Congress Nears End of First Month on 39 Billion War Budget
Congress moves toward final approval of 39 billion dollars of war funding within a month as Roosevelt seeks a 56 billion total. The Senate plans a 26.5 billion naval supply bill to begin rapid aircraft and vessel production, while House actions push total appropriations near 39.05 billion across navy and army measures.
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Hill
D-Ala
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Senate
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Appropriations Committee
Pick Up Mail Routes Not To Be Increased
Washington officials report no expansion of air mail pick up routes though service remains successful. Smith W. Purdum testifying to a House appropriations committee notes rising mail volume and postal revenues, with five routes to small towns in Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio New York Delaware and Kentucky performing well after two years of air mail service.
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Smith W. Purdum
House Appropriations Committee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
New York
Delaware
Kentucky
LaGuardia to relinquish civilian defense post
New York Mayor F H LaGuardia says he will quit his duties as U S director of civilian defense soon after completing remaining organizational tasks. He announced the decision yesterday indicating the federal post will be relinquished in the near term.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
U. S
Sold The Straw and Clover Hay Notice
Marie Anne of Trimble Ohio ran a small ad in Fridays Messenger offering baled straw and clover hay for sale. A second caller bought the baled hay after the first ad request and a follow up call during the evening. Phone 1259 Glouster after 5 30.
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Marie Antie
Marie Anne
Trimble
Ohio
Glouster
Auto Use Stamp Rush Grips Ohio Post Offices
Thousands of Ohio motorists rushed to post offices to avoid a 30 day jail term and 25 fine as post offices closed before they could buy the $2.09 federal use tax stamp for automobiles. Stamps are valid until June 30 when a new $5 annual stamp is required.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chinese Confident of Defense of Singapore
The army newspaper says Singapore defenses will hold against land attacks from Malaya and a possible sea assault. It predicts Japan will try to isolate the island by occupying positions to cut off reinforcements and supplies.
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Singapore
Malaya
Bombings in Kalgoorlie Mine Center Kill Ten, injure twenty
Ten people died and twenty were wounded in bomb explosions at a gold mining center near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Motives were not known immediately.
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Perth
Australia
Kalgoorlie
U S Solvency Not in Danger Morgenthau Says
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau testified before a House subcommittee that a $1 112 926 899 appropriation for 1943 to fund the treasury and post office departments shows the nation’s finances are in better shape than in the first World War with no danger signals. He noted stock and commodity values held up and expressed hope for continued stability.
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Post Office Department
Roosevelt
Snow and Ice Toll Is Heavy Across Ohio
The weekend storm and freezing conditions caused numerous traffic accidents across Ohio with eight fatalities reported. Victims include John Stanicki 62 in Cleveland Charles Yoats in a head on crash Clyde Simmons 31 in Springfield Mrs Conrad Feist in Columbus hit by an automobile and Clifford Burnell 26 in Youngstown after a hit and run. Grace Bane 56 died of injuries from a collision in Canton.
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Cleveland
John Stanicki
Charles Yoats
Clyde M. Simmons
Springfield
Columbus
Conrad Feist
Clifford Burnell
Youngstown
Canton
Grace Bane
Chile elects Juan Antonio Rios president in shift away from Axis ties
Chilean voters chose 56 year old Juan Antonio Rios, an ally of closer U S cooperation, over pro Axis backer General Carlos Ibanez Del Campo. Rios pledges severing Axis relations, leaving Argentina as the sole South American nation maintaining ties among 21 American republics.
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Chile
Juan Antonio Rios
United States
Carlos Ibanez del Campo
Argentina
Columbus man files for Democratic gubernatorial nomination
Frank A. Dye of Columbus submits nominating petitions for the Democratic gubernatorial race. Two years ago he finished last in a field of seven contenders.
