Internal Communist Front's Maritime Union Faces Scrutiny
Revelations over the past year expose the National Maritime Union of the Communist Front as revising conduct rules amid claims of extortion and abuse on merchant ships. Minutes reveal allegations of impugned leaders, tongue lashings at officers, and efforts to placate Army and Navy crews to avoid wartime backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tese
National Maritime Union of Themmunist Front
Joseph Curran
Pe N. M. U
M. Hedley Stone
Treasur
Curran
Viers
New Setbacks Deal Told Of In Southwest Pacific
General Douglas MacArthur announced two new Allied advances against Japan in the southwest Pacific. U.S. forces on Los Negros Island extended from an isthmus to the northern peninsula and tightened control of the Momote airfield. The 32nd Army Division landed near Madang, bypassing jungle delays. Rabaul endured heavy bombing with 842 Japanese planes lost since December as Allied air forces dropped 181 tons on the base and 105 tons on Choiseul Island in the Solomons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preas
Southwest Pacific
Los Negros Island
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Lrst
Los Negros
Momote
32Nd Army Division
Saidor
Madang
Rabaul
New Britain
Japan
Choiseul Island
Solomons
Barksdale Plane Victims Listed In Fatal Crash
Six Barksdale fliers died when a twin engine bomber exploded on impact near Castor in Bienville parish Louisiana. The victims include Second Lieutenants Regina Trass Hansen and staff sergeants Kern Mackie DeVitt Barrett Thomas.
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Shreveport
Barksdale
Castor
Bienville Parish
John Domenic Regina
Bronx
N. Y
Wilfred Lynn Trass
Georgetown
Charles Norman Hansen
Portland
Ove
Jack Clayton Kern
Canton
Ohio
Curtis Mackie
Williamsfield
John Barrett Thomas Devitt
Syracuse
Congress Reduces Army Budget In First 1944 Supply Bill
The House Appropriations Committee recommends a 91.2 million cut in federal agency funding, lowering the new appropriations to 500.1 million. Major reductions include 22.5 million from community facilities and 17.5 million from war housing construction. The committee also rejects 39.5 million for Commodity Credit Corporation capital restoration and trims navy repair yard authorizations. Veterans Administration gains full 30 million for hospital construction.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Federal Works Agency
National Housing Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Navy
Veterans’ Administration
Frank T. Hines
Five Die as Alabama Storms Rake State
A string of wind and electrical storms across Alabama left at least five dead and over twenty injured, with damage over 250000. Victims include James T. Groover 65 Jimmy Mitchell 12 James F. Wood 55 R B Kennedy 59 Earl J Dodge 51. Mitchell among 15 hurt at Pine Grove elementary after a tornado wrecked the school. Teacher Mrs B H Miller aided victims and drove for help despite injuries.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
James T. Groover
Boaz
Youte
Jimmy Mitchell
Pine Grove
James F. Wood
Laverne
Kennedy
Mobile
Earl J. Dodge
St. Elmo
Young Mitchell
Mitchell
B. H. Miller
Sand Mountain
Red Army advances push war toward Romania in Ukraine
Soviet dispatches say the Red Army nears Romania, isolating German forces in southern Ukraine as mud and rain hamper movement. Zhukov’s First Ukrainian Army drives along the Odessa Lwow Warsaw railway toward the Romanian frontier, with units within miles of Tarnopol and 75 miles east of Lwow.
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Moscow
Red Army
Rumania
Fritz von Mannstein
Ukraine
Germany
Poland
Odessa-Warsaew
Romania
Bessarabia
Bucovina
Russia
Red Star
Odessa-Warsaw
Lwow
Bucharest
Tarnopol
Proskurov
Zhmerinka
Slobodzeya
Tiraspol
Odessa
Tarmopol
Gregory K. Zhukev
London
Gregory K. Zhukov
Odessa- Lwow
Warsaw
Dickard Announces Bid For City Finance and Utilities Post
Herbert E Dickard, local engineer, declares candidacy for Monroe commissioner of finance and utilities. Mayor Harvey H Benoit, W. D. H. Rodriguez, and C. R. Tidwell expected to seek reelection, with possible opponents rumored for Benoit and Tidwell. Dickard cites twenty years of engineering experience and plans to run for four-year term. The statement summarizes his survey of current utilities operations and qualifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert E Dickard
Finance
Harvey H. Benoit
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Finance and Public Utilities
C. R. Tidwell
Dickard
Benoit
Tidwell
Monroe
Finland Awaiting Word From Russia On Armistice Terms
Stockholm March 7 The Finnish government awaits word from the Soviet Union on Finland’s reply to Moscow regarding armistice terms. The Helsinki correspondent notes Finnish censorship cleared the report and offered no details of the reply. Political tension rises as the second phase of the Finnish Russian question looms.
