Allies Ready for Final Blow in Tunisia General Says Plans for Attack
Allied leaders vow a coordinated assault with Japanese, German, and Italian forces planned for a vast air offensive. MacArthur warns the Southwest Pacific battle hinges on air power over sea routes to Australia, as raids in New Guinea intensify.
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Tunisia
Associated Press
Tokyo
Bureau of Military Fairs
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Sealanes
Western Pacific
Australia
MacArthur
Western
Hansa Bay
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Sir Archibald P. Wavell
Guindaw
Bay of Bengal
Mayu Peninsula
Allies push toward Tunis as Rommel tightens noose in Tunisia
Allied reports say Montgomery's Eighth Army advances toward Enfidaville and Djebel Bou Hadjar while Eisenhower announces Rommel's defenses around Tunis and Bizerta are being rolled up. Allied air forces destroy 84 Axis planes, strike airfields in Sicily, and target Legrine and Oudna ground actions. German counter reports warn no Dunkirk escape for 200,000 troops as Rommel may sacrifice the bulk of his forces.
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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
U. S
Gregory Acknowledges Waste in Army Camps
Maj. Gen. E. B Gregory told the Senate war investigating committee that large amounts of food were being discarded as garbage in some army camps. He said such wastage has occurred but does not expect it to be repeated in the future.
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Washington
E. B Gregory
Senate
First WAACs Assigned To U. S Field Duty
The first four of WAACs to join a U S field force took over duties releasing men for other assignments. A company of several hundred men was assigned to an anti aircraft artillery headquarters on Mang Island in New York, marking a mobilization effort in the anti air defense.
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New York
WAACS
United States
Mang Island
Operators reject government six day work week plan
Northern Appalachian bituminous mine operators rejected a Labor Department proposal to guarantee a six day work week with time and a half for the sixth day for the nations 450 000 soft coal miners. Secretary Frances Perkins called the plan fair and reasonable and John L Lewis accepted it as a basis for settlement. Charles ONeill said the proposal was impractical as earnings and six days work cannot be guaranteed due to demand transportation breakdowns accidents and absenteeism.
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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 said four escapees from Alcatraz are accounted for after the bid ended with two men dead in the water and one captured. Fred Hunter of Ohio, 43, was the last to be checked in, found near a cave on the beach after authorities say the group tied and gagged two guards at dawn from the prison model shop.
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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 Pan American Day Signals Trade Policy Hint
Washington reports Pan American Day celebrations with the Inter-American Union cited as a model for continental defense and postwar peace. Republican leaders hint at a three year renewal of the foreign trade program if Congress can curb executive agreements. A Senate hearing seeks funds for wartime training and education programs including fitness and preflight aeronautics. The first conscientious objector case of the war era faces Bowles of Newfoundland New Jersey over draft exemption questions.
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Roosevelt
Pan American Union
United Nations
Americas
Capitol Hill
Congress
Rep
Woodruff
R.-Mich
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Supreme Court
Whitney Bowles
Newfoundland
N. J
Bowles
Draft Appeal Board
Federal Circuit Court of Philadelphia
Navy Blimp Drifts From Crash Injures Crew of Nine
A Navy blimp crashed in the hills west of Hollister California shortly after midnight. It drifted away leaving nine crewmen injured including a head injury a broken leg and others with lesser injuries. No fatalities were reported.
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Hollister
Calif
Labor Board Dismisses Union Certification Petition
The Labor Board dismissed a petition by District 50 United Mine Workers of America seeking to certify as the bargaining agent for employees of 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 a 13 year old seventh grader filed an annulment suit to dissolve her marriage to William Henry Cantrill 43 of McArthur Ohio. Attorney David Attig said the girl’s father reported her age as 17 at the time of the July marriage by an Ironton magistrate.
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Cincinnati
Ruth Morrison Cantrill
William Henry Cantrill
McArthur
Cantrill
David Attig
Ironton
Ohio to hold 2.25 million sheep in 1943 says OSU expert
Lawrence K. Bear of Ohio State University Animal Husbandry estimates the state will maintain a sheep population near 2,250,000 head in 1943, about the same as the previous year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lawrence K. Bear
Ohio State University
Doings of Navy Men and War Bond Duty
Frank Knox urges support for the second war loan drive as a small act of gratitude for sailors fighting from the south seas to the Mediterranean. He notes the sacrifice of ships planes and guns and calls on citizens to bear any burdens to sustain victory.
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Knox
Frank Knox
Navy
Associated Press
the Messenger
United States Navy
South Seas
Mediterranean
Wet-Proof Glass Promises Clear Postwar Cars
Detroit reports Dr. Gustav Egloff of University Oil Products Co. predicts postwar auto glass with no silica will resist rain and snow and stay clear of glare. Glass will feature transparent supporting posts and windshields with enhanced visibility. synthetic tires also cited as longer lasting.
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Detroit
American Chemical Society
Gustav Egloff
University Oil Products Co
Chicago
Miners Strike Halts Operations in Eastern Ohio
John Maloney of Rail and River Coal Company reports 400 miners staged a protest strike in Bellaire for draft deferments. Four workers including two mechanics and two foremen received deferments, causing a halt in pit operations.
