New Air Corps Unit To Occupy Madras Airport
Mayor Lloyd Culler announced formal notice that Frederick's airport will be occupied soon by a new Air Corps unit, likely the 312th Air Base Squadron. Capt. J. P. Carson leads a cadre forming the nucleus with plans for training in plane maintenance and repairs, using existing barracks and hangar from the 104th Observation Squadron. Expansion plans remain uncertain, though a prior million dollar development concept and rerouting proposals were discussed years ago.
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Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick
Air Corps
Francis Perrott
Milton A. Reckord
Third Corps
312Th Air Base Squadron
J. P. Carson
U. S. Engineers
Army Air Corps
Seventh Street Pike
Air Alerts and Burma Front Updates From Asia War Fronts
Reports from Madras and Chungking describe new Japanese convoy sightings and air raid alarms. British forces pull back toward Minbu amid strikes near Prome, Irrawaddy defenses, and oil field operations in western Burma with movements along the Sinjak valley and Kama areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
Amoy
Formosa
Burma
Kyibuangan
Toungoo
Prome
Irrawaddy River
New Delhi
India
Minbu
Thayetmyo
Allanmyo
Irrawaddy
Bay of Bengal
Thayelmyo
Kama
Nyaungbinzeik
Sinjak
Gas is More Humane Says War Dept Staff At Stanford
Chemical Warfare Service officers tell the War Department civilian defense school at Stanford that gas is more humane than other warfare. Major T. G. Thompson cites past injuries from mustard gas while noting coastal cities have little to fear a gas attack. He argues victims can recover, unlike shrapnel, and demonstrates wind effects with cigarette smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Chemical Warfare Service
War Department
Civilian Defense School
Stanford University
T. G. Thompson
War School
Thompson
Arthur G. Rogers
Brazilian freighter Cabedello missing since Feb 14
The Brazilian Foreign Ministry announced the disappearance of the 3,557 ton freighter Cabedello which sailed from Philadelphia February 14 for Brazil and has not been reported since. Four Brazilian ships had been sunk by Axis submarines. Rio riots followed later, with German businesses damaged. Brazil severed diplomatic ties with Germany Italy and Japan during the Pan American conference and moved to imprison Axis nationals.
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Rio de Janeiro
Cabedello
Philadelphia
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Japan
Washington
Knox
United States
Atlantic
North Atlantic
Caribbean
Pearl Harbor
Canada
Caribbean Sea
South America
Army Air Force
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Pacific
Navy
America
Chungking and Vatican Plan Diplomatic Exchange
A Chinese government spokesman announced that China will exchange diplomats with the Vatican. China will send an envoy to the Holy See, with designation to be decided. A Tokyo Vatikan exchange was arranged recently.
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Chungking
China
Vatican
Holy See
Tokyo
Bioff’s Collector Gets Eight Years Term
Nick Circellas alias Nico Dean, a Chicago nightclub and gambling house operator named as deputy collector for William Bioff, was sentenced by Federal Judge Henry Goddard to eight years imprisonment and a $16 000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to extort over 1 000 000 from major motion picture producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nick Circella
Nico Dean
Chicago N
William Bioff
Henry Goddard
Admiral Standley Reaches Kuibyshev
Admiral William Harrison Standley arrived in Kuibyshev as the new United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. The ceremony marked his official entry into the post aboard a Soviet transit schedule in Kuibyshev.
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Admiral Standley
Kuibyshev
William Harrison Standley
United States
Soviet Union
UAW CIO delegates study wartime wage plan and tax limits
President Roosevelt calls for renegotiation to ensure premium time savings benefit the nation, not employers, as the UAW CIO crowd in Detroit weighs a $25,000 annual income cap for war years. Proposals urge waiving double time for Sundays and holidays with exceptions for overtime rules.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
Special War Conference of the
United Automobile Workers (Cio
R. J. Thomas
Uaw-Cio International
Thomas
International Executive Board
Uaw-Cio
National Cio
Captives slain in New Guinea and New Britain by Japanese
Australian survivors recount a massacre by Japanese forces after captivity on New Britain and New Guinea. Ten officers and men were trapped, with eight killed by bayonets or gunfire and one forced to die by his own hand. three survivors endured gruesome scenes before rescue.
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Sydney
Australia
New Guinea
New Britain
Port Moresby
Army
Francis M. Torde
Rabaul
France to Sell Reunion Island Sugar to the United States
France announces negotiations to sell Reunion Island sugar to the United States. Officials deny sending sugar from Martinique and Guadeloupe to the United States. Paris editor Jean Luchaire predicts a new French government by week’s end or early next week unless actions endanger President Roosevelt.
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France
Reunion Island
U.S
Vichy
United States
Indian Ocean
Martinique
Guadeloupe
Aris
Jean Luchaire
Paris
Nouveaux Temps
Roosevelt
Dutch on Sumatra Capitulates to Japanese Control
Japanese headquarters announced that Allied forces on Sumatra surrendered and the island fell under Japanese military control. Reuters cited DNB reports noting 3,100 prisoners taken, including 900 British and 1,000 Dutch, with several escaping from Singapore aboard a merchant steamer.
