Britain Faces Worst Labor Strife in 22 Years
AP reports a surge in war time labor unrest as strikes cripple production. Through 1944 Britain sees rising strike days, with March and September 1943 among the worst months yet, including a coal miners walkout in South Wales and Monmouthshire and a Yorkshire miners stoppage, threatening war industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jast Long
Brit. Alm
Britain
Stone East
Aingla Sirike
South Wales
Monmouthshire
Yorkshire
War Indusge
Gwilym Loyd George
Furl
Fragmentary note on wartime coup and allied actions
A damaged OCR fragment describes a military coup deteees the western Allies Semmla, with American bombings and Red Army cooperation in Balkans and Romania. It mentions raids on Boch and Piceti, London sources, and Eurasian group tactics, noting attacks and preemptive measures on a strategic basis amid ongoing resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semmla
Red Army
Pandiocesa
Balkans
Rumanis
Boch
Piceti
Searces
London
Crops Damaged by Unseasonable Cold Across States
Unseasonable cold and frost hit crops across Georgia Alabama Tennessee and surrounding areas damaging peaches strawberries and potatoes. State agents warned substantial losses in fruit trees and vegetable crops while planting was late due to the cold. Officials estimated high percentages of crop damage in several regions and noted varying severity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgs
Alabama
Carolina
Tannessie
Tennessee
C. C
Uburs
Caroline
Germans fight bitterly near Odessa under orders to win
German forces engage in heavy combat near Odessa under orders to press the advance at any cost. Reports describe intense shelling and fierce street fighting as Allied lines attempt to hold towns along the front. Local civilians seek shelter amid the bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Draft to Claim Huge Quotas For Indefinite Period
AP reports that Draft Director Lewis B Hershey says the United States must rely on military strength to have a voice at the peace table. The Army is at 7,700,000 and monthly inductions may continue for an indefinite period. He estimates 156,000 men per month to sustain forces and hints many inductions may occur after victory to protect national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Hall Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
United States
Hershey
Herghey
State Department
Forea
Fern
Traffic Violations Increase In March Report
Police chief J B Desaghon reports a rise in traffic violations in March following February trends. The crackdown by city police on traffic violations in Dothan shows overall increases in cases for the month, with other case types also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B Desaghon
Japs Infiltrate Area Near U S Forces In India
Asian front bulletin reports Japanese detachments penetrating Allied defenses in Bengal and north Burma regions. The invasion disrupts supply routes to Imphal and threatens communications along the road toward Wahima as British forces engage north to Imphal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
India
Delhy
Jengis
Uns
Bengal
Imam
Joseph W. Filwal
Burma
China
Imphal
Wahima
Japansa
Hill campaigns in Wiregrass accuse local paper of suppression
Senator Hill charges that the local paper distorted and withheld news of his Senate activities during a Dothan broadcast. He defends farm aid and REA powered by his alliance with Bankhead while accusing opponents of trying to oust him. The Eagle denies his claims, calling them a dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanest
People of
Alabama
U. S. Senate
Banater
Lister Hill
Dothan
Senator Hill
Hie
James Field
War Department
Camp Rucker
U. S
Benate
Eagis
Hill
WAGF
Gordon Madison
HAM
Eagle
Horace Hall
The
Mobile
Wake Island raids pummel at least 44 tons of bombs
Washington reports American Army planes saturate Wake Island in the central Pacific with another heavy bombing run on a second strike this week. Stockholm dispatch notes German actions reported by AP as the war widens in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
mid-Pacific
H Wee
Dewey Gaining Backers After Willkie Exit
The AP reports Willkie’s retirement shifts momentum to Thomas E. Dewey for the GOP presidential nomination. Senator Danser predicts Connecticut’s 16 undecided delegates will favor Dewey, while some Republicans hope for a first ballot deadlock or backers shifting from Willkie to MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Dell Washington
Wendell L. Willkia
Willie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Wickle
Wisconsin
Danser
R.-Conn
Connecticut
Willkie
New England
Wilkie
Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Mandenberg
Roosevelt
Mance
Lo Dewey
MacArthur
Willkle
South
NEA
Charwoman
Willkis
Milwaukee
Thomas E Dewey
GOF
Comdr
Hardy EL Staseen
Gem
Willkln
Council Studies Plan To Reorganize Italian Government
