Allied Bomber Raids Weaken New Guinea Convoy
Allied Fortresses attacked a Japanese convoy near Wewak New Guinea, sinking a 8000 ton cargo ship and forcing another 5000 ton vessel to beach. A destroyer and gunboat were targeted as air attacks continued against Lae Salamaua and surrounding air bases. American and Australian casualties reached 10,531 with 4,554 killed or missing and 5,977 wounded.
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Australia
Flyg
Wewakew Guinea
Wewak Rbor
Ewak
Devely
Lae
New Guinea
Bismarck A
Salamaua
Japan
Lakuani
Rabaul
New Britain
New Lmea
Port Moresby
New Bitain
Buigap Creek
Mubo
Guinea
Jomon Islands
North Pacific
Kiska Island
Compromise Sought on Tax Withholding Plan
House leaders from both parties met at Rayburns office to pursue a bi partisan compromise on pay as you earn income tax. Attendees included Martin of Massachusetts McCormack of Massachusetts Doughton and members of the Ways and Means Committee. A 20 percent withholding levy against pay envelopes and salary checks around July was under consideration.
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Washington
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Martin
Massachusetts
McCormack
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Public’s Vitamin Demand Soars In National Drug Trade
Walton Bobst of New York told the National Wholesale Druggists' Association that demand for vitamin preparations is rising rapidly. One third of the nation's drug store customers buy vitamins, with production in fantastic quantities to meet the surge. Sales in this field approach 150 million dollars, up from under 500000 two decades ago.
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Chicago
Walton Bobst
New York
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
150 Strikers Resume Work at Toledo Plant
A CIO United Auto Workers strike at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo ended today as 150 workers voted to return to work. The unit chairman Frank Rossiter said the action halted Army jeep assembly and a later vote will decide if the International UAW should be asked to authorize a new strike.
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Toledo
Frank Rossiter
Cio-United Automobile Work
Spicer Manufacturingompany
UAW
OWI Foresees Serious Homefood Shortage
Washington AP The Office of War Information warned civilians face a serious food situation amid nationwide attention after 15 OWI writers resigned over the report. The agency projected about 3 percent more food this year than pre war levels but 6 percent less than 1942, with production to rise yet many unpredictable factors loom. Director Elmer Davis said the report was delayed due to interagency disagreements.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWI
Elmer Davis
Bricker Seeks Showdown On Food Tax Repeal
Gov. John W. Bricker plans to press the House Taxation Committee to report out an administration bill repealing the sales tax on food served by hotels and restaurants. The measure, also covering prescription medicines, could save about 5 million dollars yearly. observers expect a strong push given Senate approval and Bricker’s prestige at stake.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
House Taxation Committee
Senate
Ohio
Bricker
House Committee
French Prisoners To Work in Nazi Plants
Reports from France say Laval approved a German plan to use all French prisoners of war in Nazi war industries. The Daily Mail adds 1,250,000 prisoners were placed at Germanys disposal with no right to refuse.
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Madrid
France
Laval
The
Daily Mail
London
Germany
Deferments Spark Strike at Local Coal Mine
Unionists at Rail and River Coal Company No. 3 Mine will stay on strike until four workers granted Army draft deferments are fired or resign. James Monroe of the United Mine Workers local says strikers voted to protest deferments for two mechanics and two outside foremen. About 400 miners walked out Monday and 117 have been drafted. eight deferments have been granted 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
James D White notes on Adolf Hitler's birthday urging Americans to buy war bonds to fund a $13 billion drive. Washington Pa Observer editor suggests bonds as a gift to Hitler, with potential military items delivered by the Army. Treasury asks April purchases from current income to fund a war costing six billion dollars monthly and curb inflation.
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James D. White
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Treasury
Austin V. McClain
Washington, Pa
Observer, S
Hitler
Army
United States
War Bonds Offer Security For Purchaser After War
Director Byron Price explains War Bonds as the government's promise to aid postwar readjustment. He urges readers to buy War Bonds to support victory and secure personal financial returns with interest. The message frames bonds as both wartime help and postwar security.
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Byron Price
Office of Censorship
Associated Press
the Messenger
New Deal Faces Unified Opposition Across Capitol Fronts
Washington reports intense criticism of wartime policy across three fronts. Labor resistance challenges the hold the line order and wage controls affecting Universal Atlas Cement workers. Senators debate extending dollar devaluation powers and Morgenthau’s international currency plan as House sentiment splits. WPB friction grows over civilian supply boss legislation with Arthur White slated to lead and CIO backing seen as pivotal.
