Democrat Stigler Triumphs in Oklahoma Special Election
In Oklahoma’s second district special election Democrat William G. Stigler defeated Republican E. O. Clark by about 11 to 9, with 19 of 331 precincts reporting. The vote total neared 38,000, reflecting a Press view of a Roosevelt administration win amid ongoing national political debate.
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Roosevelt
William G. Stigler
E. O. Clark
Stigler
Jack Nichols
W. G. Stigler
Senate
Barkley
Kentucky
Ed. H. Moore
R-Okla
Clark
Washington
Robert E. Hannegan
Four year old Billy Meers dies after blood transfusion battle
Billy Meers aged four, a nationwide attention case of chronic nephritis, died in Dallas today after daily plasma transfusions totaling 352 pints recorded in his hospital file. He had grown too weak for another transfusion and lapsed into a coma Monday despite ongoing donations from across the United States.
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Billy Meers
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Willkie In Last Lap Of Campaign In Wisconsin
Wendell L. Willkie pressed his Wisconsin drive for Republican national convention delegates with stops at Chippewa Falls Menomonie and Eau Claire. He plans to finish the tour tomorrow in Superior after a La Crosse talk labeling Gov. Thomas E. Dewey a foe to party unity.
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Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Menomonie
Eau Claire
Superior
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Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
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Willkie First to Enter Oregon Republican Primary
Wen dell L. Willkie filed today to enter Oregon's Republican presidential primary. Petitions circulate for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York while President Roosevelt is expected on the Democratic ballot.
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Rayburn
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Labor Party
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Ore
Wendell L. Willkie
Oregon
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Willkie Addresses Wisconsin Rally As Primary Near
Willkie spoke before a near full Wisconsin Rapids crowd about postwar duties U S policy and party troubles. Speakers included George Mead Wendell McHenry and Vernon Thomson as part of the Willkie slate amid press opposition from the Chicago Tribune and Milwaukee Hearst papers.
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Wisconsin
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rapids
Willkie
United States
George Mead
Wendell McHenry
Warapaca
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
U S Troops With Tito's Partisans In Dalmatian Coast
American combat troops trained for guerilla warfare operate with Yugoslav Partisans and British forces in the Dalmatian coastal zone near Bari Italy. Mixed detachments have taken prisoners, inflicted casualties, and endured light losses as they coordinate with Tito's patriots.
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Adriatic
Marshal Tito
German Troops Recapture Rab Island Off Croatian Coast
Marshal Tito headquarters acknowledged Tuesday night that German forces recaptured Rab island about 30 miles south of Fiume on the Croatian coast.
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London
Rab
Fiume
Marshal Tito
Josip Eee
Hopkins Undergoes Abdominal Operation in Rochester
Harry Hopkins, 53, presidential aide, had an abdominal operation at St. Marys hospital Rochester this morning. Mayo Clinic bulletin at noon called his condition satisfactory. He has been a patient for weeks under Mayo care for a nutritional disturbance after a prior operation seven years ago.
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Minn
Harry Hopkins
Mayo Clinic
Hopkins
St. Mary’s Hospital
Wisconsin emergency board releases funds for April relief
The state emergency board approves disbursements totaling 16957 for northern communities April relief and for old age pension payments. The funds include 16225 for April relief and 3332 for pension payments.
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Wis
State Emergency Board
Withdraw Indian Force From Hangman's Hill
Gurkha troops at Hangman's hill near Cassino have been withdrawn after two weeks of occupation, with New Zealanders also pulled from hill 202. Allied observers report rail lines cut from northern Italy to the German front, and continued heavy artillery duels around Cassino as air and sea actions unfold.
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Lynn Heinzerling
Naples
Indiana
Hangman’s Hill
Monastery Hill
Cassino
Italy
Hill 202
Russians Push Toward Odessa On Front Near Czechoslovakia
Soviet forces reported advancing 175 miles along the front from Nikolaev toward the Black Sea port of Odessa with Malinovsky's 3rd Ukrainian army and Konev's 2nd Ukrainian army involv ed near the Iasi rail hub. Kolomea fell 11 miles southeast toward Czechoslovakia as Zhukov’s 1st Ukrainian army moved toward Bucovina region.
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Bessarabia
Ivan S. Konev
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Malinovsky
Bug
Berlin
Konev
Prut River
Old Romania
Iasi
Czernowitz
Bucovina
Red Army
Gregry K. Zhukov
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Gvozdets
Kolamea
Cgerno
Allies Hit Japanese In Burma India Pushes On
Allied fighters downed 24 Japanese planes in a big bomber thrust near Imphal while ground forces a northeast of Imphal pressed. Stilwell announced 5423 Japanese dead since Oct. 26 with air battles over Burma and India. Allied air forces bombed Japanese bases from New Guinea to Bougainville as supply efforts expanded.
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Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
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Kavieng
New Ireland
Solomons
Pityilu Island
Admiralties
Farm Deferments Put Up To Boards
Washington reports that local draft boards will decide farm worker deferments under the Tydings amendment. The change aims to reduce military pullbacks from farms by letting boards defer workers regularly engaged in essential farm production. Russell and Tydings say further rules may restrict farmers with physical handicaps from moving to war plants without board permission.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Marvin Jones
Russell
D-Ga
Tydings
Congress
Russel
Nation service urged to place 4-Fs in essential war work
Under secretary of war Robert Patterson told the House committee that 3,500,000 men classified 4-F aged 18 to 37 should be assigned to essential industry or to labor battalions. He proposed national service legislation or extension of selective service to use 4-Fs for civilian war work or inducted labor units, warning of inequities in recruitment between similarly aged men.
