Manpower Bill Stokes War Effort Prompting Backed Vote
Interior Secretary Ickes calls for continued coal production under current contract to May 1 with retroactive wage adjustments. The manpower bill grants Byrnes power to fix employment ceilings and control hiring, risks jail and fines for violations, and ties to war effort. Miners vote on a strike set for Wednesday as talks stall. Perkins aims to avert a nationwide coal strike with a 30-day contract extension.
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Washington
Ickes
Associated Press
House
Senate House Conference
James F. Brynes
Byrnes
Senate
Conference Committee
Perkins
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Calves Price Show Near. County Leaders Discuss Rules
Calves sold at the Tri-State Fat Stock Show near April 3 to 4, with 175 to 200 head entered by FFA and 4-H. Richard Ramsey chairs the livestock committee, noting the ceiling price exemption for professional breeders does not apply to certain penlot cattle. C. M. Ling, county agent, says 40 calves from Dale County will compete, and lodging arrangements have been made for 11 boys and 11 girls guided by Lilian Cox and others.
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Gonal
Richard Ramsey
Deihan
C. M. Ling
F.F.A
Dale County
F.P.A
Fr Johnson
The
Chamber of Commer- Reviously
Ling
Lilian Cox
Henry County
Nazis Escape Opelika Camp in Alabama
FBI in Alabama reports three POWs escaped from the Opelika camp before dawn. Guards said the men breached a wire fence and crawled through a drainage ditch at about 2:30 a.m. They wore prisoner of war clothing and their identities were provided: Strauch, 23, 5'8", 160 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair. Abbaticchio, Jr., described similarly. all noted to have dark complexions and fair hair.
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Abbaticchio, Jr
FBI
Ala
Strauch
World War Fronts Report Across Europe and Asia
War dispatches describe Allied and Axis forces colliding along fronts in Germany Hungary Slovakia and Czechoslovakia while Tokyo reports intensified activity in the Pacific. American bombers strike Formosa as Axis defenses stiffen.
Weekend Lawbeat Reports 34 Cases Booked Countywide
City and county officers logged a quiet 48 hour period with 34 cases. Most offenses involved public drunkenness. 18 of 26 at police headquarters were for that offense. Other docketed charges included disorderly conduct, assault and battery, drunkenness with others, driving while intoxicated, and petit larceny. The sheriff’s force made eight arrests, seven for public drunkenness and one for assault and battery.
High Court To Hear Georgia Freight Rate Discrimination Complaint
The Supreme Court agreed to consider Georgia's bid to force equal freight rates between the South and other regions. Governor Ellis Arnall argued 20 major railroads conspired to keep higher rates, disadvantaging Georgia business. Railroads counter that joint rates must be filed with the ICC and that anti trust relief is supported by law.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georiia
Douglas
Stone
Roberts
Frankfurter
Jackson
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Biddle
General Rupertus Dies Led Solomons Campaign
Major General William H. Rupertus of the U S Marine Corps died suddenly at the Washington Navy Yard at age 55. A Washington native, he joined the Marines in 1913, led troops in the Solomons seizure of Tulagi Gavutu and Florida Islands, then commanded the 1st Marine Division during Cape Gloucester and New Britain operations. He earlier served in World War I aboard the battleship Florida and earned Haitian campaign medals.
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Washington
William H. Rupertus
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Division
Solomons Islands
Washington Navy Yard
Rupertug
Marine Corps
Solomon Islands
Tulagi
Gavirta
Florida Islands
A. A. Vandergrift
South Pacific
Rupertus
1St Marine Division
Cape Gloucester
New Brittan
Florida
Balti
Black parent names 18th child Omega on Friday
Dr B C Stovall reports a healthy twin birth as the woman and newborn Omega reach the family milestone. The father of Pinck, leading a record sized family, reflects on teen BasI, noting the broader context of a growing household.
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B. C. Stovall
Fimckard 3
Teen Basi
Allies Press Into Germany as Russians Drive on Vienna
Allied and Soviet forces push toward Vienna from the Danube region as Russian fronts deepen in Hungary and Slovakia. Berlin reports a new Danube north of Vienna while Konev’s army advances through the Moravian mountains. German defenses concentrate around Gyor Sopron and Szombathely as bridgeheads form along the Hron and Danube corridors.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Berlin
Moscow
Italy
Vienna
Hungary
Danube
Slovakia
Ivan Konev
Moravian
Hron
Leva
Budapest
Komarom
Bratslava
Feodor Tolbukhin
Ukranian Ary
Rodion Malinovysky
Vertes
Bakony
Gyor
Raab
Sopron
Odenburg
Szombathely
Steinamnanger
Hun-gurg
Marca
Raba
Osorna
Gvens
Third Army Drives Toward Frankfurt as Rhine Crossings Surge
Allied forces reported a major west front push with American Third Army crossing the Main at Aschaffenburg toward Frankfurt while First and Ninth Armies advanced along the Lippe and Ruhr regions. British airborne units moved near Wesel as German defenses fractured. Reports cited near-term breakthroughs, river crossings, and a looming Battle of the Reich.
