Allied Naval Buildup Looms in Japanese Waters
Radio Tokyo reports four American and British task forces patrolling Japanese waters southward with two within inner-planet range. Tokyo claims 693 Japanese vessels sunk and air losses, while Allied forces press raids on Kyushu, Shikoku, and Honshu. Allied forces invade Cauit and Mactan in the Central Philippines as Air Force withdraws from Laohokow amid a Japanese push toward Nanyang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Radiookyo
America
Ces
Ryukyu and
U. S
Pagito
Tokyo
Yomiuri-Hechi
Kyushu
Shikaku
Honshu
Ea Srurhent
Yuky
Strikt
Kerama ‘Islands
Okinawa
Kerama Group
Kerama
Faatte
Philippines
Americal Division
Cauit Island
Mactan
Cebut
United States Air Force
China
Chungking
Air Force
Laohokow
Hankow
Nanyang
Honan
20Th Air Force
Singapore
Dry Cleaning Operator Fined for Tax Evasion in Cincinnati
Fleming A. Fraser, operator of Standard Overall Dry Cleaning Co., was fined $10,000 and given two concurrent suspended sentences of one year and a day each after pleading guilty to a sealed indictment charging evasion of income tax. The indictment covered individual and corporate taxes totaling $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Fleming A. Fraser
Standard Overall Dry Cleaning Co
Plane Plant Strike Hits Detroit Hudson Works
UPI reporting that 35,000 Hudson Motor Car workers are idle as 110 inspectors join a strike at the Detroit plant. The walkout halts production of parts for P-3As and Navy helldiver planes, affecting military supply lines and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
Hudson Motor Car Company
Court says OPA Prices Unfair to Beet Packers
The Emergency Court of Appeals orders OPA to adjust non processor ceilings to ensure fair profits for beet-packer operations while subsidies favor processing firms. The ruling, hailed by the National Independent Meat Packers Association, leaves a 30 day window before it takes effect and possible Supreme Court appeal. The decision highlights that non-processors receive an 80 cent subsidy per hundred pounds, impacting beef supply and by products like sausage and tallow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Ap Ipeal
Supreme Court
Wilbur la Roe, Jr
National Independent Meat Packers Asso
Inon
Sen
Yalta Pact on Distribution of Assembly Votes Attacked
A secret Yalta style voting plan for the postwar world faces opposition in Washington. The proposed 6 3 3 UK USSR distribution and the arrangement for the United Kingdom Canada Australia India New Zealand and South Africa to hold six seats drew criticism from Senator Vandenberg and other lawmakers. The plan would empower a five-nation council with unanimous decisions in many cases, prompting concerns over sovereign equality and legitimacy of the world peacekeeping body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yalta
United
Russia
Ing Assembly
House Today
Bloom
Affairs Committee
San Francisco
United ‘Nations Conference
White
Stalin
Moscow
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
India
New Zealand
South Africa
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Equality of Nations
League
Dumbarton Oaks
Delelgate
Congress
German Chaos Grows Amid Nazi Retreats in Alps
Reports from neutral sources describe chaos and despair inside the Reich as Nazi leaders plan a withdrawal into the Bavarian Alps. The propaganda push threatens Germans with punishment for opposing the war while desertions mount and plots for escape emerge near Lake Constance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reich
Res
Bavarian ‘Alps
Sone
Mainau
Lake
Constance
Easter Bunny Hunt Lands in Jail in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati two men carrying a crate of eggs told a policeman they were seeking the Easter bunny. The officer arrested them for stealing eggs from a nearby warehouse and jailed them at headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mrs Aaron Congrove Rites in Coolville
Funeral services for Mrs Aaron Congrove, who died Wednesday at her daughter’s home in Flint, Michigan, will be held Sunday at White Funeral Home with burial at Stewart. Her husband died several months ago.
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Coolville
Aaron Congrove
Goldie Joseph
Flint
Mich
White Funeral
Stewart
Easter Forecast Calls for Fair and Moderate Weather
Weather forecast notes fair and moderate conditions for Easter with cloudy conditions and showers overnight. The forecaster expects clearing skies tomorrow and a return to pleasant spring temperatures for the holiday.
