Osaka Left Burning by B-29 Attack
The Associated Press reports Osaka suffered major fire damage from three 300 Superfort raids burning hundreds of war workshops and thousands of homes. Allied forces further push Japanese defense in Iwo Jima Mandalay and northern Luzon while Mindanao resists. Marines seized Kangoku and Kama Rocks off Iwo Jima as ground crews fueled for continued campaigns across the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Osaka
Iwo Jima
Mandalay
Philippines
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
House of Piers
Taike
Marianas
Nagoya Raiders
Saipan
High Command
Guam
Iwo Island
Kangoku Rock
Kama Rock
Rock Island
Iwo
Luzon
Mindanao
Fort Dufferin
Maymyo
Cambotia
Indo- China
France
Thailand
Former U S Senator Charles Dick Dies at 87
AKRON UPI reports Charles Dick a key Ohio Republican figure from the Gilded Age died at 87 from a heart attack while visiting a daughter. A member of the Old Guard, he served in the U S Senate from 1904 to 1912 after being appointed to Hanna’s seat.
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Akron
UPI
Ohio
U. S
Charles, Dick
Old Guard
McKinney
Marcus A. Hanna
Senate
War Department Declares 10 Officers Loyal to U S
Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell told a congressional subcommittee that ten army officers accused of Communist ties are actually engaged in upholding the United States by force. Eight of the ten serve overseas in combat roles, according to the War Department.
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War. Department
Washington—T
Army Intelligence
United States
Clayton ,Bissell
House
War Department
Auto Eligibles Are Reduced In 1942 Car Ration
The OPA cuts eligibility for new 1942 passenger cars from 26 groups. About 10,000 new cars remain for rationing after March. Home-to-work driving is no longer a qualification. Retained groups include government employees physicians surgeons midwives veterinarians public health nurses ministers armed forces and state military forces axie cab owners and car rental operators.
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Washington
OPA
Axiecab
Coxs Daughter Will Christen New Carrier
NEWPORT NEWS VA The 45 000 ton aircraft carrier Midway will be christened and towed into the James River March 20 Mrs Bradford Williams Ripley widow of a navy lieutenant who died in the Pacific and daughter of James M Cox a former Ohio governor christens this ship Also in Washington Ohio representatives vote to extend lend lease a year and Ohio Legion Boys State set for June at Wittenberg College Springfield
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Newport News
Midway
James River
Bradford Williams Ripley
Dayton
Ohio
Navy
James M. Cox
Columbus
Qhio American Legion
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ceiling Price On Admissions Faces Mixed Congressional Response
OPA Administrator Chester Bowles reported in a letter to Senator Wagner that movie admission costs rose 38.5 percent from June 1941 to December and should be capped. He noted about a third of the increase came from higher taxes and urged ceilings on both admission prices and film rental costs, which have climbed 25 to 30 percent. Bowles also indicated that any action should cover all amusements including sports events and legitimate theater.
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Washington
OPA
Chester Bowles
Sunrise
Bowles
Wagner
Civilians Face Severe Egg Shortage Says Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange reported civilians face one of the most serious egg shortages in history. Production is eight percent below last year due to bad weather, with demand high from increased purchasing power and meat shortages, while armed forces needs are substantial.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
War Prisoners' Menu Conforms To Scarcities
Prisoners of war will eat substitutes for butter meat and other scarce foods as menus are revised by the army service forces. The move follows reports that meat supplies and other reserves are being depleted by growing demand of armed forces overseas. In Lafayette Indiana L P Lindeloff head of the International Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers of America called Hollywood studio workers strike unauthorized and urged return to work.
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Washington
Army Service
Lafayette
Ind
L. P. Lindeloff
International Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers of America
Hollywood
Medal delivered to Newark mother for late husband’s Air Medal
A young mother refused a ceremonial presentation and requested the medal be mailed. Maj. Arthur J. Lonergan visited her home to present the Air Medal earned by her fighter pilot husband killed in action in the Southwest Pacific. She spoke of her son missing his father and the desire to tell him the sacrifice behind the medal.
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Newark
WN. J
Southwest Pacific
Arthur J. Lonergan
Atlantic Overseas Air Technical Command
Officers’ Club
Bke
Lonergan
Reds Launch Big Push in East Prussia
Soviet forces drive west of Zinten and push toward Koenigsberg as Moscow signals signs of a major assault in East Prussia. Gdynia battles intensify with Rokossovsky intent on wiping out the pocket, while Zhukov strengthens westward pressure near the Oder and along the Baltic coast.
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Reds
East Prussia
London
Koenigsberg
Berlin
Moscow
Gdynia
Zinten
Koeipiechero
Epee
Ernst von Hammer
Bay of
Danzig
Gdynia Mopup
Rokossovsky
Stettin
Frankfurt
Zhukov
Peolathy
Franks
Oder
Kuestrin
Civilian Butter Supply To Be Slashed Again
CHICAGO Forty per cent of total butter production must be set aside for war service agencies in April and 55 per cent in May, up from 20 and 25 per cent in earlier months, though Butter output typically rises in spring. In Columbus, Ohio, a “clean up week” runs April 30 to May 5 to remove winter debris and rubbish.
