Allied Airmen Score New Victories Over Japs in New Guinea
Allied sky fighters defending Australia’s approaches beat Japanese Zero fighters 4 0 at Port Moresby New Guinea. U S Navy torpedo boats damaged a Japanese light cruiser in the Philippines. Heavy Japanese attacks push American Filipino forces back on Panay Island after stiff resistance at Lambuana.
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Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
U. S. Navy
Philippines
Panay Island
Lambuana
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Rabaul
New Britain
George H. Brett
U.S.A
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Yenangyaung
Bataan
Rangoon
Gohn D. Bulkeley
Philippine Archipelago
Cebu
Navy
Corregidor Island
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Free China
China
Shanghai
The Small Businessman's Best Friend
Classified ad sample in a historic Messenger issue promotes daily ads to 45 000 readers. It stresses low cost and potential profits by listing services or merchandise for sale in the classifieds section.
Men 45 to 65 Will Register This Week End
Ohio announces the fourth Selective Service registration to run April 25 26 27. Men aged 65 or younger by Feb 16 and not reaching April 27 must register. 65 year olds on last Feb 16 are exempt. Registration days set April 25 26 12 pm to 6 pm and April 27 7 am to 9 pm. Participants will fill occupational questionnaires later. they are not liable for military service yet.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Col
C. W. Goble
Selective Service Act
Goble
Roosevelt
Smith To Speak in Defense of Coughlin
Detroit AP report says Gerald L. K. Smith, head of the Committee of 1,000,000, will address a Friday rally on whether Reds will jail Father Coughlin. Rev Charles E Coughlin of Royal Oak takes responsibility for contents of Social Justice magazine labeled clearly seditious by Attorney General Biddle.
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Detroit
Gerald L. K. Smith
Father Coughlin
Charles E. Coughlin
Royal Oak
Social Justice
Biddle
Grant Priorities on Dairy Plant Supplies
The War Production Board issued high priority ratings for operation, repair and maintenance materials to dairy processing plants to ensure dairy machinery remains in good running condition.
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Washington
War Production Board
Gasoline Rationing To Start Soon in East
An announced plan for rationing gasoline in 17 eastern states would take effect in May granting motorists about five gallons weekly. Officials withheld plan details but an OPA spokesman warned the cuts would be drastic.
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Washington
Seaboard
OPA
U S Airmen in India to Bolster Defense
New Delhi reports U S Airmen already in India with more to come as part of the United States advisory mission. Johnson says defense of India is vital and references air force actions against Japan. He also notes Cripps mission details will be revealed later.
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New Delhi
India
United States
U. S
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Lewis H. Brereton
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Army Navy Join Hands To Combat Slowdowns
The Army and Navy will pool efforts with five other government agencies to fight war production slowdowns. Senator Byrd called slowdowns reprehensible, citing a letter from Daniel S. Ring urging a centralized method to handle the issue, though no details were provided.
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Army
Navy
Washington
Byrd
D.va
Daniel S. Ring
Mari Time Personnel
Bird Rejoins 37th Ohio Division April 30
Adj. Gen. Whittier S. Bird will rejoin the 37th Ohio division on April 30, Gov. John W. Bricker announced today.
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Bird
Columbus
Adj
Whittier S. Bird
Ohio
John W. Bricker
U S Plan For Dependent Subsistence Explained
AP reports a War Department bill pending in Congress to provide monthly allowances for dependents of armed services members. Formed into Class A and B, payments depend on relationship. deductions from pay for both classes total 25 dollars. Maximum Class B payments may reach 50 dollars monthly with extra hardship grants possible by the Federal Security Administrator.
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Washington
War Department
Armed Services
Congress
Grandpa and Grandma Refuse to Quit Work for Pensions
Social Security records show about 500000 Americans over 65 declined government pensions to keep working in industry. About 20000 pensioners volunteered to withdraw after taking jobs in covered sectors, forfeiting pensions while employed.
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Washington
Grandma
Social Security Board
U. S. Seizes Enemies Patents to Aid War Production
President Roosevelt announced a wartime order seizing all enemy owned or controlled patents including German synthetic rubber and fuel patents. The move, backed by the alien property custodian, aims to harness thousands of Axis patents for Allied use and keep them from alien hands after the war. Senate anti trust officials were summoned for explanations of related consent decrees.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
United Nations
Patent Investigating Committee
Pepper
Fla
Leo Crowley
I. G. Farbenindustrie
Senate Patents Committee
Thurman Arnold
Farr loses credentials over Pacific convoy story
Walter Farr, correspondent for the London Daily Mail, has had his credentials as an accredited reporter of army and navy activities outside the U S suspended pending investigation. His article last month described a Pacific convoy movement between Hawaii and Australia, prompting Navy requests for confirmation. The Navy later said the Farr story contains no positive facts about new convoy operations in the Southwest Pacific.
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Washington
Walter Farr
London Daily Mail
Army
U. S
Pacific
Hawaii
Australia
Navy Department
Navy
Farr
Southwest
Ohio Could Use Wheat For Synthetic Rubber
A farm official estimated Ohio could divert 10 million bushels of wheat annually to produce ethyl alcohol for synthetic rubber. Rep. Anton J. Johnson proposed Congress backers create many small distributing plants in the grain belt so farms supply an inexhaustible feedstock for making ethyl alcohol.
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Columbus
Ohio
Anton J. Johnson
Congress
Gas Stoves Subject to Government Freezing
Washington AP reports W. Walter Timmis head of the WPB plumbing and heating branch announced a government freeze on gas cooking stoves and related equipment. Retail sales are restricted. items costing over five dollars require military priority ratings under the freeze order.
