Controversy Over War Labor Board Members Emerges
A Worcester gathering noted three Textile Workers officials tied to the National War Labor Board. Amos Cote as Worcester leader is linked to a convict history. Saul Wallen Emil Rieve and J William Bellanger face scrutiny over selection for war board roles amid questions about personal histories and responsibilities within unions.
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Amos Cote
Eleto
Tral Massachusetts Joint Board
Worcester
Saul Wallen
First
New England
National War Labor Board
Emil [Ve
New York
J. William Bellanger
T. Wallen
War Labor
Rieve
Bellanger
War Board
Wallen
Hugh Kingsley
Textile Workers
Langer
Sk and File
Cause
War Labor Board
Kingdey
Lend-lease extension heads to Senate amid aid totals
The bill to extend the lend-lease program passes the House and moves to the Senate. Administrator E. R. B.ttinius Jr reports total aid now at 9.63 billion dollars, with 1.98 billion in goods transferred in the latest quarter and major shares to Allies including Russia, amid ongoing war support.
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Fashington
Senate
E. RB. Ttinius, Jr
Stells
Russia
Ettinius
Ouachita Parish Adopts fish game ordinance on fishing rules
Ouachita parish police jury passes new fish game commission ordinance at regular session. The measure allows use of seines in bayous and streams to safeguard fishing interests urged by local Sportsmen league leader Combs. Parish conducts its usual business alongside the action.
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Ouachita Parish
Fish Game Commission
Combs
Parish
Senate Ready to Cast Vote on Deferment
Washington March 11 four three month-old Congress moves to install the first piece of manpower legislation by a Senate vote on deferring exsernal farm workers from military service. A Senate appropriations sub committee hears testimony on a straw boss shortage in industry as 3-A registrants may be summoned by mid-summer.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Charlies P. Taft
Office of Health and Welfare Services
Bankhead
Alabama
Senate Military Committee
Seaman Survives 83 Days After Ship Sunk in Atlantic
Basil D. Izzi of South Barre Mass recounts the 83 day life raft ordeal after a United Nations freighter was torpedoed in the south Atlantic. Two crewmates died. Izzi, a navy gunner, credits prayers, rain, birds and fish with sustaining the voyage to safety in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
South Atlantic
Basil D. Izzi
South Barre
Mass
Izzi
James Maddox
Lafayette
Ind
George Beasley
United States Navy
United Nations
Maddox
Russians told of criticism by Standley
Moscow broadcasts and Tass carried Admiral William H. Standleys claim that Russians have not been told the full story of U S aid to the Soviet Union. He said he found no complete information on U S war material contributions to Russia.
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Moscow
William H. Standley
United States
Soviet Union
New York
Tass
Associated Press
Standley
Russia
Admiral Standley
Morgan Reported Still Improving At Boca Grande
John Pierpont Morgan, 75, head of the great banking house, continued to show improvement from a heart ailment as he traveled to Boca Grande. Attending doctors said he was slowly regaining strength at Gasparilla Inn with his daughter and physician present. The illness began on the train en route to Florida and stunned the financial world.
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Boca Grande
Fla
John Pierpont Morgan
George Nichols
Morgan
New York
Paul Pennoyer
Gasparilla Inn
H. S. Patterson
Florida West Coast
Wall Street
Congress Eyes Postwar Planning Board and New Economic Plan
Washington reports indicate Congress may ignore executive plans and craft its own postwar settlement. Senator George proposes a nine member planning panel with a $50,000 staff. the National Resources Planning Board urges wartime restraints last beyond victory and a social insurance system. It also suggests government partnership in key industries and worker participation in management.
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Washington
Congress
George
Georgia
Charlies Molony
National Resources Planning Board
Roosevelt
Powerful Japanese bases set up in Kwangchowan region
Chungking reports Japan is developing air bases on Kwangchowan off the Hongkong Hainan coast for assaults on any Allied air drome in south or east China. The 325 square mile area hosts land and seaplane facilities built by France after 1898 lease. Fighting continues in central China as Japanese forces push 20,000 troops across the Yangtze between Kiangling and Yochow.
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Chungking
Kwangchowan
Hongkong
Hainan
China
Japan
Free China
Yangtze
Kiangling
Shasi
Yochow
Britain Says RAF Bombing Crushes German Industry
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told Parliament that the RAF offensive has wrecked more than 2,000 German factories and left over 1,000,000 Germans homeless as 4,000 tons of bombs hit the Ruhr region this month. He praised American air力量, announced a new RAF transport command, and noted continued heavy raids on Essen and other targets.
