All-Out U-Boat Campaign Seen This Summer by Nazis
Washington reports say anti-submarine efforts will be stepped up to meet a summer German drive of 300 to 400 U-boats. Navy notes 28 Axis subs sunk or presumed sunk. observers warn destruction rate remains too low to halt the anticipated intensified campaign. Submarine production and rapid construction methods are highlighted, with Germany holding at least 120 ocean-going subs before December seventh and 180 more by midsummer.
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Hoyg
Blanck
Washington
America
U. S
Germany
Even Home Made Cuffs Are Taboo Warned by WP
Washington April 2 The War Production Board warned that home made cuffs on trousers are banned. Effective yesterday it prohibits buying suits or trousers at retail with unfinished trousers and prohibits finishing with cuffs at home or by a local tailor. The order notes that wool trousers finished with cuffs by others for the purchaser are forbidden.
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Washington
War Production Board
Maundy Thursday Money Distributed at Westminster Abbey
Baron Lang former archbishop of Canterbury and lord high almoner to the king presided at Westminster Abbey delivering Maundy money in the traditional rite. Forty-seven men and 47 women received 47 silver pennies each, matching the king’s years of life in the medieval feet washing tradition.
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London
Baron Lang
Diet theory lands man in Spokane hospital
Charley Grey, advocating a long fasting regimen, was admitted in critical condition after attempting an 80 day fast and planning another 40 day stretch. He said a prior 30 day fast in 1935 brought benefit, but his present attempt exceeded safe limits.
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Spokane
Wask
Charley Grey
Grey
Minnesota Plans AQ Mile Limit
Governor Harold Stassen announced a 40 mph maximum speed limit in Minnesota to take effect May 1. An executive order is being drafted under Roosevelt’s request, with Highway Commissioner Tolman and others noting the rule aims to conserve rubber and prevent fatal accidents. The highway department will oversee traffic issues as the May 1 date approaches.
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Paul
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Roosevelt
M. J. Tolman
Elden Rowe
State Highway Patrol
George Stoselius
J. A. A. Burnquist
Highway Department
Soldiers to Have Own Newspaper Yank to be edited by soldiers
The War Department announces a new army newspaper titled Yank will be written by soldiers for soldiers and begin publication soon. It will carry no advertising and be edited and managed by soldiers with special editions for overseas task forces. The paper will not compete with existing camp or unit publications, about 350 of which already exist.
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Washington
War Department
Ithe ‘Department
Truck Factory Hit in Nazi Offensive Near Paris
Allied and Axis war reports conflict over March losses and bombings. British raids hit Poissy area targets including the Matford Works eight miles west of Paris while RAF crews suffer losses. German claims claim 105 Allied ships sunk in March. Leningrad front operations report Soviet gains and 3,000 German casualties as long front actions continue.
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Associated Press
Paris
London Air Ministry
Adolf Hitler
High Command
United States
Atlantic
Vichy
Dispatches
France
Rueil
Sannois
Poissy
Matford
Poissey
Air Ministry
Germany
Reich
Belgium
Hitler
Leningrad
High
Soviet
Red Army
Will Not Punish Pilot For Setting New Flight Record
London reports that a U S built Consolidated Liberator bomber set a Newfoundland to Britain flight record of 400 minutes at an average speed of 330 mph over 2200 miles. The pilot faced possible disciplinary action for ferry-ops overfueling but was exonerated after inquiry citing favorable aircraft quality, tail wind, and navigation.
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London
Ferry Command
Attery
Seek Speedup Of Plane Production
The Senate defense investigating committee urged the War Production Board to appoint a trained aircraft executive to lead a drive breaking bottlenecks delaying peak warplane output. It cited recurring shortages of vital subcontractor parts and praised shipyard progress while noting good labor relations.
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Washington
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
War Production Board
Armed Services
OPM
Office of Production Management
State income tax receipts fall in March by seventy thousand
PUSKAS April 2. Income tax receipts for March totaled 130 938 under the moderate law, down from 250 793 a year earlier. Tax Director J Joe Bottum noted more returns were filed though many taxpayers owed no tax due to higher personal exemptions. He expected about 50 000 returns this year, with over half not subject to tax because exemptions rose to 20 dollars for a head of a family.
