War Labor Board to forming wage dispute fact finding panel
The War Labor Board plans a three man fact finding panel to study the soft coal wage dispute with hearings set to begin Wednesday the day after a preliminary meeting. John Lewis rejects nominating a panel member while UMW cites policy concerns. Col John F Davis urged troop movement not linked to coal field tensions.
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Washington
War Labor Board
John Lewis
United Mine Workers
Work Stopped by Kentucky Miners in South Appalachian Fields
About 1,500 miners in Kentucky’s South Appalachian coal fields halted work amid failed contract talks. Union and operators disputed wage and travel pay issues as a 90 day extension on the old contract neared its end. A prel iminary hearing was held with Wilson Lewis and officials present.
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Harlan
South Kentucky
George S. Ward
Iran Coal Operators Association
New York
WLB
Lewis
Adams
Little Steel
Imula
UMW
Appalachian
Tion
Union
Plastic Plant Walkout Ended by FD Order
Newark New Jersey workers at Celanese Corporation plastic division return to duties within hours of a presidential directive to end the two week strike. Roosevelt warned government action to protect war interests if the walkout continued past the noon deadline.
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Newark
N. J
Celanese Corporation of America
Roosevelt
Reds sever relations with Poles in exile
Soviet Russia cut off ties with the Polish government in exile amid claims of collaboration with the Germans. The move follows reports of a mile campaign against the Soviet Union near Smolensk. In Washington, three Ohioans named to a new Republican House committee on postwar problems: Bolton, McGregor, and Griffiths.
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Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Smolensk
Bricker Urges War Footing For Farmers
Gov John W Bricker calls for a war footing in agriculture linking farm output to national morale soldier welfare and war material. Author Louis Bromfield criticizes recent farm policy calling it dead and equating it to Nazism and Communism while urging farm freedom and self sufficiency.
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Cleveland
John W. Bricker
Cleveland Farmers’ Club
Louis Bromfield
Mansfield
Norway Ship Sunk in Gulf
The sink ing of a small Norwegian freighter in the Gulf of Mexico marks the first Allied or neutral Western Atlantic cargo loss in over seven months. Three other vessels were U S ships, bringing total cargo sinks to 649 with 258 U S ships. Only one of 167 crewmen on the four vessels was reported killed.
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New York
Gulf of Mexico
Western Atlantic
U. S
Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Japs Raid Potential Base for Air Attacks
The Japanese launched a raid by eight planes on Kienow in Fukien Province a key river highway center near Shanghai and Canton. The Chinese high command reported the attack as an effort to strike a probable base for future bombing runs on home islands.
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Chungking
Kienow
Fukien Province
Shanghai
Canton
General McNair Wounded on Tunisian Front
Lieut Gen Lesley J McNair commander of all ground forces was severely wounded on the Tunisian front by shell fragments penetrating his helmet. He will be evacuated soon and may return to the United States for treatment. Lieut Gen Ben Lear was ordered to assume temporary command of the ground forces.
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Lesley J. McNair
Tunisia
McNair
Washington
Army
War Department
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Ben Lear
Second Army
Memphis
Tenn
Easter blackout ends after sixth alert in Los Angeles
Easter in Southern California closed with a blackout siren wail across the region. An air raid alert, the sixth since Pearl Harbor and the fifth blackout night, sounded at 8:30 p m, and at 9:26 p m the all clear was ordered as targets were confirmed friendly by the Los Angeles air defense command.
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LOS Angeles
California
Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles Air Defense Command
Taxpayers Contribute 24 Billions for Relief
Washington reports that American taxpayers contributed about 24.83 billion dollars for doles or work relief on public projects over the last decade. The total exceeds the national debt through 1933, per Social Security Board data released today.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Slit Trench Provides Little News From Front Lines
North Tunisia near Beja reports a popular hillside slit trench dug by Pvt. James R. Foote sharing shelter with many. He notes daily bombardments and brief lulls, while civilians and soldiers swap remarks about the war, including inquiries about actions in the Pacific.
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Harold V. Boyle
U. S
Beja
Tunisia
James R. Foote
Defiance
Foote
Tye
Byrnes to Gain Final Authority in New Civilian Supply Plan
The bill would separate civilian supply authority from the War Production Board and place Byrnes in a final arbiter role for allocations among the Army Navy and other agencies. Taft described a wartime council function similar to Wilsons cabinet as the goal while Nelson opposed the move.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Clothing
James F. Byrnes
WPB
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Byrnes
Wilson
Capitol Hill
McNary
Congress
RAF Pilot Saves Life Of Foch's Grandson
An RAF pilot saved the life of Capt Becourt Foch, grandson of Marshal Foch and Allied commander in World War I, after a cannon shell wounded him in flight. The wounded officer crash landed in enemy territory and another pilot boarded him to fly to safety.
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Allied
North Africa
Marshal Foch
Becourt Foch
Finland US relations at brink as Helsinki signals firm stance
Stockholm reports Helsinki hints at little change in Finnish foreign policy. The Finnish language press urges staying on good terms with the United States as a diplomatic break between the nations seemed imminent, with only hours to resolve the dispute.
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Stockholm
United States
Finland
Helsinki
Hufvudstadbladet
Ohio drive raises 115296 for March of Dimes
P J Wood reports the February 18 week total from 470 Ohio theaters as 115296 raised for the March of Dimes. The state drive chairman notes strong participation and local support across venues.
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Columbus
Ohio
P. J. Wood
State Drive
South Pacific Lull Seen As Forerunner of New Drives
Washington observers note a lull in the South Pacific may signal new Allied offensives after American occupation of the Ellice Islands. Air forces bomb and harass targets across the Pacific, with raids on Kiska, Munda, Wewak, Rangoon, and Namtu, as forces press in China and Burma.
