Russian advances and losses flash across Donets front
Moscow reports the Red Army seized Durovo after breaking German lines at Vyazma as new Donets river battles intensified southeast of Kharkov. Russians also pressed south of Bely, taking two German positions and advancing over 275 enemy bodies. Belgorod remains contested with German attempts to cross the Donets repelled.
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Moscow
Smolensk
Bely
Donets
Kharkov
Durovo
Vyazma
Belgorod
Chuguev
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Lake Ladoga
Rail Workers Share Raise Across 1941 Payroll Increases
Chicago report shows 900,000 railroad workers have shared wage gains totaling 369 million dollars annually since January 1941. Non operating employees gain 233 million, operating workers 87 million, plus 24 million for vacations and 25 million for other group raises. Fifteen non operating unions seek 20 cent hourly raise with 70 cent minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. E. Monroe
Bureaus of Railway Economics
Monroe
Nazis Battle Win Theatre in Paris Revolver Melee
Bernard Townree of the United Associations of Great Britain and France said 27 German soldiers were killed and 70 wounded in a gunfight at a Paris cinema called Kiro Soldaten formerly Rex. He reported the clash involved troops from Paris garrison and those on leave from the Russian front amid disputed war pictures.
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London
Paris
Bernard
Townree
United Associations of
Great Britain
France
Epsom College
Kiro Soldaten
Rex Theater
Lehrbas to Visit For Few Hours
Colonel Lloyd Lehrbas aide to General MacArthur will visit Pocatello for a few hours Tuesday arriving by plane or train He has been in the United States for several weeks He will meet with his father L A Lehrbas and other relatives and depart Tuesday evening for an unannounced destination
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lehrbas
Douglas MacArthur
Pocatello
United States
L. A. Lehrbas
New Gasoline And Coffee Stamps Valid
Rationing details issued by the Associated Press outline start dates and point allowances for butter margarine lard oils canned fish and meat with weekly red stamp limits. Blue D E F coupons apply to canned frozen and dried produce while sugar coffee shoes and gasoline stamps carry expiration dates.
Bombers Raid Supply Area on Munda and Vila
American dive bombers hit a Japanese supply area and an enemy gun position at Munda on New Georgia, with raids also reported on Vila and Kahiti. The March 21 communique notes dauntless dive bombers aided by Grumman F4F fighters struck Munda and Vila in the central Solomons, and Boeing B-17s and Consolidated B-24s attacked Kahiti in the Shortland island area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Munda
New Georgia Island
Navy
Vila
Kahiti
South Pacific
Dauntless
Douglas
Grumman
Appetite Startles Farm Community
Daniel Armstrong, about 35, from Jerome county, was jailed after witnesses at an ice cream shop saw him bite razor blades and drink hydrogen peroxide from a labeled bottle. Sheriff Lee Johnson said Armstrong appeared intoxicated and was bleeding on arrest.
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Jerome
Daniel Armstrong
Jerome County
Lee
John
Armstrong
Johnson
Japs Muster Forces to Hit Australia
Australian army minister Francis Forde warned of Japan’s intensified resolve to attack Australia as MacArthur’s bombing campaigns expand toward Cape Vandenbosch off Dutch New Guinea. He said Allied victories in the Solomons and New Guinea only strengthened Japan’s plan, forecasting a potentially ferocious assault when Japan is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Francis Forde
Japan
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Fordé
Pacific
MacArthur
Cape Vandenbosch
Dutch New
Pope Pius XII Said to Be Suffering From Severe Cold
Berlin radio reported Pope Pius XII is confined to bed with a high fever and possible bronchial and lung complications. Audiences for the pope have been suspended while doctors monitor his condition. The British broadcast cited a Rome announcement saying he is slightly indisposed and there is no cause for anxiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Berlin
Pius XII
Associated Press
CBS
Rome
Flood Threat Grows Across Southeast States
Rain swollen rivers push toward dangerous crests in Alabama Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi forcing evacuations and threatening property. Red Cross oversees moves as Bouie river floods north of Hattiesburg Mississippi and crews defend highways. Rescue teams search for Boyd Knight missing near Bogalusa while rivers including Coosa Warrior and Tombigbee rise above flood stage.
