Major U S Action Imminent Against Japanese In Pacific
In Washington reports today say American commanders prepare strong new blows in the Pacific. Efforts target new strategic positions and reducing Japan's sea power before it recovers, with possible invasions in the Solomons area or attacks on Truk and the Marshall Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Pacific
Joan M. Hightower
Washington
Solomon and
Aleutian Islands
United States
Japan
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons Archipelago
Munda
Bougainville
Big Island
Truk
Marshall Islands
Carolines
War Today Confirms Delays In Burma Invasion Plans
The monsoon nears and blocks a major Burma operation. China cannot wage extensive warfare this season, while Britain adjusts lines to flood conditions and target Akyab to curb Nip air fields. Allied efforts focus on Chittagong and prep for monsoon impacts.
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Burma
Maya Penin
India
United Nations
China
Chittagong
Akyab
Nipa
Davis Plans Land Army to Boost Food Output
President Roosevelt announced Chester Davis will head a new Food Production and Distribution office and pursue forming a land army to increase farm output. He noted 550000 farm workers have deferred from service and 3 million more may be deferred this year, with machinery supplies to farmers expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Chester C. Davis
War Production Board
Office of Food Production and Distribution
Davis
Agriculture
Wickard
Agriculture Department
Britain
Lost boy's ice cream chase ends at Lynn police
Eugene Deschene a five year old from Salem arrives at Lynn police headquarters seeking ice cream and a ride home. The repeated visits show trainmen and baggage masters passing him to police who contact Salem for return. The pattern ends as no goodies are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Eugene Deschene
Salem
Eugene
U.S. Bombers Raid Kiska Again In Aleutians
Army bombers from the United States raided the Japanese base at Kiska in the Aleutian Islands four times on March 24. Hits were reported in the target area as fighters escorted the missions. This brings total attacks this month to about 25, with the prior large operation on March 15 noted but result unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
North Pacific
Army Liberator
United States
Eden's Talks Awaited For Key To Trip Here
Washington watchers awaited Anthony Eden's Annapolis address before the joint Maryland assembly to gauge outcomes of his wartime and postwar talks in the United States. The speech was seen as shedding light on Anglo American collaboration with Russia and broader diplomatic questions.
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Annapolis
Eden
Maryland
British and American Men Taken To Germany From Vichy France
report from Bern Switzerland states British and American men in the former Vichy area totaling about 3600 were arrested and said to be sent to Germany to remove troublemakers ahead of possible Allied invasion. US legation had no confirmation but noted the area’s Americans were uncertain.
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Germany
Vichy France
Bern
Switzerland
France
United States
United States Legation
Large Units Of Nazis In Donets Area
Soviet forces pressed west toward Smolensk as battles intensified along the northern Donets river and Belgorod sector. Red Army reports claim recapture of two lost settlements and heavy German losses near Kharkov with tank and infantry clashes ongoing. The Kuban offensive continued with 200 Nazis killed and a supply point seized as Russians drove toward Novorossisk and Kerch Strait. A Red Star dispatch noted 12 000 Germans freed for shipment as laborers after crossing the upper Dneiper.
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Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets River
Belgorod
Berlin
Associated Press
Eastern Front
Lake Ladoga
Gelendzhik
Black Sea
Caucasus
Leningrad
Helsinki
Donets
Kharkov
Chuguev
Kuban
Novorossisk
Kerch Strait
Red Star
Germany
Dneiper River
AFL Official Seeks War Suspension of NLRB
John P. Frey president of the AFL Metals Trade Council urged the NLRB be suspended for the war duration arguing it would boost war material production. He told the Senate War Investigating Committee that NLRB actions under the Wagner Act aided CIO unions in raiding AFL memberships in West Coast shipyards. Frey testified before the panel ahead of John L. Lewis’s expected appearance to discuss war-time labor issues.
