Labor draft measure faces Senate opposition in heated debate
In Washington the Bailey Brewster work or be drafted plan to mobilize about a million 4 F registrants faces stiff Senate resistance. Kilgore and Johnson doubt the plan while May Costello and Luce advocate prompts action. Reynolds pledged a committee vote within 30 days amid endorsements from Hershey Patterson and Bard.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
House
Kilgore
W. Va
Senate
Johnson
D-Coro
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Rep
Costello
D Calif
Luce
R-Conn
Senate Committee
Reynolds
D-Nc
Austin-Wadsworth
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Robert P. Patterson
Navy
Ralph Bard
Bard
Liberator raid opens day on coast of France during 21st offensive
Allied air forces hit targets across Europe as American Liberators bombed Pas De Calais in France and rail yards at Valenciennes and Somain in Northern France. The raid followed British bombing of Budapest and continued a 21st day of sustained offensives with minimal German resistance.
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France
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
Berlin
Romania
Pas-De-Calais
English Channel
Britain
Eighth Air Force
Ninth U. S. Air Force
Valenciennes
Somain
Middle East
Crete
Aegean Islands
Monemvasia
Maleme
War casualty totals rise with weekly updates in April report
The United States reports 197 841 total casualties since the war began, up 5 005 from last week. Army casualties reach 153 302 with increases in killed wounded missing and prisoners of war. Navy totals show 44 539 casualties, rising mainly in killed and wounded while missing falls slightly.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Stimson
INS Correspondent Reheld as Prisoner of War Again
New York dispatch reports Lowell Bennett, INS war correspondent, captured after bailing from a British bomber over Berlin last December and confined in a German prison camp. In a letter to INS London Bureau he states he is "in the clink again" as a prisoner of war.
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New York
Lowell Bennett
International News Service
Royal Air Force
Berlin
London
INS
Election Hosiery Seeks Nylon Return in Election Year
Rep. E. Rowe of Akron Ohio told the House yesterday that nylon hose will be available again this election year. The remark linked the hosiery shortage to political timing and consumer demand.
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Washington
E. Rowe
Akron
Tania
House
Yesteray
Infant undergoes successful appendectomy at Williamsport Hospital
Surgeons at Williamsport Hospital report a successful appendectomy on a 16 day old infant weighing five pounds.
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Williamsport
Williamsport Hospital
U S and Nazi claims of new weapons in war of nerves
In London an American official said the U S will field superior or equal battle equipment as Germany claims hidden preparations behind Hitler's western line. Brig Gen Henry Sayler touted improved artillery small arms and ammunition. Goebbels claimed unknown defense measures. King George visited secret RAF invasion HQ. Zeeland was declared forbidden territory by Germany. In Ohio Gallia County a prosecutor candidate Bailes and four Columbus residents were indicted on absentee ballot fraud counts.
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Gallia
London
Hitler
West Wall
Henry Sayler
U. S. Army
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Das Reich
Berlin
Sayler
Europe
Army
Stars and Stripes
America
King George
Second Tactical Airforce
Netherlands
Aneta
North Sea
Zeeland
Holland
Columbus
Perry J. Bailes
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Franklin County
Grand Jury
Ralph J. Bartlett
Bailes
Bartlett
California
Smith
Franklin County Grand Jury
Allied Victories in Pacific Signal Looms of Naval Action
Allied forces under Nimitz MacArthur and Mountbatten push toward Japan's defenses as landings near Hollandia threaten trapped troops. Air strikes hit Wewak Wake Island Truk Ponape and more. Mandalay base bombed. Chinese front reports pressure on Loyang with Linju captured.
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Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Japan
Hollandia
Wewak
British New Guinea
Wake Island
Dutch New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Dutch Timor
Woleai
Carolines
Central Pacific
Truk
Ponape
Marshalls
China
South China Sea
Mandalay
Burma
Loyang
Linju
Farm Machines Built for 1945 Crop Season
H Dale Rue deputy director War Production Board says 79 plants in Cleveland region are behind on 1944 schedules by one to eight months. Delays blamed on manpower shortages and lack of malleable castings as equipment now moves into 1945 crop production.
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Cleveland
H. Dale Rue
War Production Board
Rue
Mississippi Delegates Back Bricker at Noninstructional Rally
Mississippi Republicans head to Chicago as delegates remain uninstructed yet a party spokesman says the delegation is nearly solid for Ohio Governor John Bricker. In New York, steel firms report last year’s net income at 200.8 million dollars, down from 221.2 million in 1942 per the American Iron and Steel Institute.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
New York
American Iron & Steel Institute
Commander of Jap Fleet Dead
The Tokyo radio said Admiral Mineichi Koga, commander of the Japanese combined fleet, was killed on active duty. He died at his post in March while directing operations from an airplane at the front, echoing the fate of his predecessor Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto who perished in a war plane while directing strategy.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Adm
Mineichi Koga
Isoroto Yamamoto
WU. S
Imperial Headquarters
Koga
Tokyo
Yamamoto
Pearl Harbor
White House
South Pacific
Whiskey Manufacture Three Months Away
Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said whiskey manufacture would not resume for at least three or four months. He testified before the senate liquor shortage committee that there is no immediate prospect of a holiday from industrial alcohol manufacture.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate
Nelson
Ferguson
R-Mich
Cincinnati Ad Listings Seek Women Street Cleaners
Walter Majewsky secretary of the Civil Service Commission announced yesterday a recruitment ad for women to fill street cleaning positions due to a manpower shortage.
