Allied Ground Forces Press Rommel Clock Allies Near Tunis
Allied forces prepare for a major assault on Rommel's Tunisian defenses as Paris radio reports ground fighting along the Pont Du Fahs to Tunis road. Axis forces reinforce, while German and Italian commanders claim intensified actions and attempts to hinder the advance toward Enfidaville and Tunis.
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Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Paris
Pont du Faris
Tunis
Rommel
Pont du Fahs
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunis-Bizerte
von Arnim
Pay as You Go Tax Plan Faces Hurdles on Capitol Hill
A six member Ways and Means Committee group discusses a compromise pay-as-you-go income tax plan. Democrats resist and Republicans push for a modified Rum Plan as leaders hope for a House vote this week or next. Senate mood appears divided with a poll showing mixed support for postwar international action and peacekeeping.
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Ashington
Ways Means
Paron
Ways and Means
Makup
Mittee
Iman Doughton
D-Nc
Sy and Means Committee
Knutson
R-Minn
Barney Ross Speaks At Ohio War Plants
Cleveland crowds hear Barney Ross address Marines and factory workers at war plants in Cleveland Akron and Kent. The lightweight champion praised Allied leadership and urged producers to accelerate shipments and equipment for MacArthur and the Navy amid World War II efforts.
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Barney Ross
Ohio
Cleveland
Barney Is
Guadalcanal
Frank J. Sche
Akron Kent
Merica
MacArthur
Navy
Emma Tucker Dies in Marion Ind on Sunday
Marion Indiana reports Mrs Emma Tucker died Sunday evening in Marion Funeral services planned with details pending Funeral party to arrive Tuesday and preliminary arrangements incomplete
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Mma Tucker
Marion
Ind
Marion, Ind
Emmaker
Ens
U.S. Planes Stage 10 Raids On Jap Holdings on Kiska
American Liberators Mitchells Lightnings and Warhawks led ten raids on Kiska reports say, with hits on the runway and camp. Six Japanese planes were destroyed and two surface ships damaged in the Solomons as Guadalcanal faced light strikes. MacArthur's front saw a major Timor attack by Mitchells while bombings extended around the island arc and Kavieng. RAF bombers hit targets in Kaladan and Abakan while Chinese troops claimed 600 Japanese killed near Ichang on the Yangtze.
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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 reports officials of the National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association predict consumer liquor rationing within months. John H. Law of Chicago says rationing will be by dealers rather than an OPA action since liquor is nonessential and supplies are severely limited for the war duration.
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Detroit
National Alcoholic Beverage Control Association
Office of Price Administration
John H. Law
Chicago
Harmon and crew separated after plane crash in jungle
Ann Arbor Michigan News reports four Lieutenant Tom Harmon wandered alone in Dutch Guiana jungles for four days after a plane crash before rescue by natives. He is treated for exposure at a base hospital. Other crew members remain missing. Crisler, his former Michigan coach, said War Department officials conveyed the update.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tom Harmon
Dutch Guiana
University of Michigan
Herbert O
Fritz) Crisler
War Department
Washington
Akron Transit Strike Postponed After War Board Request
Akron transportation unionists shelved a planned walkout affecting thousands of workers during wartime. CIO Transportation Workers Union members voted to refrain from striking for higher wages pending a War Labor Board hearing.
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Akron
CIO Transportation Workers Union
War Labor Board
WLB
War Manpower Commission orders loggers back to woods
In Portland Oregon observers say the War Manpower Commission's order to move loggers from high paying non-wood jobs back into the woods may set patterns for future civilian conscription. The order aims to solve the western manpower problem and mirrors past wage disputes, though no opposition has arisen.
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Portland
Ore
War Manpower Commission
Pacific Northwest
West
Chinese Rescued After 130 Days on Life Raft
A Chinese survivor, torpedoed from his ship in the South Atlantic, endured 130 days alone on a life raft. The tale, 47 days longer than previous records, was released by P. J. Noel Baker, War Transport Ministry official. British sources indicate his vessel sank and he reached South America, likely hospitalized.
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London
P. J. Noel Baker
War Transport Ministry
South Atlantic
South America
Treasury war bond drive nears halfway mark
Treasury figures show 9 billion subscribed by Friday night toward a 13 billion goal. John Q Citizen had bought 904 million, with four billion still needed by April to reach the target. Morgenthau notes individual purchases lag behind expectations from big investors.
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Washington
John Q. Citizen
Treasury
Citizen
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Axis Planes Down 519 Since March 20, Spaatz Claims
Lieut. Gen. Carl Spaatz said Allied air forces achieved air supremacy in the Mareth Line campaign with 519 Axis planes shot down since March 20 and about 1,000 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground. He noted Luftwaffe raids are rare and praised American pilots and RAF cooperation.
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Carl Spaatz
Northwest Africa
Spaatz
Tunisia
Sicily
Sardinia
Italy
Luftwaffe
Axis
Northwest
Africa
RAF
Alps
Spezia
Fighter Command
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 denied a mandamus to stop Cincinnati bingo, calling it a game of chance and a legal violation. It said mandamus was not proper and that Section 4311 offers an injunction route to restrain misapplication of funds or abuse of corporate powers. City officials would study the ruling before commenting.
