Bombing Blitz Hits Nuernberg and Sofia in Major Allied Campaign
More than 1,000 British bombers hit Nuernberg with heavy damage to its key industries including Messerschmitt and Diesel works as RAF suffered its greatest loss of the war with 96 planes. Sofia was struck by the largest lone raid yet from Flying Fortresses and Liberators.
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Odessa
Prut
Stanislau
Old Poland
Aring Mountains
Europe
Carpathian Mountains
Czernowitz
Cernauti
Storozhints
Rumania
Kamenets Podolsk
Cassino
Anzio
Somotski
Yugoslavia
Leghorn
Holland
Leipzig
Light Overseas Vote Seen by O Mahoney
Senator O Mahoney predicts relatively few men overseas will vote in November. The Democratic senatorial campaign committee member made the forecast as time for presidential action on the service bill nears midnight. If President Roosevelt does not veto by then the measure becomes law automatically.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Roosevelt
Eden Seen as Likeliest Next Conservative Leader
London reports Eden poised to resign as foreign secretary with strong bets on him becoming the next Conservative prime minister. The London News Chronicle notes he is almost certain to take the top post if current plans hold.
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London
Anthony Eden
Britain
The
London News Chronicle
Eden
Service Vote Bill Becomes Law Without Signature
President Roosevelt notified Congress he would let the service vote bill become law without his signature though finding it wholly inadequate for service members’ ballot rights. The bill allows overseas service members to vote with federal ballots if they applied for state ballots by September 1 and did not receive them by October 1, with state certification by governors. Roosevelt urged broader action to protect political rights and suggested amending the measure to permit all uniformed personnel to use the federal ballot if state ballots were not received by the appropriate date.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
War Worker Charged With Hatchet Attack in Lansing
State police say 46 year old James Riley Gillihan of Lansing confessed to striking a young woman with a hatchet outside a residence. Margaret McAmber, 23, remained in critical condition after severe head injuries. Gillihan had married the victim’s mother and claimed the two were sweethearts before estrangement.
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Lansing
Mich
James Riley Gillihan
Lawrence M. Meehan
Margaret McAmber
Gillihan
Meehan
Miss McAmber
Miss McUmber
Ohio liquor sales fall 21 percent in 1943
Columbus Ohio liquor stores moved 74 953 371 in 1943, down 21 46 percent from 1942 when sales totaled 95 438 878 Director Don A Fisher announced in his annual report.
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Columbus
Ohio
Don A. Fisher
Triplets Join Quads In Eastern Hospital
The Zarief quadruplets, all well, have three nursery mates born to the wife of an Army corporal stationed in England. The newborns at Sloan Hospital for Women and Girls belong to Corp and Mrs Herbert Badhant. Two weigh over six pounds, the third four pounds nine ounces. All are reported in excellent condition.
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New York
Zarief
England
Sloane Hospital
Corp
Herbert Badhant
New tax changes take effect April first in bold reform
Washington outlines sweeping levies after a mid 1930s revenue bill becomes law despite a presidential veto. Excise hikes mostly hit liquor at 9 a gallon, beer to 8 a barrel, wine up 33 to 100 percent, plus higher postal rates and income tax tweaks. Several everyday items and services face new rates, from admissions to telegrams.
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Washington
Webster
Treasury’s
Roosevelt
Mfgr
Committee Promises 4-F Job Controls After Easter
A House military subcommittee outlined plans to compel 4-F men and other non fathers aged 37 to 45 into essential war industries under threat of induction. The panel seeks Easter legislation to enforce labor battalion use and to reprocess 4-Fs, with industry and services signaling readiness to support the program.
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Washington
House
National Tool and Die Manufacturers’ Association
Costello
Dcalif
Army
Navy
Stimson
Inter-Agency Committee On
Selective Service
Bricker Urges Stabilized Currency and Global Exchange
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, a Republican candidate, calls for postwar economic order including a stabilized currency and a standard international exchange. He argues for removing presidential power to devalue the dollar and the return of troops once a stabilized government exists abroad.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
John W. Bricker
Ohio
United States
Bricker
America
Mary Corbitt 101 Dies in Belmont County
Mary Corbitt aged 101 died last night at Shadyside. She spent her entire life in Belmont County.
