British Bomb Raid Roars Across Rhineland and Paris
More than 300 British bombers struck Cologne and Gennevilliers as part of a sweeping raid on Rhineland factories and Paris engine works. The operation included Stirlings and Mammoths with about 8 tons per plane, with limited German damage reported.
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Rhineland
Paris
Russia
RAF
Cologne
Gennevilliers
Germany
Stockholm
Narvik
Norway
Narvik Fjord
London
Eastern Front
Represen tative-at-Large Young Pushes Tax Repeal
Representative-at-Large Stephen N. Young signals a pre election stance in Ohio favoring outright repeal of the state sales tax and hints at a preference for income levies.
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Washington
Stephen N. Young
Ohio
Republicans Back Ceiling For Profits In War Orders
Senator McNary of Oregon endorses limiting profits in a 19.212 billion military appropriation bill. Senate committee shifts to a broader plan covering past present and future orders with profits from 10 percent on the first 100000 down to two percent above 50 million, while debates over a two thirds vote and substitutes continue.
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Washington
McNary
Oregon
Senate
Appropriations Committee
House
Barkley
Kentucky
O’mahoney
D-Wyo
Overton
Dla
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
U S Soldiers Escape Bombs in Belfast Theater
In Belfast Easter bombings targeted a theater used by U S and British troops after a Saturday night crowd had left. Three German type incendiary devices exploded harmlessly as gunfire erupted during a fight with armed rebels marking the Easter Rebellion anniversary.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
United States
Dublin
Eire
Mrs Haskins Dies At Gallipolis Home
Mrs James Haskins 73 died at her Gallipolis home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday. She is survived by son Morris Haskins of Gallipolis and daughter Mrs Buhr Hood.
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Gallipolis
James Haskins
Here
Ohio to Register 700000 Men Aged 45 65 in Draft
Ohio officials announced about 700000 men aged 45 to 65 will be registered in the fourth draft on April 25 to 27 1942. Col C W Goble said local boards should prepare for roughly 50 percent more registrations than the 463531 who registered in February. The deadline window extends from Monday 7 to 9 pm with Saturday and Sunday earlier in the week to aid signups.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Army
Navy
Five Die in Collision Of Two Civilian Planes
Miami authorities investigate Easter Sunday crash of two civilian airplanes, killing five people. Both aircraft struck a residential area, one hitting a house and damaging it while the other crashed on a lawn. residents unharmed.
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Miami
Fla
15 Year Old Killed While Fishing In River
In Cincinnati a 15 year old boy Thomas Sullivan was killed by a ricocheting bullet while fishing in the Ohio River. Police sought several youths who fled after firing a rifle, a friend said.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Sullivan
Ohio River
Sullivan
Tales of Heroism on Bataan by Clark Lee
Melbourne dispatch recounts individual valor in the Bataan fighting. Capt Arthur Wermuth confronts a Japanese patrol and uses a grenade firing pin trick to escape. A Filipino scout decapitates and disrupts a Japanese column. At Davao Sgt May of the 31st Infantry stands a lone defense against a landing party, firing a 50 caliber machine gun from a truck and accounting for about 250 Japanese before being shot down.
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Clark Lee
Melbourne
Bataan Peninsula
Arthur Wermuth
Wermuth
Davao
May
U. S. Infantry
Ohio plants establishing new records
War Production Board notes broad momentum in war production with 308 companies forming labor management committees. Republic Steel Corp reports all time records in pig iron and ingot output in March, with Warren Ohio blast furnace record and electric furnace steel highs. Other firms Owens-Illinois Glass Toledo and Westinghouse Electric Mfg plan joint committees and 25 plants with drives.
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Cleveland
Ohio
War Production Board
Office For Emergency Management
Bill Johnson
Joe Giiden
Middletown
American Rolling Mill Co
Republic Steel Corp
WPB
Republic
Warren, O
Buffalo
Massillon
Canton
Gadsden
Owens-Illinois Glass Co
Toledo
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co
Sizeable Road Program Seen
COLUMBUS Ohio will carry out a pretty fair sized road resurfacing program this year unless there is an unforeseen shrinkage in bituminous materials. Highway Director Hal G Sours said he invited about a dozen dealers to brief them on plans and requirements. Last year the state used 34 000 000 gallons and expects at least that much this summer amid possible railcar diversions to gasoline and a 35 percent drop in gasoline tax receipts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Louis
Navy informs Ohio parents of Langley crewmen missing
Springfield reports the Navy told Mr and Mrs David F Mathias that their son David Jr 25 is missing after the USS Langley sank. Troy notes Mr and Mrs Walter D Smith learned their son James Calvin Smith 21 is missing in the Langley sinking.
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Springfield
Navy
David F. Mathias
David, Jr
Langley
Troy
Walter D. Smith
James Calvin Smith
Japanese Declares 76000 Chinese Casualties in 30 Counters
Tokyo reported that Imperial HQ said Japanese forces killed or captured 76,766 Chinese troops in 30 encounters since the start of the Greater East Asia War through March.
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Tokyo
Imperial
Ohio Lieutenant Dies In Auto Crash
Lieutenant Ralph C. Major of Ottawa Ohio was killed in a car crash at Lickdale two miles east of the Indiantown Gap military reservation. His wife Louise was seriously injured in the accident last night.
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Indiantown Gap
Ralph C. Major
Ottawa
Louise
Lickdale
Streetcar Collision Sends 13 to Hospital on Detroit Superior Bridge
A streetcar crash on the Detroit Superior bridge in Cleveland sent 13 people to Lutheran Hospital today with injuries described as serious in several cases.
