Peace Plan Changes Likely in Senate Debate
Washington AP desk reports a proposal for closer United Nations cooperation postwar faces heavy edits before a Senate vote. President Roosevelt reportedly endorsed broad aims at a White House meeting with six senators, though Connally insists no pledge to joint postwar programs. The plan urges UN leadership in military and economic resources, joint control over reconquered lands, and postwar dispute settlement machinery with a world military force. The piece also notes tax deadlines, Ruml plan opposition, and Eden’s Washington visit shaping international discussion.
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Eden
Washington
Enemys Push in Burma Signals Wider Pacific Threat
World War II dispatches report Japanese forces driving back British units near Rathedaung 25 miles north of Akyab as New Delhi confirms a renewed Japanese initiative in Burma. MacArthur warns of growing Japanese transport concentration in Amboina and Dobo with landing fields rising. Allied air power strikes targets from New Guinea to Kiska while Tojo returns to Japan and Chinese forces claim a major counteroffensive along the Yangtze.
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Rathedaung
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Kiska
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Amboina
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Lae
Goering Visit to Rome Puts Pressure on Duce
Tass dispatch from Geneva reports Reichsmarschall Goering, in Rome, pressing Mussolini at a critical Italo German stage. He is said to have a personal mission from Hitler to secure strong Italo German ties and influence decisions amid mounting tension.
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Hitler
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Taft attacks OWI broadcasts as propaganda misuse
Senator Taft criticizes Elmer Davis and OWI for commandeering U S radio stations for propaganda talks. He calls the broadcasts an abuse of power and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and to the free press and radio workers.
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OWI
Elmer Davis
Senator Taft
Ohio
Davis
United States
Taft
Bricker Likely To Run For A Fourth Term In Ohio
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker is seen as a strong fourth term possibility by advisers who say it would raise his prestige at the Republican national convention and help prevent intra party strife ahead of the 1944 primary. Bricker aides note signals from administration Republicans not to commit to others. Possible successors include Lt. Gov. Paul M. Herbert Atty. Gen. Thomas J. Herbert Treasurer Don H. Ebright and Cincinnati Mayor James G. Stewart.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Paul M. Herbert
Thomas J. Herbert
Don H. Ebright
James G. Stewart
Cincinnati
Republican State Central Committee
Hull Ends Vacation to Confer With Eden
Secretary of State Hull returns to Washington after a two week rest in Florida and plans immediate talks with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden on war and postwar issues. Eden yesterday met with Secretary Stimson and Secretary of Navy Knox.
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Eden
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Florida
Britain
Anthony Eden
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United States
Lord Halifax
H. S. Middlemiss
Cruiser Boise Skipper Moran Transferred to Washington
Captain E J Mike Moran renowned as fighting skipper of the cruiser Boise which sank five Japanese ships and assisted in downing another in a Colemans engagement last October has been transferred to Washington the Fourth Naval District disclosed today
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Philadelphia
E. J
Mike) Moran
Boise
Washington
Fourth Naval District
Lasting Peace Purpose Of War Hoover Asserts
DES MOINES Ia Former President Herbert Hoover told a joint session of the Iowa Legislature that the purpose of this war is to make a lasting peace. He urged a new approach to peace that addresses ideologies, economic pressures, nationalism, militarism, imperialism, and fear and revenge to settle political territorial economic and ideological issues.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Liquor raid in Brooklyn ends with state inspector shot
Cleveland report says a raid on an unlicensed liquor spot in the Brooklyn suburb led to 32 patrons being arrested. Vernon C. Tobias, 48, of Fremont, Ohio, a state liquor inspector, was shot through the groin by his own revolver during the confrontation. Frank Noble, 62, of Cleveland, a Rod and Gun Club patron, is jailed on a shooting to kill warrant sworn by state agent Floyd A. Gable who led the raid. Municipal officials prepared gasoline ration boards listing those arrested.
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Vernon C. Tobias
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Tobias
Frank Noble
Floyd A. Gable
Noble
Ohio
Brooklyn Village
Kresge
Japs Planning Major Action Against Pacific Targets
Chinese press quoted Premier Hideki Tojo seeking to use Wang Ching-wei as a key manager for exploiting Chinese resources and manpower in the Pacific war. Observers speculated on large scale actions against US air bases in China, a major naval engagement, or an attack on Siberia, with others noting Japan’s diminished naval strength makes a decisive sea battle unlikely.
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Hideki Tojo
Wang Ching-Wei
Nanking
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United States
China
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Siberia
Japan
RAF Bombs Railways and Airfields on Continent
RAF fighters pressed the Allied air offensive against Europe last night attacking railway communications in occupied territory and in Germany. Earlier, Spitfires and Whirlwinds swept the Continent after noon, hitting air fields at Abbeville and Maupertus near Paris in a limited series of raids.
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Paris
Plan To Intensify Share Ride Program
Cleveland AP Dan T Moore regional director of the Office of Civilian Defense says plans to intensify the share the ride program will be drafted this week. State civilian defense councils will be asked to shoulder more responsibility and authority in the government's car sharing effort.
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Dan T Moore
Office of Civilian Defense
Moore
Judy Canova Weds Pvt Chester B England in New Jersey
New Jersey report says singer-comedienne Judy Canova married Pvt Chester B England yesterday. The ceremony occurred away from public eye with brief confirmation from AP.
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N. J
Judy Canova
Pvt
Chester B
England
Rome says Canadian troop ship is sunk
The Italian high command announced from Rome that the 23500 ton liner Empress of Canada carrying troops was sunk in the Atlantic by an Italian submarine. Allied authorities had no confirmation. The ship was part of the Canadian Pacific fleet, built in Glasgow in 1922. Berlin reports German U boats sunk fourteen vessels totaling 92000 tons, but that claim lacks Allied confirmation.
