Ickes warns on coal deferments risking shortages
Secretary Ickes outlined the possible impact of deferments for coal miners under 26 and workers aged 22 to 25 with experience. He warned depletion could cut coal output by tens of millions of tons, worsen stockpiles, and force future restrictions through next winter. He noted the average miner age rising and suggested a broader mobilization may be needed.
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Washington
Ickes
Inter-Agency
Paul V. McNutt
Jitee of
Issan
Pynan
Ammunition Depot Blast Kills Three In Nebraska
An explosion at Hastings naval ammunition depot killed three civilians and left five missing while injuring 35 others. The blast occurred in a loaded railroad box car adjacent to a concrete cooling shed filled with mines and charges.
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Hastings
Nebr
D. F. Patterson
Capt
Patterson
Norris Frey
Chester Curtis
Lyda Mitchell
Mary Meid
Veranant
Laverneompkins
Lois Adams
Keith Mathensai
George Armstrong
Mable Wise
Leona Tassieux
Glenvil
Marshal Wert Brung
Charles F. Foster
Ninth Naval District
Roy Carter
Nebraska
Naval
Washington
Ellis Price
Carter
Win
Allied air forces report heavy raid activity over Romania and Balkans
Allied headquarters reported that 12 navy bombers failed to return after Mediterranean operations including a raid on Ploesti. More than 40 enemy aircraft were destroyed as raids struck railways and an oil refinery, while 1,000 sorties were flown with continued fighter sweeps over Italy and the Cassino area.
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Sapres
Poloesti
Leskovac
Yuvia
Governors Inspect Airborne Troop Base and Forum
Governors Baldwin and Broughton join North Carolina and New Hampshire leaders to inspect CAMP MACKALL base. An informal forum on state and federal relationship follows the visit, highlighting intergovernmental issues.
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Camp Mackall
R. E. Baldwin
J. M. Jon
North Carolina
New Hampte
Massachusetts
Broughton
Baldwin
Eden May Face Early Test as Prime Minister Prospect
The piece discusses Anthony Eden potentially resigning as foreign secretary to lead in the House of Commons and to become Churchill’s successor. It weighs Eden 46 as the youthful option and notes Cranborne as a likely foreign secretary if Eden quits. It also mentions a tough leadership test in a period of postwar reconstruction and foreign policy nuances. A separate brief reports a fatal motorcycle wreck in Wilmington, with Eugene Singletary, 28, killed.
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Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Churchill
Eden
Coase
Old Guard
England
Britain
London
Lord Nborne
Dominion Affairs
Cranborne
Chamberlain
Hitler
Commons
Foreign Office
Ploesti Raid Slaughters Over 40 Enemy Planes
Allied announcement says heavy bombers and escorts downed more than 40 planes in yesterday raid on Ploesti Romania, main oil source for Germany. Rail yards, oil refineries and adjacent buildings hit, with trains halted from Italy to the front. officials call Ploesti vital to German war effort.
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Allied
Ploesti
Romania
Germany
Nis
Leskovac
Yugoslavia
Balkans
Indians Reach Imphal in Major British Offensive
British radio reported the 17th Indian division forced to Japanese lines and reached the Imphal area after 21 days of fighting along the Imphal Tiddim road. Allied forces claimed enemy casualties and sustained progress in northern Burma's Mogaung valley with air attacks on Japanese targets near Nagora Sawarn and Moulmein.
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New Delhi
Assam
Lord Louis Mountbatten
New York
Ees
CBS
Imphal-Tiddim
Burma
Mogaung
Ore Savaneinn
Ieee
Oer Ceeenenae Ag
Nagora Sawarn
Moulmein
Mogaung Valley
Laban
Myitkyina
Soumprabum
Giang River
Eleanor Roosevelt declines peace conference delegate role
Mrs Roosevelt says American women delegates should attend bar conferences on peace problems but she feels unqualified for public work. She cites age and lack of responsible positions while praising Anne O Hara McCormick as an example of needed international perspective. She would contribute what she can.
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Washington
Roosevelt
County Managers Named By Cherry
RALEIGH April 6. Names of 11 county managers were announced for governor headquarters here, bringing the total to 40. The list includes R. W. Pearson of Taylorsville, Mrs Stella Avery of Newland, W. E. Vanney of West Jefferson, B P Grant of Andrews, T A Devan of Fayetteville chairman, John L Dawkins of Fayetteville secretary, J B Crisp of Robbinsville, Clifford Brown of Clyde, H A Green of Raeford, T W Ashe of Sylva, John F E Walker of North Wilkesboro, George W Spock of Ernul.
