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A Paper For The Home SUNDAY INDEPENDENT The Weather Moderately cold. 37TH YEAR, NO. 21—44 PAGES WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1943 PRICE TEN CENTS RAIN STOPS AFRICAN DRIVE Government Mediation of ReCOmmend MineW age Dispute Asked l\;i.\i\, Week For Steel Lewis Proposal to Extend Negotiations Is Rejected by Soft Coal Operators He's Captain Now New Yorlc, M.rch JO. (UP)--, Government medi.tion in the wage! dispute of miners and operators in the northern and southern soft coal recions will be .outnt early next weeic, it was indicated to- nifht as the Joint wage conference adjourned for the weekend. Edward R. Burlce, apoKSsman for the aouthern operators, said tonlfht his group will inform 'the proper government agency" that it it unable to reach an agreement with the United Mine Workers on thtir demand* for a |2-a-day wage increase, and asic for mediation. The aouthern operators sent a telegram tonight te President Roosevelt and cople. to Harold Ickes, .olid fuel co-ordinator. See¬ retary of Labor f>ance. rerkini. William H. Davis, chairman of the' War Labor Board, and Samet Byrnes. director of economic! stabilisation. Text of the telegrams wat not revealed. ¦ He taid the group must first de- I termine which agency it would ap- { peal to, asserting the War l.<abor Board must now "paM on change. in w.gt structure." The normal procedure, Burke said, wouid be to ask for a review of the eaae by a Department of Labor conciliator. "We could go to the co-ordinator' ef solid fuels," he added, "or even > the President himself could exer¬ cise some authority." Burke', statement came after thej southern miners had rejected a pro-1 posal by the operator, that the' UMW Join them in immediate sub¬ mission ef the dispute to a govem¬ ment agency. Reeume Talka .Mendajr | After Burke's statement. John' O'Leary, UMW vice-ptoaident andi representative ef Pretident Jehn M. Lewis at the southern conference, said the miners believed a negoti-1 ated contract still oould be worked! out without appeal te the govern-' ment. The southern sub-committee for negotiations wlll resume itt taikt' Monday, however, detpite Rurke't | announced intention of a§iftta\ing tn the govemment. Burke and Churchill Speaks On Radio Today London, Sunday, March 21. (UP)—Prime Miniater Churchill will broadcast a speech at • p. m. tonight (« p. m. EWT), it was announced today and it wa. be¬ lieved he might rai.e the curtain on an Allied .pring campaign to lick the U-boat, finish the Tuni¬ .ian war and soften up Europe with air blow, fer an eventual grand invaalon. The prime minister also was expected to sum up recent Allied war achievements and outline immediate difficulties involving morp sacrlflces on the home front. The context of the prime minis¬ ter's speech i. now completed, it wa. announced, but is subjeet to change in event Adolf Hitler or some other Axi. leader should decide to speak Srst. Labor Advisers Of WPB Suggest Move to Spread Needed Manpower : Washington, March 20. (UP) A 48-hour work week for all of the steel industry wa. recommeixd- .ed today by the War Production' I Board', steel latior advisory com-| mittee, consisting of Philip Mur-; I ray, president, and aix other oBi-; I cials of the United Steel Workers of America (CIO). { ! Appointed earlier this week to; Iwork with W^PB'. .teel division and I jthe indu.try toward obtaining thei maximum ateel production, thei ialior advisory committee endorsed 1 the M-hour work week in the in-j dustry aa a move to spread man-i Iiower for expanded steel produc¬ tion facilities and to make up for' m^ Tnnb.. c>.A44j>»ak.j I the loa. of worker, to the armed services. ¦, Government statistics show thati the average work week in the ."