Foe Presses India Drive as Rabaul Threat Lingers
Allied officials report continued Japanese pressure in the Kohima area and at Imphal while noting heavy Allied air and naval actions across the Pacific. In New Britain, about one fifth of the original 50,000 Japanese troops remain, with the rest killed or lost to disease or starvation as bombardments strike Rabaul and surrounding targets.
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Burma
New Britain
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Gasmata
Cape Hoskins
U.S
Japan
India
Louis Mountbatten
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
Joseph Stilwell
Imphal
Secrest Homesick for Visit to Washington
Former Rep. Robert Secrest of Caldwell resided in Washington temporarily while on naval duty as a lieutenant commander. He resigned his House seat early in the war and has seen service in major war theaters.
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Secrest
Washington
Robert Secrest
Caldwell, D
Capitol
Auto Industry May Be Controlled First Year
Heads of the nation’s automobile industry expect production to resume under strict government control in the first postwar year and foresee a surge in demand that could drive a major new era in the industry’s history.
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Detroit
Salesman Killed in Akron Auto Crash
Hugh E. Sullivan a 48 year old salesman for a New York publishing company was killed last night in an automobile train crash near Barberton Ohio. The accident occurred as he traveled to meet a client. Police said the exact cause was under investigation and no other injuries were reported.
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Akron
Hugh E. Sullivan
New York
Barberton
Assassin Fails In Attempt on Camacho's Life
Mexico City reports President Manuel Avila Camacho narrowly escaped an assassination yesterday by Lt. Jose Antonio de la Lama Rojas. The attacker, wounded after a chase from the palace to army barracks, carried Nazi documents, while Camacho urged calm and unity.
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Mexico
Manuel Avila Camancha
Camacho
Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
Avila Camacho
Jose Antonio de la Lama Rojas
Lama Rojas
National Palace
Army Barracks
Francisco Urquizo
National Defense
Navy pilots rescue Australian commandos at WeWak
Navy Catalina flying boats plunged into WeWak New Guinea to rescue about 200 trapped Australian commandos. The mission, described by Yank Down Under, saw pilots land on the Sepik River in a narrow one and a half wing span channel while avoiding water snags. Australians reportedly left improvised booby traps for the Japanese as a parting gesture.
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U. S. Navy
Catalina
Wewak
New Guinea
U. S. Service
Sepik River
Door to Door Plan Aims to Recruit 70,000 War Workers
Columbus report: E. L. Keenan says the Ohio War Manpower Commission will conduct door to door canvassing in parts of the state to recruit 70,000 war workers, including 35,000 women, via local U. S. employment service offices and advertising campaigns.
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E. L. Keenan
Ohio War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Bricker Attacks Hull as He Tours West Coast
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker criticized Secretary of State Hull and denounced the New Deal as alien to the American system. Speaking in Spokane and Tacoma, Bricker argued against an international police force and questioned open discussions of foreign policy.
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Wash
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John W. Bricker
Tacoma
Pierce County
Hull
Washington
Bricker
Mr. Hull
Cairo
Casablanca
Teheran
Quebec
Hot Springs International
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Russia
Britain
Mistake Led Gentile to RAF Before U S Air Force Service
Captain Don S Gentile, famed fighter ace, first gained combat experience with the RAF after the US Army Air Forces rejected him. Civilian instructor Hugh C Barnwell recalls the Piqua Ohio youth as a crack flier during RAF training at Glen dale Airport in 1941. Gentile later transferred to the American force and confirmed destruction of 27 planes.
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Don S. Gentile
RAF
Hugh C. Barnwell
Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Glendale
Barnwell
Plant Quotas Are Boosted
Washington WPB boosts quotas for efficient farm equipment plants as 1944 crop goals slip 22.7 percent behind schedule. Officials aim to cover much of the deficit before harvest. Army sponsorship will carry a six month rehabilitation program in liberated territories after Allied occupation.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Former Senator Warns Against Fourth Term
Edward R. Burke former Democratic senator from Nebraska warns at a Draft Byrd For President meeting in Greensboro that a fourth term carries a greater threat than any foreign dictator He urges that Senator Byrd be nominated from Virginia
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Greensboro
N. C
Edward R. Burke
Nebraska
Byrd
No Coffee Order Is Protested by Workers
Several thousand Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard workers in Hoboken New Jersey refuse overtime in protest of a company rule banning coffee on the job.
