Colorado Governor Halts Farm Worker Inductions
Colorado Governor John C. Vivian ordered an immediate halt to farm worker inductions into the armed forces, arguing wartime crop goals require workers to stay on farms. He cited a Delta County example and clashed with federal draft authority, while Washington debated a new wartime food administration and price controls.
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Denver
John C. Vivian
Colorado
Harold H. Richardson
Selective Service
Vivian
Nota
Delta County
Washington
Johnson
D.-Colo
Ovid A. Martin Washington
Pace
Roosevelt
Food Administration
Chester C. Davis
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Soviets Gain Ground on Smolensk Front Amid Heavy Fighting
Soviet dispatches report breakthroughs on the Smolensk axis with villages seized and advances toward Dorogobuzh as German counterattacks intensify along the upper Dnieper defense. War bulletins cite hand to hand fighting near Dukhoino and near Smolensk and note severe losses on both sides as the pace slows after earlier setbacks.
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Smolensk
Donets
Dukhono
Red Army
Dorogobuzh
Moscow- Vyazma-Smolensk
Dnieper
Red Star
High Command
Berlin
Japanese Base In Solomons Attacked by Allied Force
The Navy reports heavy Army bombers and Navy torpedo planes struck Kahili air base in the northwestern Solomons. A fire started from the raid carried out on March 24 as part of Communique No. 323. A small enemy ship in the Shortland Island area was also bombed with unobserved results.
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Washington
Navy
Kahili
Solomons
South Pacific
East Mares
Pace
Shortland Island
United States
Germans Fire On Italians at Makinassy Area
In central Tunisia near Makinassy March 24, forty Italian soldiers surrendering to American forces were fired on by a German unit. An American officer called the act highly significant as fighting continues. in three days, over 1,000 Italians and a few Germans have been captured in the Makinassy El Guetar sector.
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Tunisia
Makinassy
Makinassy-El Guetar
MacArthur's Fliers Hit Jap Positions In New Guinea
Allied air forces led by General MacArthur conducted 44 bombing and strafing runs over Japanese lines at Mubo near Salamaua. Cannons and machine guns fired 30 000 rounds, while other planes struck shipping, airdromes, and targets in Dutch and Australian New Guinea areas. The air battle over Wewek ended with Japanese planes retreating as Allied fighters claimed success.
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Australia
MacArthur
Mubo
Japanese New Guinea
Salamaua
Wewak
New Guinea
Oro Bay
Milne Bay
Kaimana
Dutch New Guinea
Kai Islands
Dobo
Aroe Islands
Buka
Solomons
Gasmata
New Britain
Finschhausen
Lae
Strike Staged In Shipyard By CIO Workers
Several thousand ITUMSWA workers walked off at the Bethlehem Steel Key Highway yard in Baltimore after the company refused to discharge three men alleged to be proselyting for an independent union. Bethlehem officials did not comment immediately as a formal statement was prepared.
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Baltimore
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CIO
Big Key Highway
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Itumswa
Bethlehem
Nazi Forced Labor Expands As France Loses More Men
A dispatch from Bern reports the Nazi drive to enlarge forced labor, extending to men aged 24 to 31 and potentially involving about 2,000,000 French workers for German war production. No preflight physicals, doctors may deem one leg sufficient, and convoys to stations begin with minimal notice.
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Bern
Switzerland
France
Gazette de Lausanne
Germany
Montgomery gains edge at Mareth Line in Tunisia
The War Today notes General Montgomery kept the upper hand at Mareth despite a fierce counterattack by Rommel. The Mareth fortifications run ten miles deep with heavy Axis troops, but Montgomery’s tactics echo El Alamein as he drove a wedge and pushed toward the German rear.