^teel i industry during December, 1942, i . , was 4m hours. Allowing for in- Boston, March 20. (UP) A mil- juries and other unforeseeable fac-1 lion-dollar fire punctuated hy a tors, a 48-hour industry-wide work i dozen explosions wrecked a Dor- lEden'S Ml Americans Ready Clearing Up ^® ^''«'p Pommel French Crisis ^^''^-^^^^y Poised for Drive to Sea In Rear of Axis Marettt Line; Sliock Troops Reach Sened M Military Control Of Giraud Backed By U.S., Britain; Rivalry in Guiana EXPLOSIONS, FIRE WRECK WAR PLANT NEAR BOSTON Air Tanks Scattered Over Factory Area; Damage Is Million By VIRGIL PINKLEY Allied Headquarters, North bogged compi'e*t'e"*undir^and^ng°onTngi^- Allied Headquarters, North .\frica, March 20 (UP)— American policy toward the French jTorrential rains have bogged down the fledgling Allied situation has been one of the con- offensive in South Tunisia, and American troops today wer« r.^r'ta"'"'A^tSLf''EtnrTi;ir»»".«?"«»««"« l^'K "^"^^ '" \t"'1 ^"^"^ *,^* '~'* ""' here, it was learned tonight. waiting for a break in the weather to resume It. Both governments are emphasii- (Xhe British radio reported that .\merican nhoek trocv* In'^.^h'; tt:T\'JiKlZ:"tl advancing 23 miles ea.st of (J.fsa penetrated Sened. eneoan. Axis and are endorsinft the mill- teied no ie.sistance, and withdrew.) tary leadership of Gen. Henri Four days of Steady rainfall in some sectors had turnrt hTZlt^^niiy "' '"*' """^ ^^* '^"'"''' *"'' P'*'"'' ""^" quagmires impa.ssable for heavy Gen Charles de Gaulle, lender of «»"«« and armor, and Allied air foiccs Were unable to strike the Fighting; French group, will be through the heavy skies. welcome as a participant In French! Three American divisions were leadv to roll toward the St.??rin"'!;nv"riv),i"nrn''in'^!„t'"r;'t-a'je8 bottlenpck a.s .soon aa thev had the footing, while to ported in any rival movement to , ,, ,, ., .,. , ... , ,, . -. , , .. .. assume leadership of the French' the .south the Blltl.sh Lighth .\im.v, after blasting the cause as a whole. Mareth Line, awaited Gen. .Sir l>eniard L. Montgomery'a End .Misiinderataiidlngs Kden's peraonal contnct with offi- 'Vwo year, ago Winthrop Rockefeller, right, joined the Army a. a private. Now he i. a captain. He', shown in Louisiana maneuvers. Pvt. Frank Morris, Hillsgrove, R. I., left. command to advance. Poised on the .soutli-central front were the American 1st TmiJi mTunSand\'!,;s,3'mad''e' a"*! '"^tl' Jnf«"tr.v DivLsions and the l8t Arniored Division week would mean actual operations Chester war plant in less than an", P'-" ^^at the British are not I the f^.'^^V^^ P ''^^ / irffo^.in.i^ ^ITnl^^^ averaging about 4«'s hours, it was hour today but onlv one minor ess- att'mptinK ^"..'^'"iJ'L'^^''^^* "^''*' l^assenne Pass after suffering a setback la.st monti . estimated. uaity was reported. against Giraud in Allied efforts to Their hold on the Gafsa area secure. thc.\ were read.v to push FRANK O.LOWDEN, 1920 GOP LEADER, OIESATJ6E0F82 Almost Beat Harding For Party Nomination; Retired in 1928 CITY OF FLINT, ONCE NAZI PRIZE, SUNKTOOAT Seized in 1939, Freed Months Later By Norwegians Tucson, Aril.. March 20. <UP)— Washington. March 20. (CP> — O'Leary agreed that discussions of Frank O. Lowden, a village black-.The Navy revealed today that the other clauses in the UMWs 12 de- smith's son who climbed to the freighter City of Flint,"wich was mands could continue. Illinois governorship and a promi- seized in 1939 by a Oerman raider The northern negotiatinr sub- nant place in the councils of the and subsequently released by the committee is scheduled to resume Republican party, died today after .Norwegian government, ha. been Monday, also. ,¦ lingering illness at the age of 82.! torpedoed and sunk in mid-AUantic I Replaoe. .VIaiiuoH«r Loe. Although 20 or more employees Further drafU by the armed .er- «P.P«rently were in the two-story vice, on .teel workers, combined H."