St Nazaire Raid Damages German U Boat Base
British Commandos struck St Nazaire in a daring raid causing damage to the German U boat base. Destruction of the pumping station and main lock gate could force repairs and shift submarine activity elsewhere while survivors returned home amid hero’s welcome.
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Associated Press
London
St Nazaire
North Atlantic
RAF
St Lorient
Bordeaux
C. S
Buchanan
Campbeltown
Gordon Holman
Exchange
Holman
St. Nazaire
County Grange Meeting at Gorman Grange Hall
Lenawee County Pomona Grange gathers Thursday afternoon at Gorman Grange hall with home economics chair Fred Morse of Jasper arranging a defense themed program. Speakers include Genevieve Chamberlain on nutrition, Perry Hayden on Victory Gardens, and Mrs Mackenzie on Red Cross work. Music by local Grange members and a monologue by Cara Craig. Business session led by James Marr begins at 10 38 a m.
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Lenawee County
Pomona Grange
Gorman Grange
Fred ©. Morse
Jasper
Genevieve Chamberlain
FSA
Perry M. Hayden
Tecumseh
Victory Gardens
Mra WS. Mackenzie
Adrian
Home Service Department
The
Red Cross
Rollin
Cara Craig
Gorman
James Marr
R P Watts Wife Dies After Short Illness
Mrs Florence Hooker Watts wife of Richard P Watts of 720 West Maumee Street died Sunday at Bixby hospital after acute appendicitis surgery on March 18. She was 39 born in Chicago educated there Linden Hall University of Illinois later married in Chicago October 16, 1924. Survival includes husband and four children Selly Richard P Watts Jr Herbert Watts, mother Mrs Mary Hooker sister Mrs Janata brother Archer Hooker. Funeral Tuesday at 3:30 pm Mott Funeral Home with Rev George D Prentice. Burial Oak Hills cemetery.
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Florence Hooker Watts
Richard P. Watts
West Maumee Street
Bixby Hospital
Watts
Herbert Hooker
Mary J. Hooker
Chicago
R. Watts
West Mauttee Street
Mr. Watts
Lenawee
Red Cross
Seliy
Richard P- Watts, Jr
Hebert Watts
First, Presbyterian Church
Kappa Kappa Epsilon Sorority
Emma 1
Mery Hooker
Margaret Janata
Champaign
Janata
Archer Hooker
Auburn
Mott Funeral Home
George D. Prentice
Oak' S Old Cemetery
Navy Ace’s World War II Heroic Flight Tally
Lieutenant Edward Lodlare, dubbed Butch, recalls single handedly fending off 20 Japanese bombers in the southwest Pacific on February 20. He claims to have downed six or seven attackers after leaping from a carrier in a light single seater, with the engagement ending in a dramatic graveyard of enemy planes.
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Ky Wendelt
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Edward BL
Butch) Lodlare
Tae
O'Here
O'Mare
Holy Week Services Begin In Adrian Churches
Union Holy Week services will run tonight through Thursday at the Baptist Church with Rev. Morris H. Coers presiding. Tonight's first service features Rev. Janes Horton of the Episcopal church and music by the Presbyterian choir. Several ministers will deliver sermons through the week with a Union Communion on Thursday and Good Friday services from 12 to 3 pm featuring the Episcopal choir.
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Adrian
Baptist Church
Morris H. Coers
Janes Horton
Episcopal Church
John W. Greenwood
Methodist Church
Church of Christ
G. Arthur Valentine
Tyledo Street Church of
George D. Prentice
Igh School
Presbyterian Church
Red Cross
First Aid
Norman MacNaughton
L. B,iRev
Huney
H. B. Peter
Finalists ready for district spelling bee finals
Lenawee county rural schools announced four finalists from each district for the county finals to be held Thursday at Adrian High School. District contests occurred at 21 centers, with the finals to be oral rather than written.
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Lenawee County
E. ‘Z. Armstrong
Adrian High School
Adrian Township
Shirlene Muhr
Adrian
Wayne Smead
Doris Cottrill
Francis Kiersey
Blisfield
Arlene Weinlander
Blissfield
Norma Dean Steuwe
Robert Bigelow
Catharine Berry
Cambridge
Toungoo Battle Reaches Critical Stage in Burma
In Chungking on March 30 the battle for Toungoo entered a critical phase as Japanese troops push against Chinese defenders. Chinese forces reportedly retreated within the city to positions near the Mandalay railway while east section remained under Chinese control. Heavy fighting and reinforced Japanese assaults continued northwest of Toungoo with uncertain exact lines but maintained northward communications and a possible retreat route.
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Chungking
Toungoo
Burma
Mandalay
Tounguo
India Accepts or Rejects Freedom Charter From Britain
A British offer for India's postwar status would create a dominion within the empire with possible separate autonomous regions. The plan envisions a two house or dual Indian union and a treaty with Britain outlining transfer of authority, while protecting minority rights. Leaders including Gandhi and other major figures were meeting Cripps as Indians weigh acceptance.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
Fingl
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Sir Stafford
Andaman Islands
Buona
Indias
Stiles
Cripps
All- India Congress Party
Gandhi
Moslem League
Pandit Govind Belabh Fant
B. G. Kher
United Provinces
Bombay
Inter-American defense board meets in Washington
Representatives of twenty one republics gathered in Washington for the inaugural session of the inter American defense board to map hemisphere defense plans. Secretary Knox Secretary Stimson and General Marshall were among principal speakers stressing hemispheric cooperation against the Axis as Dr Ezequiel Pailla met officials on U S Mexico relations in Rio de Janeiro conference context.
