Warn Lewis No Retreat Planned In Wage Stabilization Controversy
President John L. Lewis faced a government stance against wage disputes as the Labor Board rejected a bid to lift the 15 percent cost of living allowance. The administration urged settlement of the coal wage dispute, while discussions on manpower drafts and postwar planning intertwined with farm price controls and looming congressional action.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Roosevelt
Lewis
CIO
White House
Churchill
National Resources Planning Board
NRPB
Congress
Charles W. Eliot
Capitol Hill
LaFollette
Wis
Sol Bloom
N. Y
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United Nations
Bloom
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Ohio Motorists Slow in Buying 1943 License
Ohio motorists lag 50 percent behind 1942 figures with seven days left before the March 31 deadline. Highway Director Hal G. Setts reported that about 2,270,000 motor vehicles were registered in Ohio last year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hal G. Setts
New York Conducts Pre Dawn Air Raid Drill Test
Early morning sirens sounded as 75,000 civilian wardens police and others mobilized for a 35 minute air raid drill in New York at 4 55 EWT.
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New York
Cincinnati Hopes Ohio River Crest Clears Flood Damage
Residents and businesses in Cincinnati anticipate the Ohio River to crest at 61 feet, signaling a return to normal routines after flood damage. In London Pope Pius XII is confined to his room following a mild influenza attack, with no cause for alarm reported.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Pope
London
Rome _radio
Pope Pilus XII
700 Japs Slain by Yanks Australians in New Guinea
American and Australian jungle fighters were officially credited with killing at least 700 Japanese troops and capturing over 100 prisoners in the Mambare River Valley on New Guinea's northeast coast. Allied air forces continued bombardments of bases and towns in New Guinea while a Japanese destroyer was reported heavily damaged.
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Mambare River
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Mambare
Buna
Salamaua
United Nations
Japan
Australia
Gasmata
New Britain
Lae
Finschhafen
Madang
MacArthur
China War
Imperial Tokyo
Hupeh
Kiangsu
Ohio House OKs Welfare Consolidation Proposal
The Ohio House voted to permit consolidation of county welfare activities including poor relief and aid to the blind and dependent children. The measure passed by 69 to 52 and moves to the Senate. The session also approved a beer and liquor on premises ban for permit holders, and salaries for village council members.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
House
Shawnee Gas Station Destroyed by Fire Explosion
A Happy Hatem gasoline station at Shawnee near New Lexington was destroyed by a fire caused by an explosion while gasoline was being unloaded from a truck. Two horses left at the station by a farmer were also killed.
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Shawnee
NEW Lexington
Postwar Inflation Fears voiced by Morgenthau
Secretary Morgenthau warned Washington that postwar inflation is likely as the economy may rapidly rebound after the war. He estimated the national debt would reach about 210 billion dollars by year’s end 1944 with annual interest obligations near 4 billion dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
Deferments for Federal Workers Hit by Hershey
Washington Major General Lewis B Hershey selective service director told House members many government agencies fail to set good deferment examples He cited Office of War Information cases with 750 deferments and 127 unclassified workers He also noted many workers could be replaced by women or older men and provided broad draft statistics.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
House
Hershey
Rep. Harness
Ind
Armed Services
Harness
Office of War Information
OWI
Indianan
Costello
Calif
Soviet Lines Hold Fast Along Donets Front
Soviet forces hinder German attempts to cross the Donets as they push toward Smolensk on the central front. In the Donets sector, Chuguevo and Belgorod remain focal points with heavy fighting and German infantry formations after mass tank and air assaults. Along the line, Soviet artillery dispersed a German concentration near Chuguev and repelled attacks with heavy losses. In Bryansk area, German efforts north of Zhizdra were thrown back with thousands of casualties over five days. Further east, more towns south of Bely and along the Vyazma Smolensk railway were captured in the Smolensk drive. In the Caucasus, air activity rose with 15 German planes shot down and three more by anti aircraft fire.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Smolensk
Chugueve
Belgorod
Chuguev
Kharkov
Zhizdra
Bryansk
Orel
Bely
Vyazma-Smolensk
Caucasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Air Ministry
St. Nazaire
Wilhelmshaven
United Nations
RAF
United States
England
el Hamima
Mareth
Kettena
Zarat
Mareth Line
Mezzouna
Maknassy
Sfax
Palermo
Sicily
Naples
Naples Raided Again by Allied Bombers No Loss Reported
Cairo based Middle East RAF headquarters reports Naples faced a second consecutive night raid by allied heavy bombers. All bombers returned safely from each mission. The ninth United States air force fleet hit the port Saturday night, and U S fliers bombed it on both day and night last Thursday.
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Cairo
Naples
Middle East
United States Air Force
Goodyear Plant Will Employ 20,000 Women
AKRON. More than 20 000 women soon will be turning out parts for fighting aircraft in Goodyear Aircraft Corp plants here, Harry E Blythe vice president and manager predicted today. He estimated women workers would constitute more than half of the production force before year end.
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Akron
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Harry E. Blythe
RAF Bombers Hit St Nazaire and Wilhelmshaven Bases
RAF bombers blasted the German submarine base at St Nazaire and Wilhelmshaven in coordinated night raids. American Fortresses and Liberators struck Wilhelmshaven while RAF Whirlwind fighters targeted Brittany rail targets. one RAF bomber and several German planes were lost.
