reach the western outskirts and seize several heights above the town. New Zealand troops faced German resistance in the rubble but drove them from most positions except a corner near the strategic route to the Liri Valley. Mount Cassino abbey remained under German control with gunfire directed on Allied lines. On the Rome front, American forces repelled counterattacks near Carano and Carroceto, taking prisoners and inflicting casualties.
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Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
New Zealand
Casiling
Lirt
Rome
Mount Cassino
Carano
Carroceto
Stock Quotations From New York March 17
Closing quotations list Alaska Juneau mine at 6 percent American Can 86 Anaconda 27 Beech Aircraft 9 Bethlehem Steel 61 Curtiss Wright 5 International Harvester 71 Kennecott 92 North American Aviation 8 United States Steel 54 New York Central 19 Northern Pacific 16 Dow Jones industrials 140.80 rails 40.32 utilities 23.91.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Common Wealth
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kenecoth
North American Aviation
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Dow, Jones
Rails
Utilities
Notable Visitors In Anchorage Stay At City Hotels
Earl Fromme remains at the Crastineau Hotel while R. E. Renkert from Anchorage is a guest at the Baranof, confirming local notable visitors in the city.
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Anchorage
Earl Fromme
Crastineau Hotel
R. E. Renkert
Baranof
Enormous Allied Air Losses Cut German Defenses
The American Air Force claims 125 enemy planes shot down over Ulm and Predrickshafen in southern Germany. Fortress and Liberator gunners claimed 48 of the kills while 77 German fighters fell, 12 American fighters were lost and 22 bombers failed to return. A second RAF raid struck the Michelin factory area near Amiens using 12 000 pound bombs with no RAF losses reported.
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London
Hitler
Ulm
Predrickshafen
Germany
United States
Fortress
Strategic Air Force
Americas
RAP
Blgan
Mid Theval Yards
Amiens
Michelin
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Allied push inches from Cassino peak on Monastery Hill
Allied forces surged up Monastery Hill and neared the summit as German positions at the Cassino base remained stubborn. New Zealand troops pressed the left flank while Allied tanks targeted Cassino railway station as the town changed hands repeatedly in the two month siege.
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Lynn Hweenzerling
Associated Press
Fifth Army
Cassino
Monastery Hill
Hitler
Pucheu Executed or Appeals Denied in Vichy France
In Algiers Pierre Pucheu, ex interior minister under Petain, was sentenced to death for treason and denied the right to appeal by the Military Appellate Tribunal. The ruling removes his last hope for pardon or appeal other than direct to de Gaulle. Also notes Albert Wilkins visiting Seattle and Baranat.
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Algiers
Maron
Pierre Pucheu
Petain
France
Pucheu
Puchell
DeGaulle
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Evanston
Barbara Bushby
Judy Leiclhardt
Arlene Gibson
Altamont
Kas
Pam Bochoff
Richmond
Ind
Annette Lennon
Joliet, Il
Pt. Barrow
U. S
Big Jap
REDS
South
Red Army
Dubno
Stalin
Lwow
Old Poland
Roosevelts
Devil
Majuro Atoll
Marshalls
Nimitz
Yale
Merrill K. Wolf
Morris Wolf
Cleveland, O
Cassino Abbey
STH
A. W. Wilkins
Seattle
Albert W. Wilkins
Baranat
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