Hundreds of U S Planes Scatter Bombs on Mussolini's Homeland
Allied air power is reported driving thousands of refugees from southern Italy and surrounding islands as American warplanes pound Sardinia Sicily Pantelleria and the Italian mainland. Rome reports districts abandoned while Umberto warns Italians of arms shortages and Mussolini orders party chiefs to resist invasion.
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Italy
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Sardinia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Switzerland
Rome
Gagliari
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Europe
Umberto
Mussolini
Attu Island Push Hampers Japanese Defenders
American forces tighten pressure on Attu garrison as U S fighter planes repel Japanese air raids. Navy reports several Japanese strongpoints liquidated and losses on both sides, while MacArthur's air forces strike Rabaul and other targets in New Britain and nearby fronts.
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Attu Island
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Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
United Nations
Gasmata
Koepang
Timor Island
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Finschhafen
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Burma
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Bay of Bengal
Buthedaung
Athens County Native Donald Poston Dies at 57
Nelsonville veteran of World War One and White Ribbon recipient from Italy died of a heart attack in Columbus. Born in Nelsonville he led Hazel Ridge Coal and later ran a sand and gravel business in Chillicothe. Survived by mother Hannah and sister in New York City, brother John president of Columbus and South High Electric Co., two half sisters in Columbus and New York, and two half brothers Major Carl Poston and Lt E M Poston Jr. in the armed forces. arrangements not completed.
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Donald Poston
Columbus
E. M. Poston
Hocking Valley
Hazel Ridge Coal Company
Chillicothe
Superior Cement Co
Hannah
New York City
John
Columbus and Southt Ohio Electric Co
Charles Carew
Mary Burke
Carl M. Poston
E. M. Poston Jr
Armed Services
German-Born Importer Receives Six-Year Treason Term
Theodore Don, head of an importing firm born in Germany, was sentenced by Federal Judge Frank A. Ward to six years in prison and fined. Don had been convicted of knowingly aiding a traitor and a fugitive from Canada, Lt. Hans Peter Krug, and failing to inform authorities.
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Detroit
Theodore Don's
Frank A. Ward
Donny
Max Stephan
Hans Peter Krug
Senator Proposes 15 Cent Boost in Family Allowances
A Washington report notes Senator from Massachusetts introduced legislation to raise family allowances for soldiers' dependents by 15 cents. The current total is 50 dollars with 28 dollars from the government and 22 dollars from the enlisted man, covering a wife and each child.
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Wig Shington
Senator
R.-Mass
Parolees Shown From Ohio Prison Farm List
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission paroled 42 inmates at the Columbus Prison Farm and continued 30 cases. Massie Koon, a man auditor, was paroled with an effective date listed as July. City council met last night to consider wartime measures for the coming Sunday.
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Columbus
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Lonton
Massie Koon
Man“Auditer
Sellefontaine de
Lost 141 Days in Bush Yank Soldier Returns to Care
Staff Sergeant Grady Gaston of Frisco City Alabama lies recovering in an Army hospital after 141 days in the Australian bush. He and five others survived a Liberator forced landing in northern Australia following a raid on a Japanese base in December. Capt Norman Crosson of Cincinnati and Sgt Loy Wilson were found 13 days after the crash.
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Allied
Australia
Grady Gaston
Frisco City
Ala
Gulf
Gaston
Commonwealth
Norman Crosson
Cincinnati
Loy Wilson
Livestock Feed Makers Alarm Over Corn Shortage
The Food Distribution Administration said feed manufacturers fear plant closures due to corn scarcity. Floods in mid western states delay planting by about a month, worsening the tight situation as grain dealers note corn is vital for meat, butter, and eggs.
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Chicago
Food Distribution Administration
Baltimore faces gas shortage amid union walkout disruption
Baltimore's war crowded transportation system suffers from a gasoline shortage for private cars and taxis as AFL affiliated union workers stage a partial walkout causing disruption.