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Cincinnati
First
Ohio Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Warns of Danger in Denying Press Coverage
Roy A. Roberts president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors warns that President Roosevelts policy to restrict news coverage of the approaching United Nations food program threatens public access to information. He says the policy challenges free information and the right to receive public news without government control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roy A. Roberts
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Roosevelt
Roberts
Cold Weather Hurts Ohio Apple and Peach Crops
Norman C. Childres of Ohio State University says early apple and peach crops in Southern Ohio will likely be reduced due to recent cold weather. He notes Northeastern Ohio, the state's top fruit area, escaped damage.
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Columbus
Norman C. Childres
Ohio State University
Ohio
Nazis to Honor Hitler Birthday Flag Display Ordered
Berlin radio reported that Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels ordered a general display of the German flag throughout the Reich tomorrow to mark Adolf Hitler's 54th birthday. British coastal forces sank one of three armed enemy trawlers off Holland in a sharp engagement yesterday.
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Hitler
London
Berlin
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Holland
No Coupon Needed for Pro Baseballers Shoes
The Office of Price Administration ruled baseball clubs may buy work shoes for players without ration coupons while retaining title to the shoes. The policy distinguishes pro players from semi professional and amateur athletes.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Fighter Paul C. Smith Named Outstanding Young Man of 1942
Paul C. Smith, fighter and newspaperman who left an OWI post and a Navy commission to join the Marines, is shown in combat helmet at Parris Island maneuvers. He was named outstanding young man of 1942.
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Paul C. Smith
OWI
Marines
Parris Island
Smith
Schools' Task In War Cited By Governor
Governor Bricker told 159 University of Dayton graduates that schools must train technicians and officers for war work. He urged leadership and Christian ideals to motivate peaceful society while warning against centralized government and state collectivism.
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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 reached Sofia to form a unified Balkans command with German Italian and Balkan officers. New German Elite Guards and Gestapo units were reported in Austria, and civilians were urged on how to behave in an invasion. A separate notice reports Bryan H. Miller 53 of St Bernard killed in a collision near Circleville.
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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 Forces Destroy 85 Axis Planes In Mediterranean Sweep
American and South African pilots in the western desert air force decimated a large Axis armada near Tunisia and Sicily. They shot down 58 Ju 52 transports and 16 escort fighters, with total losses reported for the day including seven Allied aircraft. Operations extended from the Sicilian Straits to Sardinia, as Fortresses and bombers hit Palermo harbor and Tunisian airfields, destroying ships and damaging rail yards.
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Kuban
Caucasus
Red Army
Black Sea
Pravda
Leningrad Front
Desert
Nounced Waay
Western Desert Air Force
Sicilian
Erwin Rommel
Junkers
Sicily
Cape Bon
Mediterranean
Tunis
Cairo
Forts Vesses
Sardinia
Porto Torres
Tunisia
Algiers
Palermo Harbor
Royal Navy
Gulf of Tunis
Palermo
OPA Bans All Vacation Gas Use
The OPA forbids extra gasoline rations for driving to summer homes and bans pleasure boating fuel in the East. Regular coupons for seasonal travel remain allowed, but location ration boards cannot issue extra coupons for such trips. The rule aims to curb vacation travel amid severe rubber and gasoline shortages.
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Washington
OPA
Nazi Mines Likely on U S Coast This Spring
Navy experts warn German U boats may use extensive mine warfare along American shores this spring or summer as part of a broader push against Allied shipping. Enhanced offshore anti submarine measures, including planes blimps and patrols, bolster defenses though mines remain a feared tactic.
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Washington
United Nations
Atlantic
United States
DAR Opposes Political Union Following War
Cincinnati AP The 52nd Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution declares unalterably opposed to any political union with other nations that would curb U S sovereignty. It calls for complete sovereignty in military matters and immigration policy and maintains territorial possessions and constitutional guarantees for citizens. It also condemns strikes absenteeism and selfish domination by boss racketeers and greedy groups.
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Cincinnati
Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
United States
United States of America
Senate To Reconsider Female Labor Measure
In Columbus in 1947 the Senate will take up the female labor bill now deadlocked after 13 Republicans rebelled on March 17 over a 52 hour work week for women and minors. Tomorrow night the House Judiciary Committee is to review a sub committee recommendation on labor union regulation, with details not yet announced.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Soft Coal Operators and Miners Set to Reopen Wage Talks
A spokesman says Southern Appalachian soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers will reconvene their wage conference tomorrow to permit developments. Negotiations in Northern Appalachian fields 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 52,370 placements in March, a new high. Women totaled 19,446 placements, up 60 percent from March 1942 and 11 percent from February.
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Columbus
U.S. Employment Service
Ohio
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Doughton
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Taft
S.enator Burton
Frederic A. Deet
Maort
Senate Ions Committee
McKellar D
Morthy
Nicho
Samuel H. Wire
Angel of
NEA
Allied Medical Corps
U.S
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United States Navy
DAR
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