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Associated Press Today
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Berlin
High Command
Two Objectors Under Arrest At Cleveland Hospital
Two conscientious objectors assigned as orderlies at Cleveland State Hospital were charged with violating the city blackout ordinance. Louis Lock, 23, of Martinette Wisconsin, and Bolton Davidheiser, 25, of Columbus Ohio, accused in a warrant by Leslie Mugford chief air raid warden. Lock waved a flashlight at a hospital window during the blackout to “show the world the light” and Davidheiser defaced a patriotic slogan to read “Forget Pearl Harbor.” They were among 28 objectors at the hospital aiding man power shortage, per the superintendent.
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Leslie Mugford
Louis Lock
Martinette
Wis
Bolton Davidheiser
Columbus
H. P. Lee
Lock
Davidheiser
Pearl Harbor
McArthur Postmaster James Warren Dies in Columbus
James Warren 46 longtime Mc Arthur postmaster and World War I veteran died Saturday night in a Columbus hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for two oclock Tuesday at his residence. He was a charter member of the Mac Arthur Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce Masonic fraternity and Church of Christ. He is survived by his mother Mrs Angie Warren and brothers Ralph of Jackson and Pvt Earnest Warren now stationed in Hawaii.
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Columbus
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Jackson
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Hawaii
Governor Calls Machinery Rationing Impractical
Iowa Governor B B Hicksenlooper said federal machinery rationing rules are foolishly impractical at a corn belt governors conference. Former President Herbert Hoover will address the gathering on food production and distribution from 8 to 8:30 p.m. central time. He is set for a later NBC radio round table at 10:30 p.m. with several governors.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hicksenlooper
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
C.W.T
NBC
War Department says Lt Hermann missing in European theater
The War Department informed relatives that First Lt. Robert B. Hermann, an Army Air Force navigator, has been missing in the European war theater since February 26. The family awaits official word as the search continues.
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Chillicothe
War Department
Robert B. Hermann
Army Air Force
Appropriation Bill Delays Adjournment In Ohio Senate
Columbus reports the $369,000,600,000 biennial appropriation bill remains unsettled delaying adjournment of the Ohio General Assembly. The session's major business this week is a bill to raise working hours for women and minors, expected for Senate vote Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Columbus
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Strike Closes Dayton Schools
Dayton public schools were all closed as 140 non teaching staff walked out to press for higher pay. Supt Emmerson Landis ordered the shutdown to protect student health after classes began, noting classroom temperatures averaged 54 degrees. AFL Municipal Employes' Union business agent Charles Bauer vowed to win the strike, while Dayton Board of Education members issued a statement saying no collective agreement will be entered with any organized group representing its employees.
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Emmerson Landis
Charles J. Bauer
AFL Municipal
Carl Eberhart
Dayton Board of Education
Giraud Pushes Unity with De Gaulle in Anti-Vichy Move
Gen. Henri Giraud in Algiers unveils decrees abolishing remaining Vichy authority in Africa and pledges a 300,000 strong force with American weapons. He promotes Atlantic Charter ideals, vows to end anti Jewish decrees, restore democratic functions, and ensure peoples in conquered homeland can choose a provisional government, hinting at trustee relations with De Gaulle.
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Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Africa
Giraud
de Gaulle
North Africa
Nazis Isolate French Rebels Near Lake Geneva
A Geneva La Suisse dispatch says Axis forces threaten to send German and Italian troops against several thousand armed French youths in hideouts along Lake Geneva unless they surrender tonight. Italian troops have cut wire communications in the St Gingolph area and the guerrillas are isolated from the rest of France. Over 1,000 French Mobile Guards are said to be pursuing them, though the guards reportedly show little enthusiasm for the task.
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Switzerland
France
Lake Geneva
Geneva
la Suisse
Germany
St. Gingolph
Ohio Republicans to hear Spangler and Bricker May 7
National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler and Governor John W. Bricker will address the Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations in Columbus on May 7, delivering party leadership remarks and rallying support among members.
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Columbus
Republican
Harrison E. Spangler
John W. Bricker
Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Organizations
Spring Offensive Opens in Kiska Raid
An Army report from Alaska states a spring offensive began with the heaviest explosives of the year dropped on Kiska Japanese installations. Bombers delivered 53,500 pounds, lifting the nine month total to 1,437,700 pounds. Despite strong anti-aircraft fire, many enemy targets including a submarine base and seaplane facilities were attacked, with ground shaking results and diminished enemy fire by raid’s end.
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Liberator
Mitchell
Kiska
Aleutians
India
Goteik
Mandalay
Lashio
Burma
Moulmein
Pazundaung
Rangoon
Tokyo Radio
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Nanking
Alaska
bulldtW&s
Guadalcanal
Reds Admit Ground Lost Around City
Kharkov’s fate hangs in doubt as Nazi forces recapture the area and Moscow reports Red Army lines being pushed back around the Kharkov region. Berlin credits elite SS units with retaking Kharkov while Russians claim hard fighting and partial gains elsewhere on the central front toward Vyazma and Smolensk.
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Russia
Red Army
Ukraine
London
Belgorod
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Waffen SS
Pastor's Son Battles Gang To Save Girls
In New York a 64 man motorcycle police unit was deployed to curb rising hugging attacks after a 15 year old church pastor’s son Frederick Teichmann Jr. was stabbed near the heart while defending two girls from a gang of about a dozen youths. The girls escaped unharmed as he fought the assailants.
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Frederick W. Teichmann, Jr
Teichmann
Governors Conference Menus Highlight Farm Beef Drafts
Des Moines Iowa menus at the cornbelt state governors conference center on farm production. Tender loin steak and roast prime ribs of beef are featured as highlights in today’s meal selections.
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Des Moines
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