^"* production plant of the Air assist tlie French to organize a . j .„..»u«.,.* f.,^.^ v\ f.....f.n>. more effective fighting force. ^^^^^ "I'l southea.st from Ll Cuetzai. A new instance of rivalry between The .'\niericans were within 70 miles of Gabes, the coastal Reduction Sales Co. when the blasts the two French factions developed cit.v which the .Axis undoubtedlv was preparinjr to defend and blaze occurred, a deputy fire today, however, with announcement with sll its might. If the Allies; '¦ reported that everyone ap- in London that dc Gaulle has ap-; guccceded in blocking the 12-mile rologlcal rarily there with the need for more workers be¬ cause of expansion of production' . . facihties, will bring the industry ^"'" --m—-— -— ' ;", 7"^ i ,...,,„. . i - . . ™ .; fare to f«c« wilh a cpiicIaI man. Pe»red to have been accounted for.! pointed Maurice Bertaut as gover-1 utrip between Gabes and the Chottlor river rower nrobiem Murray said! CyHnder. Explode nor of French Guiana, the Fien'-h 1 njerid (Salt Lake), the Afrik. the dirt *^ *^ ' Flre offlciais said a truck loaded colony on the .South American Korps would be trapped between muck newly-created ^^.m^ compressed air backed into a mainland which announced it. ad- the British and American armies The Tunisian rainy season usually ox tne ^a* ormnn Af r>nmnro««AH flip r>vlinH*p« 1 Vl*fl.*nr>A tn fZirmuM Ihla U7fl«lr i.. ii «f.v|M«nt Of The wadis, beds, were flooding and roads were ribbons ef Lewis ha. proposed to operators in both sections that the existing contracts be continued after M^-rt .tl. with any subsequent wa<:e agreement made retroactive. Reso¬ lutions relating to the contract ex¬ tension were rejected late today '.t the northern conference and to¬ night at the southern conference. ( ongrevs Ready te Act Te Outlaw Strikes Waahington, March 20. (UP) Congress is ready to act on legis He died shortly oefore noon, wilh | ^h, jjavy earlier today had an- only a nurse at hi. bedside m flie.„„„„^,j ^^^^ sinking, which occur- EI Conquistador Hotel. Members i„<, ;„ j^„ ^ut it did not dis- of h. family had visited him here;^,^^ ^^^^ ^^^ at his winter retre.jt but none was ,,„„„, American vessel that had present at his death. ,pp„t jjg ^^y, „„ ^^^^ j,,^,,^ ^^ I.,owden had spent his winters and a.s a captured prize before re- here for several years ^ince falling turnhijt to her home port of Balti- health forced him to retire from.more on Jan. 27, 1940. politics after his unsuccessful bid Ifor the Republlcsn presidential nomination in 1928. Strongest In l»20 It was in 1820, Keixed Sixth Day Out Memliers ot the manpower committee oi me «a- g^oup of compressed air cylinders !herence to Giraud this week. In a Kmall segment of Southern extends from October to May but tional Association of Manufacturers on ^ loading platform and thei DeGaulle took that action inde-;Tunisis eve;i a short respite would enabto were reported to agree with Presi- explosions and fire foHowed. Bye- pendently, and Indications here Squeeze' Play Planned fthe"JOmiTW'f*ll orward. Thick dent Roosevelt that a thorough trial^jtnesses counted. 12 explosions in jwere that his appointee would not A Royal Air Force statement thus !dust storm. In the desert also h.