Allied push at Cassino and Vienna daylight raids
Allied forces battled into Cassino railway station as Indian Ghurkas and New Zealand troops pressed toward Mount Cassino, while heavy bombing of Vienna marked U S daylight attacks on Austria. German defenders clung to the town outskirts amid ruined abbey ruins and cratered streets.
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Naples
Cassino
Mount Cassino
Nazia
New Zealand
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Rome
Vienna
Austria
Yugoslavia
Italy
15Th
U. S S. Airforce
Hapsburg
Danube
United Nations Radio
Algierssand
Thunderbolt
Bleiberg
Austra
Klagenfurt
Sibenik
Yugoslav
Cacceno
Monte Pescara
Caceno
Bombs Hit Two London Hospitals In Night Raids
German raiders struck two London area hospitals last night causing casualties on upper floors. Windows and roofs shattered as staff evacuated most patients and began rescue efforts. It was the third pre midnight raid on London that week with additional damage near a southwest coast town.
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London
Hollywood Actress Loses Custody of Daughter
Joan Manners, former Hollywood actress, loses custody to husband John Langan in a federal suit. Judge T. Alan Goldsborough notes the mother’s unstable mental operations and awards complete custody to Langan with no visitation rights or shared care.
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Washington (P
Joan Manners
John Langan
Joan Langan
Federal District Court
T. Alan Goldsborough
Atda
Langan
Noxon Seeks Bail After Murder Charge
John F. Noxon Jr. asks Superior Court for bail claiming Berkshire House of Correction confinement harms his health and could trigger another mistrial. affidavit notes health risk from continued detention and cites arrest in September.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon, Jr
Noxon
Berkshire House of Correction
Simplified Income Tax Plan Approved
The House Ways and Means Committee backed a broad plan to simplify the tax code. It would tax wages up to 5000 fully starting next January while the government computes 1944 taxes for those under 5000 this year. The plan abolishes the victory tax and cuts normal and surtax exemptions with a 3 percent normal rate for income over 555, and adds about 150000 new taxpayers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Schoolboy Acquitted Of Murder In Sensational Trial
Grand Rapids Michigan a 16 year old Greenville High School student David Filgas was acquitted of a murder charge in a sensational Kent County Court verdict after a two hour forty minute jury deliberation. Patricia Winters 17 was found dead in a fire damaged car but exact cause remained undetermined.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
David Filgas
Kent County Court
Filgas
Greenville High School
Patricia Winters
John R. Filgas
MacArthur cites twin Pacific triumphs in press communique
General MacArthur declares two Allied victories in the Southwest Pacific the capture of Lorengau airdrome on Manus Island and the destruction of Japanese counteroffensive at Empress Augusta Bay Bougainville. First Cavalry troopers dismounted attack Lorengau from north and west with American destroyers providing broadsides.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
UPI
Lorengau
Manus Island
Admiralties
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville Island
Solomons
Douglas MacArthur
First Cavalry Division
Louisville Triplets Given Irish Names
St Patrick Day triplets born to Mr and Mrs Brad ley Crump in Louisville Kentucky were named Patrick Michael and Kathleen at the hospital the parents recovered from their astonishment enough to hear the joyful report that they are doing fine.
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Louisville
Bradley Crump
Patrick
Michael
Kathleen
No Auxiliary WASPS Miffed as Congress Muffs Name for Vote Bill
The article reports Congress misspelling the women pilots group as The Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots while drafting an absentee voting bill. The real name is Women's Airforce Service Pilots, per Gen. H H Arnold. WASP leader Jacqueline Cochran notes civilian War Department status and uniforms. Senator Connally expects election officials to show tolerance for the error.
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Congress
Washington LLP
Roosevelt
American Red Cross
The
Society of Friends
United Service Organizations
Women's Auxiliary Service
Pentagon
Airforce Service
H. H. Arnold
Jacqueline Cochran
War Department
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate
Chaplain Hyland Urges Faith at St Patrick Banquet
Rev Ambrose HK Hyland, Canton Prison chaplain, addressed 300 Friends of St Patrick at the Hendrick Hudson on the 38th anniversary banquet. He praised St Patrick as a true man of God and noted Hollywood plans for a Chapel of the Good Thief film.
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Friends OF ST. Patrick
A. R. Hyland
Hendrick Hudson
R. Oakley Kennedy
James T. Whitehurst, Jr
Friends
Ambrose HK. Hyland
Canton
Dannemora
Society and
Father Hyland
St. Patrick
Ireland
Killarney
Hollywood
Boy's Town
Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers Reach Flood Stage
Flood waters from Tioughmoga overflow Route 11 north of Whitney Point as the Chenango and Susquehanna Rivers near flood stage. Meteorologist Reed predicts the Chenango at 17 feet and the Susquehanna at 15 feet. Route 11 closed for all but heavy traffic. Whitney Point Central School closed. The note recalls the 1936 St Patrick’s Day flood and its $2 million toll.
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Bimghamton
Chenango
Susquehanna
Whitney Point
Thomas E. Reed
St. Patrick’s Day
Whitney Point Central
Fourth Juror Picked For Simons Trial
Ruth Simons murder trial adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday as a fourth juror was seated from 129 talesmen examined. Peter Bogardus of Valatie, a farmer, joins three previously selected jurors. a new panel of fifty veniremen was summoned. Defense says Mrs. Simons likely to testify about the killing of her mother in law, Deulah Simons, last November.
