War Labor Board tackles coal dispute as taxes loom
The War Labor Board reopened hearings on the coal dispute amid talk of emergency diversion coal. Harold L. Ickes sets up coal flow plans even as miners threaten walkouts, with a potential nationwide dimout and UMW opposition.
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Ashington
War Labor Board
Pitol Hill
War Agency
Jals
WLB
Stry
Harold L. Ickes
War Product Board
United Mine Workers
New York
John Luis
UMW
Roosevelt Hotel
War Information Chief Sees No Doubt of Allied Attack Plan
Director Elmer Davis of the Office of War Information states there is no doubt Allied operations will reach Continental Europe this year. He notes possible continued action at Bizerte while invasion plans proceed and suggests Axis propaganda may reflect fear of popular Italian sympathy for an Allied move.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Europe
Rome
Berlin
Davis
Scrap Rubber Receipts Go to War Agencies
The Petroleum Industry War Council presented $2,433,185 to relief agencies from the scrap rubber drive last summer. Four checks totaling $2,433,185 were given to the American Red Cross, Army Emergency Relief, Navy Relief Society, and the United Service Organizations.
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Washington
The _Peleum Industry War Council
Ucted
American Cross
Army Emergency Fies
Navy Relief Society
United Service Organiza
Commons Red Advised To Remain in India
London reports William Gallia the sole Communist MP said he was invited to visit India to assess the situation but Parliament raised voices and he was urged to stay. Admiralty announced the British ship Sahib sunk with Lt. J H Bromage and 46 crew members killed or captured. Stalin endorsed creating a strong postwar state in a New York Times letter.
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London
William Gallia
House of Commons
India
Admiralty
J. H. Bromage
New York
Joseph Stalin
Russia
New York Times
Se Monow
Ralph Parkers
Dime and Prayer Mother Receives Miami Winter Home
Macon resident Mrs. R. A. Godfrey known as the Dime and Prayer Mother is promised a winter home in Miami by a grateful visitor Mrs. G. N. Hollan. The plan follows Mrs. Hollan’s claim that Mrs. Godfrey’s 10 cent coin and printed prayer aided her Army son at Camp Wheeler. Property transfer arrangements are complete.
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Macon
R. A. Godfrey
Miami
Fla
G. N. Hollan
Laundry Work And Soap New War Worries
Cleveland housewives face new wartime burdens as laundries refuse new customers due to labor shifts to war plants. Five of the citys 35 largest laundries closed recently, and the soap shortage is expected to worsen, with grocers and druggists rationing supplies.
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William E. Kenney
Davis Laundry & Cleaning Co
Laundry Institute of Cleveland
Greater
Cleveland
Kenney
Procter & Gamble
Devers Named Commander of U S Troops in European Theater
Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, head of the armored force, was chosen by Secretary of War Stimson to replace Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews as commander of American Army troops in Europe. Andrews was killed in a plane crash in Iceland, and Stimson called him one of the nation’s most brilliant and gallant officers.
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Washington
Jacob L. Devers
Stimson
Frank M. Andrews
Andrews
Iceland
William S. Key
Soviets Given Two Billions in Allied Shipments
Secretary Stettinius reported to Congress that the United States had shipped 1.825 billion dollars worth of goods to the Soviet Union by April 1. About 3.5 million long tons arrived safely, with losses mainly on the North Russian route. Supplies included over a million tons of food and thousands of trucks jeeps and planes.
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
United States
Russia
Stettinius
Child Found After All Night Swamp Search
After an all night search four year old Marilyn Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Harvey Martin was found mired in swamp mud above her waist. She was reported recovering from exposure at her home in nearby North Benton.
