Reds Breach Line Guarding the Black Sea
London reports Nazi troops abandoned Uman a western Ukraine rail hub mid way between Vinnytsia and Kirovohrad, 25 miles east of the Bug river. Stalin announced a new drive by Rodion Malinovsky driving west across the Ingulets and Novi Bug, Grozhany, Kazanka, with 8000 Germans killed and 1000 captured.
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London
Uman
Ukraine
Vinniata
Kirovograd
Bug River
Nikoliev
Old Poland
Moscow
Staro-Konstantinov
Tarnopol
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Khergen
Stalin
Rodlon ¥. Malinovsky
Krivol Rog
Ingullets River
Novi Bug
Grozhany
Kazanka
Malnovsky
Kherson
Malinovsky
Odessa
Proskurov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Rumania
Tarnopul
Zhukov
Odessa-Warsaw
Red Army
Ivachuy
Dichkov
Gruchevitsa
Maly Khodachkuy
Instructor and student killed in midair collision near Cedar Rapids
A flight instructor William Clark, 35, of Cedar Rapids and his aircrew student were killed when their plane collided with another trainer at about 600 feet altitude southwest of Cedar Rapids on Thursday. The other trainer instructor and student Robert M. Charleson, 21, Alburnett, survived after landing their aircraft. Peter Ron sustained a leg injury.
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Cedar Rapids
Wpi
Here
William Clark
Ceder Rapids
Army
Merle Peterson
Alburnett
Robert M. Charleson
Peter Ron
Charleson
Death Comes in New York Home
Cobb 67 humorist and writer dies at his Hotel Sheraton apartment after a long illness. Grantland Rice announced the death and said the funeral would be private. Cobb rose from Paducah to New York journalism and became known for Judge Priest tales and after dinner speeches. He noted that reports of his death were greatly exaggerated and doctors continued treatments.
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New York
Levin
Cobb
Sheraton
Cate
Grantland Rice
Pailucah
Kent Cooner
Associated Press
Paducah
Evening World
Charles Chapin
Wall Rogers
Cooper
Rooney Passes Physical for Army Service
Mickey Rooney passed a physical examination Thursday and was accepted for general service in the army. Major D L Turpin, executive officer of the induction station, said the entry would be granted at least twenty one days before induction.
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Los Angulas
Mickey Rooney
Maj
D L. Turpin
WACs Linked to Nazi Prisoners Notes in Camp Hale Probe
Army disclosure says five WACs exchanged notes with German prisoners and eight American soldiers helped two escape as part of the case tying to the Camp Hale flight of the Germans captured in Mexico on Feb 18. Pfc Dale Maple, 23, San Diego Cant, charged with aiding the escape. three WACs pleaded guilty and received four to six months confinement. two others to be tried soon.
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Camp Hale
WACS
Mexico
Pte
Dale Maple
San Diego
Maple
Oard
John A. Chase
Frances H. Bundorf
Birmingham
Ala
Florence C. Rechon
New Orleans
Margerete L. Franklin
Oakland
Calif
Britain May Take Over Coal Mines Amid Strike Crisis
London reports the war cabinet plans firm action to end the coal strike paralyzing South Wales mines amid 9,000 idle workers. Miners press for wage talks while labor leaders say government may seize mines as in 1926, with delegates preparing a conference on concessions won and a series of Sunday meetings. The strike is costing Britain about 80,000 tons daily.
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London
War Cabinet
South Wales
Arthur Horner
Welsh Miners Union
Cardiff
Gwilym Lloyd George
Meanwhil
Britain
C G W Passenger in Ditch at Somers
An eastbound Chicago Great Western Passenger train derailed one and a half miles west of Somers at 1 am Friday after a broken rail. The engine rolled into a ditch while mail and passenger cars stayed on the roadbed. Passengers and train crew were shaken but not seriously injured.
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Somers
Chicago, Great Western
Here
Ford Strike Leaders Fired With CIO Union Approval
Ten Ford Motor Company workers who joined a demonstration at the Rouge Plant aircraft building were fired. Ten others were suspended after a Thursday hearing attended by UAW CIO leaders. The action followed R. J. Thomas urging drastic measures against an unauthorized Tuesday work stoppage deemed unjustified and a violation of the union contract. Six UAW CIO committeemen were among the discharged and five among those suspended pending further investigation. The stoppage stemmed from a dispute over production standards previously agreed upon by the company and the union.
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Detrome
Foard Motor Company
Rouge
Richard T. Leonard
Hart Bowers
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Local 600
Ford
Thomas
Uaw-Cio International
Uawcio
Vinegar Joe pushes into north Burma in bold drive
Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell's forces press rapidly into north Burma aiming to sever the Japanese hold and open a new link to the Burma road. His campaign disrupts other Burma fronts and reflects a major shift in SE Asia command strategy amid questions of Ledo road feasibility. Stilwell has assumed personal command amid a novel, aggressive approach with Chinese and American units cooperating directly.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Vinegar Joe
Stibwell
China
Stiwell
Southeast Asia High Command
Stilwell
Itis
Gen. Stilwell
Ledo
India
Hukawng
Brg
Frank Merrill
Wingate
Merrill
Southeist Asia Command
U. S
China-Burma-India
Stiillwell
Lord Louis Montbatten
Southeast Asia
Stowell
Saye Tour Tin
Allied Commandos Land on Lissa Island Report
Berlin radio said British and American commandos under Capt Randolph Churchill landed on Lissa island off the Dalmatian coast. Churchill, son of the prime minister, reportedly took command of allied troops with uncertain inclusion of 2000 Tito followers. No immediate confirmation of the landing.