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Baltimore
AFL
Summer War Picture Brightened for Allies
London reports a brighter summer war outlook as Allied air power increases and Roosevelt-Churchill talks in Washington raise expectations. German defenses in the Ruhr faced heavy raids on Dortmund, with fires and water shortages from dam breaches amid Axis losses, while anticipation grows for potential big Allied offensives and Italy’s surrender.
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Washington
United Nations
Sardinia
Germany
Nazi Party
Voelkischer Beobachter
Ruhr
Eder
Moehne
Morocco
Dortmund
Roosevelt
Three Rubber Plants Idle in Akron Protest
Three major rubber companies halted production as CIO workers idled rose to 49 000 amid a War Labor Board wage dispute. Pickets blocked entrances at Goodyear No 1 plant while guards admitted only staff, as fear of slowing armament output drew a War Department appeal for immediate resumption.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
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Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
James P. Mitchell
Army Service Forces
Mitchell
Sherman H. Dalrymple
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URW
Washington
International Urw
United Rubber Workers Union
WLB
Goodrich
C. I. O. United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Ohio House to consider share ride driver liability bill
Legislation exempting share a ride drivers from passenger safety responsibility won Senate approval and moved to the Ohio House. Analysts expect possible delay as lawmakers rush to finish this week. The bill would typically require two committee hearings, likely delaying action by a week.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Senate
Edsel Ford Critical From Undulant Fever Illness
Detroit report says 49 year old Edsel Ford president of the Ford Motor Company remains in critical condition with undulant fever. He is the son of Henry Ford.
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Detroit
Edsel Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Henry Ford
Ohio counties blackout for air raid drill
Eleven northern Ohio counties including major war industry areas go dark for another air raid defense rehearsal tonight.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hope for New Pay-Go Tax Measure Faces Hurdles
Democratic determination to pass pay-as-you-go tax legislation offers a glimmer of progress as House and Senate conferees struggle to reach a compromise. Senator Byrd says abandoning talks would be harmful, while a revised proposal would negate the first 100 of taxes and require payment of 25 percent of the remainder for 1942 or 1943 taxes. The President would sign the House version that abates the 6 percent normal and 13 percent first bracket surtax on 1942 incomes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Byrd
D-Va
Missouri and Illinois Flood Damage Grows
The Mississippi and Illinois Rivers continued to flood a wide area in Missouri and Illinois. Water breached protective walls as 160,000 were homeless and 17 dead, with crops and livestock ruined and transportation disrupted along a 125 mile Mississippi front and 100 mile Illinois reach.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
Midwest
St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Peoria
Red Cross
White House Coercion Charged by Jenkins
Rep. Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton Ohio accuses the White House of coercion to block Congress from backing the Carlson Rum pay as you go tax plan. He asserts the administration pressures lawmakers to oppose the plan.
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White House
School Rehabilitation Fund Approved by House Education Panel
The House Education Committee approved a Senate bill creating a 1.5 million dollar school rehabilitation fund. Funds must mainly cover unpaid teacher salaries. A separate resolution urged State Auditor Ferguson to provide a statement on political assessments levied on state employees.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Joseph T. Ferguson
Delivery services slashed in East amid gasoline shortage
Office of Defense Transportation orders sharp cuts to delivery services in the East with home deliveries of luxuries banned. Truckers must rearrange routes to conserve fuel as the impact of a six day west pipeline halt looms, worsened by floods.
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Washington
Office of Defense Transportation
DDT
Unionists Protest OPA Price Control Methods in Toledo
About 200 CIO members demonstrated in front of the local Office of Price Administration in Toledo protesting wage freezes and the failure to hold prices down. The protest occurred 16 minutes after the OPA offices closed.
