Japanese Drive into India Checked as Supply Lines Tense
Allied press report says one Japanese column attacked Indian positions near Imphal from Burma and faced resistance, while a second force pushed toward the Imphal-Tiddim road. British submarines claim heavy Japan losses at sea, including a cruiser and an aircraft carrier, since January. Further Pacific and China actions are noted with bombardments and troop movements.
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India
Burma
Imphal
Japan
Thaungdut
Tiddim
Assam
China
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Imphal-Tiddim
Lake Logtak
Wewak
Pacific
New Guinea
Aitape
No. 1
Central Pacific
Marshall Island
Ponape
Kusaie
Caroline Island
Truk
Marshall Islands
Bougainville
Aoseman
William F. Lsey
Empress Augusta Bay
Vunakanau
Lakunai
C. C. Tseng
Explosives Pounded Nazi Cities In 36 Hours
American heavy bombers rained 7 000 tons of explosives on Western Germany and Northeast France in a 36 hour campaign. The drive marked a record 19 missions in a month as 61 German planes were destroyed with 27 bombers and six fighters lost. British bombers followed striking Lyon and Laon with Mosquitos dropping two ton cookies on Dortmund.
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Germany
France
Lyon
Laon
Dortmund
Italy
Hamm
Achmer
Werl
Handorf
Muenster
U. S
Prut River
Rumania
Moscow
Red
Carpathian Mountains
Bessarabia
Ohioan Receives Air Medal in Hospital
Staff Sgt. Roy M. Congrove of Adelphi Ohio received the Air Medal in a Percy Jones General Hospital ceremony. Nine officers and enlisted men were decorated. Congrove earned the medal after a parachute jump over England and five bomber missions over Europe.
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Mich
Roy M. Congrove
Adelphi
Army
Percy Jones General Hospital
Congrove
England
Europe
Rutland Mail Carrier Dies at 55
Charles Lusher aged 55 died at his Rutland home after a cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM at the Baptist Church, with burial in Miles Cemetery. He lived in Rutland 26 years and was a rural mail carrier. He is survived by wife Leona and son Robert of Columbus.
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Rutland
Charles Lusher
Baptist Church
Miles Cemetery
Columbus
Leona
Robert
Pilots Hero Capt Don Gentile Downed Two Enemies
London reports Captain Don Gentile of Piqua Ohio shot down two enemy planes while escorting bombers to Germany boosting his total to seventeen. Yugoslav Partisans under Marshal Tito claim 500 enemy troops killed in recent battles in eastern Bosnia.
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London
Don
Gentile
Piqua, O
Germany
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
British Photos Show 326 Berlin Factories Bombed
London reports a British assessment of reconnaissance photos and intelligence after RAF raids on Berlin. The analysis says at least 326 Berlin factories were destroyed or damaged, five on Hitler’s top priority list.
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Berlin
Hitler
RAF
Lyon
France
Laon
Paris
Eye for an Eye shocks Guadalcanal soldiers amid strike reports
Former private Philip Scacco recounts American troops on Guadalcanal muttering to lay down their guns after reading miners' strike coverage. He says several hundred joined, possibly 2,000 disapproving, but officers and noncommissioned leaders talked them into standing fast.
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Cleveland
37Th
Ohio) Division
Guadalcanal
Philip Scacco
Washington
War and Navy Department
Seacca
Akron
Scacco
Turks Watch Nazi Moves as Black Sea Build-Up Warns War
Turkish observers report German reinforcements on the Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea coasts and possible occupation of Romania. Ankara fears a thrust toward Balkan routes via Thrace as Bulgaria and Romania are eyed for further expansion by Hitler to delay Soviet advances. In Washington, United Steel Workers press main drive to overturn the Little Steel Formula seeking pay rises and benefits for 503,000 steel workers.
