Willkie Charges GOP Critics in Wisconsin Speech
In Eau Claire Wisconsin Wendell Willkie warned voters of a choice between a hate and negation doctrine or the Roosevelt administration if certain Republican forces prevail He cited the Chicago Tribune and Milwaukee Sentinel as examples and urged support for his reform platform He spoke in Menomonie Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire noting the crowds totaled about 3500 and criticizing party leaders for opposing wartime policy and national service proposals
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Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Wilkie
Chicago Tribune
Hearst
Milwaukee Sentinel
Willkie
Wisconsin
Stout Institute
Menomonie
Chippewa Falls High School
Eau Claire Municipal
Gerald Smiths
Republican Party
Paul V. McNutt
Draft Deferment Lists Issued for 22 Through 25 Year Olds
The War Production Board announces an official list of urgent manufacturing programs needing draft deferments for men 22 to 25. Programs cover Army amphibious vehicles, aircraft parts, radars, rockets, ships, tankers, and maintenance with details to follow. Endorsements require extreme skill or irreplaceability.
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Washington
War Production Board Today
WPB
Army
Navy and Maritime Commission
Navy
Inductees To Leave Friday For Military Induction
Selective Service boards Nos 1 and 2 announce that selectees who took their February 26 pre induction physicals will depart La Crosse on March 31 to join the army and navy. Army and navy personnel report at 9 30 a m at the federal building, depart at 10 45 a m for Hiawatha, and arrive Milwaukee at 1 40 p m. Navy inductees go to the Plankinton building station. army men depart Milwaukee at 3 p m on the North Shore Line for Fort Sheridan arriving 4 36 p m for induction.
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la Crosse
Army
Navy
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Hiawatha
Milwaukee
Plankinton
North Shore Line
Fort Sheridan
Finnish Peace Envoy Paasikivi Heads for New Armistice Effort
Finland's veteran peace emissary Juho K. Paasikivi is reportedly off on a new mission to arrange a Finnish Russian armistice. Reliable Finnish censorship reports say he may have contacted Russian representatives in Moscow and efforts to locate him at home or in Stockholm have failed.
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Stockholm
Finland
Juho K. Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Moscow
House committee urges using 4-Fs for essential labor
A House military subcommittee recommends the War Department accept 4-Fs for special labor duty and urges Selective Service to process and place them in essential jobs. Stimson calls it a last resort and favors national service legislation but warns against forced induction.
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Washington
Stimson
House Military Sub-Committee
War Department
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Robert P. Patterson
Rep
Costello
Calif
Department
Congress
Capitol Hill
Army College
United States
House
Allies Stopped By Nazis At Cassino Says Stimson
Allied replies to German counterattacks near Cassino were reported by Stimson as halted. The page notes Soviet advances and German withdrawals elsewhere, with Czernowitz fallen to the Red Army and line disruptions across the Prut and Lwow corridors.
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Stimson
Hawaii Leaders Declare Imminent Invasion Danger
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and Lieut. Gen. Robert C. Richardson filed affidavits in a habeas corpus case asserting Hawaii is in imminent danger of invasion since Pearl Harbor. The two leaders defended martial law as necessary for wartime Hawaii as courts weigh the governor's authority and ongoing military actions.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Robert C. Richardson
Federal
Territory of
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Nimitz
Pacific Ocean
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United States Army
Central Pacific
Hawai
Garner Anthony
Lloyd C. Duncan
Navy Yard
Honolulu
Marine Navy Yard
Anthony
Duncan
United States
Empire of Japan
U. S. Attorney General
War Department
Edward J. Ennis
Attorney General
Delbert E. Metzger
Allies Report Successes In Burma Battle
Glider-borne air commandos damaged Mohnyin headquarters 80 miles southwest of Myitkyina. Stilwell’s Chinese push south of Myitkyina cut the Mogaung valley road and set a block near Laban, encircling two battalions of the 18th Japanese division. British expanded coastal threats with tunnel gains near Maungdaw and Buthedaung while bombing Rangoon area supply zones and destroying river craft in Arakan.
