RAF blows threaten Krupp works as Ruhr raids spike
The RAF massive bomber assault targets the Krupp munitions plants in Essen and other Ruhr works, with 13 aircraft lost. British fighters repel a German counterattack as Europe braces for Hitler’s spring push amid Balkan and North African moves and fresh Soviet gains.
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Air Ministry
Essen
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Ghent
le Havre
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Hitler
London Daily Mail
Berlin
Boris
Bulgaria
Russia
Maritza
Turkey
Balkan
Greece
Yugoslavia
Halegh el Elba
Quezon Arrives in Australia to Rejoin MacArthur
President Manuel Quezon of the Philippine Commonwealth and the Philippine war cabinet landed in Australia to rejoin General Douglas MacArthur, according to an official announcement.
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MacArthur
United States Army Headquarters
Australia
Manuel Quezon
Philippine Commonwealth
Ilipino War Cabinet
Aglas MacArthur
Carolyn Wells Houghton Dies Leader in Mystery Field
Carolyn Wells Houghton, born Carolyn Wells, a prolific author with more than 270 books, known for mystery novels, has died in New York. Her work spanned many decades, earning recognition in literary circles and genre circles alike.
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Carolyn Wells
New York
Carolyn Wells Houghton
Anp
Arnold Warns on Foreign Deals and Cartels
Assistant Attorney General Thur man Arnold urged Congress to require registration and full explanation for all future agreements between American and foreign industries. He cited Standard Oil and I G Farben as examples that hindered U S rubber development and pressed that restitution and caution are needed while leveraging Standard Oil’s technical expertise.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Senate
Arnold
Senate Defense Investigating
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
I. G. Farben
Germany
Standard Oil
Mrs Aura Bradford Dies at Racine Home
Funeral services for Mrs Aura Bradford age 79 who died this morning at the family home near Racine will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Great Bend Baptist Church. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. She leaves husband John A Bradford and five sons Howard Robert Otto William and Crit all of Grove City Racine.
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Pomeroy
Aura Bradford
Racine
Great Bend Baptist Church
Bradford
John A. Bradford
Howard
Robert
Grove City
Otto
William
Crit
MacArthur Receives Tailor Made General’s Uniform
Melbourne Australia reports General Douglas MacArthur now wears a tailor made general’s uniform after his dramatic return from the Philippines. Previously his kit was a drab bush jacket without insignia.
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Melbourne
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Billions for Army Planes Asked Today
The House received an $18.302 billion emergency appropriation bill from the appropriations committee. It targets 31,070 new army war planes and positions the army to reach 3.6 million by year end, with most funds directed to the War Department and airplane programs. The package also funds Navy ordnance, aviation, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, ship repair, construction, and education for defense workers, totaling over $160 billion in defense appropriations since July 1940.
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House
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Congress
H. H. Arnold
Air Corps
Roosevelt
Navy Department Ordnance, Aviation
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Labor Department
Aid for Soviets Has First Call
The White House announced President Roosevelt ordered first priority for war supplies to Russia. He told the War Production Board and the armed services to release shipments as soon as possible and emphasized the Russian protocol must be honored.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Russia
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Emory S. Land
Donald M. Nelson
Ample Soil Moisture Promises Record 1942 Crops
Unusually abundant spring soil moisture across the farm belt boosts expectations for near record 1942 crop production. Reports from the Mississippi Valley and western plains indicate moisture conditions are among the best in years, supporting wartime agricultural goals.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Battle of Atlantic May Cause Dairy Farm Loss
The Atlantic battle threatens U S dairy and livestock markets as shipping disruptions cut lend lease purchases. Dairy officials warn prices may fall unless the government buys more and stores surpluses. Hog production is expanding for overseas demand, but a shortfall could hit pork prices.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Great Britain
Russia
Atlantic
Pacific
Few Youths Are To Escape Service in Armed Forces
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, head of Selective Service, told the Federal Business Association in Baltimore that all able bodied young men will enter the war. He said limited manpower will push war industries to operate without some men fit for service and urged deferments only for truly essential personnel while replacing manpower with brains and cutting red tape.
