Russians Speed Cleanup of Baltic Coast
Russian troops drive to clear the Baltic coast to free Red Army formations for the Berlin push. In a 17 mile front southwest of Koenigsberg they roll German forces back up to four miles. Simultaneously Malinovsky’s Second Ukraine army advances in the Carpathians, capturing Zvolen and eight nearby towns. The Baltic fighting nears the Frisches Haff as Germans fortify villages and mines slow approaches. The Soviet communique reports over 4,000 German deaths and 2,000+ prisoners.
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London
Baltic
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Carpathian Front
Zvolen
Hron River
Slovakia
Vienna
Danube River
Lake Balaton
Hungary
Bitter
Frisches Haff
Braunsberg
Heilingenbeil
Brandenburg
Vogelsang
Lank
G I Sheds Tears Over Playboys Wounded by Curfew
In Honolulu March 14, an editorial in the Midpacifican condemns statewide curfew as harming servicemen. Sgt Charles Avedon notes G I life overseas contrasts with curfew restrictions, calling readers to sympathize with servicemen facing abrupt re adjustments and restricted nightlife.
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G.I
Honolulu
U.P
Midpacifican
Army
G. I
Charles Avedon
New York
Los Angeles
Iwo Jima
Avedon
Manila
China
Europe
Explosions Rock Osaka-Incendiary Raid Hits Major Cities
Lt. Stanley C. Black of Helena Montana reports his bomber was jolted by Osaka explosions during the third 300-plane B 29 incendiary raid on Japan. The plane briefly rolled, righted, then flipped again as Lt. Charles S Frank helped recover and dive to safety.
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21St Bomber Command
Guam
Osaka
Japan
Stanley C. Black
Benton Street
Helena
Mont
Charles S.frank
Long Beach
Calif
21St Bomber
Osaka _ arsenal
Curtis E. LeMay
Osaka Arsenal
LeMay
Tinian
Saipan
House Work or Jail Bill Sent to Conference
The House approved the work or jail manpower draft bill and sent it to conference with the Senate by a 211 to 177 vote. Conference selections favor the House version, though the Senate has four supporters and one advocate of compulsion among its conferees. The negotiating lineup will be five House to four Senate with one vote against either side.
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Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Area bombing shift signals new pace in Pacific war
US Army announces B 29 heavy bombers launched repeated campaigns against Japan, claiming over 1 000 aircraft in less than 100 hours and detailing Osaka arsenal destruction claims. Tokyo broadcasts report Japanese defenses and evacuation steps as raids intensify. Paris cinema workers strike over wage demands.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Mount Fuji
Japan
21St Bomber Command
Twenty-First Bomber Command
Guam
Marianas
Nagoya
Yankees Seize Two Isles in Philippines
Maj. Gen. Frederick A. Irving's 24th Infantry division landed at Romblon and Simara in the central Philippines at night, seizing control with light losses. The Romblon garrison was destroyed and operations supported by aircraft and naval guns. Other fronts near Manila and Luzon saw continued Allied advances and renewed counterattacks, with air and naval activity over Formosa and China sea shipping.
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Manila
Frederick A. Irving
Romblon
Simara
Philippines
United States
Mindoro
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Islands
Leyte
Luzon
Antipolo
Marikina
43Rd
Shimbu
25Th
Balete Pass
Cagayan Valley
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Masilay
Harlow
Tumaga
Mercedes
Basilan Island
Formosa
China Sea
Borneo
Romblon Island
Gasoline Cut Is in Prospect
Washington March 14 A spokesman for the Independent Petroleum Association told the Senate banking committee that a further reduction in the allotment of gasoline for civilian use is in prospect Russel Brown general counsel for the oil men urged that OPA price policy be reviewed noting idle refining capacity and crude stocks below efficient levels He urged a clause in OPA renewal to consider discovery costs for new oil in fixing crude prices
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Washington
Independent Petroleum Association
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
Solons Demand Food Probe
U S Senate debate grows over a suspected meat shortage threatening war supplies. Senator Wherry urged a five member committee to probe all food production and distribution while G I Childress warned immediate remedial steps. Senator O Mahoney anticipated new measures to boost stocker cattle and hearings were set for soon.
