Allied Push for Bizerte Tightens Axis Hold on Tunis
Allied forces in North Africa press a three-front assault on Bizerte as American troops under Patton push 36 miles toward the base. Rommel reportedly absent amid rumors of reassignment or illness, with British forces seizing Long Stop hill near Tunis and French troops advancing from Cap Serrat.
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North Africa
Tunisia
Bizerte
Long Step Hill
Tunis
Africa
Erwin Rommel
Harold Alexanders
18Th Army Group
Rommel
Africa Corps
el Alamein
Jurgen von Arninm
Hitler
Germany
Second
George Patton
Lodon
Cap Serrat
Cap Sverrat
First Army
Long Stop Hill
Long Siap
Medje
Fl-Bab
B H
Long Stup Hill
Crash Victims Identified In Virginia Plane Crash
Three airmen killed in a four engine bomber crash in Giles County Virginia were identified as Lieut. James D. Houston of Omaha Lieut. Joe Hays of El Paso and Pat. Frank Rahozka of Chicago. The bodies were recovered and headed for burial before being sent to the men’s homes.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Virginia
Greensboro
N. C. Army
Jack R. Younger
Giles County
Civil Air Patrol
Nashville
Tenn
Lsted
James D. Houston
Omaha
Nebr
Joe Hays
el Paso
Texas
Frank Rahozka
Chicago
Younger
Pint a Week Plan Studied for Drinkers
West Virginia liquor officials forecast a pint per week rationing system for drinkers within 60 days. Bachmann, Wheeling liquor commissioner, said monopoly states will likely adopt similar programs as stocks dwindle due to the October 8 1942 government ban. He cited Utah Iowa and Virginia already rationing while Ohio and Michigan prepare.
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Associated Prose
Wheeling
Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Detroit
Liquor Control
War Production Board
Bachmann
Utah
Iowa
Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Rachimann
Sprague Man Held as War Prisoner by Japs
Staff Sergeant Carl D. Davis of Sprague is reported by the War Department to be a prisoner of war in Japanese hands. An announcement notes one officer and four enlisted men from the state are POWs held by Germans, Japanese, or Italians, with others not linked to the local area.
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Carl D. Davis
Ross Davis
Sprague
War Department
Russians Destroy 18 More German Planes
Allied and Soviet reports detail heavy air operations. Russian airmen claim destruction of eighteen German planes in the Caucasus with further hits on an airdrome at Stalino and ongoing ground fighting near Kharkov and Sevsk. Soviet authorities report blockhouse destruction and artillery activity across the Sevsk and Volkhov fronts.
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Associated Press
London
Caucasus
Stalino
Donlets Basin
Moscow
Kuban
Monitor
Kharkov
Ukraine
Red Army
Sevsk
Bryansk
Volkhov
Air raid alarms and combat actions reported in Palestine and Iceland
In Palestine Haifa an air raid warning sounded and the British Royal Air Force engaged hostile aircraft. one enemy plane was destroyed and another damaged with no bombs dropped on the port. In Reykjavik Iceland American fighters shot down a German reconnaissance plane as the city faced a 25 minute alert.
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Associated Press
Australia
Wewak
New Guinea
Thigh Command
Kendari
Celebes
Darwin
Haifa
Reykjavik
Iceland
U. S. Army
Committee Proposes New Pay-As-You-Go Tax Plan
The Ways and Means Committee, led by Democrats, proposed a pay as you go tax bill canceling about 44 percent of 1942 tax obligations. Support from House Democrats framed it as a forgiveness of roughly 5 billion dollars. Republicans urged alternate paths and signaled continued push for the Rum skip a year bill amid committee approval by voice vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
McCormack
Massachusetts
Robertson
Gardeners May Get Extra Gas
Charleston district OPA officials announce amended mileage rules effective April 1 granting up to 300 extra miles to gardeners. Applicants must farm 1,500 square feet or more of vegetables, show no alternative transport, and arrange car sharing to reduce added mileage where possible.