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Hoboken
N. J
Bethlehelm Steel Company
West Virginia delegates split over Dewey support
Three of 17 GOP candidates for delegate at large in West Virginia have announced support for Governor Dewey, signaling early alignment within the field.
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Charleston
W. Va
GOP
West Virginia
Dewey
Ohio Plans Induction For All Men Under Thirty-Eight
Ohio draft officials announce imminent induction for all able bodied residents under 38 not in essential war work. The ban on inductions of essential workers over 25 will end once men under 26 are processed. Boards will determine how long the restriction lasts based on local needs.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Ohio
WPB Allows Unlimited Import of Aged Beverage Rum
The War Production Board announced today that unlimited imports of rum aged three years or more will be permitted, according to WPB officials.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Loss of Huge Transport Revealed After Years
The Army transport President Coolidge, reported missing in the South Pacific over a year ago, struck a mine and sank on a reef near Espirito Santo. Captain Henry Nelson, 63, ordered the ship to shore as 4,000 men escaped, with Nelson absolved of responsibility after an inquiry.
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President Coolidge
South Pacific
Espirito Santo
New Hebrides Islands
Australia
Coolidge
Jong Reef
Navy
Newport News
American President Lines
New Hebrides
Henry Nelson
Nelson
San Francisco
Kennth V. Kitzelman Dies in Sandblast Accident
Springfield report states Kenneth V. Kitzelman aged 39 was crushed to death yesterday while repairing a sandblast machine. The incident occurred at the local plant and authorities are investigating the cause.
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Springfield
Kenneth V. Kitzelman
Tojo Pays Tax After Soldier Sends Note to Assessor
Marine Staff Sgt. Gerald A Waindle in the South Pacific received a $19.85 personal property tax notice from Cook County Illinois. He mailed back a 50-son note from a Japanese soldier he had killed. The assessor accepted the Jap money in full. Waindle proposed enclosing each tax notice with a pin-up girl wrapped around a bottle of bourbon to prevent crushing.
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Gerald A Waindle
South Pacific
Cook County
Ill
Waindle
Two Dead as Southwest Storm Slams Across Regions
Tornadoes and floods last night left at least two dead and about 65 injured in the Southwest with nearly 500 displaced. Rising floodwaters and continuing rain threatened more overflows in Eastern Kansas and Oklahoma as scattered twisters struck Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Harrison
Ark
Garland Walker
Cordell
Corn
Oklahoma
Magnolia
Walnut
Kansas
Hutchinson
Heavy rains hinder planting across Ohio as floods feared
Storms and heavy rainfall disrupted planting in Ohio with streams rising and bottomlands under risk. Weather observer George Mindling reported no immediate flood fears but warned of potential flooding in low-lying areas as Marion Ward died in Arkansas and several tornados caused deaths and injuries across Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Mindling
Ship and capital street to bear Ohio’s name
Washington reports Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio plans to press Congress to name a battleship and a Washington street after Ohio. He said he will raise the issue after the Easter recess, noting few states lack such honors.
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Washington
Ohio
Thomas A. Jenkins
R-of-Ironton, O
Jenkins
Congress
House
Prohibition Party ticket barred from Pennsylvania ballot
Harrisburg officials ruled the Prohibition Party candidates for president and vice president and the 35 presidential electors off the Pennsylvania general election ballot on a technicality.
