Great RAF Bomber Raid Strikes Nuernberg Center
London reports a night raid by more than a thousand RAF bombers hit the Nuernberg transport hub and other Reich targets. Ninety six RAF planes were lost, the heaviest single operation toll to date, as German warnings claimed heavy fighter defences and a counter strike.
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London
Royal Air Force
Nuernberg
Reich
Vienna
Prussia
Frankfurt
RAF
Goering
Japs Give Up Lease of Sakhalin I War Surrender Sends Oil Trade Signal
The Soviet Union announced a protocol with Japan in which Tokyo agreed to surrender oil and coal leases on Northern Sakhalin Island. Japan will hand over concession assets and receive 50,000 tons of oil annually for five years and 5,000,000 rubles. The move foreshadows a peaceful stance toward Russia and ends the long disputed control of Sakhalin's resources. At the Baranof Hotel in Juneau, Mrs. M. Samberg and Evelyn Schwaiger were noted as arrivals from Skagway.
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Associated Press
Sap
Moscow
Tokyo
Sakhalin Island
Japan
Russia
Sakhalin
Kinsky
London
U S Army Transport Shot Down by British Fighters
A United States Army transport plane with a civilian crew of six was downed by British fighters over the Atlantic while guarding an Allied convoy. The pilots mistook the four engine C 54 for a German Focke Wulf as identification was not established. No passengers were aboard.
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Atlantic
Washington
United States Army
War Department
British Admiralty
Ently
Fockewulf
Arlington Cemetery Too Small Sparks Acreage Quest
Arlington residents urge War Department to buy 90 acres to add 18 000 graves, saying the cemetery will be full within seven years. Rep Smith notes 26 million could be eligible for burial. debate centers on expanding national cemeteries versus creating new sites.
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Jack Stinnett Washington
Arlington County
War Department
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington Cemetery
Arlington
Arington
Washington
Sas
Tteir
Hotel Guests Report From Sitka Skagway And Baranof
Guests at the Baranof Hotel include A. Bchlenker from Anchor ige and Mr and Mrs Victor Carafel from Skagway. Dave Fenton from Sitka and R F McGraw from Sitka are guests at the Gastineau Hotel.
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Gastineau Hotel
Dave Fenton
Sitka
Skagway
Victor Carafel
Baranof Hotel
Allied hospital bombed as German forces push Cassino area
March 31 report says German troops moved into two positions on Monastery Hill and attacked near Cassino. An Allied hospital area at Anzio beachhead was bombed by German planes, 65 casualties reported. Fifth Army clings to Cassino positions while Italian and Nazi tanks reappear nearContinental Hotel as Allied artillery and air forces strike targets across Italy and Yugoslavia.
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Naples
Monastery Hill
Paine Cassino
Anzio
Fifth Army
Cassino
Continental
Sofia
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Yu Boslavia
New Taxes Go Into Effect No Fooling April Tax Hikes Begin
Washington reports unveil new excise rates starting tonight at midnight, with steep rises on liquor and hard liquor taxes, beer at eight dollars per barrel, wine increases, and higher costs on luxuries like fur coats, jewelry, club memberships, and everyday goods such as toilet goods, electric bulbs, and telegraph services.
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Washington
Webster
Treasury
Five Truk Atolls Heavily Pounded by Liberators
Five islands in Truk atoll were pounded by the Seventh Air Force last Wednesday night. Dublin island suffered heavy explosions and fires, with fires also started on Uman and Moen. Moderate anti aircraft fire was encountered and all planes returned safely. From Anchorage, EF E Richardson is registered at the Baranof.
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Washington
Truk Atoll
Seventh Air Force
Navy
Dublin
Uman
Moen
India Surrenders Tid Dim Base to Nippons
March 41 report from New Delhi says Tidim forward base in Burma 100 miles below Imphal has fallen to Japanese progress. Auchinleck notes Manipur defenses still strong at Tiddim and that raids north from Imphal are joining allied forces. Stilwell reports gains toward Myitkyina in the Hertz Valley.
