Roosevelt sets 10 o clock coal mine deadline
President Roosevelt labels miner walkouts of over 70 000 as strikes against the United States and demands a return to work by 10 AM Saturday or government action. He vows to use all powers to protect national war effort while War Labor Board weighs the dispute between United Mine Workers and operators.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Ower
Wet Labor Board
John L. Lawin
Lewis
Thoras Kennedy
National War Labor Board
Margarine Taxes Spur Calls for Reform Across States
Westbrook Pegler outlines federal and state margarine taxes, arguing the system protects dairy profits and harms consumers. He notes a 25 cent per pound federal tax on colored margarine and licenses plus state charges, highlighting incentives to keep butter prices high while allowing uncolored margarine tax avoidance.
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Wisconsin
Federe S
Congress
Executions at Prison Urged by Lafayette Officials
The Lafayette police jur y adjourned its annual convention after adopting resolutions seeking state aid to fund all executions at the state penitentiary rather than local facilities. The 1944 convention city to be selected at a January meeting. Resolutions also call for fire insurance premium participation, equal stock assessments, aid for cattle dipping, farm equipment tax exemptions, state sales of $8,008 for farm to market, a constitutional amendment on severance taxes, and insurance on school children’s lives on buses.
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Lafayette
Lowitiane
Patete Penitentiery
Purih Semis
Enteociation
United States Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Sanitary Board
British raid on Wilhelmshaven and Baltic mining noted
London reports Allied bombers struck the German naval base at Wilhelmshaven last night and carried out mining in the Baltic, with twenty three aircraft missing. The raid, resuming large scale continental offensives after a one night lull, signals an effort to disrupt German submarine training and Nazi wartime preparations in the east.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Baltic
Wilhelmshaver
United States
al Ministry
Senate to Consider Connallys Measure
The Senate voted to consider a bill by Senator Connally authorizing government seizure of struck mines or industrial plants. The move followed Roosevelt's telegrams urging leaders to halt a threatened general strike by soft coal miners and sparked Republican protests as Vice President Wallace ruled the measure unfinished business.
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Washington
Senate
Connaily
Texas
John J. Lewis
Roosevelt
LUMW
Bis
Connall
Wallace
Roosevelt Calls Miners to Submit War Labor Dispute
President Roosevelt urges John L. Lewis and Thoras Kennedy to end strikes and submit the coal industry dispute to the National War Labor Board. He warns that ongoing walkouts threaten war production and national unity, labeling them direct challenges to government authority.
New York backs OPA regulations in state action
Albany N Y April 3 New York backed the federal drive against inflation by making violations of OPA price ceilings state offenses. The state war council approved a resolution to enforce OPA violations under the state emergency war act with a 25 fine or five days in jail. Governor Dewey said the move helps the government but urged universal enforcement and neighboring states to adopt similar measures. Federal courts were criticized as unequipped to handle mass violations.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
State War Council
Dewey
New York State
OPA
President Roosevelt Ends War Inspection Tour
President Roosevelt, back in Washington after a 17 day cross country tour covering 7452 miles, to discuss the trip at a noon press conference. He visited Denver Omaha Jefferson Barracks and Fort Knox on the way from Mexico where he met Avila Camacho. He favored a year of voluntary service rather than compulsory military service or a broad army program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Denver
Omaha
Jefferson Barracks
Fort Knox
Mexico
Avila Camacho
West Coast
America
Manuel Avila Camacho
Postwar governance debate at chamber session
New York April 29 Governor Griswold of Nebraska warned that continued direct administrative powers in the federal government could forge a pro administration voter bloc. He urged more state level administration to shape the postwar democracy.
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New York
Dwight Griewold
Nebraska
United States Chamber of Commerce
Griswold
Congress
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Frank P. Doherty
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Gore
Doherty
Famous generals go to Washington
Lieutenant General Joseph W Stilwell and Major General Claire Chennault arrive in Washington for military conferences. They are accompanied by Brigadier General William D Old and Colonel Frank Merrill, with the War Department announcing their arrival.
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Washington
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
China-Burma-India
Claire Chennault
Mth Air Force
China
William D. Old
Air Corps
Frank Merrill
General Staff Corps
War Department
Chinese Areas Slaughtered As War Fliers Legacy Told
San Francisco with Morgenthau relays Chiang Kai-Shek cable about Japanese troops butcher ing every man woman and child in coastal China where American fliers sought haven after Tokyo bombing. Morgenthau compares it to Lidice and warns of brutal acts by an enemy with respect to war.
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San Francisco
China
Tokyo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Treasury
Morgenthau
Lidice
Reinhardt Heydrich
Japs Seek Another Raid Warned by Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio warned Japan that the United States is making preparations for another raid similar to the April 18 attack and appealed to air raid precautions workers to stay alert. The broadcast, intercepted by U.S. trans, reported by the Office of War Information, said the raid would be propaganda aimed at appeasing Americans and diverting attention from war industry disunity.
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Associated Press
Tokyo Radio
United States
Japan
Sransiers
Office of War Information
Fresh warnings push new push for Pacific war action
Washington reports lawmakers warn the Pacific war could last years or forever. Senate Military Committee Chairman Reynolds says Japan is digging in on conquered islands, while Senator Chandler urges citizens to press representatives to act to halt the rising Japanese threat and prevent a stronger foe from taking root in the south Pacific.
