Mines Talks End in New Wage Extension Bid
HAROLD W. WARD ARINGTON AP The War tr Board today called dead' soft coal operators to a hearing tomorrow to decide if their labor contract can be extended past midnight as talks stall. The dispute centers on a proposed extension and retroactive wage adjustments. The government move follows Secretary Perkins urging a compromise plan and John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers backing it, while operators resist the price and royalty terms.
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Harold W. Ward Warington
War Tr
Dead
John Lewis
Perkins
WLB
United Mine Worker
L. Lewis
Io Board
Labor
Alher
Img
Lebor
Ris
Tw Lebor
John L. Lewis
Aimat
Kis United Mine Workers
Fleen
World War Fronts Report Turbulent Allied Advances
The Western Front shows First Army pushing northward toward a Rhine crossing with advancing Third and Seventh Armies driving toward Giessen and Berlin as Ruhr operations unfold. On the Russian front Soviet forces push near the Austrian border and East Prussia as Koenigsberg exits fall under pressure. In the Pacific, US forces retreat from Lantow and Ryukyu campaigns intensify with landings on Mactan and Cebu reshaping local battles among Allied and Japanese forces.
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Associated Press
Amer
First Army
Flingdash
Tyre
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Giessen
Berlin
Seventh Army
Odenwald
Rhine
U S Voting Power Dispute Over Yalta Pact Revealed
Secretary of State Stettinius spoke on the push for a world organization at San Francisco and the Yalta voting ratio. Congress members Bloom Connally Vandenberg pressed American voting power, arguing the United States should match Britain and Russia. White House disclosed Stalin sought three votes split among Moscow and two republics. Bloom warned that the United States must receive six seats if Britain has six, framing the issue as a matter of fairness for the United States in the future assembly.
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Jack Bell Washington
Stettinius
San Francisco
Yalta
U.S
Tom Connally -Tex
Arthur Ho Vandenberg
H-Mich
Sol Bloom
D-Ny
Stetinius
White House
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
United Nations
Stéttinius
Bis
Assembly of the World Organization
Jacek Sell Washington
British Empire
Russia
Tan Bloom
Nyb
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bloom
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
Indie
New Zealand
South Africa
Americans abandon Laohokow Airfield in China
Chungking dispatch reports U S forces evacuated their Laohokow air base 200 miles northwest of Hankow on March 24 as a Japanese push of about 97 000 men closed in The enemy may have reached Laohokow and bombers hit a town five miles northeast underscoring the threat to Sian in Shensi or King 400 miles south
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Laohokow
King
Resignation Sinks City Leadership In Dothan
McKinney, serving since 1899, resigns as Commission President effective immediately amid a wave of city official departures. City Attorney T. E. Buntin had already quit, with Miles A. Mier and Clyde Coe also stepping down. Official notice dated March 29 received at City Hall.
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City
Hell
Commission
Rawlins McKimmey
Miles A. Mier
Clyde Coe
McKinney
T. E. Buntin
They
City of Dothan
George Y. Malone
Soviets Threaten Siege Of Vienna Danzig Captured
Soviet forces penetrate near the Austrian border threatening to siege Vienna as Graz falls behind lines from Szombathely and Danzig is reported captured by the German front. Red artillery and airpower push toward the Vienna Italy rail line amid Hungarian border turmoil.
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Vienna
Danzig
Richard Xasischeke
London
Feodor Tolbukhin
Mils Tung
Moscow
Graz
Austria
Slovenia
Croatia
Yugoslavia
Szombathely
Zagreb
Vienna-Italy
Sopren
Hungary
Nazis Use Terror as Tool to Bind German People
Desperate German leadership deploys terror to force loyalty as Allied victory looms. Propaganda warns of enslavement if defeated, while threats target those who resist or cooperate with Allied authorities. Widespread reports describe rising chaos and despair across the Reich.
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London
Reich
British Task Force Joins U.S. In Assault On Ryukyus
Alabama lawmakers closed interim work after hearing a push from the American Legion for a separate State Veterans Department with a one stop county service center. An initial $240,000 appropriation could start next October, increasing as needed. The welfare dispute spurred talk of a constitutional amendment to authorize a one per cent sales tax for aged and welfare programs.
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Montgomery
Ala
American Legion
Senate
House
C. C. Horton
Legion
Horton
E. B. Norton
Norton
Sen Willd. Walton
Welfare Committee
Rep
J. D. Norman
Appropriations Finance Group
J. H. Deason
Walker County
Theeson
Tokyo Expecting Early Invasion Of Okinawa
AP reports a powerful British task force joined the American naval assault on Okinawa as heavy shells and carrier planes pounded targets for a seventh day. Royal Navy ships including King George VI and HMS Illustrious supported Adm. Spruance's Fifth Fleet, striking near the Ryukyu Islands and reporting Allied forces at sea along with Japanese counterattacks.
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SY Elmont Waite
Guam
Ryukyu Island
Okinawa
Japan
Ryukyu Bastion
Tokyo
Berlin
Mlustrious
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
U. S
Royal Navy
Pacific
Ryukyu Chain
Ohama
Chester W. Nimitz
Ample Fuel Ready To Reach Berlin
Allied commanders report no fuel shortage fears as the U S Fifth Army and forces advance on Germany. They say fuel and ammunition stores are ample on the front and in Europe, with one officer asserting continued supplies will carry the drive to Berlin.