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Harrisburg
Prohibition Party
Pennsylvania
Wherry Urges Consolidation of Price Food Agencies
Senator Wherry Republican whip urges unifying price control rationing and food policy under one agency to end policy confusion. Senator Wilson of Iowa supports reducing mixed signals as Congress prepares for reconvening ahead of conventions. War homefront and postwar outlook loom as major bills awaited include price control lend-lease G I Bill of Rights.
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Washington
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Congress
Wherry
Republican Steering Committee
Office of Price Administration
Willkie Withdrawal Seen Boosting Bricker Candidacy
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton asserted that Wendell Willkie quitting the Republican race would aid Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio. He said Bricker would gain because he is the only active candidate presenting his views freely and positively.
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Washington
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Wendell Willkie
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Jenkins
Bricker
Two Aces Missing In World War II Theater
London reports Maj. Walker Mahurin with 21 Nazi planes and Maj. Geral Johnson with 18 are missing in action after the same March 27 mission. Both served in Col. Hubert Zumke's Wolf Pack Thunderbolt group. Mahurin was the third highest U. S. ace in Europe, trailing Capt. Don Gentile and Capt. Robert Johnson, who each had 22 kills.
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London
Walker Mahurin
Geral Johnson
Hubert Zumke
Thunderbolt
Mahurin
Ft. Wayne
Ind
U. S
Don S. Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Robert 8. Johnson
Lawton
Oklo
Sister Mary O'Donnell Dies Dominican Sister From Vincent
Sister Mary O'Donnell a Vincent Ohio native and Dominican member for 59 years died Sunday at St Mary of the Springs convent in Columbus She had served at St Francis Convent Newark Holy Name Convent Steubenville and St Marys Lancaster.
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Vincent
Columbus
St. Mary of the Springs
Vincent, O
O'Donnell
St. Francis Convent
Newark
Holy Name Covent
Steubenville
St. Mary's, Lancaster
German war plane shot down over southern Sweden
A German aircraft was downed by Swedish anti air fire over southern Sweden today and crashed in flames. The crew perished in the ensuing fire.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Crile General Hospital Turnover Set for April 21
Parma Heights will see Crile General Hospital handed to the Army Medical Corps on April 21 in a ceremony signaling the hospital’s transfer from construction to military control.
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Crile General Hospital
Cleveland
Army Medical Corps
NEA
Parma Heights
Army Engines
32 Persons Stranded After Rockies Road-Swamping Slides
Marooned 32 people including three babies wait for rescue as Army snowplows and arctic-trained troops move supplies to Berthoud Pass Colorado. Lt Helen Barr Durfee, a WAVE officer, is being moved by snowmobile to Denver hospital after a back injury. Edith Foster escapes her car by digging through compacted snow.
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Colo
Rockies
Dick Holmes
Frank Pichini
E. Lopez
Echo Lake
Summit Lodge
Helen Barr Durfee
Los Angeles
Army
Denver
Durfee
Catherine Cockburn
Bethesda, Md
SPARS
Cockburn
Martin Lund
Edith Foster
Craig
Air battle report and new Allied offensives across Europe
Violent air combats swirl over Central and Northern Germany as American planes join 900 British sorties aiming to cripple the Nazi air force. Soviet forces push deep into Crimea and Romania, while Allied land and sea actions intensify from Anzio to Dalmatia.
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Central
Baltic
Germany
Ohio Increases Maternity Care Fee to 50 Dollars
Columbus reports the U S Children s Bureau approved a higher maximum fee for maternity care of wives of Ohio men in the armed forces. State health director R H Marke said the new scale raises the limit to 50 dollars for physicians.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Children's Bureau
R. H. Markewith
Woman Suspect in Murder Is Captured in Columbus
Chief of Detectives Leo L. Phillips announced a 22 year old woman was arrested in Columbus as a fugitive from Virginia justice. Sheriff R B Thompson of Tannell County Va requested the capture and said the woman was named in a confession by an ex convict in the bludgeoning case of Oreson Keegy last May.
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Columbus
Leo L. Phillips
Virginia
Phillips
R. B. Thompson
Tannell County
Oreson Keegy
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