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Toledo
CIO
Price Administration
OPA
Allied Air Forces Strike Axis Positions Across Mediterranean
Allied airmen based in the Middle East pounded targets at San Giovanni Reggio Calabria and attacked ports and air fields on Sardinia Pantelleria Island and Messina Straits. Losses included three U S planes with Axis ships and airfields severely damaged. Italian and German forces reported raids with mixed success as fronts remained tense in Russia.
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U. S
San Giovanni
Reggio Calabria
Greece
North Africa
United Nations
Sardinia
Mediterranean
India
China
Russia
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Cap Bon
Tunisia
Messina Straits
Sicily
Sudan
Italian East Africa
Nazis Rush Fortifications in Norway War Fears
Stockholm reports say Germany strengthens coastal defenses in Norway as a potential Allied invasion route looms. About two hundred thousand troops and marine units guard the coast while unrest leads to desertions and four prison camps for offenders in Northern Norway.
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Stockholm
Germany
Norway
Europe
Body of Train Victim Identified Near Wauseon
Coroner H. M. Warner announced the clothing clad woman found on the New York Central line west of Wauseon has been tentatively identified as Bess Schmidt a California school teacher. Identification was made by Dr. Burt Schmier of Detroit a near relative who said Miss Schmidt left Detroit after visiting family.
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Wauseon
H. M. Warner
New York Central
Here
Bess Schmidt
California
Warner
Burt Schmier
Detroit
Miss Schmidt
Train kills Rosa Lee Wilson near here
A Pennsylvan ia Railroad train struck and killed Rosa Lee Wilson age 21 while she worked as a section hand near the location today.
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Alliance
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rosa Lee Wilson
Russia Stands as Largest Beneficiary of U S Lend Lease
President Roosevelt stated Congress that through March 31 the Soviet Union received 1 041 billion worth of planes tanks motor vehicles ammunition and ordnance aid since 1941 the largest single share among lend lease recipients. He cited total lend lease aid of 11 1024720000 in two years and noted new routes to China with Burma Road reopening as strategic aims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
Soviet Union
Congress
Berlin
Tokio
United Kingdom
Britain
China
Burma
North
Africa
Axis
OPA Defends Price Controls as Critics Hit It on Capitol Hill
Washington administrator Prentiss M. Brown defended the Office of Price Administration amid denunciations from businessmen and lawmakers. He argued for a $400 million subsidy program to cut meat, sugar, and coffee prices and asked funding for 1,400 new inspectors to curb black markets.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss M. Brown
House Appropriations Committee
Brown
OPA
Capitol Hill
Goering Orders Added Pressure on Catholics
The Paris Nazi radio reports Reichsmarschall Goering ordered Germans to curb alleged Catholic clerical political activity resisting the Hitler regime. It accuses the Vatican of waging campaigns against racialism via its press as Germany seeks racial unity.
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London
Paris
Ministry of Information
Reichsmarshal Goering
Germany
Vatican
Abolition of NYA Demanded by Byrd Committee
The Byrd Committee urged abolishing the National Youth Administration as duplicating six other government bureaus with the change effective June 30. Senator LaFollette dissented as the committee also recommended denying a $59.304 million appropriation for the War Manpower Commission in the coming fiscal year.
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Washington
National Youth Administration
Byrd Committee
LaFollette
Wis
Joint Committee On
War Manpower Commission
Oil Pipeline Service Restored to East After Flood Break
Veteran pipeline crews worked through mud and water to restore eastward oil flow via the 24 inch Big Inch line. An eight mile temporary line bypassing a flood break was completed, officials announced last night.
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New York
Vicar General Dead at 78 in Cleveland Diocese
Msgr. Joseph F. Smith longtime pastor of St. John's Cathedral and Vicar General of the Cleveland Catholic Diocese has died at age 78 in Cleveland. He served as a key church leader and administrator in Ohio for decades. He is mourned by parishes, clergy, and laity across the diocese.
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Cleveland
Joseph F. Smith
St. John's Cathedral
Cleveland Catholic Diocese
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