France forms new Vichy government under Laval and Darlan
Marshal Petain announces a government with Laval and Admiral Darlan as key figures amid fears Britain and the United Nations worry Laval may push toward German control of the French fleet. Darlan reportedly opposes surrender of the fleet to Germany, while Laval resumes influence after a prior ouster.
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France
Germany
Phillippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Reich
Jean Darlan
Petain
Laval
Darlan
Britain
New Assaults At Corregidor Reported In Philippines
Associated Press war report says American and Filipino troops resisted a Japanese invasion on Cebu Island in the Central Philippines, while Corregidor endured four more assaults by Japanese bombers under Lieut. General Jonathan Wainwright's defense.
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Cebu Island
Central
Philippines
Jonathan Wainwright
Corregidor
Iran
India
Persia
Japan
Australia
United States
Andustralian
Lae
New Guinea
Koepang
Dutch Mer
Nathan M. Wainwright
Aan
Marieles
Ainland
Wainwright
Manila Bay
Mindanao Island
Manila
Davao Gulf
RAF Destroys 13 Japanese Flying Boats in Andaman Strike
British dispatch reports thirteen Japanese flying boats destroyed or damaged in an RAF attack on new Japanese bases in the Andaman Islands Bay of Bengal. Other fronts note Japanese advances toward Central Burma oil fields and ongoing efforts near Corregidor as Monsoon rains limit waters and offer shifting risks.
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New Delhi
Japan
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Student Sentenced to Ohio Reformatory for Arson
John Quinten Thornbury a 20 year old Kentucky university student was sentenced to two to 20 years in the Ohio Reformatory for an arson crime. He admitted during trial to burning the property of his father John W Thornbury at Anging Rock to prevent his mother from living there. Thornbury resided in Ashland Kentucky across the river.
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Tronton
John Quintennbury
Kentuckyniversity
Ohio Reformatory
Thornty
Ohn W. Thornbury
Anging Rock
Younghornbury
Ashland
Laval’s Comeback Darkens Allied Prospects in Vichy France
Roy P. Porter comments on Petain's capitulation to German pressure and Laval’s return as Contact Man No 1. He warns of increased German influence in unoccupied France, stronger censorship, and a gutting of Allied leverage, while hoping for a Western invasion to restore freedom-minded French cooperation.
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Roy P. Porter
Associated Press
France
Vichy
New York
Marshal Petain
Pierre Laval
Paris
Surete Nationale
Europe
New Taxes Discarded as Inflation Guard
Washington reports the administration will not seek drastic new tax rises to curb inflation. Disagreements among officials focus on a broader program including price and wage freezes, profit limits, and rationing. Morgenthau backs the current 7.6 billion tax plan and higher bond purchases. Roosevelt tightens schedule to address the issue amid strong opposition.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Roosevelt
Charges New Nazi Atrocities
A Norwegian government-in-exile spokesman says the German controlled quisling regime imprisoned 2000 teachers and Lutheran ministers in six weeks to crush opposition to a Nazi youth group and a teachers front in Norway. He adds 7000 Norwegians, including labor leaders, are in concentration or forced labor camps. The attack on the Lutheran Church has led to the imprisonment of the Bishop of Oslo and other church leaders.
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London
Quisling
Norway
Oslo
Landslide Destroys 300 Buildings in Romanian City
The Vichy radio relayed a Bucharest report stating that a landslide struck the Romanian city of Tasi, destroying 300 buildings and causing widespread damage.
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Rumania
London
Vichy
Bucharest
Tasi
Downtown Janesville Fire Causes Big Loss
Fire swept through half a block of downtown Janesville Wisconsin last night causing an unofficial loss estimated at 300000 dollars. Local firefighters battled the blaze as authorities investigated the cause and extent of the damage.
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Janesville
Wis
War Threatens Health Of Coming Generation
Three officers of the American Association of Industrial Physicians warn the present war endangers tomorrow's health. About 5,000,000 mothers will be employed in war work by 1942 end, creating an industrial health problem as married women juggle home and plant duties. They note higher disease susceptibility among women in war jobs, and cite older men and those once deemed unfit stepping into industry. A crippled worker even seeks a job in precision instruments, drawing a parallel to Roosevelt's wartime efforts.