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Baltimore
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Federal Business Association
U. S
Sheriff Charles Bayless Dies in Athens Hospital
Athens County Sheriff Charles William Bayless 50 died Thursday at Sheltering Arms Hospital from a heart ailment after several days of illness. A Democrat elected in 1936, he served five years as sheriff and was in his second year of a new four year term. He was well respected for fairness and efforts to ease mine troubles without arrests.
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Charles William
Match) Bayless
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mr. Bayless
Wayne Wingett
Bayless
Shafer St
Brazilians Crack Large Nazi Spy Ring in Rio de Janeiro
Officials moved swiftly to stamp out the last traces of a giant Nazi spy ring centering in Rio de Janeiro after arresting 200 alleged secret agents and seizing four clandestine radio stations. Police pledged further arrests as the investigation targets a worldwide espionage network relaying military information to Berlin.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Farflung
Berlin
Robert Brimner 78 Logan Farmer Dies
Robert C Brimner aged 78 a Logan area farmer died at his Washington Township farm after a brief illness He leaves a wife a son Harold of Logan and a daughter Mrs Samuel Gordon of Falls Township Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 PM at the New Plymouth Presbyterian Church
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Logan
Robert C. Brimner
Washington Township
Harley
Samuel Gordon
Falls Township
New Plymouth Presbyterian Church
Warns Against Losing Long Term War Views
President De Witt S. Morgan of the North Central Association urged educators across 20 states not to lose the long term view in shaping schools for the war effort. He said institutions must train people to win the war and teach why it should be won.
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Chicago
DeWitt S. Morgan
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Tea consumption cut by half ordered by War Board
Washington report states the War Production Board ordered a 50 percent cut in tea consumption nationwide to conserve dwindling tea supplies. The directive aims to stretch scarce tea for essential uses amid ongoing wartime shortages.
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Washington
War Production Board
Easton Blast Kills 31. Cause Likely Unknowable
A state investigator said the blast that killed 31 workers near Easton, Pennsylvania probably will never be known as witnesses are dead. Investigators traced the 21 tons of explosive from a New Jersey plant to the Lehigh Portland Cement quarry five miles north. James A. Gish, the cement plant superintendent, mentioned a report of planes over the quarry and a possible missile strike, but sabotage was dismissed by him and the FBI.
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Easton
New Jersey
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
James A. Gish
FBI
Senators Press for Early Passage of Small Business Bill
Senators urged quick congressional approval of a bill to mobilize productive facilities of small business. They say Roosevelt’s order for government guaranteed or direct financing on war production contracts does not remove the need for this measure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Sheriff Bayless Dies After Illness in Athens County
Sheriff Bayless aged 50 of Athens County died Thursday afternoon at Sheltering Arms Hospital after under two weeks of illness from a heart ailment. Funeral services planned for Sunday afternoon in Nelsonville.
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Mr. Bayless
Athens County
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Nelsonville
Seek To Halt Slowdown in Ohio Factory
The War Labor Board opened a hearing on a slowdown at the Aluminum Company of America plant in Cleveland. Four union stewards allegedly instigated the slowdown after work force reductions. The board recommended firing the stewards as the CIO unions pledge support for production. William Green and Philip Murray said they would move against slowdowns in plants under their jurisdiction and spoke against the Smith Bill.
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Washington
Aluminum Company of America
Cleveland
War Labor Board
CIO
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
House Naval Committee
Cleveland Women To Get More Jury Duty
A new pattern for Cuyahoga County courts shifts jury duty to housewives and non essential office workers while reducing it for war material producers. Jury Commissioner Harry H. Cobb said the plan will start immediately in common pleas civil and criminal courts to free 250 war workers weekly and save 5 000 to 6 000 man hours of production weekly.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Harry H. Cobb
Common Pleas
Puerto Ricans May Be Moved to Other Lands
A plan to move 500000 Puerto Ricans from the over populated U S possession to American countries if they want to go is being laid before government and diplomatic officials in Washington. The move would affect about a quarter of the island's citizens and would be one of the largest mass migrations in history.
