Thukon Army presses toward Hungary and Romania in Ukraine
Soviet front dispatches dated March 31 describe Zhukov leading first Ukrainian Army across the Prut into the Carpathians toward Hungary and Romania with advances near Delatyn Stanislau and Czernowitz. Konev’s Second Ukrainian Army holds the Prut east bank, while Mati-novsky drives on Odessa with gains near Lubashovka and Rybnitsa and advances toward Nikolaev.
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Thukon
Prut
Hungary
Romania
Moscow
Pyut River
Czernowitz
Zhukov
Carpathian Mountains
Rumiania
Delatyn
Carpathians
Hitler
Czerno
Tiumae
Nadvermaya
Stanislau
Asis Prut River
Konev
Rumania
Prout
Lipeani
Czernowhi
Matinovsky
Odessa
Ukraine
Dniester River
Hamaneis-Podolsk
Malinovsky
Bug River
Great Black Sea
Vi Oznesensk
Lubashovka
Rybnitsa
Pervomaisk
Varvarivka
Nikolaev
Turchanoye
Black Sea
Coal Strike Spreads In Britain
Britain faces a widening coal strike with 135000 idle in mines and shipyards as unions push for exemptions and the government pressures strikers. Yorkshire adds 20000 to the tally, production falters in 70 pits, and Belfast shipyards see 20000 on strike amid pay and draft disputes.
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Britain
Coal I
Great Tyneside
Clydeside
Inn
Huddersfield
Middles
Midlands
Yorkshire
South Wales
Atrike
Belfast
Morenci Man Hurt as Cars Collide in Early Morning Crash
Everett Grout, 47, of Bowle 3 Morenci, injured at 2 a m when Wallace Motter’s car on South Center Street was broadside by a northbound vehicle. Grout taken to Bixby hospital with non serious injuries. Motter and John Laurence cited for stop sign and improper turn respectively. Two minor crashes reported on North Main and East Beecher streets with minor injuries.
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Everett Grout
Bowle 3
Morenci
Bixby Hospital
South Center
East Church Streets
Grout
Wallace A. Motter
Route 3
Motter
East Church Street
South Center Street
John Laurence
Trent Road
North Main’ Street
Donald E. Dahlgren
South Scott Street
Charles A. Tester
North Main Street
Dahlgren
Main Street
Beecher Street
Kenneth L. Addington
East Beecher Street
Edward J. Mack
Finch Street
Addington
Walter Brockway
Herman Sweet
Clayton
Sweet
West Beecher Road
Brockway
Manpower Crisis Prompts 4-F Labor Battalion Proposal
Washington reports the House military subcommittee presses a plan to draft 4-F men into essential wartime jobs, with about 6 million 4-Fs aged 18 to 45 eyed as potential workers. Army and Navy readiness to deploy labor battalions is pledged over strong objections from Secretary Stimson, who favors national service legislation for war work.
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Washington
House
National Tool and Die Manufacturers’ Association
Costello Dcalif
Army
Navy
J. Stimson
Robert Patterson
House Group
Stimson
Congress
War Department
Inter-Agency Committee
Democratic Convention Set Tonight in Courthouse
The Democratic county convention meets in the county courthouse courtroom to elect five delegates for the state convention in Detroit on April 14. Chair Martin B. Swaney of Morenti presides as similar meetings occur statewide. State strategists urge no endorsements to maintain party harmony. Roosevelt remarks prompt denials of a fourth term. Nearby rumors about Percy Jones General Hospital are dismissed by Capt. Edwin S. March, who confirms no secret wards or legless nurses exist. The hospital remains an amputation center caring for veterans with missing limbs.
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Detroit
Martin B. Swaney
Morenti
Battle Creex
Roosevelt
Percy Jones General Hospital
Edwin S. March
Marsh
Percy Jones Hospital
Michigan political power figure weighs party over person
Frank B. McKay, a central figure in Michigan politics, argues that party platforms, not individuals, shape policy and that party workers deserve consideration for positions. He discusses taxes due April 1 and state political themes during a Grand Rapids interview before traveling to Florida.
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Kathryn Umphrey
Grand Rapids
Frank BD. McKay
Storm Center For
Michigan Politics
Florida
Michigan
McKay
RAF Suffers Biggest Loss In Night Raid On Nuernberg
RAF bomber force faced a record toll in a night attack on Nuernberg and other Reich targets last night. Officials reported 96 bombers shot down, the heaviest loss in a single operation by Allied air forces. The raid involved a massive force, with warnings and German claims of damage to British air power.
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RAF
Nuernberg
London
Germaly
Reich
Viena
Austria
Ressen-Nassau
Prussia
Frankfurt
Sky Fleet
Temple Apartments To Be Inspected For HOLC Conversions
Public inspection scheduled for 1S Masonic Temple apartments converted under the HOLC program. Open Sunday 3 to 5 p.m. Rent set at 4750 per month including utilities and janitor service. Seven units already reserved. inquiries via Adrian Sales Co or War Housing Center at city hall through April 3.
