Westbrook Pegler on Arizona Mine Town and War Production
Westbrook Pegler describes a dusty Arizona mining town tied to a corporation named Dodge. He explains ore extraction, desert geography, and wartime copper output while noting immigrant labor from Mexico and the United States, including workers from Swan, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky.
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O, Ariz
Dodge
Pela
Mexico
Wis
Barros
Gulf of California
Swansea
Wales
Swan
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Kenberry
Japan’s Peace Offensive Fails Amid New Air Alarms
Japan reports fresh air raid alerts in Central and Western regions as American bombers strike Tokyo Yokohama Nagoya and Kobe. Tokyo cabinet minimizes impact saying transport and postal services mostly normal while western borders face possible strikes from Chinese fronts. Allied officials discount any genuine Axis peace drive despite propaganda claims.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Yokohama
Nagoya
Kobe
Rome
United States
Berlin
Spa
China
Imperial Tokyo
Twide
Australia
Francis M Forde
Brisbane
Lack of medicine doomed Bataan in siege
April 21 report from San Francisco cites Lieutenant Colonel William J. Penard saying bamboo patched transport planes carried vital drugs and medical supplies to Bataan but three ships carrying similar cargo were lost. He praised pilots who flew nightly missions despite improvised aircraft. The siege left two main hospitals on the front lines. nurses evacuated to Corregidor while doctors remained with patients.
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San Francisco
Bataan
William J. Penard
Melbourne
CBS
Penard
Australia
Philippines
Corregidor
Flexible wage ceiling urged in labor talks
Washington April 21 Ex chairman Thomas of the Senate labor committee proposes expanding the no strike pledge in wet industries to include a flexible wage ceiling. A general board would review wages about every eight months and order increases to match living costs. Roosevelt plans a cost of living message to Congress and a radio address next Monday.
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Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Congress
Hermes Carrier Commander Missing After Bay of Bengal Loss
London April 21 Captain Richard Onslow commander of the aircraft carrier Hermes, sunk April 9 in the Bay of Bengal by Japanese planes, is officially reported missing and presumed killed. He was a classmate of King George VI at Osborne Naval College. The Admiralty said a large proportion of the crew has reached land. The Hermes carried about 700 officers and men.
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London
Richard Onslow
Hermes
Bay of Bengal
King George VI
Osborne Naval College
Admiralty
South American riches fuel war effort across continents
Latin America pours strategic minerals and agricultural products to aid the United Nations as axis supply is choked. U.S. and allies control sea routes and wartime trade, monopolizing rubber, tin, manganese, chrome, and more. Yet inaccessible terrains hinder extraction, and scarce shipping shifts raise living costs while essential goods pile up in warehouses. Agricultural explorers hunt rubber manganese and chrome from Cape Horn to the Rio Grande amid growing shortages and shifting economies.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Latin America
United Nations
Axis
United States
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
South America
Cape Horn
Rio Grande
Gov
Jurors May Act on Additional Revenue
News Orleans April 21 4 Opposition to raising additional revenue to balance state and police jury budgets during the war was included in resolutions prepared by a committee today for presentation to the Police Jury association of Louisiana in convention here Other resolutions urged continued waterway improvements and reservoirs within the Arkansas White and Ouachita rivers urged changes in health policy on selecting parish boards of health approved enactment of laws prohibiting stream pollution by factories and other agencies and opposed diversion of any part of the present 1 cent gasoline tax to municipalities.
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Newsrleans
Police Jury Association of Louisiana
Arkansas, White
Ouachita
State Health Department
Parish Boards of Health
O Hares Promoted After Medal of Honor Ceremony
President Roosevelt presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Edward H. O’Hare for gallantry as a Fighting Squadron 3 leader on February 20, 1942, after eliminating Japanese bombers and earning a two rank promotion to Lieutenant Commander while his bride placed the medal. The citation lauds his intrepidity, risking his life above and beyond duty during critical combat actions.
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Edward H. O'Hare
Navy
Roosevelt
O'Hare
United States
Washington
Edward H. Clare
United States Navy
Fighting Squadron 3
Four U-boat commanders honored with navy crosses
Four American submarine commanders received Navy Crosses for daring raids in Japanese waters. Elton W. Grenfell sank a 5,000-ton ship and may have sunk a Japanese submarine. David C. White sank a 7,000-ton ship and repelled 24 depth charges. Lewis S. Parks sank a 17,000-ton ship under heavy attack. Stanley P. Fort contributed six attacks, sinking three ships totaling about 16,000 tons.