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Washington
U. S
Funeral services set for Ernest Evans in Pom eroy
Funeral services for Ernest Evans of Laurel Cliff are scheduled Sunday afternoon at two o'clock at the Ewing Funeral Home in Pom eroy.
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Pomeroy
Ernest Evans
Laurel Cliff
Ewing Funeral Home
Aerial Attacks on Manila Forts Signal Intensified Offense
Japanese invasion forces bombarded Corregidor Island in Manila Bay with seven straight aerial hits in 24 hours as Burma defenses and Bataan patrols tighten. The report notes intensified pressure on Manila while signs point to a broader shift toward Burma India theater amid U.S. reinforcements.
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Indian Ocean
Japan
Burma
India
China
Yamashita
Manila Bay
Corregidor Island
Bataan
Burma-India
MacArthur
United States
Latin Engineer Sees Axis Doom in Cleveland Visit
Ernesto Azala of Chile, one of eight Latin American engineering students, watched electric wire production in Cleveland industries and asked what will happen to Nazis and Japs, reflecting grim wartime fears.
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Cleveland
Ernesto Azala
Chile
Cleveland Industries
Japanese Fleet Sighting Near Indian Ocean Bases
British reports indicate a Japanese cruiser and several destroyers seen near the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal within striking distance of Calcutta. A Tokyo broadcast also claims Japanese fleet units arrived at Rangoon, Burma.
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India
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Tokyo
Rangoon
Burma
American fliers raid Thai airfields in Burma battle
Flying Tigers penetrated into Thailand to attack Japanese air fields at Chiengmai and Lampun, destroying over 10 enemy planes. Ground crews reported 40 to 50 Japanese aircraft on the ground, seven fires and three enemy planes destroyed amid heavy anti-aircraft fire.
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Burma
Seatac
Chiengmai
India
United Nations
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Sir Stafford Cripps
New Delhi
Australia
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Lae
Cleveland Archbishop Near Death As Last Sacraments Given
The Most Rev Joseph Schrembs 76 archbishop of the Cleveland Catholic diocese received last rites as his condition was described as critical after a rapid decline announced by the chancellery in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland Catholic
US Civilian Pilot Training Program May Prove Factor in Defeat of Axis
A New York feature argues the CPTP links education to national defense, tracing the move from early aviation to a planned national air training scheme. It notes Nazi Germany and Italy pursued similar programs, with CPTP intended as pre cadet prep under government funding for the war effort.
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Singapore
Armed Services
Opera
Hornberg
Stuttgart
Italy
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Stimson
Will Organize Protectionary Forces in Ohio
Ohio state defense council announces plans to form civil defense units including air raid warning, demolition and repair squads. Courtney Burton says plans will be sent to 800 local councils at the Institute of Civilian Mobilization session at Ohio State University. Jonathan Daniels emphasizes public resolve to mobilize and sacrifice for national defense.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Defense Council
Ohionas
Courtney Burton
Burton
Institute of Civilian Mobilization
Ohio State University
Jonathan Daniels
Office of Civilian Defense
Inestitute
America
Rural Electric Work Also Under Priority
Washington reports that War Production Board Director Donald M. Nelson halted copper allocations to the Rural Electrification Administration. REA projects must now apply for copper like private facilities and will receive supplies only if deemed essential to war production.
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Washington
Donald M. Neleson
Rural Electrification Administration
WPB
Ohioans to Hear More About Church Influence
In Columbus a series of meetings will extend religious influence to Ohioans out of touch with churches next month. Dr. B F Lamb secretary of the Ohio Council of Churches announced the conferences are part of a Christian Education program sponsored nationally by the International Council of Religious Education.
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Columbus
Industry Expansion in Southern Ohio Seen
Congressman Jacob E. Davis of Waverly says the War Department advised an authorization for a new expansion project for manufacturing facilities in Southern Ohio. Details on location scope and costs were not disclosed.
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Ohio
Washington
Jacob E. Davis
Waverly
War Department
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