Must Send Aid To Philippines
In San Francisco on April 2, Mrs Francis B Sayre wife of the U S high commissioner to the Philippines urged Americans to send rapid aid to soldiers in the Philippines and Corregidor. She and her son William Graves arrived with staffers after a secretive voyage and described Corregidor as a man's fortress while recalling being one of a few who fled Manila.
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San Francisco
America
Philippines
Francis B. Sayre
Corregidor
U. 58
United States
Washington
Battan
Sayre
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Retail Quantity Sales Down in February
The commerce department reports February retail quantity sales fell 10 percent from a year earlier, the first drop in three years. In dollar terms excluding autos, February sales rose 21 percent due to price increases, not higher volume. A Belfast note: shoppers now give gifts to helpers in rationing problems.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ship Prepared for Exchange of U S Axis Diplomats
Stockholm April 2 Axel Jonsson president of the Swedish American Line said the motorship Gripsholm at Goteborg is being reoutfitted and negotiations are under way to charter her to the U S government for an exchange of United States and Axis diplomats. The Drottningholm has been chartered for the same purpose and waits at Goteborg to sail between April 10 and 15 for the United States.
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Stockholm
Axel Jonsson
Gripsholm
Goteborn
United States
Drottningholm
Goteborg
Jonsson
Portuguese East Africa
East Asia
San Juan Renames Street to General MacArthur Street
The San Juan board of commissioners voted to rename Calle Tetuan to General MacArthur Street and to declare an as yet undetermined date as MacArthur Day, a school holiday in honor of the latest U. S. hero.
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San Juan
U. S
Unlimited Hours On Road Projects Ordered In Texas
The state highway commission authorizes unlimited working hours on all road projects. Earlier limited to war jobs, the measure was extended after legislative action to suspend the normal eight-hour day and five-and-a-half-day week.
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Austin
State Highway Commission
Michigan police capture trio killers in farm murders
State police nabbed Dominick Piccone, 20, ex convict, after a pursuit near Otisville. He confessed to killing Cassius Barber and Romaine Potter in Oxford and Carl McKenzie on his Concord farm, while abducting Roy Thorpe to aid flight.
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Oxford
Mich
Cassius E. Barber
Romaine C. Potter
Carl McKenzie
Concord
Barber
Piccone
Potter
Perkins
Otisville
Genesee
Roy Thorpe
Thorpe
McKenzie
Pontiac Defense
Mennonite Mecca Beckons to Martin
Lancaster Pennsylvania April 2 Elmer Martins household goods were sold at auction as the Mennonite farmer and his family prepared to leave for Paraguay seeking personal freedom. Martin 52 his wife and eight children plan to sail for the South American religious colony as soon as arrangements with the state department are made.
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Lancaster
Elmer Martin
Paraguay
Martin
State Department
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