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Washington
Elton W. Grenfell
Radburn
Fairlawn
N. J
David C. White
San Diego
Calif
Lewiss. Parks
Wilmington
Del
Stanley P. Dt
Fort Worth
Tex
Nelson says output soon to pass axis production
Donald M. Nelson war production chief told the Senate defense committee the United States is over the hump on military production. He said America England and Russia are producing far more war materiel than the axis and that in a few months the U S will offset axis reserves. He cited criticism of dollar a year men hindering WPB recruiting and noted questionnaires to firms add to the problem.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
United States
America
England
Russia
Nelson
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Truman
Missouri
Pair Held in Hunt for Nazi Detroited 1943
Federal agents detained Max Stephan a 48yearold German born American and a German descended woman as alleged accessories in the hunt for Lieutenant Peter Krug a WWII German combat flier who escaped a Canadian concentration camp. FBI Detroit chief John S. Bugas said Krug received help after arriving from Bowmanville Ontario with dining and funds at Stephan’s restaurant before being sent on his way.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
Peter Krug
John S. Bugas
Krug
Bowmanville
Ont
Hugas
Stephan
Bugas
Ambassador’s wife dies in Vichy during war years
Louise Tennant Harrington Leahy wife of U S ambassador to France died in Vichy after a major operation. She had been ill for years and traveled to Lisbon in 1940 as their son William H Leahy served in the Navy. Married 1904, Admiral Leahy postponed return due to her condition.
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Vichy
France
William D. Leahy
United States
Washington
Pierre Laval
Admiral Leahy
Leahy
Thinks Papers Must Be Free to Aid in War
Frank S. Hoy of the Lewiston Sun and Journal told the American Newspaper Publishers Association at its 56th annual convention that newspapers must be free to report and think to help win the war. He urged truthful coverage, denounced wasteful military and government publicity, and urged paid government advertising as the best use of space.
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New York
United Nations
Frank S. Hoy
Lewiston
Maine
Sun and Journal
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Hoy
United States
Fort Knox
Kentucky
America
Government orders half cotton mills to war production in 60 days
Washington April 21 the government ordered the cotton textile industry to convert about half of its facilities to war production within 60 days. Mills must shift looms to bag osnaburg and bag sheetings to supply sand bags camouflage cloth and agricultural bagging. WPB says civilian fabrics will follow and stresses importance for work clothing and defense needs.
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Washington
Osnaburg
War Production Board
Milla
WPE
MacArthur aides named to staff in southwest Pacific command
Two United States army officers, Major General Richard K. Sutherland and Brigadier General Richard J. Marshall, were named chief and deputy chief of staff for General MacArthur's southwest Pacific command. They previously held similar posts in the U.S. Army and joined an administrative force of Australians, Dutch, and Americans.
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U.S. Army
Australia
United States Army
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Southwest Pacific
Richard K. Sutherland
Richard J. Marshall
Jones Urges Far-Reaching War Time Crackdown
Governor Sam Jones of Louisiana told a War Production Board official that the American public supports drastic government measures for the war effort. He said priorities and sacrifices should not fear public acceptance. Governors discussed freight rates trade barriers and wartime issues as they closed their three day meeting.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Sam Jones
Louisiana
America
War Production Board
Southern Governors Conference
Jones
Phil M McCullough
WPB
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Broughton
Four Die as Truck Overturns Near Jena Louisiana
Four Placid Oil Company workers from Goodpine and nearby towns died when a pipe truck tire blew out, tipping over a guard rail near Nebo nine miles south of Jena. Seven others were injured, including workers from Urania Jena Goodpine Tullos and Tyler. The men were en route to Nebo oil field work at the time of the crash.
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Jena
Nebo
Placid Oil Company
Goodpine
Kirk Cockrell
Pioneer
H. M. Slack
Fred Poole
Tullos
M. N. Callicoate
Tyler
Tex
L. H. Rooney
Urania
D. C. Morgan
D. A. Bellar
H. O. Morgan
EB. C. Meek
Charles Nicholson
L. L. Davis
RAF Raids to Reach Continent Under Allied Plan
United States warplanes are being ferried to British bases to join the RAF offensive against Europe. Churchill approves a combined operations staff to coordinate army navy and air force, signaling prep for possible Allied invasion. Dutch reports say Von Rundstedt strengthens defenses in Northern France and Belgium as raids loom.
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Associated Press
United States
Aleady
London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Europe
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Gerd von Runstedt
France
Belgium
Holland
Congress Considers Family Allowances for Enlisted Men
Washington April 21 Congress has before it war department plan to provide dependents allowances for enlisted service members. Two classes A and B determine payoffs with wives children and other relatives receiving specified sums and government contributions supplementing portions of the enlisted man’s pay.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
House
Senate
War Turns In Our Favor Says Forde In Australia
Brisbane April 21 Army Minister Francis M Forde declared that the war has turned in our favor and that the allied offensive against the axis will be a staggering spectacle He said Australia must be ready for full war strength and equipment He warned a Japanese attack could come within four weeks and warned against complacency in India or elsewhere and noted potential setbacks ahead
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Brisbane
Australia
Francis M. Forde
Rockhampton
Forde
India
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