Submarines Drive Sea Triumphs in World War II Crusade
Allied reports reveal heavy submarine action sinking at least 27 Japanese ships, including 15 by U.S. submarines, as Pacific operations push toward Marshalls and New Guinea. Air campaigns at Wewak and Rabaul along with land advances through Manus and Lorengau shape a broader Allied victory narrative.
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Japan
Marshalls Islands
Pacific
Far East
Fifth Army
Olen Clements
Associated Press
Wewak
New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Fire reflection saves Cincinnati tenant from blaze
H L Davis awoke in Cincinnati and spotted flames across the street from his window. He alerted firefighters who arrived to rescue Mrs. Ethel Gustettn er, a tenant sleeping upstairs, after realizing the flames he saw were the reflection of a fire in his own building.
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Cincinnati
H. L. Davis
Ethel Gustettner
Ice Thaws in Ohio as Mercury Climbs
In Ohio the March thaw began as temperatures rose, with rain and snow flurries forecast for tomorrow. Telephone service recovered in several communities after snow and sleet storms. Charles F. Stout, 38, was delayed en route to a pre induction exam and sent home after his birthday was discovered. The Ohio River reached a 37.5 foot level at Proctorville with Route 7 flooding, and Route 144 at Cadmus was closed by high water.
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Ohio
Charles F. Stout
Stout
Selective Service
Tiffin
Toledo
Selective Service Board
Bloomville
U. S
Ohio River
Proctorville
Lawrence County
State Highway Patrol
Cadmus
Gallia County
Selfishness of Oil Companies Flayed by Knox
Secretary of the Navy Knox condemned oil firms as selfish and said they should not block the plan to build a trans Arabian pipeline from Saudi fields for UN use. He framed the project as a military move to secure dwindling petroleum in the hemisphere and to tap a billion barrel reserve, lowering transport costs versus surface sailing routes.
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Washington
Knox
United Nations
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Red Sea
Task Force Trap Blamed on FCC Bungling
Rep Miller says two sailors will verify that a U S task force was trapped by the Japanese in Alaskan waters due to the bungling of the Federal Communications Commission. His claim was made as hearings resumed by a special House committee probing the FCC.
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FCC
Washington
Miller
R-Mo
U. S
Liberators Hit Rocket Coast and Europe in Night Bombing
Britain based American Liberators bombed the Pas-De-Calais rocket coast area in a second major strike in three days. RAF heavy bombers hit the Angouleme explosives works in Southern France, while Mosquito planes bombed Western Germany for the eleventh straight night. American Fortresses and Liberators attacked military targets in the Frankfurt area yesterday.
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London
Pas-De-Calais
Channel
Angouleme
France
Germany
U. S. Strategic Air Force
Frankfurt
Revamping of Naval Personnel Considered
Washington UP A complete revamping of Navy personnel standards will be undertaken soon in Congress. The House Naval Committee will study legislation creating a new code for the status of commissioned officers in the regular Navy and Naval Reserve, likely after the Easter recess.
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Washington
Congress
House Naval Committee
Naval Reserve
Funds For School Lunch Program Dropped In Appropriation Bill
The House Appropriations committee refused to include 50 million dollars for the school lunch program in the agriculture department supply bill for the new fiscal year. It also cut substantial funds for the Farm Security Administration and for the crop insurance program, arguing pending reforms make funding inappropriate. Officials testified that food production could feed hundreds of millions in a decade, with wage stabilization measures needed in about twenty states to prevent wage inflation for labor.
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House Appropriations Committee
Farm Security Administration
House
FSA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Department
Guayule
Congress
U. S
George W. Hill
The
War Food Administration
Oklahoma Democrats Ask Barkley to Help in Oklahoma Race
The Democratic National Committee urged Senate Leader Barkley to assist in defending the Second District seat in Oklahoma. Barkley, having recently mended ties with President Roosevelt over the tax bill veto, planned to conclude a special election campaign with two speeches on Monday.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Barkley
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Finland Still Seeks Peace But Rejects Kremlin Ultimatum
The Finnish government affirmed its wish for peace with Soviet Russia yet rejected the Kremlin’s armistice terms as hard and unacceptable. A 105 to 80 vote authorized pursuing negotiations, while press opinion differed on reopening talks.
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Stockholm
Russia
Kremlin
Hellsinki
Moscow
Germany
Finland
Helsingen Sansomat
Juho Kosti Paasikivi
48 Hour Work Week Ordered in Two Areas
The Regional War Manpower Commission announced a 48 hour work week for the cities of Mansfield and Salem and Richland and Ashland Counties effective May 1. Employers with eight or more workers in these areas must extend the work week to at least 48 hours by May 1 with certain exceptions.
