Senate Apport for FDR Veto Sparks Tight Senate Battle
Washington AP reports a narrow Senate vote near success for the Bankhead Bill amid farm bloc tensions. Taft hedges on voting, influenced by Ohio industrialists, while Morgenthau presents a currency stabilization plan tying funds to gold and forming an international fund. A Byrd led probe targets government corporations outside congressional control as other parties discuss foreign trade pacts and renewal authority with Dirksen proposing notice requirements.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Senate
Roosevelt
Taft
Ohio
Treasury
Morgenthaunt
Congress
Sene
Sterday
International Stabilization Fund
House
Byrd
D.-Va
Joint Economy
Lindsay Jarren
Theeneral
Forthcomne House
No Means
GOP
Rep
Dirksen
R.-Nl
Cologne
Schools Urged to Help Lighten Labor Shortages
Columbus reports the Department of Education urged school authorities to use local programs allowing students to relieve labor shortages. State director Kenneth C. Ray said adjustments will prevent loss of state funds due to absences when a community committee deems the problem serious.
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Columbus
Department of Education
Keneth C. Ray
Edcation
Additional Tobacco Made Available by U S
Washington reports an extra 10 million pounds of barley tobacco, mainly for cigarettes, released to manufacturers. The Agriculture Department links the gain to a larger 1942 crop than December projections, with a January order capping purchases at 90 percent of the 1939-44 average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Des Moines Merchants Back War Bonds Drive
Des Moines merchants will apply all April 13 receipts to buy War Bonds to aid the second war loan drive. Martins Ferry Ohio postmistress reports break in at the post office with lockboxes rifled overnight and valuables taken.
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WAR Bonds
Des Moines
Martins Ferry
Ana M. Bess
Near- Y
Yorkville
Ohio House Passes 185 Page School Bill As Admins Answer
The Ohio House approved a 185 page bill described as the administration’s answer to the school problem. The measure, sent to the Senate, would add about 5 million dollars for schools in 1943 44 and repeal 126 sections of the existing code to unify school laws. It raises pupil funding to 29 cents per day for grades one through eight and creates a state equalization fund to aid districts with debts and repairs. It also allows schools temporarily to release 16 or older pupils for work in war industries and farms.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
William O'Neill
Washington
Senate
House
Walter L. Tarr
Hamilton
John Paskell
Perry
U Boat Toll Rises in March Amid Atlantic Losses
Secretary Knox said Allied ship losses in the Atlantic worsened in March compared with February as German submarines intensified their offensive. He noted February was strong for the war, and there is no new peak yet, but more German subs are active. The Middle Atlantic route from the United States to England and the Mediterranean is the focus. The U S is rushing destroyers and escort ships, with fast launchings and overcoming engine shortages.
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Washington
Knox
Atlantic
the Atantic
Middle Atlantic
United States
England
Mediterranean
Bolivia Likely to Declare War on Axis
Vice President Henry Wallace toured Bolivia as officials and the Bolivian Defense Council urged President Enrique Penaranda to move toward a state of war with the Axis powers, signaling strong Western Hemisphere solidarity.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Henry A. Wallace
Central
South America
Bolivian Defense Council
Enrique Penaranda
County road crews busy with paving ditching and repairs
Athens County crews ditch and surface Congress Run Road in Trimble Township and haul stone for Bailey Run Road in Dover Township. Black top patched on Carbon dale Kimberly Road in Waterloo and York Townships. Bridge crews repair Big Run Bridge top while others fix a slip on Houston Road in Troy Township. A quarry in Ames Township operates and five graders are used countywide for routine ditch work.
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Athens County
Congress Run
Trimble
Bailey Run
Dover Township
Harry du
Waterloo
York
Rome
Big Run
Houston Road
Troy
Ames Township
Norwalk Police Chief Indicted on Bribe Charge
Norwalk police chief Frank Kramer was indicted by the Huron County grand jury on a charge of accepting bribes from operators of gambling devices.
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Norwalk
Frank Kramer
Huron County Grand Jury
Italians Aid Allied Citizens Defying Nazi Rules in Local Zone
The Gazette De Lausanne reports Italian forces in a former French occupied zone resisted Nazi orders, freeing about 100 American and British citizens and protecting Jews as Gestapo raids continue elsewhere. Italians claimed responsibility for foreigners and forced French guards to withdraw, allowing safe passage home for the detainees.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Germany
Gazette de Lausanne
Lausanne
Gestapo
Ttem
Ohio Senate OKs Liquor Rationing Legislation
State Liquor Director Donald A. Fisher, under legislative mandate, prepares a rationing program for whiskey in Ohio. No start date given, but state stores likely closed briefly. Speculation centers on weekly purchase limits for residents.
