Bradford Era (Newspaper) - April 21, 1944, Bradford, Pennsylvania The Weather Cloudy and moderate with Ending This Wanner Tomorrow on Last Oldest Newspaper in the Rich Bradford Oil Field Published Every Except Sunday The Newspaper That's Head In the Home 146. 1877) APRIL 21, 1944. ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FOUR CENTS Hies Keep Up Big Blows Against Nazis fea for Labor Draft d Declare Necessary 1,400,000 Needed by fried Forces by End to Come From They Say 20.-(AP) fusing the nation that a manpower crisis imperil the mightiest alary undertaking in heads of the armed their demand draft legislation Such a law is urgently to keep vital war Juts staffed with for workers gone to Men Needed joint statement Navy War Secretary Chairman Emory S. declared 1,400,000 more men taken by the armed forces of them which not only replacements but in some will have to step up one must step up to the lathe and desk of every m who leaves to fight for that 4-P"s who fette essential war Jobs be duty in the Ha Aimed at 4-F plan was aimed 3,623,000 men now 14-?-unfit for regular Men of this group who Martial jobs would be for what May called around Army camps In he would the Army's 5*s Navy and shipping i their statement after ices and discussions with Gauge C. Army Admiral Ernest J. in chief of the States legislators and fives of the United States of the of Manufacturers on Page S. Craft Bombs k Also Blasted 1 Heine Fleet Apr. 20.-(ff)-Open-*ttth week of daily bombing ' Caroline Army and poured 46 tons of s on the key Truk islands light and Wednesday Admiral Chester W. Nimitz search plane hit a medium the Truk lagoon and Way force Liberators with a heavier raid & fires on Dublon island air strip 0,1 nearby occupied was raided for i since April 6. bombed piffle guardian of 48 tons of explosives ln the 2h�e been raided Worth Stolen ' Apr. 20. Worth 67,360 from a Ration Board floor as the headquarters last a locked was found open the Mrs. the for tires 1 were un- Polo Great Killed Lieut. CoL Thomas 44; ranked as one of the greatest polo players in the world in the twenties and has been killed in a plane crash in former assistant military attache for air at the U. S. Embassy in was in command of a Mustang fighter group ln the V. S. Ninth Air Spring Primary Election to Be Held Interest Centers on Picking of No Local Contests No candidates for local offices are to be nominated at the Spring primary election scheduled to be held on April 25. The interest will center primarily on the selection of delegates to the national convention and the naming of nominees for United States Judge of the Supreme Judge of the Superior congressman from the state state state auditor general and state Polls will open at 7 a. m. and close at 8 p. m. The Democrats will vote for 12 delegates and 12 alternate delegates to the national convention for presidential nomination while the Republicans will vote for four delegates and four alternate delegates to the national Both major parties will vote for two delegates and two alternate delegates to the national convention from 15th Candidates for members of state 25th are George A. Theodore C. R. Each voting precinct will also select a party committeeman and Offices and candidates listed at Tuesday's primaries United States J. James J. Judge of the Supreme Court - Charles Howard W. Judge of the Superior two to be elected - Arthur H. Chester H. F. Clair Arthur H. J. Frank Chester H. R. Auditor General - John F. G. Harold G. Harold R. State Treasurer S. Edgar R. Representative in 15th F. William H. Robert F. John A. John T. R. Senator in the General 25th S. John B. R. Representatives in the General J. R. Dewey Gets 41 More Delegates In His Column Convention Support Totals 209 as Native State Favors Wairen Not Candidate Germans Hour of Allied Invasion Is Nee Apr. 20 Hitler observed his 55th today in silence and the Geran nation avoided even a of From German radio came numerous relations of Germany's heightens belief that the hour of Allied is Dispatches from Sweden id Switzerland reported Field General Karl von was massing troops along is vaunted for e invasion and there we numerous German guesses e assault would come before e end of A dispatch from Stockholm sd Berlin's ruins were draped wa unprecedented numbers of and thousands of pennan reading walls are but not our were di By D. HAROLD OLIVER Associated Press Staff Writer Gov: Thomas E. Dewey's convention support for the Republican presidential nomination was increased yesterday to 209 