Allies Ready for Final Blow in Tunisia
General MacArthur warned of a vast Japanese air offensive against the American continent and outlined how air power, not naval strength alone, would decide control of the Western Pacific. He stressed the need to hold air bases and coordinate air-ground operations to protect Australia. British forces repelled new Japanese air raids along the Gyindaw sector by the Bay of Bengal as Allied strategy centers on air superiority and ground offensives.
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MacArthur
Milne
Milne Bay
Papua
Guinea
Associated Press de
Tokyo
Bureau of
Douglas MacArthur
Southst Pacific
Estern Pacific
Australia
Western Pacific
Aldairmen
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Madhur
Ausalia
Imander
Rusalia
Burma
Britisheadquarters
Mrshal
Archibald P. Wavell
Gyindaw
Bay of Bengal
Orth
Mayu Peninsula
Allied push tightens noose as Rommel fights delaying action in Tunisia
Allied reports say Montgomery's Eighth Army advances north toward Enfidaville while Rommel evacuates technicians from the North African trap. Axis troops slip from Tunisia to Sicily and Sardinia as Allied air strikes pound airfields and transports. Soviet dispatches warn of a potential spring offensive as German attacks loom along a 1,200 mile front.
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Marseille
Tunisia
Sicily
Sardinia
Rommel
Stalingrad
Tunisian
Bernard L. Montgomery
Enfidaville
Djebel
Bou Hadjar
Tunis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bizerte
United Nations
U. S
Mediterranean
Castelvetrano
Milo
Legrine
Oudna
Berlin
London
Hitler
Gregory Acknowledges Army Camp Waste Report
Maj. Gen. B. Gregory told the Senate War Investigating Committee that large quantities of food were being thrown out as garbage in some army camps. He noted wastage may have occurred but does not believe it will be repeated in the future.
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Washington
B. Gregory
Senate War Investigating Committee
First WAACs assigned to U S field duty
The first group of WAACs is assigned to field duty in the United States, taking over jobs at New York anti aircraft battle stations and a company of several hundred women is moved to an anti craft artillery headquarters on Pie Island.
Operators Reject Plan for Six Day Work Week in Coal Trade
Northern Appalachian bituminous mine operators balk at a Labor Department proposal guaranteeing a six day work week with time and a half on the sixth day for about 450 000 soft coal miners. Secretary Frances Perkins calls the plan fair and a basis for settlement, while UMW President John L Lewis supports it as a public interest move.
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New York
Appalachian
Labor Department
Frances Perkins
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miss Perkins
Lewis
Charles O'Neill
Escape Foiled At Alcatraz Ends In Deaths And Recapture
Warden James A. Johnston announced the Alcatraz escape attempt ended with two convicts dead and another captured. Fred Hunter of Ohio, 43, was among the escapees, found flushed from a cave on the island beach after the morning dash from the prison model shop. Two guards were bound and gagged during the escape.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
James A. Johnston
Fred Hunter
Ohio
Alvin
Old Creepy) Karpis
Hunter
Renewal of Trade Pacts Is Expected
In Washington Pan American Day celebrations reflect renewed interest in hemispheric unity and a three year extension possibility for the postwar trade program. Republicans may back renewal with authority to nullify any negotiated terms while hearings address a broad wartime education and training plan for youths and workers.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pan American Union
United Nations
Americas
Capitol Hill
Congress
Rep
Woodruff
R.-Mich
House
Ways and Means Committee
Navy blimp adrift in hills west of Hollister
A Navy airship crashed in the coastal hills west of Hollister California just after midnight. It wrecked nine crew members with one head injury a broken leg and three others mildly hurt none killed. The blimp drifted away after the crash and the craft disappeared.
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Hollister
Calif
Labor Board dismisses petition by United Mine Workers
The Labor Board today dismissed a petition by District 50 United Mine Workers of America for certification as collective bargaining agent for employees of the Semet Solvay Company in Ironton Ohio.
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Washington
The
Labor Board Today
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Semet-Solvay Company
Ironton, O
Vinton Child Bride Seeks Annulment in Cincinnati
Ruth Morrison Cantrill, 13, a seventh grade student, filed an annulment action to dissolve her marriage to 43-year-old William Henry Cantrill of McArthur. Her attorney, David Attig, says her father falsely stated her age as 17 when they wed in July by an Ironton magistrate.
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Ruth Morrison Cantrill
William Henry Cantrill
McArthur
Cantrill
David Attig
Ironton, O
Ohio Keeps Sheep Population Near Last Year Total
Lawrence K. Bear of Ohio State University Animal Husbandry Department estimated today that Ohio will maintain a sheep population of about 2,250,000 head in 1943, roughly the same as the previous year.
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Ohio
Columbus
Lawrence K. Bear
Ohio State University
Doing All You Can by Frank Knox
Secretary of the Navy urges five words to support war effort saying sailors face danger and home burdens are light. He appeals to readers to back the war loan drive to provide ships planes guns and weapons essential to victory.
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Frank Knox
Associated Press
the Messenger
United States Navy
South Seas
Mediterranean
Glass to be wetproof and glare resistant from new glass
Detroit reports Dr. Gustav Egloff of University Oil Products Co. predicts postwar autos will need no windshield wipers as new glass contains no silica and repels rain and snow. He also cites glare resistance and transparent supporting posts with longer lasting synthetic tires for future cars.
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Detroit
American Chemical Society
Gustav Egloff
University Oil Products Co
Chicago
Eastern Ohio Miners Stage Protest Strike
Supt John Maloney of the Rail and River Coal Company said 400 miners struck yesterday in protest of draft deferment for four employees. He cited deferments sought for two mechanics and two foremen and noted that operations were halted.
