Allied convoys survive Nazi attack on northern supply route
Berlin report notes growing battle along the UNs far north route to Russia as German forces face trouble in Norway and Finland. A US British convoy reportedly continues its voyage despite Nazi air assaults immobilizing German air units and prompting reinforcements in occupied Norway and Finland.
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United Nations
Russia
Berlin
la Suisse
Norway
Finland
Army of Occupation
Allied line menaced as Japanese push toward Prome Burma
British headquarters report Japanese forces backed by Burmese traitors advanced within 10 miles of Prome on the central Burma front. Simultaneously Chinese left flank near Toungoo shows withdrawals as Stillwell coordinates regrouping. Air raids continue on Mandalay Toungoo road and Lae harbor attacks hit Lae in New Guinea.
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Japan
Burma
India
Prome
Yenangyaung
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Toungoo
Joseph W. Stillwell
U.S.A
Toun
Mandalay Road
Pacific
Philippines
War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Manila Bay
Bataan
Rome Radio
Imperial Tokyo
Indian Ocean
Ceylon
Australia
U. S. Army
Convoy Attack Beaten Off Amid Naval Battle
British and Russian forces sank a German destroyer and damaged three U boats while escorting a Russia bound convoy. German reports claimed Allied ships struck heavy losses, as Soviet forces pressed multiple fronts amid winter fighting and Arctic air attacks continued near Murmansk.
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London
Russia
Admiralty
High Imand
Ukraine
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
Red Army
Jrth
Adolf Hitler
Murmansk
Riem
Marshal Petain
Giant Steel Ball Converted to Scrap in Cleveland
A five story steel sphere used for patient pressure treatments is being dismantled in Cleveland. The 1000 ton structure, erected 14 years ago at a cost of 1 million dollars, housed rooms baths and an elaborate compressor system for diabetics under air pressure.
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Cleveland
Sana
Finnish group suffers heavy losses in eight months war
AAP exchange report states that the Spanish group has lost more than 200600 officers and men over eight months of war.
The Small Businessman's Best Friend
An advertising note touts Messenger Classified Ads as a way to reach a large reader audience under For Sale or Services Offered. It argues consistent monthly use builds profitable exposure and compares daily classified costs to yearly rates.
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Essenger
Messenger
Convict Couple For Attack on Son's Teacher
In Lafayette Indiana a jury convicts Arthur H Leslie and his wife of assault and battery for beating Langlois School teacher Constance M Davis 33 in a fifth grade room on February 27 The couple are fined 200 each and jailed 30 days with sentences to be served at the Putnamville State Penal Farm and the Indianapolis State Women s Prison respectively The judge will pronounce final sentencing Saturday while theLeslies remain free on bond
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Lafayette
Ind
Arthur H. Leslie
Danny
Constance M. Davis
Langlois School
Leslie
Putnamville
Indianapolis
W. Lynn Parkinson
Miss Davis
Hunt Father of Slain Boy
Allentown police chief asked investigators in three states to search for Ed ward Gavornik’s father after the two year old’s hacked body was found bound to a water pipe in the cellar. The corpse lay near a stained axe and a threatening note tied to the body, left by the killer and signed with a vow of hell and love for the mother.
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Allentown
Arthur V. Yohe
Yohe
Ralph Gavornik
Edward
Alexander M. Peters
Lehigh County
Evacuation Ordered for Japanese Residents Near Los Angeles Harbor
The Army ordered 3,000 Japanese residents of the Los Angeles Harbor districts to vacate by noon Pacific War Time, April 5. They must move to two designated zones and report to the assembly center at the Santa Anita race track before removal.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Anita Race Track
Two Die In Crash On Route 4 South Of Dayton
An auto struck a utility pole on Route 4 south of Dayton last night and caught fire burning to death Hazel Hamilton 24 and Allen Stokes 25 both residents of Dayton AP reported.
