Yanks Break German Lines Near Cassino Assault Continues
Allied forces pressed the Cassino offensive as they fought through fortified German strongpoints in the town. Heavy bombers hit Rome area railroad yards and Benedictine monastery ruins while Allied artillery pounded positions as Liberators struck Poggibonsi yards south of Florence. German air losses mounted.
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Rome
ASG
Trastevere
Tiburtina
Paris
Castel Gandolfo
Cassino
U. S
Poggibonsi
Florence
Victoria Reign Faces Ulcer Pain Myth in Monarchy
Victoria era public notices and ad copy reference stomach ulcer pains and a quack remedy Udga Tablets offered at drugstores. The flyer urges immediate use with a money back guarantee and promotes stores including Cauffman Cut Rate.
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Victoria
England
Cauffman
Invader raid on Rome area reports first clash
Allied air units hit Rome outskirts for the first time in an A-36 Invader raid. One formation struck Tiburtina yards with 500 pound bombs and another hit Trastevere station while all planes returned safely. Douglas Amazon, reporting from the 8th Army front, noted smoke columns near Ortona attributed to German demolitions.
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Tiburtina
Rome
Trastevere
Tiber
Douglas Amazon
8Th Army Front
Ortona
Berlin Bombardment Strikes Across City In Night Raid
Berlin endured a heavy night bombardment with 17 high explosives and incendiaries. All transport routes were disrupted and fires spread, aided by cloud cover. Swedish correspondents reported damage to a Swedish legation residence and a church, while German outlets described intense anti aircraft fire and limited fighter opposition.
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Berlin
Zurich
DNB
Reich
Aftonbladet
Nazi Chiefs Urge Hitler To Withdraw Troops From Finland
Stockholm reports a German commander in northern Finland urged Hitler to recall troops to avoid entrapment by a Russia Finland peace. Dietl officials relayed the request. seven German divisions are in Finland. Stumpff allegedly moved HQ to Oslo and ordered withdrawal from Finland and Norway airfields. Finnish leaders fear German reprisals over any separate peace with Russia.
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Stockholm
Finland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Edward Dietl
Dietl
Hitler
Ukraine
Germany
Hans Juergen Stumpff
Oslo
Stumff
Rovaniemi
Kemi
Norway
Ger
Russia
Helsinki
Juhu Kusti Paasikivi
Sweden
Mme
Alexandra Koillontay
Coast Of Denmark Bristling With Anti Invasion Defenses
London reports German defenses along the Denmark coast including a vast anti tank ditch from Jammer Bay to mid Denmark with bunkers gun emplacements and mine fields. Reports say thousands of workers completed fortifications this year and dense airfields and police battalions bolster occupation forces across Jutland Zealand and Funen. Field Marshal Von Rundstedt warned the Atlantic wall could not be outflanked by an Allied invasion.
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London
Denmark
North Sea
Britain
Jammer Bay
Jutland
Aalborg
Zealand
Funen
Karl von Rundstedt
Europe
Atlantic Wall
Prayer Is Theme Of Mission Talk
Rev. Dr. Roy L. Smith spoke at St Johns Lutheran Auditorium in the Pre-Lenten Preaching Mission third mass meeting on Lord Teach Us to Pray. He urged praying to God with honesty and confidence in His love, noting three core assumptions while praying.
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Roy L. Smith
St John's Lutheran Auditorium
Dr. Smith
Lion’s Club
Hotel Alexander
Smith
Rotary Club
St. John's Lutheran Auditorium
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Red Toner of Jolly Rogers Earns Air Medal
M/Sgt. Clifford E. Red Toner, a Flight Chief in the Fifth Air Force Jolly Rogers, downed a Zero on his first flight and followed with a second kill during a half hour dogfight against 14 Zeros. He later carried 40 hours of combat, kept Liberator maintenance, and hails from Oak Hill Avenue, with wife Elsa Stoner in Hartley Delaware. The unit reports 52 Jap ships sunk and 320 planes shot down in its first year of combat.
