Berlin Raid Ranks as Greatest Daylight Air Assault
Allied heavy bombers and fighters clash with Hermann defense over Berlin in a massive daylight raid. About 1,000 to 2,000 planes, including 1,100 bombers, dump 350 000 incendiaries and 10 000 high explosives. Lt. Clifford R. Conrad of Minnesota describes the mission and rescue of an unconscious waist gunner after the plane sustained severe damage. The attack marks a major, high casualties daylight offensive.
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London
Mar
U.P
Berlin
Algiers
Clifford R. Conrad
Minnesota
Italy
Conrad
Germany
Reich
Carl A. Spaatz
Luftwaffe
United States
Eighth Air Force
Transocean
U. S. Air Force
Wyatt Resigns As High Rent Control Effort Begins
The Tucson Chamber of Commerce initiates an inquiry into rent profiteering amid a city wide rent control program. James Len Rent Director of OPA resigns for health reasons, Lloyd Meenan named interim. Meenan urges more staff and possible city ordinance to curb violators while tenants are blamed for excess charges. He notes 2000 rooms opened since Christmas as landlords face scrutiny. The Citizen cites mixed views from tenants and chamber officials as a fair investigation is promised.
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Tucson Chamber of Commerce
OPA
James Tit Len
Lloyd H. Meenan
Wyatt
Civil Service
Meenan
William H. Quesnal
Tucson
Miami
Chamber of Commerce
Tourist Court Association
Chinese Troops Linked With U S In Burma Advance
American trained Chinese troops and U S infantry linked up in upper Burma near Walawbum. Chinese forces occupied Hpungnye and Shingban, with Wan captured in Hukawng valley. Walawbum isolated. Japanese casualties heavy and American losses minimal. Troops pushed toward Lashu Ga and Hkakawp Ga as encirclement closes.
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New Delhi
Mar
Walawbum
Upper Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Hpungnye
Maingkwan
Shingban
Wan
Hukawng
U. S
Lashu Ga
Hkakawp Ga
Russians Threaten Key Railway Town
Allied forces report control of Los Negros island in the Admiralty group and describe rapid advances around New Britain and New Guinea fronts. U.S. Marines land near Willa mez peninsula and move east from Arawe to Amgoring, with heavy air support and naval bombardments.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Mar
Walter Kruger
Bismarck Sea
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Sixth Army
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Willau
New Guinea
32Nd Division
Yalau
Saidor
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
Talasea
Willaumez Peninsula
Tobera
Navy Seabees
Momote
Cape Hoskins
Los Negros
State Senate Approves New Reorganization Plan
PHOENIX March 8 The state senate approved a reorganization modeled after the national congress and sent the measure to the house. The constitutional amendment would empower four year terms for 19 senators and cap the house at 58 members elected every two years. Legislators would be paid 15 dollars daily in session, sessions limited to 90 days, and 30 days for special sessions. An interim committee would study and prepare legislation between sessions.
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Phoenix
Mar
National Congress
Senate
House
Soviet armies halt German counter blows near Tarnopol
London dispatches report Red Army spearheads driving toward Tarnopol threaten the Odessa Warsaw railway. Zhukov’s forces advance over spring-mired countryside, capturing Igrovista and Staraya Sinyaya, severing lines and pushing toward Proskurov and the railway, with heavy German losses and 60 tanks destroyed or captured.
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London
Rumania
Tarnopol
Odessa
Kochanovka
Volchisk
Zelentsy
Proskurov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Moscow
Red Army
Staro- Konstantinov
Shepetovka
Staraya Sinyava
Staraya Sinyaya
Staro-Konstantinov
Odessa-Warsaw
Zhmerinka
Svinnaya
Sharzhintsy
Berdichev
Zhukov
Podvolochisk
Volochisk
Baltic
Narva
Nogales Judge Dies After Long Illness
Armando Cardenas a 50 year old civil district judge and former chief of police in Nogales Sonora died after a long illness. Funeral arrangements will be held today. He previously served as customs personnel chief at Nuevo Laredo Tamaulipas and is survived by a daughter Mrs Rosario C De Cuadra of San Francisco California.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Mar
Armando Cardenas
Cardenas
Theld
Iton
Customs
Nuevo Laredo
Tamaulipas
Rosario C. de Cuadra
San Francisco
Calif
Mussolini Receives Japanese Ambassador in Rome
The Rome radio quoted that Benito Mussolini, meeting a new Japanese ambassador at his headquarters, said the first units of the Italian republic had been sent back into combat against the Allies. The ambassador was not identified.
