German Thrusts Repulsed and Reds Edge Into Sevastopol
World War II dispatches describe fierce seesaw fighting in southeast Poland with German tank and infantry attacks repulsed near Stanislawow, as Soviet forces report gains and heavy air support. The report also notes battles for Sevastopol and Bessarabia with continued Soviet naval and air actions.
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Sevastopol
London
Old Poland
Moscow
Fedyukhiny Heights
Sey
Lwow
Stanislawaw
Nadworma
Stanislawow
Narcotic Addict Uses Clever Ruse To Procure Morphine
A suspected narcotic addict feigned injuries in Redfield and Mitchell to obtain morphine. Chief Huntley said a man identifying himself as John Simmons, 4, sought morphine and was wanted by the BCA in St. Paul. The case centers on a ruse where the subject pretended a fall to request drugs.
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Minnesota
Redfield
Mitchell
Harvey K Huntley
Huten
Huntley
John Simmons
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
St. Paul
A Simmons
Typewriter Rationing Ends Amid War Time Controls
Government reports discontinue typewriter rationing effective immediately though other wartime controls remain in place. The program began on March 12, 1942, with continued Red Cross efforts and no additional restrictions noted.
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Washington
Press for Action to Relieve Shortage of Corn
The War Food Administration is urged to take action to ease a serious corn shortage affecting wartime production. Corn is vital for explosives, adhesives, sulfa drugs, surgical dressings, penicillin, and parts for war machinery. Movement of grain from farms to markets is severely slowed under current schedules.
Steps Taken To Preserve Highways Throughout State
State Highway Commission announced measures to protect roadways across the state. Several stretches were closed to traffic and new weight restrictions imposed, including State 37 from junction with State 10 for 10 miles south and State 7 near the White River south of Oxcoma.
Minneapolis Board Halts Future Trading
The Minneapolis Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce halted future trading maturing after May 1919 on their order.
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Minneapolis Board
Chamber of Commerce
Allied Air Raids Hit Bulgarian Rail Center Plochiv
RAF Italian based bombers struck the rail center of Plovdiv Bulgaria in the continuing Allied offensive. Communiques report slight damage and few casualties with one Nazi plane shot down. Dover Strait blasts and French coast explosions spark reports of delayed action bombs or new German defenses.
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London
c&_RAF
Plochiv
Bulgaria
Havers Europe
Plovdiv
Selia
Europe
England
Engi
Dover Strait
Vichy
Rouen
Fighting in Cassino Streets Rages Near Railway Station
Heavy mortar fire pummels Cassino streets around the railway station held by German troops. Allied reports describe constant bombardment and fierce street fighting in the southern portion of the town as forces contest control.
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al- Thefo
Joe Night Plans Visit to Lake Field Phoenix
Joe Night visits Lake Field Phoenix to see his mother Mrs. Zenita Mower for about 13 days and may travel to Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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Lake Field
Phoenix
Zenita Mower
Baton Rouge
Gas Ration Crackdown Warned By OPA Official
Shad Polier director of gasoline rationing enforcement warns to curb illegal black market trading that drains about 2.56 million gallons daily. He tells a House subcommittee the counterfeit coupons and coupon sales threaten the war effort and may force civilian gas ration reductions nationwide.
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Shad Polier
Office of Price Administration
House
Inter State
Polter
OPA
Allied strikes hit Sabang and Sunda Strait harbor sites
Allied naval forces blasted two airfields and the Sabang harbor in northern Sumatra. Aircraft from carrier groups damaged shore installations at Sabang and Shongu, destroying numerous Japanese planes on the ground. No Allied ships were lost, and a downed pilot was saved by a submarine as shore fire raked the area.
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Key
Sumatra
Singapore
Moalara
Sabang
Ngz
Shongu
Adm
James Somerville
Easternleet
Sibang
Molacca
Burma
Sabeng
Shonga
Cid
Louis Mountbattan
Southeast Asia Command
New Delhi
India
Handy
Ceylon
Associated Press
Thoburn Wiant
Moonthetten
Somerville
Tokyo Radio
Tojo
Kohima
Bengal-Assam
Imphkal
Central Pacific
Caroline Islands
Pouaoe
Woleai Satawan
Pakin
Ulul Islands
Verschoor resigns as Sioux Falls OPA chief
Tohn J. Verschoor resigns as district director of the Sioux Falls OPA effective May 1 to devote more time to his Mitchell automobile agency. The post oversees 83 staffers and CFA program operations in most South Dakota counties, with 30 acting district directors to be considered and Hae Walters expected to appoint a successor after civil service exams.
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America
Soura Dakota
University of Aliresota
Jenser
Densen
Jensen
Sioux Falls
Tohn J. Verschoor
Price Administration
Mitchell
Hae Walters
Chicago
OPA
Verschoor
CFA
South Dakota
Union
Yankton
Clay
Bar Homme
Tews
See
Pierre
Waters
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Dewitt
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Fecegumind
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Smee
Coe
Nea
Dewey
Warren
Richard C. Bergholz
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