Giraud Embraces Atlantic Charter in Algiers Speech
Gen Henri Giraud in a Sunday broadcast from Algiers pledges to govern North Africa per the French republic and repeal Vichy decrees. He calls for restoration of democratic functions, elimination of Axis influences, and a union with De Gaulle under the Atlantic Charter principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Giraud
French Africa
North Africa
Robert Murphy
Harold MacMillan
Alsace
Lorraine
Vichy
Cremieux
Jean Marie Bergeret
Auguste Nogues
Britain
United States
France
French Republic
de Gaulle
Murphy
MacMillan
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Pierre Boisson
French West Africa
Algiers Opera House
Chamber of Deputies
Allies Press Into Northern Tunisia In Mareth Line Fight
Allied forces launched an offensive in northern Tunisia with limited advances near the Mareth line and near Djebel Ben Marche. British troops found large groups of German dead as they pressed the high ground to threaten the Mateur Tabarca road.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Mareth Line
Marshal Rommel
Eighth Army
Cairo
U. S
Naples
Tamera
Beja
Mateur- Tabarca
Djebel Ben Marche
Djebel Abeid
Sedjenane
Western Desert Air Force
Rommel
War News Interpreting Occupation Problems in Europe
The piece discusses postwar occupation planning in Europe as Eden visits Washington and the Casa Blanca talks. It notes North Africa cooperation between Britain and the United States, Giraud’s pledge to French republican rules, and tensions with De Gaulle. It emphasizes Europe’s complex puzzle of postwar borders and control after Axis occupation.
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United Nations
Europe
Washington
Anthony Eden
Casablanca
Britain
United States
North Africa
Giraud
French Republic
de Gaulle
DeGaulle National Committee
London
DeGaulle
Hitler
Mussolini
Pre
Germans Use Tear Guns and Grenades Against French Patriots
Associated Press reports Nazi guards in France employ tear gas and grenades against French patriots hiding in Haute Savoie to avoid compulsory labor. British and Swiss-sourced broadcasts also note intensified guerrilla action in Yugoslavia, Crete, and Dalmatia with battles along the Neretva line and attacks on trains and bridges.
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France
Germany
Europe
Federal Communications Commission
New York
Yugoslavia
Crete
Haute Savoie
Sarajevo
FCC
Sarajevo-Mostar
Neretva
Dalmatia
Slovenia
Moscow Radio
Istanbul
Farm Deferment Vote Expected
Washington March 14 Senator John H Bankhead predicts his skilled farmer deferment bill will gain Senate approval this week despite administration opposition. A Monday vote is hoped but two amendments may delay action. Downey seeks to include transportation workers and Pepper proposes handing manpower to an inter departmental committee.
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Washington
John H. Bankhead
Dala
Senate
Sheridan Downey
D-Calif
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
Robert P. Patterson
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude R. Wickard
Special Committee
Roosevelt
Grade Schools Move Opening Time Half Hour Forward
Butte parents set clocks ahead to start grade school at 9 o'clock. classes run 9 to 11 40 in the morning and 1 to 2 30 in the afternoon, ending at 3 30. High school remains on its normal schedule from 8 30 to 2 45.
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Butte
Lowell Johnson
Butte High School
Solons Confer With F. R. on War and Peace
President Roosevelt met with six senators led by Senator Connally to discuss a plan for United Nations leadership in postwar peace and a world police role. The group aimed to establish principles guiding wartime and postwar action, while Connally signaled reservations about the measure's current form.
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Jack Bell
Washington
United Nations Organization For War and Peace
Roosevelt
Connally
United Nations
White House
United States
Hill
D-Ala
Ball
R-Minn
Hatch
D-N. M
Burton
Ohio
Senate
Allies Renew Air Attack on Nazis
Fast RAF Whirlwinds renewed the Allied air assault on the German held French coast battering Abbeville and Maupertus airfields as British fighters claimed at least two enemy planes. Continental long wave stations went off air Sunday night signaling over Europe activity.
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London
U.P
Abbeville
Maupertus
France
Europe
Netherlands
Denmark
Luxembourg
Essen
Krupp
Air Ministry
Nazi Planes Hit Children's Hospital in Coastal Raid
Nazi planes raided the northeast British coast for the third time in four nights scoring a direct hit on a children's hospital. Explosives and incendiaries scattered over the area as long wave radio transmitters went dark across France the Netherlands Denmark Luxembourg and Switzerland indicating Allied air activity. Casualties were feared at the hospital with many trapped in the building. Shops and hotels were damaged and a shop was hit in the same town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
Netherlands
Denmark
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Children’s Hospital
Delis
Stiff Fight on Tax Bill Seen
House Ways and Means Chairman Robert L. Doughton predicts no compromise with Ruml supporters and says the committee will report a bill closely following the 20 percent withholding plan. Odds favor Ruml cancellation of 1942 taxes as Republicans and some Democrats back it.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
Doughton
Majority Committee
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Scotches
Coughton
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Senate
American Bombers Attack Rangoon
NEW DELHI March 14 Heavy bombers of the Tenth United States Air Force attacked the Pazundaung river bridge and the Mahiwagon railway yards in Rangoon Friday and destroyed one of three Japanese planes damaged another and probably damaged a third. All raiders returned with hits claimed west of the north approach to the bridge and near hits on a railroad roundhouse.