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Cincinnati
American Association of Industrial Physicians
America
John J. Wittmer
New York
Association
Daniel L. Lynch
Boston
Edward C. Holmblad
Chicago
Wittmer
Lynch
Holmblad
Roosevelt
Concrete Pour Marks Start of TNT Plant at Point Pleasant WV
Concrete was poured Monday for the first permanent structure at the nearby West Virginia Ordnance Works. Rapid progress in grading roads and railways supports a 1000 to 1500 worker project. Housing shortages loom as some workers leave for other cities. Government housing projects remain stalled in Washington.
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Point. Pleasant
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Washington
Farmers Benefit From Increased Food Prices
The Cleveland Trust Co says farmers have received nearly all increases in rising food prices since 1939. Wholesalers, storekeepers, warehousemen, railroads, and truckers have received practically none, per data from U S Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled by the bank.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Trust Co
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Officers Seek Car With Plates V-1-C After Robbery
Columbus police hunt for a stolen vehicle on Scioto Boulevard. The car carries license plates reading V-1-C, denoting VIC, nickname of James M. Donahey whose father was a U S senator and governor.
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Columbus
James M. Donahey
Reynoldsburg
Scioto Boulevard
Vic
Donahey
U. S
Dairy Prices Unaffected by Union Drive
New York milk producers and federal officials said milk prices would remain set by government bodies despite John L. Lewis attempting to organize dairy farmers. Free Farmers Inc criticized Lewis as seeking power to control milk and other foods. Washington farm leaders labeled the campaign a racket and planned testimony before a House judiciary subcommittee on racketeering.
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New York
John L. Lewis
N. J. Cladakis
Lewis
Free Farmers, Inc
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Washington
House Judiciary
Yankees In Commandos
General George C. Marshall met with Lord Mountbatten to discuss active cooperation between U.S. troops and Britain's invasion experts. Mountbatten was identified as Britain's renowned invasion tactician, with talks centering on future conferences and potential roles for American forces in commando operations.
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London
George Co. Marshall
U. S. Army
Louis Mountbatten
Britain
Mountbatten
United States
Northern
Ireland
War Labor Board Asked To Investigate IHC Plant
The CIO United Auto Workers asked the War Labor Board to investigate curtailed operations at International Harvester Company's truck plant in Springfield. Spike Innis, union representative, said the union urged sustained war materials production as IHC executives declined comment. The plant normally employs about 3,500 workers.
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Springfield
Cio-United Automobile Workers
War Labor Board
International Harvester Company
Spike Innis
IHC
Will Rogers Jr Endorsed for California Seat
Will Rogers Jr the 30 year old son of the late humorist was endorsed by the Democratic council of California's Sixteenth District for the seat held by Republican Leland Ford at a recent meeting in Los Angeles.
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Will Rogers, JR
LOS Angeles
Democratic Council of the
Sixteenth California
Leland Ford
Laval Returns to French Cabinet For Berlin Supremacy
Hitler ally Pierre Laval, long opposed to Britain, reenters France's cabinet as a Berlin-aligned leader. His move signals a setback for the United Nations and strengthens collaboration with Nazi authorities.
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Pierre Laval
Great Britain
France
Berlin
United Nations
Money Saved By Contracts With Ohioans
Washington AP The government saved 9 500 000 by renegotiating war contracts with Jack & Heintz Inc of Cleveland a House Naval Committee spokesman said. The saving followed disclosure of profits high salaries and bonuses by company officials and employees. Engine starters costs were cut 25 percent and profits through large pay were halted. Cleveland vice president W Russell Jack said reductions began before executives testified.