175 more than his nearest when Michigan Republicans in state convention praised their native son and put 41 more delegates into his claimed SO Votes Are Needed It will require 530 convention votes to nominate a The state convention did not bind the but commended the i New to them as the I whelming of the voters standard Shortly Gov. Dwight of told reporters in Lincoln It Is evident that Dewey cat have the nomination on any ballot his forces He said the Dewey command allow a ballot or two for favorite but Dewey could go in on the or third whichever they Griswold been prominently mentioned for the GOP vice presidential But many party chiefly from the took leave from the Chicago convention arrangements sessions yesterday with forecasts that Gov. Earl whom they selected as convention would most likely be a running mate with Warren to Stay On Job Warren told his press conference in have every intention of staying here in California the remainder of my term as governor ln 1947) as most persons in public | was off ce probably wm want to be Wo that his Chinese Circle Jap Division in North Burma Series of Successes Scored by British Gain in India Southeast As 1 a Headquarter Apr. 20.-(Jtf--cMr ese troops under Gen. Joseph IV Stilwell have encircled a Japanee division ln the Mansum area i the jade mines of north Burma aid are inflicting heavy casualties the a communique from tils headquarters announced A whole series of successes attributed to the Stilwell while a British relief expedition 50 miles farther Just over he border in was declared to have established contact with he besieged Allied garrison at Encirclement of the while other forces of the same He added that his posi tion of being a for | Jon oo either place on the national ticket | thp past of had not changed since his selection as Dewey's delegate recapitulation now shows 29 delegates pledged outright to him from New Virginia and claimed uncontested by supporters CU WCU of other possible is 180 phal plain of and comes from - New North Virginia and Second in delegate running is Lieut. Comdr. Harold E. Stassen with 34, including 33 pledged from and and one claimed from Allies Blast Ruins Of Cassino Hotels Allied Apr. 20. sank amid the rubble of Cassino on the lower Fifth Army front as Allied peppered the ruins of the Contl Ental and Des Roses the most troublesome German positions in the There has been virtually no change in opposing positions at Cassino in recent quiet On the Anzio beachhead near Rome an Allied raiding party attacked a number of houses three miles northwest of Littoria and bagged eight prisoners after inflicting heavy casualties on the Pittsburgh's Bakeries To Boost Bread Prices Apr. 20. - Baking companies here will boost the price of bread from 11 to 12 effective they announced but the weight of the loaves will also increase from 18 to 20 Under OPA break prices can be Increased any time the weight goes up Princess Elizabeth 18 Years Old Today Apr. 20. the far corners of the empire she expects one day to greetings poured in tonight for blue-eyed Princess Elizabeth on the eve of her coming of reigning She is 18 This girl of destiny will have a normal family luncheon party attended by the king and queen and other Members of the royal A birthday cake will be turned out in the royal the east and took the village of The Chinese 2�id division captured a tey Japanese point on the where the enemy made a le stand ln an effort to dday the Stilwell campaign until next month's On the kn forces were reported making further progress in a thrust to the and two Japanese attacks on British positions near the trail were beaten off In hand combat Tuesday 15 More Executed For Cuban Uprising San Apr. 20. teen more 10 of them have been executed as parti in the recent uprising President Maximino the government announced Ten army officers were executed Carrier Planes Attack Japan's Sumatra Bases Many Fierce Fires Left Burning While 22 Planes Two Nip Ships Hit Apr. 20.