Hitler Rushes to Bolster Balkans Defenses as Russians Advance
Allied and axis forces clash across the Balkans as Germany tightens control of Hungary and seeks puppet government support. Russia pushes into Bessarabia and advances near the Prut and Dniester while the Red Army nears Lwow and Odessa, with heavy fighting reported and German counterattacks checked.
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Germany
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Balkans
Russia
Bessarabia
Bela Imredi
Lwow
Kovel
Berlin
Detroit
New York
Old Poland
Denmark
Odessa
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Stalingrad
Black Sea
U. S. Heavy Bombers Hit Berlin Again
American heavy bombers struck Berlin for the first time since March 9. B-24s and B-17s of the Eighth Air Force led the raid supported by P-47s P-38s and P-51s.
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U. S
Berlin
London
Eighth Airforce
Rome Open City Claim Prompts Nazi Broadcast
German controlled Rome radio announced withdrawal of military installations and traffic in Rome to declare the city open. The Badoglio government had sought such a declaration previously. Mustangs of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces escorted the operation with strong air power.
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London
Rome
Radio Today
Badoglio
Italy
Smith charges postwar currency plans aid Britain's aims
Rep Frederick C. Smith of Ohio accuses British and American postwar currency proposals of masking a plan to seize U S gold reserves and force the United States to assume 5 billion dollars of British debts to fund London's economy and Beveridge social security aims.
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Washington
Frederick C. Smith
Ohio
Great Britain
United States
London
Surplus Service Sales Sought Through Nonprofit Channels
The joint boards of National Cooperatives Inc and the Cooperative League urge that postwar surplus military goods be sold via nonprofit channels to prevent profiteering and scandals from the last war. They represent 2.5 million families with 7,700 purchasing cooperatives capable of handling part of the sales.
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Chicago
Boards
National Cooperatives, Inc
Cooperative League of the United States of America P
Lutheran Council Considers Merger Constitution
The National Lutheran Council today discussed adopting a constitution to unite church branches across the United States and Canada under a single organizational framework.
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Columbus
National Lutheran Council
United States
Canada
Federal Dairy Program Ends Amid Taxation Controversy
A House bill would abolish the War Food Administration dairy levy seen as taxation without representation. The provision bans 1939 assessments on dairymen, with rates from 1.5 to 3 cents per hundredweight, used to cover local admin costs of a milk allocation program. Georgia and Ohio dairymen opposed the levy and Ohio already filed for court relief in Cleveland.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Tarver
D-Ga
Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Georgia
Ohio
Cleveland
War Board rejects coal rationing for 1944 45 season
The War Production Board decides not to ration coal for the 1944 45 heating season despite a projected 20 million ton domestic shortage. Deficiencies will be handled by allotments and emergency fuel diversion to shortage areas under existing precautions.
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Washington
War Production Board
Interior Department
Patch Replaces Patton as Seventh Army Chief
Allied Headquarters Naples reports Maj. Gen. Alexander Patch replaces Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. to command the U S Seventh Army after Patton led Sicily campaigns and faced rebuke from Gen. Eisenhower over a field hospital incident. Patton, nicknamed Old Blood and Guts, is reassigned to another army. specifics not disclosed.
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Patch
Patton
Seventh Army
Allied
Naples
Alexander M. Patch
Guadalcanal
New Caledonia
U. S. Seventh Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Sicily
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palermo
War Department
Washington
Churchill Promises Renewed Allied Consultation on Atlantic Charter
Prime Minister Churchill told the Commons there will be renewed consultation among principal allies on applying the Atlantic Charter as the war enters new phases.
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London
Churchill
Commons
Lausche to Open Campaign HQ in Columbus for Governor Bid
Cleveland Mayor Frank J. Lausche said last night he will open his main campaign headquarters for the Democratic nomination for governor at the Neil House in Columbus within a few days. He plans a formal kickoff event and steps up his reelection push in Ohio.
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Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Neil House
Columbus
Hin
Train Stalled Tunnel Gas Tragedy Kills 426 Italians
In Naples officials report 426 Italians died from coal gas asphyxiation when a train stalled in a tunnel in southern Italy on March 3. Allied investigators termed the accident an act of God caused by stagnant air, wet rails, and no wind, with carbon monoxide affecting the engine crew and unauthorized passengers who had boarded the train.
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Naples
Italy
Migration of Jews to Palestine Favored by Senators
New York report says Senators Taft and Barkley voiced support for Jewish immigration to Palestine at a rally by the American Zionist Emergency Council. Taft argued the war’s reach extends beyond North Africa and urged acceptance of more Jewish migrants without military impact.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Alben W. Barkley
Palestine
American Zionist Emergency Council
Taft
North Africa
Boat With Negro Crew Named for Navy Hero
The destroyer escort USS Mason, the first US Navy vessel with a predominantly Negro crew, was commissioned at Boston Navy Yard. It is named for Ensign Newton H. Mason USNR a hero pilot who died in the Coral Sea battle.
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Boston
Mason
United States
Boston Navy Yard
Newton H. Mason
USNR
Coral Sea
Eden says Britain not consulted on Soviet Italy recognition
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Commons that Britain was not consulted beforehand about the Soviet recognition of the government in Italy and he said he would ask Moscow why.
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London
Anthony Eden
Commons
Italy
Moscow
Allies seize St Matthias Islands trap in Southwest Pacific
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced Allied forces have invaded the St Matthias Islands, trapping over 50,000 enemy troops while gaining a limited success in Burma by crossing the Indian border, as Japan faces setbacks on multiple fronts.
