War Management muddle prompts new coordinating office
In a jab at federal organization, the President creates the Office of War Mobilization to unify policies and programs amid interagency friction. Critics fear duplication and a fragile shift in power, while calls grow for practical leadership and new trusted hands to guide the war effort.
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Office of War Mobilization
OWM
White House
Byrnes
Spartanburg
At & P.m
Office of Emergency Management
Roosevelt
RAF Bombing Raids Hit Essen and Jena In Night Attacks
The RAF reported heavy raids on Essen and Jena in central Germany, with 23 bombers lost over Essen and Mosquito strikes on the Zeiss factory and Schott glass works at Jena. Night attacks involved saturation bombing and multiwave tactics, while daytime operations targeted northern France.
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London
Essen
Ruhr
Jena
Germany
Dortmund
Dusseldorf
Air Ministry
Krupp
Berlin
R.A.F
France
Carl Zeiss Instrument Factory
Schott Glass Works
Belgium
Britain
Leipzig
Four Thousand Yankee Bombs Hit Sardinia Airfield
Allied reports say Major Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's Marauders and Warhawks dropped 4,000 fragmentation bombs on Deci momanna airdrome in Sardinia. Axis planes on the ground were destroyed or damaged. 13 of more than 30 German and Italian planes were shot down. One Allied plane was lost, the pilot saved.
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Allied
North Africa
INS
Jimmy Doolittle
Decimomanna
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Everett B Howe
Waldron
Mich
Villacidro
Pantelleria
Lightning planes hit Tirso dam complex in Sardinia
United States Twelfth Air Force fighters bombed the Tirso dam system in Sardinia on Wednesday night. Eight aircraft reportedly scored at least six direct hits with as many as ten, breaching at least one dam and damaging a nearby power station as dust and smoke obscured the scene.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Twelfth
United States Air Force
Tirso
Sardinia
Virgil Pinkley
United Press
Benes Urges Czechs to Fight to Last Japanese Back
At Carnegie Hall Dr Eduard Benes president of Czechoslovakia declares Czechoslovaks will fight until every German is expelled and until the Japanese are driven back to their islands. Elmer Davis lauds Czech founders and Benes as a leader in rebirth of Czech freedom.
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New York
INS
China
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Japan
Benes
Carnegie Hall
American Friends of Czechoslovakia
OWT
Elmer Davis
Czech Republic
Dr. Benes
Czech
Big Allied Victory In Atlantic Battle
London AP reports a great Allied victory in the Atlantic with more ships crossing safely and more U ships destroyed than in any prior period. The gains stem from stronger convoy escorts longer daylight hours and expanded air patrols aiding sea and air defense.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Atlantic
Talks Ended Big Push Hinges on Final Phase of War
Observers anticipate a major Allied push after the Roosevelt Churchill strategy conference as they expect Europe to see new invasions this summer while the Pacific continues toward 1945 or 1946. The meeting ended with complete agreement on future operations, especially in the Pacific.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations
Europe
Pacific
Japan
Congress
Germany
Aleutian Islands
Attu
Kiska
Southwest Pacific
Twenty four Women to Be Sworn Into Waves Tonight
In Cedar Rapids 24 women will be sworn into Waves and Spars tonight at 7 30 at the Memorial Coliseum with Navy planes from Ottumwa to fly over the city from 5 30 to 6. Capt E S Root will administer the oath and deliver the address. The program includes a public concert by the Town City naval Preflight band and 40 Waves from Cedar Falls plus naval officers from Des Moines and Ottumwa. Families and friends may attend this eastern Iowa swearing in for the first time rather than Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum
Navy
U. S. Naval Air Station
Ottumwa
E S. Root
Chicago
Ninth Naval District
Coast Guard
Town City
Cedar Falls
Des Moines
Ottumwa Air Base
Iowa
Jeep Strike Ends at Spicer in Toledo
Four thousand two hundred workers at Spicer Manufacturing in Toledo halted production of army jeep axles. The strike ended Friday, restoring operations at the facility.