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Bellaire
Mary Corbitt
Shadyside
Belmont
County
Near Miss During Berlin Daylight Raid Injures Sgt Paget
Pasadena, California soldier Sgt. Gunner J. R. Paget escaped serious harm during a daylight raid on Berlin when heat forced him to remove his flak helmet. A German anti aircraft shell blasted vents through which his fingers were thrust, narrowly missing serious injury.
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Berlin
J. R. Paget
Pasadena
Calif
Solons Ignored In Postwar Talks
Boston reports House Minority Leader Joseph E. Martin Jr says postwar problem discussions proceed without congressional representation. Speaking to the Massachusetts Women's Republican Club, he charges a few bureaucrats are making crucial decisions affecting America's future for years.
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Boston
House
Joseph E. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts Women's Republican Club
America
Japs Sacrifice Oil for Peace With Russia
Moscow reports Tokyo agrees to surrender northern Sakhalin oil and coal leases. Soviet Union to supply Japan 50 000 tons of oil yearly for five years and pay 5 000 000 rubles. Japan to hand over property and equipment of concessionaries. London views move as Tokyo’s peace signal to Russia.
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Toyko
Sakhalin Island
Pacific
Japan
So Union
Russia
Sakhalin
London
Tokyo
Jenkins Sees Trend to GOP
Representative Thomas Jenkins of Ohio argues a clear Republican shift in New York and across the nation. He asserts Roosevelt’s popularity waned and that 1944 results show Roosevelt could not win New York, noting rising Republican representation in Congress since 1932 34 36 38.
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Washington
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
New York
Roosevelt
Ohioan
House
New York State
Congress
Jenkins
M'Coy Family Slayer Enters Penitentiary
James W. Collett, gripping a Bible, entered Ohio Penitentiary as a condemned man for the Washington Court House Thanksgiving Eve murders of the Elmer McCoy family. He walked in without apparent emotion as the gates closed behind him.
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Columbus
James W. Collett
Ohio Penitentiary
Elmer McCoy
Washington Court House
Ed Schorr Survives Party Confidence Vote
In Columbus the Republican State Central and Executive Committee unanimously backed State Chairman Ed D. Schorr after Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert criticized him as unfair and unwarranted. Herbert demanded Schorr resign until after the primary. In Lorain Patrolman George Kirk died after a fall down a fan elevator shaft.
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Columbus
Republican State Central and Executive Committee
Ed D. Schorr
Thomas J. Herbert
Schorr
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
Herbert
Lorain
George Kirk
Zarief Welcomes Fourth Child Despite Doctor’s Hint
Mrs. Harry Zarief reacted to the delivery of a quadruplicate baby at a New York hospital. The doctor who delivered her quads joked there might be five, while proud father Harry Zarief, a radio musician, savors the moment with hope and music in his heart.
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Harry Zarief
New York
Casualties Rise in U S War Toll
The weekly update puts U S army and navy casualties at 173,239, up 3,947. Army totals through March 15: 130,619. Navy Marines Coast Guard total 42,620. Army breakdown: 22,570 killed 53,124 wounded 27,183 missing 27,742 prisoners. Navy breakdown: 18,087 killed 10,974 wounded 9,138 missing 4,421 prisoners. Sea services: Navy 28,043 Marines 14,123 Coast Guard 454.
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Washington
Army
Navy
War Stimson
Marines
Coast Guard
Sea Services
Yankee Ace of RCAF Taught Himself to Fly
Capt Don Gentile, a veteran of the Royal Canadian Air Force who learned to fly largely on his own at a local air port, bought a second hand airplane against his parents pleas and later transferred from the RCAF to the American air force, amassing 21 German planes destroyed.