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Register
Charleston
Twon
Office of Price Administration
Victory
Thomas J. Schofield
Labor Board moves ahead on coal wage dispute amid Lewis absence
The War Labor Board pressed forward with arbitration for soft coal wages, ordering continued operation under current terms with retroactive wage changes to April 1. Only operators attended a preliminary meeting. John L. Lewis ignored the summons. A three member panel will hold private hearings starting Wednesday, with public, industry, and labor reps to be named or suggested by Lewis by 9:30 a.m. EWT. If a strike interrupts production, hearings pause per board policy. The current contract runs to April 30.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
W.L.B
Lewis
United Mine Workers Policy Committee
New York
Boar
United Mine Workers
ULM
William H. Davis
Say 40 Scions Are For Pacts
The Associated Press poll finds at least 40 senators likely to back renewing the reciprocal trade agreements program without changes while 19 oppose or seek major amendments. With 22 members not commenting, the fate rests with 37 undecided or unreachable lawmakers as of June 2. The administration has offered no public plan to alter the bill’s form granting tariff reductions up to 50 percent in exchange for reciprocal concessions. Under most favored nation clauses, non-discriminatory states would gain the same benefits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Easter Air Raid Alarm Over London
London endured a brief air raid alert early today before Easter dawn. Planes were heard over parts of the city but no gunfire or bombs were detected in the municipal area when the all clear rang. The last alert was Friday, with no bombs since April 20 in the outskirts.
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Associated Press
London
Weather outlook for West Virginia region remains moderately cold tonight
The West Virginia forecast shows a cool to cold night with mild warming toward Sunday. Sunday is expected to be warmer, with temperatures rising into the afternoon and remaining elevated into Sunday evening.
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West Virginuk
Beckley Easter Buyers Push Merchants to Act
Baton Rouge official William M. Jeffers urged more work and less talk as he defended his rubber production program. He toured rubber facilities in the Baton Rouge area, calling it the cradle of the synthetic rubber industry, and said his office pushes urgent equipment work to speed completion. He planned to appear before the Truman committee in Washington.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Tubber
William M. Jeffers
Robert Patterson
Jefffers
Rubsber
Teffers
Washington
Truman Committee
War Department
Jeffers
Easter shoppers flood Beckley stores in record sales
Becken area merchants report the best Easter period in eight years with heavy crowds and strained transportation. Sid Danbury of Star says Thursday brought 4 dozen customers waiting and a busy day in shoes. Isadore Weim of Modern Clothing and Furniture confirms volume on par with last Christmas as shoppers pay cash amid clothing ration fears. Carlson's also reports a record week with bakery and grocery demand up 10 to 20 percent from last Easter.
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Beckley
Sid Danbury
The
Star
Sean
Danbury
Busine
Isadore Weim
Modern Clothing and Furniture Company
Heo
Boy and His 3 Duck Hens Buy Bonds in Wartime
Eight year old Robert Light of Harper Road chronicles his thrift and stamps, noting he saved from work to buy nine 10 cent stamps on Old Hitler’s birthday. He explains his plan to raise more ducks, buy bonds, and help beat the Germans and Japs, in his second year of school.
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Robert Harold Light
Harper Road
Carson’ Light
Hitler
Miners Reject WLB Orders in Illinois Standoff
Springfield President Ray Edmundson of the Miners district United Mine Workers declares the time has not come to take orders from the war labor board or others but John J. Lewis. The union’s notice to the Illinois Coal Operators Association warning that continued operation of southern Illinois mines pending a new contract will end at midnight April 30 stands despite a WLB order to extend the Appalachian operators miners agreement. Edmundson says the notice foresees action with bleak prospects to avoid a strike.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ray Edmundson
United Mine Workers of America
War Labor Board
John J. Lewis
Ilinois Coal Operators Association
Ilinois
Edmundson
Judge Urges County to Blast Tokyo Bond Drive
Judge Clarence W. Meadows announced a bond drive starting tomorrow and ending Friday to raise 1,164,300 dollars, with three-fourths met and hope that Americans will support the effort. He cited fliers’ deaths in Tokyo and urged loans as the nation’s duty, noting school stamp and bond sales show progress and that each 900 dollars buys a jeep toward an eventual jeep goal of 78.
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Tokyo
Clarence W. Meadows
Raleigh County
Judge Meadows
Pa Pete
America
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Sousse
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UMW
Risen
Beckley Merchants
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