Lone Flying Fortress Sinks Jap Destroyer in Pacific Night
A lone American Flying Fortress, in pitch black, was credited with sinking a large Japanese destroyer and driving three others to flight off Northern New Guinea. Major targets included Lae Salamua and Finschhafen as Allied air power pressed bases in New Guinea and New Britain.
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Lone Flying Fortress
Pacific
Associated Press
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Frederick Wesche
Naven
Lae
India
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Red Oak Remains Hopeful As 18 Men Are Missing in Africa
Red Oak Iowa population 5763 braces as 18 local guardsmen join 311 Iowans reported missing in North Africa. The 44 Red Oak men formed a National Guard company of about 120, with many transfers leaving 90 to 100 in Africa. Relatives hope for POW or hospital recovery as War Department notes confirm the losses. Five thousand Iowa guardsmen went to training two years ago and are now in action on war fronts.
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Red Oak
North Africa
Red Oak National Guard Company
Africa
War Department
Iowa
Invasion Prospects After Tunisian Campaign
British Home Secretary Herbert Morrison hints in the House of Commons that Britain could be used as a base for offensive operations. Allied progress in Tunisia supports speculation of a UN invasion of Western Europe soon, with three possible invasion sites along the French coast from Boulogne and Calais southward past the Channel mouth.
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Tunisia
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
United Nations
Europe
Boulogne
Calais
Nazi Manhunt in Norway Mounts Over Rebel Guards
Stockholm dispatch reports a massive Nazi led pursuit in Norway as 3000 German troops move toward Rjukan Haugastoel and berg after sabotaging the Norsk Hydro plant. Underground papers claim up to a quarter of Norwegian workers stay off the bench amid food shortages.
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Stockholm
Norway
Norsk
Riukan
Fri Fagberlese
Congress May Take 2-Week Easter Rest
Senate Leader Barkley floated a two week Easter recess as a dormancy in the tax fight suggests a pause. OWI Chief Davis spoke of Tunisia fighting and expected meat supplies to spread more evenly soon. Colston Warne urged rejection of farm parity costs bill, warning of billions in extra food costs.
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Washington
Senate
Barkley
Congress
White House
OWI
Elmer Davis
Tunisia
Pace Farm
Afl-Cio
Davis
Europe
Midwest
Colston E. Warne
Consumers Union of U.S., Inc
Warne
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Drexel Plant Ordered to Cease Desist in Labor Ruling
The National Labor Relations Board ordered the Drexel Furniture Company of Marion North Carolina to cease and desist from interfering with employees rights to self organize after a hearing by the High Point area A F of L furnit ure workers council. The company must post notices throughout the Marion plant for 60 days stating it will not engage in conduct from which the order was issued.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board Today
Drexel Furniture Company
Marion
N. C
High Point and Vicinity District Council
A. F. of
L. Furniture
Kidnappers Strike Wealthy Chicago Teens In Five-Over Car Hijack
Two youths and a girl from prominent Lake Forest families were abducted and robbed by five young suspects. Police say three abductors were identified by the girl. victims included Thomas Armour and Kent Clow Jr. The car scene unfolded as Armour drove from Chicago to Lake Forest. pistol threats were made and about $30 taken from Clow and Armour.
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Chicago
Frank Tiffany
Lake Forest
Indiana
Wisconsin
Helen Priebe
Thomas Stanton Armour
Ogden Armour
Lester Armour Kent Clow, Jr
Kent Clow
North Shore
Armour
Clow
Miss Priebe
Clow and Armour
Labor Leader Warns Dixie Democrats
AFL leader Daniel J. Tobin cautions that Democratic attacks on organized labor risk losing political control. He warns Southern Democrats who oppose labor that industrial workers shape elections and that labor unity could shift support if an immediate election were held.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
Roosevelt
Tobin
Men of Labor
Labor
Land's Confirmation Fails to Soothe Maritime Commission Critics
A Senate bloc seeks an investigation into the Maritime Commission despite President Roosevelts renomination of its chairman Emory B Land. AFL charges accuse Land and others of mismanagement and favoritism in canceling Higgins ship contracts, amid claims of a growing scandal.
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Washington
Senate
Maritime Commission
Roosevelt
Commission
Emory
Land
Aiken
Holman
Ore
Langer
Shipsted
Minn
Tobey
Rubber Plant In Baton Rouge Powers War Needs
Baton Rouge Louisiana March 31. The government’s first synthetic rubber plant under the Baruch program produced rubber in compact bases to support Allied war machinery. With a 30000 ton annual capacity it could supply about four million tires. Built quickly using concrete and wood trim the plant will serve Army and Navy needs and not be released for public sale.