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London
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Petition Seeks Return to B-2 Zoning on South Sixth
Residents and 33 property owners urge city council to restore classification to B-2 for South Sixth from 17th to 13th streets. They argue area long zoned for business, investors bought land for business use, and current residential emphasis lowers taxes and conflicts with actual land use.
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South Sixth Avenue
17Th Street
South Sixth
13Th Street
Careening Fortress Misses Field Tower and Gen Doolittle
A damaged Flying Fortress returning from a Berlin raid taxied toward the control tower at an English U S bomber base. Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle stood in the tower with senior officers as the craft veered and narrowly cleared the obstacle after a hard landing. Pilot Lieut. Frederick J. Sommer from Davidsonville Maryland struggled with the controls to avert disaster.
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Field Tower
Gen. Doolittle
U. S
England
Berlin
James H. Doolittle
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Frederick J. Sommer
Davidsonville
Bowles Seeks Bipartisan Talks to Extend OPA Powers
White House moves to win party unity to extend the Office of Price Administration beyond June 30. Chester Bowles to meet Friday with the Senate Banking Committee as Senator Wagner pushes for a bipartisan understanding to prevent a fight in Congress.
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Washington
Mar
Capitol
White House
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Wagner
D-Ny
Senate
Price
Chester Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
Savage Night Fighting Breaks Out In Cassino
In Cassino fierce street battles flare up as American units fight to dislodge German forces. New Zealand gunners shell the Cassino railway station while Allied and German forces clash on the Anzio front amid heavy shelling and planned German regrouping for a fourth offensive.
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Cassino
Allied
Naples
Mar
Anzio
New Zealand
Aprilia
Cisterna
High Command
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Indian famine relief and Burma offensive shift in World War II
The article notes improved famine relief in India including Bengal after a grave crisis, with deaths still reported from famine diseases. It also highlights Allied offensives from India into Burma with American and Chinese troops under Brig Gen Merril, linking the effort to Southeast Asia.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Frank Merrill
Burma
Japan
India
Uncle Sam
Southeast Asia
Bengal
Bay of Bengal
Chaplin Paternity Suit Move Denied by Los Angeles Judge
Superior Judge Stanley Mosk denied Chaplin’s counsel motion to dismiss the paternity suit filed by Joan Berry. The judge ruled for a full and fair trial and ordered Chaplin to plead to the civil complaint within 10 days.
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Los Angeles
Stanley Mosk
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Mosk
Chaplin
Republican Dean Gillespie Wins Colorado's First District Seat
In Denver on March 8, GOP candidate Dean Gillespie, a 59 year old businessman, won Colorado's first congressional district race by under 3,000 votes over Maj. Carl Wuertele. Unofficial Denver results show 41,447 for Gillespie and 38,524 for Wuertele, marking the first Republican victory there since 1930.
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Denver
Mar
U.P
Colorado
Dean M. Gillespie
House of Representatives
Gillespie
Maj
Carl Wuertele
Wuertele
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Finns Dispatch Answer To Russian Peace Terms
STOCKHOLM March 8 The Finnish government sent its answer to Russian peace terms to Moscow yesterday. Earlier reports said Finland prepared a note for the Soviets last Friday but delays allowed time for changes.
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Stockholm
Mar
Moscow
Finland
Dewey Attack on War Ballot Sparks Republican Talk
Washington officials report Gov. Thomas E. Dewey assails the federal war ballot as a blank paper with no state official voting. Sen. Lucas and Sen. Brewster react, suggesting Dewey may be a candidate. Lucas says he will join Green and Hatch against a compromise proposal reviewed by a joint committee.
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Washington
Mar
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Sen. Lucas
D-Ill
Congress
Lucas
Sen
Brewster
Green
D-Ri
Hatch
D-Nm
Senate
House
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