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Columbus
Frank A. Dye
Goering visits Sicily amid Axis Mediterranean push
Axis prospects in the Mediterranean appear stronger as Reichsmarshal Goering travels to Italy and inspects German air units in Sicily. British retreat in North Africa continues while Berlin signals expanded air support, and Russian offensives push on from Leningrad to Kharkov with heavy losses on both sides.
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Pacific fleet victory reshapes war outlook and bases
The United States Pacific fleet scored a decisive strike on Japanese bases in the Marshal and Gilbert Islands, undermining Pearl Harbor myths, boosting Allied air and sea power, and easing threats to Hawaii and western allies. Caution urged about rapid moves toward Singapore as battles intensify and air bases grow scarce.
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Seek Camp in Hocking Area
Logan Lancaster and Logan join forces to bid for an army camp in the Hocking Valley near their cities. After the Chillicothe site was halted, upper Hocking Valley interests pressed the War Department to consider a new location. Cy Fulton R Kenneth Kerr of Lancaster with Clarence Blosser and B Wright of Logan traveled to Washington to push the nearby site.
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Lancaster
Hocking Valley
War Department
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Cy Fulton
R. Kenneth Kerr
Clarence Blosser
B. W. Wright
Washington, D. C
Department
Quisling Installed as Puppet Premier of Norway
Nazi occupied Norway announces Vidkun Quisling as puppet premier in Oslo Fortress ceremonies. German broadcasts report the installation as part of occupation strategy. Native Norwegian troops guard the proceedings amid Gestapo and German soldiers.
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Vidkun Quisling
Germany
Norway
Oslo
Quisling
Navy to train 30 000 air cadets a year in four regional schools
The Navy outlines a plan to produce 30,000 air cadets annually with four regional training centers to be leased from unspecified universities. Each school will intake 625 candidates monthly, offering three months of preparatory training before flight instruction, aiming for an "Annapolis of the air" in four regions by May 1.
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Navy
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U. S
Roosevelt
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Middle East
Knox
Nitro To Get Rubber Plant At Nitro West Virginia
Mr George W McAlpin a former resident now in Charleston says the government will build a 12 million dollar synthetic rubber plant at Nitro twenty miles from Charleston The product will be called butatine and the plant is among several rubber substitutes under development McAlpin is in town directing a highway project between Point Pleasant and Mason
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George W. McAlpin
Charleston
Nitro
MecAlpin
McAlpin
Mason
Newsprint and Ink Supplies Expected to Meet Needs
The War Production Board states domestic and Canadian newsprint supplies will meet ordinary needs and no ink shortage is expected for black printing. Colored ink production is forecast to be cut by about one fourth, though no promises are given for the future.
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Washington
War Production Board
The Rationing Survey Is Ordered in State
An immediate survey will be launched by inspectors of the Federal Office of Price Administrators to check for rationing violations. Local boards will supply names of dealers with lodged complaints. In Woodsfield, a miner named Rade Basara was found slain with a butcher knife. Coroner Paul Turner said two men were held for investigation.
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Woodsfield, CO
Rade
U S Fleet Attacks Marshalls Gilbert in Pacific Action
U S surface ships and aircraft raid five island bases in the Marshall and Gilbert groups, sinking or damaging several enemy vessels and destroying planes. Admiral Nimitz reports no large enemy combatants found. MacArthur reports successful resistance in the Philippines as Corregidor fortifications unleash heavy shelling on Japanese forces.
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Singapore Fights On as Japanese Press Mainland Assault
As the siege of Singapore continues, island forts and Johore Strait coast defenses fire on invading Japanese forces. Singapore's big guns may target mainland concentrations while reinforcements arrive. Australian bombers raid Japanese ships at Rabaul as Dutch resistance clings to Amboina.
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Hold Cleveland Boy in Station Owner's Death
Detective Martin Cooney said a 16 year old would be charged with first degree murder in the cold blooded shooting of Samuel Fadek, 55, gasoline station owner. The youth repudiated an earlier confession that he shot Fadek five times with a rifle Friday night.
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Martin Cooney
Samuel Fadek
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