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Raleigh
Cherry
Alexander
R. W. Pearson
Taylorsville
Avery
Stella Ary Lowe
Newland
Ashe
W. E. Vanney
West Jefferson
Cherokee
B. P. Grant
Andrews
Cumberland
T. A. Devan
Fayetteville
John L. Dawkins
Graham
J. B. Crisp
Robbinsville
Haywood
Clifford Brown
Clyde
Hoke
H. A. Green
Raeford
Jackson
T. W. Ashe
Sylva
Wilkes
John FE. Walker
North Wilkesboro
Craven
George W. Spock
Ernul
North Carolina crops damaged by cold snap across state
The April cold has harmed NC fruit and truck crops with up to half of normal production expected unless warm weather returns. Peach losses exceed 30 percent, mountain apples hit 60 to 70 percent, and strawberries and truck crops face potential cuts from another cold night. Wet eastern rains delay Irish potato planting and rotting seed potatoes require replanting.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
C. L. Tate
Chadbourn
P. H. Jameson
Pasquotank
Medal of Honor Awarded Posthumously to Major Raymond H. Wilkins
The war department announced the posthumous Medal of Honor for Major Raymond H. Wilkins of 141 Jackson Avenue Portsmouth Virginia for conspicuous gallantry in aerial action against the enemy at the sacrifice of his life.
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Washington
Raymond H. Wilkins
Jackson Avenue
Portsmouth
War Department
U S Liberators Hit Pas de Calais Invasion Coast Again
London reports U S Liberators bombed the Pas de Calais invasion coast for a second day with Thunderbolt escorts. Bombers from Tou louse returned after a week, while mines were laid in enemy waters. American fighters attacked Berlin and Munich as heavy bombers struck Ploesti oil fields.
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London
France
Pas-De-Calais
Thunderbolt
Toulouse
Spain
Air Ministry
Berlin
Munich
Romania
Ploesti
Britain
Mediterranean
President Roosevelt Plans Press Conference Tomorrow
President Roosevelt stayed in the White House study handling paperwork and felt fine and grand as Presidential Secretary Stephen Early reported. A press conference was scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Willkie Action Confounds British View on US Politics
London dispatch reports Willkie’s withdrawal leaves Britons puzzled over American foreign policy implications. Debates focus on Dewey’s stance and Eden’s possible resignation as Prime Minister Churchill weighs next moves in government.
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Alex H. Singleton
London
Wendell Willkie
Britain
Anthony Eden
Wisconsin
Thomas E. Dewey
Willkie
Dewey
Eden
Daily Mail
Churchill
Commons
Britain moves to curb wartime coal and shipyard strikes
London report says government will use wartime powers to end widespread walkouts in mining and shipbuilding as Lloyd George calls strike action during war unacceptable. U S army aids Northumberland coal fields with two giant excavators while fuel, labor, and gas sectors face disruptions amid a national crisis and renewed union tensions.
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James M. Long
London
Gwilym Lloyd George
House of Commons
Britain
U. S
Lloyd George
Ernest Bevin
Northumberland
Fuel Ministry
Lloyd
Yorkshire Ac
Yorkshire
London Star
the Star
General Council of the
Trades Union Congress
Cavalry Tanks Drive In From Three Sides
Russian forces under Gen Rodion Malinovsky push cavalry and light tanks into Odessa from three directions driving toward the heart of the Black Sea port. They seal escape routes to Romania while German and Romanian troops curb by rail and river routes amid heavy rains and renewed combat.
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Moscow
Odessa
Rodion Y
Malinovsky
Black Sea
Odessa-Ovidopol
Rumania
Ovidopol
Akkerman
Razdelnaya
Kubanka
Red Star
Skala
Tarnopol
Russia
Mikhail Mikhailov
Willkie Signals Support for Republican Presidential Nominee
Willkie indicated last October 15 that he would support whichever Republican candidate is nominated in 1944 if that person has a proven record of leadership for peace and economic well being. He said the party should choose a qualified leader and made clear he would back that person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
America
Wacs Aid Post Exchange With Easter Flower Orders
The Wacs arrived to help the post exchange six weeks behind on Easter flower orders for mothers and sweethearts. Lt Consuel R Doggett of Goldsboro NC recruited 24 Wac typists who produced 19 000 orders in a week, breaking the bottleneck and speeding deliveries.
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Allied Headquarters
Italy
Wacs
Post Exchange
Consuel R. Doggett
Goldsboro
N. C
Wac
Raleigh junk dealer sentenced for larceny and scrap drive theft
Harry Weinstein, a Raleigh junk dealer, was convicted of larceny and receiving scrap drive paper and sentenced in superior court to three to prison. He appealed and bond was fixed at $3,000.
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Raleigh
Harry Weinstein
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