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Don
Gentile
Royal Canadian Air Force
Here
Dommine Gentile
RCAF
Jamaicans to Help Alleviate Lake County Farm Labor Shortage
Lake County farm agent F G Haskins announced that 100 Jamaican workers will arrive next month to relieve a critical labor shortage on local farms in Painesville.
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Painesville
F. G Haskins
Lake County
Pacific War Update Pushes On With Palau Raid and Truk Blows
US forces press the Pacific campaign as Palau reports a renewed assault by Admiral Nimitz’s fleet after Japanese forces retreat. MacArthur’s heavy bombers strike Truk for the first time, destroying aircraft on the ground and in the air, with Liberators following. Palau’s status and its role as a Caroline Islands hub are highlighted.
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Truk
Palau
Philippines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Central Pacific
7Th Air Force
Nimitz
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Woleai
South Pacific
Allies Hit Halting Blows Across Pacific Front
Allied air forces paralyze Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea by destroying 108 enemy planes on the ground and shooting down 10 interceptors from 40. Wewak, Ra baul, and Myitkyina areas face heavy raids as Stilwell advances toward Fort Hertz and Myitkyina. In Burma, Auchinleck reports Tidim’s fall and Japanese penetration toward Imphal while Merrill and Chinese units cut off a Japanese force near Laban with over 300 proved casualties.
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Dutch New Guinea
Wewak
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
Sir Claude J. E. Auchinleck
India
Tiddim
Chin Hills
Imphal
Mounthbatten
New Delhi
Manipur
Auchinleck
Joseph W. Stilwell
Fort Hertz
Sumprabum-Myitkyina
Daru
Myitkyina
Frank Merrill
Laban
Mogaung Valley
Myiiyina
Shaduzup
GOP Delegates to Be Chosen in April 1940
Washington report notes that by May 1 the Republicans will have chosen 637 of 1059 convention delegates. In April the GOP aims to select 420 delegates across 17 states and one territory, while the Democrats plan eight state elections for 270 delegates after the GOP gathering.
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Washington
Chicago
GOP
Nine Die In Mississippi Flood Across Four States
Two Mississippi State Guard units assisted evacuations as floodwaters rose across Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Officials warned crest estimates would ease as weather improved, but the disaster had already claimed nine lives.
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Atlanta
Mississippi State Guard
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Vorys Finds Doughboys Anxious To Come Home
Rep John M Vorys after a three week tour of European war fronts says American soldiers morale is high and they want the war ended quickly and to return home to the country they fought for. He notes misunderstanding of rationing back home and urges wartime planning with Britain and postwar cooperation.
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Washington
John M Vorys
Columbus
Ohio
British Down U S Plane In Atlantic Friendly Fire
British fighter planes guarding an Allied convoy shot down a U S Army four engine C 54 transport and its six crew members in the Atlantic this week. The War Department and the British Admiralty said the plane was mistaken for a German bomber and no passengers were aboard. The civilian contract crew was lost.
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Washington
Atlantic
War Department
Admiralty
Store Operator Dies In Automobile Mishap
Cleon Alex Wheeler nineteen, operator of a Leon Rural Route store, was killed when the car he drove overturned on the Point Pleasant Ripley Road about 8 p m Thursday Otto Knapp a passenger was uninjured Henry Wheeler Cleon’s brother had died January 28 in a separate crash at the eastern limits of Point Pleasant
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Cleon Alex Wheeler
Leon
Point Pleasant-Ripley
Otto Knapp
Wheeler
Henry Wheeler
Cleon
Manpower Shortage Closes Timken Steel Furnace
Canton notices a serious manpower shortage at Timken Roller Bearing Co called for shutdown of one furnace on May 1. A M Donze, VP production, warned the shortage could worsen due to the draft as the plant faces reduced labor.
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Canton
Timken Roller ‘Bearing Co
Landon urges GOP unity to defeat Roosevelt in 1936 race
Alf M. Landon pleaded for a Republican presidential nominee who can work with Congress and defeat President Roosevelt, who he said aims to remain in the White House for life.
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Kas
Alf M. Landon
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
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