Americans Launch First Allied Bombardment on Belgrade and Sofia
Allied heavy bombers hit Sofia and Belgrade today in a major strike on rail yards and nearby aircraft factories. Fortresses and Liberators bombed rail facilities in both Balkan capitals as the first Allied assault on Belgrade. Earlier raids targeted RomanianBrașov and Turnu-Severin rail centers with Italian-based air forces following daylight attacks.
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Turnu-Severin
Devastating Tornado Toll Across Georgia and Carolinas
A deadly tornado corridor tore through a 200 mile Georgia and western North Carolina path early Monday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds. Tolls included Royston and Hart County in Georgia and Nuberg. fatalities spanned multiple towns with homes destroyed and a hospital unroofed. Rescue crews faced prolonged outages and hazardous conditions as the storm moved eastward toward Greenwood and Abbeville.
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Carelina
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Nuberg
Hart County
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Workers' Morale In War Plants Hit By Production Cuts
OWI report based on BLS field surveys and USES data finds production cutbacks lower morale in war plants. Areas like St Louis and Pennsylvania show shifts and pay cuts, with many workers leaving for new jobs or accepting lower wages. Thousands of women, including Negro women in St Louis, drop from labor market as layoffs widen unemployment claims surge.
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Accidental Deaths Exceed War Losses
Chicago report from the National Safety Council shows civilian and worksite accidents have surpassed battlefield deaths. The figures estimate about 720,000 killed and 11,900,000 injured in home and industrial incidents since Pearl Harbor, with 2,000 traffic fatalities and 3,166,000 other injuries.
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Socialist Group Faces Trial On Sedition Counts
In Washington AP two eight men and two women face federal trial on conspiracy to aid Germany and set up a National Socialist government. Indictment cites aiding the Nazi Party abroad and in the United States to undermine US military loyalty. Conviction carries up to 10 years and a $10,000 fine. Gerard Wilhelm Kunze named as leader of the German American Bund. prior espionage and draft evasion sentences noted.
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Gerard Wilhelm Kunze
New York
Important Court Bills Before Joint Senate House Group
The Senate and House Judiciary Committees consider seven bills to reform Supreme Court procedure aimed at speeding case handling. One proposal by Rep Whelchet would require seven of nine justices to agree before reversing a ruling. He criticized recent reversals as undermining jurisprudence and echoed Justice Roberts on the danger of overturning own decisions.
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Sydney Daily Telegraph Seeks injunction over censorship
The Commonwealth High Court granted an interim injunction restraining government censor authorities from suspending the Sydney Daily Telegraph after it printed two articles in Saturday editions. The court ordered a hearing on a permanent injunction starting Friday.
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Weekend Arrests Reach One Hundred Twenty
City and county law enforcement jailed eighty people over the weekend on charges from public drunkenness to vagrancy, burglary, and larceny. County officers booked forty-five. city police thirty-five, with public drunkenness and assault leading the tally.
MacArthur Replies To GOP Proposals In Germany Rule
Senate Military committee members endorsed the Anglo American Russian postwar plan for Germany calling for Eurasian control over Red Army zones and naming General Eisenhower as supreme authority in American and British occupied sectors. Senator Murray called the agreement wise and necessary, stressing it must guide the war’s finish.
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Dweight D . Eisenhower
MacArthur Says He Aims To Help Win War Not Seek Nomination
Allied headquarters report Gen Douglas MacArthur states he has not sought or planned to seek the presidency and his sole ambition is to help win the war. He declines committing to any future nomination, noting his letters to Rep A L Miller were not intended for publication and repudiating criticism of political leaders.
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Condi
Finns May Seek New Red Terms
Finland rejected revised Russian peace terms but invited future talks in a note to Moscow. The move leaves open a potential path to negotiation, with the United States and Britain reportedly informed. The absence of Soviet offensives on the Finnish front prompted interpretation that a peace settlement remains possible.