North German Ports Attacked by Massive Allied Bombing
More than 1,400 American heavy bombers and 900 escort fighters attacked Bremen Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven in the largest year to date assault. The aim was to sever seaborne supplies to German northern armies. Targets included submarine yards naval vessels in port oil depots and harbor facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jlondon
Brighth
Germany
North Sea
Bremen
Hamburg
Bremenaven
Handling Prisoners Is Yanks Big Problem
EAST OF GIESSEN Germany U S Fourth Armored Division faces the heavy task of processing about 8000 German prisoners as military police move a large group toward the rear among the forces. Private William Stubes of Coshocton Ohio is among the men herding the prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giessen
Germany
U.S. Fourth Armored Division
Pvt
William. Stubes
Coshocton
Ohio
Two children in Ohio ice box hide and seek tragedy
Larry Lee Shaffer four of Shiloh suffocated yesterday in a large ice box during a game of hide and seek. Kenneth Remy three was found in the ice compartment but saved by an air vent. authorities investigate the accident in Mansfield area.
Newsprint Price Ceiling Raised by 3 a Ton
The OPA authorized a $3 per ton increase in manufacturers ceiling prices for newsprint effective immediately. The new ceiling lifts standard newsprint to $61 a ton and applies to all U S sales, with Canada’s firms likely to benefit from the higher ceiling as most newsprint is produced there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
United States
Canada
Price Board
Evicted Spinsters Stay In Yard Despite Rain
Two women, Anna and Annie Folf, aged 52 and 49, remained in a front yard under umbrellas at an Cincinnati apartment after eviction for unpaid rent. Despite rain and yesterday's storm, they sat on a couch and chair amid removed furniture from the apartment, living room, dining room, and kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna
Annie Folf
Government Seizure of Mines Near Impasse in Wartime Wage Talks
Washington AP The War Labor Board will hear soft coal operators and miners tomorrow to decide if the current contract can be extended while a new agreement is sought. Miss Perkins proposes extending the contract with retroactive wage adjustments, while operators oppose retroactivity and any extension. Lewis of the United Mine Workers defends demand for a 10 cent per ton royalty, later dropped, and seeks a 35 hour week with overtime. Perkins backs the 35 hour week, shift differentials, and reduces vacation ask from 100 to 75 dollars. explosives ban remains, detonators and caps and safety gear allowed. Coal miners work nine hours daily with portal travel and lunch breaks factored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulletin
Washington
War Labor Board
Perkins
John L.lewis
United Mine Workers
Miss Perkins
Miss Perkine
Lewis
First Lady Says Food Situation Isn’t So Bad
At a Washington news conference Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested that adopting the British ration for a month would improve national satisfaction with food. She framed the issue as a common concern and urged gratitude for available provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boston man used army uniform for year long hitchhiking scheme
Police say Leo Wasserman of Boston posed as an Army sergeant, forged priorities, and rode free across the country for over a year. He allegedly tailed a free plane trip to Scotland, then traveled by train to London before being picked up at a Red Cross Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Wasserman
Boston
Wasserman
Scotland
London
Red Cross
Rent Controls Are Sought in Three Counties
The Columbus OPA District Labor Advisory Committee seeks rent control in Fairfield, Muskingum, and Guernsey counties after reports of sudden rent hikes in Lancaster, Zanesville, and Cambridge. Chairman Paul J. McCarthy says rents rise overnight without notice. Edward F. Wagner notes numerous formal complaints to the rent office, with entries sent to the Cleveland regional office. New war industries in Lancaster and Zanesville blamed for price jumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
OPA
Fairfield
Muskingum
Guernsey
Lancaster
Zanesville
Cambridge
Paul J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Columbus Federation of Labor
National Advisory Committee
Edward F. Wagner
Cleveland
Wagner
Burnett Suffers Stroke In Athens Car
C O Burnett, 20 N High St Athens merchant, was found in his car on Congress near Washington after a stroke of apoplexy last night. He was in Sheltering Arms Hospital in serious condition. Fred Kiltan found him this morning after Burnett set out to hunt night crawlers at State Hospital grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CQ. Burnett
N- High St
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Congress St
Washington St
Fred Kiltan
Burnett
State Hospital
Mannheim First City To Surrender by Phone
New York dispatch reports Mannheim capitulated to U S troops by telephone with an American officer hearing the ring and a voice inside the building announcing it. In Washington the Taft survey showed the manpower bill stalled in the Senate with 39 against and 35 for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mannheim
United States
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Hodges Drives Northward For Junction With British Second
Allied armor under Lt. Gen. Hodges raced toward a junction with the British Second Army, 65 miles distant, pushing from the Ruhr toward headwaters near Paderborn. Ninth Army tanks shattered Ruhr defenses while Patton’s Third Army advanced toward Middle Germany and Frankfurt. Some 35,000 Germans surrendered. Mannheim and Diebenmund fell as Allied forces closed on key rail lines and industrial hubs.