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London
Black Sea
Romania
Hitler
Turkey
Europe
Istanbul
Ankara
Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkish Thrace
Balkans
Dardanelles
Rumania
Washington
United Steel Workers of America
Philip Murray
War Labor Board
Armed Services
FD Urges Aid For Refugees
President Roosevelt urged aiding refugees escaping death by the enemy and proposed opening frontiers in Europe and Asia to victims of oppression. He also reaffirmed America's pledge for Philippine independence and said Hitler's forces threaten lands in the Balkans, insisting perpetrators will be punished.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Europe
Asia
Philippines
Hitler
Balkans
Railroads Face Over Two Billion Dollar Backlog
Cleveland report from Dr Julius H Parmalee notes railroads accumulating a vast financial backlog exceeding two billion dollars. He directs the Bureau of Railroad Economics and the Association of American Railroads.
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Cleveland
America
Julius H. Parmalee
Bureau of Railroad Economics
The
Association of American Railroads
W H Whetto War Production Board official dies at 40
Chicago obituary notes William H Whetto regional head of the labor production division with the War Production Board and former Ohio State Legislature member from 1935 to 1942. Survived by his wife and four daughters of Trontan Ohio.
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Chicago
William H. Whetto
War's Production Board
Ohio
Trontan
Montgomery Warns War Could Last A Year
General Bernard Montgomery said the European war may last a year or longer in an address praising British ground forces. He urged full home front cooperation as he prepares to lead the invasion forces.
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Montgomery
Don
Bernard L. Montgomery
Churchill Visits U S Skytroops in England
Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspected American airborne troops in the English countryside with Eisenhower Bradley and Brereton. He praised their training and readiness to strike a blow for a global cause against Nazi tyranny. Churchill called it his first sighting of an All-American unit and engaged with the men.
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London
Churchill
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
United Kingdom
Lewis H. Brereton
U. S
Ninth Air Force
War Manpower seeks 400 women in Chicago for egg quality work
Uncle Sam calls for 400 women with agile fingers and keen noses to detect and separate bad eggs at a Chicago plant producing dried eggs for the armed forces. Mrs. Anna Lesh demonstrates the process to show how it is done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
War Manpower Commission
Chicago
Anna Lesh
Willkie Warns U S Should Aid Small Nations
RACINE Wis 49 Wendell L Willkie urged the United States to act as a bulwark against violations of small nations rights. He spoke with a hoarse voice amid a strenuous campaign noting mutual self interest to curb aggression and defend civilization.
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Racine, Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
United States
New York
Great Britain
Russia
Crippled Fort Target Of Rock Throwing Nazi
Lt. Mack Long of Middletown Ohio served as bombardier aboard a crippled Flying Fortress that flew two hours over Germany on two engines at fifty feet. The low pass caused farmers to flee and cattle to stampede as a German farmer threw a rock at the aircraft in anger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Mack Long
Middletown
Germany
Churchmen demand Bilbo removal over race remarks
Washington church leaders call for Senator Bilbo to be ousted from chair of the District of Columbia Committee after his Mississippi Legislature race talk. The resolution by the Southeast Council of Churches condemns his remarks as vicious and un-American and cites his stance on racial segregation and racial integrity.
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Washington
Bilbo
D-Miss
Senate
District of Columbia
Mississippi
Katherine Shryver
National Committee
Southeast
Defends Over-Sleeping By War Plant Workers
Hartford Conn four alarm clocks labeled diabolical inventions by Compensation Commissioner Cornelius A Moylan. The finding states that sleep beyond the clock hour is not a valid reason to dismiss a war worker for tardiness.
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Hartford
Conn
Cornelius A. Moylan
Gas Ration Coupons To Expire March 31
Old style gas ration coupons of the B B-1 E and R types will be invalid for public use after March 31. Coupons existing with later expiration dates may be exchanged for new coupons at local ration boards.
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Washington
Ohio Grange to plant thousands of trees in April
Columbus Ohio April tree planting plan announced by Joseph W Fichter state master of the Ohio Grange. The campaign aims to involve community members and promote reforestation efforts across the state with a large volunteer turnout anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Grange
Joseph W. Fichter
Strike Growing in London and South Yorkshire
Miners struck in three more pits yesterday bringing 25,000 out of work in South Yorkshire.
