Osaka Left Burning by B-29 Attack
The B 29 raids incinerated Osaka driving fires across 24 square miles as Tokyo and Nagoya suffered similar destruction. Allied advances in the Pacific include Iwo Jima seizures and Mindanao counterattacks while Japanese defenses falter.
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Osaka
Associated Press
Iwo Jims
Mandalay
Philippines
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
House of Peers
Dayton
Nagoya Raiders
Sky M Mammoths
Saipan
Manhattan Island
Former U S Senator Charles Wick Dies at 87
Akron dispatch reports former U S Senator Charles Wick aged 87, a key figure in the Ohio Republican Old Guard of the McKinley era, died of a heart attack while visiting a daughter. Wick had filled the seat left by Marcus A. Hanna after Hanna’s 1904 death and served in the Senate until March 4, 1911.
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Akron
Ormer
Senate
War Department cites loyalty of 10 officers abroad
Washington report says ten army officers accused in papers of Communist ties are now described by Maj. Gen. Clayton Bissell as actually supporting the United States by force. Eight of the ten serve in combat overseas, with the War Department firm on their loyalty as investigated by the military subcommittee.
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War Department
Washington
Chief of
Army Intelligence
Army
United States
Clayton Bissell
House
Bissell
War’ Department
Auto Eligibles Are Reduced in 1942 Car Rationing
Washington reports a cut in the 1942 passenger car eligibility from 26 groups to eight, with the eliminated groups now eligible only for used 1942 models. About 10,000 new cars remain after March. The change drops home to work driving as a qualifying factor. Retained groups include government employees, doctors, midwives, farm vets, public health nurses, ministers, armed forces members, taxicab owners, and car rental operators.
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Washington
CFA
Midway Carrier Christening Planned on March 20 at Newport News
The 45,000 ton aircraft carrier Midway will be christened by Mrs. Bradford Williams Ripley II of Dayton Ohio, daughter of former Ohio governor James M Cox. The ship will be towed to the James River after construction and will carry many twin engined planes. In Washington all but three Ohio representatives voted to extend lend lease a year beyond June 30. In Columbus the American Legion announces Boys State will run June 16 to 26 at Wittenberg College Springfield offering youth training in state operations and civic government.
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Osaka
High Command
Guam
Iwo Island
Tokyo
Kangoku Rock
Kama Rock
Iwo Jima
Rock Island
Iwo
Luzon
Philippines
Mindanao
Jens A. Doe
Zamboanga
U. S
Burma
Mandalay
Fort Dufferin
Maymyo
Camrona
Indo- China
France
Thailand
Newport News
Midway
James River
Bradford Williams Ripley
Dayton
Ohio
Navy
Pacific
James M. Cox
Washington
Cliff Clevenger
Bryan
Robert Jones
Lima
Frederick Smith
Marion
House
Columbus
Legion's Ith
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ceiling price on admissions considered by Bowles
Washington CPA Administrator Chester Bowles proposes price ceilings on movie and amusement tickets after admissions rose 38 1 2 percent from June 1941 to last December, with one third due to taxes. He suggests ceilings on film rentals too, and broad action to cover all amusements including sports and legitimate theater.
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Washington
CPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Wagner
Hewsmen
Egg Shortage Hits Civilians Says Mercantile Exchange
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports civilians face a severe egg shortage due to bad weather reducing production eight percent from last year. Demand is strong amid meat shortages and armed forces requirements.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
War Prisoners Menu Adapts to Food Shortages
The army service forces ordered revisions of prisoner of war menus to use substitutes for butter meat chicken and other scarce foods. Officials said meat and food reserves are depleting due to rising overseas demands.
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Washington
Army Service
Medal Delivered to Newark Mother of fallen pilot
A New Jersey mother, widow of a fighter pilot killed in the Southwest Pacific, declined a ceremony and asked the Air Medal be mailed. Maj. Arthur J. Lonergan delivered the medal in person, sharing a personal moment as she vowed to explain her husband’s sacrifice to their son, who has never met his father.
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Newark
N. J
Southwest Pacific
Arthur J. Lonergan
Atlantic Overseas Air Technical Compand
Officers’ Club
Major Lonergan
Reds Launch Big Push in East Prussia
Berlin radio reports a new Red Army offensive south of Koenigsberg aimed at dividing and destroying remaining German forces in East Prussia. Moscow advices claim signs of renewed effort near Koenigsberg, with columns moving west of Zinten. Gdynia's mopup and Danzig’s dwindling German foothold are noted, while Zhukov pressures the Oder front near Frankfurt.
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London
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Berlin
Ernst von Hammer
Gdynia
Danzig
Gdynia Mopup
Moscow
Rokos
Volkssturm
Civilian Butter Supplies Slashed Again In April May
Chicago dispatch reports Frank E. Blood of the War Food Administration announces a larger share of creamery butter for war service agencies. Fourty percent of total production to be set aside in April and 35 percent in May, up from February and March. He notes butter output typically rises in spring. In Columbus, Ohio, a spring cleanup drive runs April 30 to May 5 to clear debris and rubbish.