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New Delhi
Tiddim
Chin Hi
Burma
Imphal
Claude Auchinleck
India
Mountbatten
Manipur
Auchinleck
Triphal
Kohim
Palel
Tmphal
Stilwell
Hertz
Daru River
Myitkyina
Stock Quotations From New York March 31
Closing prices for Alaska Juneau mine at 6 and notable shares include American Can 86 percent Anaconda 26 Beech Aircraft Bethlehem Steel 59 Curtiss Wright 5 percent International Harvester 71 Kennecott 30 North American Aviation 8 New York Central 18 Northern Pacific 16 United States Steel 62 with the Pound at 4.04. Dow Jones averages show industrials 138.84 Falls 89.54 utilities 23.12.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Beech Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Curtiss Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
North American Aviation
New York Central
Northern Pacific
United States Steel
Dow, Jones
Falls
Utilities
Weather Report for Thursday March 30
Reported conditions show a maximum temperature of 43 and a minimum of 29 degrees with rain possible. Forecast from the weather bureau notes variable skies and potential showers during the day.
C10 Official Is Indicted for Misstatement
NEW YORK March 31 Thomas de Lorengo 35 president of Local 365 United Auto Workers CIO indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for false statements in an affidavit submitted with his Labor Panel of the National War Labor Board application. Indictment cites past arrests and charges including disorderly conduct riot and malicious mischief.
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New York
Thomas de Lorengo
United Auto Workers, Cio
National War Labor Board
de Lorenzo
Brewster Aeronautical Corporations Plan
New York City
Thomas Murphy
United States Attorney's Office
Said de Lorenzo
Hackensick
N. J
German Troopship Torpedoed Off Norway by RAF Beaufighters
The 14 000 ton German troopship formerly Monte Rona of the Hamburg South American line was struck twice by RAF Beaufighters while escorting ships were believed damaged. Two British planes were reported lost and a Berlin broadcast claimed seven of eighteen attackers were shot down.
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London
Royal Air Force
Norway
Admiralty
Monte Rona
Berlin
Red Armies Cross Prut Invasion Moves Into Carpathians
March 31 dispatches report Zhukov leading the Red Army across the Prut into the Carpathians toward Hungary and Transylvania. Vanguards reach Delatyn near the Hungarian border as Black Sea forces seize Ovchakov near Odessa.
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Moscow
Prut
Czernowitz
Marshal Zhukov
Carpathian Mountains
Hungary
Rumatta
Khukov
Delatyn
Carpathians
Hitler
London
Red Army
Ovchakov
Odessa
Staili
Secretary of Alaska Salary Boost Passes Senate
A bill increases the Secretary of Alaska's salary from 5600 to 7500 dollars per year. The measure has advanced from the Senate and is sent to the White House for President Rooseni de signature.
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Alaska
Washington
Senate
White House
Roosenide
Small Vessels Reported Lost in Mediterranean
The Navy Department announced the loss of 11 small naval craft in the Mediterranean since January 29. The toll includes a 10 ton mine sweeper with about 100 crew, a motor mine sweeper, a harbor tug, and eight landing craft. Total naval vessels lost since the war began reaches 158.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Allied forces launch dawn strike on Palau and Truk targets
U S Pacific Fleet reports dawn strikes on Foley Island near Palau as Japanese ships flee the area. Gen MacArthur’s bombers hit Truk Caroline Islands and Hollandia New Guinea, destroying 172 enemy planes and landing numerous direct hits with limited American losses. Navy Catalinas also attacked Woleai in the Carolines.
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United States Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Foley Island
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Palau
Philippines
Nimitz
Marianas
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Caroline Islands
Hollandic
New Guinea
South Pacific
Hollandia
Woleai
Carolines
Guam
Chaplin Admits Details At Mann Act Trial
Chaplin testified under cross examination in Los Angeles on March 31 regarding his behavior with a redhaired ex-protege and former lover. He said he spent nights at Beverly Hills and on a yacht to Catalina Island after signing a 1941 contract, denying self confessed love.
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Los Angeles
Joan ‘Ery
Beverly Hills
Chariie Chaplin
Catolna Island
Chaplin
Charles Carr
Hhe
Shy
Cotedran
Turkish Vessel Sunk by Torpedo in Aegean Sea
Ankara radio reports a 3,300 ton Turkish vessel was sunk by an unidentified submarine in the Aegean Sea yesterday. The announcement comes from Turkish authorities in London context.
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London
Aegean Sea
Ankara
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Lloyd N. Warner
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