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London
Sumatra
Reuters
DNB
Singapore
Labor Fuehrer Label Sparks Mine Union Reinstatement Suit
An ousted New York local seeks reinstatement in the ClIO United Mine Workers. The local 12,165 filed in state Supreme Court alleging improper removal by John L. Lewis who was called a labor Fuehrer by the local’s vice president. A show cause order requires Lewis and others to justify revocation of the local charter on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clio-United Mine Workers
State Supreme Court
John L. Lewis
Fuehrer
John E. McGeehan
Lewis
Pacific War Council Set for White House Meeting
The Pacific War Council of seven allied nations meets at the White House to discuss strategy against Japan. United States Great Britain China Netherlands Australia New Zealand and Canada participate as President Roosevelt resumes full duties after a brief illness.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
White House
Japan
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
China
Netherlands
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Roosevelt
Executive Office
Allied Bombers Attack Jap Bases Over Lae
United States and Australian bombers and fighters attacked Japanese-occupied Lae in New Guinea today, damaging several enemy aircraft. The Japanese defenses opened heavy anti-aircraft fire but offered no effective interception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
United States
Lae
New Guinea
Russian Break Nazi Lines Near Lake Ilmen
Soviet forces press a Red army offensive southeast of Lake Ilmen amid claims of breaking German lines and taking 30 occupied communities and a major railway station. Berlin radio reports mixed success while German losses claim 415 planes in eight days with 119 destroyed in air clashes.
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Kuibyshev
U. S
Communist Party
Pravda
Berlin
Lake Itmen
Staraya Russa
Lake Mmen
Lake Ilmen
Moscow
Kalinin
J Lime
Ilmen
Russia
Red Army
RAF Attacks Ruhr Again Shows Night Bombing Scale
British bombers raided objectives in the Ruhr and Rhineland for a second night, weather reducing the scale after over 300 bombers hit Cologne docks Le Havre and Gennevilliers the previous night. Five planes missing. two enemy ships hit off Norway. one coastal command plane missing.
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London
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
Cologne
le Havre
Gennevilliers
Paris
Air Ministry
Norway
Coastal Command
Berlin
High Command
Heavy fighting on Bataan yields heavy casualties
Washington reports heavy casualties on both sides as Japanese assaults press the center of the Bataan line in the Philippines. Aerial bombing of rear areas and the south coast was severe, with an enemy amphibian plane destroyed in Manila Bay and a two hour artillery barrage on Cavite coast.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Philippines
Bataan
Manila Bay
Cavite
Corregidor
Fort Hughes
van Mook
MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Hubertus van Mook
Netherlands Indies
Java
Philippine
U. S
Netherlands
Pacific
Schilling
Pressman
Dutch Prepare for Trouble in West Indies
Governor G J Wouters told the legislative council that the Dutch government is taking all possible military measures in the Dutch West Indies due to the serious possibility that the islands may be involved directly in new hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willemstad
Curacao
Dutch West Indies
G. J. Wouters
Legislative Council
U S Army Nurses Reach Australia
A party of United States Army nurses arrived in Australia today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Australia
Sydney
United States Army
War Production Board to Halt Most Durable Goods by May 3
Washington reports the War Production Board will stop most consumer durable goods by May 3 as orders halt private building and ban iron and steel use in hundreds of items. WPB chief Donald M. Nelson says the changes aim for a lean civilian economy and expedite victory in total war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
WPB
Indian Talks Breaking Down Indian Independence Talks
President Roosevelt's envoy Lewis Johnson discusses India's independence negotiations as signs grow that proposals may be rejected. Nehru opposes separate treaties with Indian states, urging unity and signaling likely breakdown of Britain’s postwar federation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Roosevelt
Lews Johnson
White House
Johnson
Maulana
Abul Karan Azad
All-India Congress Party
Pandit Mawaharlal Nehru
Congress
Sir Stafford Cripps
Nehru
Britain
Thanu Pillay
Travancore
Italians Claim They Sank British Destroyer Havock
Italian broadcasts say the British destroyer Havock, 1340 tons with 145 crew, was set afire and sunk by Italian naval units. The High Command announced the loss as Havock had previously served near Narvik in 1940 and helped sink six German ships. The Admiralty later reported Havock wrecked off the coast of French Tunisia.
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Rome
High Command
Narvik
London
Admiralty
French
Tunisia
U. S. Synthetic Rubber Program Not Delayed
Secretary of Commerce Jones testified that there was no delay in government synthetic rubber development. He said domestic facilities can produce over 700000 tons annually and could increase if needed, but civilians must conserve tires to meet military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Sliding Scale of Profits Proposed
Washington April 7 Administrative supporters offered a compromise in the Senate to avoid a showdown amid many profits labor and rider proposals tied to the 192? war appropriations bill. Senator McKellar suggested abandoning the sliding scale of profit limits and passing the large appropriation without this or other pending riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
McKellar
D.-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
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Madras
PRP AD
Onl
Bioff
Cio-Uaw
MUAW-CIO _ international board
Auto Union
Labor Fuehrer
Lake
RAF
West Indies
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