Germans Fail to Offer Resistance In Air War Shifts
London reports the Frankfurt radio warning of raiders over Germany as U S Flying Fortresses smash northern France targets in a large scale air war. Despite raids on western Germany, German fighters were not deployed, with two B 17s failing to return. The U S aim is to erode the Nazi air force by targeting factories while weather and moonlight shape night operations.
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London
U. S
France
Britain
Thunderbolt
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Strategic Air Force
Cruel Punishment Dealt to Japs on Tinian Island
The report from the carrier task force off Tinian in the Mariannas dated February 22 describes American air attacks against a Japanese whisky plant. The 150 ton bombing raid targeted the ersatz Scotch whisky facility, noted as the island’s sole producer known to date.
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Tinian
Mariannas
Tinian Island
Red Cross collection lags in Butte drive total 8392 dollars
Collections for the American Red Cross in Butte move slowly at chapter headquarters in the Butte Chamber of Commerce rooms. Campaign chairman A J Davis reports 8392 61 dollars raised since the drive began last week with 10 divisions yet to complete contacts by Thursday night. Division ledgers show varied receipts per group and names of division heads.
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RED Cross
American Red Cross
Grant School
Butte
Armed Forces
Uncle Sam
Isabel Kelly
Eleanor Curry
Shirley Rajala
Angelina Bigovich
Stellar Milasevich
Emile Areas
Miss Kelly
George Tsismonakis
Dennis Byrne
George Flandey
Fred Moody
Bonnie White
Ulster demands sanctions against Eire and frontier closure
Ulster politicians pressed for an Irish frontier shutdown and economic penalties on Eire. They threatened a House of Commons debate unless the government clarified its policy. Calls included halting tin coal oil and other supplies as Britain and the United States consider additional measures amid the Ireland Great Britain travel ban and security concerns.
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London
Ireland
Eire
House of Commons
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Great Britain
Britain
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
All Ireland
Douglas Lloyd Savory
Queen’s University
Belfast
Winston Churchill
Warning to labor groups on management tensions
Eric A. Johnston says labor is near the dog-house after a decade of management dominance. He urges labor and management to study mistakes, pursue mutual aid, and avoid a public brawl that could invite government control. He warns Labor Day has mourners’ bench priority and calls for unity.
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Boston
Eric A. Johnston
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Boston University
Johnston
Labor
Weather forecast for Butte and Montana regions
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies on Tuesday with continued cold. In Butte area Tuesday highs around 7 and lows near minus 8. West of the continental divide expected fair to partly cloudy and cold, east partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with snow flurries and slow temperature rise northwest in the afternoon.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Battle of Italy Is Mired Down
Allied headquarters in Naples report ground operations in Italy nearly at a standstill due to heavy mud. Artillery shells German positions near the Anzio beachhead while air campaigns target Kesselring's supply lines. Beaufighters sink two German ships off the Spanish coast. one vessel beached, another sinking. Kirissi reported with casualties. Allied air forces fly about 300 sorties, one German plane shot down.
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Allied
Naples
Italy
Anzio
Albert Kesselring
Spanish
Adriatic
German Prisoner Found Hanged at Papago Camp
German prisoner Werner Breschler was found hanged at Papago Park internment camp in Phoenix after a second mass escape attempt was thwarted within a month. Colonel A H Means said a board investigates the hanging and the escape while noting two other prisoners were recaptured after slipping through an electrified fence.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Werner Breschler
Papago Park
A. H. Means
Breschler
Army
Means
England Bombed as German Planes Hit South Coast
German planes dropped bombs on open ground along a south England coast district but caused no damage. An alert sounded in London and was followed by an all clear with no gunfire reported.
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London
South England
Red Army captures Kherson in major Dnieper offensive
Soviet forces from the Third Ukrainian army seized the Black Sea port Kherson after a rapid 22 mile Dnieper crossing and dawn assault. Moscow and Stalin praised a sweeping offensive across a 500 mile front, with heavy German losses and 350000 killed 44900 captured in ten winter operations.
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London
U.P
Stalingrad
Dnieper
Black Sea
Kherson
Russia
Poland
Red Army
Moscow
Third Army
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Moscow Front
Ukraine
Stalin
Lower
Tyaginka
White Russia
Italy and Russia Exchange Envoys in Diplomatic Move
Premier Pietro Badoglio's government announced that Italy and the Soviet Union will exchange ambassadors, marking the first diplomatic recognition by a United Nations member. Normal relations had been severed when Mussolini declared war.