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Dayton
Here
Hazel Hamilton
Allen Stokes
Central Ohio Sees Heavy Snow Storm Paralyze Traffic
Central Ohio endured a wet snowfall with up to 14 inches in the Columbus area and surrounding counties. Power lines failed in Columbus East Side as roads froze and schools declared holidays. Snow plows operated while traffic slowed and communications were disrupted across the region.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Defiance
Findlay
Mt. Vernon
Newark
Springfield
Greenville
Akron
Wyandot County
Upper Sandusky
Begin Manufacture of Suits Without Frills
Washington wartime fashion shifts as manufacturers start producing Victory Suits without cuffs plaits or fancy backs under War Production Board orders. Retailers must shorten trouser length and excess fabric from cuffs will be redirected to reprocessed wool.
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Washington
War Production Board
Westinghouse Workers Waive Overtime Pay Agreement
Representatives of 70 000 Westinghouse employees announce a waiver of time and a half and double pay for weekend and holiday work. The company will apply the saved funds to government taxes as stated by the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America CIO.
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NEW York
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
CIO
Senate Votes Favorably On Doubling Army Pay
The Senate approved doubling the army basic pay from 21 to 42 dollars a month for back privates in a 73 to 0 vote. The bill would raise pay across services, including master sergeants to 138 dollars monthly and second lieutenants and Navy ensigns to 1800 dollars annually, with broader allowances and an estimated cost of 282 million dollars, potentially higher as forces grow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Senator Johnson
D.-Colp
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Geodetic Survey
Public Health Service
Johnson
Barkley
Kentucky
Lew Ayres enters CO camp on West Coast
Lew Ayres age 33 known for All Quiet along the Western Front and Dr Kildare entered a conscientious objectors camp on the West Coast. A Hollywood draft board spokesman said his objection to war service arose from a personal religious belief described as a religion of his own.
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Lew Ayres
Ayres
Draft Board
Hollywood
Women and Foreigners Run German Railways
In Germany eighty thousand women ninety thousand foreign civilians and twenty thousand prisoners are employed on the railways to cover shortages as skilled workers go to the front. Women replace repairmen and brakemen and work at ticket counters amid shortages of fuel material and rolling stock.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Sharp Enrollment Drop At Ohio State University
Columbus reports a sharp decline in spring quarter enrollment at Ohio State University with 7,396 students paying fees so far, down from 9,795 a year earlier and 11,244 for last spring. Students can still pay fees this week without penalty, and final counts are not yet complete.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
DROWNS IN POOL AT ELYRIA YMCA
Edward Cotton Jr aged 15 son of a fruit farmer was found dead in the YMCA pool last night. Coroner F C Ward said a bruise suggested a possible head injury from a fall or dive into the pool.
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Elyria
YMCA
Edward Cotton, Jr
F. C Ward
Limbach Recalled to Active Army Duty from Guard
Arthur L. Limbach, former Democratic state chairman, recalled to active duty in the army after being relieved as a National Guard captain last year due to age.
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Limbach
NEW
Philadelphia
Arthur L. Limbach
National Guard
Farish Denies Delays in U S Synthetic Rubber
W S Farish president of Standard Oil of New Jersey testified before the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that the company did not block nor delay synthetic rubber development in the United States. He said the record shows otherwise and that contracts with I G Farben aided American industry and wartime needs.
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Washington
W. S. Farish
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Farish
Thurman Arnold
I. G. Farben
Germany
Standard Oil Company
I. G
Arnold
40 Hour Week Retained Fight Against Suspension
The administration signaled a fight to preserve the 40 hour week with Prime aim to avoid suspensions or tax changes. Senate leader Barkley warned that suspensions would cause chaos in war industries and pledged to oppose freezes in government-taken plants. He argued most war industries exceed 40 hours and emphasized overtime pay.
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Washington
Senate
Democratic
Barkley
Teachers Receive Pay as Ohio School Reopens
In Bowling Green Ohio differences over teacher pay were settled last night and the Jackson Township School reopened. About 250 pupils were sent home yesterday after teachers did not receive pay envelopes. The school board president Leroy Smith told teachers to collect checks at his filling station, a plan met with objections.