Washington AP reports the Allied Advisory Council for Italy will push a temporary government reorganization this weekend. It centers on King Vittorio Emanuele’s retirement as anti fascist parties seek inclusion, with Crown Prince Umberto as potential successor amid opposition and a broader government formation debated by Premier Badoglio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Allied Advisory Council For
Italy
Vittorio Emanuele
Umberto
Badognlo
Fairfield Plant in Operation After Walkouts
The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co. said production resumed at its Fairfield wheat mill and Wylam coal mine after walkouts closed the sites earlier in the week. About 400 at Wylam and 1,200 at the mill returned, with 100 crane operators and helpers quitting over pay. a Negro miner was suspended for excessive absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Wylam
4& Company
Shest
Antre
United Steel Workers
CTO
Army Centers Turning Bad Actors Into Good Soldiers
Army rehabilitation program converts soldiers convicted by courts martial into disciplined servicemen. Major Perry Wagley notes centers handle offenses including absence without leave mutiny drunkenness on duty theft burglary and forgery as part of national effort to reform offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Rauman
Warhington
Perry V. Wagley
Sifth Bervicg Command Sunter
Stary Offemdéers
Eant
Wagiey
FDR Declares Stabilization Program Successful
President Roosevelt backed an economic stabilization report praising wage and price controls. The study says living costs and wages improved over the past year and urges continued policy for the coming months, noting the first anniversary of the hold the line order. It was prepared by Vingon, Roles, Jones, and Devis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas B
Cornell Washington
Recesrsl
Fred M. Vingon
Chaster Roles
Marvin Jones
Wat
William H. Devis
National War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Allied Bombers Hammer At Zagreb In Croatia Raid
Allied air forces attacked Zagreb Croatia targeting the German airfield amid heavy anti aircraft and fighter battles over northern Yugoslavia. Ground actions continued on 11 Italian fronts with Allied and German forces trading blows as bombers hit Italian targets and Yugoslav coast patrols captured enemy ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
1Th Air Force
Ansio
Carroceto
Fifth Army
Tommaniqua
Cassano
Carnino
Banja Luka
Barajevo
Adriatic
Iitaly
Mitchells
Perugianirdrome
Waly
RAF Stabs Hamburg And Other Targets In Nazi Territory
London reports RAF heavy bomber forces struck Hamburg and other Ruhr Rhineland targets last night in a limited resumption of a campaign to hinder German wartime reconstruction. The raid involved 4,000 pound bombs on a heavily defended industrial area, with noted losses for aircraft. Overnight air activity followed a daylight Allied assault on Pas de Calais coast installations by American forces and U S Ninth Air Force Thunderbolt units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
RAF
Hamburg
Ruhr
Rhineland
Reich
Air Ministry
Germany
Pas de Calasis
Thunderbolt
U. S
Ninth Air Force
France
Josa Yer Lerday
Lions Plan Three New Playgrounds in City
The Dothan Lions Club unveiled plans for establishing three playgrounds in western eastern and northern city sections to provide children with recreation before a city park opens. Equipment installation begins within a few days and full operation is expected by summer break. Dr W T Burkett highlighted rat damage in Houston County and estimated rat control costs at under fifteen thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan Icion's Club
Jimmy Dees
Lab
W. T. Burkett
Houston County
Duke
Germans, Russians clash around Odessa and Tarnopol
German forces rush reinforcements to defend Odessa as Soviet Third Ukrainian Army drives toward the port. Zhukov’s units push through Tarnopol area, seizing large war stocks and encircling German and Romanian troops. Heavy fighting continues around the Black Sea port and surrounding towns as the Red Army tightens its noose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SY Heyry
Casamy
Moscow
Moe
Odesm
Elome
Black San
Favorandie
Lakas
Red Mar
Tarnopol
Tarnopal
Eald
Gregory K. Zhukov
Merce
Germany
Skal
Cearmowits
Red Army
Thukows
Wridpeina
Miale Thewlf
Gommonique
Skala
Rodion
Malinovsky
Odense
Rachatnaye
Black Sea
Nazt
Baadon
Black Box
Dhilester
Odens
Raerdanaya
Odessa
Bessarabia
Maid
Malinoveky
Velayane
Atorm
Tvan B. Konev
Prut
Taal
Leaders To Confer On Foreign Policy in London
Edward R. Statilnius Jr, U.S. Undersecretary of State, arrives in London for talks with British officials. The meetings with Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and other officials aim to shape new directions in Anglo American policy and possibly set the stage for a Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin roundtable amid mounting critique in Parliament over cooperation with Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward RF. Statilnius, Jr
U. 8
Srattiniux
Washington
Moscow
Anthony Eden
Foreign Office
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