^-* should be given voluntary mobiiiza- r,pij succession and the structure I be recognized by the group now in'described the Axis position: '»>«•" hampering operation., tion of worker, for war Jobs be tore was almost immediately enveloped i control in Guiana. ' "if the territory in Tunisia held Tamera Hector Quiet compuUory service IS introduced. In flames. | (In London, de Gaulli^ts reported by the enemy is thought of as' Reports to Allied headquarters In- The NAM committee held its first The truck was virtually destroy-.that the populace objected to the roughly in the shape of a mans dlcated that enemy activity had meeting hero yesterday under the ^j by the flames. IU driver suf- plan'of former Oov. Rene Veber tn head, with the neck in the narrow quieted in the Tamera sector of leadership of E. F. Weston, presi- fered a burned right wrist. take the colony to the banner of section that reaches down to the Northern Tunisia 'or the first time dent of the Weston Electrical In- Chester Dalbridge of Wellesley, Cen. Girsud.) Mareth positions, then two hands In three weeks. I' plant manager, estimated damage Guiana had been under the nn- of the sir force already nre gripped! (TheBerlin radio, however, claim- (Continued on Page A-lOi around his throat "squeezing it ed that a (German combp' group In ¦ tighter every dav. The squeezing Northern Tunisia had driven the process will .ontinue until, the grip British Fir.st Army bsck from im- shifting, the whole head ha. been'portant poaitions. The broadcast crushed." jsald that Cape Negro on the Medi- This promise to choke the Axis I terranean coast wss In Axis hand. could be applied to the land and'and the Tabarka-Mateur road un- air forces of the American. British der German control. Washington March 20 (UP)—The "weiiing, selling nre lo me .truc-jiJ- ^- neavy ana meaium oomoers, and French allies All were bent (Axis broadcasts claimed alsn Navy diseloeed tonight how a Navy '"*¦•¦ Pi'"*>nen quelled the flame.'eonlinuing an intensive campaign on th» same project. that the Allies had lost 1.800 men chant-"'*'''' however, and no one in the to keep the enemy from mnktng Weather Aid* Axis taken prisoner. IS tanks. .'?0 gunj ¦ )use was reported injured. effective use of its submarine base The bad weather was considered and many motor vehicles in north- The largest group of Red Cross in the Aleutians, struck twice at more detrimental to the Allies than ern Tunisia. German planea were snd Civilian Defense workers as- i^'ska on Thursda.v, the .N'avy re- the^Axis because the former ap- said to have raided the harbor of sembled since the Cocoanut Grove ported today. parmtly were readv to let go with Tripoli, setting fire to several ship.. du.trie. Corp., Newark, N. J. (Continued on Page B-10> NAVY GUN CREW ON U.S. MERCHANT SHIP DOWNED 8 BOMBERS at 11,000,000. He .aid loss Included 'MO.OOO cubic feet of hydrogen,' oxygen and nitrogen which was stored in the building. Tank Files 7M Feet One compressed air tank was ^ blown 700 feet through the air and [Crashed through the roof of KISKA AND MUNDA ARE BATTERED AGAIN Washington. March 20. (UP)- -The ''*'•'""*• ¦*'""* "¦¦* to '•>« struc-1U- S- heavy and medium oombers, and French allies '— Firemen •• - ¦• - '—¦¦¦-¦¦¦¦— -- •-¦—• - ¦ ture. gun crew aboard a U. S. mere...... . . j . , ^ man shot dow-n eight German """.iJ!'Y"^"?"''^^"''"!;?'"!?' bomliers and damaged 12 others during a week of almost uninter- by'*U-1)oat»"^'" ''^°'" ^^' *" """^ ^olocau.t was mobilized for duty. The attacks were the 18lh and everything they have while the (Radio Algiers countered with an ' ' . ' Firemen and police patrolled tlie 19th this month on the much- Germans snd Italians had a re- asaertion that recent Allied bomb- The gun crew brought their ^^^ea watching for damage or »cpa- battered but .grimly held Iipane.se charge, the Liberty ship \\illiam ^.te fires that might have been foothold at the northern end of Bound for Manche.fpr «nH T lv'«r v. .. ¦ "•-"--••••' -¦¦•*¦.• , rate nres mat might have been '"""'"'" "<¦ >n^ nurmrrii . poTwfth a c^^^^^^^^ by fragment, of flaming the far-stretching Pacific L°phaU machinerv food.^tX.^H """•.»"'"' "l '""'il^''^ •'"""'" "" •'^"ri. flying through the air. Thei" "ne. ^hrlflnnT'i "'rL'^^1""'V,'^r?'" '"'^^^ nation._ The gun crews ^.