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Randolph Churchill
Lissa
Dalmatian
Yugoslava
Berlin
Churchill
Marshal Tito
Jozip Broz
Yugoslavia
WLB seeks White House guidance in Little Steel clash
The War Labor Board aims to obtain White House direction as it weighs how to handle wage policy amid the AFL CIO rivalry. The dispute centers on the Little Steel formula and CIO steelworkers pay demands. Union prestige rides on which side gains leverage with workers and officials. Some debate a broad general hearing opening labor industry and government agencies to public input.
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WLB
White House
Joseph A. Loftus
Associated Press
Washington
Afl-Cio
War Labor Board
CIO
AFL
The
Wat
OPA
WLE
Congress
Ramirez Resigns From Presidency
Argentina's supreme court met to consider Pedro Ramirez's resignation after a palace coup, with Edebniro J. Farrell becoming acting president. Ramirez had vacated official residencies as U S and Britain halted formal recognition pending clarity on policy. Chile, Bolivia, and Paraguay recognized the Farrell regime.
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Buenos Aires
Supreme Court
Pedro Ramirez
Axis
Edebniro J. Farrell
Ramirez
Promdential
Buenos Aitres
la Nacion
Montevideo
Uruguay
Farrell
United States
Britain
Chile
Bolivia
Col
Gregorio Tauber
Arturo Rawson
Hts
Tus
Edward R. Stettinius
House of Commons
Anthony Eden
Chite
Paraguay
President Defends Statement On Italian Fleet
President Roosevelt defended remarks with Prime Minister Churchill about the disposition of the Italian fleet saying the statements were correct and could not be controversial. He stated he would not violate military security by discussing which vessels might go to various places during a press radio conference in Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Rooseevlt
Butler Urges Jury to Call Witnesses
Mayor Dan B Butler replies to a grand jury invitation and suggests sub poenaing Carter Lake residents to testify about the Chen Paree operation in Carter Lake. He notes the grand jury's plenary power to compel sworn evidence for a true bill and recalls Nebraskans outside criminal court process. The letter references Holst's March 7 communication.
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Pottawattanie County
Grand Jury
Dan B Butler
Harry Holst
Carter Lake
Holst
Gillette to Seek Re election in Senate race
Senator Guy Gillette of Iowa announced plans to run again for the U S Senate after a telegram from state chairman Jake More urged him to yield to 24 000 Iowa Democrats demanding continued service The note cited party unity and leadership needs during a critical period. The weather page followed with forecasts for Nebraska and the plains region including temperatures and wind data.
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Washington
Guy WM
Gillette
Town
Jake More
Senate
Tews
Iowa
Bluffs
Nebraska
Jap Resistance Reaches Low Ebb In Pacific War
American warships cruise into Los Negros anchorage as Allied reports say Japanese resistance on Los Negros Island has collapsed, with U S forces advancing on Momote Airfield and American marines pressing Talasea on New Britain while air strikes hit Wewak and Kavieng. In Burma, Stilwell’s forces drive 100 miles north, threatening a new supply route to China.
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Richard
Bergholz
Associates
Los Negros Island
Bismarck Sea
Southwest Pacific
1St Cavalry Division
Los Negros
Momote
Japan
New Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Talasea
Rabau
Tudaday
Wewak
New Guinea
Kavieng
New Ireland
Burts
New Delhi
India
Associated Press
Preston Grover
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Stowell
China
Allied Campaign in Italy Sees Slowdown Amid Weather
Allied headquarters in Naples report Italian fronts largely only patrols as severe weather reduces operations. Nevertheless bombers attack shipping and targets near Santo Stefano Montalto di Castro and line of march, with many enemy planes downed and 16,000 Germans captured since the Salerno beachhead.
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Naples
Italy
Santo Stefano
Montalto di Castro
Rome
Campoleone
Anzio
Capranica
Barberno
Cassino
Harold Alexander
Marina di Pisa
Leghorn
Capital of Peru Shaken by Quake
A severe earthquake struck Lima Peru at 428 am Friday causing shaking across the capital. Local officials reported structural damage and disrupted services as residents sought safety in the chaotic aftermath.
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Peru
Lima
Four-Engine Lancasters Strike German Aircraft Factories
London reports Britain's Lancasters bombed the Marignane factory near Marseille in bright moonlight, the attack part of a series against German aircraft plants. Swedish reports say Goering may yield power to younger officers as Allied air power expands.
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Gladwin Hil
London
Britain
Air Ministry
Marcignane
Germany
RAF
France
Limoges
Planta
Paris
Albert
Reich
Berlin
Hanover
Goering
London Daily Mail
Hitler
Air Command
Progress Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
DNB
Amerean
Stockholm
Cairo
Nebraska Court Voids Leasing of Radio WOW Station
The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 to void the leasing of radio station WOW by the Woodman of the World Life Insurance Society to Radio Station WOW Inc. The decision holds the lease terms unfavorable to the society and returns the station to the society.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Fridey
WOW
Woodman of the World Life Insurance Society
WOW, Inc
In & Four
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Tevin
Cath
Rooney
Court Martie
Lissa Island
Inhor Board
Butler
Guy Gillette
Talian
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