Allied and Japanese air battles rage over Burma and Port Moresby
In Chungking on March 24 Allied and Japanese air forces clash for air superiority over Burma as Sino British and Japanese armies fight north of Rangoon. Japanese bombers strike Port Moresby and Mandalay while large land forces press toward Toungoo on the Rangoon Mandalay railway. General MacArthur meets Australian leaders to discuss strategy.
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Chungking
U.P
Burma
Rangoon
Port Moresby
Mandalay
Toungoo
Rangoon- Mandalay
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur Briefs War Reporters In Off The Record Session
Gen Douglas MacArthur spent two hours outlining the Pacific war situation to 50 news correspondents in an off the record briefing at an Australian press HQ. He spoke with calm, but his face showed emotion when describing Japanese atrocities. The session reinforced Allied resolve and MacArthur’s faith in the United Nations cause.
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United States Army
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
United Nations
Melbourne Herald
Army
U.S. Farm Output Must Be Boosted
Fred S. Wallace AAA administrator told the 31st annual Kearney Chamber of Commerce banquet that the nation needs a farm program to achieve a balanced supply of food. He warned of labor, machinery, storage, and transportation shortages as the country pursues record agricultural production amid the united front effort with 25 nations. Wallace, a Nebraskan, spoke from his farm on Highway 30 between Kearney and Gibson.
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Kearney
Neb
Fred S. Wallace
AAA
Wallace
United Front
America
Highway 30
Gibson
U S Submarines Sunk Three Japanese Merchant Vessels
The Navy reported three enemy merchant ships sunk in Japanese waters by U S submarines. Two 2,000-ton freighters were damaged and one destroyer or anti submarine vessel was attacked and probably sunk. The actions were not listed in prior communiques. No other reports from other areas.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Far East
U. S
Mexico and Chile Sign One Year Trade Pact
Mexico and Chile signed a one year commercial trade agreement to take effect immediately. The foreign office framed the accord as a result of Pan American solidarity and joint government collaboration.
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Mexico City
U.P
Foreign Office
Mexico
Chile
Crippled Children Auxiliary Plans Funds Campaign Tonight
The Butte Auxiliary for the Rehabilitation of Crippled Children launches a fundraising drive at 7:30 PM in the Montana Power Company auditorium. Campaign chairman Robert D. Corette presides as over 50 local children receive free clinical exams from orthopedic surgeon Dr. L W Allard at the Y M C A. A second clinic day is planned for Tuesday as part of the semi annual free clinic serving mining city youngsters.
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Butte Auxiliary For the
Montana Power Company
Robert D. Corette
Butte
Butte Y. M. C
L. W. Allard
Billings
Mining City
Defense of the spirit through children's theater urged
Miss Gloria Chandler of the Association of Junior Leagues of America visits Butte for a three day institute to boost wartime morale of children. She calls entertainment vital to emotional stability and peace, stressing theater work by junior leagues.
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America
Gloria Chandler
Association of Junior Leagues of America
Butte
Miss Chandler
Finlen Hotel
June Budd Ruhle
Butte League
Chandler
U S Army Trainers Crash in Midair Near Stockton
Two twin motor bomber type advanced trainer planes crashed in midair seven miles south of Stockton California during a routine formation flight. Lieut Joseph L Asbury Jr 23 of Rosamund California and Private Morris L Butts of Newport Tennessee parachuted to safety. Lieut Douglas T Nelson 21 of Astoria Oregon steered his damaged craft to a safe landing.
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Stockton
Calif
Here
Joseph L. Asbury, Jr
Rosamund
Morris L. Butts
Newport
Tenn
Douglas T. Nelson
Astoria
Ore
British Submarines Raid Italian Waters In War Advance
British submarines swept into Italian coastal waters and sank 11 Libyan-bound enemy ships. Allied forces pressed a Mediterranean offensive with RAF strikes on Crete Greece and the Dodecanese as German air raids hit the southeast coast of England under a new spring moon.
