Red Air Force Pounds German Objectives
Soviet bombers raided German targets including a Leningrad front airfield where 13 planes were destroyed on the ground and struck Danzig warehouses shipyards and factories. The Kuban front near the Caucasus and Donets river line saw continued fighting as Soviet troops advance and German reserves counterattack.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Berlin
Kuban
Caucasian
Caucasus
Donets
Chuguev
Izvestia
Vistula
First Army Advances On Tebourba In Tunisian Front
Allied infantrymen push within 15 miles of Tebourba as fierce fighting rages in northern Tunisia. Attacks near Medjez El Bab drive lines 25 to 30 miles from Tunis, with German counterattacks and Allied air strikes against Axis fields continuing despite bad weather.
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Associated Press
Frica
First Army
Tebourba
Medjez-El-Bab
Tunis
Enfidaville
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Eighth
First
R. A. N. Anderson
Tunisia
Transocean
Berlin
Allied Bombers Head For Europe
Allied planes crossed the southeast coast of England heading for France to continue daylight air offensives on the continent after night sweeps by RAF Mosquito and Whirlwind craft. Mosquito pilots reported shooting down two German planes and destroying locomotives and rail targets. Whirlwinds claimed a motor torpedo boat and two others damaged off the French coast. Russians said their air force hit Baltic ports Danzig and Koenigsberg with heavy blows as fires burned in both cities, key links to the Leningrad front.
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Associated Press
London
England
France
Germany
Avord
Nevers
Moulins
French
R.A F
Stuttgart
R.A.F
Baltic
Danzig
Koenigsberg
Leningrad
Russia
Moscow
Record Cold After West Virginia Snowstorm Strikes Beckley
Snow totals vary with Beckley reporting five and three quarters inches while Glade Creek dam measured over seven inches. Temperatures dipped to 14 at night, with daylight warming to 38 on April 14, 1943, as the state ends a severe spring snow event dating back to 1928. Winter weather recedes as highways are cleared and melt accelerates statewide.
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Beckley
Glade Creek
Beckley Water Company
Glade Creek Dam
L. A. Mauck
Perkins Mine Proposal Said to Violate Order
Southern and Northern soft coal mine operators claim Secretary Perkins plan for a six day work week and overtime pay violates the stabilization program and the President's order. They urge certification to the War Labor Board and say current conditions show no need for a guaranteed annual wage. U.M.W. leader John L. Lewis accepts the proposal in principle while pursuing other demands. Negotiations extend 30 days beyond March 31.
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Associated Press
New York
Appalachian
Secretary of Labor
Perkins
Roosevelt
Miss Perkins
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
War Labor Board
Northern
Southern Bituminous
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
U.M.W
John R. Steelman
Lewis
Little Steel
O.P.A
Driver Sought After Truck Hits EightYearOld on Neville Street
City police hunt the driver who struck eightyearold Betty Lou Meadows on Neville street at noon yesterday and left the scene. Chief Tommy Roberts said the girl suffered bruises and lacerations but her injuries were not serious. A woman helped the girl up and walked away. she is asked to contact police.
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Neville Street
Tommy Roberts
Betty Lou Meadows
Ray Meadows
Cedar Street
Roberts
Forts attack large Jap convoy at Wewek New Guinea
Allied headquarters in Australia reports Flying Fortresses attacked a Japanese convoy off Wewek near Wewak harbor. The raid hit three merchantmen and a 8,000 ton cargo ship, with another 5,000 ton vessel beached. A destroyer and gunboat were targeted while a lull followed Japanese air activity.
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Australia
Wewek
New Guinea
Wewak
Lae
Bismark Sea
Salamaua
Japan
Lakuani
Rabaul
New Britain
Chandler Urges New Offensive Against Japan
Senator Chandler of Kentucky urged the Senate to press for adequate planes, men, and equipment for Gen Douglas MacArthur to wage a renewed offensive against Japan. He warned the United States must act decisively, stressing the Japan threat, while supporting Germany’s defeat and allied help from China.
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Associated Press
Washington
Chandler
D.-Ky
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Japan
Stimson
Southwest Pacific
Hitler
Germany
China
Neelys Airport Advisor May Attend Mass Meet Here
Walter L. Hart Morgantown editor and aviation expert for Governor Neely will be invited to address Beckley chamber of commerce mass meeting at the courthouse next Thursday. The talk will cover how a Yeckley airport fits state and national civilian aviation plans and the proposed bond issue to buy the Penman airport site.
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Walter L
Bill) Hart
Neely
Morgantown
Chamber
Hart
Yeckley
Morgamtown
Beckley Key in State Air Travel Development Plans
Beckley is an essential spoke in the state's plans for air travel and transport. A proposed bond election to raise 150000 would add three cents to the tax rate per 100 property valuation, according to L H Davis of the chamber airport committee. Existing bond issues are being retired, likely keeping current taxes from rising despite the airport levy. President A J Truman stressed.
