Finland Rejects Kremlin Armistice Terms in Peace Push
Stockholm dispatch reports the Finnish government insists on peace with Soviet Russia but rejects the Kremlin terms. Helsinki argues the terms threaten national security and demand clarity, leaving little room for renewed talks as Russia stands by its original conditions. The communique notes Finland cannot accept terms without its own viewpoint being considered.
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Stockholm
Russia
Kremlin
Helsinki
Moscow
Finland
School lunch program funds rejected by appropriations committee
Washington reports the appropriation committee refused to recommend a $5,000,000 inclusion for operating the school lunch program in the fiscal year starting July. The panel deemed the fund not authorized by law and also rejected funds for the farm security administration and crop insurance. The action comes amid a budget $93,520,737 below estimates, with the lunch program previously slated for continuation from export and domestic agricultural consumption authorizations. The committee also blocked FSA expansion and emergency department initiatives pending restructuring.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
House
FSA
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Two Towns Buried by Vesuvius Lava
Naples dispatch reports a lava flow from Mount Vesuvius at noon reaching 40 miles per hour. It destroyed San Sebastiano and Massa Di Somma, buried a third village, Cercola evacuated, and troops aided evacuations of about 7,000 residents. No casualties reported.
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Naples
Mount Vesuvius
San Sebastiano
Massa di Somma
Cercola
United States Army
WPB Group Tours Monroe To Boost War Production
A War Production Board party led by Lieutenant Commander Kellogg of Monroe visited Monroe on a swing through southern states to speed lumber kraft paper and allied supplies. The delegation included figures from WPB forestry pulp wood labor and U S forest service and planned to proceed to Mobile for further mill inspections.
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W. W. Kellogg
Monroe
War Production Board
Conneccion
Shreveport
Mobile
Kellogg
M. S. McDonnell
Forest Production Group
T. R. Sheldon
Harold Boeschen
U S lends Britain 38 escort carriers in lend lease
Secretary of the Navy Knox announced that 38 escort aircraft carriers built in the United States have been delivered to Great Britain under the lend lease program. The ships join the allied anti submarine fleet while 50 US carriers remain in operation. Title to ships remains with the United States and reclaim options exist after the war.
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Washington
Knox
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
England
Red Army Drives Deep into Romanian Front Lines
Moscow announced the crushing of two Romanian divisions and a broad Soviet advance from the Dniester to the Danube estuary. Soviet forces seized 115 localities along a 50 mile front, capturing Mogilev Podolski and other positions while pushing toward Lwow and Odessa as German and Hungarian forces resist. Prisoners numbered in the thousands as the bridgehead expanded.
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London
Dniester
Bessarabia
Carpathian Mountains
Danube
Moscow
Lwow
Old Poland
Korsov
Vinnitsa
Red Army
Novo-Ukrainka
Odessa
Novo
Ukrainka
Tri-State Bus Strike Ends in Midst of War Labor Action
Tri-State Transit drivers and mechanics halted service starting yesterday to protest War Labor Board delays in contract approval. Officials said buses would roll by noon as workers returned to duty at 11 am after a closed morning conference. The stoppage affected Louisiana Mississippi and other states with Teche-Greyhound service briefly paralyzed in five southeastern states.
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Shreveport
Tri-State Transit Company
War Labor Board
New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Teche-Greyhound
J. B. Randall
Tri-State
Jackson
Miss
Tri
American escapes from Philippines reaches Seattle
Chester M. Peters, 32, formerly of Seattle, is among the first American civilians to escape the Philippines since their fall to Japan. After a year and a half of hunted living, he traveled by small boat and hid on an uninvaded island before reaching Australia and then the United States with Red Cross aid. He saw his mother, Mrs. Myra Peters, upon arrival in Seattle.
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Seattle
Philippine Islands
Japan
Chester M. Peters
Peters
Office of Censorship
The
Post-Intelligencer
Australia
Red Cross
Myra Peters
Stassen Says He Will Accept Nomination If Offered
Lieutenant Commander Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor, states he will accept the Republican presidential nomination if offered. In a letter to Secretary of the Navy Knox read by Knox, Stassen says he does not seek the nomination but would fulfill duty in active service to discuss future issues if nominated.
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Washington
Harold &. Stassen
Minnesota
Knox
Stassen
Bus Plunge Firestorm Raises Paterson Toll to 13
Passaic New Jersey March 21 The known dead from an Interurban bus plunge into the 18 foot river channel rose to 13 as divers and rescuers battled snow and darkness. Six passengers and one rescue worker were saved in good condition with fears of more victims in the river.
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Passaic
N. J
Pas Saic
Grim Cassino fight goes on in Italy
Allied and German forces clash around Cassino and Monte Cassino as the Fifth Army pushes to seize the western edge while contending with reinforced German defenses. Prisoners are taken and artillery fire presses on positions in the town and valleys, with emergency supplies airdropped to stranded troops.
