Washington Observers Expect Japs To Hurl Knockout Blow at China
Washington observers weigh Japan’s next moves as the Burma and Philippines victories shift focus to China India and Australia. Experts list possible strategies including pincers on China attacks on Russia raids on Hawaii or Alaska and the seizure of India coastal areas.
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Washington
China
Burma
Philippines
United Nations
Pacific
Australia
Russia
Hawaii
Alaska
India
Tokyo
Solons Split On Proposed Land Seizure
In Washington AP reporting, senators debate seizing French possessions in the Western Hemisphere to curb Axis use. Pepper urges immediate action to take Azores and Cape Verde under trusteeship, while Connally would pursue Martinique and French Guiana if war or threat unfolds. Clark says only the President has enough information to decide.
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Washington
Madagascar
United States
Connally
Pepper
Florida
Portugal
Spain
Atlantic
Azores
Cape Verde Islands
Martinique
French Guiana
Clark
D-Mo
Ex Governors of Texas to Seek Senate Seat
Two former Texas governors. James V. Allred resigns as federal judge to run. Dan Moody announces entry into the race in Austin. O'Daniel, former governor, holds the seat. O'Daniel is a native of Morgan County Ohio.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
W. Lee O'Daniel
O’daniel
Morgan County
Ohio
James V. Allred
Victoria
Ane
Dan Moody
Austin
Revolutionary asymmetric plane built in Brohm and Voss yards
German broadcasts report a new type aircraft under construction with the engine in the starboard wing and a closed observation turret for a three man crew in the port wing at Brohm and Voss shipyards.
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Berlin
DNB
Brohm and Voss
Can Transport Only Essentials
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard said the war's strain on the nation's distribution system creates serious obstacles to feeding Americans. He noted rail ship and truck transport are so tight that nothing nonessential can be moved, and priority must be given to essential goods.
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Washington
Wickard
International Livestock Show Cancelled by War
The International Livestock Exposition, the North American continent’s largest agricultural show, will not be held this year due to its drain on transportation facilities needed for war. The barnyard world fair, held for 42 years, was cancelled after a directors meeting.
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Chicago
Colleges Must Supply Brains In War Effort
In Columbus delegates to the American College Publicity Association opening hear a wartime role for colleges. Henry T Heald of the Illinois Institute of Technology says colleges must contribute brains to create superior equipment and trained fighting men to win the war, with victory occurring before peace.
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Columbus
Chicago
American College Publicity Association
All America
Henry T. Heald
Ilinois Institute of Technology
Frank Harden Named Hocking Election Clerk
Gov. Bricker announced the appointment of Frank W. Harden age 51 a Republican auto dealer to fill the vacancy on the Hocking county board of elections caused by the death of Clinton Webb. Harden will serve until the current term expires. He is a New Plymouth native and has run his W Main Street business for 25 years. He and his wife reside at 59 N Culver.
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LOGAN
Frank W. Harden
Hocking County
Board of Elections
Clinton Webb
John W. Bricker
Harden
New Plymouth
W. Main St
N. Culver
Finland claims Russian regiment destroyed in Louhi sector
Finnish high command announced annihilation of the Soviet 238th infantry regiment and reinforcements from three ski battalions in the Louhi sector north of Lake Onega. They report more than 1500 Soviet dead including the regimental commander and his staff.
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Helsinki
Finland
Louhi
Lake Onega
Trounstine Named Chairman of Ohio War Savings Panel
Philip J. Trounstine a retired Cincinnati business executive was named chairman of the Ohio war savings committee succeeding former chairman John Moe Sweeney Ooster in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Philip J. Trounstine
Cincinnati
Ohio War Savings Committee
Senators Clash Over Auto Seizure Bill Amid Gas Ration Dispute
Senator Johnson denounces a plan to requisition private cars and confiscate vehicles for speeding while seven officials push for the seize and pay bill to conserve rubber. The OPA begin limiting gasoline for non essential motorists to two to six gallons weekly after May 15 as War Department officials urge action. Taft favors voluntary tire sales and careful driving. Reynolds predicts committee approval Saturday.
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Washington
Johnson
Colo
Office of Price Administration
Eastern Seaboard
District of Columbia
OPA
Price
Leon Henderson
Robert P. Patterson
Senate Military Committee
Colorado
Taft
Ohio
Reynolds
Cattle Raisers Cut Shipments Across Major Markets
Chicago AP reports cattle producers sharply cut shipments after the Office of Price Administration set dressed beef ceilings. Prices fell 25 cents to 1 dollar per hundred pounds late last week, then 50 cents more Monday, prompting curtailment of marketings. In 12 principal centers 102,300 head were offered in the first three days this week versus 129,800 a year earlier, with 149,200 salable head arriving.
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Chicago
Office of Price Administration
WCTU Town Blushes At Bootlegger's Trial
Hillsboro mood sours as bootlegger trial unfolds a juror is found drunk. Judge George W. McDowell dismisses the panel and fines farmer Matt Collins $100 for contempt, condemning the court’s insult and embarrassment.
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Wctu Town
Hillsboro
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
George W. McDowell
Matt Collins
Four Men Sentenced for Instrument Theft in Detroit
An escaped Ohio convict and three pawn brokers were sentenced in a Detroit recorder's court for stealing precision instruments that disrupted a factory's defense production last August.
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Detroit
Ohio
Recorder’s
Rubber firms to discuss war production shift in Cleveland
Representatives from 150 small rubber companies in Ohio Michigan and Pennsylvania meet with War Production Board officials in Cleveland to discuss converting their plants to war production.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
War Production Board
Corregidor Falls After Gallant Island Stand
U S forces on Corregidor endured ceaseless Japanese bombardment with big guns aiding a last defensive rally. As in Bataan and Wake, surrender followed a heroic stand that entered wartime history.