- - Allied bombers and fighters taking off from powerfully - escorted carriers somewhere in the Indian ocean blasted Japanese air shipping and other installations at Sabang and in northern Sumatra early least 22 enemy planes on the Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten's southeast Asia headquarters announced Second Attack On Indies A strong force of destroyers and prowled about the Allied carriers while their planes carried out tie second attack on the Dutch East Indies since they fell to the Japanese in 1942. Allied planes took a similar crack at Sabang in December of Heavy bombs weighing up to 1,000 pounds were showered on the two leaving many fierce fires Two Japanese merchant ships of 4,000-5,000 tons received direct hits in Sabang harbor and two destroyer escort vessels were set afire by The enemy appeared to have been taken completely by Mountbatten's replying to the attack only with anti-aircraft The Allied task force under British Admiral Sir James no and only one Allied plane fell Into the Its pilot was saved by a submarine which surfaced under fire from shore Allied fighters shot down three enemy torpedo bombers which attempted to approach the carrier force after tie Forerunner of Landing Sabang is on a little Island just off the northern tip of about 1,000 miles from Mountbatten's Ceylon Is a few miles away on the Sumatra Sabang has an important harbor which the Japanese have been employing for naval operations in the Indian Yesterday's Allied smash was regarded rere as at least a forerunner of linding operations bound to come sooner or later in the Dutch East Tokyo radio that Premier Hideki Tojo held a conference with his Thursday morning on requiring immediate Admiral commander-in-chief of the British eastern is known to have been restless for many months while he was confined to defense The Sumatra action indicates he now has sufficient strength to begin hitting back hard at the Coming Home After Mission Yanks Deliver Surprise Sunset Raid on France IT'S JOB a Marauder bomber of the V. S. Mediterranean Air Force heads for its home base with a huge column of smoke in background indicating a The raid was on the Campo di Marte freight yards at In a smash at the north Italy communication Baltic Front Flares Into Action Red Fliers Attack Nazi Troon Trains 1 At Trying to Flee From Sunk Apr. 21.-(AP)-Vicious, large-scale German on the Baltic front near Narva in and in the southeast corner of old Poland near Stanislawow were beaten off by the Red army with a total of 5,000 more Germans killed and many Moscow announced early Four Vessels Sunk Aged Prelate Stricken Apr. 20. members of his flock offered prayers for William Cardinal 84, dean of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in was reported tonight to be his against an attack of The Red army foree contributed to resumption of bitter warfare In the Baltic area by heavily bombing German troops trains concentrated at Rezekne and Gulbene in Latvia and a plant at in the Soviet midnight communique while in the far south Russian bombers and torpedo planes sank four large transports and a destroyer trying to escape from the besieged Crimean port of Besides the transports numerous others were wrecked or set it was In attacking on the Baltic which has been quiet for six the Germans sought to wipe out a Soviet bridgehead on the west bank of the river southwest of using massed tanks and self-propelled guns after powerful artillery Reds Gain Near West of on the central the Russians themselves thrust forward a short capturing several taking prisoners and destroying about a battalion of German it was The communique was silent on the land fighting for Sevastopol but dwelt on the havoc wrought at sea the Germans and Romanians struggled to flee from that death Martin in Washington to Press Demand for Higher Milk Prices Apr. 20.-(IP)-Governor Martin went to Washington tonight to press a demand for higher milk prices in The chief executive will confer tomorrow with three top OPA Administrator Chester War Turks Halt Chrome Exports to Reich Food Administrator Marvin and Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson in Vinson's The governor's office said 12 northeastern states would be represented at the New Rhode New New and Virginia in addition to The governor will be accompanied by Miles state secretary of agriculture and John M. chairman of the milk control The conference marks another step in a long dispute between Martin and the federal agencies over higher milk prices in the state both to producers and Asserting that higher prices were necessary because of increased cost of production the milk control commission ordered prices to producers boosted 90 cents a hundredweight and to consumers two and three cents a effective last November 1. The OPA refused to approve the the War Food Administration put into effect a subsidy program to producers now calling for payment of 60 cents a hundredweight without any increase in the consumer GOP Rescued at Sea Wisconsin Sailor on Rescue Craft Tells Of Incident in Letter RAF Night Bombers Reported Over Reich Even While U. S. Fliers Returning to Bases Apr. 21.