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Cleveland
Regional War Manpower Commission
Mansfield
Salem
Richland
Ashland
George Shelton Dies at 81. Funeral Thursday
George Edward Shelton, 81, died at his wife's mother's home in Athens after fracturing a hip while visiting from Long Run near Graham Chapel. He leaves Minnie his wife. two sons W. B. Shelton of Caledonia and S. C. Shelton of Wi, D. C.. daughter Mrs. Asberry Osborne of Caledonia. sister Mrs. Mary Bainwood of Warren. Funeral services set Thursday at 2 p.m. at Church of God, Hocking Street, Rev. Gerald Pirkey officiating. visitation at Jagers Funeral Home after Wednesday noon.
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Eva Shields
Race St
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Athens
Shields
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W. B. Shelton
Caledonia
S. C. Shelton
D. C
Asberry Osborne
Mary Bainwood
Warren
Church of God
Hocking St
Gerald Pirkey
Jagers Funeral
Andrew Freeman Dies At Marshfield Monday
Andrew Freeman, 78, died Monday noon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Mace in New Marshfield where he had lived ten years. He leaves two sisters in Marion and Wellston and a brother in Jackson. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Hoodlet Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J. K. Price with burial in Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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New Marshfield
Andrew Freeman
Eli Mace
Russians Drive Toward Romanian Border Across Bessarabia
Soviet forces, advancing on a 31 mile front across the Dniester into Bessarabia, reported within 50 miles of the Romanian border after capturing the Soroki–west highway. Mogilev-Podolsky fallen. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army 57 miles from Lwow. New Zealand troops mop up Cassino fortifications while Fifth Army hauls in prisoners and endures heavy German fire on Monte Cassino slopes. Allied raids reach western perimeter and air forces pound port and rail links.
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Gregory Zhukov
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Brody
New Zealand
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Cassino
Continental Hotel
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Rapido
Gari
Monastery Hill
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Red Front
Kremenets
Vinnitsa
Nikolaev
Former Governor Stassen Won't Seek Nomination
Harold E Stassen former Minnesota governor and navy lieutenant commander informed Navy Secretary Knox he will not pursue the Republican presidential nomination but would accept it if offered.
Stassen Says He Won't Seek but Would Accept Candidacy
Former Minnesota governor Harold E. Stassen, serving as flag secretary to Admiral Halsey, told Secretary of the Navy Knox he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination but would accept if offered. He sent a letter to Knox addressing questions about his stance in the nomination discussion. Knox read the letter to newsmen, noting it as Stassen's statement.
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Stassen
Knox
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Forces
Lend Britain Receives 38 Escort Carriers
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under lend lease. He said this fleet will join the Allied anti submarine fleet and reinforce operations against German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
Labor, management, and officials seek end to Greyhound strike
Negotiations involving labor and management with state federal and Army officials aimed to resolve a five day strike by about 600 Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines employees.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines
Hitler Grab Seen as Bar To Russians
London report outlines massive German and Romanian troop occupation of Hungary amid Russian advances. Berlin says detailed talks on the Hungarian issue cannot proceed yet. Polish and Bessarabian front lines reported near, with Hungarian leaders and officials cited in various dispositions. Substantial arrests and potential collaborationist moves surface in Budapest and Stockholm meanwhile notes on Hungarian regents and generals.
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Balkan Kingdom
Hitler
Old Poland
Tarnopol
Transylvania
Rumania
Bessarabia
Czechoslovakia
Lwow
Foreign Office
Berlin
Stockholm
Balkans
Ein
Ee Tito
Tidningen
Danube
Budapest
Nicholas Kallay
Germany
Bela Imredi
Austria
Nicholas Horthy
Jeno von Ghezy
Franz Szombathelyi
Army General Staff
Kallay
Yugoslavia
Aviation Cadet Walter S. Fults Dies in Texas Plane Crash
Washington reports cadet Walter S. Fults aged 20 was killed in a training plane crash near Victoria Texas. His parents were notified today. Britain bans non residents from ten mile coastal belt ahead of D‑Day invasion. In Managua Nicaragua sextuplets four boys and two girls born to Paula Esquivel in Potosi near Rivas.
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Walter S. Fults
Victoria
Texas
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Britain
Managua
Nicaragua
Paula Esquivel
Potosi
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