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London
South Yorkshire
Soviet Advance Presses Through Bessarabia and Italy Air War Updates
Reports say Romanian forces failed to halt a swift Soviet push through Northeast Bessarabia with German commanders unable to mount a cohesive stand as Czernowitz near the Carpathians becomes a key objective. Allied air forces strike Italy with Bombers targeting Florence Padua Pontassieve and other rail targets while New Zealand troops push in Cassino against entrenched German positions.
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Bessarabia
Czernowitz
Carpathians
Mogilev Podolski
Bucovina
Ukraine
Tarnopol
Proskurov
Kovel
Curzon
Warsaw
Nikolaev
Voznesensk
Lwow
Old Poland
Zalozhisi
Italy
Florence
Padua
Cassino
Campo di Marte
Venice
Pontassieve
Falconara Marittimi
Ancona
New Zealand
Hotel Des Roses
Abandon 3 A After April 1 In Ohio Draft Reclassifications
Ohio draft boards were ordered to complete reclassification of 3-A registrants by April 1 after the 3-A class was abolished. The move shifts registrants to 1-A or 2-A or 3-D as applicable, with 2-B for war production and 2-A for civilian war support.
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Columbus
Ohio
State
Selective Service
Gabriel Rites Will Be Held Saturday
Funeral services for Elza Gabriel formerly of Athens who died in Buffalo New York will be held Saturday morning at ten o clock at the Dowler Ferguson Funeral Home Interment will be in West Union Street Cemetery The body was brought to Athens by sister Miss Florence Gabriel of Columbus who learned of his death. Balboa C Z Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt told Puerto Rican soldiers here last night they with other Panama Canal Zone troops deserved the highest praise for their work.
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Elza Gabriel
Athens
Buffalo
N. Y
Dowler-Ferguson Funeral Home
West Union Street
Florence Gabriel
Columbu
Balboa, C. Z
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Panama Canal Zone
Farm Work and Defects Decide Young Men's Army Roles
Washington reports most civilians aged 18 to 25 are likely to be drafted for combat unless they work on a farm or fail a physical test. Officials warn 30 to 40 percent of under-26 draftees may be rejected for physical defects, while farm or essential war-supporting work keeps many deferred. State directors to defer in critical jobs as production and manpower agencies coordinate a new formula. The Army moves to influence occupational deferments amid high demand for labor in lumber coal and radar.
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Washington
Ing
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Army and Navy
Army
Butter Set Aside for War Needs Ordered by War Food Admin
Washington officials announced a new War Food Administration order requiring manufacturers to set aside 10 percent of April butter output for government war requirements. The measure aims to total about 13 million pounds and is not expected to reduce civilian supplies.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Republican candidates unite to attack Democrats in Canton
Three candidates for the Republican gubernatorial nomination united on one platform in Canton, ending personal feuds to denounce the Democratic opponents and the national administration. James G. Stewart, mayor of Cincinnati, Paul Herbert, Ohio lieutenant governor, and Tom Herbert, state attorney general, urged party support in upcoming elections.
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Canton
James G. Stewart
Cinccinnati
Paul Herbert
Ohio
Tom Herbert
Republican Keynoter Named For April 18 Convention
National Chairman Spangler announced the arrangements committee would meet in Chicago on April 18 and 19 to select a temporary chairman who will serve as keynoter and organize the nomination process beginning in June. The permanent chairman position remains open with House Minority Leader Martin of Massachusetts described as a reported candidate for the chair.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Harrison E. Spangler
Chicago
Meningitis Epidemic Reported in Hangchow Under Japanese Control
Chinese dispatches report a meningitis epidemic in Hangchow, held by Japan, with hundreds of deaths daily. Hangchow lies about 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. The outbreak underscores the severe health crisis in occupied areas during the war.
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Chungking
Hang-chow
Shanghai
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