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Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ohio River
Hattiesburg
Miss
Red Cross
Mississippi Highway Department
Meridian
Bogalusa
Boyd Knight
Coosa
Warrior
Tombigbee
Cahaba
Conecuh
Chattahoochee River
Columbus
Allied North Africa Bulletin and Regional sports notes
Allied headquarters report the Eighth Army seized initial objectives on a six mile front near Mareth despite strong Axis resistance and minefields as American armor pierced Rommel's line, about 1,400 Axis prisoners taken. Kay Kyser’s draft status appeal declined and he will report for medical when ordered. Ida Big Six football cancelled. Twin Falls stores sold large butter quantities after OPA freeze order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Eighth Army
Sea
Mareth Road
Rocky Mount, N. C
Rocky Mount
Twin Falls
Ida
Idaho
John D. Flatt
Big Six
Boise
Mareth Front
Medenine-Mareth Road
Army Auxiliary Tour Set for Utah Idaho Cities
A Women’s Army Auxiliary unit will visit multiple northern Utah and southern Idaho cities including Salt Lake City Pocatello Idaho Falls Blackfoot Twin Falls Boise Caldwell and 10 others in late March to mid April. The tour runs from March 23 to April 14 with stops in each listed city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Twin Falls
Boise
Caldwell
Hitler Breaks Silence on War Situation Broadcast Addresses Crisis on Russian Front
London dispatch notes Adolf Hitler, emerging from a 133 day silence, claimed the Russian front crisis had been surmounted and casualties were relatively small while many German areas remained war zones due to Allied bombing. He spoke at a Berlin memorial, citing German dead and Moscow figures as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
DNB
Hitler
Fritz Erich von Mannstein
Ruoff
Kurt von Zeitzler
Ewald von Kleist
Stockholm
New York
London
Germany
Fuehrer
Zaughaus
Pravda Denies Soviet Ship Loss In Tokyo Report
Pravda says Japanese papers misreported that the Soviet freighter Kola was sunk by an American submarine in the East China Sea. The Tass dispatch notes the ship was held and searched by Japan two days before the sinking, a claim not confirmed by UN agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Communistic Party
Kola
East China Sea
Vladivostok
Tass
Tokyo Radio
United Nations Agency
Germans Not Weakening British Research Reports
British circles reportedly surveyed Germany’s military industrial and morale strength after defeats in Russia and heavy Allied bombing. They concluded Germany shows no cracks, Nazi positions remain strong, and Hitler’s war machine could endure until the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandon
Russia
Germany
Hitler
Indi
Churchill outlines postwar world order and long war warning
Prime Minister Churchill described a future peace framework with a European and Asiatic council of free nations and urged Britain to keep focus on victory, warning the struggle could last two years or more. He backed universal social insurance and a postwar system free of snobbery, envisioning a peace pact among Britain, the United States, and Soviet Russia with regional European federations.
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London
Churchill
Council of Free Nations
Hitler
Whitman
Britain
Organization For Peace
Europe
European Council
Airmen Push Jap Attack in Burma Strikes Mogaung
United States bombers and fighters blasted Japanese positions in northern Burma while British forces hit them in the south. The Mogaung area saw great fires and heavy damage with some sections reported completely destroyed. American crews reported no losses in these operations and also strafed targets near Myitkyina, including enemy vehicles and two river steamers believed sunk.