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Beckley
L. H. Davis
Chamber
Airport Committee
A. J. Truman
County meeting urged to back bond issue at Penman site
County residents from all areas urged to attend a mass meeting at the courthouse to decide on a bond issue. If approved, the election will be called soon to address options on 1,170 acres at Penman before they expire. Full Sophia and Beckley chamber members are expected, along with taxpayers, civic groups, UMWA locals, mine operators, Farm Bureau members, merchants, and other representatives.
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Penman
Sophia and
Beckley Chambers of Commerce
Taxpayers Association
Civic Clubs
U.M.W.A
Farm Bureau
Taft Opposes Further Extension of Dollar Powers
Senator Taft of Ohio called for a fight against renewing the dollar devaluation power tied to Morgenthau plan for a postwar international currency. Mor genthau urged a two year extension and a $2 billion stabilization fund as Congress divided over the proposal. House views varied with Steagall cautious, Dewey supportive in part, and Gifford skeptical while Hoffman warned the plan is not the full answer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Morgenthau
Senate Banking Committee
Oklahoma
United States
House
Treasury
Rep
Steagall
D.-Ala
Banking and Currency Committee
G.O.P. Ranks
Dewey
R.lit
the Treasury
Gifford
R.-Mass
Hoffman
R-Mich
Congress Moves To Attend Meet
Congress moved today to send its own observers to the international food conference at Hot Springs Virginia starting May 18. The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approved a motion for Chairman Smith to confer with State Department officials to arrange attendance at all sessions. Senator Aiken said the committee seeks first hand information amid anticipated limited press access and wants to avoid uninformed commitments for American agriculture.
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Washington
Hot Springs
Senate Agriculture Committee
Aiken
R.-Vt
Smith
D.-S.c
State Department
Vitamin sales surge in drug store market
FE Walter Bobst says national vitamin purchases rise as manufacturers flood the market. He told the National Wholesale Druggists' Association that annual vitamin sales near 150 million dollars, a sharp jump from under 500 thousand two decades ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Walter Bobst
New York
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
House In Third Day Of Debate On New Bill
Washington sets third day of debate on the $707 040 844 agriculture department appropriation bill as rules committee stands firm against aiding the measure. Expected this afternoon is a recommendation to abolish the farm security administration curb the crop insurance program and discontinue parity payments for the 1948 and 1944 crops amid ongoing legislative friction.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Rules Committee
Appropriations Committee
Farm Security Administration
Shoe Retailers Warned On Rationing Inventory Filing
Officials of the local rationing board ordered shoe retailers to file their shoe registration inventories at the Memorial building by Saturday April 17. After that date, unfiled inventories require a state office permit to submit. Violations of rationing rules after April 17 are explained by Arthur C. Annis of the state price administration. He notes that two odd shoes may count as a pair and infant sizes should be listed from four and one half to eight. sizes under four and one half are not rationed.
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Memorial Building
State Office
Arthur C. Annis
State Office of Price Administration
Beckley
Annis
West Virginia Weather Watch With Showers and Warmth
A weather update for West Virginia calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and early tonight, followed by much warmer conditions. Cooler air moves in from the west by Saturday morning as winds pick up.
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West Virginia
West Portion
First Strike Grows From FDR Hold the Line Rule
Washington reports the first strike arising from President Roosevelt moral hold-the-line inflation order as Universal Atlas Cement workers in Universal PA walk out. AFL labor board members denounce the action as a violation of the no strike no lockout pact and warn the administration risks losing worker confidence. Murray urges Byrnes to review injustices and address pay inequalities. Board cuts a 52 cent raise to 2 cents, saying it cannot adjust the remaining 3 cents. Byrnes asserts power remains with him. AFL members emphasize ruling followed order terms but reject broader principle. Further details result from ongoing discussions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Universal Atlas Cement Company
Universal
A.F.L
War Labor Board
C.I.0
Philip Murray
James F. Byrnes
W.L.B
Murray
Byrnes
Universal Atlas Cement
Reinforcements for Axis in Tunisia Threatened by Supply Struggles
Transocean reports Axis forces in Tunisia face supply difficulties but are generally receiving what they need. Reinforcements are moving across the Mediterranean by sea and air. French forces advanced Wednesday toward Djebel Sessons, seven miles north of Kararhoun.
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Transocean
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Djebel Sessons
Kararhoun
British Pound Nazi E Boats Clash Off English Coast
British coastal forces and naval aircraft engaged a flotilla of enemy E boats in the East Channel near England. The destroyer Westminster and sloop Widgeon reported hits and two boats set afire or exploded. The engagement followed claims by Germany of sinking a heavily armed Allied freighter, unconfirmed by Allied observers.
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Associated Press
London
England
Admiralty
Westminster
Widgeon
Admiraltty
High Command
Berlin
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Hunt
Sen
Fdr
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D.-Okla
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