Allied Fliers Down 58 Nazi Transports
Allied ground forces pressing Rommel at Tunis face heavy Axis resistance along the Pont Du Fahs Tunis road as German reinforcements arrive. In the Kuban, Pravda reports Soviet air and ground actions. 25 enemy planes down, eight crippled, and a large enemy fighter base destroyed near Leningrad.
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Rommel
Pont du Pe
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Paris
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
Pont du Fahis
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunis-Bizerte
Pont du Faris
von Arnim
Kuban
Caucasus
Red Army
Black Sea
Pravda
Leningrad Front
Compromise Pay-Go Plan Talks Continue in Congress
Washington AP report on a Ways and Means compromise group working for a pay-as-you-go income tax plan. Leaders from both parties meet amid optimism for an early House vote, while Senate actions focus on a minor deficiency bill and a postwar peace force poll.
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Washington
Ways of Means
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Repeentative Knutson
R-Minn
Knutson
Capitol Hill
Senate
Capitol
Barkley
Barney Ross Speaks At Ohio War Plants
Barney Ross arrived in Cleveland with his wife to spur war production for Marines. He was greeted by Mayor Frank J. Ashen and planned a one day tour of Cleveland Akron and Kent plants. He told reporters the Pacific war would shorten if America concentrates on helping MacArthur and the Navy.
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Cleveland
Barney
Guadalcanal
Frank J. Asche
Akron
Kent
Merica
MacArthur
Navy
Emma Tucker Dies in Marion Ind Sunday
MARION Ind Mrs Emma Acker Tucker died here Sunday evening funeral plans were incomplete with the funeral party expected to arrive in town on Tuesday.
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Emma Tucker
Marion
Ind
Emma Acker
U S Planes Stage 10 Raids On Jap Holdings on Kiska
Allied air forces report ten raids on Kiska including Liberators Mitchells and Lightnings striking the runway and camp and destroying six Japanese planes while two ships are damaged in the Solomons. Japanese counterattacks at Guadalcanal cause minor damage and casualties.
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U.S
Kiska
Pacific
Aleutians
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Navy
Guadalcanal
Penfoei
Timor
Dutch East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Arc
Kavieng
New Ireland
Kaladan River
Abakan
China
Ichang
Yangtze
Predict Liquor Rationing by Dealers Shortly
Detroit officials of the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association predict liquor rationing by dealers within months as wartime supplies stay tight. John H. Law of Chicago says rationing will come from market conditions not the Office of Price Administration. Dealers acknowledge drastically limited supplies with no expected resumption during the war.
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Detroit
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Office of Price Administration
John H. Law
Chicago
Harmon, Rest of Crew Separated in Jungle
Lieut Tom Harmon former Michigan All America halfback wandered four days in Dutch Guiana jungles after a plane crash before rescue by natives and transport to a base hospital He is treated for exposure while other crew members remain missing Coach Fritz Crisler relayed War Department information.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tom Harmon
Dutch Guiana
of Michigan
Herbert O
Fritz) Crisler
War Department
Washington
Akron Transportation Strike Postponed After War Board Action
Akron transportation unionists delayed a threatened strike to avoid disrupting workers at war plants. CIO Transportation Workers Union members voted to heed a regional War Labor Board request not to strike pending a WLB hearing.
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Akron
CIO Transportation Workers Union
War Labor Board
WLB
War Manpower Order Sends Loggers Back to Woods
In Portland Oregon observers say War Manpower Commission bids loggers to leave high paying industrial jobs and return to logging camps. The order aims to fix the west’s manpower problem with no noted opposition, reflecting past strikes over wages and work in the lumber region.
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Portland
Ore
War Manpower Commission
Pacific Northwest
West
Chinese Rescued After 130 Days on Life Raft
The Chinese survivor endured 130 days on a life raft after his ship was torpedoed in the South Atlantic. P J Noel Baker of the War Transport Ministry disclosed the tale, noting it surpassed previous lifeboat endurance records. British sources said the ship sank and the man reached South America, likely in a hospital.
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London
P. J. Noel Baker
War Transport Ministry
South Atlantic
South America
War bonds drive nears goal with four billion needed
Treasury figures show 9 billion subscribed by Friday night while John Q Citizen has bought 904 million in the drive aimed at 13 billion by April. Morgenthau notes the bulk comes from large investors and says individual purchases lag, leaving four billion to raise to reach the target.
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Treasury
Citizen
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Allied air gains touted as Axis losses hit 519 planes
Lieut. Gen. Carl Spaatz declared air supremacy in the Mareth Line period with 519 Axis planes downed since March 20 and nearly 1,000 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground while Allied bombers struck Spezia and Bremen targets as RAF and USAAF combined to blunt Axis forces.
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Carl Spaatz
Northwest Africa
Spaatz
Tunisia
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Luftwaffe
Axis
Northwest
Africa
RAF
Alps
Spezia
Fighter
Lorient
French
Pilsen
Mannheim
Germany
U. S. Army
Focke-Wulf
Bremen
U. S. Air Force
Court Refuses To Halt Bingo In Cincinnati
The Ohio First District Court of Appeals refused to issue a writ of mandamus to stop Cincinnati bingo, labeling it a game of chance and an illegal activity. The court said mandamus was improper and an injunction under section 4311 provides the remedy, while city officials await ruling details.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Ohio General’ Code
Warns of Danger in Denying Press Coverage
Roy A. Roberts of the American Society of Newspaper Editors warned that President Roosevelt's policy to restrict coverage of the United Nations food conference sets dangerous precedents. He said the move challenges the public right to information and could choke free inquiry and the flow of full information to citizens.