„^ ^,^^^ „,.,j „j^„ ^„^. poults of the Thursday however that lubricating oila, the City of Flint, commander, En.sign Jeremiah T. probably saved other com- Results of the Thursday bomh- lation t"o "oJlUw strikVs -for"The J-^^en made his greatest bid for a ve.«el of les., than .VOOb tons, waalMTh^n-iir-.n-iVVhe" nVrn'-^'^atic rgen'':inrn'rtro«n"ler';''s't°o?:3'-bb' b:c"r.se"of .t""::vv v-'eTh"; duration of the war if the present '^e par y leadership while he was sei.ed on the high sea. by a Oer- candidal, for mayor of Xew York ™ra' automomies and truck. «hich complicates aeria v.arfare di.puteof the UMW and soft coal J|;"'P'''"« hi. term as Governor of man surface raider, reportedly the I in 1937, was awarded t^e Silver ^^^^^^^ pC?oTmwJre^^^^^^ the Aleutians, but all U S operators results in closing of the »"'"»"• ?'.i"*''';'""f "",, »<=»• »¦ 1939. It Star Med.l. and 24 enlisted men ,h" flamC^ "^ ^ planes returned safelv to base, mine.". This wa. indicated by a His record as wartime Governor n»d««iled from New \ ork six days received letters of commendstion. , Dalbridge said the plant's war At the southern end of the On one occasion, when enemy air- production contracts for hvdrogcn Pacific front, U. S. fighters fro:n craft came over in great force, the gnd oxygen would be fullilled at Guadalcanal poured round after prieve to strengthen defenses. ing.i hsd knocked out Tunia as sn United Press Correspondent Phil Axis supply port, and that the battle Ault. in a dispatch from Gaf^n. re- British Eighth Army had gained ported that the rain ¦ in that area|some ground east of the ?lareth wns accompanied by hail a meteo-Line.) survey made here tonight. «'on him support throughout the earlier. Meanwhile, the War Labor Board nation for the presidential nomina- The Germans put a prize crew prepared to vole next week prob- tion, but his opponents stsrted a aboard the_^ City of Flint and also gun crew shot "down" three bombers the"compVn'y's'HTn'gham'and'siut"h found of bullets into .Japanese In ably Monday aflernoon-on pro- "")?¦'»" 'hat his family wealth crew members of a British vessel.'and damaged six Another large- Portland Me oiants stallations at Munda. New ^Jeoijjf posals bv AFL members to scrap *•« being used to buy the conven- the SS Stonegate, an earlier Tictimgcale attack developed the follow- -- ' '^ Island, in a blistering strafin;. >> Reds Make Fierce Stand Southeast of Kharkov; Gain Towards Smolensk ceiling tion votes. Lowden was the son- of the raider, "more 'n-law of George H. Pullman, railroad car manufacturer. the tht "Little Steel" wage formula and establish s realistic" wage policy. MLR Aeems Adanwat Harding Given Xemlnation On the outcome of that vote, it Lowden's strength mounted diir- • ppeared. will depend UMW Presi- ing the early balloting, then sud- dent John L. Lewis' chances of denly broke and Wsrren G. Hard- winning government approval of< ing received the nomination 'n n the 12 a day wage increase he has'move reportedly engineered by the jing day. and again the Navy gtin- SAY MO SERB.H ARE SI.AIN which brought to 96 the On Oct. 21, the City of Flint ar- ners downed three planes and dam- New York. March 20 (UP)— of air attacks on that was taken to Kola Bay, Murmansk, I aged six more. Radio London, in a broadcast re- Solomons air base since late number central ii^;i"Li"T'it:i"?..»"'i"3j'.'""7' .i-t". •» .i"t watch spoiled. -^i^/>:..s?f!j"i;i«,T./?:''r^!'fi' ""thTv:; demanded for his 450.000 soft coal late Pen.' Boies Penrose of Penn.syi- ernment •"'"'¦¦s. v.nia. Those chances, labor members of! Lowden was born at Sunrise, 'Continued on Page A-10) (Continued on Page B-IOi Planes Score Direet Hits On Two Japanese Sliips the German prize crew Norway Balked Naals On Nov. 5. the Norwegian goV' rejected Germany's de AtH.uge-;p,.i;.