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United States
Britain
Ruaman
State Senator Hurt In Auto Mishap
Greensboro, Alabama AP report says Rimta Senator L. J. Lawson, 81, was injured when struck by a truck while crossing a street. He was taken home, condition not believed to be serious. Lawson, president of the Peppies Bank of Greensboro, suffered a broken collarbone, bruises, and a gash on his forehead.
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Simpson To Speak Over State Hookup Before May Primary
Alabama U.S. Senate hopeful James A Simpson will address a state wide audience from Birmingham on Station WACF at 645 pm The address aims to outline his campaign to unseat Senator Lister Hill in the May primary.
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Inflationary gap term used in wartime price debate
A Washington AP report explains how the phrase inflationary gap described the difference between individuals’ money in hand and civilian goods available. Proponents of higher taxes argued taxes would drain this gap to prevent bid up prices, while wartime shortages kept inflation fears alive.
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George Tielee Washington
Price Control Vital To Navy Declared By Knox
Navy Secretary Knox warned the Senate Banking Committee that failing to renew price controls would bring serious and unpredictable consequences. He cited billions saved in Navy spending, uninterrupted production, and sustained morale among sailors and dependents, noting the upcoming year is crucial for the production program and shipbuilding slated to double last year’s warship count.
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Nazi Peace Offer Reported By London Daily Mail
The London Daily Mail claims a December peace overture by Germany to the United States and Britain via a neutral diplomat. The informant says Germany’s Romani? minister Beron Idan fred von Kullinger presented an eight point program to be sent to Washington and London but not Moscow.
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Lonergan Sentenced Long Prison Term
Wayne Lonergan was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the strangling of his seven year old heiress wife Patricia Burton Lonergan. The former RCAF airman and society playboy faced Judge James Gi ratt Wallace in General Sessions Court. the proceedings lasted under a minute after a sensational March 31 conviction for first degree murder by a special jury.
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Last Minute BULLETINS from New Delhi and London
AP dispatches report tanks and infantry clearing roadblocks near Kohima on the Dimapuh road amid heavy fighting with Keguts Funjible and British involved. Turkey suspends chrome exports to Germany. Britain and the U S urge Turkey to quit dealings with the Auls. In Algiers the UN radio notes Tremies Pistra Sedegue cabinet changes and Badoglin to lead a new government. A Milan newspaper claims Benite Messeltini faces grave illness and possible death as the Geneva Tribune notes.
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Mountbatten Establishes New HQ in Ceylon Amid Heavy Jap Losses
Allied dispatch reports very heavy Japanese casualties and key positions seized north of Imphal as Admiral Mountbatten announces a new operational headquarters in Kandy. Meanwhile a glider assault team and air force tactics shift continue to target enemy lines in Burma and India defenses.
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Fortress Crewmen Reach Sweden After Dodge of Patrols
Ten American Flying Fortress crewmen forced landed in a Danish field last Tuesday and survived a four night escape through Nazi occupied Denmark. They reached neutral Sweden by boat from Malmo after hiding by day and dodging patrols. The co pilot from Chicago was wounded. others from Jeromes Pa Brooklyn and Arlene Kansas described a perilous descent and a dramatic escape past Stettin. One denizen claimed the plane caught fire and the crew fled as it broke apart on impact.
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Russians Drive Toward Heart Of Axis Stronghold
Soviet forces push toward a major Axis fortress in Southern Russia while German and Romanian troops flee by sea. Bombers and warships hit escape routes as Yalta and nearby routes fall. by March 4 to April 15 the offensive claims hundreds of thousands killed or captured, with roughly 40,000 prisoners in eight days.
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GOP Leaders Mass For Convention
In Washington GOP leaders weigh General Douglas MacArthur as a potential draft for the 1948 Republican nomination. Millar Miller says MacArthur’s remarks clarify the atmosphere and many supporters back him, though MacArthur has not indicated any desire for the office. The convention plan advances with a Chicago meeting set to name a temporary chairman.
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