Allied Convoys Survive Nazi Attacks On Supply Route
Dispatches report a growing battle along the United Nations north Russia supply route as Allied convoys continue despite German air tracks. Berlin says German forces face problems in Norway and Finland, with U S British convoys continuing their voyage aided by increased convoy protection. The Berlin note notes larger German air unit immobilization and need to reinforce occupation forces in Norway and Finland. The trial for five leaders of the defeated French Republic will suspend April 2 to 15, shifting focus from responsibility for entry into the war to challenges about court legality and France's wartime preparations.
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United Nations
Russia
Berlin
la Suisse
Norway
Finland
Vichy
France
Convoy Battle Off Russia Reported By Allies
British and Russian naval forces say they sank a German destroyer and damaged three submarines while guarding a convoy to Russia. German claims say four Allied ships were sunk in the Barents Sea and surface attacks continued. Soviet reports place heavy fighting near Moscow and Murmansk with tank losses and Arctic bombardment noted.
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London
Russia
Admiralty
Far North
Kola Bay
Murmansk
DNB
Barents Sea
Archangel
Keyrman
Ukraine
Moscow
Lake Ilmen
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Arctic
sUfply
Riem
Marshal Petain
Giant steel ball becomes scrap after removal from hospital complex
A five story, one thousand ton steel ball once used for pressure treatments at a sanatorium is being dismantled in Cleveland. Erected 14 years ago at a cost of about $1,000,000 it housed diabetics under pressure with baths and a network of compressors and motors.
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Cleveland
Irish army suffers massive losses in eight days
AP reports the Irish army lost over 20,000 officers in an eight day period amid ongoing conflict. The claim references exchange cables and telegraph dispatches from unidentified sources.
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Legraph
The Small Businessman's Best Friend
Advertising note touts Messenger Classified Ads as a steady way to reach largeaudiences For sale or services offered sections promise repeat monthly exposure with low daily costs and high profits The piece frames Messenger as a profitable publicity tool for merchants and advertisers
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Messenger
Convict Couple For Attack on Son's Teacher
A Lafayette jury convicted Arthur H. Leslie and Constance M. Davis for assault and battery in a case tied to discipline of an 11 year old student. The verdict called for $200 fines and 30 days imprisonment for each along with placement on state penal farm and women's prison. Sentencing to follow.
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Lafayette
Ind
Arthur H. Leslie
Danny
Constance M. Davis
Longloss
Leslie
Putnamville
Indianapolis
W. Lynn Parkinson
Miss Davis
Hunt Father of Slain Boy
Allentown police chief asked authorities in three states to hunt for the boy's father after two year old Edward Gavornik was found hacked and hanged in the cellar by a water pipe. Mrs. Gavornik discovered the body after returning from a hairdresser. A stained axe was nearby and a note attached to the body claimed to bring hell to anyone.
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Allentown
Arthur V. Yohe
Yohe
Ralph Gavornik
Edward
Alexander M. Peters
Lehigh County
Evacuation of 3000 Japs From Los Angeles Harbor Area
The Army ordered 3,000 Japanese residents in the Los Angeles Harbor districts to evacuate by noon Pacific War Time, April 5. They must leave two designated zones and report to the Santa Anita race track assembly center pending removal.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Anita Race Track
Two Die in Crash on Route 4 South of Dayton
An automobile struck a utility pole on Route 4 south of Dayton and caught fire. Miss Hazel Hamilton aged 24 and Allen Stokes aged 25, both residents of Dayton, were burned to death in the blaze.
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Dayton
Route
Here
Hazel Hamilton
Allen Stokes
Central Ohio Blanketed by Heavy Snow
A wet snow blanketed Central Ohio last night, halting telecommunication lines and freezing streets. The State Highway Department logged one to 14 inches across Defiance to Greenville area while Akron reported two inches. many schools declared holidays and traffic moved slowly amid slush.
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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 reports wartime clothing changes as manufacturers begin producing Victory Suits with tailored, frill free design. The War Production Board orders retailers to shorten trouser lengths and directs excess fabric from cuffs to reprocessed wool use.
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Washington
War Production Board
Westinghouse Workers Agree to Waive Overtime Pay
Representatives of 70 000 Westinghouse employees agreed to waive time and a half and double pay for weekend and holiday work. The saving would be paid by the company to the government to support the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America CIO announced.
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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 a bill to double the basic army pay from 21 to 42 dollars a month, raising all enlisted rates and officer pay scales. The House was not expected to act soon due to a recess, with costs estimated around a potential 7500000 dollars and rising as forces grow.
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Senate
Washington
House
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Lew Ayres enters conscientious objectors camp
Lew Ayres age 33 famed for All Quiet On The Western Front and Dr Kildare enters a West Coast conscientious objectors camp. A Hollywood draft board spokesman says his objection to war service is driven by a "religion of his own."
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Lew Ayres
Ayres
Draft Board
Hollywood
Women and foreigners run German railways
Berlin reports say eighty thousand German women ninety thousand foreign civilians and twenty thousand prisoners are employed on German railways to replace skilled workers called to military service. Women take roles as repairers brakemen and at ticket counters as fuel material and rolling stock shortfalls strain the system.
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Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Sharp Decline Noted In OSU Enrollment
Ohio State University reports a spring quarter start with 7,396 students paying fees, down from 9,795 a year ago and 11,244 last spring. Enrollment remains incomplete as students may pay fees through the week without penalty.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Body of 15 year old found at Elyria YMCA pool
Swimmers at the Elyria YMCA pool discovered Edward Cotton Jr., 15, the son of a fruit farmer, dead 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 in Ohio
Arthur L. Limbach, ex state Democratic chairman, recalled to active duty in the army after last year being relieved as National Guard captain due to age. The recall occurs in New Philadelphia.