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Washington
Maren
inter-American Defense Board
Hemisphere
Navy Knox
Stimson
George C} Marshall
Army
Ezequiel
Paaila
Mexico
United States
Sumner Welles
Franncisco Castillo Najera
Air Corps
Rio de Janeiro
Liberalization of Family Expense Tax Deductions Pro proposed
Treasury proposed widening deductions for medical costs beyond a specified net income percentage and adding credits for dependents. Randolph Paul and Treasury officials urged limits and clear boundaries to avoid broad expansion, while seeking targeted relief for families with working wives or heads of households and for extraordinary medical expenses above normal levels.
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Washington
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Ilmit
Morgenthau
Thejed
Paul
The
Congressman Dies Targets Board of Economic Warfare
Representative Dies of Texas accused the Board of Economic Warfare of housing 35 high officials linked to Communist fronts and urged their removal. Vice President Wallace, who chairs the board, dismissed the claim and urged focusing on supporting the United Nations war effort.
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Washington
Dies
Tex
Board of Economic Warfare
Wallace
Texan
Ihese
United Nations
Congress probes anti U boat drive scrutiny in naval efforts
Washington March 33 The Navy anti submarine campaign in the Atlantic faces congressional scrutiny. Chairman Walsh of Massachusetts says Senate Naval Affairs will invite Admiral Ernest J King to testify on counter measures and the effectiveness of surface and air patrols fighting Axis undersea raiders that have sunk about 70 merchant vessels since the war began. Walsh says the inquiry aims to ensure all possible steps are taken, not to criticize current efforts.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Congress
Walsi
D-Mass
Senate Naval Affairs
Ernest J. King
Walsh
Caribbean
United States
King
Tome
Munitions Plant Blast Kills Three at Remington Site
Bridgeport Connecticut March 30 A nail in a cartridge primer box blamed for a blast at the Remington Arms Company munitions plant killed three workers and injured eighty others, most of them laborers. Two women and one man were recovered. others remained unaccounted for. Officials discounted sabotage and said the explosion likely started in the packing section where primed military ammunition was boxed.
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Remington Arms Company
Bridgeport
Conn
Ing
Remington’ Arms Company
Mann
Elton Hanson Potts
Katherine R. Butler
Asid
Chinese defend Burma front recapture airfields near Toungoo
Chinese defenders counter attacked Japanese forces on the Burma front recapturing Nangyun and Kyungon airfields ten miles north of Toungoo. Roosevelt signs legislation to raise the federal debt limit to 125 billion dollars as budget bureau notes most borrowing power will be nulled promptly. Hog prices surge to 16 year highs amid tight supply and large pork and lard purchases by the government with top hogs at 18.95 per hundredweight.
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London
Mandalay
Burma Front
Nangyun
Kyungon
Toungoo
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Budget Bureau
Chicago
Jone
240 Persons Killed in Raid on Darwin
Melbourne reports Prime Minister John Curtin stated the first Japanese raid on Darwin killed about 240 people across land sea and air. Darwin town deaths totaled 15 with most victims in harbor or during air combat. A later inquiry by Justice Charles Lower confirmed the 240 cap and noted no espionage links. A separate item notes a false alarm fire call to the Sem Thompson residence with no fire found.
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Melbourne
Australia
Darwin
John Curtin
Charles Lower
Pearl Harbor
Curtin
British Transport Sunk in Arctic Naval Battle
German broadcasts report a dawn Arctic Ocean clash off North Cape where a 10 000 ton transport carrying tanks and ammunition New York to the Russian front was sunk. A British cruiser was damaged and one German destroyer lost in heavy action amid a blizzard. German ships claimed rescue of crew from the destroyed German unit.
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Berlin
Murmansk
New York
High Command
Arctic Ocean
North Cape
Labor Union Shakedowns Charged
Senator Reed of Kansas told the Senate that workers on war and defense projects were forced to pay at least 39 million dollars in fees to labor unions. The claim was presented during a Senate session and directed at labor union practices affecting government contracts.
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Washington
Reed
R-Kan
Senate Today
Japanese Naval Losses Grow as New Guinea Retreats
Australian Air Minister A S Drakeford reports heavy Allied air activity crippling about a tenth of Japan's cruiser fleet and destroying 45 bombers and fighters. Dispatches from Port Moresby describe a Japanese withdrawal in the Markham Valley due to floods, with forces now centered around Lae Salamaua and Finschhafen. Overall Japanese losses include 40 to 50 cruisers initially, plus ships and vessels elsewhere, signaling limited gains despite sustained effort.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Paye Mate
New Guinea
Markham Valley
Japan
A. S. Drakeford
London
Pearl Harbor
Port Moresby
Great Barrier Reef
Markham River
Lae
Salamaua
Finsehhaven
Nadzab
Ja~ Pan
Netherlands East Indies
Wale Island
Drakeford
Australian
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Louse Sabhimty
Iyalo Renmer
Louise White
Deerfield
Mabel Fink
Mary Fick
Anita Kohl
Betty Hoffman
Dover
Violet Roe
Ruth Walworth
Doris Potts
Cecil Ester
Fairfield
Louis Kishpaugi
Harry Fenton
Franklin Shaw
Palesels
Marvel Reno
Fairfield Jr
Franklin Township
Ida May Balyard
Franklin
Ruth Ann Jacob
Shirley Stover
Joanne Church
Great Britain
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Admiral King
Adrian Fire Department
Sem Thompson
Thompson
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