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Washington
W. Walter Timmis
WPB Plumbing and Heating Branch
Italy ready to seek separate peace with Allies
A Rome informant report claims Italy is negotiating a separate peace with the Allies as Axis powers push a new peace offensive. Turkish dispatches to London News Chronicle cite a Rome message noting prisoner exchanges and incidents that allegedly improve Italian hopes Britain still does not hate Italians as the Nazis do.
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Italy
Japan
Ankara
Turkey
London News Chronicle
Rome
Britain
Sugar Rationing Stamp Plan Set To Begin May 5
The Office of Price Administration announced the first food stamp rationing will start May 5 with one pound of sugar per stamp during May 5 to 16. Restaurants and similar outlets will reduce allotments by 50 percent, bakeries and related producers by 70 percent. Household registrants will buy one pound per stamp for the first four stamps across four periods.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
GOP Targets Roosevelt Spending In Campaign
GOP leaders led by National Chairman Joseph W. Martin vow to focus on non war spending in the fall race. They say the public supports wartime costs but resents other expenditures. Martin cites strong national unity and claims a near debt free, albeit cash poor, RNC as ready to wage an aggressive campaign for victory and postwar cooperation.
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Chicago
Joseph W. Martin
GOP National Committee
Roosevelt
Martin
Loss on Steel Output Due to Scrap Shortage
In Cleveland the War Production Board salvage clinic was told that Republic Steel faced a 150000 ton loss of ingots over five months due to scrap shortages. A spokesman said large scrap reserves remain untapped but the shortage should ease in six months with 1943 end supplies enough to keep plants running at capacity.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
War Production Board
Scrap yards to supply 3.5 million tons for war needs
E C Barringer leader of the Iron and Steel Scrap Institute estimates that the nations auto graveyards will produce about 3,500,000 tons of scrap steel this year for war production. He says every yard must prove its value to the war effort.
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Cleveland
E. C. Barringer
The
Iron and Steel Scrap Institute
America
Warns War No Excuse For Fast Truck Driving
Ohio highway officials warned drivers of heavy trucks not to use national emergency as an excuse to speed on state roads. Director Hal G. Sours and Patrol Supt. Lynn C. Black said patrolmen will monitor truck speeds and arrest violators.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Sours
Lynn C. Black
Spurs
West Virginia to Operate Four Ohio River Bridges
The state of West Virginia will take over and operate four Ohio River bridges at Wheeling under an informal agreement announced yesterday.
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W. VA
Charleston
Ohio River
Wheeling
West Virginia
Farmers Rap AAA Features May Bring Famine
In Indianapolis the National Association of Farmers representing wheat growers from ten states warned that compulsory features of the 1938 Agriculture Adjustment Act may trigger a famine. A letter to Congressmen, adopted by about 40 wheat men from Ohio and other states, urged opposition to the law and endorsed congressional candidates who oppose it. In Columbus the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the 53 cent Columbus gas rate too low and sent the case back to the Utilities Commission to set a new rate.
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Indianapolis
National Association of Farmers
Secretaries of State
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Utilities Commission
Captive Sg t Carl H Meighen Memoir Ties Athens Roots
Jap prisoners include Staff Sgt Carl H Meighen once of Athens who graduated Athens High 1919 and attended Ohio University a year. He married Frances Webster of Athens and lived in Port Clinton led to service in National Guard and a tank unit at Fort Knox. 175 Ohio Guardsmen were captured at Bataan from Port Clinton area in the 192nd Tank Battalion.
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Carl H. Meighen
Athens
Ohio University
Frances Webster
Meighens
Port Clinton
National Guard
Fort Knox
Warning Signs On Highways Protect Tires
Ohio officials say bright yellow road signs and markings save tires by guiding curves and stops. Col Lynn Black notes reducing speed from 50 to 40 mph extends tire life by thousands of miles. Patrol cannot arrest but reports public cooperation in slowing to 40 for tire conservation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lynn Black
Black
Highway Patrol
National Defense Tire Conservation
Bricker Urges War Bond and Stamp Purchases
Gov. John W. Bricker urged all Ohioans to respond promptly and wholeheartedly in the pledge for victory drive to purchase war bonds and stamps starting May 1. The Ohio drive is part of a nationwide U S Treasury program to determine the portion of income for regular and systematic bond purchases.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
British Naval Force Enters Mediterranean
Reuters reported a Vichy radio dispatch from Morocco stating a British force with two battleships and six destroyers passed Gibraltar and moved into the Mediterranean in the early afternoon yesterday.
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London
Reuters
Vichy
Morocco
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
War Today: Mackenzie Warns Against Axis Peace Offensive
Dewitt Mackenzie argues against Axis peace efforts urging allies to fight to total victory. He cites Damel propaganda from Tokyo and MacLeish warnings, condemns negotiation with Axis as perilous, and calls for decisive action to uproot the evil powers.
British Raiders Hit Nazi Guards Off Boulogne Coast
British commandos stormed the Nazi occupied French coast near Boulogne, drove back German guards, and withdrew after two hours with very light British casualties. Allied naval fire damaged a German trawler.
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London
Britain
Boulogne
Dover Strait
Census to Find Farm Help for Summer
A national census of high school and college students available for farm work during vacations was started today under the war manpower commission led by Paul V. McNutt. Employment service offices coordinate the survey with city school superintendents.
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Washington
New War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
United States Employment Service
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GOP
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Damel
Domei
Archibald MacLeish
Office of Facts and Figures
Axis
Lisbon
Hitlerian Brotherhood
Muscsolini
Toyohiko Kagawa
Paris
France
St. Nazaire
Bern
Switzerland
Red Army
Karelia
Leningrad
Soviet
Caucasus
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
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RAF
Germany
Reich
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