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Bellaire
John Maloney
Rail and River Coal Company
Maloney
Execution date set for German-born traitor Max Stephan
Max Stephan a German-born man convicted as a traitor has his execution scheduled for Tuesday April 27 at the federal correctional institution in Milan Michigan UPI reports.
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Detroit
UPI
Max Stephan
Federal Correctional Institution
Milan
Mich
RAF Bombers Hit Italian Naval Bases in Spezia and Palermo
British air forces conducted heavy raids against Spezia in Northern Italy and Palermo as part of daytime and night campaigns. Other missions targeted Messina harbor, Northwestern Germany, and rail yards in France, Holland, and Belgium with several aircraft reported missing from the Italian leg and losses in Germany.
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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
Washington Officials of the Office of Price Administration postponed for a month the effective date of new retail prices on beef veal lamb and mutton and suggested some cuts may follow before reinstatement. The regional and store class based prices would have taken effect tomorrow morning and now shift to May 17. Some officials noted protests over potential large increases by major chain stores under the proposed rates.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Home Canners To Get Extra Oil Says OPA
OPA Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced extra sugar for home canners and now extra fuel oil for oil burning stoves used in canning. Local ration boards will grant up to 10 gallons for fuel oil in full and larger requests will be judged by cooking hours required.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Kay Kyser Rejected For 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 cited by Army doctors was not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
Kay Kyser
Kyser
Army
Soldier and Wife Die in Gas Fumes Suicide
Xenia coroner H C Schick rules double suicide in the deaths of Pvt. Albert P. Davis 27 and his wife Virginia 26 both from Dayton. Their bodies were found in a car parked on a highway twelve miles west of Xenia with exhaust fumes piped into the vehicle.
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Xenia —P
H. C. Schick
Albert P. Davis
Virginia
Dayton
Here
Ice Cream Shortage Expected This Summer
CHICAGO 4 Chicago area report says a severe ice cream shortage may occur this summer unless production quotas are raised. D T Carlson of Willmar Minnesota president of the American Dairy Association notes government limits current at 65 percent of last year. He warns 1942 was cool and demand light, risking a sharp shortfall.
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Chicago
D. T. Carlson
Willmar, Minn
American Dairy Association
Wage Increase Petitions Denied by War Labor Board
Washington officials report the War Labor Board rejected voluntary wage offers from about 10,000 employers. The decision blocks adjustment of inequalities and affects an estimated 0.5 to 1 million workers. The board ordered local panels to deny all inter plant adjustments not grounded in the Little Steel formula or living standards, under the president’s hold-the-line order.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
New Deal Propaganda Machine Hit by GOP
Harrison E. Spangler, chairman of the Republican National Committee, charged that the New Deal built a propaganda machine with thousands hired as experts and millions spent, creating a nearly accepted form of political character assassination.
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New Deal
GOP
Concord
N. H
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
16 Year Old Confesses Double Robbery Slaying
Golden Colorado sheriff reports 16 year old Denver youth William Eugene Wymer confessed shoving two younger boys off Castle Rock after robbing them of shoes and a wristwatch. The case involves a lethal fall and a robbery motive.
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Golden, Colo
William Eugene Wymer
Denver
Castle Rock
Howard Vincent
New Draft Rules To Keep More Ohio Men on Farms
Columbus reports new draft classifications favoring farm work to boost food production. Lt. Col. Carl G. Wahl says 2-C and 3-C designations will be permanent for farm occupations and urges farmers with experience to seek farm jobs through local boards.
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Ohio
Columbus
Carl G. Wahl
State Selective Service Headquarters
Wahl
Country Agricultural War Board
Wafil
First Day of Campaign Nets Two Billion in Subscriptions
The 13 billion dollar second war loan drive began with unofficial estimates of about two billion dollars subscribed in the first 24 hours. The Treasury said at least 6,000 newspapers carried free ads and editorials, with about 18,750 full pages to be printed later. Radio appeals and billboards complemented the effort as the campaign runs three weeks.
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Washington
The
Treasury
War Workers Fail To Heed Order To Strike
Cleveland U A CIO organizer said the Thompson Products plant strike over aircraft valves was caused by failure of the regional war labor board to protect workers. Raymond Livingstone, Thompson vice president, called the strike a failure and reported only 65 on the second shift walked in while most of the third shift joined the picket lines as 200 workers remained off duty.
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CIO
United Automobile Workers
Thompson Products, Inc
War Labor Board
Raymond S. Livingstone
Scotch Whiskey Chief Export From Britain
Washington reports Scotch whiskey is a chief product imported from Great Britain under wartime conditions. The disclosure came during House Appropriations Committee hearings on an Agriculture Department appropriation bill released today.
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Washington
Great Britain
Agriculture Department
House Appropriations Committee
Advises Motorists To Care for Old Tags
Hal G. Sours state highway director urged motorists in Columbus to keep their 1942 license plates clean and waxed as metal shortages may force plates to last through 1944 or longer.
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Columbus
Hal G. Sours
Government to lease 500 acres at Ravenna arsenal
Captain C. W. Gruber public relations officer said the government will try to lease about 500 acres of land at the Ravenna Ordnance plant to farmers for agricultural purposes by April 22.
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Ravenna
C. W. Gruber
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
Arsenal
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