Draft Quotas Must Be Met Says Hershey Industry
Director declares draft quotas must be met and industries including Hershey suppliers and agriculture must adjust. He urges that men age 18 to 26 withdrawn from key work should be replaced by others, noting victory requires full public sacrifice and no one may refuse. The draft bulletin shows shifts in deferments, with 574000 under 26 in non agricultural roles and 3,677,000 total with many fathers among deferments.
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Hershey Industry
Agriculture
Washington
Lewis BP
Hershey
Selective Service
Committee of Manner
Paul Watt
War Production Board, Army and Navy
Local Flyer Now Interned First Lieut Meyer
First Lieut Robert Meyer co pilot of a Flying Fortress based in England is interned in a neutral European country. His mother Mrs Peter Paskrich of 1506 Palace Street reports he has been held since March 22 with government restrictions preventing publication. Meyer joined after Pearl Harbor and earned pilot wings at Waco Texas. In Europe he rose to first lieutenant and earned the air medal three oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was credited with his fourth German aircraft downed on October 9 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Meyer
England
Europe
Peter Paskrich
Palace Street
Meyer
Pearl Harbor
Waco
Tex
War Food Administration Raises Corn Set-Aside to 60 Percent
The War Food Administration boosted the required set-aside of corn receipts from 35 to 60 percent for sale to corn refiners and essential war materiel producers. Some plants have halted or limited operations due to corn shortages, after a prior requisition affected 124 Illinois Indiana Minnesota Nebraska counties. The prior 35 percent quotas had failed to yield desired results.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Brossard Nominated to Tariff Commission
Washington reports Edgar B. Brossard of Utah nominated for appointment to the tariff commission. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of demobilization and training, was nominated for a regular army rank after years on the inactive list in reserves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edgar B. Brossard
Utah
Tariff
Frank T. Hines
Finnish cabinet weighs new Moscow armistice terms
Reports from Stockholm indicate Helsinki cabinet may accept Moscow armistice through a new Finnish peace contact. Juho K Paasikivi has re established contact with the Russians after Finland rejected prior terms, signaling possible withdrawal from the war amid censorship and renewed Helsinki deliberations.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Tidningen
Liberators Raid Germany And Hit Swiss Rail City
American Liberator bombers launched a new month of raids on southwestern Germany while Swiss reports said incendiaries struck Schaffhausen near the German border. Swiss railway officials reported suspending all rail lines into Schaffhausen as fires burned and casualties were tallied.
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Germany
U. S
Swiss
London
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Swiss Railways
Nazi Romanian Resistance Crumbling as Red Army Advances
Soviet reports say German and Romanian forces in southwest Russia crumble under Red Army pressure. Units advance on Odessa, Tiraspol, and Kishinev while Romanian capitulations and deserters surface. Moldovan peasants report surrender offers, and German troops retreat across exhausted roads toward Ochakov.
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Moscow
Russia
Odessa
Tiraspol
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Ridion Y. Malinovsky
Ivan S. Konev
Black Sea
Dniester
Izvestia
Ochakov
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Konev
Prut
Nuernberg Devastated by RAF Raid Fires And Casualties
Swiss dispatch reported by OWI said Nuernberg was transformed into a blazing heap of ruins after a RAF strike on Thursday night. Authorities reported 4,600 bodies recovered with estimates up to 12,600 dead. Rail damage was severe and about 50,000 homeless spent the night near the prewar Nazi meeting site.
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Associated Press
Nuernberg
OWI
RAF
Bombing Hits Schaffhausen Industrial Zone Early Saturday
The Neue Zuercher Zeitung quoted eye witnesses describing destruction in Schaffhausen after a bombing raid by large four engine bombers. Fires raged across the Inter national Watch factory area and Herrenacker district as evacuees sought shelter and railroad traffic stalled.
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Neueruercher Zeitung
Schaffhausen
Switzerland
Rhine
Lake Constance
International Watch Company
Herrenacker
New Sets of Quintuplets and Quadruplets Named in New York
New York reports three newborn girls Janet Lee Karen Anne and Nancy Sue born to Muriel and Corp Herbert Bachant at Sloan hospital. A military delegation from Army Emergency Relief visited with five layettes. Quads born to Harry and Eleanor Zarief Rochester NY concertmaster and CBS Symphony, named Ellen Benjamin Watson Elaine and Isadora. Total birth weight for seven babies 19 pounds 9 ounces.
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New York
Muriel
Corp
Herbert Bachant
Sloane Hospital
Janet Lee
Karen Anne
Nancy Sue
Army Emergency Relief
Bachant
England
Harry Zarief
Rochester
N. Y
Columbia Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra
Eleanor Zarief
Ellen
Benjamin Watson
Elaine
Isadora
Balchen In Sweden On Official Mission
Col. Bernt Balchen, famed American polar flyer, arrived in Sweden on an official mission today. It was understood he may assist establishment of American airline service to Sweden. Balchen was named a U. S. army air specialist in 1941.
