New Air Forces Now In Action In Far East
The Navy announced that undaunted Japanese bombers sank the Langley aircraft carrier and two other warships in the Java battle. American air power, including MacArthur’s fighters and bombers, grows in northern Australia as U S naval losses reach 25 with destroyers battleships submarines and carriers among those sunk or damaged.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Langley
Java
Peary
Darwin
Australia
U. S
MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Administration seeks voluntary 44 or 48 hour work week
Washington April 4 reports say the administration is sounding out labor leaders on a voluntary pact for a 44 or 48 hour work week with regular pay. Leaders including Vice President Wallace are said to be pushing a labor management accord to calm the debate over the 40 hour week and avert new labor legislation.
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Congress
Wwe
Army Day Mobilization Planned for City Parade
Walter H. Scott reports a broad mobilization for Army Day with 100 percent cooperation sought from all watch captains wardens and civil defense units. The parade forms at the V. B. W. home Monday evening with student bands and numerous organizations joining the procession from First Avenue to South Center and to the city park.
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Walter H. Scott
Mtr
V. BW
Howard d. Sheen
William W. Myers
Junlor
St. Edward's
V. FL W
First Avenue
Center
Notts
Pavarte
Mildred Preble
Ralph S. Dewey
Junion
Bombers Shot Down as Corregidor Gun Detachment Repels Attack
The Air Department reports Philippine fortress Corregidor shot down two more heavy Japanese bombers, bringing total destroyed to 47 in under two weeks. Two likely damaged raiders followed. A new flame-belching bomb was noted. Ground attack failed to develop despite three hours of Japanese artillery fire. General Wainwright says Japanese moved medium artillery from Manila Bay toward the defense lines, likely 155 mm and 240 mm guns.
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Washington
Air Department
Philippine
Corregidor Fortress
Corregidor
Department
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Manila Bay
Schools close again for new draft April 27
Harrisburg April 4 Govern or Tames directed the closing of schools and liquor outlets for the registration of about 41 000 000 men aged 45 to 63 for selective service on April 27. The plan prompts citizens to comply with registration and emphasizes the gravity of the mobilization. A new plan will put registrants into the Army immediately after a physical at induction stations in six cities.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Tames
Mmoaniwhile
Pennsylvania
Benjamin F. Evans
War Department
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Erie
Harisburg
Wilkes-Barre
Altoona
Withdrawals loom in Pennsylvania Republican primary race
Harrisburg April 4. Claims of presidential backing swirl as five Republicans seek the nomination while a 5 PM deadline looms for ballot withdrawals. Major General Edward Martin and Senator James J. Davis dominate Republican speculation, with party leaders split over prospects and possible shifts toward lieutenant governor roles.
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Penmnsylvania
Eel
Edward Martin
James J. Davis
Martin
Charmain Meredith
Meyers
Roosevelt
Nitier
Horr
Philsdel
Ohie City
Wressttrer
Luther Hart
Pennsylvania
Smith
Chaffey Talted
Natonal
David Lawrence
Ross
Samuel 5. Lewis
G. Graybill Dichmn
Lancaster
John C. Bell
Banking
Clarence P. Howers
Bell
Smithi
Lautenanto
Gm Martin
Two Norwegian Ships Reach English Port
Two of ten Norwegian vessels fleeing Goteborg reached an English port, with two more returning to home waters and four others unconfirmed. The Vichy radio via Reuters reported the escape attempt across the German blockade, noting no news on the remaining four ships.
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Ansmuninen Elen
London
Vichy Radio
Reuters
England
Goteborg
Sweden
Golevors Jend
Reckless driving suspect sought after hit and run
Police hunt a hit and run driver after a Maple avenue collision with the Mervyn Nast car. A Sparta township youth, Lawrence Brown, faces possible charges for reckless driving after crashing stop signs in the Fourth Ward. Officer Cullen traced the vehicle on Main street as authorities seek to curb a recent wave of reckless driving.