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London
Europe
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Essen
Krupp
Sinclair
Reich
Cologne
Ruhr
Saar
Germany
Phillips Radio
Eindhoven
Holland
United States Army Air Force
R. A. F. Transport Command
Republicans Back Rum Tax Plan Gains Momentum in House
The House Republican Steering Committee plans to back Beardsley Ruml’s tax abatement proposal to move 44.9 million taxpayers to a pay as you go system. Leader Martin says a large majority of Republicans will vote for the plan and a caucus is set for Monday to push the floor fight. The Ways and Means Committee has rejected canceling tax obligations during transition.
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Washington
House Republican Steering Committee
Martin
Massachusetts
House
Ways and Means
Beardsley Ruml
New York
Carlson
Kansas
Representative Gearhart
California
President Roosevelts White House Reception Noted
Freshmen congressmen James William Pulbright and Harris Ellsworth report on President Roosevelt hosting a social yet political White House reception. The event featured informal dialogue in the state dining room with Roosevelt discussing Africa travel Pacific strategy and war progress amid a relaxed, hopeful mood.
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Rooseveltt
White House
Associated Press
News-Star
James William Pulbright
University of Arkansas
Harris Ellsworth
Roseburg
Oregon
News-Review
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
Mrs. Luce
Africa
Pacific
Sam Rayburn
Wallace
John W. McCormack
House
House Set to Rule on Salary Limit in Debt Bill
Congress prepares to debate a measure raising the national debt ceiling and challenging the president s October 3 1942 order capping net salaries at 25000 annually The Disney amendment would prevent pay cuts below pre December 7 1941 levels and allow higher prewar earnings to continue while boosting the debt limit to 210 billion dollars
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Washington
White House
Congress
House
Disney
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Horse Found Six Miles Offshore Heads Toward Bolivar Peninsula
A work boat crew spotted a horse swimming six miles from the mainland near Galveston Bay. Captain Jimmy Bailey and the Nellie towed the animal to reef and staked it, then loaded Brownie aboard a barge and brought him ashore. J B Little claimed the pony later saying Brownie headed back toward his old Bolivar grazing grounds.
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Houston
Tex
Bolivar Peninsula
Galveston Bay
Gulf
Jimmy Bailey
Nellie
J. B. Little
Brownie
Narrow Corridor Of Retreat Toward Smolensk Battles Russians
Red army forces tightened encirclement around Vyazma 125 miles west of Moscow and pushed west along a broad front. Isakova fell as Russians closed the Vyazma Ka rusa railway gap and forced German retreats under heavy artillery and air support in multiple sectors including near Bryansk and south of Lake Ilmen.
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Moscow
Vyazma
Smolensk
Gzhatsk
Red Star
Red Army
Bryansk
Lake Ilmen
Fighter Planes Repel Japanese Air Attack Over Guadalcanal
Washington reports American fighters repelled a Japanese strike of ten dive bombers and twelve fighters near Henderson Field in the Solomons. In the Aleutians, bombers hit Japanese positions on Kiska as Mitchel B-25s and B-24s with P-38 escorts disrupted camps. One dive bomber and three Zeros were shot down.
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Washington
Solomons
Navy
North Pacific
Kiska
Aleutians
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Coffee ration increased to one pound for five weeks
Washington announces coffee rations rise to one pound per person for five weeks starting March 22. Stamp No 26 will be valid March 22 to April 25 as imports exceed February estimates, boosting January inventories. Army and government agencies aided supply improvement under OPA policy to relax restrictions when feasible.
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Washington
Brown
OPA
Allied Push in Tunisia Echoes Stalingrad Clash
Report from North Africa on March 11 says detachments of Jurgen von Arnim’s Tunisian army attacked near Tamera but were repelled with heavy losses. Allied forces advance toward Gafsa while Rommel faces mounting pressure in the Mareth line as a broader Tunisian cleanup looms.
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North Africa
Jurgen von Arnim
Sedijenane
Tamera
Gafsa
Metiaoui
Stalinegrad
Erwin Rommel
Russia
Eighth Army
Rommel
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Royal Navy
von Arnim
Stalingrad
Mediterranean
First Army
Bizerte
Mareth
Europe
Tunisian
Africa
Hitler
La Guardia Eyes North Africa Visit and Italian Role
Washington March 11 New York Mayor Fiorello H La Guardia reportedly plans a North Africa mission possibly as administrator of Italian colonies in Libya He may lead a staff of six or more and work with UN armies to govern conquered areas while engaging in Axis propaganda from the fighting zone Some broadcasts from New York in Italian are noted and White House approval remains unclear.
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Washington
New York
F H
la Guardia
North Africa
Libya
Little Flower
United Nations
Europe
White House
State
War Departments
Eighth Army
Leo
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