Allied Drive Pounds German Beachhead at Anzio
Allied forces repelled a major German attempt to crush the Rome beachhead. American Third Infantry Division led a 36 hour battle with heavy Allied air and artillery support, driving back the 14th Army divisions and regaining ground. Lard from OPA frees rationed status as supplies rise.
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Robert V. Vermillion
Allied
Naples
Mar
U.P
Ayn
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Marne
France
114Th. Light Rifles
Air Corps
Thomas W. Steed
Etowah, Tenn
Tokyo
Travis Hoover
Arlington Calif
Anzio
Army Non Com Denounces Wartime Rent Practices in Tucson
An Army sergeant and his wife report eviction abuses and sky high rents in Tucson. FBI says cases under the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act can bring up to $1000 fines and imprisonment if court action is not pursued. He contrasts modern rents with six gun era justice and plans to move to a new trailer home.
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Tucson
FBI
Severa Miles
OPA
Consolidated
12,000 Pound RAF Bombs Hit German Targets
London reports that 12,000 pound bombs used by RAF Lancasters struck German targets and a Limoges aero engine works. crews were instructed to return bombs if targets were unclear. The giant weapon, engineered for special targets, caused extensive destruction at Albert in northern France and a German aircraft factory, with careful marking and camouflage noted by squadron leaders.
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Air Ministry
Limoges
Albert
France
Roosevelt Plans One Third Of Italian Fleet For Russia
President Roosevelt said discussions were nearing completion on transferring roughly one third of Italy s surrendered fleet to Russia. He noted Stettinius would visit London to discuss questions with British officials and that Allies already used some of the surrender tonnage. He also said ships could be manned by Italians or others and that distribution would be roughly on a one third basis as long as the war lasts.
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Harold Oliver Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Edward R. Stettinius
London
United States
Great Britain
Italy
Stalin
Washington
Soma
Great
Britains
Soviets Score North Russia Offensive Advances
Soviet armies pressed the northern campaign driving Germans from northern Russia with gains near Ostrov and the Narva bridgehead. Moscow reported advances in Pskov and the Baltic approaches while Berlin cited renewed Red Army action toward Bobruisk and Krivoy Rog.
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London
Russia
Narva
Pskov
Moscow
Berlin
Bobruisk
Minsk
Vitebsk
Ostrov
Warsaw
Riga
Baltic
Narova
Estonia
Leonid A. Gogorov
Leningrad
Finland
Reval
Latvia
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Rogachev
Ukraine
Krivol Rog
Red Army
Novosokolniki
Amphitheatre and Douglas win in quarterfinal push
Amphitheatre Panthers rallied from a four point deficit in the final quarter to beat Marana 21 to 19 today and advance into the Southern Arizona consolation bracket quarterfinals. Roger Mullins led the winners with seven points while Jacks McDuffe matched him with seven.
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Douglas
Southern
Arizona
Louyhney
Geor
Ae Xn Sin
Ephe
Panthers
Marana
Roger
Moon
Mullins
McDufe
Tv Ee
Clashia Bip
RAF Bombers Hit Occupied Lands
American air force fighter planes conducted an offensive sweep over Berlin today while the Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacked targets in northwest Germany. It marked the first time formations of the American air force flew over the German capital. No indication of attacks on Berlin itself was found in early reports.
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London
Mar
Berlin
Eighth Air Force
Germany
RAF
RAF night raids target French aircraft plants near Paris
London reports RAF and American air forces intensifying strikes on German aircraft production. Night attacks hit Meulan les Mureaux near Paris and an Albert plant while day raids by Marauders and Typhoon fighters focus on northern France and invasion coast.
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Philault
London
U.P
France
Paris
English
Germany
Europe
RAF
Meulan
Les Mureaux
Albert
Troops Reinforce Los Negros in Pacific Campaign
Allied forces pushed into Los Negros with heavy ground troops to secure the island and repair the 5 000 foot Momote airfield. Reinforcements followed the surprise initial landing as fighting continued around the perimeter while beach positions remained secure.
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Don Caswell
Southwest Pacific
U.P
U.S
Los Negros
Admiralty Islands
Doug- Jay MacArthur
Momote
New Guinea
Truk
MacArthur
Pacific
Writ Delays Execution Of Racket King
Lepke Buchalter, head of Murder Inc., narrowly escapes the electric chair as Gov. Dewey halts the Sing Sing sentence for Lepke pending a U S Supreme Court certiorari filing. Warden Snyder and counsel Brietel announce the postponement while Lepke hallmarks high level gangland talks.
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Bob Evans Ossining
U.P
Louis
Lepke
Washington
William E. Snyder
Sing Sing
Albany
Charles D. Brietel
Irrank
Hogan
New York
Brietel
Supreme Court
Emanuel (Mendy
Weiss
Louis Capone
Partners In Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
U. S. District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Army Plane Missing In California Search Underway
Reno Nevada March 3. The search for an Army transport air plane and four occupants missing since Feb 20 near Palm Dale California continued after reports Feb 26 that a plane and four civilians were found near Palm Dale. The missing crew were Second Lt Spence E Gawthrop 22 Phoenix Arizona Second Lt Arnold Heller 29 Brookline Massachusetts Cpl Homer Conley 28 Salyersville Kentucky and Anthony Holbert Curtiss Wright factory representative Buffalo New York.
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Reno
Nev
Palmdale
Calif
Los Angeles
Marlowe
Merrick
Reno Army
Ce O
Spence
Gawthrop
Phoenix
Ariz
Arnold Heller
Neutrals in Limelight as Turkey Spain Split War View
International focus centers on Turkey and Spain and their stance toward the Allies. Analysts warn neutrality demands careful discretion as pressures rise and Turkey’s possible entry into the war is debated amid Allied strategy.
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Dewitt, MacKenzie
Associated ‘Press
Turkey
Spain
The
International
Generalis
Legislature adjourns in Phoenix after memorial for Campbell
Both houses met briefly in Phoenix on March 3 and adjourned for the weekend to honor former Gov Thomas B Campbell. A memorial resolution was adopted and the body expected to lie in state at the capitol rotunda. Yavapai delegation chosen to attend funeral in Prescott. Senate and house committees released bills and heard open forums on state power authority and highways department operations.
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Phoenix
Mar
Thomas. B. Campbell
House
Senate
Statehouse
Yavapai County
Campbell
Prescott
Appropriations Committee
Arizona Highways Department
Tempe
Flagstaff
Oil Pipe Line In Arabia To Be Considered
Roosevelt defends the Arabian oil pipeline while warning about long term U.S. oil supplies. Senate plans a petroleum outlook committee as pressure from industry grows for government noninvolvement.
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Arabia
Washington
Mar
Roosevelt
Senate
Henry’ A. Wallace
Owen
Brewster
Moore
R.j Oklai
Jamesi
Tae Ormiien
Standard: Oil of New
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Washington, Mar
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Saipan
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Marcus
Caroline Is
Eniwetok
Ujelang
Kusai
Wewak Madang
Guinea
Green
Bougainville
Solomon
Guadalcanal
Got Marshall Ajlinglopalap Is
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Makin
Gilbert Neary Nom
Bait Ocean
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Ellice
Funafuti
Santa Cruz
Australia
South Pacific
Occupied Lands
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Yanks
Supreme
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Simo
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Britain
Gov
Claire Phelps
Maricopa
Walter
Apache County
Ibakera
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