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Puskas
South Dakota
J Joe K E. Bottum
Bottum
War Today Cites Cripps Plea For Indian Dominion Status
War analyst DevlITT MacKENZIE reports that some hope India can be persuaded to accept dominion status as Cripps visits Delhi with a goodwill invitation to solve the crisis. The piece notes an eleventh hour reprieve from possible tragedy, stressing the danger of failure and the likelihood of a political, not military, resolution.
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Devlitt
MacKenzie Wide World
India
St Stafford’ Cripps
Delhi
Landing Of Enemy Troops At Port Of Akyab
Japanese sea borne troops reportedly landed at Akyab in west Burma, within 100 miles of the Burma India frontier, under cover of cruisers and destroyers. The move heightens the threat to India’s rear oil fields while Japan eyes Port Moresby as Allied planes raise air superiority in the Pacific theater.
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India
West Burma
Akyab
Burma-India
United Nations
Chungking
Alyab
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Burma
Australia
Japan
Southwest Pacific
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Torres Strait
Sydney Sun
Lae
Salamaua
Sun
Java
Singapore
United States
Darwin
Courage Proves Important Item
Norfolk April 2 A newborn named Jesse Roper Mohorovich arrived thirteen hours after a lifeboat launch amid an Axis torpedoing. His mother Desanka Mohorovich and ship’s doctor L H Conly endured injuries, aided by improvised lifeboat tools and a sail. The infant, kept with his mother during a freezing Atlantic night, survived until rescue as three crewmen died.
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Norfolk
Courage
Jesse Roper Mohorovich
L. H. Conly
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jesse
Possibility Of Compromise In Indian Dominion Talks
Cripps and All India Congress show willingness to negotiate a compromise on Indian independence. Congress drafts counter proposals to present if the British cabinet member desires. Cripps postpones departure, hints Britain may modify terms to avoid collapse of the mission amid defense concerns and Japanese pressure.
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New Delhi
India
Sir Stafford Cripps
All India Congress Party
Cripps
Britain
Congress Party Committee
Youths Unearth Hidden Pot of Gold in Shelter
Four Florence children uncovered a pot containing 5885 in gold coins in a newly dug air raid shelter. Lyon C. Sandlin, a Florence taxi driver, said the treasure was found by his two sons and two other youngsters. The coins have been converted to currency while a claimant awaits settlement.
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Florence
Als
Lyon CC
Sandlin
Taaby
Standard Oil Official Denies Loyalty Conflict With U S
Senator O Mahoney charged Standard Oil and Farben linked wartime cartel deals created dual loyalties to Germany and the United States. A company official, Vice President F A Howard, disputed the claim saying there is no conflict of loyalty. Howard testified before the Senate defense investigating committee as O Mahoney spoke to reporters.
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W. S. Farish
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Frank A. Howard
United States
Togton
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Standard
Lt. Farben
Auto Trades To Form Army Repair Regiments
Out of work auto salesmen and idle mechanics may join two ordnance regiments organized by the National Auto Dealers Association. Built mainly from auto industry workers, the units will repair and maintain military vehicles as the army seeks to redeploy skilled labor. Recruiting offices will open in key cities with dealers aiding effort. Colombo. HAL ALERT. An air raid alert sounded in Colombo and was cleared without incidents.
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Leanven
Army Ordnance Department
National Auto Dealers’ Association
Herman &., Goodin
Washington, D. C
NADA
Rocky Mountain
Colombo
Ceylon
Telephone Company Hard Hit By Storm
Northwestern Bell and its subsidiaries reported three March storms caused about 450000 dollars in damages to lines and equipment. The storms on March 16 19 and 25 affected parts of Minnesota South Dakota northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
More Radios In American Homes Analysis of 1940 census
Washington reports that 71.1 percent of 10,000,000 households surveyed own a radio, up from less than 3 out of 10 a decade ago. The Census Bureau analysis highlights the rapid spread of radio receivers across American homes.
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Washington
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