Vanderbilt Stokowski wed in Mexicali after plane scare
Gloria Vanderbilt and Leopold Stokowski married in Mexicali on Saturday night after a near-disaster when their chartered plane bound from Reno to Los Angeles forced down near Mojave California. Vanderbilt recently gained control of a 4.364 million fortune on her 21st birthday February 20.
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Los Angeles
Leopold Stokowski
Gioria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Gloria
Mexicali
Mexico
Reno
Nev
Mojave
Calif
Patton’s Third Army Gains 28 Miles in New Offense
Allied forces push southeast to cut routes near Pilsen Prague munition area and the Bavarian Alps while reports claim First Army linked with Russians near Torgau. Soviets and Allies advance, with Danube bridges seized and pockets formed in Black Forest. Berlin approach nears as casualties and prisoners mount.
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Paris
George Patton
Amy
Pilsen-Prague
Hitler
Bavarian Alps
Zthe
Luxembourg
First “Army
Torgau
Leipzig
Fastness
Supereme
Washingston
London
Moscow
Welicat
12th‘Armored
Seventh Army
Danube
Munich
St . Was
Bremen
Miles Dempsey
Elbe
A Ilans
Emden
Holland
Grebbe-Eem
Lake Constance
Ger Jacot
Dévers
Stuttgart
Freiburg
Black Forest
Austria
Patton
Regensburg
Berchtesgaden
Thunderbolt
11Th Armored
Schwarzenfeld
Nabburg
Neumarkt
Nuermberg
Weiden
Czechoslovaka
Thonbrun
Asch
Delreath
Eger
Czechoslovakia
Supreme Headquarters
Harz
Berlin
Dessau
Bitterfeld
Chemnitz
Saxony
Crailsheim
tSig- Maringen
Petain
Laval
Han
Government Acts To Hike Meat Supply
The government announced a 354 million price relief and new controls to spread meat supplies, with 500 added OPA investigators to curb black markets. The plan, prepared by Davis, the OPA, War Food Administration and War Department, aims to boost civilian access while recognizing war needs.
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Washington
William Hi. -Davis
OPA
Congress
Davis
War Food ‘Administration
War Department
Department
Ohio farm land prices rise faster than nation
Ohio farm land prices have jumped 59 percent since 1935, outpacing the U S average, according to rural economists at Ohio State University. They note valuations rose 9 percent in the last year as farm product prices stay high and warn farmers against overleveraging to expand holdings or acquire new land.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
Ohio’ State University
New Plan Urged for Flood Control by Horan
Rep Horan of Washington proposes a regional flood control approach for the Columbia basin. He calls for a board and advisory council drawn from local residents to plan and oversee development of river basins including Ohio and Missouri in a broader Northwest scheme.
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Washington
Rep. Horan
R-Wash
Ohio
Missouri
Northwest
Columbia
Af Horan
Board
An. Advisory
Big Three Foreign Ministers Meet After Arrival in Washington
Molotov arrived from Moscow with Stalin's sending and was whisked to Blair House for a reception before meeting Secretary Stettinius and British Foreign Secretary Eden. The session followed a late-night departure of the trio and a promise to reconvene in the morning.
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Washington
Tov
Moscow
Stettinius
Molotov
Eden
Marshal Stalin
Russia
House
Truman
Blair “House
Stettinius and
I Department
Airborne Demonstration to Promote Seventh War Loan Drive
A nationwide Army air borne warfare demonstration tour will visit Ohio cities from April 29 to July 4 as part of the Seventh War Loan Drives. One unit will stop in Columbus on May 2, Cincinnati May 5 and 6, Toledo May 23, Akron May 30, and Cleveland June 2 and 3. A yesterday crash injured a flyer who collided with a tree.
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Washington
Ohio
jPart
I ci
Columbus
Cincinnati
Toledo
Akron
Cleveland
11 738 Japs Die in Action On Okinawa
The Associated Press reports heavy fighting on Southern Okinawa with U S forces claiming 11 738 Japanese killed and extensive air and sea operations. Nimitz announced enemy losses including 126 Nipponese planes and ships and ground actions across Okinawa and nearby areas.
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Okinawa
Associated Press
Nimitz
U.S
Ryukyus
Suzuka
Japan
Third Amphibious Corps
Kyushu Island
U.S. 533Rd
Fort Pikit
Mindanao
Philippines
Luzon
Macarthur
Iwo Jima
Nagoya
Kerama Islands
Saturnd
Taka
Sesoko
Metobu
Ryukyu Islands
U.S. Fighter Command
Naval
Trusteeship plan would keep Pacific bases under U N control
The United States would retain strategic Pacific island bases after the war under a compromise trusteeship plan reported for presentation to a United Nations conference. Senator Vandenberg and Commander Stassen predicted the conference would back a world peace organization as nations weigh the plan and a “Community of the Pacific” proposal emerges from Carlos Romulo. President Truman is to address the opening session. Columbus State names Bishop Lester Smith as June commencement speaker.