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Cleveland
Detroit-Superior
Lutheran Hospital
Roosevelt Envoy Talks With Indian Leaders Amid British Offer
An American envoy meeting Indian leaders negotiates on Britain’s postwar dominion status plan. Meanwhile Japan presses toward India with moves near Ceylon and Calcutta and reports of landings at Akyab. Carrier planes conducted raids on Colombo.
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Roosevelt
India
Britain
Colombo
Ceylon
Calcutta
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Pacific Fleet Stronger Now Than Before December
Lynn StamBaugh, national commander of the American Legion, cites Secretary Knox as saying the U S Pacific Fleet is stronger in ships, planes and men today than before Pearl Harbor. He urges 100 percent Americanism and requests proof against rumors about Pearl Harbor. Ed Hayes, former commander and Knox aide, is quoted confirming the fleet’s strength.
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Chicago
Lynn Stambaugh
The
American Legion
Knox
Navy
Legion
Ed Hayes
Navy Department
Pearl Harbor
Crops To Be Harvested Despite Labor Shortage
Columbus report says Ohio crops will be harvested despite a labor shortage. Wade Hammond, state director of the U S employment service, says they will meet demand by tapping all manpower sources and calling in women where they can help.
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Columbus
Ohio
Wade Hammond
U. S. Employment Service
President Roosevelt Stays Inside for Easter Due to Cold
President Roosevelt remains in the White House quarters with a head cold under the order of his physician. The illness prevented his attendance at Easter services yesterday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Norwegian Ships Safe in British Ports Report
An undisclosed number of 10 or 11 Norwegian ships that left Gothenburg last Thursday to run the German naval blockade were reported safe in British ports today.
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London
Goteberg
Sweden
Gallipolis Baby Swallows Eye From Toy Rabbit
Billy Myers four months old of Gallipolis swallowed a glass eye from a cloth Easter bunny. He was taken to a Cincinnati hospital for surgery to remove the object lodged in his bronchial tubes.
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Gallipolis
Billy
James Myers
Cincinnati
Chief of Silver Shirts Fails To Provide Bond
INDIANAPOLIS Ind 4 Unable to furnish bond William Dudley Pelley chief of the silver shirts remained in the Marion County Jail today awaiting grand jury action on an affidavit charging him with sedition in connection with articles published in his magazine The Galilean. The silver goateed publisher of anti Semitic magazines said he would plead innocent to any indictments brought against him.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Marion County
the Galilean
Increase Ohio Water Supply
Ohio's director of public works may build reservoirs drill wells and lay pipelines to move water from underground sources to districts facing shortages. Atty. Gen. Herbert ruled the governor's authority is enough for these improvements and for selling or leasing water for agriculture commerce and manufacturing. Financing may use revenue bonds or federal funds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Atty
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Public Works
Axis Suffers Heavy Losses In Air War Blitz
Allied reports show Germany Italy and Japan suffered heavy air losses in a two day period with at least 159 planes shot down or destroyed on the ground and 51 more damaged. Russia claimed 102 German planes shot down Saturday plus four more. Japan lost at least 27 of 75 planes against Ceylon on Easter morning. The British claimed five more Japanese planes destroyed and 25 damaged with further losses in engagements with US and Australian forces.
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Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Leningrad
Russia
Kronstadt
Rybinsk
Malta
Germany
Italy
Japan
Red Air Force
Ceylon
United States
Tokyo
Akyab
Burma
Great
Bay of Bengal
Australia
India
Thursday Island
Torres Strait
MacArthur
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Nyaungbinzetk
Prome
Manchi-Toungoo
Toungoo
United Nations
Darwin
Lae
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Bataan
Philippines
U.S. War Department
Davey Urges Faith in Allied Leaders
Former Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey urged faith in Allied nation leaders in a formal statement. He criticized caustic critics and said the leaders must be trusted, marking his first public utterance in over a year in Columbus.
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Davey
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio Reviews Military Might on Army Day Parade
Ohio marked Army Day amid a 25th anniversary of U S entry into World War I. Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati hosted parades with 1700 troops, 300 equipment pieces, and aircraft displays including bombers and pursuit ships. Orville Wright appeared in Dayton as 40 horsemen called diamond riders led defense council messengers.
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America
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Dayton
Pearl Harbor
England
Euclid Avenue
Public Square
Army Air Force
Army
Camp Forrest
Tenn
Fort Knox
USO
Music Hall
India Fronts Roaring With US Talks and Allied Skirmishes
The article describes U S efforts to influence India with exploratory talks led by Louis Johnson as Japanese threats loom. It cites battles across Burma and the Indian Ocean including Colombo bombardment, Akyab landings, and air warfare over Darwin Port Moresby Lae and Timor with Japanese losses and Allied counter actions.
Start Jap Evacuation Of San Francisco Today
Compulsory evacuation of Japanese residents began in San Francisco with 660 taken to Santa Anita race track converted to an assembly center.
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San Francisco
Santa Anita
Japanese Loss Report in Toungoo Battle
The Associated Press reports 3,700 Japanese soldiers killed in a 12 day battle near Toungoo during the ongoing conflict. Chinese sources announced the figure today as the fighting continues.
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New Delhi
Toungoo
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FE. P. Abernathy
Pecos
R. P. McConnell
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Nagpur
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Nicobar
Indian Ocean
Assam Roady
China
Mandalay
Thailand
Mala
Indo
U. S. Pacific
Axis
By Clyde A. Farnsworth
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Jawanharlal Nehru
Maulana Abul Kalan Azad
All-India Congress Party
British Empire
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