Allied Air Attacks Hit New Guinea Convoy and Bases
Allied Fortresses attacked a Japanese convoy near Wewak New Guinea, sinking a cargo ship and damaging others while bombing Lakuani Rabaul and Gasmata airfields. American and Australian casualties reached 10,531 with 4,554 killed or missing and 5,977 wounded. In the Central Solomons raids continued on the enemy power source and vessel targets.
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Allied Headquarters
Australia
Flyg
Wewakew Guinea
Wewak Roaf
Lae
New Guinea
North St
Salamaua
Japan
Lakuani
Rabaul
New Britain
New Lmea
Port Moresby
New Bitain
Buigap Creek
Mubo
Olomon Islands
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Compromise Sought on Tax Withholding Plan in Congress
Bipartisan leaders from both parties assemble in Rayburns office to pursue a compromise on pay as you earn income tax legislation. The plan reportedly centers on a 20 percent withholding levy on portions of pay envelopes effective July 1, with participation by Speaker Rayburn and key figures from Massachusetts and the Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Martin
Massachus
McCork
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Public Demand for Vitamin Preparations Surges in Chicago
AP reports that one third of ration store customers buy vitamin preparations manufactured in large quantities. Walton Bobst of New York says demand is rising as the National Wholesale Druggists Association notes annual vitamin sales near 150000 dollars, a dramatic increase from two decades ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Walton Bobst
New York
National Wholesale Drug- Me Association
Strikers Resume Work at Toledo Plant
At Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo 150 CIO UAW members returned to work after a strike that halted Jeep assembly. Unit chairman Jank Rossiter said the workforce planned to decide later on requesting an international UAW strike authorization.
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Toledo
Jank Rossiter
Cio-United Automobile Works
Spicer
Mpany
International Uaw
OWI Foresees Serious Home Food Shortage
The Office of War Information warned civilians face a serious food situation with shortages, noting overall food may be about six percent below 1942 levels despite more production. The report faced delays and internal controversy, leading to 15 OWI writers resigning over how the facts were presented.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Elmer Davis
Bricker Seeks Action On Food Tax Repeal Showdown
Gov. John W. Bricker plans to testify before the House Taxation Committee on Monday to push an administration bill repealing the sales tax on food served by hotels and restaurants. The measure, also covering prescription medicines, would save taxpayers about 5 million dollars annually. Observers see a possible test of Bricker’s legislative prestige if the House rebuffs the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John W. Bricker
House Taxation Committee
Senate
Ohio
Bricker
House
French Prisoners Ordered to Work in Nazi Plants
Reports from France state Premier Laval approved a German plan to use all French prisoners of war for immediate labor in Nazi war industries. The Daily Mail claims 1,250,000 French POWs were placed at Germanys disposal with no option to refuse.
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Madrid
France
Laval
The
Daily Mail
London
Germany
Deferments Tie Up Coal Mine Strike
Unionists at Rail and River Coal Company No 3 Mine stay off work after vote to protest draft deferments for four employees. About 400 miners halted operations since Monday as Mine Supt. Maloney cites 117 drafted and eight total deferments across three area mines.
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Bellaire
Rail and River Coal Company
James Monroe
United Mine Workers
Monroe
John Maloney
Present for Adolf Is War Bond Drive Birthday Tease
James D. White notes Washington Pa observers urge April bond purchases to celebrate Hitler's birthday by buying war bonds. He says the drive has raised over one third of the 13 billion goal as Americans are urged to fund a war costing about six billion dollars monthly to curb inflation and finance U S efforts.
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James D. White
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Treasury
Austin V. McClain
Washington, Pa
Observer, S
Hitler
Army
United States
Ceelean
War Bonds Offer Security For Purchasers
Byron Price explains War Bonds as a government promise to aid postwar readjustment and to pay interest. He urges readers to buy bonds now, arguing extra dollars speed victory and secure future stability for the purchaser and nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Price
Office of Censorship
Associated Press
the Messenger
New Deal Faces Opposition on Multiple Capitol Fronts
Washington reports show administration partners under fire over labor resistance to the anti inflation order Morgenthau dollar policy and a plan to stabilize currency with an international pool. Taft argues Congress must control money value while WPB quarrels over creating a civilian supply boss and a new vice chairman appointed to oversee the division.
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Washington
Treasury
Universal
Atlas Cement Company
AFL
WLB
CIO
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Morgenthau
Senate Banking Committee
House
Uncle Sam
Capitol Hill
War Production Board
Senate
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun and Bradstreet
Joseph L. Wei
Ex War Plant Workers Arrested on Towboat
Two former Detroit war plant workers were removed from an Ohio River towboat near Ironton Ohio by Huntington police and federal agents. They are held in Cabell Jail for FBI questioning about their departure from the war plant and subsequent towboat employment.
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Huntington
W. Va
Detroit
Ironton
Cabell
FBI
E. E. Kuhnel
22 Prisoners Escape From Georgia Prison
In Reidsville Georgia early today two notorious escape artists led 22 inmates described by the warden as the worst the facility held in overpowering three unarmed guards at Tattnall State Prison. They restrained Guards Morrison Overstreet and Spivey, locked them in a cell, and unlocked the front gate.
