Bombs hit Berlin as ships sunk by Allied subs
Washington dispatch reports Allied submarines and aircraft sinking 12 more Japanese merchant vessels, bringing total sunk to 558. Catalina bombers destroyed an ammunition ship and a freighter off the Admiralty Islands, while air forces struck shipping near New Britain and the Marshalls. Tojo warns Diet of continued losses and urges intensified defense as Allied raids press Japan.
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Bulletin
Aemy Shipping
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Singapore
Umatra
Snce
Ndian Ocean
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Sea
Ansa Bay
New Guinea
Macrthur
Army Seventh Airforce
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
New Britain
Tojo
DIET
Hideki Tojo
Diet Todayapan
Tokyo
Japan
Alps
Southwest Pacific
Wewakew Guinea
Eny
South Pacific
Tobera
Rabaul
War Department plans law revision for quick peacetime conversion
Washington AP reports Senate move to adopt a revised war contracts renegotiation law as part of a $2.27 billion revenues bill. Chicago AP notes War Department planning for rapid industrial reconversion to peacetime production, warning of severe economic impact if industry reverts, with Patterson citing insurance-like planning and a possible year or more before Japan and Germany collapse.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Chicago
Robert P. Patterson
War Department
Patterson
United States Conference of Mayors
Germany
Japan
French Submarines Hit Two Enemies Off French Coast
French submarines patrolling off the southern coast of France near the Toulon and Marseille areas have attacked two enemy ships, reporting the loss of one French boat in the operation.
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France
Algiers
Army Men Released for Combat Duty in Reassignment
Washington reports more than 28,000 Army officers and men have been released for combat duty through reassignment of duties for military and civilian personnel serving as aides, firemen, and inspectors, the War Department announced today.
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Washington
E Army
Billions in War Goods Shipped to Russia
Moscow reports Leo Crowley of the U.S. Office of Economic Warfare stated the United States had shipped nearly four billion dollars worth of lend-lease munitions to the Soviet Union. A separate brief notes a boy wounded in a Cincinnati theater when a pistol discharged, severing an artery, and mentions a barn fire at the Roudebush farm killing registered Shorthorn cattle and many Jer k jerks.
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Moscow
Leo T. Crowley
U.S
Eco c Warfare
United Tes
Soviet Union
Sincinnati
Paul Broadwell
Charles Fricke
Batavia
M. Roudebush
Vivien Kellems Defies Tax Laws Ahead of 1940s Run
Connecticut manufacturer Vivien Kellems opposes income taxes urging others to refuse payment. She showcases a grip device from her factory for stressing a broken finger bone. Named among top women in industry in 1940 and 1941, and a 1942 congressional candidate, she drew government attention.
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Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Washington
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Farm Home Destroyed by Fire Claims Six Lives Near Spencerville
Lima Ohio report states six people died in a blaze at a farm home near Spencerville. Victims include Mrs. Sadie Messer Handshoe, 32, her sister Cletha Messer, 19, and four children Ruby Murle 7 Palestine 6 Paul Glen 3 and Charles Donald 8 months. Husband James Handshoe was away at work at Lima Tank Depot. fire likely started by coal or oil stove, trapping the family in their beds. Fire crews arrived as the home was consumed. no signs of life.
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Lima
Spencerville
Here
Harry Lewis
Sadie Messer Handshoe
Cletha Messer
Lewis
New Underwear Guards Soldiers From Typhus
Naples reports a new loose-proof underwear tested on French Moroccan units on the Fifth Army front to prevent typhus. Medical officers say no typhus cases among Allied troops due to compulsory typhus vaccinations.
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Naples
Fifth
Drought hits winter wheat in Seneca country
Agencies report unprecedented drought threatening Seneca country's winter wheat crop. Planters brace for impact as drought conditions intensify across the region, with potential losses looming for farmers and local markets.
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Seneca Country
Oil shortage forecast sparks debate with government critique
Warren C. Platt, editor of National Petroleum News, warned of a severe oil shortage and blamed Army and Navy officials for blocking price adjustments to spur production. He also forecast a further gasoline ration cut within six months and noted pending tax revisions and postwar relief debates involving $1.35 billion. The Hopkins Letter Thriller tale of plots continues with new accusations and a tempersed soldier vote compromise gaining Senate support.