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Chicago
War Service
Frank E. Blood
Midwest Food and Dairy Products Division
War Food Administration
Blood
Columbus
Uwpi
Ohio
Allied Bombers Complete 30th Day of Raids
Allied bombers conducted extensive raids across Germany marking the 30th consecutive day of bombing. RAF attacks targeted benzol plants in the Ruhr and Berlin, Bremen, and Frankfurt on the Main. A daylight strike hit Barmen highlighting ongoing heavy operations with two British bombers lost and 25 German aircraft downed by Allied fighters near the Remagen bridge.
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London
Germany
West Front
Berlin
Reich
RAF
Gelsenkirchen
Herrie
Ruhr
Bremen
Frankfurt
Barmen
Roenter
Air Ministry
Remagen
Rhine
Jenkins Urges Funds For Ohio Valley Flood Defense
Rep Jenkins asserts many flood areas lack funds to meet local costs under the National Flood Control Act. He urges lowering local financial requirements so all communities can obtain protection from periodic high waters. He cites flood walls at Ironton and Portsmouth Ohio as self paying and notes Army engineers plans to impound water would curb flood ravages.
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Jenkins
Ohio
Federal Treasury
Army
Ironton
Portsmouth
Company Ordered To Comply With Ruling
United Light and Railways Company and its subsidiary American Light Railway were ordered by the Securities and Exchange Commission to promptly comply with a three and a half year old integration order. The commission said they must dispose of their interests in the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company or face enforcement court action.
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Philadelphia
United Light and Railways Company
American Light &, Railway Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
Railways
Continental Gas and Electric Corp
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Fala Becomes Father to Twins at President’s Scottie Hospital
Rhinebeck report says Fala is father of twins born March 9 at Sheldon Canine Hospital. Dr Thomas Sheldon veterinary announced two daughters sired by Roosevelt’s famed Scottie and Buttons, owned by Miss Margaret Suckley of Hyde Park.
Capture of Honnef Anchors Yank Bridgehead In Germany
Allied dispatches report Lt Gen Hodges First Army seizing Hone nf north of Remagen, solidifying the bridgehead while Germans claim hits on the Ludendorff and nearby pontoon bridges. Berlin noted heavy fighting near Saarburg and along the Ruwer River as American forces push across the Moselle toward the Frankfur t area with 60 German planes downed and about 40,000 prisoners taken in eight days.
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Associated Press
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Honenef
Remagen
Ludendorff
Gene
Saarburg
Berlin
Ruwer
Moselle
Lidendorff
Hennef
U.S
Koenigswinter
Patton
Saar River
Merzig
Trier
Frankfurt
First
Rhine Crossing Threats Loom as Allies Push East
Allied forces report heavy progress across the Rhine frontier with 151,436 German prisoners counted by the north and central fronts. Field reports claim 27,671 taken by the First Army and 63,288 by Patton's Third, while bridgeheads face constant bombing and shelling as Ludendorff and pontoon bridges are repaired.
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Honnet
Kretzahausen
Kalenborn
Ruhr
Rhine
Helnine
Lower Rhine
Emmerich
Duisburg
21St Army Group
Nijmegen
Kleve
Westerwald
Ludendorff
Patston
Siegfried Line
Eisenhower
Gerans
Cablenz
Holland
Soldier Vote Bill Delayed in Ohio Senate
In Columbus the Democratic minority in the Ohio Senate pressed to liberalize a soldier vote bill. They argued that anyone should be allowed to distribute absentee ballot applications. The bill would extend voting rights to armed forces members for municipal, special, and primary elections, but restrict printing and distribution to election boards. an amendment to permit parties, labor groups, and others to print and distribute applications was proposed by Senator Maurice W. Lipscher of Youngstown.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Maurice W. Lipscher
Youngstown
Industrial Group Says Accidents Are Fewer
Columbus reports the State Industrial Commission notes a tapering bulge in accident levels after a long rise. Since 1934 total injury and occupational disease claims reach 2,254,201, with 325,171 in 1943 and 159,248 in 1934, while about 1.5 million Ohioans were employed annually.
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Columbus
UPI
State Industrial Commission
New Hampshire Voters Approve Postwar Plan
In Concord New Hampshire citizens at meeting houses yesterday backed an international postwar peace plan modeled on the Dumbarton Oaks proposal. It marked the first broad popular expression on international peace plans among United Nations since the Yalta Conference.
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Oncord
N. H
New Hampshire
Dumbarton Oaks
United Nations
Civilians May Be Asked To Tighten Belts For Lend Lease Foods
Washington reports interagency dispute over how scarce food should be split among military civilian lend lease and foreign relief claims. Officials consider trimming civilian and foreign relief allocations to preserve military and export commitments as the April-June quarter approaches. Critics warn this could strain international relations if not managed.
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Washington
Inter-Agency
iFood
Aera
Bennett
FEA
War Department
agen-Foot
Cies
Trend-Lease
Nga
Edi
Lea T. Crowley
Prenresent lJend
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