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New York
Roy A. Roberts
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Roosevelt
Roberts
Cold damages Ohio apple and peach crops hit by cold
Norman C. Childres assistant professor of horticulture at Ohio State University says early apple and peach crops in Southern Ohio probably will be reduced due to recent cold weather. Northeastern Ohio, the state's largest fruit producing area, was unscathed.
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Columbus
Norman C. Childres
Ohio State University
Ohio
Nazis to honor Hitler in Reich birthday display
Berlin radio reported that Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels ordered a general display of the German flag throughout the Reich tomorrow to honor Adolf Hitler's 54th birthday.
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Hitler
London
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Adolf Hitler
British coastal forces sink enemy trawler off Holland
British light coastal units clashed with three armed enemy trawlers off the Dutch coast and sank one in the engagement.
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London
Holland
No Coupon Needed for Pro Baseballers Shoes
The Office of Price Administration ruled that professional baseball clubs may acquire "work shoes" for players without ration coupons while the clubs must retain title to the shoes. The interpretation distinguishes pro players from semi professional and amateur athletes under shoe rationing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fighter Paul C. Smith Receives Marine Training Honors
Paul C. Smith, fighter and newspaperman who left his OWI role and Navy commission to join the Marines, is shown at Parris Island South Carolina in combat helmet during maneuvers. He was named outstanding young man of 1942.
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Paul C. Smith
OWI
Marines
Parris Island
S. C
Smith
Schools Task in War Cited by Governor at Dayton
Governor Bricker told 159 University of Dayton graduates that schools must train technicians and officers for war work. He urged leadership through Christian ideals to keep society peaceful and warned against centralized government and state collectivism as threats to freedom.
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Dayton
John W. Bricker
University of Dayton
America
German Leader Arrives To Organize Balkans
The Algiers radio quoted Istanbul sources that Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel has landed in Sofia to organize a unified Balkans command of German Italian and Balkan officers. It also said German Elite Guards and Gestapo units arrived in Austria and pamphlets on invasion behavior were distributed in Greece. In Circleville an automobile struck a utility pole near Tarlton killing 53 year old Bryan H Miller of St Bernard.
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London
Algiers
Istanbul
Turkey
Wilhelm Keitel
Sofia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Balkan
Gestapo
Austria
Greece
Circleville
Tarlton
Bryan H. Miller
St. Bernard
Allied Air Triumph Over Axis Armada Near Tunisia
Allied aircrews from the western desert and South Africa racked up a massive victory over a 100-strong Axis transport armada off Tunisia. 74 destroyed, 30 damaged, total 85 enemy aircraft downed. seven Allied planes lost with one pilot safe. Jets targeted Sicily and Sardinia including Porto Torres harbor.
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Nounced Wuay
United States
Western Desert Air Force
Sicilian
Erwin Rommel
Junkers
Sicily
Cape Bon
Mediterranean
Tunis
Cairo
OPA Bans All Vacation Gas For Summer Homes
The OPA prohibited extra gasoline rations for driving to summer homes and banned pleasure boating fuel in the East. Regular gasoline coupons remain valid for seasonal destinations, but location ration boards must not issue extra coupons. The agency warned against vacation travel amid rubber and gasoline shortages.
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Washington
OPA
Nazi Mines Expected Off U S Coast as U Boats Return
Naval experts warn German submarines may deploy extensive mines along American coastal waters this spring or summer as U boats resume activity. Enhanced offshore anti submarine weapons and increased patrols by planes blimps and small boats could blunt mines efforts but navy mine sweepers are ready to detect and destroy these explosive hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Nations
Atlantic
United States
Ing
Navy
United States Navy
DAR Opposes Political Union Following War
Cincinnati AP The 52nd Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution declares it firmly opposes any political union with other nations that would limit U S independence. It calls for complete sovereignty in military matters immigration policy territorial possessions and constitutional guarantees. It also denounces strikes absenteeism and racketeering greed in politics and industry as wartime abuses.
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Cincinnati
Continental Congress
the Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
Ine Corporation
United States of America
Senate To Reconsider Female Labor Measure In Ohio
In Columbus the Senate plans a special order on the female labor bill after a 13 member Republican revolt March 17 blocked a 52 hour work week for women and minors. Tomorrow the House Judiciary Committee will receive a sub committee recommendation on a labor unions bill, details pending.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Soft Coal Operators Miners Set Meetings for Tomorrow
A spokesman says Southern Appalachian operators and United Mine Workers will reconvene wage talks tomorrow to allow developments. Northern Appalachian soft coal conference will also resume at 10 a.m. and the anthracite contract conference at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.
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NEW York
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Job Placements Reach Record High in March
The U S Employment Service in Ohio reports 52370 placements in March a 6 percent rise from February a record high. Women accounted for 19446 placements a 40 percent rise from March 1942 and 11 percent higher than February.
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Columbus
Ohio
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Harry Hosford
Great Lakes
of Hunt
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Ala
Taft
Burton
Ihe
National Resources Planing Board
Frederic A. Deano
McKellar D‘mn
Barney Ross
Horthy
Nicho- Horthy
Samuel H. “Re
Messenger
Angel of
NEA
Allied Medical Corps
Akron Transportation
John Q
Desert
Forte Resses
Porto Torres
Come Munique
Palermo Harbor
Royal Navy
Gulf of Tunis
Palermo
DAR
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