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Salem
Marilyn Martin
Harvey Martin
North
Benton
Ohio Voters May Decide Restaurant Sales Tax
The Ohio Legislature blocked a move to repeal the meals tax prompting the Ohio State Restaurant Association to pursue a constitutional ballot amendment. Secretary Robert R. Williams expects about 179,000 signatures to place the issue on November ballots. Governor Bricker’s office echoed taxpayer concerns amid committee defeat.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Restaurant Association
Robert R. Williams
John W. Bricker
House Taxation Committee
Senate
Bombers Hit Toungoo Burma Railways and New Guinea Ship
American heavy bombers pounded Toungoo Burma, destroying Japanese headquarters and other buildings and dropping over 30 tons. U S Liberators sank a 5 000 ton Japanese ship off New Guinea as RAF bombers hit Prome rail targets. British forces advanced near Akyab while Japan pressed near the Indian frontier amid monsoon threats.
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Toungoo
Burma
Southwest Pacific
U. SS. Liberators
Douglas McArthur
Wewak
New Guinea
Farming Weather Is Favorable Says Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports weather remains partly favorable for farming with a notably late season in the east and northeast due to persistent coolness and recent low temperatures delaying spring farm work.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
East
Axis supply vessel falls to Allied attack in Mediterranean
Allied forces strike on the Europe to Asia Mediterranean route sinking an Axis supply ship. Smoke rising signals the vessel went down as further Axis freight units face attacks in the same active sea lanes.
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Europe
Digesta
Alsica
Mediterranean
Tax Measures Of About Equal Revenue Merit
Treasury general counsel Randolph Paul said there is little room for choice among three tax plans for current collection and that the Carlson Rum measure’s proposed abatement is inequitable. He urged considering 1942 tax liability forgiveness, noting the Ways and Means and House bills distribute cancellations on a fair basis, with the Ways and Means plan yielding higher near term revenue.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Randolph Paul
Treasury Department
Paul
Mine He Lifts 32 Tires From Roadside Looter Plot
Cincinnati bus driver Jack Schack told police that two miles east of Versailles he found one tire after another along the road. He collected 32 brand new tires packed in the rear of his Greyhound bus. Police theorize thieves abandoned tires as they loaded a transport truck.
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Cincinnati
Jack Schack
Lynchsburg
Versailles
Smaller War Plant Contracts Reported in Ohio Region
The Smaller War Plants Corp announced week ending April 27 contracts valued at 467134 in Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. Daniel B. Ford SWPC regional director said subcontracts totaling 665190 were placed through SWPC efforts.
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Cleveland
War Plants Corp
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Daniel B. Ford
SWPC
Fletcher's Castoria Adverts Halted By Reports
New York and other cities carried notices from manufacturers warning against use of Castoria after reports claimed the patent medicine caused nausea. Sales were suspended by the company pending further investigation and guidance to retailers.
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New York
United States
Fletcher's
Pot Governor Devices Proposed to Slow Cars in 1940s Plan
Cleveland proposed compulsory governors for automobiles to limit speed to 35 mph. Commissioned Martin A. Blecke suggested a tin disc in carburetors installable at home or by garages. He favored monetary fines cuts for speeders when agreeing to device use, possibly needing state legislation. Pittsburgh noted the lowest potato prices and shortages, Jacksonville reported 175 buses out of service due to a machinists strike.
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Cleveland
Martin A. Blecke
Blecke
New War Food Order Limits Corn Purchases and Loans
The War Food Administration imposed limits to prevent hoarding by feeders, mixers, and manufacturers. It directed a 45 day supply cap for manufacturers and mixers and a 90 day limit for feeders. The agency also called 55 million bushels of corn loans to growers with redemption by July 1.
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Washington
War Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Bolivia Leader Proposes Inter-Parliamentary Union
President Enrique Penaranda of Bolivia urged Congress to back an American inter parliamentary union to strengthen ties with other nations. He spoke to the House during a Washington visit invited by Roosevelt, as Bolivia joins the United Nations as a fighting ally against the Axis and signed the UN declaration at a White House state dinner.