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Cleveland
Warren C. Platt
National Petroleum News
Platt
Army
Navy
Hopkins
Senator Langer
R-Nd
Wendell Willkie
Senator Connally
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
Development of P-70 Fighter Plane at Wright Field
Dayton report from Wright Field describes a new fighter plane the P-70 derived from the Douglas A-20A Havoc. It mounts four fixed 20 millimeter forward-firing cannons in the nose and is unofficially nicknamed the Midnight Mauler.
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Dayton, O
Materiel Command
Wright Field
New Industry To Center In Southeastern Ohio
Washington reports Ohio in line to host a new oil from coal industry hub. The Senate backed a bill to fund demonstration plants and production tests, with Ohio named as a likely site. Rep. Earl Lewis urged prompt House hearings to advance wartime fuel initiatives. Interior Secretary Ickes also endorsed passage.
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Southeastern
Ohio
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Senate
Buckeye
Earl Lewis
R. R. Sayers
Lewis
House Mining Committee
Senate Public Lands Committee
Interior
Ickes
Fifth of Loan Quota Is Filled
Cincinnati report quotes Henry Morgenthau as saying war production must continue to new peaks. The fourth war loan drive shows $1.048 billion in individual sales toward a $5.5 billion goal, with $523 million in Series E bonds at 75 percent of maturity. He notes a fifth loan to be launched in May or June.
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Cincinnati
Henry Morgenthau
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Three Officers Wounded in Indianapolis Gun Battle
Three city policemen were wounded critically in a fierce gun battle during a raid on robbery suspects in Indianapolis. The man and a tall blonde woman, one with a sawed-off shotgun strapped to her leg, were also seriously hurt.
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Indianapolis
Extension of Milk Rationing Held Unlikely
Washington reports civilian milk consumption must stay at current levels or quota limits will spread. Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects 1944 milk output at 116 billion pounds, 6 billion below War Food Administration goal of 122 billion. Farmers must raise dairy herds by 2 percent and output per cow by 50 pounds to reach the target. coupon rationing of milk products is unlikely.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
War Food Administration
OWI
WFA
Restrictions Based for Oil Drilling Operations
The Petroleum Administration for War eased restrictions on critical materials for Ohio drilling. Operators may drill or deepen wells on five acre spacing to 1,200 feet and on ten acre spacing to 1,800 feet.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
Ohio
AFL Leaders Call for Soldier Vote Law Enactment
MIAMI Fla The AFL executive council urged Congress to enact a law giving every service member abroad the right to vote. The Senate approved bill leaves ballot control to states and is criticized as indefensibly restrictive.
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Miami
Fla
AFL Executive Council
Bricker Raps Governments Regimentation
Buffalo N Y Governor John W Bricker of Ohio argues for private business to provide post war jobs and warns against government ownership or management of business asserting regulation is needed but not regimentation He urges immediate post war reconstruction plans to stabilize employment and restore opportunity and productive forces.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Torch Club
Probe Death Of Socialite
Chicago police pursue a revenge shooting mystery after Mrs Frank Starr Williams 55 wife of an American diplomat is found dead in her Drake Hotel apartment from a self inflected head wound fired by a middle aged woman who gained entrance to the residence. Paralysis set in as physicians failed to remove the bullet.
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Frank Starr Williams
State Department
Chicago
Glider Crew Survives Forcing Landing Under Wires
Twelve glider passengers including two Army test pilots and ten engineers from Northwest Aeronautical Corp faced a forced landing when a tow line failed. The craft touched down in a narrow space between high tension lines and a barbed wire fence near St. Paul Minnesota, with no injuries reported.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Army
William Womelsdorf
Charles T. Butler
Clinton County Army Air Base
Wilmington
St. Paul
Northwest Aeronautical Corporation
Most Concentrated Aerial Attack In History On Berlin
Upwards of 2,240 tons of bombs were dropped on Berlin in about 20 minutes. A large force of four engine planes, likely American, attacked the Nazi capital with more than 700 RAF bombers. Great fires were started. the RAF reported 35 planes lost in this eleventh heavy assault since November 18. Russian armies advanced beyond Leningrad and Novgorod as Allied forces pressed along the Italian front, Minturno falling after hard fighting.
