Bluefield Holds Mock Air Raid Drill By Axis Planes
Bluefield staged its first mock air raid as "Axis" planes simulated bombing targets around town. About 150 volunteers operated from the Municipal building control center while officials from state county and city defense observed. Some irregularities were noted but overall officials praised the drill and planned corrections.
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Bluefield
Oneral
H. G. Steele
J. A. French
Fifth Congressional District
Col
W. E. Eubank
McDowell County
Howell M. Tanner
Mercer County
Satpcom
Princeton
EF. P. Mitchell
James P. Easley
Charleston
U. S. Army
State Defense
Fiat Top Mountain
Easley
J. A. Prench
West Virinia
W. E. Bunk
Matoaka
Bramwell
Joa
McDowell
Mhen
Arnold Urges Registration of International Contracts to Fight Cartels
Assistant Attorney General Arnold urged Congress to require registration of contracts between American and foreign firms to curb cartels. He cited the Standard Oil of New Jersey and I G Parden case as a guinea pig example, noting it showed a broader pattern. He said Standard Oil blocked synthetic rubber under cartel agreements.
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Arnold
Congress
Washington
March
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
I. G. Parden
Germany
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Efforts To Impair Loyalty Of Forces Lead To Arrests
Attorney General Biddle authorized arrest and prosecution after a PBI report showed on January 31 at Lowry Colorado air corps officers were called suckers and accused of not fighting for Canada and allies. Army officers present attributed similar remarks to Pahl. Penalty up to 10 years and $10,000 fine. First case of its kind since the war began, with more possible.
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Washington
Biddle
PBI
Lowry
Colo
Air Corps Las
Russia Holds Top Spot In War Effort
The article reports President Roosevelt ordering priority for lagging Russian war deliveries, with Churchill signaling renewed Allied air attacks on Nazi factories and U-boat threats in the Atlantic. It notes U S and British actions to protect supply lines and coordinate arms and planes, while details of future dispositions remain undisclosed.
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Russia
Anglo-Amer
Soumien Thieel Hn
Washington
Roosevelt
London
Royal Air Force
Churchill
Atlantic
Rubber dealer scores claim of shortages
New York independent and Teak House Interstate committee today that there was no shortage and said supply was seven and 20 million tons. Simpson called for a congressional investigation of the War Production Board rubber division charging it was packed with GEORGE who knew the yards lying are sufficient to give them every tread the syrup product they need for the duration of the war.
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Rec
New Yorker Automobile
Quezon Arrives in Australia. Blamey Heads Allied Air Forces
President Manuel Quezon arrives from the Philippines with family and cabinet as Australian bombers strike Japanese base at Koepang and Port Moresby faces renewed attack. General Blamey is named commander in chief of allied air forces in Australia while Australian forces return from abroad under his strategic command.
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United States Army
Australia
Middle-East
Douglas MacArthur
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Koepang
Dutch Timor
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Blamey
Britain
North Africa
Cuamanter
Middle East
Bo AH
Greece
Crete
Syria
Leslie James Morshead
Oo Old
Hindenburg
France
Forde
MacArthur
Supreme Allied Command
Mexico and United States sign lend lease military pact
Mexico and the United States sign a lend lease style military accord as talks continue on mutual cooperation. The pact follows four days of meetings in Washington aimed at coordinating defenses and coordinating programs in the Caribbean and Pacific regions.
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Mexico
U. S
Washington
United States
Carib
Anti aircraft defend Corregidor against dawn to midnight Japanese raid
American and Philippine anti aircraft gunners shot down at least seven enemy bombers as dawn to midnight attacks on Corregidor were frustrated. Lieutenant General Wainwright reported that AA fire kept Japanese planes high, reducing bombing accuracy with Manila Bay bombs causing little fortification damage. Captain Colin Kelly had earlier sunk the Haruna from 20 000 feet in another action.