--tH^-^M;d";h;;;sr;;;;ntw:j;;;^^j^^,;^-;;;^„v',^i- „r;„^^^t./l^*^asiand rime) and to Bergen, Norway sund Norway, authorities Interned from the clouds at dusk The gun crew opened fire liefore the pilot habltsnts of Pozarevac by Germans Again all U. 6. planes returned reprisal for acts of sabotage. to ba«e. reached the bomb release point ani sent the plane flaming into the sea. The crew knocked down an- _._, -, mand that the prize crew be re- other lone raider in a subsequent W% »¦• %ninnim*T leased and that the City of Flint attack. • be held at Haugesund pending Ger- '• Submarines, meanwhile, narassed man-Norwegian negotiation, on her the ship but never scored a hit. disposition. One submarine was driven off hy of men The City of Flint subsequently the gun crew's intense fire. Dur- Donets was permitted to sail from Norway ing another atack the merchsnt- for the United States and arrived man's gunners trained their «i'-*s- at Baltimore on Jan. 27. 1940. upon a torpedo racing toward ihc Norwegian navy vessels inter- ship, and blew it up with a direct • Continued on Page A-10) hit before it reached d!- target By SA.ML El. D. HALES London, March 20 (UPi—The Red Army tonight reported that it w-ia rrieJ 'ocked In fierce defensive battles in the Chuguev area southeast ot Kharkov but on the central front had captured more towns and vil- Ingcs in the enveloping drive aimed at Smolensk. The Soviet midniRht communique broadcast from Moscow ignored the Donets River front Ths Nazis slammed fresh wave? In their Ukranian drive, which sn reports said the Russians had wiped J ..„i,, .f »v,. p,,,,un fsr has netted them nothing that out a German v.erige driven ntl and tanks at the Russian ^^^^^ indicate a resurgence of the their River line Saturday nigh; ^(penglh necessary to knock in a powerful but generally vain Soviet ability to hold. A and establi.'h communique of doubtful Gen. MacArthur's Headquarters, of Ambon to the vest, an Allied Sunda.v, March- 21. iUP'—Allied communique said. Six land objec- plane, pounded Japaneae instslla- "7' y"" ¦'^.'^""^V ,_ tlons over a l.MO-mile arc of the ¦* '»"• medium bomber scorel Islands sbove Australia Saturday snd attacked three scoring hits on at them, it was announced today. The widespread raids, csrried out o.v Liberator. Billy Mitchell and Hudson Bombers, extended from Gazelle Peninsula on New Britain Island in the northeast sector to the former Dutch nava enemy ships. _, least two of ^"l' ''"" southern shore '" Today's laaue (lassifled .....~Zrr. B—II Editorial C I 2<»*-»«» zrz'A-i» Saeieal A—14 "^" ".;;::;:.. B-i» Sports Il_l •«Wjr ~Z~Zx-U direct hit and close misses on 10.000-ton enemy cargo ship off den Busch. or the of the north est tip of Dutch New Guinea. Otii< Washington, March 20. medium bombers set afire the ded- Secretary of Interior Harold of s merchantman in Kaimant . i,. .i.) .^..^-i.. . .u- j „ . .. J .,. Ickes said tonight a third maior Bav in the same area and anothci * ¦¦¦•jur medium-sized ship, traveling t.i- petroleum pipeline from Texas oil 7'. "'''i"I_'j ward Rabaul in a small 1 base island ,,^ , j ^ t -,_ convov. was attacked bv a Liber- ,f,j ator off Northeastern New Britain j,,„^. . ^^ ^,„g, with undisclosed results. "^ An Allied snokesman ii.sclosed "C made the statement Favors Third Pipeline Over Florida Canal effort to cross over and establi.'h communique oi nououui i i uracy n bridgehead that would crimp said the RiiRsians n recent weeks Red defenses in the central Khsr- have ost 50,000 dead and 19.^94 kov-Donets area. prisoners. down in offensive out one Donets line, only to ^ hordes of Nazi troops. ,,_ .. . .