Soviets Deal Blow to Nazi Designs
Moscow reports the Red Army pursued two German divisions and remnants of a third from recaptured Yukhnov in a major setback to a spring Moscow offensive. It says 79 Nazi planes were destroyed while Russians lost 14, with Leminovillage and Vyazma activity noted and German 13th 26th army corps defending Yukhnov.
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Moscow
Red Army
Yukhnov
Hitler
Stockholm
London Daily Herald
Le*mino
Vyazma
Russa
Vncaria
16Th Army
London
Sub Torpedoes Sink Lief After 53-Hour Battle at Sea
KEY WEST Fla March 6 The Navy reports the 2850 ton motorship Lief torpedoed somewhere in the Atlantic with 15 crewmen believed lost Ten seamen described a 53 hour struggle against a gale after rescue in two lifeboats The 25 aboard included one American Martin J Stewart who survived and was in the port boat as missing crew.
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Key West
Fla
Navy
Lief
Atlantic
Molm Byrnildsen
Oslo
Norway
Martin J. Stewart
War Ends Third Month Japan Advances Across Pacific
Three months into the war Japan pushes through Java Burma and occupied Hong Kong Malaya Singapore the Philippines Guam Wake Thailand and key Dutch East Indies islands while Australia braces for invasion. US and allied forces strike back sinking ships and destroying bases as Burma holds and Changsha sees heavy Japanese losses.
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Hong Kong
Malaya
Singapore
Philippines
Guam
Wake
Thailand
Dutch Indies
Japan
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Java
Burma
Wake Islands
Dutch East Indies
Australia
California
Manila
Wake Island
U. S
Philippine
Haruna
Bataan
Luzon Island
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Navy
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Strait of Macassar
Changsha
China
Great Convoys Head Across South Pacific
Walter Farr reports convoys carrying American troops pilots planes tanks and guns progress toward Australia. Naval and air battles unfold across vast ocean areas as Japan attacks from submarines carriers and warships, while the Pacific lifeline remains intact and American forces gain momentum.
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South Pacific
London
Walter Farr
Daily Mail
United States Pacific Fleet
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Farr
America
Pacific
United States
Inauguration of Sugar Ration Plan Postponed
L S Waite, chairman of the Silver Bow county rationing board, reports a telegram from state rationing officer Tom D Caverly delaying the sugar rationing start previously set for March 17 20. The notice cites school officials as receivers of rationing duties and notes 59000 tickets are ready for distribution to applicants as four shipments of 63000 cards remain expected.
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L. &S. Waite
Silver Bow County
Lowell W. Johnson
Butte
Maybelle Hogan
Addis A. McGrath
Increase in Manganese Chromite Seen
Gov Sam C Ford predicts a sharp upturn in manganese and chromite production in Montana from small operations after Metal Reserve Co agrees to retail purchase of small lots for stockpiles. The price offers top $50.70 for chromite and $36 for manganese, enabling western producers to enter a broader market and boosting output while noting lower grades remain underpaid.
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Helena
Sam C. Ford
Montana
Metal Reserve Company
Industrial West Foundation
George W. Malone
The
Foundation
Ford
Metals Reserve Company
Russia
South Africa
New Caledonia
Turkey
Francis A. Thomson
State School of Mines
Butte
Carl J. Trauerman
Mining Association of Montana
Ed Keeley
WPA
Interior
Ickes
War leadership unchanged if Churchill falls says Simpson
Simpson argues that Churchill's departure would not alter allied strategy. The Roosevelt Churchill talks defined the main front as the Atlantic and Europe, with Germany as the primary foe. Cripps, if prime minister, would stay aligned with the plan, pushing aid to Russia and maintaining the anti Axis focus.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Pacific
Britain
Churcehill
Churchill
Washington
Atlantic
Germany
Japan
Sir Stafford Cripps
London
Cripps
Europe
Hitler
Russia
Roosevelt
Filipinos Urged to Surrender Weapons to Japanese Invasion
Washington reports that Japanese invaders in the Philippines ordered civilians to surrender bolos and all weapons amid fear of a popular revolt. The War Department communique notes fighting on Bataan nearly ceased after MacArthur’s air raid on Subic Bay transports.
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Bataan
Aoeed
Washington
Philippines
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Subic Bay
Luzon
MacArthur
Army Engineers En Route to Start Alaska Highway Work
More than 150 United States Army engineers are en route to Alberta for preliminary work on the Alaska highway and are expected to reach Dawson Creek on Monday. Ottawa announced Canadian cabinet approval to complete a protected overland route from the United States to Alaska.
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Army
Alaska
Lethbridge
Alta
United States Army
Alberta
Alaska Highway
Dawson Creek
B. C
Homer P. Keith
Edmonton
U. S
Ottawa
W. L. MacKenzie King
United States
Fort St. John
Pairbanks
King
Canada
Fort Nelson
Watson Lake
Whitenorse
Boundary
Big Delta
Fairbanks
George Black
Yukon
House of Commons
West Java Fall Deepens Japanese Advance Across Batavia
Allied forces retreat into interior lines after heavy bombardment as Japanese troops push toward Batavia and Jogjakarta. Dutch, American, Australian and British soldiers endure fatigue while preparing for a last stand, with Batavia evacuated to deny the enemy its defenses.
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Java
Bandoeng
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
Jogjakarta
Powers given 90 day jail term for child abuse incident
In Portland Maine municipal court on Friday William J Powers 20 received a 90 day jail sentence after admitting he placed his six year old son Anthony s hands on a hot stove because the boy took sugar from the pantry shelf Judge Robert W De Wolfe called the act barbarous saying it s unheard of in the community
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Portland
Maine
William J. Powers
Anthony
Robert W. de Wolfe
Leaders Aim to Draw Defense Industries to Montana
Montana officials, led by Mayor Barry O Leary of Butte, press Congress to locate defense industries in the state. In a letter, Senator B K Wheeler pledges support to build up Montana while noting limited opportunities beyond mining. O Leary, returning from a national mayors conference, followed up in Washington to urge federal project start ups.
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Butte
Montana
Congress
Barry O'Leary
B. K. Wheeler
Dustry
Philipsburg
Jesse Jones
W. L. Batt
The
War Defense
Allace
Agree
O'Leary
National Conference of Mayors
Washington
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Colin Kelly
No. 1 Army
Hero
United States Army Air Corps
Ee Robins
Woodland, Wash
Donald Robins
United Press
Corregidor
Kelly
Clark Field
Lingayen Gulf
Colin
Aparri
Corp. M. Levin
Clarkfield
India
Tibet
Amhoos
Brisbane
Tasmania
Svoner
Samoa
Phoente
New Zealand
Nippon
Hawaii
Honolulu
Tokyo
Minamitori Shima
Port Moresby
Metal Reserve Co
Commonwealth
Manuel Quezon
Isle
Poernakarta
Kalidjati
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