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Columbus
Donald A. Fisher
Ohio
Bricker Says He Will Sign Ohio Liquor Rationing Bill
Gov John W Bricker indicated he will sign the liquor rationing bill when it reaches him with a plan for mid May implementation Liquor Director Don Fisher suggested a pint per four weeks for retail buyers and tavern operators would likely be allowed about 1 2 million quarts monthly to each channel The Senate passed the bill 27 to 1 to allocate authority for rationing and curb store raids by tavern stooges with 210 tax examiners aiding enforcement
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Bricker
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Don Fisher
Fisher
Senate
William S. Evatt
Tex
Liquor Department
Spending Cuts For Congress Recommended
The House Appropriations Committee proposed a smaller fiscal year budget starting July 1 with an overall cut of 217,274 from the current year. The plan allocates 3,985,528 to the Senate and 9,527,595 to the House, plus provisions for the architect of the Capitol, Library of Congress, Government Printing Office, Supreme Court, and district courts. The package also curtails clerical offices and rejects Capitol dome painting funds.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Legislative Establishment
Judiciary
Senate
House
Architect of
Capitol
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
Supreme Court
Courts of Appeals
United States Court Administration
Capitol Dome
Yank Piloted Spitfires Down 13 Dive Bombers
A US fighter base in Tunisia reports Spitfires flown by American pilots engaging Stukas over El Guetar. The squadron reportedly shot down 13 Junkers 87s and damaged others in aerial combat. Allied dispatches credited destruction of 14 dive bombers.
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United States
Tunisia
el Guetar
North Africa
Auto Sticker Deadline Extended to Saturday
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Columbus set Wednesday midnight as the deadline for 1943 auto stickers on Ohio vehicles. Drivers who missed the seven day grace period risk arrest if they appear Thursday without the sticker issued as a substitute for metal plates.
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Columbus
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Saboteurs caught as they neared Norwegian coast
A German broadcast from London reported that an enemy sabotage group was intercepted by German forces while approaching the coast of Norway and was destroyed. The communiqué credited the destruction to German patrols and stated no further details were released.
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London
Norway
Ten Japanese Island Bases Pounded by Allied Planes
Allied warplanes swept across the islands above Australia pounding at least ten Japanese bases. Kavieng, near Rabaul, saw continued enemy massing despite seven warships and five cargo ships sunk or damaged earlier. MacArthur's bombers hit Buka Island and targets in Dutch New Guinea, New Britain, and New Guinea, with near misses on a 4000 ton cargo ship at Sekar Bay. In Burma, RAF bombs hit Rangoon station and Hurricanes disrupted a large raid near Maungdaw, with at least eleven enemy planes shot down.
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Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
New
Britain
MacArthur
Buka Island
Solomons
Dutch New Guinea
New Britain
New Guinea
Sekar Bay
Burma
Rangoon
Maungdaw
Jap Squadron Leader Downs Crippled Zero
In Chungking an American investigation reports a Japanese Zero was shot down by his own squadron leader to avoid capture. The Zero, part of a six plane recon formation in Kwangsi Province, suffered motor trouble before the leader fired, the plane fell with smoke trailing.
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Chungking
Kwangsi
Free China
Kaiser Engineers Plan Huge Cargo Aircraft
Portland Oregon report says Kaiser engineers drawing plans for a giant cargo plane capable of flying nearly three fourths around the world. The project would put the shipbuilder into aviation with production possible before the war ends and plans not yet shown to government or military agencies.
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Portland
Ore
Henry ‘& I
Churchill says Eden to report on US Canada mission
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden will soon report on his mission to the United States and Canada, which he has just completed.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
United States
Canada
Back-to-Farm Move Begins
Washington reports a concerted shift toward farm work as Secretary Wickard and Manpower Commissioner McNutt declare farm labor supply sufficient. The State Department planned recruiting 10,000 Jamaican workers next week while the Senate Appropriations Committee boosted farm labor funding from 26 million to 40 million dollars and added a clause protecting paid farm job earnings from aid reduction.