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New Delhi
United States
Burma
Mogaung
Mandalay
China
Myitkyina
Boisean to Head Nampa Colony
Dr. C Sanford Allen of Boise was named medical superintendent of the Nampa school and colony by Gov C A Bottolfsen, succeeding Dr Charles R Lowe. Allen, a longtime physician, has served as examining physician for the Boise selective service board since 1941 and was civilian psychiatrist on the joint army navy marine induction board. The two year appointment follows multiple past appointments ending with Dr Lowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
C. Sanford Allen
Nampa
C. A. Bottolfsen
Charles R. Lowe
Allen
Selective Service Board
Army, Navy, Marine
Lowe
Barailla W. Clark
D'Orr Poynter
Bortolfsen
C. R. Scott
Chase A. Clark
Scott
President Roosevelt Improves but Remains at White House
The White House states a cold that kept President Roosevelt in quarters over the weekend has improved but he remains at the White House and has only one appointment today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Spring and Ration Spur Pocatellans
First day of spring brought sun and a pre Easter parade to Memorial hall for a St Anthony church spaghetti dinner. Residents toured open on Sunday stores seeking a square of butter. Norma McLeod fished in the Portneus with Chris Sorgatz and Allen Rice. Cary Edmonson plans a garden. Dandelions may feed, blossoms make wine, roots as coffee substitute. Weather: high 45 low 25 mean 35. noon 40. Forecast scattered showers.
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Memorial Hall
St. Anthony Church
Apaghetti
Norma McLeod
Portneus
Chris Sorgatz
Allen Rice
Cary Edmonson
Vietory
Butter and Fat Sales Freeze for One Week
Washington reports a one week halt on retail sales of butter margarine lard and other fats and oils to conserve stocks before rationing begins next Monday Restaurants remain able to buy from wholesalers Mayonnaise and salad dressings are excluded from the freeze and rationing The OPA said the measure aims to prevent heavy buying before rationing while cheeses meats and canned goods follow separate schedules Sales of canned fish and canned meat stay suspended until rationing starts March 29
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adirondack
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
East
Washington
Oregon
Kentucky
Idaho
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Midwest
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Monady
CIO Workers Join Army at Camp Atterbury Training
More than 250 CIO war plant workers joined combat training units of the 83rd division at Camp Atterbury Indiana for a three day visit. Labor leaders from Michigan Ohio Illinois and Indiana donned fatigue suits and observed hand to hand combat obstacle courses bayonet drill and field reconnaissance.
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Camp
Atterbury
Ind
Michigan
Ohio
Tinois
Indiana
United Automobile Workers
Blackfoot Airman Receives Oak Leaf for 200 Plus Flying Hours
The oak leaf cluster was awarded to 15 officers and men for over 200 hours on operational missions. Among the recipients is First Lt Ritchie Gooch of Blackfoot Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Australia
Ritchie Gooch
Blackfoot
Idaho
Yankees Take 1400 Italians As Prisoners
North Africa news reports about Allied advances near Mareth and Maknassy as American armor and Montgomery’s Eighth Army press toward Gabes. About 1,400 Italian prisoners are captured and Rommel’s forces retreat to a narrow coastal strip, with Patton and Montgomery coordinating the push.
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North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Gulf of Gabes
Bernard Montgomery
Mareth
Maknassy
Gafsa-Mahares
Port
Mahares
Montgomery
Medenine
Gabes
Tunisia
Churchill
Rommel
U. S
George S. Patton, Jr
RAF raids damage rail line and German targets in France
British air force raids over the weekend damaged a key railway viaduct at Morlaix in Brittany and hit German communications in France. Fourteen freight trains were attacked. all Allied planes returned. Berlin reports claim heavy bombings left thousands homeless and substantial destruction in Saint Nazaire and Berlin targets, with casualties likely higher than German counts.
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London
Morelaix
Brittany
RAF
France
Air Ministry
Europe
Berlin
Associated Press
Saint Nazaire
Souvenir Hunters Court Danger Near Forest City Blast
Report from Norris Field on a munitions truck explosion near Forest City. Civilians grabbing souvenirs risk triggering highly sensitive fuses as flames set off 75‑millimeter shells. Relief driver J Redd Summers of Chester, S. C., was killed.
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Charlotte
N. C
Forest City
Norris Field Headsquarters
W. P. Jernigan
Norris Field
J. 3.Redd Summers
Chester, & C
Wall
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Stalingrad
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Axis
Mareth Line
R.A.P
Souvenir Hunters Court
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