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Washington
Congress
Reynolds
North Carolina
Senate Military Committee
Chandler
Kentucky
Pacific
Tokyo
South Pacific
Americans Attack Naples and Messina in daylight raid
Two Liberator formations of the ninth United States Air Force struck Naples and Messina, shooting down five enemy fighters. Naples reports show numerous direct hits on the Vittorio Emanuele mole area and a Messer schmitt 109 destroyed. Messina ferry slips and port facilities also hit, with large explosions and fires.
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Cairo
Ninth United States Air Force
Naples
Sicilian
Messina
United States
Vittorio Emanuele Mole
Berlinadso
Rome
Sam- Pedusa
Syracuse
Blimp Station Commissioned in New Orleans
The United States Navy commissions a new $10 million air station in New Orleans to base blimps for anti submarine warfare in the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific areas. Commander B F Jenkins notes wartime progress from minimal personnel to a major lighter than air operation with bases at Lakehurst and Houma.
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New Orleans
Atlantic-Gulf- Pacific
United States Naval Air Station
Gulf
B. F. Jenkins
Houma
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Truck Kills Boy In Cardboard Box In Passaic
A transport truck in Passaic New Jersey ran over a cardboard carton yesterday. The driver heard a scream and found five year old John Mitchell fatally crushed inside the box at Beth Israel hospital. Police are investigating why the child was in the box.
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Passaic
N. J
John van Oven
Edward Smith
Beth Israel Hospital
John Mitchell
Nazis use school boys for mining
Washington reports Germany plans to restore coal output by mobilizing large numbers of school boys war prisoners and workers from conquered countries. An underground German report notes boys recently graduated from school worked in mines without vacation, with fines on fathers for refusals. Germany draws from Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Donets to operate under slave conditions.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Germany
Polish Silesia
France
Czecho- Slovakia
Belgium
Jugo-Slavia
Romania
Russian
Donets
Cablegram From Chiang Kai-Shek Shapes View Of Japanese Threat
The message to Morgenthau describes the enemy as brutal toward Chinese villages sheltering American fliers. It warns Japan could repeat attacks on the California coast and emphasizes not underestimating potential methods, urging vigilance against future incursions.
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Harmles
San Francisco
California
Social Welfare Meet Opens With Crossroads Address
The 27th annual Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare opened with Judge Frank Voelker leading the session on the Hotel Frances roof. Mayor Benoit welcomed West Monroe and Attorney McCormick extended city greetings as Voelker warned of threats to democratic powers and argued for state rights in education and highway funding. He discussed plans to amend the constitution to make the conference a social action forum. Chaplain William E. Patrick spoke on civilian roles in wartime.
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Louisiana Conference of Social Welfare
Hotel Frances
Frank Voelker
F. K. Hirsch
H. H. Benoit
John McCormick
West Monroe
Washington
Louisiana
Union
Judge Voelker
William E. Patrick
Camp Claiborne
Wymer to face murder charge in cliff deaths
Golden Colorado April 2 Sixteen year old William Eugene Wymer must be prosecuted on a murder charge in the deaths of Milo Fiindt and Donald Mattas who were thrown from Castle Rock after Wymer took their shoes and a wrist watch District Attorney Richard H Simon stated He noted Monsignor E J Flanagan at Omaha offered to escort Wymer to Boys Town but cautioned that Flanagan may not know all facts Flanagan said he would seek Colorado permission for Wymer to join Boys Town and urged treatment for the youth.
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Golden
Colo
William Eugene Wymer
Richard H. Simon
Simon
E. J. Flanagan
Omaha
Wyner
Milo Fiindt
Donald Mattas
Wymer
Malinovsky and Rokossovsky Made Full Generals
In Moscow on April 29 Lieutenant General Rodion Y. Malinovsky and Colonel General Konstantin Rokossovsky, noted for Rostov and Stalingrad respectively, were promoted to full generals of the Red Army.
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Moscow
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Rostov
Konstantin Rokossevsky
Stalingrad
Red Army
US French forces gain ground in north Tunisia
Allied headquarters report United States troops advanced modestly in north Tunisia with German resistance stiffening along the front. British vanguards briefly held Dijebel Bou Aoukaz before retreating, while Axis forces concentrated on western and southern fronts. Ground gained included near Medjez El Bab while Italian troops were reported among the Axis defense.
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Edward Kennedy
North Africa
United States
Tunisia
Dijebel Bou Aoukaz
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
First Army
Harold Alexander
K. A. N. Anderson
United States Army
Bernard Montgomerery
Eighth Army
Bou Aoukaz
Djebel Mansour
Pont du Fahs
Churchill Roosevelt agree on move in Polish Russia split
London reports say Prime Minister Churchill and President Roosevelt reached a plan to mend rifts between Soviet Russia and the London Polish government in exile. They may appeal to Stalin for cooperation as Moscow severed ties after the Polish appeal for Red Cross inquiry into 10,000 Polish officers’ deaths. The Polish government denied claims to Soviet territory and denied Quisling ties with Germany while asking for the release of Poles in Russia and their families.
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London
Churchill
Roosevelt
Russia
Stalin
Daily Mail
International Red Cross
Moscow
Russian Air Force Continues Attacks Across Fronts
Moscow reports heavy Soviet air activity against German communications and airdromes. Over 30 planes destroyed in 24 hours, raids on two airfields, and smashed truck supply columns. Soviet sources say supply lines in the Kerch Strait area face intense aerial pressure with increasing raids in Kuban and Donets sectors.
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Moscow
Red Air Force
Nikolai Akimov
Moscow News
Kerch Strait
Akimovv
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