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Wilhelmshaven
St. Nazaire
London
RAF
Brittany
Miners Offer New Proposal in Wage and Hours Pact
The United Mine Workers Union proposed that all Appalachian coal mines stay in operation for 30 days after April 1 under the current contract. Any future wage increases or hours improvements would be retroactive to that date. The move follows President Roosevelt's telegram urging uninterrupted work while negotiations continue.
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NEW York
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
Roosevelt
Axis Promises World Justice and Eternal Peace
The Associated Press reports Berlin and Tokyo radio broadcasts claiming complete agreement among Germany Japan and Italy on a new world order based on justice and eternal peace. Tojo attended, but no Axis envoys from Europe were present, making it seem routine. Meanwhile Europe sees diplomatic boiler as German Italian committees draft manpower policy and Mussolini summons Laval amid Franco German labor draft unrest grows in France.
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Berlin
Tokyo
Germany
Japan
Italy
Associated Press
Hideki Tojo
Europe
Mussolini
Vichy
Pierre Laval
France
Hitler
Conscientious Objectors To Work on U.S. Farms
Approximately 500 draft deferrals due to conscientious objections are available to form a mobile Land Army to aid farmers. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective service director, told a congressional committee that these objectors can be moved to camps and then dispatched wherever the Agriculture Department certifies a need. He projected the number could rise by about 1,000 soon.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Congressional
Department of Agriculture
Allied tank drive advances as Maknassy falls near Mareth Line
Allied reports say U S tank forces captured Maknassy in central Tunisia, advancing toward the coast from Gafsa and El Guitar while Montgomery’s Eighth Army breaches Mareth Line defenses. British and American units push toward a Gulf coast junction, with 1,700 prisoners already claimed.
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Tunisia
Mareth Line
Rommel
Afrika Korps
U.S
Maknassy
Eighth Army
Associated Press
Algiers
Mareth
el Hamma
Gabes
Erwin Rommel
U. S
George S. Patton, Jr
Sea
Gulf
Bernard L. Montgomery
Montgomery
Morocco
Mahares
Gulf of Gabes
Patton
Gafsa
el Gue‘tar
Mezzouna
Axis Supply Port Menace Near Mareth Front
Allied advances threaten Rommel’s escape corridor and Sfax port as Montgomery and Eighth Army push through Mareth lines with air superiority. French forces advance toward Gafsa gulf while Axis supply routes, ships, and Palermo docks face constant air strikes.
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Maknassy
Erwin Rommel
Sfax
Algiers
Gulf
Gafsa
Montgomery
Eighth Army
Paris
Mareth Line
Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunis-Bizerte
North Africa
Locker Meat Not Rationed
Washington AP Office of Price Administration officials said frozen food lockers contain less than one percent of the nation's meat supply and were exempt from rationing. They observed farmers feared penalties as hoarders but later decided to treat locker meat the same as meat in a private home refrigerator.
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Washington
Eagles State Convention Cancelled Amid War Conditions
Springfield AP reports the 1943 state convention of the Fraternal Order of Eagles is canceled due to wartime conditions. The decision reflects national efforts to conserve resources and adjust schedules during the ongoing conflict. The Eagles organization will reassess activities as the war progresses.
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Springfield
Order of Eagles
British Research Shows No Critical Weakness in Nazi Military Machine
London reports authoritative British circles say German war machine shows no critical weaknesses after four months of bombardment. Army size estimated 7.5 to 8 million with 5 million losses in killed, captured, or disabled, largely replaced by new conscripts. Output may rise in some sectors, including aircraft, while morale remains hard to gauge. Watch for a long war with German resolve to fight to the death against a Russian invasion.
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London
Russia
Paul Goebbels
Farm Draftees Are Warned by Ohio Official
COLUMBUS AP Col C W Goble state selective service director warned registrants that men deferred for farm work must stay on the job to remain eligible for 2 C or 3 C classifications or face summons. He said local boards have reports that some 2 C and 3 C men are not fully devoted to agricultural pursuits.
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Columbus
Col
C. W. Goble
Selective Service
Goble
Grant Hamilton Allowed 50,000 More Pounds of Meat
Cleveland AP report says the Regional Office of Price Administration authorized Hamilton to slaughter and deliver 50,000 additional pounds of meat through April 1 to ease a critical shortage. Director Birkett L Williams invoked an amendment to permit quota exceptions when the war effort is affected or health and morale are at risk.
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Cleveland
Regional
Office of Price Administration
Hamilton
Birkett L. Williams
OPA
Jackson County Youths Charged With Murder
Sheriff Charles Cramer announced first degree murder charges against Charles Woods 18 and Russell Wills 24 both of Ray in the shotgun killing of George Borland 71 last Saturday Woods said in a signed statement he and Wills were ransacking the farmhouse when Borland appeared and they feared he recognized them
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Jackson
Charles Cramer
Charles Woods
Russell Wills
Ray
George Borland
Woods
Wills
Borland
Prohibition Era Gang Slaying In Cleveland
Louis Velotta aged 35 was found shot dead on Murray Hill Road in a gangland style killing. police investigate feuds tied to the era as authorities cordon off the scene and search for witnesses.
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Cleveland
Louis Velotta
Murray Hill Road
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