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Chicago
Frank E. Blood
Midwest Food and Dairy Products Division
War Food Admin
Columbus
Ohio
Allied bomb raids push into Germany in 30th day
London reports massive allied air offensive from the west and south following last night’s RAF strike on tarats and Berlin. The 36th consecutive day of around the clock bombing marks the longest raid series of the war with Mosquito bombers attacking Berlin Bremen and Frankfurt while Benal plants near Gelsenkirchen and Herne are struck. RAF crews met minimal anti aircraft fire and two bombers were lost. allied fighters claim 25 German planes shot down, seven allied aircraft lost.
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London
Germany
Tar
Berlin
Reich
Benzal
Gelsenkirchen
Herne
Ruhr
Bremen
Frankfurt
RAF
Armen
Air Ministry
Remagean
Rhine
Jenkins Says Many Flood Areas Lack Needed Funds
Representative Jenkins Ohio argues against funds limits for flood defense in the Ohio Valley. He notes localities lack money for lands and rights of way, calls for eased requirements to expand protection after severe flooding. Army engineers plan flood control at stream headwaters, citing walls in Cincinnati and Portsmouth as self-financing examples.
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Jenkins
Washington
Ohio Valley
Oamoe
Ohio
Federal Treasury
Igrenton
Portsmouth
Eilies
Honnef Capture Tightens Yank Bridgehead in Moselle Zone
Allied reports say American forces seized Honnef five miles north of Remagen, solidifying the Ludendorff Bridgehead as Berlin claimed repeated hits on the nearby pontoon span. Front dispatches note ongoing hard fighting near Honnef and Koenigs, with U S troops extending the bridgehead and moving toward Remagen while Ninth Army projects a summer end to the European war.
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Associated Press
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Honenef
Remagen
Ludendorff
Third Army
Generol Saarburg
Berlin
Saarburg
Ruwer
Moselle
First
Ludendorft
Opera Ition
Honnef
U. S
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Bonnet
U.S
PatLlon
Damar
Saar
Merzig
Trier
Seventh Army
Rhine
Frankfurt Super
Ninth Army
Germany
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Trane
Rhine Prin
Allies claim vast Rhine crossings gains in northern front
Reports from the front detail a massive Rhine bridgehead with 50 square miles under attack as Field Marshal Montgomery and Allied forces drive through the Siegfried Line. Prisoners total over 151,000 for First, Third, and Ninth Armies combined, signaling heavy German losses and expected Rhine crossings between Emmerich and the Dutch border.
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Montgom
Bifelevy
Patton
Honnef
Bill 370
Kretzahausen
Kalenborn
Ruhr
Rhine
Ninth
Lower Rhine
Emmerich
Duisburg
71St Army Group
Nijmegen
Kleve
Wusterwald
Ludendorff
Eisenhower
Gersmans
Coblenz
Holland
Soldier Vote Bill Delayed in Ohio Senate
The Democratic minority moved to liberalize the absentee ballot bill, arguing that anyone should distribute applications. The measure currently restricts distribution to election boards, with Senator Maurice Lipscher proposing an amendment to let parties and others print and hand out the forms to servicemen’s relatives.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate
Maurice W. Lipscher
Youngstown
Company Ordered To Industrial Group Says Comply With Ruling
Philadelphia reported United Island Railways Company and American Light & Railways Company must promptly comply with a three and a half year integration order. The FCC said the railways and Continental Gas and Electric Corp must dispose of interests in Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. to enforce the order. In Columbus, officials noted expected fewer injuries in 1944 despite a prior rise, with 2,254,201 claims since 1934 and 159,248 in 1934, as about 1.5 million Ohioans were employed annually.
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Philadelphia
United Island Railways Company
American Light & iRailway Company
Fedessition and Exchange Commission
Aday
Jrailways
iContinental Gas and Electric Corp
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Columbus
State Industrial Commission
Fala Father of Roosevelt Twins Born March 9
Dr. Thomas Sheldon announces two daughters born March 9 at his Canine Hospital to President Roosevelt’s famed Scottie Fala and Buttons owned by Miss Margaret Suckley of Hyde Park. The birth highlights the Roosevelt dogs continuing a line of celebrated companions.
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Rhinebeck
Fala
Thomas Sheldon
Sheldon Canine Hospital
Roosevelt
Margaret Suckley
Hyde Park
New Hampshire Voters Back Postwar Peace Plan
In Lin cords New Hampshire citizens in meeting houses yesterday expressed overwhelming support for an international postwar peace plan modeled on Dumbarton Oaks. It marked the first widespread public reaction in any United Nations country since the Yalta Conference.
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Lincord
N. H
New Hampshire
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations
Civilians Asked to Tighten Belts for Lend-Lease Food
Washington reports a government clash over scarce foods for civilians and military, with meat sugar and fats in short supply. The War Food Administration proposes cutting lend-lease and foreign relief to protect civilian stocks, facing opposition from War Department and relief agencies. A Crowley-led interagency committee reviews the plan, likely needing Roosevelt’s input.
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Washington
Inter-Agency
WariFood
War Department
Agenwcies
Leo T. Crowley
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