Ickes Proposes War Plant Ownership for Veterans
Harold Ickes urges that postwar war plants be owned and run by veterans to ensure maximum production and employment. He calls for shares in ownership as a modern Homestead act style stake in America and outlines four guiding principles for postwar reform including stability, production, purchasing power, and anti monopoly measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Poe
Harold L
Ickes
San Commonwealth Club
Eds
America
American Ace in England Injured in Crash Landing
Capt. Don Gentile, top American ace in the European theater, was slightly injured in a crash landing at a U. S. fighter base in England. The Piqua, Ohio pilot, with 30 confirmed German planes, had planned this mission as his last operational flight while pursuing a new European mark. He recovered at the base hospital and expressed a wish to remain in aviation after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Goldberg
U. S
England
Don Genfile
Piqua
RAF
G. A Malan
Malan
Gentile
Shangri-La
Davidson College Dedicates Martin Science Building
The Martin Science building at Davidson College was dedicated today named for Col. W. J. Martin and his son Dr. William Joseph Martin, longtime college president. The dedication honors the Martins’ contributions to the school.
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Davidson
Martin Science
Davidson College
Col. W. J. Martin
William Joseph Martin
RAF Mosquito Bombers Hit Berlin as War Ends Loom
A broad WWII briefing describes RAF Mosquito raids on Berlin and Western Germany, part of heavy air campaigns across Europe. It covers allied losses, detailed sortie counts, key targets including Augsburg Schweinfurt Oberpfaffenhofen Lechfeld, and mentions U S and British air strength and outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
Berlin
Western
Germany
Mountbatten Reports Japanese Infiltration Near Imphal Front
Allied communique notes Japanese infiltration into Bishenpore Silchar corridor southwest of Imphal threatening Manipur plain and Assam bases. Fly ing column cut last escape gap. Mountbatten tours Imphal front to assess tactics amid advancing enemy infiltration.
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New Delhi
Bishenpore-Silchar
Imphal
Manipur
Assam
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Tokyo
Fourth Army
Imphal-Haochong
Flower of Mountbatten
Berlin
Palel-Tamu
Bithenpur
Mountbatten
Mediterranean Air Forces Down 56 German Planes
Allied Mediterranean air forces claimed 56 Nazi planes shot down in a day of raids across Hungary and the Balkans. The mission targeted aircraft plants at Gyor and Duna, airfields at Vecses and Tokol, along with ships yards at Brod and harbor facilities at Corfu. About 1,800 sorties were flown, with 19 Allied ships lost, including 16 heavy bombers.
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London
Berlin
Germany
U. S
Rome
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Messerschmitt
Augsburg
Ballbearing
Schweinfurt
Dornier
Oberpfaffenhofen
Lechfeld
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Gyor
Budapest
Toko
15Th Air Force
Yugoslavia
Augsberg
Allied
Naples
Mediterranean
Hungary
Duna
Vecses
Tokol
Brod
Avia
Corfu
Dalmatian
Large NC still seized near Seabreeze
Wilmington April 14. Seizure of one of the largest stills found in North Carolina reported by ABC Officers E. S. Bland and J. L. Mathis. The unit could process a gallon a minute and housed eight men in the drum. Seized were eighteen barrels, two 400 gallon vats and 1,000 gallons of mash. The still lay one and a half miles west of Seabreeze near the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
North Carolina
ABC
E. S. Bland
J. L. Mathis
Seabreeze
Here
Thunderbolt pilot missing after Berlin raid crash
The Thunderbolt Lucky, flown by Captain Robert S. Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma, is believed to have crashed March 23 in the channel during a Berlin raid. Lt Dale Stream of Grant Michigan, 19, credited with 25 German planes, is reported as the pilot of the aircraft. Johnson praised Stream as an exceptional young fighter pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Okla
Channel
Johnson
Berlin
Dale Stream
Grant, Mich
Stream
Cabinet To End Strife Sought By Greeks
Cairo April 14 King George II named Sophocles Venizelos to form a new Greek cabinet to end factional strife. Venizelos, navy minister, was urged by Emmanuele Tsouderos after he resigned April 3. Tsouderos continues as premier at the king’s request until a successor is chosen. Venizelos promised to name his ministers within 24 hours.
