Allied and Japanese Forces Clash in Western Pacific Amid Invasion Moves
Reports say four task forces including British and American units push joint operations in the Ryukyu area and Kyushu. Tokyo claims ships sunk and planes shot down as battleships, carriers, and destroyers concentrate around southern Japan and Okinawa.
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Ryukyu
U. S
Pacific
Press
Fitish
Tokyo
Tokyo Yoruuri-Hochi
America
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Domei
Ryuken
Berrier
Greper
A A
Okime
Okinawa
Cebu
Meher
China
Chungking
14Th Air 2
Lachokow
Hankow
Mon
Nanyang
Honan
Japore
Cleaning Operator Sentenced for Tax Evasion
Freming Fraser, operator of Stand-Overall Dry Cleaning Co., pleaded guilty to evading corporate and personal taxes. He received two consecutive suspended sentences totaling ten thousand dollars and days, under a sealed indictment charging tax evasion based on alleged failure to pay taxes.
Detroit plane plant strike halts P-38 and Navy Helldiver work
Hudson Motor Car plant in Detroit stopped production as 5,000 workers stayed idle after a strike by 110 inspectors. Police will assist Cleveland on liquor license screening. Patrol pilot Everett Alien, 42, a Civil Air Patrol instructor at National Airport, was killed in a plane crash near Toledo.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Toledoq
Everett Alien
Civil Air Patrol
National
Here
ALTA pact on distribution of assembly votes attacked
Secret Yalta style pact would assign six United Kingdom seats with three for the Moscow government and Ukrainian and White Russian republics demanded by Stalin. Roosevelt and Churchill back the plan if the U S gains three votes, provoking Senate criticism over sovereignty of nations and fears of broader hidden pacts as Gromyko heads Soviet delegation.
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ALTA
Washington
Yalta
San Francisco
United Nations Conference
Russia
Chairi
Ian Bloom
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
EN Sarkaes
White House
Stalin
Moscow
Ons
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
India
New Zealand
South Africa
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Sovereign Equality of Nations
Peace League
Dumbarton Oaks
Baur
Congress
Andrei’ A. Gromyko
German Chaos Grows Amid Nazi Threats
Reports describe mounting chaos and despair in the Reich as Nazi leaders threaten harsh penalties to force endurance of the war. Neutral capitals relay mutinies, desertions, and attempted killings of top Nazis while preparations for retreat to Bavarian Alps, with some officials fleeing to Mainau Island in Lake Constance.
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Bavarian Alps
Mainau
Lake Constance
Easter Bunny Hunt Lands Men in Jail
Two men in Cincinnati carrying a crate of eggs told a policeman they were searching for the Easter bunny. They were jailed for stealing eggs from a nearby warehouse after the officer stopped them in a downtown alley.
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Cincinnati
Congrove Rites Planned in Coolville at White Funeral Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Aaron Congrove who died Wednesday at her daughter Goldie Joseph’s home in Flint Michigan will be held at the White Funeral Home in Coolville. Burial follows at Stewart Cemetery. Her husband died several months ago.
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Coolville
Aaron
Congrove
Goldie Joseph
Flint
Mich
White Funeral Home
Stewart
Easter Parade Forecast Promises Fair Weather
Columbus reports the U S weather bureau forecast fair weather and moderate temperatures for Easter Sunday. Tonight may bring clouds and some showers, but skies are expected to clear tomorrow guiding Easter parade plans.
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Columbus
U. S
North German Ports Attacked by Massive Air Assault
More than 1,400 American heavy bombers with 900 escort fighters launched the largest Eighth Air Force strike this year against Bremen Hamburg and Wilhemshaven on the North Sea. The raids targeted submarine yards naval vessels oil depots and harbor facilities to cut seaborne supplies for northern German armies.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Germany
North Sea
Bremen
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
Handling Prisoners Is Yanks' Big Problem
EAST OF GIESSEN Germany The U S Fourth Armored Division must deal with a massive prisoner workload totaling about 8000 men as military police herd 5000 Germans toward the rear including Pvt William Stubes of Coshocton Ohio in a brisk supply of war duties.
