Allied advances in Pacific theater push gains on New Britain and New Guinea
Sixth Army reports victories around the Bismarck Sea with control of Los Negros and advances on Willaumez and Amgoring. Marines land on New Britain near Talasea while forces push toward Madang on New Guinea. Rabaul bombed. Momote Airfield near Masbate restored for spotter planes. at least several naval actions and air strikes recorded.
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U.S. Sixth Army
Scorc
Bismarck Sea
West Pacific
Sixth Army
Bismarck
E Allied Headquarters Comique
Amer
Los Gros
Admiralty
Cape G
Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Arawe
Amgoring
New Britain
New Guinea
Yalau
Saidor
Madang
Rabaul
Los Negros Island
Navy
Momote
Momote Airfield
Seadler Bor
Hauwei Island
Willau Peninsula
Talasea
Thernecks
Tord Talasea
Jury Reverses Murder Verdict New Trial Granted
A jury's three hour deliberation ends with a mistrial in the second degree murder case of Wendell Stewart 36 Canton Ohio inmate. Judge Dana F Rey discharges jurors and schedules a new trial for Stewart accused of fatally stabbing Clarence Cartt 31 Sabina at the penitentiary last June. Prosecutor Forrest F. notes Stewart will be retried.
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Deliber
Wendell Stewart
Canton
Ohio
Dana F. Rey
Stewart
Clarence Cartt
Sabina
Peniry
Forrest F
Akron Rubber Plant Strike Enters Third Day
The General Tire & Rubber Co strike nears 72 hours with production near standstill. War Labor Board officials threaten to hand the dispute to President Roosevelt for possible Army takeover unless workers return to duty. The walkout involves CIO URW leaders Haas Sullivan and six others expelled for disruptive activity in a prior union crackdown.
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Akron Rubber Plant
AKRON
General Tire & Rubber Co
War Labor Board
WLB
Roosevelt
Army
Paul Fuller
Fuller
Howard Haas
CIO United Rubber Workers
Ray Sullivan
Haas and Sullivan
URWA
International Executive Board
Fail To Agree On War Ballot
Washington reporters detail a split between Senate and House supporters over a federal war ballot. Rankin claims a victory for state ballot advocates. Green predicts Senate opposition and potential presidential veto, arguing the measure reduces eligible voters versus the 1942 law. Hatch stands with Green in opposition to the conference report.
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Washington
Senate
House
Rankin
Mississippi
Green
Rhode Island
Senate Elections Committee
Connally
Texas
Hatch
New Mexico
Strike spreads through Welsh coal mine area
The coal flow from Welsh mines serving British war industries dwindled to a trickle as a wage strike expanded across the region. Estimates indicate 60,000 to 70,000 of about 100,000 miners had already walked out, with potential full production halt by nightfall.
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London
Best
Former Legion Chief Seeks Ohio Lieutenant Governor Seat
Columbus reports Ralph H. Stone director of the Ohio State Council of Defense and former Ohio American Legion commander will seek the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. He resides in Conneaut.
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Columbus
Ralph H. Stone
Ohio State Council of Defense
Conneaut
Ohio American Legion
Man with 1335 Held for Larceny
Washington police arrest a 65 year old retired businessman with 1335 in his pockets on two petty larceny charges. He allegedly took 15 cents from a newsstand and attempted to snatch 25 cents from another. Leo Davis, with prior convictions, pleads innocent and is held for trial on April 6.
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Washington
Leo Davis
valuable dogs perish in royal oak blaze
Nine teen Doberman dogs valued at $5 000 were burned to death when a fire swept the kennels of Glenn S Staines in Royal Oak Township. The dogs were being trained for the blind in the Path-Finder project.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Glenn S. Staines
Royal Oak Township
Rene of the Blind
Former Aide Linked to Radio Probe Amid FCC Inquiry
Rep Miller of Missouri charged Thomas Corcoran, former presidential aide, may have shared in a $50,000 fee tied to the sale of WMCA New York. He accused the FCC inquiry of being halted to avoid political fallout as Don Flamm sold the station to Edward J. Noble, a Hopkins aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Miller
Missouri
Thomas J. Corcoran
Federal Communications Commission
Southeastern Ohio Roads Closed By High Water
Severe rainfall floods southern Ohio with high water predicted in Circleville Piketon Chillicothe and surrounding areas. State routes 33 36 47 50 77 78 141 144 146 212 258 275 278 285 325 328 329 346 356 364 553 658 664 667 and 720 listed as closed due to rising Scioto and other rivers.
