Roosevelt backs war loans to small manufacturers
President Roosevelt authorized guaranteed loans to finance war contracts for small firms. War and Navy departments and wartime agencies may back loans or guarantees through federal reserve banks and the RFC, aiming to speed war production and assist subcontractors. legislation pending in the Senate would create a $100,000,000 Smaller War Plants Corporation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Wartime Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
RFC
White’house
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Crash Squad Brushed Off In Germantown Party
March 26 Army defense effort aims to enlist volunteers for air defense duties but stalls against passive resistance. Betty Hurd Renshaw, civilian defense worker, addressed party in Germantown seeking recruits but received little support.
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Philadelphia
Betty Hurd Renshaw
Germantown
Renshaw
Republicans Seek Voter Sentiment After War Struggles
Clarence B Kelland new executive assistant of the Republican national committee says Americans feel resentful and humiliated at being kicked around in the war. He cites concern over war conduct production labor and spending as shaping upcoming primaries and elections. House concurrence moves the national debt limit from 65 billion to 125 billion dollars.
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Washington
Clarence B. Kelland
Republican National Committee
Kelland
Republican National Headquarters
House
White House
NYA Head Shifted To Ohio Administration
Jacob Fullmer former director of the National Youth Administration work experience project at South Charleston will become Ohio state administrator April 1. West Virginia NYA officials announced the move. Fullmer a Dayton Ohio native served as South Charleston supervisor from 1939 until recently, then regional shop supervisor and work project officer for region two including West Virginia.
Labor leaders warn Congress against divide in nation
William Green of the AFL and Philip Murray of the CIO warned lawmakers against wartime labor bills that could trigger an undeclared war among Americans. They told the House Naval Committee such measures to suspend the closed shop and overtime pay in war plants are driven by labor's enemies and threaten national unity.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
Congress
House Naval Committee
Green
Bombers Attack Manila Bay Forts. Four Downed Over Corregidor
The War department reported 54 heavy Japanese bombers attacked the Corregidor defences and Manila Bay forts for six hours, with anti-aircraft batteries shooting down four planes. Defenders suffered few casualties and fortifications sustained slight damage amid skirmishes along Bataan fronts. total enemy planes downed by anti-aircraft fire since renewed bombardment reaches seventy.
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Washington
War Department
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Department
Bataan
Sevsen
Philippines
Balkan Feud Pleases John Bull Says British Note
British sources claim Nazi plans to draft 750000 men from Balkan partners backfire. They warn Hitler may bolster southeast Europe garrisons to quell rising war tensions. Bulgaria Hungary face German pressure while Turks relations improve. Talks in Switzerland between Hitler and King Boris stir Romanian Hungarian frictions and hints of spring axes operations.
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Drew Middleton
London
Balkan
Hitler
Europe
Baia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Soviet
Russia
Boris
Fuehrer
Dardanelles
Switzerland
Bern
Mines Department Delays Miner Certificate Enforcement
Charleston dispatch reports Chief N P Rhinehart of the state mines department said the new miner certification law will not be enforced until after May 1 to give workers time to certify. The rule requires coal miners to hold certificates after April 1, with about 85,000 certificates already issued and a projection of 100,000 by April 1.
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Charleston
N. P. Rhinehart
State Mines Department
Rhinehart
MacArthur Vows No Compromise in Victory Pledge
Canberra March 26 General Douglas MacArthur pledged there can be no compromise we shall win or we shall die and pledged the full resources and blood of the United States to the effort as he spoke at a historic Parliament House dinner declaring unbreakable faith in ultimate victory. He said nations are bound together and that he comes as a soldier in a crusade of liberty opposed to perpetual slavery with invincible faith in victory. Prime Minister John Curtin was present as the scene closed with the pledge.