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London
Britain
England
Earl B
Steele
United Press
Leningrad
Novgorod
Europe
Mediterranean
Libya
Crete
Greece
Dodecanese Islands
Turkey
Messina Strait
Sicily
Dr Thomson warns crowd of 700 we can lose this war
Dr F A Thomson chairman Fred Decker told more than 700 people at the Finlen hotel that America must unite and sacrifice or risk losing the war. He urged bending every erg of energy to produce ships planes and guns in unprecedented quantities as the crowd absorbed a full war analysis.
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F. A. Thomson
Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
Fred
Thomson
Montana State School of Mines
Dr. Thomson
America
Europe
Japan
Spirit of Americans Filipinos Fighting on Bataan Tremendous
Commissioner Francis B. Sayre reported the spirit of American and Filipino troops on the Bataan peninsula was perfectly tremendous and they fought the Japanese at every turn. He noted reinforcements would be a long job and supply lines would require fighting from Australia to the front. Sayre pledged Americans would defend the Philippines to the last ditch while warning food shortages were a grave concern.
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Sumatra
Netherlands East Indies
Indies
Palembang
Spirit of
Bataan
F. B. Sayre
Washington
Francis B. Sayre
Australia
Philippines
Sayre
Curfew Proclaimed for Japanese Americans in Western Zones
Gen. John L. De Witt announced a curfew for Japanese Americans and enemy aliens in western military zones. Beginning Friday March 27, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., people must stay home except for work or residence travel within five miles. Possession of firearms and contraband items is banned.
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San Francisco
U.P
John L. de Witt
Western Defense Command
de Witt
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Utah
Ex President Marcelo De Alvear Dies in Argentina
Former Argentine president Marcelo De Alvear, aged 74, died Monday night in Buenos Aires after a long political career. He served as head of state in the early 20th century and remained a prominent figure in national politics.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Marcelo de Alvear
War leaders warn labor and industry on wartime rights
President Roosevelt and War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson told 500 CIO leaders in Washington that obstruction of the war effort will not be tolerated. They warned that labor and industry must support victory and that essential rights may be tested but not taken away, unless wartime needs demand it.
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U.S
Nelson
Washington
U.R
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Co. I. O. Teaders
British Swordfish Join US Coast Patrols In Cuba Bases
British planes reinforce American Atlantic coast patrols as two more Allied merchant ships are lost to U boat action. Swordfish torpedo planes will be based in Cuba to support US Naval and Army Air forces patrolling sea lanes, with potential bomb capability noted.
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United States Atlantic
Cuba
United States
Army
Atlantic Coast
Havana
Move to Alter Wage-Hour Act Gaining Support
Washington March 23 Support grew Monday night for changing the wage hour law Speaker Rayburn endorsed a 48 hour work week and time and a half pay after 48 hours He spoke at a Dallas mass meeting where the resolution calling for the change was passed Roosevelt indicated overall labor measures progress remains satisfactory Continued on Page 2 Col 6
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Washington
Rayburn
Dallas
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Election Judges to Be Named for April School Election
Appointment of clerks and judges to serve at the annual school election to be held April 4 will feature a school board meeting at 8 oclock tonight. Bids for school supplies and diplomas for the 1942 graduating class at Butte High School will be received and claims and accounts received. Independent and Peoples parties plan caucus meetings to select candidates and adopt programs.
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Margaret Leary
Butte High School
Independent and Peoples Parties
Leaps Into Jail Stuns Vancouver Curfew Breaker
Frank Mukai, 40, a Japanese man, jumped into a passing police patrol amid a curfew violation. He was arrested by a constable and sentenced to 30 days in jail.
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Vancouver
B. C
Frank Mukai
Freedom
Three Butte Enemy Aliens Jailed After FBI Raids
Three enemy aliens from Butte and one from Anaconda were held in county jails after law enforcement uncovered contraband including firearms and radios in their homes during FBI led searches in Butte and Anaconda on Monday. Twenty five FBI agents and local officers participated in the simultaneous operations.
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Butte
Anaconda
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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United Press Night News
Pacific Southwest
Crippled Children Auxiliary
League
U.S. Army
WBP
Warn Labor
Industry
By Arthur F. Degreve
Philip Murray
Atlantic
Central Press
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