DEWEY ROOSEVELT BACKED IN NEW YORK PRIMARIES
The Associated Press reports Dewey and Roosevelt benefiting from New York primaries as Republicans and Democrats monitor Oklahoma's special congressional race for clues to future political moves. Dewey gains support from most district Republicans and anticipated convention delegates. Milwaukee speech by Willkie flags urgent US international policy concerns.
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Roosevelt
New York
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Thomas E. Dewey
Republi
Milwaukee
Wendell Willkie
Wisconsin
United States
May ration autos and durable goods in postwar world
Washington report on March 28 cites calls from Eric Johnston and Marriner Eccles to extend wartime price and stationing controls into the postwar period. The Senate Banking Committee weighs extending rationing by one year beyond June 30 to prevent inflation after victory.
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Senate Banking Committee
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United States Chamber of Commerce
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Federal Reserve System
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Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Curry to Gang's All Here
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Delores B Curry of 212 Beech Street to attend tonight's presentation of Gang's All Here with Faye, Carmen Miranda and Baker at the Strand theater. Also notes Around the World with Kyser Mischa Auer Joan and Marcy McGuire.
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Grafton Sentinel
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Beech Street
Faye
Carmen Miranda
Baker
Strand
Wath Kyser
Mischa Auer
Joan and
Marcy McGuire
War Today: Soviet Push Threatens Hitler Fronts
War analyst Dewitt MacKenzie notes fresh Soviet and Balkan crises for Hitler as German forces suffer a collapse in southern Ukraine. The Red Army breaches Bessarabia toward the Prut, threatening Romania and a new Danubian front, while Poland’s defense weakens. Red Star claims victory as Berlin’s fate nears.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Herr Hitler
Balkan
von Mannstein
Ukraine
Puehrer
Romania
Rumania
Hitler
Red Star
Berlin
DANGER OF FURTHER EXPLOSIONS AT KATHERINE MINE
Shinnston reported that the Katherine Goal company No 4 mine danger of further explosions had passed allowing crews to prepare a permanent concrete seal. Fire still burning may be extinguished. Fifteen or sixteen miners died in the blast and fire that devastated the slope mine. Temporary barriers remained after two minor explosions, hindering body recovery. A half acre surface hole opened near the mouth, later filled by a steam shovel.
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Shinnston
Katherine Goal Company
Slope
American Fighters Down 13 Japanese Zeroes Today
Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor reports American fighters downed 13 Japanese Zeros in the first announced participation in the mountain aerial offensive against Fonape island base in the East Carolines. Adm Nimitz released two statements detailing raids Saturday and Sunday with Corsair fighters from the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing alongside 7th Army Air Force Mitchell bombers conducting over water attacks.
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Pearl Harbor
Fonape Island
Carolines
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing
7Th Army Air Force
Allied bombs steadily level Rabaul in new phase
Allied forces continue bombardment of Rabaul on New Britain targeting warehouses shops barracks and other buildings. More than 70 tons of explosives and incendiaries were dropped Friday and Saturday destroying or damaging 145 structures. Air and surface units hit the northeast New Guinea coast and the Admiralty islands operations supported by ground troops. A 1000 ton cargo ship and seven barges were sunk or damaged in the offshore actions.
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Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
Japan
New Britain
Bismarck Sea
Satuday
Douglas Macarthur
New Guinea
West Virginia University Commencement Address Planned
Morgantown March 28 President Charles E Lawall announced that Dr Howard Landis Bevis president of Ohio State University will deliver the address at the 77th commencement on May 29 The baccalaureate sermon will be by Rev Fr Joseph M Norton of Mount Carmel Catholic Church Logan on May 28 Also in Charleston Miss Genieve Starcher state supervisor of teacher certification will represent West Virginia at a 14 state conference on community schools this weekend in Hot Springs Arkansas
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Howard Landis Bevis
Ohio State University
West Virgina University
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Joseph M. Norton
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Logan
Charleston
Genieve Starcher
West Virginia
Hot Springs
Ark
Twenty-One Dead In Los Angeles Hotel Fire
San Francisco reports an early morning blaze at the New Amsterdam hotel in the industrial district south of Market Street killed twenty-one and injured about twenty. Fire Chief Albert J O Sullivan noted the fire likely incendiary. The three story frame building housed around 100 tenants, mostly shipyard and war industry workers. The operator, a woman, was missing and feared dead. Police and fire crews faced flames as they attempted entry, focusing on rescue and first aid as victims escaped or were found.
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Albert J O'Sullivan
New Amsterdam
Market Street
Withie Southern District Station
EB. J. Glover
Glover
Nazi Regime Giving Way To American Era Of Jokes
Associated Press report from New York notes anti Nazi jokes anger Gestapo and reflect popular shift away from Hitler era. It cites rising public amusement at regimes and warns of dangers as morale weakens. Military actions in the Mediterranean and internal policing trends are also mentioned. Earl Nelson is held by military police in West Virginia on desertion and related warrants.
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Associated Press
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Deeds
Hinton
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Occupied
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Earl Nelson
Earl Watts
Nelson
West Virginia
Lanesville
Tucker County
Franklin
Pendleton County
Keyser
Mineral County
Grant County
Joan Berry To Be Questioned In Chaplin Case
Joan Berry, 24, Chaplin's former protégé, is set for further questioning in the Mann Act case after a three day recess. She testified of alleged sexual relations in Beverly Hills and New York, while defense attorney Jerry Giesler seeks permission to probe other intimacies and newly discovered facts. The government pursues a conviction on charges of transporting Miss Berry across state lines.
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Joan Berry
Chaplin
Los Angeles
Jerry Giesler
Joan
Beverly Hills
New York
U. S
Charles H. Carr
Miss Berry Berry
Giester
Miss Berry
J. F. T. O'Connor
Mosquito Raids Hit Ruhr and Allied Bombers Strike France
Mosquito bombers blasted the Ruhr valley last night while the RAF carried a heavy attack on Essen 24 hours earlier. American bombers joined raids in France targeting Chartres Rochefort and other towns, destroying airfields and freight yards. Several German aircraft were downed while casualties and losses were reported for both sides.
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Ruhr
RAF
Essen
Air Ministry
Atlantic Wall
U.S
France
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Chartres
Paris
la Rochelle
St. Jean D’angely
Pau
Rich Ruhr
Hepcats Say So Long To Benny Goodman And Jive
Hollywood reports Benny Goodman, swing era kingpin, has retired from his swing band. Draft entanglements and contract issues followed his latest movie completion, as he heads to New York for vacation abandoning the band he led. Local fans mourn the loss of the 4-F era icon and his famed outfit.
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Hollywood
Benny Goodman
Goodman
New York
Russians Press Through Bugovina Front Near Iasi
Russian forces probed into Bucovina near Iasi as artillery bombarded German and Romanian positions along the Prut. Reports said no crossing of the river yet, while street fighting occurred at Nikolaev and a German retreat continued toward Czernowitz, with a large pocket forming northeast.
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Henry C. Cassidy
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Ofwitz
Cernauti
Prut
Bessarabia
Rumania
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Jassy
Marshal von Mannstein
Iasi
Skulyany
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Bug
Czernowitz
Dnieper
Kamenets Podolsk
Bozgvitsy
Invasion jitters herald great nerve battle at Nerving
Prime Minister Churchill signals deception as the Allies brace for an immense amphibious assault. The article notes false alarms, feints, and dress rehearsals as both sides deploy tricks and counter tricks in the forthcoming operation.
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Washington
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Churchill
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