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Canberra
Douglas MacArthur
Parliament House
United States
John Curtin
Navy Cutter Acacia Shelled and Sunk in Caribbean
The Navy reports the Coast Guard cutter Acacia was shelled and sunk in the Caribbean by an enemy submarine. All aboard were rescued. The vessel described in a communique as a small unarmed tender used to aid navigation.
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Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
Acacia
Caribbean
Bombers Patrol California Waters Look For Jap Subs
An Army Air Base in Central California records dawn operations as medium bombers prepare to patrol the Pacific coast. The pilot crew readiness is noted by the squadron commander amid mist and frost on the wings as they threaten to be iced. The patrol aims to deter enemy subs along the coast.
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Joseph Citro
Haskill
N. J
Iceland
Signal Corps
Tee Sef Central Press
California
Army Air Base
Pacific Coast
United States
London Tightens Press Censorship In New Move
London March 26 Brenan Bracken minister of information announced stricter censorship on press dispatches leaving Great Britain. He said the action responds to concerns over allegedly irresponsible and exaggerated messages sent from London in recent weeks.
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London
Brenan Bracken
Great Britain
Arnold Hits Standard Oil in Senate Probe
Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney general, testified that Standard Oil of New Jersey developed cheaper, better synthetic rubber and handed it to German interests before the war. He said a consent decree blocked the firm from sharing patents during a rubber shortage and accused Standard of stifling U S rubber production.
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Washington
Thurman Arnold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Arnold
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Standard
Ee Faleton
Resort Town Prepares For Air Raid Alert
White Sulphur Springs March 26 Civilian defense units in the mountain resort town conduct last minute checks for the SPAS first air raid alert mock raid planned between 5 p m and signalled by fire siren. Greenbrier Hotel will not participate. Mayor William Perry leads the effort with Major James P Easley civilian defense liaison officer monitoring.
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White Sulphur Springs
SPAS
Greenbrier
William Perry
James
P. Easley
West Virginia
British RAF Hammers Ruhr In Major Night Raid
British bombers, many flown by Canadian airmen, pounded the Ruhr region last night in one of the heaviest attacks on Germany. Some crews did not return, and other RAF flights targeted St Nazaire and mine laying, while reconnaissance planes reached northern Italy despite weather easing. The German and Italian communiques noted raids on Milan Turin and southern Germany with photographs taken.
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London
Ruhr
RAF
Germany
Italy
Air Ministry
Halian
Britain
St.Nazaire
French
Milan
Turin
Eae
Shotgun Killer Seeks Supreme Court Review
Charleston March 26 Howard Mitchell 30 one of two McDowell county men sentenced to be hanged at Moundsville penitentiary asked the supreme court to review his case. Mitchell aka Howard Mitchel was condemned to die April 10 for the shotgun slaying of Welter Lamber on August 9 1941 near Big Four.
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Charleston
Howard Mitchell
McDowell County
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Howard Mitchel
Welter Lamber
Big Four
Quarry Blast Kills and Injures Dozens in Paston Area
At a limestone quarry near Paston Pennsylvania a massive explosion tore through a school nearby killing at least 20 and injuring many more. About 60 pupils were in the school when the blast struck, destroying the front and shaking towns miles away. Rescue workers fear the death toll may rise as they search ruins and treat the injured with ambulances and doctors rushing to Easton and Philipsburg.
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Paston
Lehigh Portland
Cement Conte
Easton
Ae! Rips
Allentown
Mately
Wee Ae
Bachman Gale
Phillipsburg
Delaware River
Genevieve Lamp Faces Union Conduct Trial in Detroit
Detroit March 26 A local United Automobile Workers union charges Miss Genevieve Lamp 25 a defense worker with conduct unbecoming a union member She was fired at a manager’s demand for doing more work than average and suspended once under the shop contract with the automobile workers union The report notes the events occurred during wartime conditions and references Rep Rich R Pa who commented on the case
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Genevieve Lamp
Unifot
Rep
Rich
R-Pq
Miss Samp
Ben
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