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Allied
Naples
Fifth Army
Cassino
Continental Hotel
Monte Cassino
Rapido
Gari
Therm
Monastery Hill
Amelia Earhart alive revived by Marshall Island rumors
A Marshall Island native claims Amelia Earhart was rescued by a Japanese fishing boat after a crash near Jaluit and taken to Japan. The account cites trader Ajima and notes no accompanying man, with corroboration from Lt. Eugene T. Bogan and Lt. James Toole.
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Marshall Island
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Marshall Islands
Japan
Eugene T. Bogan
East 72Nd Street
New York City
Bogan
New York
Chester W Nimitz
Elien
Ajima
Rita Island
Jaluit
Ailinglapalap Atolls
Fred Noonan
Miss Putnam
James Toole
Washington, D. C
More Penicillin to Be Available in Coming Year
Washington reports that sufficient quantities of penicillin will treat about 7,000 patients daily. Dr May, research coordinator for the bureau of agricultural and industrial chemistry, testified to the House appropriations committee that improved molds boosted production. He noted output will reach peak levels within a year as new factories come online, expanding capacity from 30 cases monthly to 7,000 daily.
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Washington
May
Department of Agriculture
House
Appropriations Committee
Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry
Clearing House Meeting At Hotel Frances This Tuesday
About 100 members of the First Clearing House association will assemble at Hotel Frances Tuesday at 4 30 p m for the spring meeting. The group includes nearly all banking staff in the Fifth district. Thomas C Standifer of Quachita National Bank is association president. A 7 p m luncheon will follow the meeting with about 100 attendees. Shreveport bankers attended a similar gathering Monday and some from this district are expected in Monroe.
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First Clearing House Association
Hotel Frances
The
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Ciation
Fifth Congressional District
Thomas C. Standifer
Quachita National Bank
Clearing House
Shreveport
Clearing House Association
Monroe
Sumprabum Taken by Allied Troops
Allied forces including Gurkha and Cochin troops with Chinese American units under General Stillwell captured Sumprabum in the upper Mali Kha valley near the China border. The Japanese push toward India continues from the Chindwin crossing as battles roll along the Chin hills and regions west of the Chindwin.
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New Delhi
Sumprabum
Burma
India
Chindwin River
Southeast Asia
Joseph W. Stillwell
Pinsau Ga
Mali Kha River
China
Yunnan
Mali Kha
Myitkyina
Hukawng
Jambu
Mogaung River
Southeastern Asia Command
Upper Chindwin
Chin Hills
Tiddim
Betweer Homalin
Timanthi
Submarines Sink 15 Japanese Ships in Pacific
Secretary Knox announced in Washington that American submarines have sunk 15 enemy vessels in the Pacific and Far East, bringing total U S losses to 22 since the war began. The 15 ships include two tankers two transports and 11 freighters, with details listed in communique No 512.
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Washington
Pacific
Navy
Knox
Far East
United States
Navy Department
British Admiralty
Admiralty
Five Japanese ships sunk near Wewak in New Guinea
American airmen destroyed the five ship convoy off Wewak after bombers and fighters from the Fifth Army air force attacked at mast height. The action cost three Allied planes and drew heavy losses for the Japanese, with hundreds reported killed and ships sunk or damaged near Hollandia and Wewak.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Hollandia
Fifth Army
Oir
Olen Clements
Associated Press
Bismarck Sea
Black Market Gasoline Ring Busted In Algiers Suburb
United States Attorney Herbert W Christenberry announced federal action against a black market gasoline ring based at a suburban Algiers service station. Four men from New Orleans were arrested on possession of illegally issued coupons, yielding 547 coupons and 2735 gallons of gasoline linked to a Reserve, Laratian board robbery in January. Suspects named are Joe Barlette, owner. Joseph Bonura. Carlos Marcelle. and Anthony Musacchia.
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New Orleans
United States
Herbert W Christenberry
Algiers
Christenberry
Reserve
Laratian Board
Joe Barlette
Joseph Bonura
Carlos Marcelle
Anthony Musacchia
Think Premier Held Hostage in Hungarian Crisis Notes
Reports from London indicate over 100000 German and Romanian troops occupy Hune Bury as Russian forces threaten Hungary. Budapest leadership including Regent Horthy and Premier Kallay are believed abducted to secure military aid, Bela Imredi named to form government, as Red armies close on Transylvania and Bessarabia with negotiations unresolved.
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London
Hune Bury
Basekan
Hitler
Nicholas Horthy
Nicholas Kallay
Geremany
Bessarabia
Czechoslovakia
Lwow
Foreign Office
Berlin
Stockholm
Bombing Raid Across Channel Targets Pas-De-Calais Gap
British based American Liberators hit the Pas-De-Calais rocket coast for the second time in three days. The raid followed heavy anti-aircraft fire last Saturday with minimal ground resistance and no Nazi fighters reported.
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London
Pas-De-Calais
Channel
United States
Angouleme
France
Germany
Bordeaux
Bergerac
Michelin
Clermont-Ferrand
Precision Instrument
Hengelo
Holland
United East Air Force
Frankefurt
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Roosevelt
A. P. Wirephoto
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Amelia
ODT
Charles D. Young Jabove
Office of Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Rocket Coast
Frankfurt
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