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Washington
Corregidor
War Department
Liutenant
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Philippines
Manila Bay
Colin Kelly
Haruna
Wainwright
Congress Starts War Fund Bill in Wartime Measure
Washington March 27 Congress pushes a massive war fund of 18 302 187 148 and lifts lend lease automatically by 2 2 million. The plan raises defense and war appropriations since July 1 1940 to 160 billion and covers thousands of planes ships and equipment. Secretary Stimson outlines a desert corps of 8000 and parachute units while Congress censors military data before release.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Stimson
House
Appropriations Committee
WPB Orders Tea Rationing and Freezes Refrigerators
Washington March 27 Americans must cut their average annual tea consumption from 11 to 5 ounces under a wartime order by the War Production Board halving tea sales by grocers wholesalers and packers. The WPB also released frozen stocks of domestic refrigerators for retail sale to about 75 000 units, while tea prices rose to 1 60 a pound.
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Washington
War Production Board
Teamied Tees 2
Aumastic
Nazi Drive Set for Late April
Berlin reports the German army is ordered to hold six main points on the Russian front as Nazi transportation teams work to move new supplies for a spring offensive timed for the third week of April. Targets include Staraya Russa and Taganrog, with movements toward the Donets basin and the Caucasus oil fields.
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Bern
Staraya Russa
Lake Imen
Kov
Ukraine
Donets
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Berlin
Rome
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Istanbul
Germany
Russia
Ril
Mediterranean
Greece
Crete
Rhodes
Meat Shops Asked Keep Price Level
Washington reports the OPA urged butcher shops and retail markets to hold prices at mid March levels and to report any marked increases. Dan A West said retail pork prices are near record highs for the season and supply is limited, stressing meat sellers must avoid further price rises to help families.
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Washington
Office of Price Inistration
Dan A. West
OPA
West
Navy takes command of anti submarine fight on Atlantic coast
Washington reports a move toward unified war effort as General Marshall transfers army anti submarine duties to the navy. The Atlantic sea frontier from Canada to the Caribbean will be led by Rear Admiral Adams Andrews with army air units under naval control to avoid command confusion. Officials say cooperation remains close and effective while a governor in North Carolina criticized prior coordination.
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Washington
Army Poe
U Bente
Atic
Pacific
Navy
George C. Marshall
Army
Sea Frontiers
Atlantic “Sea Frontier
Canadian
Caribbean
Adolphus Andrews
Unity
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Rotary Stimson
War Department
Knox
United States
John W. Greenslade
Nares Sea Frontier Command
Chinese Aviation Cadets Trained in U S Commissioned
Half a world from Burma battlefields, the first Chinese aviation cadets trained in the United States are commissioned in Phoenix. Cadets from Central and South American countries completed training, marking a milestone in wartime air force collaboration.
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U. S
Phoenix
Ariz
Burma
United States
Hela
Awsey
British Prepare for Decisive Battle Around Prome Burma
Chinese forces in eastern Burma report liquidating the Jnese at Toungoo and, aided by new reinforcements, fight on three sides of the city. Japanese reinforcements arrive as heavy air battles intensify, threatening the enclave near Toungoo. General Alexander returns as allied lines strain under mounting Japanese and Chinese pressure.
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Toungoo
Prome
Burma
New Delhi
India
Santa Es
Langer Retains Seat After Senate Rejection of Expulsion Bid
Washington March 27 The Senate rejected 52 to 30 the claim of its election committee that Senator William Langer was not entitled to membership over charges of moral turpitude. Langer, elected in 1940, remains in the Senate after a vote allowed him to keep his seat without prejudice pending further proceedings. The case centered on three main charges including obstructing justice, selling land to bond brokers, and taking $25,000 for stock while governor. The chamber also voted 45 to 37 that a simple majority could expel him if needed, under constitutional rules requiring two thirds for expulsion. Page 2 continued.
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Washington
Senate
William Langer
N. D
North Dakota
Langer
Election Committee
Administration of Justice
Chamber
Wee
S of
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Standard Oil
Neely
Grand Jury
W. Va
Jackson Savage
Kanawha County Intermediate Court
Old Sweet Springs
Monroe County
BY Kirke L. Simpson
Quezon
Japan
Hindenburg Line
Quezon Acrives
Commonwealth
Las MacArthur
Central
Tokyo
James V. Wernester
Oktt
Sues
War and Navy Departments
Stmng
Unified Command
Ennony
Tungoo
Kyungon
H. R. L. C. Alexander
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