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Cairo
Greece
George II
Sophocles Venizelos
Venizelos
Navy
Emmanuele Tsouderos
Tsouderos
Tito
London
Josip (Tito) Broz
Cazin
Pacific Force Pounds Dutch New Guinea in New Air War
Fifth Army airforce planes bomb Hollandia Dutch New Guinea with 322 tons of explosives raising total to 1334 tons in two weeks. Bombers hit ships airfields and dumps while fighters claim eight enemy planes down and ten damaged. Gibraltar like smoke rose over Hollandia as a 2000 ton freighter and several vessels burned in Humboldt harbor. Maj Richard I of Poplar Wis tallies 27 aerial victories. Solomon-based air operations include Dublon warehouse raid and a Puluwat airfield strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied
Southwest Pacific
Fifth Army Airforce
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Maj
Richard I. of
Poplar, Wis
Humboldt Harbor
MacArthur
New Guinea
Dublon Island
Truk Atoll
Caroline Islands
Puluwat Atoll
Truk
Sweden Expected To Continue Nazi Trade
Sweden faces Allied pressure over exports to Germany as Aftonbladet urges noncompliance with a demand to halt ball bearings shipments. Authorities have not issued an official response to the demarche from the United States and United Kingdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Germany
U.S
Herschel V. Johnson
W.A.L. Mallett
Spain
Switzerland
Portugal
Senate Opposes Treaty Change To Bypass Two-Third Vote
In Washington on April 14 strong Senate opposition hindered any move to ratify a peace treaty with less than a two thirds vote. House Chairman Bloom proposed constitutional amendment for simple majority, a plan debated for over a year in the judiciary committee. Senator Gillette warned the main obstacle is the Senate itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arrogast
Washington
House
Passin
Senate
Patman
D-Tex
D-Calif
Appropriations
United States
McCormack
Massachusetts
Rep. Ploeser
Rmo
Appropriations Committee
America
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Gillette
Maine
New War Spending Peak Reported by War Production Board
Washington reports March war spending at 7.849 billion dollars, a rise of 18 percent from February, pushing total defense outlay to 176.5 billion since July 1, 1940. War Production Board released the figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Production Board
Last Italians Taken From Beachhead
Two British officers evacuated the last refugees from Anzio Italy describing Italians as braver than London blitz victims. About 200 people boarded American landing craft toward Naples from Nettuno Sacred Heart church while caribinieri read names for ration aid as shells damaged the church.
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Anzio
Italy
London
Nettuno
Sacred Heart Church
Naples
LCI
Leslie Tompkins
Shirehall
Bedford
England
Norman Mackenzie
Edinburgh
Scotland
East End
Allies Plan Military Government For Germany
Allied leaders outline a three power military government for Germany with Eisenhower as supreme commander. The plan gives him authority over land sea and air forces and direct civilian control of occupied Europe while France is governed by De Gaulle's Committee of National Liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Gallagher
London
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
France
Charles de Gaulle
Committee of National Liberation
European Advisory Commission
Eisenhower
Red Army
AMG
Italy
England
Cherry Views Surplus As Backlog For North Carolina Roads
Gubernatorial candidate Gregg Cherry told the Asheboro Rotary that by war’s end North Carolina must use all highway surplus and more to repair and upgrade the system. He urged investing part of the surplus in federal bonds to retire general fund debt, freeing funds for postwar road and state employee pay needs.
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Asheboro
Gregg Cherry
Cherry
North Carolina
Durham Register of Deeds Walter Markham Dies at 61
Walter B. Markham, 61, who served as Durham county register of deeds for eight years, died last night. The passing leaves a vacancy and local officials recall his public service and tenure.
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Durham
Walter B. Markham
Durham County
Red Army overruns Crimea capturing thousands and towns
Feodor Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukrainian Army drives through southern Crimea with tanks and cavalry, Sevastopol within 25 miles as German and Romanian forces retreat. Over 20,000 prisoners taken. towns and ports including Yevpatoriya and Simferopol fall or are isolated amid a sweeping offensive.
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London
Feodor
Tolbukhin
Crimea
Sevastopol
Moscow
Sto
Red Army
Cmy
Yeropol
Sevtopol
Yevpatoriya
Simferopol
Yereme
P Stalin
Military Men Reject Hawaii War Law Ruling
A federal judge voided martial law in Hawaii as the start of the Pacific war but military leaders insist it remains in force. The War Department plans an appeal after Judge Delbert E. Metzger ruled provost court lacked authority to try navy yard worker Lloyd Duncan for assaulting two marine guards. Key witnesses testified Hawaii’s islands were not in immediate danger.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Stary
War Department
Fede
Delbert E. Metzger
Navy Yard
Robert C. Richard
Chester W. Nimi
Pea Harbor
Metzger
Navy Yards
Lloyd Duncan
She Wyo
Eral Richardson
Admiral Nitz
W. R. C. Morrison
Richa
Credit Union League Annual Meeting in Asheville
The North Carolina Credit Union League holds its annual meeting in Asheville with speakers including Charles Hyland comptroller of the union national association and Gan Kelley of the Greensboro News president of the league.
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Credit Union
Asheville
Nort Carolina Credit Union League
Amon
Charles Hyland
Union National Association
Gan Kelley
Greensboro News
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Vittorio Emanuele, III
Umberto
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Pol
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Beachhead
Daniel DE Luce
Markham
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