- warplanes delivered the heaviest daylight blow ever made from the air against an occupied country yesterday with repeated attacks upon northern and early today RAF night bombers were reported over keeping the assault going around the Surprise Sunset Raid The American attack was climaxed by a surprise sunset raid on objectives in France by strong of Fortresses and probably numbering nearly 1,000. It came at the waning of a long day for the which had been carried In the early morning hours by a heavy RAF raid from Italy on the Bulgarian railway center of But even as the Americans were returning from the evening effort a huge RAF fleet was heard winging across the eastern coast arid as late as 3:30 a. War German radios still were broadcasting that Allied planes were over western and southwestern Tons of Bomln ' ung 2,500 tons of explosives ah In addition blasted Nasi targets ln northeastern Francis Nine U. S. heavy bombers but all the and fighters returned The escort planes shot down four Nazi planes ln the air and destroyed others on the crews reported no German fighter although anti-aircraft fire ranging from slight to very intense was an Air Force communique Allied planes by tonight had made approximately 8,000 sorties against Nazi targets in the past 54 unloading more than 11,000 tons of It was the third successive day that the S. air force had sent an armada of approximately 2,000 The assault undoubtedly was a surprise for the being one of Apr. 20. - Foreign Minister Numan announced in the Turkish assembly today Turkey's decision to halt all chrome exports to Germany effective giving the Allies a diplomatic victory expected to be felt in the war The Turkish announcement was the first fruit of an Allied to plug leakages of neutral aid to and it followed strong Allied representations over recent increases of Turkish chrome shipments to the Apr. 20. rescue at sea of Lt. Comdr. Harold E. former governor of Minnesota and Republican presidential was revealed tonight by the letters of a Wisconsin sailor aboard the rescue William a sound man on a a few weeks ago we were patrolling in front of an Island when somebody saw a small boat We took the passengers aboard and one of them was who resigned as governor of Minnesota to enter the has been serving as a flag officer ln Admiral William F. Halsey's South Pacific His political career received a boost in the recent Wisconsin which gave him four delegates to the Republican National Convention in the same vote which smashed the hopes of Wendell L. In a letter to his John R. Bormett of the sailor told of sighting a small boat flying distress signals and of taking aboard three officers who were in it. read where he's wanted as a candidate for the former University of Wisconsin athlete we had the good luck to save the next on Page Lieut R. W. Cooke Of Duke Center Prisoner of War Heads Borough Again Apr. 20. - Attorney Wayne A. Gleeten today began his ninth term as president of the Erie County He was re-elected at the annual meeting in Cranesville lust 6% Cut Made in Price Of Synthetic Car Tires Apr. 20. - The Office of Price Administration tonight announced a net reduction of about per cent ln prevailing prices for new synthetic passenger car The effective May 1, pare to about nine per cent the higher cost of synthetics as compared with prices motorists paid for natural rubber tires in 1941, just before Pearl Mrs. Francis Hakes of Duke Center yesterday received a from the Adjutant General of the War Department advising her that her Second Lieut. Richard W. is a prisoner of war of the Geaman Yesterday's telegram was the first word received concerning Lieut. Cooke since the announcement six weeks ago which reported him as being in while on active duty over German The War Department had listed Cook as missing since February 25, 1944. Lieut. a bombardier in the Army Air has been in the service since his enlistment on February 19, 1941. He arrived in England in 1944, and saw considerable action on bombing missions prior to word of his being and eventually a prisoner of Mrs. Hakes was told by the government that a letter would follow giving her additional information concerning her son's Child Bitten 5 Times By Neighbor's Dog Apr. 20. Wesley bitten six times by a neighbor's was detained in a hospital today pending tests to determine whether the dog had rabies The city health department more than 100 persons bitten by dogs here in