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Stockholm
Bernt Balchen
Sweden
Balchen
Bear mascot Joey resumes duty at Camp Mackall
The AWOL charge against Joey the black bear mascot of the 501st paratroopers at Camp Mackall North Carolina has been dismissed. The bear vanished for over three months then reappeared near the mess hall after a three and a half month nap hidden in a burrow under the barracks.
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O. K
Joey
Camp Mackall
N. C
501St Paratroopers
Repudiates Confession In Hatchet Slaying Case
James R. Gillihan 46 repudiated a confession that he killed his stepdaughter with a hatchet. State Police Sgt Lawrence Meehan said Gillihan described her as his sweetheart. He demanded a municipal court examination set for April 6.
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Lansing
Mich
James R. Gillihan
Lawrence M. Meehan
Gillihan
Class B Beer Premises Ordered Closed on Election Day
All holders of class B retail beer licenses in La Crosse county must close their premises on election day April 4 during polls hours, Sheriff Stanley C. Olson announced Saturday.
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la Crosse County
Stanley C. Olson
Japanese Gain In Drive For Imphal Fierce Fighting Reported
Allied communique confirms Japanese westward push toward Imphal Manipur with patrols within ten miles of jungle communications near Ukhrul and heavy losses in the engagement near Ukhrul. British Indian troops clash with another Japanese column east of Kohima while Palel Tamu road block is blasted. Chinese forces push south from Shaduzup encircling a 1 000 strong Japanese force near Laban in northern Burma.
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Imphal
Charles A. Grumich
New Delhi
India
Manipur
Ukhrul
Kohima
Palel-Tamu
Tiddim
Burma
Shaduzup
Magaung Valley
Laban
Sumprabum- Myitkyina
Daru River
Kadrangyang
Kyitkyina
Maungdaw
Mayu
James M Stewart Promoted to Operations Officer in Liberator Group
Maj James M Stewart known as Jimmy Stewart among the films is promoted from squadron commander to operations officer of a Liberator bomber group at a U S base in England. He will direct bombing missions for a group of at least 48 Liberators after leading a 12 plane squadron in 11 missions including a trip to Berlin.
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U. S
England
James M. Stewart
Jimmy Stewart
Stewart
Berlin
Plea for Stassen Votes Made Here
Congressman Walter H. Judd called for support of Harold E. Stassen for the Republican presidential nomination in a vocational school address. He urged unity behind a GOP president and a Republican Congress, warned against a split government, and praised Stassen’s leadership potential for difficult days ahead. He also cited Oklahoma’s GOP defeat as a sign Republicans need strong leaders.
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United States
Walter H. Judd
Minneapolis
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
GOP
Andrew Johnson
Harold Stassen
Judd
Oklahoma
Stassen
Visitors barred from coastal area amid invasion prep
Britain and the United States tighten wartime controls as D-Day approaches. Visitors are banned from a 10 mile by 700 mile coastal strip in occupied Europe while travel restrictions and censorship intensify. Troop movements and furloughs are curtailed and airmail to neutrals is halted to prevent leakage of invasion plans. German activity inland near the Netherlands rises as civilians are moved away from coastlines.
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London
D- Day
British Isles
United States
Britain
Trie
England
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Neutral
Eire
Netherlands
Pacific Task Force Silent News Awaited
Radio silence hid the Palau operation as U S and allied forces bombarded Truk and Palau from central and western Pacific bases. Nimitz reported key strikes on Truk and Woleai while advances continued toward Bogadjim and Madang in New Guinea with Liberator and Catalina bombers pounding targets.
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Pacific
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Palau
Philippines
Truk
Central Pacific
Carolines
Solomons
Nimitz
Dublon
Uman
Moen
Param
Fefan
Eten
Allied Surge Captures Mt Marrone Near Cassino
Allied forces drove a rapid thrust in central Italy and seized Mt Marrone a mile high about 13 miles northeast of Cassino. Heavy artillery supported the advance as German positions near the monastery at Cassino faced renewed bombardment and raids nearby were repelled. Weather slowed air operations with 650 sorties by Allied air forces but the campaign to cut German rail and canal links continued.
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Naples
Mt. Marrone
Cassino
Italy
Pope Plans Private Easter Mass No Public Broadcast
A Dow Jones news dispatch from London reports Pope Pius XII will celebrate Easter Sunday Mass in his private chapel and there will be no broadcast to the public. The Vatican has not released any televised or radio service for the Easter observance.
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London
Pius XII
Newcomer John Goolsby Qualifies to Oppose Senator George
Georgia newcomer John W. Goolsby qualified Saturday for the July 4 Democratic primary against United States Senator Walter F. George. Goolsby paid the $500 fee after former Gov. Eugene Talmadge withdrew from the race this year.