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Southwest
Pacific
St. Matthias Islands
Burma
Douglas MacArthur
Emirau
Elomasao Islands
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
Truk
Emirau Island
Carolines
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Eniwetok
St. Matthias Group
Green Islands
Empress Augusta Bay
Bougainville
New Britain
New Guinea
Saidor
Admiralty Islands
St. Matthias
U. S
MacArthur
Rabaul
Wewak
Aitape
India
Manipur
Tojo declares grave Japanese position in new war phase
Tokyo reports Tojo told the Diet Japan faces decisive battles as Emirau and Eloma sao Islands near Kavieng are captured. Allied forces bombarded Kavieng and Rabaul while St Matthias attacks continued and Burma offensive surged into Manipur.
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London
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Berlin
Associated Press
Sai Tojo
Diet
Plan speeds up notifying Ohio inductees after tests
Ohio selective service registrants will learn within 24 hours after their pre induction physical if they are accepted for service. The Fifth Service Command and state headquarters devised the change so blood analysis results no longer delay notification. Medical reports go to local draft boards on completion, with blood test results sent when available.
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Columbus
Ohio
Selective Service
Fifth Service Command
State Selective Service
Col
H. E. Boucher
Boucher
Roosevelt Fourth Term On Probation Sparks GOP Critique
Senator Johnson asserts President Roosevelt's bid for a fourth term signals a defeated Democratic Party. He charges the party with one man control and indicates Congress is beyond repair, predicting a historical term of defeat if the effort materializes.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Johnson
Democratic Party
Congress
House Groups Probing AAA Coercion Charges
Two House probes were announced into claims that farmers faced pressure to join federal farm programs under threat of military induction and loss of gasoline and farm machinery. Rep Harness cited a county draft notice urging compliance with AAA reporting and warned coercion was reprehensible. President Roosevelt signaled possible special consideration for skilled industrial workers amid new draft policy.
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Washington
House
Representatives Riziey
R-Okla
Harness
May
D-Ky
25-Pound Baby Born With Full Set of Teeth
A 25 pound baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Amon Harris in Raleigh is 32 inches long and has a full set of teeth. Dr. Thomas F. Cathcart reports mother and child in excellent condition and the family previously had 11 children.
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Raleigh, N. C
Thomas F. Cathcart
Atte
Amon Harris
Ration Free Butter Urged By Sen Taft
At a Senate hearing War Food Administration adviser Marvin Jones discussed extending OPA. Taft questioned adding more items to ration lists and separating butter from meat rationing, noting large butter stocks in January and potential temporary removal from control.
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Sen. Taft
Washington
Marvin Jones
OPA
Taft
Ohio
Houston
OPA Deputy Expects Shorter Ration List
Col. Bryan Houston the OPA deputy in charge of rationing told the Senate Banking Committee he hopes no more articles will be rationed and that other items will follow coffee off the ration list whenever there is plenty to go around.
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Washington
Col
Bryan Houston
OPA
Senate Banking Committee
Houston
Sugar surplus seen in United States this year
The Agriculture Department expects about 8.6 million tons of sugar available domestically this year, versus 6.8 million tons of consumption and export needs. The figures were released during the appropriations committee hearings on the 1945 department supply bill.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Appropriations Committee
Ford Turns Tables on Newspaper Reporter
In Cincinnati Henry Ford challenged a reporter who pressed for details on his war-ending prediction. Ford asked who created the war and told the reporter that uncovering the creator was the reporter’s job.
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Ford
Cincinnati
Henry Ford
Finland Rejects Soviet Plan Threatens War Costs
Moscow warned Finland that she must bear responsibility for consequences after rejecting a Soviet six point armistice plan. The Finnish decision was announced to Russians via radio with a March 17 negative reply cited. In Italy, New Zealand Fifth Army units fought near Cassino with heavy German artillery and minefields hindering advances as Allied forces pressed to clear the town and its eastern slopes.
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Moscow
Helsinki
Finland
Moscow Radio
New Zealand
Fifth Army
Cassino
Monte Cassino
Vesuvius Eruption Advances Across Pompeii Area
Reports describe a new eruption of Mount Vesuvius sending a two inch lava layer over Pompeii area and a fiery finger of glow into homes in Cercola two miles from the peak. Soldiers advised to wear steel helmets as lava flows threaten crops and nearby settlements on the hillside.
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Vesuvius
Mt. Vesuvius
Pompeii
Cercola
UC junior offers eye to blinded airman in Germany
Mrs. Pauline Venard of Livonia New York a University of California junior says she would give one of her eyes to Sgt Forrest Vos sler who was blinded by shrapnel during a flight over Germany. Her husband is serving in the South Pacific. The statement accompanies an NEA Telephoto image.
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Pauline Venard
University of California
Forrest Vossler
Livonia
N. Y
Germany
South Pacific
Walter Fults Dies in Plane Crash Near Aloe Field
Aviation cadet Walter S. Fults, 20, former Ohio University student and Phi Delta Theta member, died when a training plane crashed near Aloe Army Air Field Victoria Texas on Monday. Instructor Lieut Gordon Wells from Park Falls Wisconsin also perished. Fults was to receive his wings in three weeks. his father served as an observer in World War I.
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Walter S. Fults
Ohio University
Aloe Army Air Field Victoria
Tex
Gordon Wells
Air Corps
Chamber of Commerce Head To Visit Russia
Eric Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce will visit the Soviet Union to inspect Russian production facilities. He will depart by plane May 12 and said we cannot know what Americanism and capitalism really are until we see what others are doing.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Less Sugar Urged for Teeth, Not Extra Vitamins
A Western Reserve University preventive dentistry instructor stated last night that vitamins have little impact on dental health. He argued that people need less sugar rather than more vitamins to protect their teeth.
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Cincinnati
Western Reserve University
Weather Update From Athens Yesterday and Noon Today
The high in Athens yesterday reached 35 with a low of 25 overnight. By noon today the temperature stood at 40 as the day progressed.
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Athens
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