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Deulah Simons
Roosevelt names labor delegates to ILO meeting
President Roosevelt announced the two American government delegates to the International Labor Office meeting in Philadelphia in April. They are Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Albert D. Thomas of Utah, chairman of the Senate education and labor committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
Frances Perkins
Albert D Thomas
Dutah
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Allies May Recognize DeGaulle
President Roosevelt indicated a decision on recognizing the French National Committee as the future governing body in liberated metropolitan France. London and Eisenhower are weighing two core issues: the extent of recognition and the transfer of liberated areas from military to civilian control, with a likely compromise between British and American positions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
France
State
War Departments
London
The
Alles
Chef Executive
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
Italy
Soviet Journal Says Japanese Victory Impossible
The Soviet trade union journal War and the Working Class insists that Japan cannot win the war and will refrain from active operations. In a March 15 article by Eugenie Zhukov the piece notes a sinking spirit among the Japanese and cites alarm over a U S monthly plane production declaration.
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Moscow
War and the
Eugenie Zhukov
United States
Slavs Battle Chetniks in Montenegro Rail Attacks
A Yugoslav Army of Liberation communique reports Tito forces attacked trains in Slavony and fought battles against Draja Mihailovic's Chetniks and Germans in the Danilovgrad Niksic sector of Montenegro.
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London
Dewey Dominates New York Legislature as War Years Continue
Governor Thomas E. Dewey controlled the closing session of New York's Legislature, writing tickets and limiting debate in a drab wartime era. The lack of local pork and scant Democratic opposition shaped a smooth, constrained final act with Dewey bearing full responsibility.
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Edward McDonald
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Dewey
G.O.P
G. I. Bill Of Rights Passes Senate Finance Panel
The 468 page omnibus G I Bill of Rights moves toward a sweeping Senate approval with unanimous committee support. It excludes a veterans bonus but covers benefits for present war veterans, totaling about 3 billion dollars with a separate 500 million for hospital construction. Senator Johnson backs an additional 30 billion dollar adjusted compensation bill, seeking hearings after this measure clears.
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Washington (P
Senate
Finance Committee
Johnson
D.-Col
Congress
George
D.-Ga
G. IL Bil
Last Chance Fades as United States May Break Finland Ties
US weighing break in diplomatic relations with Finland after its June 1941 entry with Germany. Hull had warned of consequences for war alliance, while Sweden and Roosevelt urged negotiations. Moscow media frame Finland’s rejection as aligning with Nazi aims, ending any hope of a peace overture.
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Washington
Finland
United States
Germany
Helsinki
Roosevelt
Gustav V
Sweden
Hull
War and the Working Class
Hitler
Moscow
Russia
War Writers Hurt When Bombs Burst At Anzio
Allied Headquarters in Naples reports five war correspondents were injured by two 500 pound bombs from a German raid near the Anzio beachhead. Names include Wick Fowler Dallas News William Strand Chicago Tribune Sergt George Aarons Yank magazine and George Tucker Associated Press. All received Purple Hearts. Ernie Pyle escaped unharmed. Ceilings collapsed and partitions were torn in the Villa Virtue Fifth Army press HQ.
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Naples
Anzio
Wick Fowler
Dallas News
William Strand
Chicago Tribune
Sergt George
Sam” Aarons
Nashua
N. 1
Yank Magazine
George Tucker
Associated Press
Ernie Pyle
United Features Syndicate
Virtue
Fifth Army
Daughter accused after exorcism ends in mothers death
Los Angeles police report 87 year old Luney Fairchild found beaten and garroted in Huntington Park home after daughter Winifred Fairchild 14 admitted attempting to cast out an evil spirit with violent blows and a garrote. Police say mother recently reported daughter missing and daughter claims a religious mission influenced her actions.
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Leroy Sanderson
Luney Fairchild
Huntington Park
Sanderson
Winifred Fairchild
Soviets Seize Dubno and advance toward Lwow
Soviet troops captured the town of Dubno after crossing the Ikva River and outflanking it. Advances continued toward Demidovka and a rail city near Lwow, with forces near Novo- Petrovskoye and Nikolaev as reports describe new thrusts in southern Ukraine and northern Moldova.
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London
Red
Russia
Old Poland
Dubno
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Moscow
Zhmerinka
Vinnitsa
Gregory K. Zhukov
Lwow
Ikva
Demidovka
Demirdovka
Cracow
Stockholm
Tass
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Nova-Odessa
Bug River
Novo- Petrovskoye
Captain Cuts Off Own Leg At Cassino
Temple Texas reports Captain H M Vines of the 45th Division, from Birmingham Alabama, amputated his own left leg after it was severely damaged in combat at Cassino. He borrowed a saber from a sergeant and performed the operation, afterward directing the sergeant to discard the limb. The incident occurred during heavy fighting when several fellow soldiers were hit.
Police Find Death Room in Paris Villa
A German news agency dispatch said Paris police investigating 25 deaths recovered skeletons from a furnace and a soundproof room filled with lime and mirrors. The villa is owned by a sex inclined physician. no arrest information was provided.
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Madrid
Newa J
Paris
Nina
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