Britain bids India dominion status amid self government test
The War Today assesses Britains offer of dominion status to India as a supreme test of Indian statesmanship. It notes Gandhi’s likely support for concessions and observes Cripps remaining open to negotiations. It warns of a Japanese invasion threat and possible northwest frontier instability if India falters in backing Britain.
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India
Gandhi
England
Stafford Cripps
Toto
Churchill
Hindustan
Delhi
Cripps
Khyber Pass
Knox Urges Urgent Measures to Protect Inter-American Shipping
Secretary of the Navy Knox told the inter-American defense board that safeguarding transoceanic shipping is vital as enemy submarines threaten coasts. He urged full use of national resources and for each republic to build its own naval capabilities to aid the common defense.
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Washington
Knox
inter-American Defense Board
U. S. Navy
America’s
Britain
North Atlantic
Wei
South Atlantic
Pacific
Stimson
Defense Board
United States
Air, Land And Sea Battles In Europe Gain In Violence
Britain reports naval and air actions against German ships near Norway and Denmark with torpedo strikes and fires. In the Arctic convoy route to Murmansk a German destroyer reportedly sank while a tank transport was claimed by Germany. In Libya Imperial forces attacked Axis positions behind the Tmimi Et Mechili line amid large air battles.
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Europe
Arctic
Murmansk
Russia
Libya
Rome
Dies seeks ouster of nudist from war board on communism
Rep Dies charges that at least 35 high officials on the board of economic warfare are linked to Communist front groups and should be removed. He names eight with salaries from 32,600 to 6,500. Vice President Wallace, as board chairman, calls the claim publicity seeking and urges restraint.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Board of Economic Warfare
Wallace
Texan
Navy news handling stirs public doubt on war reports
In Washington, critics accuse publicists of delaying Pacific war news to offset defeats. Officials argue that timely data could reveal ship locations to enemy triangulation, and that encrypted messages would be quickly decoded. Reports also note the need to return, repair, and refuel before dispatches.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Navy
Pacific
Frank Knox
Capitol Hill
U-Boat Base Crippled in Bold St Nazaire Raid
British commandos crippled the St Nazaire U-boat base in a daring raid. Destruction of the pumping station and main lock gate likely left subs at sea unable to operate from the basin. RAF bombing may hinder repairs, forcing German raiders to other bases. Survivors were given a heroes welcome amid high casualty figures.
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Associated Press
London
St. Nazaire
North Atlantic
RAF
Lorient
Bordeaux
Zeebrugge
Allies Study Location of Axis Industries
Allied planners and intelligence units map the location of Germany and Japan’s basic industries to time “economic bombing” with strategic air raids. They seek to hit power and raw material plants rather than only finished-assembly factories to maximize wartime damage.
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Washington
United Nations
Germany
Japan
Heavy Losses Stop Japanese In Philippines
War Department reports Japanese raids on the Bataan Peninsula dwindled after heavy losses. Day and night air raids continued on Corregidor with one enemy plane shot down above 27,000 feet. Local Mandanao patrol skirmishes occurred at three points. no other areas reported activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Bataan
Philippines
Corregidor
Mandanao
Capital Digs Out Of Its Heaviest March Snowfall
Washington recovered from its heaviest March snowfall, with depths of 15 to 18 inches reported by street crowds and eight inches downtown, as nearly 3,000 workers cleared snow and traffic resumed on major arteries. The storm recalled January 1922 when a 26 inch fall caused Knickerbocker Theatre roof collapse and over 100 deaths.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Knickerbocker Theatre
Proposal To Liberalize Tax Deduction Revealed
Washington March 30 44 Randolph Paul tax adviser to Secretary Morgenthau testified before the house ways and means committee that three liberalizations of income tax deductions are desirable due to higher rates. He proposed deducting extraordinary medical expenses above a percentage of net income with a cap, a credit for dependent children ages 18 to 21 in school, and an additional 10 percent credit of a wife’s earnings up to 100 dollars, plus a similar credit for a head of family like a widow. He noted medical expenses up to 5 percent of net income are normal and deductibles should apply only to extraordinary expenses up to two thousand five hundred dollars overall.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Randolph Paul
Morgenthau
House
Ways and Means
Peul
Reed Warns of Union Fees on War Projects
Senator Reed says workers on war and defense projects paid at least 30 million dollars in labor union fees. He cites personal investigations near Parsons Kansas and urges illegalizing union membership as a job condition for federally funded projects. He seeks a full investigation into alleged scandals and racketeering by unions under the Army Engineer Corps.
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Associated Press
Washington
Reed
R-Kan
Senate Today
Kansas
Parsons
Congressional
Reel
Senate Judiciary
Army Engineer Corps
International Hod Carriers Union
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Conton
Congress To Defer Action On Labor Bill For Two Weeks
Washington March 30 A tacit truce on wartime labor legislation until after Easter gave congressional leaders a breathing spell. House members were assured no important bills for two weeks while Sen ate leaders planned to shelve the labor profits argument. Senate committees, meanwhile, prepared a busy week with routine appropriations only, as public opinion cooled and awaits developments on the $18.3 billion war appropriation and farm measures.
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House
Senate
Langer
R-Nd
Capitol
Senate Labor Committee
Ames A. Ulio
James J. Mc
O Hares Solo Kill Run On Jop Bombers Described
A Pacific Fleet officer recalls how Lieut Edward H O Haire known as Butch tackled a wave of nine twin engined Japanese bombers near a carrier. He single handedly shot down six or seven of them in under ten minutes, with support from Lieut Commander John S Thach who credited O Haire’s actions and leadership amid the chaotic battle.
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Bears Harbor
T. H
Edward H
Butch) O'Hare
Q'Hare
St. Louis
John S. Thach
Fordyce, Ark
O'Hare
Thach
Yought
India Cripps Offer Spurs Burma Drive In War News
India leaders study Cripps offer as Japan presses Burma line while floods hinder New Guinea advances. Chinese forces recapture villages on the Toungoo wing with heavy casualties. British forces hold near Prome as Japanese withdraw from Markham Valley ahead of Allied air power. Dar win sees air raids and a failed Port Moresby attack.
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Clyde Farnsworth
Japan
Australia
New Guinea
Burma
India
Britain
Toungod
Prome
Markham Valley
Darwin
Port Moresby
New Pacific War Council Formed Promises Allied Coordination
The White House announced a new Pacific war council giving Australia and New Zealand representation, with the first meeting set for Wednesday. Attending will be US officials alongside Canada Britain the Netherlands and China, and includes Evatt Nash Loudon Wrong Soong and Halifax.
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Pacific War Council
Australia
New Zealand
White House
Roosevelt
Canada
Great Britain
Netherlands
China
United States
United Nations
Pacific
London
Washington Council
Southwest Pacific
London Council
Herbert V. Evatt
Walter Nash
Alexander Loudon
Hume Wrong
Legation
T. W. Soong
Lord Halifax
British Flyer Dies In Crash At Pensacola
PENSACOLA Fla March 3 Theodore D Threvemard 25 British naval flyer was killed Saturday in a navy plane crash two miles north of here It was the first fatal crash involving British flyers training at the Pensacola Naval Air Station Threvemard was flying alone and crashed when his plane failed to emerge from a spin Witnesses said The airman is survived by his widow who resides in Beverly Crescent Bedford England.
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Fla
Theodore D. Threvemard
Here
Navy
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Threvemard
Alort
Beverly Crescent
Bedford
England
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