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Washington
John P. Frey
AFL
Metals Trade Council
National Labor Relations Board
Frey
Senate War Investigating Committee
NLRB
CIO
West Coast
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Senator Truman
D-Mo
Workers pledge to make up time after stoppage at Bethlehem yards
About 4000 Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America members walked off the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company Bethlehem yards for several hours yesterday. They pledged to make up all lost time. The strike followed protests against actions by three non union workers. Company officials disputed the 4000 figure. Officials met with Federal Conciliation Commissioner Joseph P Colin and War Labor Board representative Charles W Mitzell to resolve the dispute.
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Baltimore
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Joseph P. Colin
Department of Labor
Charles W. Mitzell
War Labor Board
Senate group sends back farm labor bill to committee
A bipartisan Senate coalition sent the measure to include farm labor costs in parity price ceilings back to the Agriculture Committee by a voice vote. The chamber then passed to the White House a bill barring deductions of government benefits by farmers in calculating parity prices, a move critics say would raise food costs and inflation.
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Senate
Washington
Agriculture Committee
House
White House
Niss Brown
Lucas
McNary
Oregon
Prentiss Brown
Lewis confrontation with Senator Ball in Truman group hearing
UMW leader John L. Lewis clashed with Senator Ball during a Senate hearing, denouncing demagoguery as Ball pressed for answers. Lewis defended miners’ diet claims and asserted witnesses must be protected as Chairman Truman intervened to restore order.
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John L. Lewis
Senator Ball
Truman
Scranton Jobs Grabbed by War Shift as Unemployment Grows
Iron Age reports Scranton Pa faces 30 000 unemployed and 70 000 empty houses amid war industry demand elsewhere. The piece notes 20 000 in armed forces and 20 000 more to Bridgeport Baltimore and other cities, with letters to 400 officials and 300 responses, all amid power and transport surplus claims.
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New York
Irene
Scranton
Wheeling
Richmond
Steubenville
Zanesville
Ohio
Kalamazoo
Mich
Sena
Bridgeport
Baltimore
Iron Age
Federal
Anthracite Coal Commission
Roosevelt
Army, Navy and War Production Board
Army, Navy
WPB
Murray Blames Bad Planned Contracts for War Plant Shortages
President Philip Murray of the CIO testifying before the Senate Military Committee called the Austin-Wadsworth labor draft bill a dangerous snare arguing manpower shortages are not the main issue. He cited misallocated labor, wage refusals, and underused workers, urging targeted reforms over sweeping draft powers. Russ Nixon condemned the bill as regimentation while urging elimination of wasteful practices and nonessential production.
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Washington
Philip Murray
CIO
Senate Military Committee
van A. Bittner
United Steel Workers of America
Murray
Russ Nixon
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Resistance Beaten Down in Mareth Line Combat
Allied forces under Montgomery breach enemy resistance in the Mareth sector of southern Tunisia as Eighth Army fights to break the Mareth Line. Patton’s Americans repulse German probes near Diebel Berba and Bou Mamran while air forces pound Axis bases, transports, and docks around Sfax and Sousse.
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North Africa
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Mareth
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Erwin Rommel
George S. Patton, Jr
Diebel Berba
Gafst
Equetaria Pass
Bou Mamran
Gafsa
el Hamma
Gabes
Patton
el Guetar Pass
Maknassy
Rommel
Magnassy
Orbata Range
Sened Station
Gafsa- Mahares
el Guetaria Pass
Tunisia
Sfax
Sousse
Eenmy
Western Desert Air Force
Tunisian
London
Matmata
Judge Ben B. Lindsey Dies in California at 7:30 A.M.
Prominent jurist Ben B. Lindsey died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles at 7:30 am. He had been hospitalized for emergency treatment after presiding in the children s court of conciliation he founded. Lindsey rose to fame as a Denver juvenile court judge and originated children s court procedures copied nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Ben B. Lindsey
California
Colorado
Good Samaritan Hospital
Lindsey
Henrietta Lindsey
Children’s Court of Conciliation
Denver
Colo
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