Postwar price outlook from executives and hopeful notes
Modern Industry interview summaries show 6 percent foresee 18 percent price rise, 17 percent expect unchanged prices, 71 percent predict a 13 percent rise after peace. Autos up 20 percent, farm implements 5 to 10, electric refrigerators 20 to 30, with potential cost cuts offsetting taxes. A light note ends with a Marine Corps joke about a friend.
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Modern Industry
America
Associated Press
National Service Insurance urged for veterans postwar peace
Postwar planners urge veterans to convert World War I style policies to peacetime forms within 120 days of induction. The program offers options for ordinary, 20 or 30 year payments, with advantages like no medical exam on conversion and waiver of premiums during disability. It is presented as a helpful bonus rather than profit for VA or taxpayers.
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National Service ‘Insurance
Veterans’ Administration
National Service
Relief Army Breaks Siege of Kohima in Burma Theatre
Allied forces advancing from Dimapur cut Japanese roadblocks around Kohima and join the relief drive to clear positions threatening the Kohima–Dimapur road. British and Indian troops push from Imphal while Chinese units report gains near Kamaing and Wararup, as Tokyo broadcasts claim a general offensive.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Dimapur
Bengal-Assam
Kohima
India
Imphal
Joseph W. Stilwell
Wararup
Kamaing
Mogaung
Domei
Tokyo
Themawa
Paletwa
Arakan
Bay of Bengal
Buthedaung
Dumapur
Calcutta
Burma
American Battle Losses Reach 189 309 Figures
Secretary of War Stimson releases totals for army losses from Pearl Harbor to April 7: 25 013 killed 59 222 wounded 32 048 missing 28 799 prisoners, 145 082. Navy Marine Coast Guard casualties total 44 227 including 18 795 killed 11 726 wounded 9 282 missing and 4 424 prisoners.
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Washington
Navy
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Marines
Coast Guard
Gas Coupon Scandal Could Shrink Civilian Rations
An OPA official warned that hot C gas coupons at 50 cents and a daily 2.5 million gallon black market drain may force cuts in civilian gasoline rations. Shad Polier said theft and coupon fraud threaten the war effort and could raise A TM miles or lift B TM cap to about 700 miles monthly for business drivers. He noted illicit activity concentrated in the East with serious issues in California, the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf Coast.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congpress
OPA
Shad Polier
Office of Price Administration
House
Polier
California
Pacific Northwest
Gulf Coast
Guerrillas From Odessa Catacombs Now See the Sun
Odessa reports ten thousand Soviet partisans who hid in the city’s catacombs during the Nazi occupation emerged at night to aid the Red Army. Leaders Anatoly Loschenko and Dmitry Gaushin described arming via German and Romanian sources and the fighters’ role in delaying demolition of docks and pipes as Red Army artillery approached.
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Odessa
Henry C. Cassidy
Red Army
Anatoly Loschenko
Loschenko
Dneprov
Dmitry Gaushin
Volgin
Moldvanka
Ray McDowell withdraws from county treasurer race
Ray E. McDowell withdrew from the county treasurer campaign he had entered weeks ago. The field now includes Joe C. Booker and Isa belle Onstead. McDowell, a former county clerk, said business conditions prompted his decision and thanked supporters.
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Ray E. McDowell
Joe C. Booker
Isabelle Onstead
McDowell
MceDowell
Ray W. McDowell
House Bills to Induct 4-Fs for Non-Combat Duty
The House Military Committee urged that men rejected for full service be drafted into non-combat roles if they refuse essential war work. It pressed reclassification, publication of eligible occupations, notice to draft boards, and immediate induction for those refusing essential jobs, without reducing combat strength.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Costello
Calif
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Army
Navy
Mercer Plea for Habeas Corpus Under Advisement
Sam Mercer charged with shooting and killing Lawrence Logan on April 8 remained jailed after a habeas corpus hearing before Circuit Judge Dexter Bush. Arguments were heard and the case is under advisement.
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Mercer
Sam Mercer
Lawerence Logan
Dexter Bush
Arkansas Lieutenant Promoted in War Department Notice
Washington announces the temporary promotion of Frank Hays Walker Blvtheville from second to first lieutenant in the War Department. The order confirms the elevation effective immediately, reflecting ongoing promotions during the current military period.
