Yanks Smash Nazi Counterattacks In Tunisia Battles
Allied forces resume pressure in Tunisia as American infantry repels multiple German counterattacks near Mateur and Beja. Reports describe hill battles, heavy artillery, and successful U S advances while Montgomery’s 8th Army pushes along the coast. Bombers destroy ships in the Gulf of Tunis as Soviet Izvestia promises a decisive May campaign.
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Tula
First Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
U. S. Army
Mateur
Beja
Tahent
Djebel
U. S
Berrd L. Montgomery
Gulf of Tunis
Ilian Straits
Russia
Izvestia
Moscow
Krasnin
Kuban
Walkouts Intensify Toward Nationwide Coal Tie-Up
The United Mine Workers claim War Labor Board bias in wage dispute, threatening a midnight walkout as the contract expires. About 450000 soft coal miners in the Appalachian joint conference and 100000 anthracite workers could strike, while over 75000 miners serve in the armed forces. The union backs a renewal of collective bargaining and demands an agreement to avoid war production disruption.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
America
WLA
Miners’ Policy Committee
New York
UMW
International Policy Committee
Lewis
Appalachian Joint Conference
National War Labor Board
Air Patrol Moved to War Department under War Ce ment
President West transferred the Civilian Air Patrol from the Office of Civilian Defense to the War Department. About 60,000 civilian owned planes now fall under the new control of Landis, OCD director. The patrol supported eastern sub patrols and forest fire defense and emergency Army transport.
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Washington
West
Air Patrol
Civilian Defense
War Cement
Landis
OCD
Army
Tment
Senator Wal t George Links Tax Reform to Federal Sales Tax
New York senator Walte George, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, hints at a federal sales tax as a possible revenue source to fund national programs. He spoke at the 31st annual chamber of commerce dinner, outlining his personal views on tax policy amid current law.
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New York
Walt George
D.-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Chamber of Com- United States
OPA Revises Meat Ration Values Starting Sunday
The OPA announced new meat point values effective Sunday morning May 2. Round steak and center pork chops rise to 9 points per pound while loin pork roasts and boneless ham steak climb. pork spare ribs drop to 3 points and hocks and knuckles fall to 2. Liver remains unchanged at 6 for beef and 8 for veal.
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OPA
Washington
Purple Heart Awarded To McNair For Tunisian Injuries
Lieutenant General Lesley J. McNair, commander of all U S ground forces, shown with arm in a sling after a fractured shoulder and lacerations from exploding shrapnel in Tunisia. The Purple Heart medal is newly awarded.
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Lesley J. McNair
U. S
Tunisia
Algiers
Challenge for Ohio Is Seen
Herschel C. Atkinson, administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, called postwar planning a new challenge to Ohio. He spoke at a postwar public works planning conference in Columbus, noting the need to absorb shuttered war industries into new enterprises with coordinated support. Red Cross offices in Arron assist storm victims with building material priorities and financial aid for homes damaged by the tornadoes in Northern Ohio Tuesday night.
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Columbus
Herschel C. Atkinson
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Ohio
Atkinson
Ohio Foundation
International Union of Operating Engineers
American Red Cross
Allies Hit Jap Island Positions in South Pacific Raid
Allied warplanes broke through Japanese Zero protection to attack Amboina and nearby targets 600 miles north of Australia. Three of 15 interceptors were shot down or damaged as Liberators returned. Dutch Mitchells struck Koe pang Timor, Tanimbar Islands and New Guinea seen, while Burma fighting continued with RAF raids around Akyab.
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Amboina
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Tanimbar Islands
New Guinea
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Nazis Imprison 400 000 Dutch Army Veterans
German occupation authorities in The Netherlands order internment of about 400 000 Holland Army veterans to quell anti German activity. Gen Friedrich Christiansen issues the command after capitulation in 1940. Dutch reports say many veterans have disappeared or fled ahead of the decree.
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London
Netherlands
Holland
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Friedrich Christiansen
Germany
Lend Lease Payment Reported From French Allies
The French civil and military commander in North Africa sent 15 million dollars to the lend-lease administration in Washington for civilian supplies valued at 26 million dollars delivered to Algiers and Morocco from November 1942 to March 31.
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Algiers
North Africa
Lend-Lease Administration
Washington
Morocco
United States
Turkey Plans To Free Interned U. S. Fliers
Sixteen allied airmen including six U.S. fliers and six British pilots were released from internment in Turkey and left Ankara for Cairo under a wartime agreement between the Turkish government and belligerents. The accord provides for the release of interned Allied and Axis airmen following forced landings on Turkish soil.
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Ankara
Turkey
United States
Cairo
Stilwell and Chennault Return to Washington
Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault return to Washington as Tunisia battles near climax. Secretary Stimson says visits are standard periodic checks by officers long in the field. They lead American forces in the China India Burma theater and will confer with Marshall, Stimson, and likely Roosevelt on war plans and Tokyo air raids.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Washington
Tunisia
Joseph W. Stilwell
Claire L. Chennault
Stimson
War Department
Tokyo
Georges C. Marshall
del Obahable
Roosevelt
Stilwell
Chennault
China-India-Burma
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
Hold Woman Letter-Writer Charged With Threat to Ohio Governor
J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest of Frances Mary Macaratzes of Columbus Ohio a laundry worker on federal extortion charges for threatening Governor John W Bricker in a letter claiming orders direct from Hitler to kill him Hoover noted prior incidents including intoxication in Columbus juvenile court in 1927 and a year confinement as an incorrigible child at the Convent of the Good Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Frances Mary Macaratzes
Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Hoover
Transportation Strike Ends in Cleveland After 18 Hours
Street car and bus service resumed as AFL unions ended a wage increase strike. The regional war labor board ordered a return to work and Mayor Frank J Lausche said he would seek federal troops if the strike persisted.