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Reidsville
Georgia
Tattnall State Prison
H. R. DuVall
B. G. Morrison
W. E. Overstreet
N. M. Spivey
Inspection delays may still qualify for gas rationing
Motorists who missed inspection deadlines can still obtain gasoline rationing by presenting a valid good reason, according to a ruling by the office of price administration.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Allies Hold Key Tunisian Heights Amid Great Battles
Allied headquarters reported day long clashes on the heights north of Medjez El Bab thirty miles from Tunis. British First Army pushed toward Tebourba within 15 miles of the capital as Montgomery’s Eighth Army massed guns for Enfidaville. French forces reportedly took 1000 prisoners and killed about 1000 on the western flank while air power damaged Axis fields and targets in Sardinia.
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Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
First Army
Tebourba
Paign
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Enfidaville
Reuters
Henri Giraud
Northern Ohio Sees Record Snowfall Delays Transit
A heavy snowstorm blanketed Northern Ohio setting date records in Geauga County with six inches and four inches in Youngstown. In Cleveland a three inch fall broke an April 16 record and delayed traffic and buses while airport departures faced grounding, marking widespread disruption.
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Pat Kuhn
Cleveland
Ohio
Geauga County
State Highway Department
Youngstown
Weather Bureau
Chandler asks Senate for adequate support for MacArthur
Senator Chandler of Kentucky urged the Senate to influence adequate planes, men, and equipment for Gen Douglas MacArthur to wage an offensive against Japan. He said the fight against Japan is not a second class war but the toughest struggle the United States has faced.
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Washington
Chandler
D.-Ky
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Japan
Seven Welders Arrested for Liberty Ship Sabotage
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of seven men formerly employed as welders at the Bethlehem Fairfield Maryland shipyards on charges of sabotaging Liberty Ships. Hoover said the men admitted faulty welding to finish work quickly and earn more money, and there was no evidence of Axis direction or sympathy.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bethlehem Fairfield
Hoover
Cocoanut Grove Owner Sentenced for Nightclub Fire
Barnett Welansky, owner of the Cocoanut Grove Night Club, was sentenced in Boston to 12 to 15 years in state prison for manslaughter after being convicted on 19 counts. The sentences run concurrently on all counts.
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Boston
Barnett Welansky
Cocoanut Grove
Welansky
Milk price rises one cent a quart to 14 cents
The price of milk advanced one cent a quart to 14 cents here today. The OPA authorized the increase March 1.
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OPA
Racketeers Ruin Hundreds of Tires
Cleveland report says racketeers are running hundreds of tires weekly and the Office of Price Administration will inspect. Clifford J. Houser, regional rationing executive, announced OPA specialists will probe recap activities to verify tires were cured in molds and that retreads on recapable tires were properly cut.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Clifford J. Houser
OPA
Houser
Allied air activity and Soviet advances mark broad WWII air war
Allied bomber sweeps over the Tunis coast and French channel coast confront sparse German fighter resistance. RAF Mosquito and Whirlwind raids target rail and air bases while US Eighth Air Force reports two enemy planes shot down and two missing. Soviet forces push in Kuban capturing a German stronghold as Donets defenses hold. Red Star notes heavy German losses and pilot shortages amid large air battles.
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Tunisia
Tunis
French Channel
France
Dunkerque
Boulogne
Germany
Eighth Air Force
Red Army
Leningrad
Kuban
Caucasus
Donets
Chuguev
Red Star
Ohio Invests In War Bonds
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright announced the investment of 15 million dollars of general and revenue funds into one year War Bonds at seven eighths of one percent interest. He plans to invest 21 million more from retirement and other funds. Allocation credits Athens County at 30,700 dollars toward the Second War Bond Drive.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Industrial Commission Fund
Ebright
Athens County
No Need to Lower Draft Age Says Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson stated the manpower situation does not require lowering the minimum draft age from 18 to 17. He answered the question at a press conference in Washington.
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Stimson
Washington
Man in California shipyard works nine months for love of country
Rep Hagen tells of a Oklahoma couple who sold their home and moved to California to help the war effort. The husband earned 95 cents to over a dollar an hour and did not realize he was paid. most wages were saved for War Bonds. The foreman and a bank helped reveal the pay and its patriotic use.
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Washington
California
Hagen
Minnesota Farmer-Laborite
Oklahoma
Liquor Ration May Be Over Pint Monthly
Ohio officials predict possible expansion of liquor rations in mid May with potential to reach a quart monthly if drinking habits mirror other states. Statisticians estimate 2.5 million registrants could yield a pint per month initially, with potential doubling if purchases remain steady. West Virginia also plans to start rationing soon but has not announced initial allotments.
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Columbus
West Virginia
Liquor Control Commission
Duce rushes defense on Italian islands
Berlin radio reports Mussolini declared Sicily Sardinia and nearby islands a military operation zone as Allied attack looms. Moscow radio cites emergency in Sardinia after an anti-government group is found. three arrests noted.
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London
Mussolini
Berlin Radio Today
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Moscow
No More Deferments For Government Clerks
The House Military Committee urged Selective Service to direct draft boards to review files to end deferments of government employees not clearly justified. They cited many clerks being deferred due to newly claimed titles and duties. Oil price rise proposal noted by Petroleum Administrator Ickes.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Ickes
House
Small ‘Business Committee
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NEA
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Coast Guard
Adolf
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Duce
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