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Washington
Treasury
Nuch
Universal
Atlas Cement Company
AFL
WLB
CIO
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Morgenthau
House
Uncle Sam
Capitol Hill
War Production Board
Senate
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Arthur D. Whiteside
Dun and Bradstreet
Joseph L. Weiner
Weiner
Nelson
Banking Committee
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 and federal police. They were held in Cabell Jail for FBI questioning as investigators scrutinize their departure from the plant and later employment on the towboat.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ironton
Cabell
FBI
E. E. Kuhnel
22 Prisoners Escape From Georgia Prison
REIDSVILLE Ga Led by two notorious Georgia escape artists 22 prisoners described by the warden as the worst we got escaped from Tattnall State Prison early today after overpowering three unarmed guards Warden H R DuVall said three prisoners jumped on Guards B G Morrison W E Overstreet and N M Spivey locked them in a cell took the prison keys 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
Motoring Inspection Delays May Still Qualify for Rations
The Office of Price Administration ruled that drivers missing inspection deadlines can still qualify for gasoline rations if they present a good reason for the delay.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Allies Hold Key Tunisian Heights in Fierce Counterattacks
Allied reports say heavy daylong battles northwest of Medjez el Bab 30 miles from Tunis left high ground in Allied hands. British First Army advanced toward Tebourba while Montgomery prepared to strike Enfidaville as Giraud’s troops claimed 1000 prisoners and 1000 killed on the western flank. Air raids damaged Axis air fields. total planes lost estimated above 450 in combat plus 150 destroyed on the ground.
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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
Tunisia
Sardinia
Decimomannu
Mediterranean
Northern Ohio Hit by Record Snowfall
A heavy snowstorm blanketed Northern Ohio setting date records in several cities. Geauga County reported six inches with state crews clearing roads. Youngstown saw four inches delaying bus travel. Cleveland recorded three inches on April 16 with blizzard like conditions and reduced visibility. Airport departures continued while inbound flights were grounded.
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Pat Kuhn
Cleveland
Ohio
Geauga County
State Highway Department
Youngstown
Weather Bureau
Chandler urges Senate to back MacArthur with planes and troops
Senator Chandler of Kentucky appealed to the Senate to use its influence to provide Gen Douglas MacArthur with adequate planes, men and equipment for an offensive against Japan. He argued the war against Japan is the toughest struggle the United States has faced and must not be treated as a second class war.
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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 announces the arrest of seven former welders at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards in Maryland for sabotaging Liberty Ships. He says they admitted faulty welding to finish work quickly for extra pay and found no Axis direction or sympathies among them.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bethlehem Fairfield
Hoover
Cocoanut Grove Owner Sentenced for Manslaughter
Barnett Welansky, owner of the Cocoanut Grove Night Club, was sentenced in Boston Superior Court to 12 to 15 years in state prison on 19 counts of manslaughter for the November 28 fire that killed 490. The sentences run concurrently at hard labor.
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Boston
Barnett Welansky
Cocoanut Grove
Welansky
Milk price up one cent a quart to 14 cents here
The price of milk rose by one cent per quart reaching 14 cents in Tiffin today. The OPA authorized the increase effective March 1.
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OPA
Racketeers Ruin Hundreds of Tires Recap
Cleveland OPA regional official Clifford J. Houser said investigators will check racketeers selling recapped tires to ensure tires are cured in molds and that retreads on recapable tires have been properly cut.
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Cleveland
Office of Price Administration
Clifford J. Houser
OPA
Houser
Allied Air Activity and Soviet Advances Reported Across Fronts
Allied fighter sweeps over Tunisia and France and a big four engine bomber raid over a southeast coast town mark a day of intense air action. Soviet forces advance in Kuban and absorb counterattacks on the Donets line while Red Star cites heavy German losses and mass air battles along the Len ingrad front.
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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 One-Year Issue
State Treasurer Don H. Ebright announced $15,000,000 of general revenue funds invested in one-year War Bonds at seven eighths percent. He plans $21,000,000 more from retirement and industrial funds into longer term bonds. Athens County receives a $30,700 credit toward its Second War Bond Drive quota.
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Columbus
Don H. Ebright
Industrial Commission Fund
Ebright
Athens County
No Need for Lowering Draft Age Says Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson stated the manpower situation does not require lowering the draft age from 17 to 14. His comment came during a press conference question in Washington.
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Stimson
Washington
Man in California shipyard worked for love of country
Rep Hagen recounted a California shipyard tale of a Oklahoma couple who sold their home to help the war effort. The man believed he was unpaid and worked for his country while his wife supported them. paychecks were cashed, with much going to War Bonds.
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Washington
California
Hagen
Minnesota
Farmer-Laborite
Oklahoma
Liquor Ration in Ohio May Allow More Than Pint
Ohio officials predict rationing could start in mid May with an initial pint per month per registrant based on past purchases. If 50 to 60 percent buy, Director Don A. Fisher may double the allotment, potentially reaching a quart for some. West Virginia also plans near term rationing but gave no initial allotment.
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Columbus
West Virginia
Liquor Control Commission
Duce Announces Defense of Sicily Sardinia and Islands
Berlin radio reported Mussolini declared Sicily Sardinia and southern islands as military operations areas amid expected Allied attack. Moscow radio spoke of a Sardinia emergency following an anti-government group disruption plan with three arrests reported.
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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 Director Hershey to issue a directive to draft boards to revoke deferments for government clerks unless backed by solid evidence. It cited many clerks gaining titles and duties that imply essentiality to gain deferrals. Petroleum Administrator Ickes proposed a general crude oil price raise of 35 cents per barrel to aid small business.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Ickes
House
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