Vessels Massed in British Harbors Blasted as Axis Sees D Day Assault
Allied invasion ships crowded Western England ports were hit by German bombers in a Berlin Stockholm report. Invasion timing remained uncertain with guesses ranging from early May to mid month as Britain tightened port restrictions and German claims of sinking ships grew.
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England
Berlin
Stockholm
Aneta
Avener
Holland
Zuider Zee
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Britain
Ohio War Ballot Law Cleared For November Voting
Ohio lawmakers finished a special session on a universal war ballot to mail absentee ballots to service members and relatives. The measure expands mailing window to 90 days, applies to armed forces and related agencies, and rejects a federal short ballot. Democratic and Republican leaders praised the reform.
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U. S
Ohio
Robert L. Quinn
Jefferson County
William Boyd
Cleveland
Senate
Yanks Rescue Missionaries in New Guinea Operation
General MacArthur announced the rescue of 100 foreign missionaries at Hollandia Dutch New Guinea, including 40 nuns. Twenty-two Americans, Dutch, Poles, Australian, Czechoslovakian, and Germans were among those saved from northern New Guinea mission stations.
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New Guinea
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Smuts Arrives in England for Empire Conference
South Africa Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts arrived in England by air for the first wartime Empire leaders conference. He traveled with Canadian Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King and New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser arriving ahead of the summit.
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London
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Union of South Africa
England
Smuts
W. L. MacKenzie King
Canada
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Boston Pays Tribute To Cardinal O'Connell
The Archdiocese of Boston and Catholics from around the world observed Cardinal William O'Connell's passing with a solemn service. City business paused as stores closed and City Hall limited operations while fire bells tolled at 10 a.m. in tribute.
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Boston
Archdiocese of
William Cardinal O’connell
City Hall
Civilian Goods Output After Nazi Defeat Soon Promised
Washington officials of the WPB say after Germany is beaten more than one third of war production could shift to civilian materials though for now only limited civilian production is possible.
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Washington
Germany
WPB
Court Grants Government Injunction Against Wards
CHICAGO AP A federal court issued an injunction to prevent Montgomery Ward and Company from hindering government supervision of its seized Chicago properties. Judge William H. Holly signed the order after Sewell L. Avery was forcibly removed from his office by soldiers. Clement D. Ryan and Avery barred from entering the plant as the government moves to test wartime seizure powers and War Labor Board directives. The case may reach the U S Supreme Court.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
U. S
William H. Holly
Biddle
Sewell L. Avery
War Labor Board
Avery
Biddie
Clement D. Ryan
United States Supreme Court
Ohio Nurses Tour Anzio Beachhead With Fifth Army
Four Ohio nurses were among eight American Army nurses taken on a sightseeing tour of the Anzio beachhead yesterday. Lt. Nedra L. Smith of Logan Lt. Grace Benden of Akron Lt. Virginia Billings of New Boston and Lt. Mary Berkowitz of Youngstown rode through shell-pitted countryside by trucks and waved to thousands of GI’s who appeared astonished by the sight.
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Logan
Anzio
Fifth Army
Ohio
Nedra L. Smith
Grace Benden
Akron
Virginia Billings
New Boston
Mary Berkowitz
Younge
Dayton Officer Dead After Self Inflicted Wound
Major William J. Bennett 57 a light craft aviation expert died after being found in his Osborn room with wrists cut Wednesday night authorities said. The case centers on a possible suicide in the Dayton area.
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Dayton
William J. Bennett
Osborn
Avery says fight to be continued
Sewell Avery, Montgomery Ward chief executive earning $100000 a year, was forcibly removed by soldiers. He stated that he has been fired before but this is the first time they carried him out feet first. When asked what he would do, he answered he would keep fighting because he knows something is wrong.
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Chicago
Sewell — Avery
Montgomery Ward and Co
Avery
Fire kills fifteen at Norfolk Navy Yard ship incident
Fifteen civilian workers died from suffocation and 20 were injured when a fire broke out in the hold of a naval ship under repair at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth Virginia. The blaze started about 6 20 p m and within two hours 30 men were removed from the vessel due to smoke and fumes. All the dead were from Portsmouth and Norfolk and chaplains notified their families at the Navy Base. None of the 20 injured were reported to be in serious condition.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Ucon
Navy Base
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Bombay Records Quake Shocks Bombay Observatory
An intense earthquake shock was recorded at the Bombay observatory shortly after 9 o clock last night. Officials said the epicenter lay about 4 290 miles from Bombay and near New Guinea where General MacArthur is directing forces against Japan.
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Bombay
Bombay Observatory
Observatory
Epi
New Guinea
MacArthur
Railroad youth dies after jumping from moving yard train
FOSTORIA Ohio railroad officials reported that 16 year old Donald Haynes died instantly yesterday after he hopped a ride on a yard train and leaped off. The incident occurred in a rail yard with officials stating the teen did not survive.