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Washington
Wickard
Paul V. McNutt
State Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Equalization of Meat Supply Demanded by Council
Chicago reports initial actions by a newly formed livestock and meat council with 99 organizations aiming to balance meat supply and demand. A spokesman notes government buyers can withhold purchases, then issue telegraphic orders, forcing packers to scour plants and deplete civilian reserves.
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Chicago
Livestock and Meat Council
Allied Air Forces Pummel Axis Transports Off Tunisia
Allied fighters destroyed 18 Junkers transports and 13 other enemy planes near the Sicilian Straits, while a convoy supplying Rommel’s front was hit. U S pilots reported fiery wrecks and described the transports as carrying gasoline and oil for Rommel. German broadcasts warned of British and American pressure as Patton’s troops reinforced zones north of Gabes.
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U. S
Tunisia
United Nations
Tunisian
Rommel
Sicilian Straits
Erwin Rommel
George Bancroft
East Windsor Hill
Conn
Eldred E. Loder
Wichita
Kas
Messerschmidt
Allied and Axis War News From North Africa and Europe
Reports say Rommel still holds a 40 mile gap between American forces at El Guetar and the British Eighth Army. Berlin radio claims Eighth Army test shots mark Rommel’s new lines as tanks indicate an imminent attack. Eisenhower HQ notes patrols active along a 250 mile front with no major land engagements. In the Caucasus the Red Army advances threaten German holds near Novorossisk and the Crimea. Soviet guns reportedly knocked out over 60 Nazi firing points as hand to hand fighting tightens near Novorossisk and Kareh Strait. Allied air raids pause after 72 hours of heavy strikes. Axis toll lists 521 killed and 1,085 injured in Antwerp and Paris area raids. Liberator bombers strike Naples after earlier raids on Renault works and Vighena Mole targets.
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Edward D. Shaw, Jr
Bostrop
Rommel
Wadi el Akearit
Gabes
Bernard L. Montgomery
George S. Patton, Jr
Makenassy
el Guetar
Eighth Army
Berlin
North Africa
Dwight DD
Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Red Army
Kareh
Crimea
Germany
Occupied
Europe
Antewerp
U. S
Renault
Paris
Ninth United States Air Forces
Middle East
Naples
French North Africa
Vighiena Mole
Bricker Urges Sale of Bonds
Gov. John W. Bricker urged Ohioans to sacrifice to support the 13 billion War Bond drive starting April 12. He said victory in this campaign would signal enemies that the US can fund the war through voluntary, cooperative action and urged custodians of public funds to buy the new securities.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
French President Millerand Dies in Versailles at 84
AP reports from Berlin radio that Alexandre Millerand former president of France from 1920 to 1924 died in Versailles at age 84. Millerand led France before the 1920s and is noted in the broadcast captured by AP.
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London
Berlin
Associated Press
Alexandre Millerand
French Republic
Versailles
Public urged to end complacency in war effort
Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear, retiring Second Army commander, told an Army Day luncheon that the public must abandon pettifogging and absenteeism. He called the army the heartbeat of the republic and said moral fitness is required to join, warning that debates on army size endanger fighting forces against Germany and Japan.
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Cincinnati
Ben Lear
Ournemies
Republic
Lear
Germany
Japan
Price Administrator Brown to testify on farm bill dispute
Senate Agriculture Committee summoned Price Administrator Brown for testimony under subpoena threat and excused him until Thursday. Chairman Smith labeled their no show a refusal while noting possible subpoenas. committee weighs administration opposed Pace Bill to include farm labor costs in parity price computations.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Preneiss Brown
Brown
Wickard
Smith
S.C
Pace
Senate
Army Cuts Food Wastage by Ten Percent Says General
Brig. Gen. James L. Frink deputy quartermaster general testified to the Senate War Investigating Committee that a concerted attack on Army food waste yielded a 10 percent saving with a further five percent cut possible. He described the waste causes and corrective measures in a closed session.
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Washington
James L. Frink
Frink
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
D.-Mo
Highway Patrol Cited For Civilian Defense Merit
The Ohio State Highway Patrol received a citation for merit from the Fifth Regional Office of Civilian Defense for extraordinary services in civilian defense. The award cites patrol work in organizing and training auxiliary patrolmen, the first regional award to a group not solely focused on civilian defense.
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Cleveland
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Office of Civilian Defense
Roger R. Clouse
OCD
Clouse
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