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Berlin
France
RAF
Germany
Leningrad
Novgorod
Minturno
Bombings Alter Germans Speech in Berlin
Stockholm report notes RAF air raids on Berlin growing in intensity changing local greetings from a bombless night to Bleih Uebrig meaning Hope You Survive. RAF formations reached Berlin with cloud cover allowing low attacks and no fighter opposition. Nazis accelerate plans for further Allied blows deeper into German areas.
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Stockholm
Germany
Berlin
RAF
German Losses Mount as Russian Front advances Across Baltic Region
Russian forces push along a 125 mile front from west of Leningrad toward Novgorod. In six days 40 000 Germans killed and 4 000 captured. Leningrad siege ends and Baltic fleet freed. Finnish capitulation looming as German lines retreat. Novgorod falls opening Baltic states to rapid Russian advance. In Rome area British naval fire supports land advance near Gaeta and Castelforte. German air and ground resistance remains stiff elsewhere.
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Russia
Leningrad
Novgorod
Red Army
Bay of
Kronstadt
Finland
Estonia
Rome
Marshal Tito
Jacje
Bosnia
Churchill
Stalin
Mt. Illago
Gustav Line
Harold l. Busenbarger
Osborn, O
Flying Fort To Make Tour of United States
The U S Eighth Air Force bomber Hell's Angels leaves Britain after completing 48 combat missions. Twelve crew and ground staff will tour the United States, visiting assembly and parts plants to thank workers who built the craft.
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Flying Fort
United States
Britain
U. S. Eighth Airforce
Hell's Angels
Europe
Mercy Plane Crashes Killing Doctors and Nurses
A Chilean National Airlines mercy plane en route to help earthquake victims in San Juan Argentina crashed. Twelve people aboard the aircraft, including doctors and nurses, were killed. The government information bureau announced the tragedy today.
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Santiago
Chile
Government Information Bureau
Chilean National Airlines
San Juan
Argentina
Roosevelt Likely to Skip Greeting at Democratic Session
President Roosevelt may not greet or address tomorrow's Democratic national committee session in Washington due to a flu bout and ongoing war-time duties. Delegates push for fourth term support, naming Robert E. Hannegan as national chairman with Chicago as the likely convention site, possibly July 24.
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Roosevelt
Dem
Washington
Democratic National Committee
White House
Frank C. Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
Walker
Chicago
Culbert L. Olson
California
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Thomas R. King
Wisconsin
Elmer F. Kelm
Minnesota
Jake, More
Iowa
James C. Quigley
Nebraska
Edward J. Flynn
New York
Protest New Meat Ruling Sparks Health Concerns
Cleveland FD A chief E B Buchanan urges OPA to rescind a rule allowing meat purchases from farmer-slaughterers. He warns the policy promotes uninspected meat and risks public health. Columbus health inspector Edward C O'Dell joins the protest citing risks from farm-killed pork points.
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Cleveland
E. B. Buchanan
Food and Drug Administration
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
Buchanan
Bowles
Edward C. O'Dell
Columbus Board of Health
Job Winding Offices for Veterans To Open
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt announced demonstration employment offices will open in seven cities next week to start an expanded veterans program. The offices will help veterans find jobs provide counseling on training and opportunities and test aptitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt
Two Italian youths executed for Nazi spying in Italy
In Naples two 18-year-olds confessed to pledging allegiance to the Fascist youth, admitting they furnished German forces with intelligence on Allied movements in Italy. They were executed today by a firing squad.
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Naples
Italy
Shoes Shipped to Africa by Mistake
Miss Helen E. Ver Planck ordered two pairs of shoes from a White Plains store and had them sent to P O Box 841. A postal clerk misread the address as A P O and mailed the parcel to North Africa. Officials there returned it, and she refused to pay the postage due and duties.
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White Plains
N. Y
Helen E. Ver Planck
P.O
A.P.O
North Africa
Ver Planck
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Eng
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Mass
AFL
Philip Kaufman
Detroit
Bricker
Mercy
Africa
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