De Gaulle, Giraud unite to repudiate Vichy decrees
General Giraud declares a 300000 strong anti axis French force in North Africa. He vows to abolish Vichy laws, restore democratic functions, and elect municipal bodies while seeking a trusteeship with Charles De Gaulle until victory. The pledge follows Casablanca talks and aligns with Atlantic Charter ideals.
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Wes Gallagher
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
West
Africa
Casablanca
North Africa
Income taxes due today move to midnight deadline
Federal tax collectors faced a looming deadline as last minute filers rushed to meet the midnight due date. Officials reported record weekend receipts though many returns still remained unfiled across districts. Estimated 45 million returns expected with taxes due on about 35 million, with offices staying open and mail postmarked by midnight.
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Washington
Treasury
The Grafton Sentinel invites Henry A Canfield to theatre
The Grafton Sentinel invites Henry A Canfield of 740 On a Street to tonight's screenings. At Strand Theatre the program features For Me And My Gal with Judy Garland. at Dixie Theatre The Navy Comes Through with Pat O'Brien and George Murphy.
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Grafton Sentinel
Henry A. Canfield
Gal
Judy Garland
Strand Theatre
Pat O'Brien
George Murphy
Dixie Theatre
Better Morale for Absentee Workers Urged by Welfare Chief
Baltimore March 15 J Milton Patterson American Welfare Association president and Maryland public welfare head said the remedy for absenteeism is raising morale among industrial workers. He cited job dissatisfaction and misfit workers as key factors and urged immediate personnel programs with closer employee observation at home and in the plant to build mutual confidence.
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Ransom H. Austin
Baltimore
Milton Patterson
American Welfare Association
Patterson
Maryland
Department of Public Welfare
Labor and Movement
Postwar plan to be edited before Senate vote
Washington March 18 A resolution seeking closer United Nations unity for immediate and postwar collaboration faced heavy edits before a Senate vote. President Roosevelt tentatively backed broad aims at a White House meeting with six senators but Chairman Connally warned major changes were needed. The measure by Senator Ball would urge government leadership in organizing the United Nations for a program of greater postwar cooperation and relief.
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United Nations
Washington
Roosevelt
Sol Bloom
New York
Jeanne
Tom Con Trouinrel
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Eadward R. Liettinins
Arthur G. Elen York
Masim Litvinov
Willam H
Henry A. Wallace
Texas
Charles A. Eaton
New Jersey
Oscar Cox
Generaniley
Senate
White House
Connally D.tera
Connally
Ball
R.-Minn
Wartime Changes Force Rubinstein to Beethoven Finale
Wartime pressures alter a St Louis concert program as Arthur Rubinstein cancels Brahms for Beethoven. The Brahms concerto would have required three French horns, a third horn was called for induction, and the eventual finale hornist was rejected but appeared. Rubinstein sticks with Beethoven to avoid risk.
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ST. Louis
Pitt
Arthur Rubinstein
Symphony
Rubenstein
Beethoven
Lewiston considers giving town back to Indians
Lewiston Idaho banned slot and pinball machines. A citizen, Klonick, told reporters the town should be folded up and given back to the Indians. He later received a letter from a Nez Perce Indian saying they did not want it and to just fold it up and keep it.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Citizen the Klonick
Logan Lions Club Receives National Spotlight
Logan Lions Club earns national notice for leading Lions clubs nationwide in armed forces membership. Fifty three percent of its members are in active service or due for induction.
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Logan
Logan Lions Club
International Organization
Lions Club
Hitler's Nervous Break Could Shape War's Course
The War Today column notes Eden's push to eradicate militarism in both Germany and Japan as a strategic task for the Allies. It argues Hitler’s collapse would destabilize the Nazi regime, as young Nazis treat him as a Messianic figure, and predicts the dictatorship would falter without him.
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Japan
Reich
Germany
Hitler
Furmer
Vote on Raise for Miners in York Session
March 16 report from York on miners seeking a wage raise as the United Mine Workers push for serious talks. Operators’ groups face renewed calls for drastic action and potential work stoppages in April if a new contract with higher wages is not agreed.
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York
United Mine Workers
UMW
14-Year-Old Youth Is Dethroned To Join Up
GREAT LAKES, MAR 15 UP The Great Lakes Naval Training station found James Edward Pottery Jr 14 of Hetzel West Virginia in its midst without enlistment and today the youth was on his way back home The little 113 pounder showed up with volunteers from the Charleston West Virginia recruiting office where he had been told to come back in a couple years for enlistment.