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Giessen
Germany
U. S. Fourth Armored Division
Pvt
William Stubes
Coshocton
Ohio
Suffocates in Ice Box While Playing Hide and Seek
Larry Lee Shaffer four of Shiloh suffocated yesterday in a large ice box while playing hide and seek with friends. A companion, Kenneth Remy three, was locked in the ice compartment but an air vent saved him.
Court Rules OPA Prices Unfair to Beet Packers
The Emergency Court of Appeals found OPA price ceilings unfair to non processing beet packers while upholding allowances for processor firms. It ordered the agency to reduce some non processor ceilings and adjust to protect fair profits, with a 30 day stay before effect and possible appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Jate
Howse
OPA
Supreme Court
Wilbur la Roe
National Independent Meat Packers Assorciation
Higher Price On Newsprint Is Authorized
Washington authorizes a $3 per ton rise in manufacturers ceiling prices for newsprint effective immediately. The OPA cites below normal earnings for the U S newsprint industry, with 90 percent produced in Canada, lifting the ceiling to 61 a ton for standard newsprint. All U S newsprint sales now fall under the new ceilings, while Canadian officials offered no comment on the move.
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Washington
OPA
United States
Canada
Price Board
Evicted Spinsters Stay In Yard Despite Rain
In Cincinnati two evicted sisters, Anna and Annie Folf aged 52 and 49, remained in the front yard under umbrellas near their apartment after eviction for nonpayment of rent. Rain and hail did not drive them indoors as they perched on a chair amid removed furniture from the home.
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Cincinnati
Anna
Annie Folf
Government Seizure of Mines Near
The War Labor Board opened a hearing to decide if a contract with soft coal operators and miners can be extended until a new one is reached. Miss Perkins pushed for retroactive wage changes and a potential extension, but operators balked at cost estimates and refused extension to arbitration. Lewis dropped a 10-cent per ton royalty demand, and Perkins moved toward a 35-hour week with modest shift differentials and limited vacation pay increases. Detonators and safety gear were approved, while free explosives were rejected.
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War Labor Board
Soft Coal Operatora
Minora
Washington
Perkins
John Leee
United Mine Workers
Miss Perkins
Lewis
First Lady Sees Food Situation Not So Bad
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told reporters at a news conference that if Americans would follow the British ration for a month, they would be more satisfied with what they have. The statement highlights ongoing concerns over postwar food shortages in Washington.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Manpower Bill Faces Setback in Senate
Roosevelt endorsed manpower control bill in trouble in the Senate as an informal Taft survey showed 39 opposed, 35 in favor.
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Senate
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Boston man posed as Army sergeant for free rides nationwide
Police say Leo Wasserman of Boston hitchhiked across the country for over a year wearing an Army sergeant’s uniform with forged ranks and priorities. He secured a gratis plane trip to Scotland, rode trains to London, then was found via a Red Cross Club pickup.
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Leo Wasserman
Boston
Wasserman
Scotland
London
Red Cross
Rent Controls Sought in Three Counties
The Columbus OPA District Labor Advisory Committee asks the National advisory committee to impose rent control in Fairfield Muskingum and Guernsey counties after reports of sharp rent hikes in Lancaster Zanesville and Cambridge. Chairman Paul J McCarthy cites overnight increases with no notice and says formal complaints have been filed with the rent office. New war industries in Lancaster and Zanesville are blamed for the rises.