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South Pacific
Ellice Islands
Washington
Pacific
North Pacific
Rocky Kiska
Aleutians
Navy
Munda
Solomon
Meawhile
Wewak
North New Guinea
Macan
Rangoon
Burma
Hunan
China
Namtu
Canned Goods On Hand Will Be Tabulated
The Office of Price Administration will publish monthly tabulations of civilian supplies of canned bottled and frozen fruits and vegetables. The lists will show quantities sold and available under blue stamp rations and compare with advance estimates. Officials expect better planning to reduce confusion and waste as rationing continues.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Fire destroys Roloson family home. lone survivor named
Chicago reports nine year old Robert Roloson as the only survivor after a fire swept the west Winnetka residence of Robert M. Roloson 39 a United Air Lines director his wife Ella 36 and children Cary 12 Edward 5 and the boy alone escaped the 23 room house believed to have started from a fireplace spark.
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Chicago
Robert Roloson
Robert M. Roloson
United Air Lines
Ella
Cary
Edward
Winnetka
Rolsons
American Airmen Strike From Own Bases Over Europe
American fighter squadrons in England now operate from their own bases and fly all American attacks against occupied Europe. Officials expect a major clash soon as airmen await the first mission with a flotilla of American bombers delivering a Sunday air strike.
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U.S
England
Europe
Fouryearold George Archer Drowned at Mentor Harbor
Four year old George Archer fell from a raft while playing with his brothers at Mentor Harbor in Painesville and drowned. The tragedy occurred as his siblings watched, prompting authorities to investigate the incident.
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Painesville
George Archer
Mentor Harbor
Avert Blast by Sinking Ship
A freighter loaded with explosives rested on the bay bottom off Bayonne New Jersey after water pumped into its smoking holds and seacocks opened. The ship sank following a fire at a Jersey City pier and a two hour flare of civilian defense worries along the Hudson and nearby urban areas.
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New York
Bayonne
N. J
Jersey City
Hudson River
Brooklyn
State Island
New Jersey
Duke of Connaught Dies in Canada Visit
The Duke of Connaught aged 28 died suddenly today at government house in Ottawa where he had stayed as a guest of the Earl of Athlone Canada’s governor general and Princess Alice for several months.
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Ottawa
Duke of Connaught
Government House
Earl of Athlone
Canada
Princess Alice
Allied Siege Armies Push Forward on 140 Mile Tunisian Front
Allied siege armies advance in all five sectors of the 140 mile Tunisian front as German forces begin withdrawing from northern peaks. French 19th Army Corps wins five mountains at the hinge between British First and Eighth Armies and Djebel Terhouna falls near Enfidaville.
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U. S. Army
19Th
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Djebel Terhouna
Enfidaville
Djebel Mansour
Navy denies loss of plane carrier Ranger
The Navy rejected German claims that the Aircraft Carrier Ranger was torpedoed and sunk in the North Atlantic. A Navy spokesman said neither the Ranger nor any other U S carrier had been sunk or damaged in any ocean, following Berlin radio reports that the ten year old carrier was destroyed by a submarine.
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Washington
Navy
Ranger
North Atlantic
United States
Berlin
Patton's Men Advance After Heavy Fighting in Tunisia
U S Army forces under Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr captured an important height 13 miles southwest of Mateur and about 34 miles from Bizerte after heavy fighting in the Sidi N'Sir sector. Allied air forces blasted German positions as tanks and planes clashed in Tunisia with seven enemy planes shot down.
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U. S. Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sidi N'Sir
Mateur
Bizerte
Algiers
Goubellat
Desert
Naples
Tunisia
Finland
U. S
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Mediterranean
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Caucasus
Moscow
Guadalcanal
Navy
United States
Lunga Point
Solomons
Columbus Bus Drivers Vote For May 5 Strike
Columbus union leaders announce a May 5 strike by CIO Transport Workers Union No. 208 bus and street car operators. William Buskirk says action follows a new situation created by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. Morgan Evans declines comment.
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Columbus
William Buskirk
CIO Transport Workers Union No
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Morgan Evans
War Torn World Observes Easter Amid Ongoing Battles
Easter observances spread from Moscow to Jerusalem as churches filled while major combat paused briefly in Europe. North Africa and Russia raged on with heavy casualties and a dawn service in Hyde Park for American troops. Vatican and Jerusalem rites proceeded with limited crowds and high military presence.
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Associated Press
Christ
Moscow
Jerusalem
New York
London
North Africa
Russia
Eddy Gilmore
America
Hyde Park
British Isles
France
Adna W. Leon
Ard
Washington
D. C
Leonard
Pope Pius XII
Rome
Diplomatic Corps
Francis J. Spellman
U. S
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Ford stoppage ends as Windsor plants resume work
Five thousand Ford Motor Company of Canada workers return to work in Windsor Ontario after a production stoppage that idled 17 500 workers in related plants across the British Empire. The move follows arbitration talks under Louis Fine after a UAW dispute over alleged breaches of union discipline and a claimed lockout.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Ford
United Automobile Workers
CWO
Louis Fine
Ontario Department of Labor
UAW
Naval Supply Depot Fire Destroys Jersey City Building
Two fires in Hudson County level a United States naval supply depot and damage four four story tenements in Jersey City. Nine people are injured including six firefighters. In Newark a basement apartment blaze claims three lives: Mr Louis Ellis Mrs Ellis and Archie Grant.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hudson County
United States Naval
Newark
Louis Ellis
Archie Grant
War Bond buys guns and planes funding options
The notice promotes an $18.75 purchase of a $25 War Savings Bond for World War II. It explains portions go directly into military equipment such as helmets and feed for pigeons, with the Treasury stating $18 goes immediately to weapons and aircraft.
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Associated Press
Treasury
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