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New Delhi
United States Air Force
Pazundaung River
Mahiwagon
Rangoon
Navy flyer survives 31 Japanese planes attack over Solomons
Lieutenant James Southerland of Washington survived an attack by 31 enemy planes while with Fighting Squadron Five during the Solomons campaign. He was wounded 11 times, bailed out from a flaming Grumman Wildcat, and details of his escape were released by Commander Leroy Simpler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
James Julien Southerland
Fighting Squadron Five
Solomons
Grumman
Leroy C. Simpler
Navy Department
Southerland
Simpler
Allied Planes Hit Two More Jap Ships Off Wewak
Allied headquarters report two additional Japanese ships hit near Wewak in the northern New Guinea convoy. A 8,000-ton transport and a 4,000-ton cargo ship were previously struck as air forces attacked the convoy moving southward behind a storm. In the Solomons, medium bombers conducted a four hour night raid on Buka airfield.
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Allied
Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
Ambon-Dobo
Port Moresby
Solomons
Buka
Federal Income Tax Due Today 1942 Deadline
The 1942 federal income tax filing deadline falls today. The Internal Revenue Office in the federal building opens at 8 a.m. to serve late taxpayers, with deputies working until every payer is helped. Citizens are urged to arrive early.
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Internal Revenue
W. E. Clavier
Internal Revenue Office
Federal Building
Final day to file 1942 federal returns urged in Butte
Butte residents were warned that today is the final day for filing 1942 federal tax returns to aid the war effort. Citizens were urged to file as early as possible to help win the war.
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Butte
Taxpayers urged to mail returns to Helena by March 15
Deputies stand by to handle crowd as residents are advised to file directly with the Internal Revenue Service in Helena Montana. Taxpayers may mail returns with at least one fourth of due tax by money order check or cashier’s check. Do not send currency. Postmark deadline is March 15 to avoid penalties.
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Director of Internal Revenue
Helena
Montana
British and American twin bombers sighted off Portugal
Twenty-one twin engined bombers from Britain and the United States were seen flying southward off the Portuguese coast before 1 p m Sunday. The sighting comes from a message relay from the Cape Roca lighthouse near Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Cape Roca
Portugal
Weather Outlook With Light Snow Flurries
Not much change in temperature with occasional snow flurries expected Monday and Monday night. Sunday's high reaches 32 degrees and low 7 with light winds and continued unsettled conditions.
Wickard Plans Crop Report That Could Shake Public
Food Administrator Claude Wickard will release a nationwide crop report this Thursday detailing farmers planting intentions from every county. The document warns of possible shortages and contends production may fall short of last year, with labor shortages adding pressure on war-time food supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Wickard
Washington
Wickard
Claude R Wickard
Crop Reporting Board
Leon Henderson
Eden Confers With Knox Stimson In Washington Visit
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden met Sunday with U S Secretary of War Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Knox. The talks emphasized both military and political aims of Eden’s visit. Eden called on Stimson at his home and later saw Knox at the British embassy. No details were released.
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Eden
Hoover
Soviet Report Says Heavy Fighting Continues In Ukraine
London dispatch reports Germany claims the recapture of Kharkov as part of a large counteroffensive. Moscow notes continued Red Army gains on the central front west of Moscow, crossing the upper Dnieper and Vyazma rivers, close to Smolensk.
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London
Ukraine
Kharkov
Moscow
Berlin
Fuehrer
Dnieper
Vyazma
Smolensk
Stalingrad
Donets
Waffen SS
Luftwaffe
Fighter Planes Attack Kiska and Key Solomons Raids
United States fighter planes bombed and strafed Japanese positions at Kiska in the Aleutians in an afternoon March 12 13 raid. Navy communique No 309 also cites five follow up raids on Kahili Ballale Vila Munda and Vila Kolombangara with heavy damage noted at Ballale and Vila. No US aircraft were lost.
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Washington
United States
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
Solomon Islands
North Pacific
South Pacific
Liberator
Kahili
Ballale
Shortland Island
Vila
Munda
Solomons
Dauntless
Douglas
Grumeman
Kolombangara Island
Japanese retreat in Yunnan press Chinese counteroffensive
Japanese forces in Yunnan retreat toward Tengchung after losses along the Salween front. Chinese high command said in central China there was no progress for 24 hours southward across the Yangtze. The communique tallies over 1500 Japanese casualties, with at least 1000 dead, as Chinese batteries silence their guns near the Lungling sector and reinforcements pour in.
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Chungking
Yunnan Province
Tengchung
Salween River
China
Yangtze River
Yunnan
Tengcehung
Lungling
Salween
Chiang Kaishek
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Associated Press
Solons
F. R
Nazis
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