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Washington
Jack & Heintz, Inc
Cleveland
House Naval Committee
Edmund Toland
Jack & Heintz
W. Russell Jack
Ohio safety congress hears losses from industrial accidents
In Columbus the 13th All Ohio Safety Congress reviewed a report by Thomas P. Kearns showing industrial accidents last year wasted 9,623,249 work days. He leads the Division of Safety and Hygiene of the State Industrial Commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
All Ohio Safety Congress
Thomas P. Kearns
Division of Safety and Hygiene
State Industrial Commission
Japanese Couple to Wed at Manzanar Camp
Howard T. Kumiagi 23 and Kim iko Wakamsuri 27, inmates at the Manzanar Japanese reception center, arrived at Independence court with an army escort to apply for a marriage license. They will wed Sunday, the first marriage in the camp opened March 22.
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Independence
Calif
Howard T. Kumiagi
Kimiko Wakamsuri
Manzanar
Suny
WPA Men Transferred to Patterson Field
Springfield City Engineer William F. Lucas said street repair work would halt about June 1 and 100 WPA workers would be moved to the Air Corps Patterson Field.
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Springfield
William F. Lucas
WPA
Air Corps
Patterson Field
War of Nerves Shrinks Hitler as Allied Invasion Fears Grow
London reports say Hitler’s high command fears an Allied invasion of the European Continent and moves to harden defenses. Canadian troops reportedly to spearhead the assault with Narvik Iceland Norway defense zones declared. In the Donets Basin and Moscow front, Soviet forces renew violent winter spring offensives as Nazis face mounting pressure. The High Command claims Uboats and planes have sunk 15 allied merchant ships totaling 120000 tons including two American vessels. In North Africa British artillery hits axis columns near Temrad 60 miles from Tobruk.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Stockholm
Narvik
French
Italy
Germany
Hitler
France
Russia
Moscow
British Exchange Telegraph
Berlin
Donets
Ukraine
Kharv
Taganrog
Dnileperpetrovsk
Murmansk
High Command
Atlantic
America
North Africa
Cairo
Temrad
Tobruk
Tax Exemption Question For FHA Projects Topic
Ohio Supreme Court weighs exemption of Metropolitan Housing Authority projects from property tax in an appeal involving Poindexter Village. Arguments focus on whether FHA related housing should be taxed like private property under state law.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Metropolitan Housing Authority
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
Franklin County
State Board of Tax Appeals
Poindexter
Submarine Fleet Dominates Pacific War Effort
U S submarines led by the Seawolf have sunk or damaged 36 ships, with 12 probable sinkings and 10 more damaged, among 215 enemy vessels in the war against Japan. Commander Warder and his crew are praised as crucial in targeting Japan's supply lines, while Admiral Nimitz’s leadership has boosted underwater successes. The Seawolf opera tions south of the Dutch Indies sank a light cruiser, a destroyer, and a large transport, while suffering no damage from depth charges.
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Washington
U. S
Seawolf
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitiz
Husband E. Kimmel
Nimitiz
Navy
Indian Ocean
Dutch Indies
Frederick Burdett Warder
Japan
Aid to Britain Tops 2 Billion
United States aid to Britain rises to a monthly rate of 500000900 dollars and may reach 2400000000 by March end. Sir Kingsley Wood outlines a new budget for the year starting April 1 with projected expenditures near 20000000000 and offers relief in the lowest income tax brackets for wage earners.
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London
United States
Britain
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Sir Kingsley
Flying Ace Predicts Five Year War With Ten Year Chance
Col. Eddie Rickenbacker told MITCHEL FIELD fighters that the current war will last at least five years, possibly ten. He forecast needs for 300000 pilots, including 100000 instructors and 200000 combat flyers, to secure air and ground victory worldwide.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
Eddie Rickenbacker
Illinois Voters Demonstrate Democracy in War Time
Illinois voters crowded the polls in the first major U S primary since Pearl Harbor. They marked ballots freely choosing candidates for U S senator 26 congressional seats and many state and local offices.
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Chicago
Illinois
United States
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Lowellville voters reject two mill levy for civilian defense
Voters in Lowellville approved by defeat a special election on a two mill levy for civilian defense. The tally stood 65 in favor and 134 against the levy.
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Youngstown
Lowellville
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