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Cincinnati
Walter Majcewsky
Civil Service Commission
Roosevelt Proclaims June 14 Observance
President Roosevelt today proclaimed June 14 as a day of national observance. The declaration signals focus on patriotic activities and public commitments across the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bricker Polls Nation on Social Security Policy
Gov. John W. Bricker urged a national decision on social security scope and operators during a Town Meeting of the Air broadcast. He argued the program exists in varied form since colonial days and outlined questions on eligibility private versus government control and how to prevent dependency while encouraging thrift.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Bricker
Furloughs for More Army Men Announced
The War Department announced a plan allowing indispensable Army personnel in war zones to come home on furloughs and return to overseas posts. It covers both officers and enlisted men and differs from the rotation program, applying to theaters except Europe and the Central Pacific.
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Washington
War Department
European
Central Pacific
Young Bride and Groom In Courtship Case Held
Denver detectives, asked by Los Angeles police, detained a 21-year-old bride Elaine Manfredi and 13-year-old groom Ellsworth Wisecarver at a Denver hotel. The couple, married in Yuma, Arizona, said they are in love and insisted they will not be separated or have their marriage annulled.
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Denver
Los Angeles
Elaine Manfredi
Ellsworth Wisecarver
Elaine
aDenver Hotel
James E. Childers
James Manfredi
Compton
Calif
Ellsworth
Yuma
Ariz
Mildred Wisecaver
Young Wisecarver
Manfredi
Ohio Democrat Ranks Are Split By Dissension
The Ohio Democratic Party faces internal strife as State Chairman Darrell S. Jones endorses Cleveland Mayor Frank Lausche for governor. Six gubernatorial hopefuls react with calls for Jones to resign, while rivals doubt the endorsement will sway voters in Tuesday’s primary.
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Ohio Democrat
Columbus
Ohio
Darrell S. Jones
Frank J. Lausche
Cleveland
Jones
James W. Huffman
Frazier Reams
Toledo
Lausche
Lauche
Parents Settle Hospital Suit in Out of Court Deal
Los Angeles article reports James and Lorraine Hardwig reached an out of court settlement of their 500000 damage suit against a hospital. The couple alleged mis information about the sex of a child born June 27, 1943. The settlement was announced as the mother prepared to testify. the amount was not disclosed.
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Los Angeles
James Hardwig
Lorraine
OPA Foresees No Gas Shortage Before Election
C F Phillips director of the automotive rationing division testifies before a House sub committee that he does not expect a surge of gasoline for civilian use to be discovered just before the November elections. He replied to Representative Brown about meat item removals from the ration list.
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Washington
OPA
House
C. F. Phillips
Office of Price Instration
Brown
Ohio
Meigs Woman Held in Death Of Husband
Mrs. Albert E. Brumley of Meigs County is charged with first degree murder in the death of her husband Albert Brumley 39. She was arraigned in Pomeroy, pleaded not guilty, and is held without bond as a hearing is set. Police say she admitted striking him with a club during questioning.
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Middleport
Albert E. Brumley
Dana Peoples
Meigs County
Increase in Alcohol Imports Is Proposed
Washington Senate liquor investigating committee recommends more industrial alcohol imports from the Virgin Islands Cuba and Puerto Rico and less rum and gin Senator Murdock says too much emphasis is on industrial alcohol quality and too little on beverage alcohol quality imported for consumption.
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Washington
Senate
Virgin Islands
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Murdock
Utah
New Rocket Gun Aims 35 Million Refine War Tool
In Washington the armed forces disclose a new rocket gun under great demand with 35 million dollars slated for refinements and production. The House Naval Affairs Committee recommends a 65 million dollar appropriation for ordnance manufacture. Details on the device remain undisclosed.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
House to approve streamlined tax bill for millions
The House is set to pass a new streamlined tax bill aimed at freeing 30 million taxpayers from filing returns and simplifying filing for 120 million more, in a measure designed to overhaul the tax system.
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Washington
House
British Submarines Massing in Pacific For Major Blow
The Evening Standard reports British submarines gathering in Far Eastern waters for a strike on Japanese sea routes. Admiralty bulletins note continued undersea patrols and recent losses including a Japanese destroyer and four other vessels.
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London
Far
Evening Standard
Asiatic
Admiralty
Allied air raids hit rail targets in Italy and Hungary
Allied daylight raids struck rail bridges at Grosetto Albino Torre and Fabriano in Italy while fighter bombers hit rail communications near Rome Terni Sulmona and areas northeast and south of the capital. Four Allied planes were missing and one enemy plane destroyed.
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Albino
Torre
Fabriano
Italy
Terni
Sulmona
Rome
Naples
Stanislawow
Tiraspol
Moscow
Old Poland
Crimean
Sevastopol
Britain
Germany
Mediterranean
Rakos
Budapest
Vienna
U S to Rule On Dismissals In Gov Controlled Firm
Chicago report states government control of Montgomery Ward and Company Chicago properties means firings by company officials require federal approval. An executive, Paul D. Sowell, was arrested during placard removal and charged with taking or injuring government property. He pleaded innocent and was released on a 250 dollar bond, with a hearing set for May 11.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Paul D. Sowell
U. S
Methodist Church endorses war effort resolution
The General Conference adopted a resolution declaring God has a stake in the war and pledging active support for the Allied cause. Dr. Linn Harold Hough of Drew University called the retreat from an antiwar stance a defeat for those who hope for smiles in return.
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Methodist Church
Linn Harold Hough
Drew University
Madison
N.J
General Conference
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