Capone Relatives and Henchmen Indicted in Extortion Plot
Nine defendants named in federal indictments charge a scheme with George E Browne and William Bioff to extort over 1 million dollars from major film studios and the IATSE union. Relatives of Capone linked to the case include Nitto Mariotte Campagna and D Andrea, with connections to Capone era gangs and Chicago vice. The scheme allegedly netted about 2.5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capone
New York
Chicago
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
U. S
Mathias E. Corres
George E. Browne
William Bioff
La.t.s.e
Bioff
Browne
Correa
Samuel Mandelbaum
Frank Nitto
Louis Campagna
Louis Cook
Lefty Louis
Little New York
Paul de Lucia
Paul Ricca
Phil D'Andrew
Ralph Pierce
Charles Gioe
Cherrynose
John Rosselli
Louis Kaufman
Francis Mariote
Nitto
Mariotte
Campagna
de Lucia
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
D'Andrea
Italo-American National Union
Patton to lead Western Tunisia forces in wedge against Rommel
Commander In Chief Eisenhower appoints General Patton to command American troops in Western Tunisia. The plan is to drive a wedge between Rommel in the south and Von Arnim in the north by seizing key positions such as Gafsa, the oasis anchor of the Central Allied front. Patton inaugurated his command with a recapture of Gafsa and a 12 mile drive southeast, signaling a strategic focus on splitting Axis forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
General Patton
Tunisia
Patton
von Arnim
Marmy Rommel
Gafsa
Rommel
Von
Edward Kennedy
North Africa
United States
Fl Guetar
Gabes
Noland Norgaard
Associated Press
FE Guetar
George S. Patton, Jr
High Command
Berlin
U.S
WPB Plans Restart Of Refrigerator Production
WPB Chairman Donald M Nelson said essential civilian goods may resume production including household refrigerators to address food shortages. He noted the board will review consumer items with manufacturers to determine urgent civilian needs and ensure items critical to health, communication, and transportation are prioritized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelgon
Nelson
War Production Board
FDR Seeks to Delay Civilian War Draft
President Roosevelt signaled at a press conference that he hopes to avoid civilian service legislation as long as possible and questioned the necessity of drafting workers for war industries. Captain Eddie Rickenbacker urged a public conscience to mobilize workers for extended wartime production and warned the conflict could last years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Eddie Rickenbacker
Senate
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker Urges Piece-Work Plan For War Plants
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker told the Senate military committee that production problems, not manpower, hinder war output. He urged adoption of an incentive piece-work plan that could raise output by about one third and free 5,500,000 men for agriculture and other industries. He also suggested reassigning former farm workers and drafting capable youths to keep war production moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Byrnes
Roosevelt
Austin
R-Vt
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Rickenbacker
John H. Wiggins
Washington
Mar
Eddie Rickenbacker
Senate Military Committee
Allies Preparing Counter Offensive In Pacific, Tokyo Says
A Tokyo radio report claims the United States plans a counter offensive in the Pacific while Gen Douglas MacArthur's HQ cites the largest Allied air sweep in the South Sea theater. Allied bombers attack 14 enemy strongholds and drop 38 tons of bombs on Mandang New Guinea as fighting rages across Burma and Arakan fronts amid intensified air and sea warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
South Sea Battle Theater
America
Nippon
United Vo Mng
Japan
Australia
Mandang
New Guinea
Timor
East Indies
New Ireland
Bismarck
Burma
Bay of Bengal
Mayu River
Taungmaw
Rathedaung
Eight Killed When Bomber Crashes In South Carolina
Greenville army air base officials report eight men died in a midair bomber crash near Winnsboro during a routine training mission. The wreckage covered a wide area and home guards helped secure the scene until air force personnel arrived. Names and next of kin listed include Lieut Stephen G. Link of New Britain Connecticut and Lieut William B. Aubert of West Monroe Louisiana among seven others from various states.
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Greeville
S. C
Winnsboro
Greenville Army Air Base
Air Force
Stephen G. Link
Frank Link
Austin Street
New Britain
Conn
William B. Aubert
Cornelia J. Aubert
van Craft Boulevard
West
Monroe
Jack D. Ledbetter
W. P. Ledbetter
East Third Street
Rome
Gerald W. de Borne
Doris D. Spencer
Washington Street
Portland
Ore
Edward J. Dubicki
John F. Dubicki
Smalley Street
Newburton
Dennis A. Wihl
Ensineer
Louise Wihl
RFD
Pickneyville
Aaron F. White
Lillian, I. White
Dallas
W. Va
Sts
Ernest J. Storm
Ray Allen Storm
Llano Street
Tex
Wallace Makes First Talk In Costa Rica
In San Jose Costa Rica March 19 Vice President Henry Wallace spoke in Spanish at a state banquet hailed as a knight of pan Americanism by President Rafael Calderon Guardia. Wallace predicted war would end with the current conflict and said fear no longer governs politics or economics. Calder Guardia declared world destinies hinge on U S decisions and praised the good neighbor policy for building bridges of light and bonds of brotherhood across the continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Rafael Calderon Guardia
Henry Wallace
United States
Calder Guardia
Wallace
Guardia
British Subs Sink Seven Enemy Ships in Mediterranean Patrol
Two British submarines in a ten day Mediterranean patrol sank six large enemy supply ships a tanker and a naval auxiliary. They also destroyed a naval auxiliary and a small supply ship while a minesweeper was badly damaged and had to be run ashore.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Sicily
Ialy
Seven Indicted Over Shortage of Bank Funds
Seven men face indictment in Buncombe County on charges linked to a 326000 shortage in funds at the Bank of Black Mountain which ran Old Fort and Weaverville branches. Bank officers Powlas Dotson Miles and Free among those named. Pace Borghgrevink and Latham also charged as stockholders of regional firms. Warrants issued in Shelby federal court. Pace held in jail on 10000 bond.