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Baton Rouge
Army
No Essential Changes On Russian Front Amid Mud
Moscow dispatch reports spring thaw worsens weather on the East Front. The Soviet communique says no major front actions occurred, with repeated clashes in sectors. It notes German repulse of Russian thrusts near Kuban and Vyazma, and defensive success south of Lake Ladoga amid terrain difficulties.
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Eddie Gilmore
Moscow
High Command
Kuban
Vyazma
Lake Ladoga
Lake Ilmen
Smolensk
Belyan
Ceiling Put On Second Hand Truck Sales
The Office of Price Administration announced maximum prices for used trucks ambulances buses and other commercial motor vehicles to curb war price inflation. Percentages of original delivered cost will cap prices at 26 to 97 based on age and reconditioning. Ordinary passenger cars taxis station wagons and farm tractors are exempt while study for similar action on them continues.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Bendix Chief Claims Fog Free Night Flying Advances
Chicago March 31 The Bendix Aviation Corporation leader told the Illinois Manufacturers Association that research has produced a development eliminating the hazards of blind flying in fog at night. He gave no technical details but assured fog will be conquered, as aviation mirrors wartime miracles in production and performance. He also praised American fighters with armor and high firepower and said the latest aircraft, produced in large quantities, is the fastest in the world and will outpace any enemy under all conditions.
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Chicago
Idant De’enoed Mamele
Breech
Danes Arrested Amid Sabotage in Aarhus
Syd Svenska Dagbladet reports about 200 Danes were arrested in Aarhus after a wave of sabotage against German forces. Authorities search for bombers who attacked and set fire to German barracks during the unrest.
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Stockholm
Malmoe
Sweden
Syd Svenska Dagbladet
Aarhus
Denmark
U S Bombers Raid Kiska and Pacific Targets
United States Army bombers struck Japanese runway and installations on Kiska in the Aleutians marking the 29th raid this month. Flying Fortresses attacked Vila in the Central Solomons and Kahili in the Shortland Island area. all U S planes returned safely.
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Washington
Mar
Navy
United States Army
Kiska
Aleutian Islands
Vila
Central Solomons
Kahili
Shortland Island
South Pacific
United States
North Pacific
Army Liberator
Solomons
Semi-Compulsory Draft Tightens Dairy Labor Shortage
President Roosevelt unveiled a seven point manpower plan to bring tens of thousands closer to military service while easing dairy worker shortages. The program prioritizes dairy labor, channels older soldiers into essential industries, and may reclassify men with farm experience for limited service if needed. It also urges those who left dairying for industry to return if shortages persist.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Manpower Commission
Oudref Falls and Sedjenane Captured by Allied Forces
Allied headquarters report British Eighth Army troops seized Oudref in the Gabes gap while the First Army took Sedjenane and Metolia. American forces under Patton advanced through minefields east of El Guetar as Rommel’s lines tightened in the bottleneck north of Chott Djerid. 200 prisoners were captured as Montgomery’s advance pressed from Gabes toward the coast.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
Eighth Army
Erwin Rommel
Oudres
Gabes Gap
Sedjenane
Metolia
Gabes
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
K. A. N. Anderson
Bizerte
Djebel Abeid
George S. Patton, Jr
el Guetar
Oudref
Rommel
Chott Djerid
Montgomery
19 Year Old Latshaw Arrested for Five Murders
Los Angeles reports Amos Raymond Latshaw age 19 was captured after being recognized by a traffic officer. Det. Capt. Rasmussen said Latshaw confessed to shooting his father Amos Latshaw 38 mother Ollie 39 grandfather Charles Latshaw 55 and brother Charles 6 at a Loomis California ranch on Feb 1. Latshaw was booked on suspicion of murder and the case sent to Placer County authorities.
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Los Angeles
Amos Raymond Latshaw
C. E. Clark
Vernon Rasmussen
Latshaw
Loomis
Placer County
California
Charles Silva
Jack Shannon
Lowell Sparks
Silva
Rasmussen
Amos Latshaw
San Francisco
Capt. Rasmussen
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Algeria
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Gafsa
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Tunis
Maknassy
el Hamma
Kairouan
Fondouk
Sfax
Sousse
Tuisiia
U. S
Mareth Line
Fondouk-Maknassy-El Guetar
el- Hamma
The
Drexel Plant
Martime Commission
AFL
Andrew J. Higgins
New Orleans Corporation
A. J. Higgins, Sr
Berlin
Bendix
By Charles Molony
Oudref Falls
1St Army
Patton
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