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Montgomery
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Rommel
el Alamein
Egypt
Nazi High Command
Mareth
TVA Says Freight Rates Hurt Southern Development
The TVA reports to Congress argues current freight-rate regionalization blocks national trade equality and slows southern and western industry. It urges removing rate handicaps to boost full employment and regional contribution without relocating factories.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Roosevelt
TVA
David FE. Lilienthal
Senate approves debt ceiling rise and salary repeal
The Senate passed legislation to lift the national debt ceiling to 210 billion dollars and repeal Roosevelt's post tax salary cap of 25 thousand dollars. The measure followed the conference report endorsing the Senate version, and the House had already approved it overwhelmingly.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
House
United States Marshal W. T. Dowd Dies in Greensboro
United States Marshal W. T. Dowd, 55, died early today in Greensboro after a brief illness. He was in critical condition since Friday, rallied briefly, then fell into a coma. Death attributed to cerebro-meningitis. Funeral set for 3 P. M. tomorrow.
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Greensboro
W. T. Dowd
War orders draw fire over shocking commissions says House counsel
House Naval Committee counsel Robert E. Kline opened a probe into sales agents profits amid war orders. He cited W Lester Baker and Catherine as witnesses and alleged commissions in the 1942 firm revenue of 266 276 while asserting many agents reap disproportionate pay for serving multiple manufacturers. Baker testified the firm operates on a pure commission and did not seek war business, noting many clients are government contractors in peacetime.
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House Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Robert E. Kline
House Naval Committee
Congress
Kline
W. Lester Baker
Catherine
Baker
Henry Wallace Visits Chile on Inter-American Highway Talks
Vice President Henry A. Wallace stopped in Cali Colombia and announced ongoing U S Colombia talks to aid Chileans build their section of the Inter-American Highway. He departed for Lima en route to Santiago while Chilean officials greeted him with widespread welcomes.
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Cali
Colombia
Henry A. Wallace
Panama
Santiago
Chile
United States
Wallace
Lima
Enrique Gajardo Villarroel
South America
Heavy Casualties To Be Price For Tunisian Victory
Secretary of War Stimson warned that gains in Tunisia would come at a high cost in American lives. He credited air attacks on Germany with forcing Germany to defend vast areas, citing Vegesack and Wilhelmshaven raids as highly successful. He noted two U S planes lost and said final Wilhelmshaven results were still pending.
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White House
Davis
War Manpower Commission
Agriculture Wickard
Haute Savoie
Germany
Vichy
Stimson
Washington
Vegesack
Bremen
Wilhelmshaven
Tunisia
Rommel Stabs Wipe Out Early Allied Gains In North Africa
Allied lines in North Africa report heavy German counterattacks in the Mareth line and Gafsa sector. U S troops regain ground near Maknassy while Rommel’s forces prevent major advances through stubborn resistance. Bombing of Mareth and surrounding Axis positions continues as Patton and Montgomery supply efforts press on.
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Rommel
North Africa
United States
Gafsa
Maknassy
Mareth Line
Erwin Rommel
Eighth Army
Mareth
FE Hamma
Gabes
Gulf of
el Guetar
Supp
George S. Patton, Jr
Gatsa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Perryville
Ferryville
Bizerte
Tunisian
Ex-Envoy Links Bankers to Fake Tests at Carnegie-Illinois
Former U S envoy James W. Gerard tells the Senate War Investigating Committee that bankers J P Morgan & Co control U S Steel through stockholder power and addresses alleged dirty work at Carnegie-Illinois Steel's Irving Works in Dravesburg Pennsylvania. He cites two Morgan directors on the U S Steel board and stockholder losses. He warns the issue endangers American military and merchant needs.
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Washington
James W. Gerard
Senate War Investigating Committee
Irving Works
Dravesburg
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
United States Steel Corp
J. P. Morgan & Co
Carnegie-Illinois
Germany
U. S. Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Co
Truman
D-Mo
J. P. Morgan and Co
Gerard
Morgan Organization
George Whitley
General Motors
Navy
New York
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Administration
Congressional Farm Bloc
Lake Ladoga
Leningrad
Belgorod
Chuguev
Algiers
Gaffa
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Bulletin
Marshal Dowd
Henry Wallace
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