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Clifford E
Red)toner
Red
Ora M. Phillips
Oak Hill Avenue
Elsa Stoner
Hartley
Del
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Jolly Rogers
Irip
Baldwin Construction Company
Baltimore
Gettysburg High
Hancock High
Hamncock
Keem
Fourth War Loan Tops Target By 191 Million
Washington reports the Fourth War Loan drew 314.49 billion dollars but exceeded the goal by 191 million as the drive closed shortly before midnight. Purchases in the remaining days will count toward the final Treasury total to be announced March 2 by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Morgenthau
Ship breaks in two as crew abandons vessel
Survivor accounts recount a shipwreck after hitting rocks. The narrator swam about 20 minutes before a life raft carried the second mate and others. Two crewmen clung to a plank, while Second Mate Johannes F Olsen helped rescue four men. The vessel carried a general cargo and had been at sea about a year.
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Svend Hansen
Eigil Stotlow
Johannes F. Olsen
Olsen
German Threat Back Of Coup In Argentina
A Sudden government shakeup in Argentina saw ministers resign or withdraw, with officials like Gustavo Martines Zuviria and Lluis Perlinger returning to service amid a row over breaking with the Axis. Foreign Minister Alberto Gilbert faced installed army officers at the ministry as President Ramirez's office announced several resignations, including Presidential Secretary Enrique Gonzalez and Foreign Under-Secretary Oscar Ibarri Garcia, amid fears of Axis sabotage and pro-Nazi moves such as the relaunch of Pampero as EI Federal.
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Gustavo Martines Zuviria
Axis
Buenos Aires
Cenl
Lluis Perlinger
Alberto Gilbert
Germany
Enrique Gonzalez
Oscar Ibarri Garcia
GOU
United
Edelmiro Farrel
Montevideo
Ramirez
Farrel
Gonzalez
Argentina
T Axis
Col
Juan Person
Eduardo Avelos
GOV
Pampero
EI Federal
Cavalry Work Not Routine In Battle Of New Britain
A Dallas native cavalryman Brondel joined June 5 1942 at Fort Clark Texas and trained at Fort Riley Kansas. In New Britain a doomed assault left 75 of 150 Commandos dead or wounded as they fought from the water with tommy guns rifles and pistols and most did not reach shore.
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New Britain
Dallas
Brondel
Fort Clark
Texas
Camp Lee
Fort Riley
Kansas
Police Continue Search For Loot After Warehouse Looting
City police said hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise remained unaccounted for from recent burglaries. Eight youths detained for breaking into Merchants Wholesale J W Myers Sears Roebuck warehouses. Loot recovered, but ammunition jewelry and other items had been sold in Baltimore and elsewhere.
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Merchants
J. W. Myers
Sears and Roebuck
Baltimore
Red Cross Recruits Nurses for War Service
The American Red Cross recruits thousands of nurses for a war reserve. Recruited nurses are assigned to the Army and Navy Medical Corps at home and overseas, serving as one of the many services provided by the Red Cross for armed forces.
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American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Army and Navy Medical Corps
Allies Seize Green Islands in Solomons drive
Allied forces completed an outflanking Solomons operation under MacArthur and Halsey, seizing the Green Islands also called Nissan Islands 40 miles northwest of Buka and 120 miles east of Rabaul. The five coral islets form a horseshoe atoll 16 by 14 miles with airfield sites and an interior lagoon, marking a 750 mile advance since Guadalcanal and following the Bougainville action at Empress Augusta Bay.
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J Tain
Green Islands
Nissan Islands
Buka Island
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Ireland
Solomons
MacArthur
Halsey
Rendova Island
Guadalcanal
Bougainville Island
Empress Augusta Bay
Peach-Head
New Britain
Vunekanau
Tobera
Lak
Airbases Hit Simultaneously With 171 Tons Bombs
Unal airdromes were struck in a coordinated attack delivering 171 tons of bombs. The raid involved multiple targets and followed a broader campaign in the region. No further details on casualties or aircraft types were provided in the fragment.
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Unal
Safety Deposit Boxes In Demand In Hagerstown
Banks in Hagerstown and nearby report a surge in safety deposit box rentals as residents store war bonds. Small boxes are scarce with waitlists, while larger boxes used by corporations remain available. Banks see this demand as aimed at safeguarding war bonds and other valuables. An unrelated note mentions inmates at San Quentin reclaiming salvaged cable, copper wire, and rubber from war ships.
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Hagerstown
San Quintin
California
Peterson's Ointment Ad Promises Quick Eczema Relief
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a remedy for eczema, itch, pimples, and red blotches. It claims satisfaction guaranteed with money back if one application fails and notes use for itchy feet and toe cracks.
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Peterson
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South America
China
RED Cross
Eczema
America
Ew.t. Columbia
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