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San Francisco
United States
Vandenberg
Rmich
Harold Stassen
Minnnesota
World Organization For Peace
U. S
Washington
Russia
Britain
Community of the Pacific
Carlos P. Ro
Mulo
United Nations of the Pacific
Truman
Vaidin
Goodrich Plant Walkout Enters Third Day in Akron
AKRON The B F Goodrich Co plant, a top Akron war goods producer with about 16 000 workers, remained closed as a CIGC United Rubber Workers strike entered its third day. Production halted after third shift workers did not report to work in protest of a company disciplinary plan. A company spokesman said the tie-up has cost more than 2 500 000 pounds of war materiel and over 500 000 dollars in wages, following Friday suspension of a lab employee for breaking a roll of milled stock.
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Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
Cigcunited
UAW
Operators To Get Pay Raise
War Labor Board orders Ohio Bell to end expense vouchers for operators moved to Dayton by June 1 and to raise wages across the state. Starts gain of 3 dollars weekly, max 3.50, affecting over 5,000 operators across 169 exchanges. Union’s bid for double pay for Sunday work rejected after first Sunday each month. Clerical traffic staff get a 3 dollar weekly minimum and 2 dollar weekly maximum increase.
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Washington
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
War Labor Board
Dayton
Ohio Bell System
Traffic
Hecox Funeral Rites Are Set for Tuesday
Emmett Hecox, 75, died Saturday at his daughter Mrs. Carol Jones home in Manon. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Chester Methodist Church with burial in Mound Cemetery. He leaves two children Leon of Burlington Iowa and his daughter. Ralph Parker of Chester is a nephew.
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Pomeroy
Emmett Hecox
Carol Jones
Manon
Chester Methodist Church
Mound Cemetery
Hecox
Chester
Leon
Burlington
Iowa
Ralph Parker
Hitler and Goebbels Facing Last Stand in Berlin Defenses
Russian forces neared central Berlin as Allied and Soviet reports described Hitler and Goebbels making a last stand in the doomed capital. Red Army progress pushed from three sides toward the heart of the city, with western exits narrowing to Spandau and bridges to the south approaching junctions with American lines. Berlin's districts fell under Soviet control as shellfire reduced blocks to rubble and officials claimed 21 of 1 Berlin’s districts were in Russian hands.
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Goebbels
Associated Press
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Greater Berlin
Moscow
Winterstrasse
den Linden
Tiergarten
Spendau
Germi
Anhalter Station
Iinner
Brandenburg Plain
Elsterwerde
Dresden
Hamburg
Fuehrer
Lne
Ber«in
Prenzlaur
Friedrichshain
Berlin Battles Roar As Soviet Forces Break Westward
Reports from Paris radio and Swiss sources say foreign workers and Red Army units clashed with SS troops near Warschauer Bruecke and Anhalter stations while Berlin areas faced widespread fighting. Soviet bulletins claim extensive district losses, and tanks push toward Elbe as Germans brace from the front lines.
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Paris
Warschauer Bruecke
Unter den Linden
Anhalter
Brendenburger Tor
Neukoelin
Hitler orders guerrilla war across occupied Europe
Adolf Hitler reportedly ordered his troops to employ guerrilla tactics targeting Allies' flanks rear and communications. Soviet armor and infantry were reported in central areas as crowds packed underground shelters in Berlin outskirts and Paris broadcasts claimed Soviet advances toward Unter den Linden amid heavy clashes.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Iyian Telegraph Bureau
Paris
Unter den Linden
Berlin
Fifth Army drives into Po Valley beyond Bologna
U S Fifth Army troops advanced 35 miles beyond Bologna and pushed toward the Po River in Italy. Allied reports showed rapid progress across the Po plain with extensive destruction of Nazi vehicles from air strikes. British Eighth Army pressed on Ferrara near the Po with forces five miles from the river.
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Histerwerde
First Army
Wurzen
Mulder River
Elbe
Rome
Bologna
Pol
Italy
Germany
Modena
CBS
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Ferrara
Bollogna
Berlin Siege Foretells Final Collapse of Hitler Regime
War Today previews aBerlin siege as decisive clash nears finish for Nazi rule. Red forces encircle the city while German resistance slows, with about 3,006,000 residents remaining inside a shattered metropolis. The fall would signal the end of the German war machine and potential aftermath for allied publics weary of atrocities.
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Berlin
London
New York
Tokyo
Liverpool
P. Stephenson
Reich
Hitler
Employers Warned by War Board Attorney
Cleveland report quotes War Labor Board attorney Philip Fosco warning that employers building new plants or war departments without WLB approval of wage schedules create serious difficulties for themselves and the war effort. He notes penalties and rapid cutbacks if rates are excessive.
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Cleveland
War Labor Board
WLB
Philip Fosco Warner
Former Miami gridder killed in plane crash
Philadelphia district officer reports former Miami University football player killed during a training flight near Wildwood New Jersey on Friday. Name and exact unit not confirmed in available copy.
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Miami
Philadelphia
Waval
Carles
Pla
University
Wildwood
N. J
Mary Katherine Gleaso
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AT State
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Methodist Church of Ohio
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Ares
U.S. 5Th Army
Plains of
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Stalingrad
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