<ians hinted th'' river (UP)- been granted for construction of a ^^^ crossed at some L. second major line. Soviet dispitches aaid •It now has become evident he ^ j,^,^ ^_^ ^^,^ ^j said, "that a third line will •-- All reports told of heavy lo.s.srs Fishting was bORged in the battle. The outnumbered Tunisia, the American Russians, fighting to hold the lines which is bidding to cut througn to left after their winter gains, wiped the Mediterranean coa!=t and sepa- German wedge in the rute the Axi.s forces in the nnrtn the German anchor base for the whole central front. Four hundred Germans «-ere re¬ ported killed in the storming of • Nazi defense position captured by the Riu-sians, and heavy losses were Inflicted on the tank-led Orman infantry undertsking a counter- I attack on one .sector. 'nmoohenko Pounding 1 A strongly fortified Orman posi- wherViariier "°" "umpled under a R»d Army onslaught south of I.4ike nmen, where Marshal Semyon Time- positions as a tremendous "^'"^^ " , pounding at the ap¬ out battle on a broad front moved to- Pr""'hes of etar.ya Rus«, hMd- rcrmiin ......A '. ii™.„ quarters of the l«th German AmtT. t.crman ,,ard a cUmax. '^ .^^ g^j,;^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ Meanwhile the official N.izi news ^^w advices thst the Donets battte ascncy DNB claimed that Chuguev. bad reached a furious tempo aaC ¦:-J miles below Kharkov, v.as 'firm- g,id the next 24 hours might 4a« ly in Germin hands" and that Ihe dje whether the (Jerman. »oill« (Germans h.id captured Scvsk. 80 achieve their primary objective al miles northwest of Kursk and 20 smashing acroes the river in fere«k milest cast of the B.-yansk-Konotap rail^^av. along with Tomarovka, IT BLAST OF SEWER GAS miles iinrth'.veFt of Belgorod. strong on most points. face new The Rus- mav have 'hey v.erc places but »"'• "p" they kept their msin nnd south being unable to contend tiaim Donets Crossed with the mired routes. However. 'German troops in the Kharkov- DARKENS INDIANAPOLIS I •onsolidatins their gains Belgorod sector yesterday reached! Indianapolis. March 20. (UP>—A poised, along with the the upper Donets on a broad front." power transformer touched off A British Sth Army e.t the Mareth the DNB dispatch said. The shattering sewer gas explosion t* Line, to forge ahead as soon as Donet.s was cros.sed at several night in the downtown district, weather permits. Thc British radio points." ^ smashing windows over a two-block .said thst American shock troops However. Moscow reports sa;i area. Preliminary reports said onlf midnight plowed through to Sened. 23 milc< the Red .\rm.v was clinging firmly one person was injured. He waa needed. If this is true, it is my escorteJ fields to the ea.'t co«t is necessary opinion that the propo.sed Florida -j^^ Soviet Saturday „ . preferable to the proposed canal should be considered in the communique made .0 further men- west of Gafsa. but then withdr" v. to its main positions along the up- Jrrry Conyell. 17. elevator operatar light of its desirability by c"mpar- jj(,n ^j ,be Donets front but said The troops were said to hsve met per Donet.=i. at the same time ack- who suffered a alight shoulder !•• i.'ion wilh large pipelines. My con- ,bRt the Red Armv was locked in! no resi.stance. noAledKing inten.sified CJermin jury, spokesman iisclosed "'" "'«u« '"« vtaiement in a dujion j, that we can decide only fierce defense battles in the , efforts to e.stablish strong footholds The transformer was situate4 that the Allied planes which san't letter to Rep. J. Buell Snyder i U.. in favor of the pipelines" Chuguev area southeast of Kharkov' The gravity of the U-boat cam- on the north bank of the river. eight blocks southwest of the a Japanese submarine as it -vas Pa.i, chairman of the House War Appropriation of funds for the ^^j .j,,j ^^ ^^^ captured more paign was brought to the fore '\gai\ The occupation of a njmlter of