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Washington
Robert P. Patterson
House Military Committee
Patterson
Luce
R-Conn
Ralph A. Bard
Siege Declared at Ploesti Oil Fields Reported
Tass said a state of siege was proclaimed in the Ploesti oil fields in Romania and that Nazi orders called for removal of all oil stored in the area.
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Ploesti
London
Tass
Rumania
Soviet forces encircle Kovel in major offensive push
Premier Stalin announced the encirclement of Kovel 170 miles east of Warsaw after a fierce land and sea operation to capture Nikolaev. German-held for two and a half years, Kovel’s fall followed intense combat as Berlin radio claimed Red Army troops isolated Nazi troops and supplied them by air. A Berlin dispatch warned of possible new retreats.
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Nikolaev
Stalin
Berlin
Red Army
Warsaw
Old Poland
Frozen Foods Freed From Rationing List
The Office of Price Administration announces all frozen fruits and vegetables are no longer rationed starting Sunday. Beef pork veal and lamb points stay through April 29, butter remains at 16 points, and canned peas are ration free. Carrots in number two cans drop to three points, tomato juice up to 14 ounce cans reduces to two to five points.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Surviving Crewmen Escape As Bomber Crashes Over France
Seven airmen parachuted to safety after their Flying Fortress named Who Dat? was struck near Reims France. The bomber was torn with 30 feet of fuselage blown off behind the radio room and crashed while two waist gunners were killed. The fate of the tail gunner remains uncertain.
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Britain
Reims
France
Bombers Strike Germany and Pas-de-Calais in Major Allied Offensive
US heavy bombers and Liberators hit central Germany and Pas-de-Calais France in a major air campaign described as aimed at the Luftwaffe. The 24th monthly assault since the start of the year reportedly destroyed over 2,100 German planes in eight weeks, with fighter escorts supporting the raids. Berlin claimed fierce air battles over northwestern Germany near Osnabrueck and Bielefeld as depth-charge combat continued.
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America
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Pas-de-Calais
France
U. S
James H. Doolittle
Britain
Berlin
Teutoburg Forest
Westphalia
Osnabrueck
Bieclefeld
Service Vote Plans May Delay Solons Recess
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley said congress may delay Friday start to avoid a squeeze that could kill the service vote bill. He noted possible presidential action leaving the measure to become law without his signature. The Easter recess also came into play with the ten day rule.
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Senate
Barkley
Congress
Roosevelt
Fire bug blamed for San Francisco blazes kills 22 at New Amsterdam
Fire marshal suspects the same arsonist linked to the New Amsterdam hotel disaster, after a Wednesday apartment-house fire caused minor damage thanks to a tenant's quick actions. Inspector Asa notes this mirrors earlier blazes as the city endures its worst fire toll since 1906.
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San Francisco
New Amsterdam
Rtment
Arthur Asa
Ofice
New Tax Applies On Lay Away Purchases
Treasury officials said lay away purchases of luxury items made before April 1 will face the new higher excise taxes unless ownership transfers before that date. The higher rates take effect April 1, with bona fide sales like fur coats left for later delivery retaining the present 10 percent rate.
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Washington
Treasury
Flooding in Holland Aims to Halt Allied Invasion
London reports German forces began flooding the Dutch lowlands as part of a defense plan to slow an expected Allied invasion of Western Europe, according to a Netherlands information bureau statement.
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London
Hollands
Netherlands Information Bureau
Europe
Heavy Snow Fells Across Wisconsin And Great Lakes
Snow blankets the region with five inches in La Crosse by 10 a.m. and four inches in Milwaukee as cold, shifting winds bring frigid weather. Plows hit the streets while forecasts call for more snow and gales on the Great Lakes as temperatures dip into the mid teens.
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A. D. Sanial
Mississippi Valley
Sanial
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Great Lakes
New York Quadruplets Born at Sloan Hospital
New York reports four babies born to Mrs. Harry Zarief at Sloan Hospital for Women. Three girls and one boy arrived, all performing exceptionally well. Two girls weighed five pounds each, the third girl four pounds twelve ounces, and the boy four pounds thirteen ounces.
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New York
Sloane Hospital
Harry Zarief
Likes People Happy Throws Away 5000
Wealthy Toronto contractor Harry F. McLean opened a Princes Edward hotel room window and showered $5,000 in cash and silver onto a Windsor street causing a traffic halt. A crowd of about 500 urged to catch the money as McLean said he liked to see people happy and spread joy.
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Windsor
McLean
Churchill Demands Confidence Vote On Education Amendment
In London the Prime Minister urged a house of commons confidence for his wartime government. He tied support to deleting an equal pay for teachers amendment, saying resignation would follow defeat. The vote came after a 117 to 116 defeat, with Education Minister Harold Butler opposing the amendment.
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House of Commons
Churchill
Commons
Thema
House
Harold Butler
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