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Maple Avenue
East Main Street
Sparta Township
Grant Cogan
East Precetick Street
Mervyn Nast
Cogui
Lawrence Brown
Spartansbore
Fourth Ward
John Cuillen
West Mal Street
DIL CITY MAN'S SON DIES IN PLANE CRASH
Victoria Texas April 4 Associated Press reports Cadet George M Duvall 24 of Columbus Ohio was killed in a plane crash during a pursuit training mission over Matagorda Bay He belonged to Foster Field formation and would have graduated in two weeks from an unmarked flight program His father Frank Duvall of Dil City and mother Mrs Duvall were noted in the report
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Associated Press
Victoria
Tex
George M. Duvall
Columbus
Ohio
Matagorda Bay
Duvall
Foster Field
Ab Aio Btdte University
Cohumbue
Millvale
Pas
City
Navy FBI join hunt for slayer of young Navy officer
Erie investigators with Navy and FBI partners pressed a homicide probe into the murder of 24 year old petty officer Lloyd Wilkinson of the U.S. Navy. Police renewed questioning of Ruby Eastman after she described a tall man in a leather jacket. Dozens of leads have been checked with several releases and no arrest yet, as authorities pursue unnamed angles in the vicinity of the shooting along Route 20 near Harborcreek. Continued on Page Two.
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Lynn Ian McLaughlin
Mohd
Belha
Lloyd Wilkinson
US. Navy
Harborcreek
Naval
Erie County
Ruby Eastman
Wilkinson
Erie
Warren
Plan Exchange Of Wounded Prisoners In A Wwii War Plan
Britain and Italy began exchanging sick and wounded prisoners of war with ships meeting at Smyrna in western Turkey. Independent medical commissions will review cases. the plan aims for broader repatriation under Geneva Red Cross conventions, building on a previous failed German-British attempt.
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Smyrna
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Smyrni
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Italy
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Tip
Great Britain
Germany
U S bombers from India hit Japanese ships at Port Blair
American flying fortresses based in India under Major General Lewis Brereton attacked the Bay of Bengal raiders. They set fire to one Japanese cruiser and a troopship, likely damaging two more vessels, while a fighter was met without damage and all planes returned safely.
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India
U. S
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Philippines
Port Blair
Andaman Islands
Islanda
United States
Tndia
Gerbrn Lewis Brereton
Tnndia
Blair
Mystery Gas at Phil a Causes Scare
A mysterious gas from an unknown source sickened thousands with coughing in a Philadelphia suburb. Officials investigated as a gray mist drifted over an eight mile area around Darby and Ridley Park for two hours with no lasting ill effects.
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Philadelphia
Darby
Ridley Park
Crushed to death by truck at Aero plant site
A 33 year old man, Blake, was fatally crushed when pinned between a truck and a railroad car at the Aero Supply plant near New Bethlehem. Deputy Coroner B. Lawrence Pauison opened an inquest as details were unclear. Blake may have been employed by Sheffer Coal or riding with the driver. injury included punctured lung and liver crush.
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Aero Supply
Mig
Guo
Pring Blake
Putneyville
New Bethlehem
Binks
AL Carey
B. Lawrehe Pauison
Blake
Sheffer Coal Company
Voal
Aero Plant
Cony Hospital
Tamination
Davison
Putneyyilla
Affasr
Cory
Henderson Sees Total Freezing Plan For Consumer Goods
Henderson returns from vacation as the administrator studies sweeping price controls. The Office of Price Administration sets ceilings on 44 appliance categories effective next Tuesday, aiming to cap costs on virtually all consumer goods.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Sean Henderson
Edinboro Science Meet Reveals New Tool Cooling Compound
Edinboro Pa April 4 a 50yearold kidney professor and an associate disclosed a friction reducing compound that could raise machine tool speeds by 25 to 800 percent. Dr Robert T Hanek of Duquesne University and Harold O Brien of Pittsburgh outlined a colloidal sand in water coolant that absorbs and releases heat to keep metal cool during cutting and grinding. The duo say the product, inexpensive and patent pending, can be used in concentrated form and diluted with water up to 200 times.
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Paris
Edinboro
Robert T. Hanek
Duquesne University
Pennsylvania Academy of Science
Edinboro State Teachers College
Hance
Sweden Seen as Next Victim Allies in Peril
In a war column the author notes Allied optimism from Russian and MacArthur successes while warning of German aggression. He predicts Hitler may strike Sweden to block Allied supply lines, and discusses Japan’s Burma drive and potential attacks on Liberia as strategic moves. Russians move reserves to the western front to blunt the German spring offensive.
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Sweden
Dewitt Mugens
General MacArthur
Supreme Command
Western Pacific
Hiller
Otis
Pros Guelion
Hitler
Jenay
Obisin
Ford
Swenen
Liberia
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Burma
Shina
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Leningrad
Black Sea
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Aleal
Justice Department Arrests Pelley
The Justice Department announces the arrest of William Dudley Pelley, head of the Silver Shirts, on espionage charges. Officials say a warrant was issued by the Attorney General and the arrest occurred in Asheville, New Jersey, under federal authority.
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Tha ‘Justice Department
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Come
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts Organization
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