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Asheville
Bank of Black
Hendersonville
Valdemar Borghgrevink
W. T. Latham
Jackson County
Saluda River Lumber Company
Cleveland Supply Company
Cleveland
S.C
U.S
Shelby
T. Lamar Cauble
Pace
Henderson County
Republican Committee
Baracas
Methodist Church
Buncombe County
Powlas
Dotson
Miles
Datson
Russian Line Gives Way In Some Sectors
Dispatches report German air units motorized infantry and tank detachments entering the battle near the upper Donets River 15 miles east of Kharkov. The pressure from these new forces pushed the Russian line to yield slightly in the Chughev sector.
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Moscow
Donets
Kharkov
Chughev
German forces report battles near Kharkov and Smolensk
Berlin radio and AP report Belgorod capture and attacks northwest of Kursk as Soviet forces hold lines near Kharkov. Russian dispatches say fierce fights around Chugaev and Izdeshkovo with heavy tank losses for Germany and rockets pounding German transports. Finnish guerrilla raids behind lines disrupt communications and supplies.
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London
High Command
Berlin
Associated Press
Belgorod
Kharkov
Kursk
Chugaev
Moscow
Chuguey
Smolensk
Vyazma-Smolensk
Izdeshkovo
Vyazma
American Raiders Hit Naples Twice Under Clouds
Cairo dispatch reports Liberator bombers of the Ninth United States Air Force attacked Naples twice, during day and night. Weather obscured results, no observations. The Italian high command said bombs fell on outskirts and neighborhoods near Naples and in Syracuse province with no casualties.
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Cairo
Ninth United States Air Force
Naples
Syracuse
U S Bombers Hit Vegesack U Boat Base in Deep Raid
United States Air Force bombers attacked the Vegesack submarine center 15 miles northwest of Bremen in daylight for their deepest Germany raid yet. They faced about 100 German fighters, claimed many enemy planes destroyed, two bombers lost, and damaged U boat facilities and repairs. RAF Venturas also targeted Mansalis near Rotterdam as Berlin claimed heavy American losses.
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London
United States Air Force
Germany
Vegesack
Bremen
North Sea
Comunique
James Devinney
Atlantic City
Sisie Q
RAF
Venturas
Mansalis
Rotterdam
Holand
U. S
Berlin
Britain
Fires Started In Solomons By Americans
Washington reports that four American bombers attacked Japanese positions in the Solomons, starting fires at Vila and bombing Kahili and Ballale on March 18. Navy communique No 317 notes no observed results from Kahili and Ballale attacks and that Vila fire was begun by Dauntless dive bombers escorted by Wildcat fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Solomons
Cila
Kahili
Ballale
Navy
South Pacific
United States Army
Shortland Island
Vila
Dauntless
Douglas
Grumman
United States
United Nations Conferences May Be Held On Postwar Problems
President Roosevelt said as many as six UN conferences could be convened to address postwar issues including food production and distribution and postwar relief. He noted invites for a food parley have gone out and hoped it would be held outside Washington. He cited possible later meetings on economics and finance and endorsed broad war and peace principles from a Senate resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Washington
Roosevelt
Anthony Eden Tha
United States
England
Russia
China
Winston Churchill
Casalanca
Senate
Iis
Floods Slow Drive Back At Old Stand
Allied dispatches from North Africa report U S troops reclaim positions near Gafsa and El Guetar despite heavy rains and floods. Patton forces press from recaptured Gafsa toward Gabes while British Eighth Army makes minor Mareth Line adjustments and German offensives progress in Tunisia.
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Old Stand
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tamara
Sedjenane
United States
Gafsa
Gulf of Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Judgen von Arnim
el Guetar
Tax compromise discussed to ease 1942 income levy
Congressional cloakrooms debate a middle course to abate part of 1942 income taxes. A Robertson plan would erase the 6 per cent normal and 13 per cent first bracket surtax for many taxpayers while enforcing a 20 per cent withholding on wages. Higher earners would continue annual payments on March 15 based on prior year.
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Washington
House
Knutson
R-Minn
Rep. Robertson
D-Va
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Eead
Los Angeles
Defense
Akyab
Archibald P. Wavell
India
Mandalay
By Eddy Gilmore
First Army
Tamera
Sedienane
Bizerte
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