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Limbach
NEW
Philadelphia
Arthur L. Limbach
National Guard
Farish Defends Standard Oil on Synthetic Rubber Study
W S Farish president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey testified before the Senate Defense Investigating Committee that charges the company delayed or blocked synthetic rubber in the United States are baseless. He argued contracts with I G Farben aided American industry and wartime needs in aviation gasoline tolue and explosives and synthetic rubber.
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Washington
United States
I. G. Farben
Germany
Standard ‘Oil Company
Farish
I. G
Arnold
40 Hour Week Retained in War Industries Fight
The administration signaled it will oppose any move to suspend the 40 hour week or curb war profits through taxation. Senate leader Barkley warned suspension would cause chaos in war industries and pledged to oppose freezes on conditions in plants under government control. He said most war industries exceed 40 hours and the key issue is pay time and a half for overtime.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Teachers Pay Dispute Reopens Ohio School
Differences over how teacher pay was to be disbursed in Jackson Township School were settled last night and the district reopened. About 250 pupils were sent home yesterday after teachers did not receive pay envelopes, prompting delays.
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Ohio
Bowling Green
Jackson Township
Leroy Smith
Physician and Wife To Join Medical Corps
INDIANAPOLIS The Dwyers plan active duty in the medical corps. Dr Robert Dwyer 64, an Indianapolis physician, and his 48 year old wife a nurse have applied for service. Married two years they have grown children from previous marriages and eight grandchildren.
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Indianapolis
Dwyers
Robert Dwyer
Dies Faces Libel Threat Over War Board Links
Chairman Dies of the House Committee on Un American Activities faced the possibility of a libel suit after charging that at least 35 high officials of the Board of Economic Warfare were connected to Communist front organizations.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
House Committee On Unamerican Activities Today
Board of Economic Warfare
Four railroad crew members killed in boiler explosion near Redkey
A west bound freight train locomotive boiler exploded east of Redkey Indiana killing the engineer fireman and brakeman. The tragedy occurred today with the cause under investigation as responders secured the wreck and notified families.
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Redkey
Ind
Job placements fall 3 percent in February
Washington reports that 4 inch job placements by the United States Employment Service declined by 3 percent in February to a total of 425,000. Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt announced today.
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Washington
United States Employment Service
Federal
Paul V. McNutt
Burmese Front Heats Up as Forces Exchange Gains
Allied lines report Toungoo right wing holding as Chinese forces withdraw north of Toungoo. Japanese raids target Mandalay Toungoo road while U.S. Air Forces claim significant fighter and bomber success against Japanese forces in the Pacific theater. United Nations aircraft hit Lae New Guinea airfield. Kolonel Eubank touts bomber gains against invasion forces.
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Yenangyaung
Irrawaddy
Mandalay
Toungoo
Joseph W. Stillwell
U.S.A
Toun
Mandalay Road
Pacific
Philippines
War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Manila Bay
United Nations
Lae
New Guinea
Melbourne
Prostitutes Using Trailers Reported In Ohio Defense Areas
Columbus health officials say roving prostitutes in auto trailers, allegedly run by a national booking agency, hinder Ohio efforts to curb venereal disease among soldiers and war plant workers. Health Director R H Markwith cites trailers dispatched to defense zones and vanishing after payday, complicating district crackdowns with mixed results in cities' red light areas.
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Columbus
Ohio
R. H. Markwith
Bricker Urges Ohio to Observe Good Friday
Governor Bricker issued a formal proclamation urging Ohioans to observe Good Friday April 3 by prayer and contemplation of Jesus Christ. Secretary Power directed state departments to allow employees to attend church services on that day.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Don C. Power
Razor Blade Shortage Declared Unlikely by OPA
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration states there will be no razor blade shortage and no need to stock up. Dan A. West of the Consumer Division says supply remains adequate as output is boosted to at least 2.4 billion blades this year despite curtailment, with other electrical appliances affected and lawn mowers added to the list.
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Office of Price Administration
Dan A. West
OPA
War Production Board
Shavers
West
Consumer Division
WPB
Manufacture Of Household Items Banned
The War Production Board ordered the termination of making electrical household items after May 31 to speed wartime conversion. Activities affected include toasters, flatirons, waffles irons, percolators, portable heaters, dry shavers and roasters affecting a $60 million yearly industry employing about 25,000 workers. It also banned copper slide fasteners, limited metals in burial vaults, restricted printing ink materials, and barred crude rubber in several products including wringer rolls.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Middle West Behind In Defense Preparation
OCD Director James M. Landis says the Middle West lags four to five months in civilian defense prep. He warns disaster could force action, noting England’s bombing woke a reluctant public into action as he arrives in Cleveland for a speech.
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Cleveland
Middle West
OCD
James M. Landis
Landis
England
Wardens Use Horses In Eastern Blackout
In Putnam County five mounted wardens tested an eastern blackout last night riding to spread the alarm. They said horses were used because auto travel on dark roads was impossible and the exercise marked the region’s first mounted air raid drill.
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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 include 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. deadline over rate agreement
The Federal Trade Commission set an April 20 deadline for Ohio Fuel Gas Co to show cause why a rate agreement with Anchor Hocking Glass Corp of Lancaster Ohio was not unjust and should not be initiated.
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Washington
Federal ‘Trade Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Anchor Hocking Glass Corp
Lancaster, C
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