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Hodges
Berlin
Hisenhower
Ruhr
Germany
First Army
Second Army
Paderborn
U.S. Ninth Army
Patton
Third Army
Middle Germany
Lauterbach
Giessen
U. S. Seventh Army
Odenwald
Rhine
Mannheim
Frankfurt-am
Main
Duisburg
Ninth Army
Hssen
Hamm
Dortmund
Dusseldorf
Maelheim
Luxembourg
Muenster
Brussels
Baden
Karlsruhe
Soviet Push Encircles Vienna as Danzig Falls Imminent
Dispatches report heavy air attacks against Vienna as Tolbukhin's Third Ukraine Army and Stalin's forces drive toward the city and into Austria. Red Army fronts advance from Danzig to Graz, Bratislava, and toward the Italian border, while German lines crumble along the Danube. Luxembourg radio notes a Vienna emergency as fighting continues under clear skies.
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Moscow
Marshall
Tolbukhin
Ukraine
King Reich
Britain
Italy
Austria
Berlin
Vienna
Brunswick
Kapuvar
Bratislava
Jines
Bologna
Baltic
Danzig
Red Army
Stalin
Vasilevsky
Zoppot
Gdynia
Graz
Yugoslavia
Qment
Marshal Marinovsky
Second Ukraine
Hron
Nitra
Danube
Luxembourg
radio _l
Firing of Guns Cracks Perry Monument at Put-In-Bay
The Perry Monument at Put-In-Bay, built to honor the Battle of Lake Erie, is damaged by vibrations from big guns at the Erie Proving Grounds. Cracks appear in the 352 foot column, second tallest worldwide, with nearby homes on South Bass Island affected.
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Put-In-Bay
Lake Erie
Erie Proving Grounds
South Bass Island
Washington Monument
Ohio lawmakers to tour strip mining land restoration efforts
Ohio legislators plan a near term inspection tour by eighteen members of the House Conservation Committee to study land damage from strip mining and restoration proposals. The visit comes amid bills seeking operator funding and bonds to ensure land restoration, with Governor Lausche backing restoration efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
House Conservation Committee
Senate Conservation Committee
George G. Shurtz
Republican
Newcomerstown
Coshocton
Tuscarawas
Morrow
Knox
Wayne
Holmes
Guernsey
Nobie
Monroe
Lausche
Rodger Young Platoon To Honor Ohio Hero
Cincinnati recruits form Rodger Young Platoon to honor Pvt. Rodger Young of Tiffin, a Solomons campaign hero awarded the Medal of Honor. The WACs will train at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, then be assigned to Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge. Armed with the posthumous award, the unit embodies commemorative service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Solomons
WAC
Rodger Young
Pvt
Tiffin
Wacs
Ft. Oglethorpe
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Renewal of Investigation Into Wife's Disappearance
Mrs Mildred Peters 33 telephoned to say she had given birth since vanishing Monday from a maternity ward door, prompting renewed police scrutiny. Chief Leo Livingston had earlier doubted her pregnancy tale and signaled the search might be dropped. Camp Perry rifle ranges to host weekend training by Ohio State Guard and Naval Militia units this summer, Lt Col Harry Bykerr announces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Mildred Peters
Leo Livingston
Camp Perry
Ohio State Guard
Naval Militia
Harry Bykerr
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Robert M. Sohngen
Toledo
Everett Allrey
Cis’ Air Patrol
Sas
Arm Meer
Spee T Maerhe
Wy Seers
H. G. D. Crerar
C. O. Burnett
Associated Press
Courtney H. Hodges
Nortierdd
Portland
Ore
Jacob van Berkel
van Berkel
Continental
Perry Monument
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