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Bowling Green
Jackson Township
Leroy Smith
Physician and Wife To Join Medical Corps
Dr. Robert Dwyer age 64 of Indianapolis and his 48 year old wife a nurse have applied for active duty in the medical corps They married two years ago and have grown children from previous marriages and eight grandchildren between them
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Indianapolis
Dwyers
Robert Dwyer
Chairman Dies faces libel suit over accuse of officials
Washington reports Chairman Dies of the House Committee on Un American Activities warned he may be sued for libel after charging at least 35 high officials of the Board of Economic Warfare with affiliations to Communist front organizations.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee On Unamerican Activities Today
Board of Economic Warfare
Train boiler explosion kills three near Redkey
A west bound freight train crew consisting of an engineer a fireman and a brakeman were killed when the locomotive boiler exploded east of Redkey Indiana. The blast occurred today and the men were fatally injured at the scene. Authorities reported no survivors among the three crew members.
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Redkey
Ind
United States job placements dip 3 percent in February
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt said February placements fell three percent to a total of 425,000. The United States Employment Service reported the decline, noting ongoing labor market adjustments and program impacts.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Paul V. McNutt
Prostitution in Ohio Trailers Challenges Venereal Disease Drive
Columbus health officials report roving prostitutes using auto-trailers operated by a national booking agency. The trailers are dispatched to defense areas on paydays and vanish within days. Health Director R H Markwith says efforts target red light districts but are frustrated by mobile operations.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
Bricker Calls Ohio to Observe Good Friday
Governor Bricker issued a formal proclamation urging Ohio citizens to observe Good Friday April 3 with prayer and meditation. He directed department heads to allow employees time off to attend church services on that day.
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Bricker
Ohio
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Don C. Power
Razor Blade Shortage Declared Not Imminent by OPA
The Office of Price Administration states there will be no razor blade shortage and urges not to stock up. Director Dan A. West says the curtailment will still allow at least 2.4 billion blades this year, with periodic output fluctuations unexplained.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Dan A. West
OPA
War Production Board
Shavers
West
Consumer Division
WPB
Manufacture Of Household Items Banned
War Production Board bans making electrical household goods including toasters and flatirons after May 31 to convert small utensils to war needs. The order hits a $60 million yearly industry with 25 000 workers and also limits metals in caskets, bans crude rubber in several products, and restricts printing ink materials.
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Washington
War Production Board
Weysterday
Middle West lagging in civilian defense readiness
OCD Director James M. Landis said the Middle West is four to five months behind in civilian defense preparations. He warned that a bombing might spur action, noting England's program only began after a bombing.
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Cleveland
Middle West
OCD
James M. Landis
Wardens Use Horses In Eastern Blackout
Five mounted wardens rode through Putnam County in the region's first blackout drill. The riders said horses offered practical travel on dark roads where auto travel was impossible as the eastern blackout test aimed to spread alarm across the countryside.
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Peekskill
N, Y
Paul Reveres
Putnam County
Somerset Grange To Give Degree Work
NELSONVILLE The degree team of Somerset Grange will confer first and second degree work on candidates when York Grange meets Friday night, April 3. Committees for the meetings of April 13 and 17 will act jointly. Members of these committees are: Ruby and Millard Howard, Mildred Carlin, Lloyd Howard, Evelyn Patton, Ralph Parks, Perry Colegrove, Everett and Margaret Wilson, Belle and Walter Hoskins, Nellie White, Victor Coakley, Edith Hardy, Cliff Brown and Mary Kennard.
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Nelsonville
Somerset Grange
York Grange
Ruby and
Millard Howard
Mildred Carlin
Lloyd Howard
Evelyn Patton
Ralph Parks
Perry Colegrove
Everett
Margaret Wilson
Belle
Walter Hoskins
Nellie White
Victor Coakley
Edith Hardy
Cliff Brown
Mary Kennard
FTC gives Ohio Fuel Gas Co. until April 20 to show cause
The Federal Trade Commission asked Ohio Fuel Gas Co to show cause by April 20 why a rate agreement with Anchor Hocking Glass Corp of Lancaster Ohio should not be investigated for unjust features. The agency seeks to determine if the arrangement warrants scrutiny.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp
Lancaster, O
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