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Great Lakes
Til
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
James Edward Pottery, Jr
Hetzel
W. Va
Charleston
Share The Ride Plan Urged To Ease Transport Strain
The National Automobile Dealers Association calls 3000 U.S. dealers to push share the ride. It urges drivers to be more liberal in carpooling as local transit faces strain nationwide. The message notes many owners already share rides but more action is needed to reduce public transport load.
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National Automobile Dears Association
United States
Judy Canova Weds Army Private in Newton Church
Judy Canova, noted singer and entertainer, married Army Private Chester B. England yesterday at the First Presbyterian Church in Newton New Jersey. The ceremony was conducted by Reverend Clarence Rouse, the former pastor.
Hale Watkins Resigns Post in Charleston
State Fire Marshall Fred B. Watkins submitted his resignation after being elected clerk of the senate succeeding his son A Hale Watkins of Fairmont. The younger Watkins, Democratic chairman since 1940 and clerk since 1941, resigned prior to adjournment of the 56th session. the father was chosen to replace him and plans to return to Fairmont to resume law practice.
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Charleston
Fred B. Watkins
Edgar B. Sims
Senate
A. Hale Watkins
Fairmont
Watkins
Marion County
The
War Workers to Farm to Prevent Shortage at Bantam Plant
Butler Pennsylvania March 15 War workers at the American Bantam Car Company plant will become part time farmers this summer in a management labor project to avert a food shortage. The company leases a 100 acre farm to raise fresh vegetables and a canning crop for the plant in hopes of stocking cellars for the workers. Francis Fenn president said one or two men from each department will work the farm at wages earned in the plant. When produce is ready the company will post a notice listing vegetables available and sell them to employees at cost. The cost is expected to be well below market price but may rise if necessary.
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Butler
American
Bantam Car Company
Francis Fenn
Safety group warns drivers of new perils
The National Safety Council warned of rising grade crossing accidents as wartime rail traffic surges. Col John Stilwell urged motorists to exercise caution to cut delays that waste manpower and impede war material and troop movements. President Roosevelt backs Stilwell plans and OSTD supports reducing crossing incidents nationwide.
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Chicago
America
National Safety Council
John Stilwell
Council
Roosevelt
Colonel Stilwell
Joseph B. Eastman
Office of Defense Transportation
Mr. Eastman
Soviet gains being erased by Germans
London report says Red Army fights heavy German tank and infantry assaults near Kharkov. Moscow bulletin claims a withdrawal in one sector after fierce fighting, while German claims say Kharkov captured. Soviet forces retook Semlevo district center and station west of Moscow as fighting continues.
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London
Red Army
Kharkov
Great
Ukraine
Negi
Moscow
Vyazma
Semlevo
Bely
Greek Sub Aids Fight In Mediterranean Sea
London The Evening Standard notes the Greek submarine Papanicolis sank an 8500 ton enemy transport and aided British forces in the Eastern Mediterranean. It calls the Papanicolis an old, repeatedly damaged vessel that yet navigates boldly, striking where Italo Germans believed safe.
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Mediterranean Sea
London
The
Evening Standard
Mediterranean
Four War Workers Injured In Bus Mishap
Four men from a 35 man group on a West Virginia recruited project were injured when their chartered bus skidded and overturned on Schaffenaker mountain in Hampshire County. They were en route from Richwood to the Cedar Point naval project and were hospitalized in Winchester. The accident occurred Saturday night.
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Winchester
Richwood
W. Va
Cedar Point
Naval Project
Winchester Hospital
Schaffenaker Mountain
Hampshie County
West Virginia
Yank Airmen Hit Jap Ships Near New Guinea Bases
Allied HQ reports growing Japanese shipping concentrations within 500 miles of Darwin Australia as MacArthur says airmen sank two ships off Wejwak New Guinea. Amboins area seen as reinforced with transports and supply ships and new airfields under construction. Spokesmen caution against underestimating enemy activity in this theater.
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Australia
Banr& Sea
Darwin
MacArthur
Fairmen
Jwak
New Guinea
Amboins
Ambon
Dobo
Amboina
Netherlands Ast Indies
Allied
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Washon
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Judy Canova
Hale Watkins
Fred Watkins
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Stilwell
Smolensk
Donets
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