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Columbus
Ohio
George W. Mindling
Circleville
Scioto
Piketon
Chillicothe
State Highway Department
Chauncey
Athens County
Mohawk Dam
Coshocton County
Dawn
Ansonia
Darke County
Blissfield
Holmes County
McConnellsville
Morgan County
Cadmus
Gallia County
Stewart
Junction 21
Auglaize County
St. Marys Reservoir Bank
Gallian County
Guernsey County
Hocking County
Vinton County
Russell's Point
Junction 69
Knox Reports American Fleet Has 900 Warships
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced the American fleet, the largest in world history, now exceeds 900 warships. He noted this count excludes any smaller vessels during a Washington news conference.
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Knox
Washington
Navy
Bureaucracy Foe Defeats War Veteran in Denver Race
In a special Denver election Dean M. Gillespie a 59 year old Republican truck dealer and oil man defeated Maj Carl E Wuertele a retired World War II hero by 2978 votes becoming the district s first GOP representative since 1932 Wuertele a Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient conceded late noting voters' fatigue with the Democratic New Deal. Gillespie campaigned on less government in business and more business in government.
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Denver
G.O.P
Dean M. Gillespie
Carl E. Wuertele
New Deal
Gillespie
Wuertele
South Pacific
Woman Held In OPA Case In Detroit
Mrs Dorothy Gertrude Martin chief clerk of a Lansing ration board stood mute on arraignment before a U S commissioner on charges of violating office of price regulations in large scale sale of gasoline coupons A plea of innocent was entered and she was held in 2000 bond for examination on March 15 The Lansing housewives leader was arrested Monday night and accused of selling 19200 gasoline coupons each good for five gallons to an undercover man for 1920
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Detroit
Dorothy Gertrude Martin
Lansing Mich
United States
Office of Price Regulations
Convalescent Minister Weds Couple in Hospital
Pvt Robert Reutsch aged 20 from Groveport and Miss Mary Jane Baker 17 sought marriage last night. Their minister Rev Glenn E Copeland was a hospital patient convalescing after an appendectomy, so the ceremony took place at White Cross Hospital with him performing from his bed.
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Columbus
Robert Reutsch
Groveport
Mary Jane Baker
White Cross Hospital
Glenn E. Copeland
Lend-Lease Proven Essential to U S War Efforts
Washington informs House Foreign Affairs Committee that reserve lend-lease aid from Allies is rising steadily. Leo T. Crowley, foreign economic administrator, says air offensives against Germany and invasion coasts of Europe would be impossible at current scale without lend-lease and reverse lend-lease.
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Washington
United States
Leo T. Crowley
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Europe
Cookies' Stolen From Truck Warned as Rat Poison
Police warned that cookies found in a five gallon can stolen from a truck in a residential area are poisoned rat bait. Driver Andy Gaydos said the material had been soaked in strychnine and was intended to kill rats in stores and other commercial places, and could be mistaken for cookies by children.
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Youngstown
Andy Gaydos
Russia Rejects Compromise in Polish Dispute
London papers report Russia rejected the Polish compromise to settle the Russo Polish boundary dispute. Polish exile premier Mikolajczyk said his government had not been informed. Kremlin demands a Curzon Line acceptance and removal of anti Soviet elements before any settlement.
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London
Russia
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Mikolajczyk
Stalin
Churchill
Kremlin
Curzon Line
Poland
Labor Leaders to Visit Battlefronts Suggested by Van Zandt
Lieut. Commander James E. Van Zandt urges sending labor leaders to the South Pacific to see the toll of long hours and hard work for low pay. He notes soldiers work until exhausted and complain about strikes back home.