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Sen
George
Georgia
Atlanta
John W. Goolsby
United States
Walter F. George
Goolsby
Georgia Democratic Executive Committee
Eugene Talmadge
Red Cross Plea Continues After War Fund Shortfall
La Crosse county fell short of the 1944 war fund quota with 46 688 dollars raised of 71 000 by March 31. Campaign workers will continue canvassing to meet the goal as Raymond C. Rice urges increased gifts to support returning soldiers and Red Cross services. Contributions can be left at the Vocational School fund office or the Red Cross in the federal building. A worker will visit homes or businesses to collect or accept increased donations.
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Red Cross War Fund
la Crosse County
Red Cross
Raymond C. Rice
Rice
The
Red Cross Fund
No Change In Vote Measure Is Seen
Washington holiday session yields no clear action on President Roosevelt's service vote proposal. Senate Leader Barkley endorses federal war ballot use for uniformed personnel but does not predict congressional action. Senator Taft dismisses the proposed changes as unlikely to pass.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Barkley
D-Ky
Taft
Ohio
WFA reshuffles as walkout threat wanes in Washington
Rumblings of a possible walkout by veteran food commodity specialists in the War Food Administration's Office of Distribution eased by a new internal reorganization. The shakeup marks the second within a month as wartime powers and office structure face adjustment.
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WFA
Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Distribution
Girl on Bike Killed by Bus in Stevens Point
Bessie Ruth Kennison, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Welmon Kennison, was struck by a Northern Greyhound bus and killed Friday night in Stevens Point Wisconsin while cycling with no further details given about the incident.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Bessie Ruth Kennison
Welmon Kennison
Northern Greyhound
Supplemental Food Rationing Revised
The Office of Price Administration announced a revised procedure for granting supplemental food rations to the ill. Starting April 6 local boards will pass applications for complex cases to OPA districts. Extra ration allowances for meats fats and oils will be issued for pregnancy or illnesses such as diabetes tuberculosis and related severe conditions. A doctor's diagnosis is required for any extra ration.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Strong Red Policy Seen Toward Japs
Diplomatic experts here view a strong Red policy toward Japan as an ongoing gauge of mutual readiness for self assertion. They note years of negotiations and downplay North Sakhalin oil and coal as a factor. Russia and Japan historically seek equal consulates. Japan’s closure of Russian consulates in Southern Sakhalin followed by stalled fishing and territorial concessions after peace talks.
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Japan
North Sakhalin
Russia
Sakhalin
Karafuto
Unhampered Control Of Prices Is Urged
Fred M. Vinson urged retaining federal price controls without new congressional limits. Speaking to the Federal Bar Association in Washington he said the program stabilized the national economy and should remain until civilian industry fully resumes after the war. He warned that minor amendments could impair mobilization efforts.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Federal Bar Association
Congress
Beachhead Hospital Casualties Rise on Anzio Night
Reports from the Anzio beachhead say Wednesday night's bombing of Beachhead Hospital increased casualties to 16 dead and 69 wounded. Total killed and wounded in American hospital areas on the beachhead reach 203 with six nurses, two visitors, one Red Cross worker among those killed and 109 officers and enlisted men among the dead or injured.
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Red Cross
City Liquor License Applications Due by April 15
City clerk Fred L. Kramer warned that all liquor license applications must be on file by April 15 under state law. The expiration deadline for liquor beer soft drink cabaret pool billiard bartender and cigarette licenses is June 30.
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Fred L. Kramer
Rumor King Of Italy to Quit Throne
Circulation in southern Italy claims King may abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Umberto. An aide says the prince was unaware of any plans and remained away from his villa while the king’s household offered no confirmation.
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Italy
Umberto
Ita
Criticizes Attorney For Anti Willkie View
Lincoln Nebraska report notes Matzke accusing Samson of blind partisanship and using his role as president of the Young Republican Federation to attack Willkie. He claims Samson opposed Willkie in 1936 and gave no sign of backing the 1940 nominee. The piece questions Samson’s demand for a pledge not to support any Republican candidate.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Matzke
Samson
Young Republican Federation
Willkie
Quarantine at Arlington Farms for meningitis cases
More than 300 government girl workers were placed under quarantine Saturday in Arlington Farms dormitories across the Potomac in Virginia after one meningitis fatality and another case were reported. Two other deaths from the disease were noted.
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Washington
Arlington Farms
Potomac
Virginia
Local Fire Tragedy Claims Man After Rescue
A man named Dalrymple died in a house fire after firefighters found him unconscious in a bedroom. Despite rescue efforts including artificial respiration and oxygen, he did not regain consciousness as the blaze was confined to a single room but smoke filled the home.
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Dalrymple
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Marshalls
Chicago
Knox
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Bogadjim
Madang
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Woleai
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