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Stockholm
Finland
Moscow
Aftonbladet
Helsinki
Price control continue plan sparks House debate
In Washington a House banking panel leader says a measure to extend the OPA may be offered in days as the agency faces a June 20 expiry. Republicans push changes including food subsidy bans and court appeals, while Democrats show some support for reform.
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Tee
OPA
Banking Committee
Spence
Representative Wolcott
Michigan
Roosevelt
Smith
Virginia
Folger
North Carolina
Sullivan
Nevada
U S U-Boat gains in Pacific take Majuro stronghold
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz reports American forces have seized Majuro atoll in the Marshall Islands with no Japanese opposition. He says U S submarines are wrecking Japanese shipping and that subs will rise as a major factor as the war expands. He cautions Japanese submarines remain a growing threat as Allied lines extend.
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Washington
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Majuro
Marshall Islands
Pacific
United States
mid-Pacific
Marshalls
Nimitz
Japan
Cassino Battles Escalate as Allied Forces Hold Beachhead
Allied and German forces clash inside Cassino with heavy mortar and machine gun fire. American troops repel two small Nazi attacks near Cisterna on the Rome front. Rain and mud hinder operations. Rapido river rises. Allied artillery damages German assaults. Eighth Army repels attacks near Orsogna. Canadian artillery hits supply convoy near Ortona. Spitfires strike targets on the Adriatic and Yugoslav coasts. Rain limits air activity. about 500 sorties flown with three lost aircraft.
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Allied
Naples
Cassino
Cisterna
Rome
Rapido
Carroceto
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Ortona
Adriatic
Kotor Bay
Yugoslav
Dubrovnik
Carrace
Garigliano
Fifth Army
Dalmatian
Yugoslavia
Supreme Court squabbles spill into public view
The U S Supreme Court again faces internal conflict as Justices Black Murphy Frankfurter clash over morals and constitutional doctrine. In a five to four ruling on bank assessments the dissent accuses the court of competing with Congress by creating new banking regulations beyond judicial scope.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Black
Murphy
Justice Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Jackson
Roberts
Reed
Congress
Bombing of Rome by Four-Engined Planes Hit City
Rome radio reports waves of four engined bombers attacked the city today. Formations dropped bombs on Ostiense and Trastevere districts. Casualties are not yet tallied but appear very high.
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London
Rome
Ostiense
Trastevere
Louisiana Fire Fighters Open State Convention
The fifth annual Louisiana State Fire Fighters association convention began at 10 am in the Virginia hotel with about 30 representatives. President Jerry Hagewood of Alexandria welcomed attendees as Father King gave the invocation and Mayor H. Behoit noted clear weather for the session. Fred Baer of Washington, DC, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters, addressed the gathering on labor history and the need for organized action.
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State Fire Fighters Association of
Louisiana
Virginia
Jerry Hagewood
Alesandria
Fire Fighters Association
Hagewood
Father King
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
H. H. Behoit
Fred Baer
Washington, D.C
International Association of Fire Fighters
Baer
Night prowler attack on South Second street house
Police received a call at 9 18 p m Monday about a break in attempt on South Second street. A woman was found unconscious with head injury and minor cuts. Entry was gained by cutting the screen and forcing a second door key to drop as the prowler unlocked from outside. Further details await police investigation.
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Camp Anza
Military Board of
Beaufort G. Swancutt
la Crosse
Wis
Earle R. Sarles
Dorothy Douglas
Long Beach
Calif
Lourdine Livermore
Arthur B. Simpson
Riverside
Swancutt
Harry J. Light
Douglas
Miss Livermore
Light
Aldace Minard
Pomona
Aubrey G. Serfling
Preston
Minn
Serfling
Robert Sampson
John E Roberts
South Second Street
One of Greatest Air Battles Of War In Berlin Raid
London reports a major World War II daylight raid on Berlin as American bombers and fighters claim 178 Nazi planes shot down with 68 four‑engined bombers lost. RAF night bombers hit Trappes near Paris and Mosquitoes struck northwest Germany, all without loss.
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London
Berlin
United States Army
Trappes
France
Paris
Germany
United States
Schweinfurt
Regensburg
Reich
Louisiana Cattlemen Oppose Subsidies on Beef Price
The Louisiana Cattlemen's Association and National Livestock Association oppose subsidies on beef cattle price. J. M. McLemore of Alexandria, at the 14th annual meeting in the Frances hotel, argued subsidies benefit neither producers nor consumers and urged price bearing by consumers. He warned of postwar beef scarcity if producers do not cull herds. Reports of permanent committees were to be given and resolutions adopted later.
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Louisiana Cattlemen's Association
National Livestock Association
J. M. McLemore
Alexandria
Louisiana Organization
Frances Hotel
McLemore
Mel Lemore
American Livestock Association
Washington
McLee More
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Argentine
Mexico
Canada
Louisiana
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Sweden
Gavle
Norway
Gulf of Bothnia
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Andalaksha
Petsamo
Salla
Leningrad
Hangoe
A. P. Wirephoto
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Pittsburgh
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MacDonald
Air Ministry
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