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OPA
Fairfield
Muskingum
Guernsey
Lancaster
Zanesville
Cambridge
Paul J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Columbus Federation of Labor
National Advisory Committee
Edward F. Wagner
Cleveland
Wagner
Burnett Suffering Stroke While Out Driving Near Athens
C O Burnett a business man of 20 N High St Athens was found in his car on Congress Street near Washington Street after suffering a stroke of apoplexy last night. He was discovered this morning by Fred Kiltan and removed to Sheltering Arms Hospital in serious condition where he remained unable to move. Burnett had planned to hunt for night crawlers at the State Hospital grounds when the stroke occurred. Mrs Burnett, retiring last night, did not learn of his absence until dawn.
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C. O. Burnett
N. High St
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Congress St
Washington St
Fred Kiltan
Burnett
State Hospital
Mannheim Surrenders by Phone to U S Troops
New York wired report says Mannheim becomes first city to capitulate by telephone. An American officer heard a ringing line in a captured building. a municipal official instructed to cease fire announced there are no German soldiers left in Mannheim.
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Mannheim
New York
United States
Hodges Drives Northward For Junction With British Second
Allied forces grind toward the Ruhr as Hodges First Army armor advances rapidly northward. Berlin frontlines shift with German resistance fading as U S Ninth Army, Third, and Seventh Army converge on key railways, cities, and industrial hubs.
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Associated Press
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Ruhr
Second Army
Paderborn
Ninth Army
U.S. Seventh Army
Third Army
Frankfurt-Am
Soviet forces near Vienna threaten siege and push toward Bratislava
Dispatches report Marshal Solbukhin's Third Ukraine Army invading Austria near the frontier, seizing Kapovar and driving on the Bratislava Gap while Red Army units claim rapid gains toward Graz and Yugoslavia. Stalin poised to salute victory at Danzig as Luftwaffe and artillery stages respond.
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Solbukhin
Ukraine
Austria
Vienna
Kapovar
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Baltic
Danzig
Red Army
Stalin
Vasilevsky
Zoppot
Bay of Danzig
Gdynia
Tolbukhin
Italy
Graz
Yugoslavia
Marshal Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Hron
Nitra
Berlin
Danube
Luxembourg
Radics
Ohio Legislators Plan Tour to Study Strip Mining Effects
Ohio lawmakers aim to inspect strip mining areas next Thursday and Friday to assess land restoration needs. Eighteen House Conservation Committee members will tour devastated tracts and reclamation projects, followed by Senate members a week later. The issue centers on land loss, reduced agricultural value, and stream pollution, with proposals for operator bonding to fund restoration.
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Ohio
Columbus
UPI
House Conservation Committee
Senate Conservation Committee
Proof Firing of Guns Cracks Perry Monument
The Perry Monument at Put in Bay shows war echoes from Erie proving grounds. Vibrations from heavy gun firings rattle South Bass Island homes and crack the 352 foot colossus, second tallest in the world after Washington.
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Put-In-Bay
Lake Erie
Erie Proving Grounds
South Bass
Washington Monument
Rodger Young Platoon To Honor Ohio Hero
Cincinnati officers announce a WAC recruiting group to honor Pvt. Rodger Young of Tiffin Ohio for the Solomon Islands campaign. The Rodger Young Platoon will train at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia then report to Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge Ohio for assignment.
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Rodger Young
Ohio
Cincinnati
Wacs
Solomons
WAC
Tiffin
Iwacs
Ft. Ogle- Hthorpe- Ga
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Renewal of Probe Into Wife's Disappearance
Newport Kentucky police renewed the investigation after a telephone call from Mildred Paters stating she had given birth since her disappearance last Monday from a maternity ward. Chef Leo Livingston had earlier doubted her story and said the department would drop the search.
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Newport
Mildred Paters
Blonday
Leo Livingston
Ohio units to use Camp Perry ranges this summer
Lt Col Harry H Kerr announced that Ohio State Guard and Naval Militia units will again use Camp Perry rifle ranges for weekend training this summer. The plan calls for continued rifle range practice and drills at the Perry facility.
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Camp Perry
Ohio State Guard
Naval Militia
Harry H.kerr
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