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First Army IN
Germany
America
Berlin
Court of Appeals Upholds Packers in Rift With OPA
Washington AP report says the Court of Appeals upheld one major contention while ruling that processing packer ceilings are generally fair. It found non processing ceilings unworkable for fresh beef only packers to profit or break even. The decision came as Senate committees urged OPA to reconcile with business amid food shortages.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmits
Washington
OPA
Emergency Court of
Senate
House
Agriculture Committee
Wagner
D-Ny
Chambre Seez Abandoned War Time Hub in Belgium Hotel
War weary soldiers and reporters recall Chambre Seez once a lively First American Army press camp hub in Hotel Portugal Im Spe Belgium. Opened last October after crossing the Siegfried Line, it functioned as letters, gossip, baths, and morale center run by AP photographers Porky Haera and Peter Carrell until its closure.
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Hal Boyle
Germany
Portugal
Im Spe
Belgium
Mariene Dietrich
Siegfried Line
Associated Press
Harry
Porky" Haera
Peter Carrell
Trey
Ware
Four Allied Task Forces Active South of Japan
San Francisco AP reports at least four Allied task forces operating in Japanese waters south of Japan with two within carrier plane range. Tokyo claims 2,000 Allied ships in the area and a decisive battle nears. Japanese broadcasts say American carriers are three days off Kyushu. Tokyo cites five ships sunk in two days, raising unconfirmed toll to 35.
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San Francisco
Japan
Iin
Radio Tokyo
America
Kyuahu
Reds Tokyo
Tokyo
Tokyo Yomiuri Hochi
Hochi
Tarpeda
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Ex Napier worker arrested by FBI in Alabama
Houston County man Eule Lee Enfinger twenty nine of Miling Station near Dothan was charged with filing a false compensation claim while employed at Napier Field fire department. He admitted in a statement to fabricating injuries from a March incident at the municipal airport to conceal a gambling debt dispute. Bond set at 500 dollars. potential penalties include up to 10000 dollars fine or ten years in prison.
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Abdulicchio, Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alabama
Houston County
Napier Field
FBI
Eule Lee Enfinger
Dothan
Ashford
Enfinger
Enfinger Ree
Lne
Abbatiechin
Federal Grand Jury
Angay
U. S
J. W. Daughtry
Abaticchin
I Beth
Two More Islands In Philippines Invaded By U S
Manila AP report details American forces landing on Macton and Cauit Islands off Cebu to clear shipping lanes. Maj. Gen. Arnold's Americal Division crossed from Cebu City to secure Mactan as a refiner plant was burned by Japanese demolition crews earlier. Resistance on Cebu was disorganized, with sporadic fighting along Luzon fronts and incursions at Talisay and Lipa.
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Hampson
Manila
Philippine
Macton
Cauit Islands
Cebu City
Douglas MaccArthur
William K. Arnold
Americal
Qopon
Mactu
Pinesto
Mactan
Cebu
Cauit
Cebu Bay
MacArthur
Naga
Lahug
Luzon
Chilean Paper Claims Canal Sabotage Plot Uncovered
La Nacion in Santiago reports a canal sabotage plot tied to a German anchorage chief Von Appen. It cites fires aboard the naval training ship Lautara and the Mapocho nitrate ship with suspected saboteurs detained, including Germans. Naguiland also caught fire. Garreton says criminal hands caused the blazes. Fifty tons of saltpeter mentioned, turning to page 2.
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Santiago
Chile
la Nacion
Faname Canal
von Appen
Sewapaper
Laut Tare
Tquique
Jorge Garreton
Poll Hints Trouble For Manpower Bill
Washington AP report shows the Roosevelt endorsed manpower control bill in Senate trouble. Taft surveys indicate 35 against and administration leaders warn opposition may be stronger. The measure would grant War Mobilizer Byrnes power to freeze employment, set ceilings and regulate hiring with penalties up to $10,000 and a year in jail.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
R-Ohm
James F. Byrnes
Swiftest Drive Of War Reaches Area Of Kassel
Allied armored thrusts push toward Kassel and Paderborn as Hodges Ninth Army and British forces race across northern Germany. Front line reports say rapid advances with heavy German surrender counts and key rail centers like Paderborn near capture. emphasis on Ruhr pocket bypass and advancing lines toward Berlin.
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James M. Long
Paris
Ruhr
Paderborn
Berlin
2St Army Group
Germany
Courtney H. Hodges
Third Armored
Bischour
Marabel
Bernard L. Montgomery
Wheen
Bielefeld
First
Fourth Armored
Lauterbach
Fulda
Bad Windungen
Kassel
Ninth
Hamburg
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Ensarge On the 21St Army Group
Muenster
Odenwald
Clesr
Supreme Headquarters
Frankfurt
Main
Mannheim
Heidelberg
Newa
Raine
Emmerich
Serpere
Flest
1St Army
Wentpbala
First Army
Rhine
Dorsten
Zwecker
Gladbeck
Ninth Army
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Ryukyu
Anoroachae
Cault
Philianines
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Court of Appeals
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Philippines
Panama Canal
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Reno River
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