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Washington
War Department
Frank Hays Walker Blvtheville
Allied Fleet Strikes Sabang and Lhonga in Sumatra
British naval and air forces led by Admiral Somerville struck Sabang and Lhonga airfields in northern Sumatra from carriers in the Indian Ocean. The operation hit docks, power stations, hangars, and ships, with fires reported and two Japanese merchant vessels damaged.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Dutch East Indies
Lord Louis Mountbatten
New Delhi
Indian Ocean
Sabang
Lhonga
Sumatra
Admiralty
London
Mountbatten
Shonga
James Somerville
Michigan to Choose 41 Delegates for GOP Convention
Michigan gears up for a 41 delegate Republican state convention with unpledged delegates favored, while Dewey sentiment remains strong. Delaware meanwhile selected nine unpledged delegates as GOP leaders weigh potential presidential and vice presidential picks amid national speculation.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press Star
Thomas E. Dewey
Michigan
Harry F. Kelly
Althout
Dewey
Delaware
Buck
GOP
National Convention Arrangements Committee
Chicago
Earl Warin
California
Rep
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Warren
Butler R-Neb
Nazis Strive to Set Up Own Four Freedoms
Lisbon reports indicate German planners aim to issue a Magna Charta for Europe offering stability under Nazi leadership and social compromise. A 17 point program at Bad Salzbrunn ties to Stalin Roosevelt and British ideas, promoting Voelkisch socialism and housing, work rights, leisure, and social order while avoiding Bolshevik Marxism.
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Wade Werner Lisbon
Europe
Bad Salzbrunn
Silesia
Hitler
Roosevelt
Britain
Point
Voelker
Oberschlesische Zeitung
Breslau
6 000 Planes Hit Europe and Balkans
RAF Italy based bombers attacked Plovdiv Bulgaria as part of a large Allied offensive that released about 9 000 tons of explosives in a 36 hour period. Britain based bombers continued raids while German air activity hit England and French coast explosions caused coastal flashes.
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Austin Bealmear
London
Plovdiv
Bulgaria
Hitler
Europe
Sofia
Germany
England
Dover Strait
Minnie Laws Test Plugged at 3241 Feet
The Minnie Laws No 1 oil test seven miles east of Hope was ordered plugged today at 3241 feet after striking granite. The well lies in the northeast quadrant of Section 34-12-23, south of Emmet and east of Rocky Mound in Hempstead county. The Suez canal has no locks.
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Barsndall
Fulton
Emmet
Rocky Mound
Hempstead County
Hitler’s Birthday Rally as Germany Faces Difficult War Time
London reports top Nazi leaders praising Hitler on his 55th birthday while urging unity and loyalty as the war situation grows tense. Goebbels Goering and Dietrich delivered exhortations, with Goering declaring no sacrifice too great for the Reich’s future.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Richmarshal Herman Wilhelm Goering
Otto Dietrich
Berlin
Germany
Fuehrer
Alf
Goering
Goebbels
Dietrich
Reich
Alexander the Great
Caesar
Frederick the Great
iThe Office of War Information
Aargauer Tagblatt
Reichsmarshal Goering
Tokyo
Japan Times
Sevastopol's Towers Loom Before Reds
Soviet press dispatches report Sevastopol's towers glittering as Red Army advances press German and Romanian forces to attempt escapes. Minefields grow thicker, naval evacuations underway, and German air transports land on Cherson escape routes as Soviet tanks confront increasing obstacles.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Star
Romania
Cherson Escape
Red Army
34 U S Planes Shot Down by Our Own Guns
War Department confirms second group of American planes lost to friendly and enemy anti air fire totaling 473 men and 34 planes. Latest crash at Catania Sicily last July 13 14 killed ten transports and 44 troops. Navy notes fire not from U S vessels. Secretary Stimson cites complex amphibious operations and trigger conscious gunners.
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Washington
War Department
Catania
Sicily
Sela
Sicilian
U. S
Stimson
Rotary Meet Set in Spa April 27 28
Rotary District conference announced by Rev. Thomas Brewster. Bert Touncey district governor will preside at Arlington Hotel Hot Springs on Thursday and Friday April 27 and 28. Registration fees cover banquet and vary for Rotarians and Rotary Anns. Hotel reservations urged. conference committee heads program details.
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Rotary District Conference
Bert Touncey
Arlington Hotel
Hot Springs
Thomas Brewster
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