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Fostoria
Donald Haynes
Mountbatten Reports Gains By His Forces
The five day Hollandia New Guinea campaign joins Aitape Madang and Alexishafen gains as Allied forces claim major airfield captures with low Japanese casualties. Kohima fighting continues as Japanese forces press in India while Allied air and naval units raid Wewak and other Pacific targets. High level Allied leaders MacArthur and Nimitz coordinate operations for intensified strikes against Japan. Domestic political moves include party conflicts over election timing and local government funding.
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Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
India
Southeast Asia
Kohima
Tokyo
Louis Mountbatten
MacArthur
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
Aitape
Madang
Alexishafen
Wewak
Fifth Air Force
Central Pacific
Woleai Atoll
Carolines
Truk
Satawan
Japan
Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Loyang
Henan
Chenghsien
Dewey Voices Doubts About Foreign Policy
New York Gary. Thomas E. Dewey questions whether foreign policy will follow constitutional methods. He argues for strong ties among United States Britain Russia and China to secure peace and postwar problem solving. He opposes a benevolent patron image and urges clear world stability goals.
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New York
Gary
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Britain
Russia
China
Dewey
Sam
Senate panel urges end to federal wage controls
A special Senate committee urged abandonment of federal wage controls for incomes up to 150 dollars for single workers and 200 dollars for family heads. The report from two months of hearings says 20 million people in white collar and low income groups live between subsistence and privation.
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Washington
Senate
General Heavy Frost Forecast for Tonight in Ohio
Ohio faces a heavy frost tonight after a light frost last night. Weatherman George W Mindling said temperatures will fall two to four degrees from last night’s 27 degrees at Cambridge, with warnings issued for gardeners to protect crops.
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Columbus
Ohio
George W. Mindling
Weather Bureau
Cambridge
3000 Wanted To Serve on Cargo Ships
U S Maritime Service offices in Cleveland and Cincinnati open Sundays for recruiting starting April 30 to reach workers unable to attend weekdays. Lieut. (jg.) D C Phillips says the seven day schedule aims to enroll 3000 men from Ohio Michigan and Kentucky for service aboard merchant marine cargo ships.
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U. S. Maritime Service
Cleveland
Cincinnati
D. C. Phillips
Phillips
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tri-State
United States Merchant Marine
Allied Air Attacks Slam Europe In Fourth Straight Day
Allied air forces pressed the invasion of Europe with waves over Northern France Belgium and Germany. RAF and American heavy bombers claimed large tonnage on Friedrichshafen Avord Montzen Aulnoye and rail hubs as the four day campaign continued with heavy losses on both sides.
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Europe
RAF
Friedrichshafen
France
Belgium
Paris
Avord
Eisenhower
Britain
Montzen
Aulnoye
Lasi
Sevastopol
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Stockholm
Finland
Salla
Navy Opposes Immediate Army Navy Air Consolidation
The Navy told the House Committee on Post war Military Policy that a thorough study should precede any consolidation into one department. Undersecretary James Forrestal urged exams to determine the proper structure rather than assuming a pre decided outcome. Earlier, War Secretary Stimson backed a single department after the war and urged prompt approval of the consolidation principle.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Air Force
Department of War
Congress
House Committee
James Forrestal
Stimson
Pace Bill To Be Amended for Farm Aid Programs
Senate considers amendments to the Pace bill expanding Farm Security Administration support and school lunch funding. War Food Administration seeks 50 million dollars for hot lunches, 28.5 million appropriation, and 97.5 million lending authority for the FSA in hearings before House appropriations.
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Washington
Farm Security Administration
Senate
Rural Electrification Administration
Farm Credit Administration
War Food Administration
FSA
House Appropriations Committee
Bricker Answers Willkie Questions On World Affairs In Radio Interview
Governor John W. Bricker, Republican presidential hopeful, answered seven of nine questions on national and international affairs in a Mutual Broadcasting System interview. The questions were those Willkie declined as ambiguous. Bricker opposed a world state and warned against ceding national military control.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Wendell L. Willkie
Bricker
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mutual Broadcasting System
Lewis
Willkie
Missouri
United States
Forecasts Chaplains as Future Church Leaders
Kansas City D Stewart Patterson secretary of the church commissions on chaplains says 1300 Methodist chaplains who served in war zones will become future church leaders. He notes these men have faced danger and hardship to aid fighting men and tend to spiritual needs, and adds seven Methodist chaplains have been killed.
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Kansas City
Methodist Church
D. Stewart Patterson
Washington
Patterson
No Postwar Aviation Squeeze Contemplated
American officials tell Britain the United States will not use its long range air power to force Britain out of postwar commercial aviation. Britain accepts the U S claim and pledges access for all nations to its empire airbase network for postwar commercial flights.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Chinchilla Fur Returns to U S Market
New York announces that after 21 years of research, 1,200 American farmers have produced the first 3,000 pelts of American bred chinchillas to be auctioned next Tuesday driving a long awaited reopening of the market for this luxury fur.
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New York
M. R. Howard
National
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