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Corregidor
U. S
Bataan
Wake
Governor Blasts Politics Blocking Ohio Defense
Governor Bricker told the Ohio Federation of Republican Women that federal authorities have stopped the state's defense organization for political reasons. He cited delays in appointing Harry T. Beckmann of Van Wert as state rationing administrator, noting Beckmann could serve without pay and was praised by Price Administrator Leon Henderson.
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Cincinnati
Defense Organization of
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Ohio Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Harry T. Beckmann
van Wert
Beckmann
Bricker
Cleveland
Price
Leon Henderson
Wreckage Found of Army Plane Carrying Dargue
Wreckage tentatively identified as the Army transport that carried Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Dargue and seven others to death on December 12 was found in Southern California. G B Burns of Spokane and relatives located the scene at dusk, keeping details secret until the Army can deploy a rescue party. Burns reported finding his son’s belt, one body, and scattered clothing, but did not search the wreckage.
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Los Angeles
Army
Herbert A. Dargue
First Air Force
California
G. B. Burns
Spokane
Wash
Homer C. Burns
Burns
Army Air Force
War strengthens Pan American accord says Prado
President Manuel Prado of Peru, arriving in Miami, said the war strengthened Pan Americanism and would guarantee victory. He travels with President Roosevelt to Washington aboard a four engined Stratocruiser with a staff of 13 amid a military welcome.
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Miami
Fla
Manuel Prado
Peru
Roosevelt
Washington
United States
Caribbean
Panama Canal Zone
Denison Will Accept Six Student Evacuees
Granville Denison University's executive council agreed to accept up to six student evacuees from Weisei Nipponese or other nationalities in war zones near U S coastal areas. The action follows requests from Baptist groups and the Association of American Colleges.
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Granville
Denison University
U. S
Association of American Colleges
Denison
Kenneth J. Brown
Paper Table Covers Show War Map Theme In Cleveland Dining
For armchair strategists, paper table covers bearing war zone maps will be used in several Cleveland restaurants to save laundry costs on linen cloths. The move follows a trend of themed decor replacing traditional coverings.
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Cleveland
Cleveland to Start Airplane Engine Tests
Cleveland will begin airplane engine tests as part of a national program to keep the United States at the forefront of airpower. The first unit of the Cleveland aircraft engine laboratory, overseen by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, will reach operation after expansion from an initial $8,000,000 plan to a total of $18,000,000.
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Cleveland
United States
Motors
Cleveland Aircraft Engine Laboratory
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
New Arrival Allows Family Extra Sugar
A SECAUCUS AP report says a father registered his family for sugar rationing books and then returned an hour later demanding another. The board notified the hospital to confirm the newborn’s weight height hair color and eye color and issued a second book to the proud father.
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Secaucus
N. J
Grand Jury Indicts Draft Violators in Cleveland Term
Federal grand jury in Cleveland has returned 69 indictments this term, about half for draft violations under the Selective Service Act. Thirty one indictments target draft violators as the term proceeds.
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Grand Jury
Cleveland
Yetenten
Cripps Sets Two Day Commons War Debate
London Sir Stafford Cripps announced the House of Commons will soon hold a two day public debate on the war.
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London
Stafford Cripps
Privy Seal
House of Commons
Trade U S Axis Officials Sail for Lisbon Exchange
More than 900 Axis officials and nationals sailed from Jersey City aboard the Drottningholm for Lisbon in the first exchange group. They will be exchanged for American diplomats and nationals at homeward from Germany Italy Hungary Romania and Bulgaria. The cargo includes former German charg d affaires Italian ambassador and Hungarian Bulgarian ministers to the United States and other Axis diplomats and nationals from allied republics.
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Jersey City
Lisbon
Drottningholm
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Europe
Orient
United States
Japan
Plant Officials Indicted For Labor Act Violation
Two Richland Shale Brick Co. Mansfield officials John B. Conrad and Homer Beck were indicted by the federal grand jury in Cleveland for violating the fair labor standards act. They allegedly instructed workers to record fewer hours and failed to pay overtime at time and a half.
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Cleveland
Richland Shale Brick Co
Mansfield
John B. Conrad
Homer Beck
Labor Shortage Threatens Crops in South Jersey
Hundreds of tons of war crops spoil in fields across Bridgeton and the South Jersey farm belt due to a harvest labor shortage. The U.S. Farm Security Administration notes migratory workers are down from prior years, likely because of the draft wartime wages in industry and fuel shortages.
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Bridgeton
N. J
South Jersey
U. S. Farm Security Administration
F.S.A
British seize Diego Suarez in Madagascar from French forces
British shock troops captured the Diego Suarez naval base in Madagascar after a night attack near Antsirana. The French capitulated with Antsirana and Diego defecting. allied forces struck from the south to divert sea lanes toward the Middle East, India, and China.
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Diego Suarez
Madagascar
Fsn
Antsirana
Admiralty-War Office
Diego
Middle East
India
China
France
Pierre Laval
Tananarive
Tulear
BEF
London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Alsace-Lorraine
Britain
Mediterranean
Kupho
Crete
Greece
Leningrad
Hitler
el Mechill
el Mechili
Tobruk
England
Labor Dispute Looms At Springfield Diesel Plant
Springfield workers at the Superior Diesel Division of National Supply Co. told union representatives to take a wage dispute to the War Labor Board. Union leaders seek a 12 cent hourly increase while spokesmen said the company would grant only five cents.
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Springfield
War Labor Board
Superior Diesel Division
National Supply Co
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