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Washington
Enrique Penaranda
Bolivia
Congress
United Nations
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
White House
Ohioan Sole Survivor of Iceland Air Crash
Staff Sgt. George A. Eisel of Ohio is identified as the sole survivor of the Iceland air disaster that killed American Generals Frank Andrews and Charles Marth, Bishop A. W. Leonard, and 12 others. At 33, he escaped serious injury in two prior crashes while serving in Europe and Africa. his mother confirmed minor injuries in the Iceland crash per the War Department.
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Columbus
George A. Eisel
Iceland
Frank Andrews
Charles Marth
A. W. Leonard
Europe
Africa
George Eisel
War Department
Hitler's Invasion Armies Face Setbacks in Caucasus and Tunisia
Allied dispatches report Soviet forces nearing Novorossisk as Stalin’s army closes in on the Caucasus. In Tunisia, Eisenhower’s headquarters say the First Army seized Djebel Bou Aoukaz and advanced toward Bizerte with U S troops taking Eddekhila near Tebourba.
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Hitler
Caucasus
Tunisia
Adolf Hitler
British Planes May Change War Aero Development
Prime Minister Churchill with a small group of scientists viewed secret tests of late model warplanes described as revolutionary in design. RAF commentators say Allied aircraft now outnumber German forces on all fronts as news of the new planes emerges.
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London
Churchill
RAF
Allied forces push on Eighth Army front as patrols break in
Allied headquarters report an advance on the Eighth Army front with patrols penetrating deeply behind enemy lines. They note the country has been heavily mined, signaling cautious advance and elevated risk.
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Eighth Army
Allied Push Near Tunis Front Shifts as Doolittle Attacks Rage
Frontline reports say U S Army Second Corps repelled Nazi assaults near Djebel Bou Aoukaz while French forces press along the Mediterranean coast within 10 miles of Bizerte. Ferryville sits eight miles from the gulf as American spearheads move around Lake Achkel. Maj. Gen. Doolittle’s bombers hit Axis shipping and harbors in Sicily and North Africa, with heavy blasts visible from Sicily. Soviet forces drive toward Novorossiysk on a 15 mile front, killing 7,000 and capturing 22 towns as Axis railways and fronts face sustained bombardment. The Red Army advances amid mass artillery barrages while Axis losses mount and German reinforcements surge.
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Novorossisk
Caucasus
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First Army
Djebel Bou Aoukaz
Tunis
Bizerte
Lake Achkel
Djebel Achkel
Tebourba
U. S
Eddekhila
U. SS. Army
Second Corps
Mediterranean
Lake Bizerte
Ferryville
James H. Doolittle
la Goulette
Sicily
Sicilian
Nine Ohio Cities To Set Up Zone Postal System
Residents in nine Ohio cities will add a zone number after their city to speed mail deliveries. The system starts gradually as local postmasters implement the change and address lines will include the zone designation after the city. In Columbus a sample reads John Smith 222 Smith Street Columbus Ohio. Danny Stanton, once Capone associate, was killed in a South Side tavern by gunmen after earlier slayings.
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Ohio Cities
Washington
Ohio
John Smith
Smith Street
Columbus
Chicago
Danny Stanton
Capone
South Side
Ten Killed in Mine Disaster at Etna Coal Mine
An explosion at the Etna Coal and Coke Company mine near Lafollette Tennessee trapped eighteen miners behind a canvas barrier 2000 feet underground. Ten died from fumes after eight hours, two others perished fleeing carbon monoxide, while rescuers freed survivors as the collapse shook the mine from tipple to deep seam.
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Lafollette
Tenn
Fighteen
Etna Coal and Coke Company
East Tennessee
Tipple
OPA Fixes Prices On Wieners and Sausage
The Office of Price Administration set new wholesale prices for frankfurters bologna and fresh and smoked sausage as a step toward standardizing retail costs. Officials expect changes to lower high seller prices while raising some low schedules.
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OPA
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Jefferson County Health Board Orders Countywide Smallpox Vaccination
The Jefferson County Board of Health ordered vaccination of every resident after four new smallpox cases were reported in the county.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County Board of Health
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Names Devers
Voters of
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Warn OF Medicine
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