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Cleveland
AFL
Regional War Labor Board
Frank J.lausche
The
United States
War Production Board Eases Baby Scale Restrictions
The War Production Board eased conservation orders allowing the manufacture of household baby scales at one quarter of the 1941 rate. Scales may be sold only on doctors prescriptions, replacing prior prohibition on consumer models. Previously only clinical scales for physicians and hospitals were allowed.
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Washington
War Production Board
OPA and WPB Officials Inducted Into Army
David Ginsburg OPA general counsel, 31 and married, and Robert R. Nathan WPB Planning Committee chair, 34 and single, were inducted into the Army yesterday and sworn in as privates at Fort Myer Virginia. Ginsburg had drawn draft deferment yet received presidential commendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David Ginsburg
OPA
Army
Fort Myer
Robert R. Nathan
WPB
Ginsbug
Nathan i
End of WPA in Ohio Set for Tonight
The Work Projects Administration ends in Ohio at midnight. Once the state’s largest employer, WPA now employs 75, with 60 in nursery schools to be taken over by the Federal Works Agency tomorrow. Fifteen administrative staff conclude liquidation as retirement nears for Ohio administrator Dr. Carl Watson. The agency is said to have spent about 900 million dollars on construction and relief efforts in eight years.
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Columbus
Work Projects Administration
Ohio
Federal
Federal Works Agency
Carl Watson
WPA
Federal Emergency Relief Agency
Findlay
Woman 112 to celebrate birthday amid fifth war
Sapulpa Oklahoma AP reports Aunt Lizzie Dever 112 ready for her fifth conflict after surviving the Mexican Civil Spanish American and First World Wars. She has outlived nine husbands and lives near Sapulpa with her longtime companion Sam Pinkham described as a 70-odd year old “boy.”
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Sapulpa
Okla
Lizzie Dever
Young Brothers Build Bomber Parts in War Plant
In Fort Wayne Indiana a tiny home basement shop run by brothers Jerry Morrill fifteen and Giles twelve became a war plant producing delicately tooled bomber parts for the Army Air Forces. Their first sub contract arrived in February nineteen forty two and the Army has not rejected any parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Army Air Forces
Jerry Morrill
Giles
Army
Hog Prices Hit New Low
Chicago reports prices for live hogs slumping amid government hints of price ceilings. Traders cite the threat as a major factor in the month long decline to about 14.75 dollars per hundred pounds, with war cost-cutting aims seen near 14.50. Independent packers push ceilings. producers and big packers resist.
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Chicago
Chester Davis
Blame Boys for Fire at Imperial Theater Lobby
Juvenile vandals were blamed for a blaze that swept the lobby and office of the Imperial Theater early today, causing damage estimated at $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Imperial Theater
Miners idle by thousands as deadline nears
Miners quit in droves ahead of the midnight contract expiration and the Presidents Saturday deadline. In Lewis Pennsylvania 44000+ on strike, West Virginia miners threaten mine closures, Ohio soft coal workers expected to join the walkout. Capitol talks consider jail terms and seizure of mines. Senator Connally labels Lewis a dictator.
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Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mountaineer
White House
Ohio
F. A. Norman
Fayette
Penn.) Field
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Labor
War Labor Board
Capitol Hill
Messiah
Mountbank
Senator Connally
Texas
Washington Tax Bill Foresees Pay as You Go Plan
An analysis outlines how a proposed tax bill from the Ways and Means Committee could alter 1942 and 1943 tax burdens for a representative earner. The plan shifts payments to credits for 1943 income, reduces 1942 taxes instead of forgiving them, and offers a three year window with a 6 percent discount for early full payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Edson
Higher Farm Prices Studied
Washington AP The War Food Administration reviewed a Bureau of Agricultural Economics report showing farm product prices rose nearly 2 percent from mid March to mid April with a sharp rise in March farm income. Officials say seasonal trends explain part, but may push for stricter price controls if the hold the line policy continues. Mexico-US talks begin as inflation spillover prompts joint study of Mexico’s economy by a bilateral committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Roosevelt
United States
Mexico
State Department
New Price Ceilings Set for Vegetables
The regional Office of Price Administration set wholesale price ceilings for vegetables based on shipping point plus transportation costs. The move aims to pass any future cost decreases to consumers as base terminal prices at origin are used with percentage markups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Price Administration
Michigan Mother Has Nine Boys in Service
In Flint Michigan Mrs John A Deavers 46 has 22 children eight sets of twins and two sets of triplets Nine sons serve in the armed forces and she will be an honorary Blue Star Mother Her children include nine in service and nine who died over the years Her present husband is a war plant worker in Flint
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Flint, Mich
John A. Deavers
Armed Services
Blue Star Mothers
Deavers
Escaped Gunmen Seize Cash From East Cleveland Cafe
Two masked gunmen escaped with $6000 after seizing cash at an East Cleveland cafe. Proprietor Shaker Hatton told police of the robbery and fled in an unknown vehicle. Local authorities investigate the daytime heist.
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Cleveland
Shaker l Hatton
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