Navy seeks aid to curb agents' huge wartime commissions
Navy officials urged Congress to curb profits of sales agents tied to war contracts. Jacob E. Davis said many agents earned 200000 to 500000 dollars annually, with some cases reaching half a million, and argued commissions should reflect effort and emergency conditions. He noted agents often relied on government know how rather than product expertise. Contined on Page Eight.
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Singleton
Navy
Congress
Jacob E. Davis
Ohio
House Naval Committee
Davis
Washington
Italy soft spot looms as Allies eye invasion
The piece argues Italy is a vulnerable Axis base and could be a key invasion target after Tunisia. It notes Italian reluctance, Mussolini's mobilization, and strategic value of overland routes, with a half million Allied troops in the North African theater ready for future operations.
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Axis
Italy
Tunisia
Hitler
Alps
Hannibal
St. Bernard Pass
Sicily
Africa
Mediterranean
United States
Britain
South Africa
Yugoslavia
Greece
Aegean
Mussolini
Germany
Five Nip Ships Blasted In Solomons Area
U S bombers battered five Japanese destroyers southwest of Kolombangara as 30 Zero fighters clashed with American aircraft. Six U S planes were lost but two pilots were rescued. later attacks on Kiska were reported in Navy communique No. 331.
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Washington
Kolombangara
Navy
Solomon Island
United States
Guadalcanal
Ilse
Kiska
Aleutians
North Pacific
Navy Department
South Pacific
Catalina
Consolidated
Kolombangara Island
Army Liberators
Coal Fields Second Front Claims by John L. Lewis
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, says military intelligence agents intimidate miners with insinuations of a second military front in the coal fields. He reported the tactic after a negotiation with Northern Appalachian soft coal mine operators, warning of agents asking for company names mine locations and union officers.
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New York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Screwballs Offer Postwar Plans to U S Senators
A barrage of humorous and grave postwar proposals arrives in Washington from constituents. Suggestions range from free aluminum coins and tobacco to American control of a large productive area and universal vitamins. A Denver man backs Denver as world congress seat, an Ohioan calls for an international FBI, and others warn of air piracy and postwar threats.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
England
United States
Denver
FBI
Wolflin-A-Lamb
Nazi Sabotage Fears Rise Amid Allied Ghosts In Europe
London reports say British parachutists active in Denmark and Norway, while observers see Nazi attempts to hide growing local sabotage. The Fries radio cites Danish factory bombings and Danish collaboration. Swedish and Greek reports note war weariness, guerrilla activity, and Soviet aid to resistance.
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London
Denmark
Norway
Fries
British Broadcasting Corporation
New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
The
Daily Express
Josef Terboven
Orwegians
London Daily Herald
Greece
Athens
Istanbul
Sofia
Bulgaria
Russia
Reuters
Zurich
Black Sea
Sozopol
Executed Men Conspirators Says Browder
Brooklyn addresses Earl Browder who claims the Soviet executions of Henryk Ehrlich and Victor Alter arose from an American conspiratorial plot. He names anti Soviet émigré groups and criticizes U S officials and labor leaders for supporting the defense of the accused agents.
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New York
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Henryk Ehrlich
Victor Alter
Brooklyn
Browder
Russia
Ridge Assumes Duties as U.S. Marshal in NC
Major Edney Ridge of Greensboro today took over the duties of U S Marshal for the middle district of North Carolina after his official appointment yesterday by Judge Johnson J. Hayes.
Rommel May Fight To End Under Orders From Hitler
London dispatch notes that the 100 plane Flying Fortress raid on Sardinia signals a possible axis retreat from Tunisia. Unofficial observers say Hitler may order a death stand to buy time for continental defense, despite losses and morale impact. Continued on page Fight.
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James M. Long
London
Sardinia
Dunkerque
Tunisia
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Jurgen von Arnim
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Mussolini Press Attacks Black Market Restaurants
In Bern on April 2 Premier Mussolini’s Popolo D Italia claims Italy’s thriving black market eateries show people “eating better than before the war.” The piece urges an end to the racket and notes potential death penalties and concentration camps for severe offenders as authorities push for ration integrity.
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Frank Brutto
Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Mussolini
Popolo D’italia
Rome
Geneva Tribune
The
Tribune Dispatch
Abruzzi
Russians Take Three Towns On Black Sea
Soviet troops captured three more villages along the Black Sea coast near Novorossisk and other German positions. The Russian noon communique reported only minor activity elsewhere on the front.
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Moscow
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Berlin
Associated Press
Lake Ladoga
Kuban Wal
Inflationary Bankhead Bill Vetoed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt vetoed the Bankhead Bill intended to raise farm prices by excluding benefit payments from parity formulas. He called the measure inflationary and dangerous to stabilization and the war effort, returning it unsigned to the Senate. Administration opponents estimated it would add about 3.3 billion dollars to annual food costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Murray cites waste and planning failures endangering U.S. lives
President Philip Murray charged that lives of American and Allied fighting men are being endangered by insufficient supplies and delays in shipping. He told Senator Downey that waste confusion and lack of planning waste shipping resources and that union plans have yielded no results. He cited ships idle 100 days and a New York to North Africa voyage carrying ballast with no cargo.
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Murray
Washington
Philip Murray
Ping
Downey
Calif
CIO
Maritime Union
South Pacific
New York
North Africa
Fifteen Year Old Expectant Mother Slain
In Sidney Nebraska a 15 year old expectant mother, Mrs Chloe Connolly, was killed in her farm home. Her uncle Orrin McLaughlin, 50, then died by suicide after a posse searched the rugged Rocky Hill Country for the slayer. Gene Connolly, the husband, is stationed at Fort Benning and expected a baby next month.
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Sidney
Neb
Here
Chloe Connolly
Bert Gibson
Orrin McLaughlin
R. P. Kepler
McLaughlin
Connolly
Kepler
Truman Committee Condemns John L. Lewis On No Strike Pledge
The Senate War Investigating Committee in Washington condemns John L. Lewis for saying his no strike pledge may not be binding. It urges labor leaders to act as statesmen and patriots, noting inflation risks from wage hikes and the duty of workers to support the nation during war. It cites miners’ wages, six-day weeks, and total compensation as key factors in labor purchasing power.
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Truman
John L. Lewis
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
United Mine Workers
D-Mo
Lewis
United States
Pressure Kept On Nazis From Three Sides
Allied forces press from Sedjenane toward Mateur as Montgomery’s front advances near Gabes. Eighth Army mop up pockets north and west of Oudret. Patton’s US units in action with no details given. Air blows hit El Maon airfield at Sfax with heavy ground damage reported.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
First Army
Sedjenane
Bernard Montgomery
Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Oudret
United States
George S. Patton, Jr
Algiers
Patton
Eighth
el Guetar
K. A. Anderson
Bizerte
Mateur
el Maon Air Field
Sfax
Western Desert Air Force
el Alamein
U. S
Hurricanes Intercept Japs Over Bengal
British Hurricanes intercepted 30 Japanese bombers over Bengal with heavy losses for the attackers. One Hurricane was shot down. the pilot bailed out. Japanese claims state eight Allied planes were shot down near Coxs Bazar with eight damaged.
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New Delhi
Feni
Bengal
Magwe
Pantha
Chindwin
Chauk
Myingyan
Imperial Headquarters
Tokyo Radio
Associated Press
Cox's Bazar
Allanmyo
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Oor
Harold Starling
U. S. Marines
Rocky Mount
N. C
Alex HS
Solomons
Coal Fields
James King
Rommel
Duce
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