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Toledo, Ohio
INS
Spicer Manufacturing Company
Senate panel shelves bill to defer fathers in draft plan
Washington AP report: Senate Military Affairs Committee votes to lay the Kil day bill on the table removing statewide quotas and among changes including fathers deferment and a work-or-fight order. Chairman Reynolds notes most tabled bills never return.
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Congressional Economy Committee
Army
Navy
Washington
WPB
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Kilday
McNutt
Reynolds
D-Nc
Coupons in Hands Of Ration Board To Be Made Good
The Linn county war price and rationing board will revalidate unused expiring coupons in war ration books while the books await canning sugar certificates. A Pleune said the board has many requests to locate and return books with unused sugar and coffee stamps. A volunteer staff of 43 processed many documents at the rationing office.
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Cedar Rapids News
Linn County
Rationing Board
A T. Pleune
U S Troops Press On Attu Pocket With Heavy Fighting
U S troops attacked a third main Japanese position on Attu Island south of Lake Cornes as the navy reported continued hard hand to hand combat. Forces targeted ridge south of Chichagof corridor and Fish Hook ridge while air support hit Kiska and its camp area. Final pockets of resistance could fall within days or stretch into the weekend.
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Washington
United States
Attu Island
Lake Cornes
Navy
United States Army
Chichagof
Fish Hook Ridge
Chichagof Harbor
Lake Cories
Kiska
Royal Canadian Air Force
Attu
Japanese Claims On Attu Battle Face Confirmation Doubts
The Tokyo dispatch claimed major U S vessel losses and night assaults near Attu Island with strategical gains. AP notes the reports of a battleship two cruisers a destroyer and an unidentified warship sunk since Sunday lack independent confirmation.
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Associated Press
Attu Island
United States
Tokio
Greek Sub Sinks Two German Ships Off Crete
A Greek submarine sunk two small German ships off Crete, according to a government in exile communique issued in London. The report describes the action as part of ongoing Greek resistance during the conflict.
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London
Crete
Mountain Warfare on Attu Amid Worst Conditions Yet
Dispatch from Attu recounts mountain fighting as American troops push inland under brutal weather. Japanese snipers, fog and mossy terrain complicate moves while trench foot and cold water take a heavy toll. soldiers endure long supply lines and rugged, continuous combat.
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Attu
Holtz Bay
Attu Island
Aleutians
Steadman Chandler
San Francisco
Formosa
Bul
Wage board moves on Everbest substandard rates
The War Labor Board, affirming its hold the line policy, approves a 10 cent hourly average raise for Everbest Engineering workers in New York City. The decision notes two wage substandard scenarios and stresses careful allocation to avoid imbalances with local and industry standards.
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Washington
Everbest Engineering Corporation
New York City
New York
George W. Taylor
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Indicted for Concealing Test Reports
A federal grand jury charged Carnegie-Illinois Steel with knowingly concealing material facts from government agencies. The indictment says the company removed surreptitiously reports of physical tests from its Irvin works during Jan 1, 1942 to March 16, 1943 in late night and early morning hours of March 16 1943 into March 17 1943.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation
Senate Committee
Irvin
Mussolini Vows To Defend Sicily and Sardinia
Premier Mussolini met with Fascist leaders to reiterate resistance in Sicily and Sardinia "to the end" as reported by the Morocco radio in London. The secret meeting confirms ongoing defense measures amid wartime tensions.
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London
Mussolini
Fascist
Sicily
Sardinia
Morocco
Ration Facts Move to Daily Record Column
The Gazette begins publishing rationing facts in the Daily Record column, expanding coverage from the Sunday column Rationing at a Glance. The Sunday feature will continue alongside the new daily updates.
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The
Gazette
Roosevelt creates six man War Mobilization board
President Roosevelt established a six member Office of War Mobilization led by James Byrnes to unify and accelerate U S war production and civilian economy. The board includes Stimson Knox Hopkins Nelson Vinson and directs interagency policy and rapid result driven directives nationwide.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
William M. Jeffers
War Patterson
Congress
Byrnes’ Board
War Stimson
Navy Knox
Harry Hopkins
Munitions Assignment Board
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
Fred M Vinson
Vinson
Benel
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Kentucky
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