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India
Burma
Mohnyin
Myitkyina
Lord Louis Mountbaten
Mandalay
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Laban
Shaduzup
Kaiming
India-Burma
Imphal
Somra
Arakan
Maungdaw-Buthedaung
Akyab
Victoria Lake
Rangoon
Wacs Graduate From General Staff School
Sixteen Wac officers Thursday became the first to graduate from the Army's top school the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth Kas They completed the advanced course with about 850 other officers and many will be assigned to overseas duty
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Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Wac
Command and General Staff School
Army
Churchill Wins Vote Of Confidence 425-23
Winston Churchill won his eighth wartime confidence vote in the House of Commons by 425 to 23. Government supporters cheered as MPs approved his leadership amid debates over equal pay for teachers and other wartime measures.
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Churchill
James M. Long
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Wardlaw-Milne
Reds Urge Change in Italy Rule Editorial Demands Italy Reset
A Moscow Izvestia front page editorial says exchanging envoys with Marshal Badoglio's regime does not equal full recognition and calls Britain and the United States to push for a government change in Italy. The piece criticizes Western press for misreading the move and urges immediate changes without waiting for Rome's occupation.
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Izvestia
Pietro Badoglio
Britain
United States
Italy
Germany
Badoglio
Rome
U S Planes Over Reich Engage German Targets
RAF Halifaxes attacked railway yards at Vaires near Paris and Lyon engine works while Mosquitos hit Kiel. US 8th Air Force bombed Brunswick area and Pas de Calais as jets join combat. Capt Don Gentile shot down three to reach 21 kills tied for second with Maj Mahurin. leader Robert Johnson remains on top. Nine American planes failed to return. German radios went off air briefly, then denied by Berlin.
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Pas de-Calais
U. S
Don S. Gentile
Piquoa
Ohio
Maj
Walker Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robert S. Johnson
Lawton
Oklo
Stimson Says Germans Do Not Quit Amid Cassino Fight
Secretary of War Stimson spoke at a press conference on Cassino noting German obstinacy and effectiveness. He said progress was limited by terrain, rain, and rubble, with tanks slowed and hills under fire, while stressing broader Allied gains in the Italian campaign and strategic goals in the Mediterranean. Allied air forces hit targets from Rome to Sofia as Cassino’s outcome remains uncertain.
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OPA Extends Pork Credit to Dealers for April Purchases
Washington OPA announced dealers and wholesalers may borrow ration points to buy pork during the first 10 days of April. Loans support storage amid heavy production with access to freezer space as a qualification. Points usable for pork until May 1. Pork prices average under two points per pound with demand matching abundant supply.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Partisans Attack Nazis Heading For Balkans
Yugoslav partisans attacked German troop trains en route to the Balkan front, the Tito broadcast via the new Yugoslav radio station reported. The communique from Marshal Josip Broz Tito's team confirms the strike as Nazi reinforcements move toward the Balkans.
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London
Josip (Tito) Broz
Pega
President Roosevelt Leaves No Appointments As Bronchitis Clears
Washington report says President Roosevelt’s bronchitis is clearing up nicely but the physician requests no appointments for the president until he is entirely well.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Cross War Fund Hits $43 938 In Progress Drive
By Wednesday evening the 1944 Red Cross War Fund total reached $43 938 68 toward a $71 000 quota. The drive urges last minute gifts as many donors think it is a mer military fund, noting 90 cents of every dollar supports armed forces services. Contributions can be left at the War Fund office Vocational school rooms 106 108 or Red Cross info office in the Federal Building. A caller will follow up if a message is left.
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Red Cross
la Crosse County
War Fund
Red Cross Information Office
Treis Disbarment Action Dismissed in Wisconsin
Referee John P. McGalloway recommended to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that disbarment proceedings against Jerome F. Treis of Milwaukee be dismissed. Treis faced charges of conspiring to defraud a circuit court at Wausau and abusing court processes in the Consolidated Discount Corp. case. Treis denied the allegations. the findings were filed with the Madison court clerk.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
John P. McGalloway
Jerome F. Treis
Milwaukee
State Supreme Court
Treis
Wausau
Consolidated Discount Corp
McGalloway
Madison W.y
Confer With Goodland On Racine Gambling
Wisconsin officials discuss gambling concerns with Racine leaders. Johnson from Racine seeks clarification of state laws and the governor is cited as overseeing farm operations in Racine County amid reports of slot machines and dice activity.
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Goodland
Racine
Racine County
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