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James NM
Long Paris
U. 5
First Army
Coblenz
Ninth Armor
Lippe River
Dorsten
Rhine
Third Army
Frankfurt
Aschaffenburg
Berlin
Ninth Army
36Th
Neal
Lippe
18Th Panzer
Jessel
Hite
Brunen
Wesel
George S. Patton
Fourth Armored
Noutheast
Frenkfurt
Germany
First
Remagen
U. S
Ruhr
Fadio
Batton
Ninth
Duisburg
Vost
Essen
Baden
Seventh Army
Palatinate
Rinne
Switzerland
Holland
Eisenhower
Rur
Upper Rhine
Second
Lower Rhine
Will Duisburg
Ruhrbaech
Montgomery
Mulheim
Oberhausen
Dortmund
Nurses Opposed By WCTU Over Enslavement Draft
Washington congress hears nurse draft opposition from Elizabeth A. Smart and Mildred Olmstead of the WCTU. Representative Rogers urges quick Senate passage and a permanent veteran nurse corps, while opposing conscription as a threat to American life.
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WCTU
Washington
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Elizabeth A. Smart
Senate
Rogers
R-Masa
Veterans
Army
Navy
Mildred Olmstead
Women's Committee
Japs Claim U S Landings Near Ryukus Reported
Tokyo radio said American air and naval forces pressed attacks on the Ryukus and Okinawa as carriers and battleships bombarded southern Japan. Japanese claim no landing had occurred by 8:40 p.m. Monday. Allied forces reportedly prepared for further landings in the Pinawa group, 325 miles south of Kyushu.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
Ryukyu Island
U. S
Guam
Ryukyu Chain
Dome
Ryukyu Islands
Okinawa
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Tokyo
Raymond A. Spruance
Chester W. Nimitz
Minami
Daita
Twen
Formosa Power Plant Wrecked By U S Planes
Formosa hydroelectric plant Jitsugetsu was wrecked by more than 50 Liberator bombers and Lightning fighters in a strike reported by Manila AP. MacArthur's communiques say southern Formosa facilities were seriously hampered and 145 tons of bombs put the plant out of action.
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James Hutcheson
Manila
Formosa
Ryukyu Island
Japana
Douglas MacArhur
Jitsugetsu
Air Force
A. MacArthur
China Sea
Philippines
Central
Luzon
Santo Tomas
Batangas
Balete
Baguio
Bombers Hit German Oil Plants and Factories From Allied Assault
Two oil plants, a gun factory, and an armored car works in southeastern Germany were attacked today by 200 escorted American bombers after a weeklong prelude. The two task forces targeted Zenz near Leipzig and Palen near the Czechoslovak border, marking the first heavy bomber strike in 42 days and part of a two way offensive with the U S Eighth Air Force in Italy.
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Henry B. Jameron
London
Southea
Ern
Germany
Italy
Austria
Berlin
Morquitov
Bhanmering
Correspondent Survives Rhine Airborne Flight After Downing
Paris AP report recalls 1945 airborne operation crossing the Rhine. Photographer Robert C. Wilpon, 23, volunteered for the perilous mission. He parachuted into a German field near the river, recounting the moment the plane was hit and the crew scrambled to safety.
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Robert C. Wilpon
Associated Press
the Rhine
First Bend
Wilson
Paria
Allied Gains Throw Gloom Over Germany
AP dispatches from neutral capitals say the Rhine crossing deepens German gloom though a quick collapse is not yet expected. Gestapo fear still blocks uprisings. Swedish journalist Christer Jaederling notes Berlin mood remains cautious about peace.
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Germany
London
Eisenhower
Bern
Rhine
Gestapo
Christer Jaederling
Stockholm
Berlin
Jaederlund
Senators Probe Food Shortages and Trade With Canada
Senators opened a broad inquiry into the U S food situation asking why Britain does not receive more meat from Canada and why Canada supplies less to the United States The Agriculture Subcommittee heard that butter is reportedly unrationed in Canada and discussed cutting lend lease meat shipments to Britain while vowing to uncover and destroy black markets using authority to compel production of records on meat butter sugar and other foods.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
United States
Wheeler
D-Mont
Agriculture Subcommittee
Shipstead
Minny
Great Britain
Ellender D-Lar
Thomas D-Okia
Draft Lend Lease And OPA Extension Await Action
Democratic Leader Barkley signals a busy Senate agenda after Easter with extensions of the draft Pine Central and Lend Lease Acts and the Bretton Woods monetary agreement likely to be taken up once the Mexican water treaty clears. House-passed farm aid bill faces pushback as Republicans seek broader debate on security conference outcomes.
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Washington
Burkley
Senate
Meat House
Barkley
Pine Central
Brottan Woods
Agriculture Department
House
San Francisco
Bretton Woods
United Nat
Police Inflicted Wounds Fatal After Week
Police state Brown and Alex Butts were involved in a late night street incident with City Patrolman Len Sicken. Brown died from a pistol wound inflicted after allegedly advancing with a knife. The shooting occurred after warnings were ignored and Brown allegedly moved toward officer Stokes with a hand in his pocket. An open knife was found near Brown’s body.
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Brown
Len Sicken
J. E. Draughon
Alex Butts
Stokes
Valdosta Police Fatally Injure Black Suspect in Grasping Incident
In Valdosta Georgia a police officer struck a 23 year old Black dishwasher four times while transporting him. The man identified as GI Jones allegedly entered the bedroom of two young white girls earlier in the day. State troopers city police and about 100 Home Guard members searched for him before he died.
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Valdosta
H. M. Tassmore
T. W. Alderman
GI Jones
Home Guard
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Homeland
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High Court
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