shaken by the semer blaae. unloading in Lae Harbor Friday Department appropriations sub- Florida canal project was approved towns and villages in ita enveloping by Nazi propaganda claims that inhabited localities was credited to [Indianapolia Light and Power i were B-25 Billy Mitchells. It w^s committee. Icke« .lointed out that by the Snyder's sub-committee but ^riv* on Smolensk. submarinea had sunk 32 ships Red Army columns beating towardipany emplovee said a short-clrenll believed that another enemy sub- the eastern -and last—leg of the struck a snag in the full committee. totaling 204.000 tons and an escort- Smolensk, one of them within a ignit'd all in.ul.tion in the marine was ia the harbor at the first major pipeline now i. heing The latter group wili meet again Turkish military quarters claimed, ing destro>-»r in an sttack on a few miles of Dorogobuzh. on the former snd eauMd time. completed, and that priorities have early next week te decide the Usua the Oermane had loet 70,000 men convoy in thc North Atlantic. | Moecow railroad S3 milee eaM efte eateh flra. .1 M
Object Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 21 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1943-03-21 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
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Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 03 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1943 |
Description
Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Issue | 21 |
Subject |
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
Creator | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Publisher | Wilkes-Barre Independent Company |
Place of Publication | Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) |
Date | 1943-03-21 |
Date Digital | 2009-08-31 |
Location Covered | Pennsylvania - Luzerne County |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 28963 kilobytes. |
Source | Microfilm |
Language | English |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Osterhout Free Library, Attn: Information Services, 71 S. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. Phone: (570) 823-0156. |
Contributing Institution | Osterhout Free Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
A Paper For The Home
SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
The Weather
Moderately cold.
37TH YEAR, NO. 21—44 PAGES
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1943
PRICE TEN CENTS
RAIN STOPS AFRICAN DRIVE
Government Mediation of ReCOmmend MineW age Dispute Asked l\;i.\i\, Week
For Steel
Lewis Proposal to Extend Negotiations Is Rejected by Soft Coal Operators
He's Captain Now
New Yorlc, M.rch JO. (UP)--, Government medi.tion in the wage! dispute of miners and operators in the northern and southern soft coal recions will be .outnt early next weeic, it was indicated to- nifht as the Joint wage conference adjourned for the weekend.
Edward R. Burlce, apoKSsman for the aouthern operators, said tonlfht his group will inform 'the proper government agency" that it it unable to reach an agreement with the United Mine Workers on thtir demand* for a |2-a-day wage increase, and asic for mediation.
The aouthern operators sent a telegram tonight te President Roosevelt and cople. to Harold Ickes, .olid fuel co-ordinator. See¬ retary of Labor f>ance. rerkini. William H. Davis, chairman of the' War Labor Board, and Samet Byrnes. director of economic! stabilisation. Text of the telegrams wat not revealed. ¦
He taid the group must first de- I termine which agency it would ap- { peal to, asserting the War l. |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19430321_001.tif |
Month | 03 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1943 |
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