Marshall Visits Italian Front Claims Allies Hold Large German Force
Gen. George C. Marshall toured the Fifth Army sector in Italy on a three day overseas trip marking his first visit to the front since June. He praised troops for holding a large German force, estimated at 27 divisions, thus hindering Nazi reinforcement on eastern and western fronts.
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Germany
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Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
Crimean Voting Pact Concession To British Ideas
Washington reports that the Crimean compromise at Dumbarton Oaks yields major concessions by Russia and the United States. It changes the council voting to allow any six of eleven members to bring up subjects, while preserving a veto for any single permanent power on sanctions. The deal clears the path to the San Francisco UN conference opening April 25.
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Dumbarton Oaks
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United States
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World Security Council
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Yalta
San Francisco
FTC Cracks Down on Vitamin Representations
The Federal Trade Commission ordered Mayo Brothers Vitamins Inc Los Angeles to stop implying affiliation with the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn by using Mayo Brothers Vitamins and Mayo Bros trade names. The FTC found their product claims false misleading and exaggerated. John Honeyman noted as an unsung hero of the American revolution for assisting Washington across the Delaware.
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Federal Trade Commission
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Los Angeles
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
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Mayo Bros
FTC
John Honeyman
George Washington
Delaware
Hauenschild Heads Defense of Berlin
The Associated Press reports Nazi defense plans show Lt. Gen. Ritter von Hauenschild leading Berlin and Brandenburg defenses. British radio cites four leaders sharing Berlin approaches including Himmler Goebbels Remer and Hauenschild.
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Kuestrin
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Jet Engines Cut Maintenance Time
SCHENECTADY N Y UP Jet engines now in volume production for the army air force cut ground crew maintenance time 80 percent General Electric engineers reported. The jet has one tenth the moving parts of a conventional plane engine and can be installed in less than half a day. It has only two main bearings and one shaft. Sgt Earl Kohler Wright field describes the jet engine in simple terms.
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Army Air Force
General Electric
Earl Kohler
Wright Field
U. S. Plea to High Court in Ward's Fight
The government petitioned the Supreme Court to take jurisdiction in the Montgomery Ward case. The Justice Department seeks a swift ruling on the legality of seizing the company’s properties.
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High Court
Ward
Washington
Supreme Court
Montgomery Ward
Justice Department
Mail order house battle over wartime labor powers
A Chicago federal court ruled the mail order firm not a war industry under the War Labor Disputes Act and said the President lacked authority to seize its property for noncompliance. The government filed an appeal to the circuit court, with Supreme Court jurisdiction potentially bypassing oral arguments. The case involves the first test before the Supreme Court of WLDisputes Act powers and presidential authority under the Constitution amid labor tensions at Montgomery.
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Government War Ward Risks Spillover to Other Industries
A brief note suggests government controls under the war ward could extend beyond the main defense sector. Analysts warn this broader reach may affect production, pricing, and labor across multiple industries, prompting calls for clear policy mandates.
Death of Five Russian Officials Reported in Crash
MOSCOW AP The Soviet aviation commissariat announced the death on duty of Maj Gen Vasily Dubov Maj Gen Piotr Feodorov Col Alexander Komarov Col Dmitri Timofeiev and assistant department chief Yakov Girich It is believed they were killed in a plane crash
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Soviet Commissariat For the Aviation Industry
Vasily Dubov
Piotr Feodorov
Alexander Komarov
Dmitri Timoféiev
Commissariat
Yakov Girich
Nazi civilian goods manufacture halted in Germany
London AP reports the German DNB broadcast that civilian goods production has completely ceased. The radio urged use of old reserves and that available materials must last until the war ends.
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Germany
DNB
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