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Washington
Congressional
America
Senate
Army
Sen. Wherry
Neb
Senate Banking Committee
G. I. Childress
American Meat Institute
Wherry
Sen. O'Mahoney
D-Wyo
O'Mahoney
Mead
D-N. Y
War Investigating Committee
Army Sergeant Saves Three Year Old in Great Falls Search
Staff Sgt. Dean A. Sackman of the Arctic search and rescue division credited with spotting a red dress under weeds along a ditch guiding rescuers to three year old Carol Gosso who had been missing nearly 18 hours. The child was found cold and exhausted and saved by medical care after a long manhunt involving 400 soldiers and local authorities.
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Great Falls
Army
Arctic Search and Rescue Division
Carol Gosso
Great Falls Tor
Henry Gosso
East Great Falls
Army Air Base
Dean A. Sackman
Bakersfield
Calif
Great Falls Army Air Base
Alaskan
Sackman
Carol
Part of Germany Not Nearing Starvation Says Andernach
In Andernach a Rhine town of 15 000 residents war impacts appear limited with homes stocked for wartime needs. A worker's requisitioned inventory for billet of American troops includes an electric vacuum cleaner, a cook stove, a Belgium radio, tobacco, matches, lingerie, cosmetics, wine, flour and salt water taffy from Paris and other items from various countries.
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Andernach
Germany
Rhine
Sweden
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
Balkans
Poland
Paris
Merchant Ship Building Program Nearing Completion
Vice Admiral Howard L. Vickery of the Maritime Commission says the merchant ship building program will be about finished by year end. He notes 521,000 workers in commission yards will shift to other essential war work and 170,000 have already found new employment. He expects no major changes unless war needs shift.
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Washington
U.P
Howard L. Vickery
Maritime Commission
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte area sees continued cloudiness and occasional snow showers Thursday and night with little temperature change. High near 38, with Wednesday highs around 37 and lows near 28. East of divide expect cloudy skies and scattered snow or rain showers, possible thunder in mountains, highs 45 to 50, clearing later Thursday night and Friday.
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Butte
Montana
Continental Divide
Divide
Marines Raise Flag On Iwo Jima Victory Day
On Iwo Jima Adm Nimitz announced the U S flag was raised at 9 30 a m March 14 after Japanese government powers were suspended and island possession taken. Marines shelled northern positions as airfield installations on Chichi island were bombed and strafed.
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Guam
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Iwo
United States
Iwo Island
Nimitz
D. A. Stafford
Spokane
Wash
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Harold A. Breard
Marine Combat
Chichi Island
Bonins
Navy
Marine Corps
Three Lost Boys Found Safe Near Havre
Three boys Felix Charpentier Stevie Carrier and Ronnie Carrier aged four six and three were lost in the Butte area south of Havre since Tuesday and found Wednesday by James Nutter of the U S Immigration Service with binoculars. They were taken to a Havre hospital in satisfactory condition after a large search by the Havre Boy Scouts police and hundreds of residents. The boys slept on the ground and were close to searchers several times before daybreak.
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Havre
Saddle Butte
Felix Charpentier
Stevie
Ronnie Carrier
James Nutter
U. S. Immigration Service
Andrew Carrier
Boy Scouts
Inductees 18 to 20 Earmarked for Army for 3 Months
Washington reports that for three months inductees aged 18 to 20 will be earmarked for the Army with few exceptions. A joint Army Navy statement says this move satisfies the Army’s need for young infantry replacements. Navy selective service calls during this period will draw men aged 21 to 38, inclusive, except for those 18 to 20 who qualify for special Navy programs such as radio technicians and combat air crewmen.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Plane Hurtles Through Pine Tree Then Rejoins Flight
Captain Maynard reports First Lt. Robert J. Craig of Oklahoma City piloted a twin Havoc fighter on a Russia-bound Seventh Ferrying Group mission when a descent through heavy clouds near Great Falls clipped a tall pine. The tree sheared off about eight inches in diameter. a wing leading edge hole appeared, yet Craig continued to Fort Nelson and rejoined the formation.