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Masonic Temple
HOLC
Adrian Sales Company
National Bank
War Housing Center
Nazis Withdrawing Guns and Aircraft For Home Defenses
London dispatch notes Germany pulling guns and aircraft from the Russian and Italian fronts to bolster home defenses. Despite a large RAF raid, the German air force remains capable, aided by clear weather and strong flak around Berlin and Nuernberg. The raid involved about 720 to 1,000 planes, not the 900 previously estimated.
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London
RAF
Gennany
Germany
Berlin
Neurnberg
Pvere Iast
German Troopship Hit in RAF Norway Convoy Attack
London reports a 14 000 ton German troopship, the Monte Rosa, was torpedoed twice by RAF Beaufighters in an RAF attack on a convoy off Norway. Two escort vessels damaged and an ME 110 shot down. German claim says seven of 18 British planes were shot down. The raid was deemed unsuccessful by Berlin.
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London
Norway
Monte Rosa
Berlin
Service Vote Bill Becomes Law With Reservations
President Roosevelt notified Congress that he will let the Service Vote Bill become law at midnight, though deeming it inadequate. He urged states to cooperate to enable overseas service members to vote with federal ballots, provided ballots are authorized by state law and despite late or missing state ballots.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Capitol Hill
Tully
Royce named deputy commander of Ninth Air Force
March 31 London reports Gen Ralph Royce is appointed deputy Commander of the U S Ninth Air Force under Maj Gen Lewis Brereton. Royce, former commander in the Middle East and chief of staff of the U S Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, will play a key planning role before and during the entry into Europe. He is a Marquette Michigan native and West Point graduate formerly stationed at Selfridge Field with many friends in Adrian.
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London
Ralph Royce
U. S. Ninth Ai Force
Lewis H. Brereton
Royce
U.S. Army
Middle East
U. S. Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Europe
Marquette
Mick
West Pointer
Selfridge Field
Adrian
Bobby Jones Promoted To Lieutenant Colonel In Air Force
London March 31 Robert T. A Bobby Jones of Atlanta Georgia famed golfer is promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. The announcement comes from the American Ninth Air Force fighter command where the former golf champion serves as an intelligence officer.
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London
Robert T. A
Bobby" Jones
Atlanta, Ga
Ninth Air Force Fighter Command
Captive Jap Asks Marines If They Came From Rabaul
A Japanese prisoner captured near Talasea New Britain asks Marines if they came from Gloucester or Rabaul. The officer, a doctor who had lived in the United States three years, spoke English and said the Allies will win the war.
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Rabaul
New Goumea
Talasea
New Britain
Ira Rosenberg
New York Herald Tribune
Army Signal Corps
Gloucester
United States
Japan Surrenders Oil Rights in Sakhalin to Russia
Moscow reports Japan signs protocol surrendering oil and coal leases on northern Sakhalin, with Russia to supply 50,000 tons of oil annually for five years and Japan to receive 5,000,000 rubles. Japan to relinquish all concession property. fishing rights renewed for five more years under the 1941 neutrality pact. Russia will supply oil from Okhinsky fields after the war.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Sakhalin
Pacific
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
Okhinsky
Hospital Hit by Nazi Bombs At Anzio Beachhead
Allied Headquarters reported 65 casualties from German aerial bombs on a hospital area in the Anzio beachhead at dusk on Wednesday. Bombs did not appear to be armed on purpose. Luftwaffe raiders prompted Allied fighters to jettison payloads, while over 50 German planes attacked shipping targets earlier.
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Nazales
Anzio
Pacific Fleet Attacks Palau as Carrier Forces Strike
Pearl Harbor reports a bold American air and naval assault near Palau. Admiral Nimitz announces ongoing attacks as Japanese units withdraw, following a two day carrier strike that battered Truk and disrupted Saipan Tinian and Guam. The action marks a deep penetration toward the Philippines with task forces likely rivaling prior offensives.
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S&s
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Palau
Nimitz
Truk
Japan
Saipan
Tinian
Guam
Marianas
War Manpower Plan Calls for 4040 Prisoners in Michigan
Detroit March 31 The War Manpower Commission certified to the Army Sixth Service Command at Chicago that 4040 German prisoners would be needed to work in Michigan food processing establishments this year. WAC state director Edward L. Cushman said overall studies show a need for about 20,000 workers.
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Detroit
War Manpower Commission
Army Sixth Service Command
Chicago
Michigan
Edward L. Cushman
WAC
Lenawee County
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Ogden Center
Linehan & Linehan
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Jasper
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Linehan
Ucts
Blissfield
Ogdeo Center
Aucts
Ipoland
Squirovsk
Russi
Sratarests
Costello
Castello
Webster
Treasury
Neil
Lee
9Th Air Force
Bobby
Naval Center
Philippine Islands
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