The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-03-19
WAR BULLETINS
 OF ALL FRONTS
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(Continued from Page D coming a duplication of that of the encircled German 18th army in the frozen forests and swamplands around Staraya Rusa. Reports from Moscow said the Germans at Gzhatsk were desperately short of supplies and the Red air force was steadily shooting down big German transports trying to relieve the men.
 The German army at Staraya Russa was reduced to eating horse meat long ago, and radio Moscow said the destruction of the rem- nants was proceeding extremely satisfactorily"
 London, March 19.-(UP)-An of- ficial spokesman announced today that Richard G. Casey, Australian minister at Washington, had been appointed minister of state in the middle east as a member ot the British war cabinet.
 Casey will represent the war cabinet in the middle east, where he will concert in its behalf all measures necessary for the prosecu- tion of the war in that area other than the conduct of operations" he explained.
 Casey will thus succeed Captain Oliver Lyttleton, who was made minister for production in the re- cent cabinet reorganization.
 Chungking, March 19.-(UP)-The Catholic newspaper Vi Shin Pao asked Pope Plus today to reject as a "sugar-coated, poisonous intrigue" !" Japan's move to send a representa- tive to the Vatican.
 The paper, speaking for 100000 Catholics in China, charged that the Japanese have buried Catholic priests alive and burned countless churches. The new move is an u1l- derhanded attempt to show atten- tion to Catholics in occupied cou11- tries in an effort to make them tools of the Japanese, the paper asserted.
 Toyko, March 19.-(Japanese broadcast recorded by UP at San FrancAsco) = Dispatches reported today that all evening newspapers in Berlin said the sending of General Douglas MacArthur to Australia IS the first step towards annexation of Australia and New Zealand to the American empire" by Emperor Roosevelt"
 "These countries and the British empire should consider this news casually" Toyko radio remarked.
 Berlin, March 19 - (German broadcast recorded by UP in New York; = Reichmarshal Hermann Goering, in an appeal for greater agricultural output, said war prison CTS and laborers from occupied east ern territories will be sent to the farms to aid the peasants.
 "AS long as German farmers, farmers sons and farmhands are at the front in large numbers you must try to get along with war prisoners ana foreigners" he said.
 Berlin, March 19-(Broadcast re- corded by UP at New York)-F1ve Norwegians were reported today in German dispatches from Oslo to have been executed for helping the enemy" and violating German de- crees by leaving 8 Norwegian port without permit.
 'They tried to reach England In a sailing yacht but were caught on the high seas." the dispatch said. "AU were shot,"
 Berlin, March 19 - (German broadcast recorded by UP in London) -Japanese troops occupying the southern tip of Burma have cap tured the Port of BaSsein, 30 miles west of Rangoon, radio Berlin said today.
 (Radio Rome, broadcasting a Bangkok, Thailand, dispatch, said yesterday the Japanese had conn pleted occupation of Bassein0
 Buenos Aires, Marchc 19-(UP) Argentina was reported reliably today as uninterested in participat- ing in inter-American conveys and as prepared to refuse if asked.
 Argentine merchant ships will continue to sail fully illuminated SC as to be identifiable anytime, any" where.
 Berlin, March 19- (German broadcast recorded by UP at Lon- don)-German bread, meat and fat rations will be reduced April 6, 1t was announced today.
 Rations for children and heavy workers were not cut.
 London, March 19-(UP)-An of- ficial spokesman said today that the government had warned the London Daily Mirror that 1t would be sup pressed If 1t continued to publish irresponsible matter calculated to foment opposition to the successful prosecution of the war"
 London, March 1o-(UP)-King George today designated March 29 as national day of humble prayer for strength and guidance in facing the tasks that lie ahead"
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