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Naples
Pietro Marshal
Pietro Badoglio
Soviet Union
Badoglio
United Nations
Russia
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Senate Sparks Over Soldier Vote Legislation Clash
Senator Guffey assailed a proposed uniform federal ballot for overseas voters saying it would disenfranchise 12 million servicemen and trigger the greatest election steal since 1876. He linked opposition to fears about black and poor white voters and urged against the compromise bill backed by Connally as floor manager.
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Washington
Guffey
D.-Pa
Senate
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Guffy
Senator Connally
Texas
Congress
Connally
House
Rome at risk in war as Hull cites military necessity
Secretary of State Hull warned that if Rome becomes a battleground and sacred relics are destroyed the Germans will bear the blame. He said Allied forces act under military necessity yet seek to spare shrines and lives as much as possible amid German entrenchments in Italian religious sites.
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Holy City
Hull
Pius XII
Washington
United States
Rome
Sosmanen
Italy
Butte Area Endures Severe Winter Storm
A March storm blanketed the Butte area with wind and sub zero cold. Temperatures stayed around 7 above and eight below, with forecasts predicting 10 below later. Roads, highways, and mountain routes faced drifting snow. crews sanded streets and warned drivers to proceed with winter caution. Snowfall was heavier near Dillon and along Idaho borders.
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Butte
Federal Weather Bureau
Montana Highway Patrol
Idaho State Line
Dillon
Woman Dumps 300 Ration Tokens On Butcher Counter
A Sumner Washington woman dumped over 300 red meat ration tokens on a butcher's counter claiming they were used as poker chips in a game. The incident occurred as a curious shopper explained the tokens' origin to the market keeper.
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Sumner
Wash
War Production Board cancels steel mill halt in Utah
The War Production Board announced the cancellation of a December 24 order that halted construction on the Geneva Steel Co mill in Geneva Utah. The $17 25 million structural steel plant is to be completed and is expected to operate in about three months with a rated annual capacity of 200000 tons.
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Washington
The
War Production Board
Geneva Steel Co
Geneva
Utah
WPB
Hoffman blasts C I O and New Deal in war effort critique
Representative Hoffman charges the C I O leadership, Communist pol icy makers, and radio commentators with smear tactics to unseat lawmakers. He warns of a drive to derail government and portray Franklin D Roosevelt as indispensable, naming Walter Winchell and Drew Pearson among supporters of the smear brigade.
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Washington
Hoffman
Rmich
New Deal
Congress
House
C I. O
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Winchell
Drew Pearson
The
Chicago Sun
Winchell
Rahilly Heads Silver Bow T B Association For 1944
Mrs H J Rahilly was re elected president of the Silver Bow Tuberculosis association for a third term at the annual board meeting in the courthouse. New officers include Rev Father F L Harrington as vice president Tom Greenfield as treasurer and Mrs Scott Pries as secretary. The Christmas seal drive raised 5566 28 surpassing the 5000 goal to fund free medical services two clinics weekly and ongoing anti tuberculosis programs.
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H. J. Rahilly
Silver Bow Tuberculosis Association
F. L. Harrington
Tom Greenfield
Scott Pries
1000 Enemy Troops Slain on Bougainville During Jungle Battle
In a Douglas MacArthur release, about 1,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in a heavy Bougainville fight as American troops repelled an assault on the Torokina sector. Other Allied actions included landings on Seeadler Harbor’s Huawei and Butio Luo to push toward Lorengau on Manus.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
U.P
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Torokina
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Admiralty Islands
Seeader Harbor
Hauwei
Butio Luo
Lorengau
Manus Island
Huawei Island
Los Negros Island
Bougainville
Wake Island Bombed in Major Pacific Raids
U S and Allied aircraft launched five large land based raids on Wake Island Nauru and the eastern Marshalls with Liberators B 24s and Venturas striking Japanese bases. The attacks demonstrate air superiority over vast Pacific areas as bases are converted to offensive use. Wake Island garrison history noted as context.
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Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Nauru
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Wake
U. S
Finwetok Atoll
Midway
Gilbert Islands
Solomons
Eniwetok
F. D. R. to Act On War Manpower Shortage
Washington March 13. President Roosevelt may issue a statement clarifying deferment policy to curb loss of key industrial workers. The plan would bar special father deferments and aim to protect essential war production employers unable to replace skilled staff. Officials mention aircraft and high octane plants as possible targets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Paul V. McNutt
War Man Power Commission
McNutt
WMC
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A. D. Kennedy
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