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Great Falls
Hobart Maynard
Gore Field
Robert J. Craig
Oklahoma City
Okla
Russia
Craig
Fort St. John
Fort Nelson
Maynard
Eleven-ton bombs drop on Nazi targets in Germany
Royal Air Force Lancasters released 11 ton bombs the largest air dropped war weapon to date against northwest Germany. The attack involved about 2,000 U.S. Eighth Air Force heavy bombers and fighters targeting rail lines oil refineries armament plants and submarine pens. The new 22 000 pound bomb produced a black smoke pall and debris fountain eclipsing previous six ton bombs and earlier Earthquake payloads. Continued report noted at a rail viaduct.
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London
R. A. F. Lancasters
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Reich
Air Ministry
Coal Negotiators Make Progress
Washington March 14. Negotiations for a new bituminous coal contract made slight progress as operators seek a united front for John L. Lewis's 18 demands. The talks resumed briefly Wednesday after a recess and will reconvene Thursday with Ezra Van Horn aiming to have a reply for Lewis. Despite a strike vote looming, optimism persisted that a mine tie-up could be avoided.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
Magnuson Says Army Plans Abandon Alcan Highway to Alaska
Senator Warren G. Magnuson asserts the Army plans to abandon the 139 million Alcan highway to Alaska and cites the Canol project as the other costly Canadian area mistake. He notes the route is unsuitable for commercial traffic and Canada will not maintain it. The highway was built as a wartime supply line during fears of Japanese invasion. The War department declined to comment.
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Washington
U.P
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Alaska
Canada
United States
James M. Mead
DN. Y
Senate War Investigating Committee
Magnuson
Japan
Pacific
West Coast
California
Oregon
Tolaska
War Department
Americans Close On Nazi Highway Near Remagen Bridgehead
U S First Army forces pushed the Remagen Erpel bridgehead to within about 1 ¼ miles of the Frankfurt Cologne superhighway as armor and infantry extended gains on the western front. Hodges’s units moved north south and east through Rhine border hills, with heavy reinforcement traffic supporting the bridgehead. The German claim of destroying the rail bridge was contradicted by Allied headquarters reporting the structure standing and in good condition.
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Paris
United States
First Army
Remagen-Erpel
Frankfurt-Cologne
Courtney H. Hodges
Doughboys
Rhine
Ludendorff
Schaef
12Th Army Group
Cape Tured
Duisberg
Leverskuesen
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Seventh Army
the Rhine
Gere
Unions Battle for Control in Hollywood Studio Clash
Richard Walsh of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees announced a move to keep production going amid a walkout by the Conference of Studio Unions. He warned of potential theater closings if producers recognize the rival body, while Herbert Sorrell of CSU challenged his threats and defended CSUN representation for set dressers.
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Hollywood
U.P
Richard Walsh
Inernational Alliance of Theatrical
Husky Walsh
Walsh
Kingdom Come
Willie Bioffe
George Browne
Sorrell
New York
California
Nevada
Grocers to Attend Meet Tonight in Judge Lynch's Courtroom
Local food store operators are urged to attend a meeting of the Silver Bow county OPA price panel board Thursday night at 7 45 oclock. The session will be held in Judge Lynchs courtroom.
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Silver Bow County
OPA Price Panel Board
Seaman Sues After Port Chicago Explosion Injury
Leonard A. Fitzgerald, a merchant seaman, filed a $28,000 damages suit against United States Lines in Portland. He says he was three quarters of a mile away when the Port Chicago blast occurred last July and was thrown to the tavern floor, sustaining permanent injuries.
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Portland
Ore
Port Chicago
Calif
United States Lines
Leonard A. Fitzgerald
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