Sunday, March 21, 2010

CURRENT EVENTS MARCH 14, 1942; Lull in MacArthur's Front Continues; Wall Street Shelled;


The Charleston Gazette
Charleston, West Virginia, Saturday Morning, March 14, 1942.
U. S. Bombs Air Base as Foe's 'Stepping Stone' Raid Menaces

Australia, New Zealand Flanks
U. S. Long-Range Bombers
Unscathed in Downing
Five of Nipponese
Interceptors
Airdromes, Runways
Hit at Salamaua, Lae
Lull on M'Arthur's Front
Continues Says Day's
Communique
WASHINGTON, March 13.
W—A jolting new blow by
American army heavy bombers
against Japanese bases in
New Guinea, possible jumping
off points for invasion of
Australia, was reported today
by the War department.
U. S. Long-Range Bombers
Unscathed in Downing
Five of Nipponese
Interceptors
Airdromes, Runways
Hit at Salamaua, Lae
Lull on M'Arthur's Front
Continues Says Day's
Communique
WASHINGTON, March 13.
W—A jolting new blow by
American army heavy bombers
against Japanese bases in
New Guinea, possible jumping
off points for invasion of
Australia, was reported today
by the War department.

Chinese Allies Join British, Guard India

First Actual Contact Between Field Armies of Chiang,
Alexander Effected on Toungoo Highway in Burma;
New Tharawaddy Front Said Stabilized
LONDON, March 13.—(AP)British and Chinese troops stood in
common line tonight some 80 miles above Rangoon for the defense
of central Burma and for flank protection of the approaches to India.
Wall Street Is 'Shelled' By Anti-Aircraft Gun
NEW YORK, March 13.—AP—
Police said today that "a direct
hit" from an anti-aircraft battery
whicli accidentally unloosed eight
shells in the metropolitan area
had knocked off a section from
the Equitable Life building in
the Wall Street district.


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