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Washington
South Pacific
James E. van Zandt
House
Pennsylvania
van Zandt
RAF Bombers Attack French Rail Centers and Berlin
Allied air forces pressed raids on Berlin with heavy US Liberator and Fortress formations dropping incendiaries and explosives. RAF raids targeted Lemans rail yards and French railway targets feeding coastal defenses, with Mosquito attacks in Western Germany and daylight operations signaling the push into occupied Europe.
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RAF
London
U. S
Berlin
Lemans
Paris
France
Italy
Le‘mans
Germany
15Th Air Force
Toulon
Britain
Rome
OPA Extension Sought by FDR
The White House may seek closer party harmony to persuade Congress to extend the Office of Price Administration beyond its June 30 expiration. Price Administrator Bowles will meet informal Senate banking committee members Friday to discuss extension plans amid warnings of strong opposition.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Price Administration
Capitol
Bowles
Senate Banking Committee
OPA
British Church Loss Reported In Thousands
Boston report quotes Rev William Cecil Northcott stating four thousand English churches were destroyed or damaged by German bombs with recoveries underway. He lists damages by denomination including Church of England 163 destroyed 1280 damaged and Methodists 1316 lost or damaged, praising American soldiers for kindness to British children.
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Boston
England
William Cecil Northcott
London
London Missionary Society
Church of England
Church of Scotland
Rev. Northcott
Britain
Defense Testimony in Collett Trial Begins
Attorneys for James W. Collett called their first witness to counter the states claim that the 60-year-old farmer killed three wealthy relatives for profit. The state rested after 19 witnesses over two and a half days, alleging Collett stood to gain from the deaths of Elmer McCoy, 59, Forrest McCoy, 64, and Mildred McCoy, 22.
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Washington, D. H
James W. Collett
John B. Hill
Collett
Elmer McCoy
Forrest McCoy
Mildred McCoy
Postwar Conference Plans On State Department Calendar
The State Department lists at least ten international conferences forming the postwar frame. Talks with Great Britain on petroleum in Washington are planned, with a U N monetary conference likely next. Discussions cover world currency units, a world bank, and potential names Unitas and Bancor.
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State Department
Washington
Edward R. Stettinius
Great Britain
United States
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
United Nations Monetary Conference
Treasury Department
Treasury
Unitas
International Labor Office
Philadelphia
United Nations Food and Agriculture Interim Commission
United Nations
Hot Springs
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Britain
Russia
China
Canada
U. S
Russians Push to Within 70 Miles of Lwow Amid Mud
Mud and thaw slow European front fighting as the Red Army drives toward Lwow and the Odessa Warsaw Railway. Units report gains, captures of towns near Tarnopol, and heavy losses for German forces with widespread destruction of equipment.
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Russia
Odessa-Warsaw
Lwow
Ukraine
Irgrovitsa
Tarnopol
Warsaw
Kochanovka
Volchisk
Zelentsy
Proskurov
Moscow
Staraya Sinyava
Zhmerinka
Red Army
Podvolochisk
Baltic
Narva
Yesterda
Cassino
Italia
New Zealand
Cassin
Citerna
Ohio Prisons Adopt Two Shift Day for War Production
Ohio prisons moved to a two shift work day to meet war production needs. In four adult prisons the inmate total fell from 8 753 on January 1 1941 to 7 449 at the start of the year. Welfare Director Herbert R Mooney and Warden Frank Henderson cited air force recruitment and improved employment as main causes of the decline.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herbert R. Mooney
Mooney
Frank Henderson
Ohio Penitentiary
Miner’s Wife Found Murdered in Steubenville Residence
Miner John Kartoy found his wife shot in the kitchen of their Steubenville residence. Sheriff Bates said the home was ransacked and the woman was shot three times while washing the dishes.
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Steubenville
John Kartoy
Yesterd
Robert Bates
Bates
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Kusaie
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Walawbum
Upper Burma
Joseph W. Stillwell
Hpungnye
Maingkwan
Shingban
Hukawng
Pen Slayer
Batt
Camp Davis
N. C
Legion
Michigan
Lend-Lease
America
Jonathan Daniels
Elison D. Smith
South Carolina
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REA
Harry Slattery
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