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Bellaire
John Maloney
Rail and River Coal Company
Maloney
Execution scheduled for German-born traitor Max Stephan
Detroit report notes Max Stephan a German-born, convicted traitor, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday April 27 at the federal correctional institution in Milan Michigan with federal authorities confirming the date.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
Boday
RAF Bombers Hit Italian Naval Bases and French Targets
British RAF bombers attacked Spezia in Northern Italy and Palermo and Messina harbors in Sicily. Raiders also struck Northwestern Germany at dawn. Three bombers missing on the Italy trip. no losses in Sicily. Allied fighters later hit airfields and rail yards in France Belgium and the Lowlands with multiple squadrons supporting Ventura bombers.
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London
Spezia
Italy
Middle East
Palermo
Messina
Sicily
Germany
English Channel
France
Holland
Beligum
Abbeville
Caen
Brest
St. Omer
Meat Ceilings Date Set Back
The Office of Price Administration postponed the beef veal lamb and mutton price ceilings by one month. The standardized regional prices would have started tomorrow but will now take effect May 17. Officials noted protests over potential large increases by chain stores and possible future cuts.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Home Canners To Get Extra Oil From OPA
OPA Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced home canners will receive up to 10 gallons of fuel oil for oil burning stoves used in canning. Requests beyond 10 gallons will be considered based on cooking hours required, alongside prior sugar allowances. Local ration boards are directed to grant the approved quantities.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Kay Kyser Rejected From Military Service
Los Angeles doctors at the induction station announced band leader Kay Kyser was rejected for military service after special X rays of his spine and knee. The exact disability was not disclosed as Kyser, age 38, faced the regular examination.
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Los Angeles
Kay Kyser
Kyser
Soldier and Wife Die in Car Gas Suicide West of Xenia
Coroner H. C. Schick issues a double suicide verdict in the deaths of Pvt. Albert P. Davis 27 and his wife Virginia 26, both believed from Dayton. Their bodies were found in a car parked on a highway 12 miles west of Xenia.
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Xenia
H. C. Schick
Albert P. Davis
Virginia
Dayton
Here
Ice Cream Shortage Expected This Summer
Chicago reports D T Carlson of Willmar Minnesota president of the American Dairy Association warns a severe ice cream shortage may occur this summer unless quotas are raised. Government limits production to 65 percent of last year as 1942 was cool and consumption light.
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Chicago
D. T. Carlson
Willmar, Minn
American Dairy Association
Wage Increase Petitions Are Denied by WLB
Washington reports voluntary wage offers by about 10 000 employers to raise wages denied by the War Labor Board restricting adjustments to inequalities. Officials estimate impact could range from 500 000 to 1 000 000 workers, with most cases under 100 workers. WLB reiterates hold the line order and directs boards to deny proposals based on inter plant inequalities not resolvable by Little Steel or living standards formulas.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
New Deal Propaganda Machine Attacked by GOP Leader
Concord New Hampshire reports quote Harrison E. Spangler RNC chairman alleging the New Deal built a propaganda machine with hired experts and millions spent. He says character assassination has become an accepted political tactic.
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New Deal
GOP
Concord
N. H
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
16 Year Old Confesses Double Robbery Slaying
Denver youth William Eugene Wymer, 16, admitted shoving two younger boys from Castle Rock after robbing them of their shoes and a wrist watch. Sheriff Howard Vincent reported the confession.
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Golden
William Eugene Wymer
Denver
Castle Rock
Howard Vincent
New Draft Rules To Keep More Ohio Men on Farms
Columbus reports new draft classifications aim to boost farm labor. Lt. Col. Carl Wahl says the 2-C and 3-C designations will be permanent while registrants stay in agricultural work, encouraging men with farm experience to seek farming jobs and notify boards for placement.
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Ohio
Columbus
Carl G. Wahl
State Selective Service Headquarters
Wahl
Draff Board
Country Agricultural War Board
Wahi
First Day of Campaign Nets Two Billions
Washington reports the 13 billion dollar second war loan drive began with unofficial estimates of about 2,000,900,000 subscribed in the first 24 hours. News outlets nationwide carried free ads and editorials, and total pages printed would reach about 18,750 across newspapers. Radio appeals and billboards supported the effort over three weeks.
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Washington
The
Treasury
War Workers Fail To Heed Order To Strike
Cleveland reports a strike at Thompson Products Inc main plant, makers of aircraft valves, blamed on regional war labor board failure to protect workers. About 65 workers on the second shift walked while nearly all of the third shift joined the picket lines, and 200 stayed at work.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
Thompson Products, Inc
War Labor Board
Raymond S. Livingstone
Scotch Whiskey Chief Export From Britain
Hearings on a wartime Agriculture Department appropriation reveal Scotch whiskey is a principal British export import during the war. The disclosure came from the House Appropriations Committee in its today release.
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Britain
Washington
Great Britain
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Advises Motorists To Care for Old Tags
Columbus Ohio Hal G. Sours state highway director urged motorists to keep 1942 license plates clean and waxed. He warned the plates may need to last through 1944 or longer due to metal shortages.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Government to lease Ravenna arsenal land for farming
Capt. C. W. Gruber, public relations officer at the Ravenna Ordnance plant, announced the government would lease about 500 acres of arsenal land to farmers by April 22 for agricultural use.
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Ravenna
C. W. Gruber
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
Arsenal
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