Southern Operators Refuse UMW Proposal
Southern coal operators reply to President Roosevelt on wage talks dispute with the United Mine Workers. They oppose immediate increases, cite War Labor Board limits, urge submission to the Board, and reject retroactive wage changes while northern operators accept a 30 day negotiation window. John L. Lewis indicated progress and warned the Southern stance is untenable as union talks continue.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Edward R. Burke
New York
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Avery
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Chieftain
Appalachian
Northern
U.M.W
Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis association fails to act on resignation
Miss Marvy Virginia Gill resigns as executive secretary but no quorum to act yesterday. She will remain in office until annual reports to state and national associations are filed, and not until Pinecrest sanitarium is involved. President Hedrick expects the secretary to stay at least until April 18.
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Marvy
Virginia Gill
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Grover C. Hedrick
Miss Gill
Hedrick
West Virginia
Big explosion kills ten at Portage ordnance depot
Ravens Portage ordnance depot in Ohio suffered an ammunitions blast that killed ten workers and left two seriously injured. Col Raymond A. Brown, depot commander, announced the death toll and said operations continue while an investigation begins. No cause details were released.
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Associated Press
Ravenna
Portage
Raymond A. Brown
Col. Brown
Sicily Pounded By American Planes
Liberator bombers of the Ninth United States air force attacked Messina and Catro in daylight, setting rail yards and the ferry terminal ablaze and damaging naval storage tanks. All bombers returned safely after fights that destroyed one enemy fighter and probably another. The Healian Air command said incursions against Messina and Catano caused 11 deaths and 12 wounded, and claimed two bombers were shot down.
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Associated Press
Ninth
United States Air Force
Messina
Sicily
United States
Healian
Atvh
Catania
Army Bombers Hit Kahili in Solomons Raid
The navy reported heavy army bombers and torpedo planes attacked Japanese positions at Kahili in the northwestern Solomons. A fire was started by the raid, which occurred on Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Kahili
Nortwestern Solomons
West Virginia Receipts Reach 23.0 Million in Taxes
The state collector said West Virginia wage earners have contributed a record 23,988,000 in federal income taxes as of March 24. About 223,000 1942 returns had been tabulated with many still to be recorded, indicating the job is far from finished.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Office of State Collector of Internal Revenue
West Virginia
F. Roy Yoke
German raids strike Scotland and southeast England
British defenses fought off a daylight German raid on Scotland and an attack on northern England. Four German planes were shot down amid 25 involved, with private dwellings damaged in a northeast town but no casualties. Berlin claimed hits on Ashford railway station and Firth of Forth targets. More than 300 children escaped a school seconds before a strike. Allied planes targeted northern France railways by day, and Mosquito bombers hit northwest Germany at dusk, with one R A F aircraft lost.
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Fress
London
Scotland
England
Britain
Berlin
High Command
Ashford
Firth of Forth
France
R.A.F
Germany
Bakers Must Cut Mileage Under Wartime Order
Charleston report says the Office of Defense Transportation requires West Virginia bakers to reduce delivery mileage by 15 percent, bringing total travel 40 percent below 1941 levels. A. E. Teagan and G. C. Hyde announced the order after a meeting with the state bakers association committee and board. Secretary Fred Haislip noted the cut will remove about 1,116,512 miles from routes this year, on top of an existing 25 percent reduction.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Office of Defense Transportation
West Virginia
Bakers
A. E. Teagan
G. C. Hyde
O.D.T
Transportation Committee
Board of Trustees
West Virginia Bakers Association
Fred Haislip
Association
Larry Allen Popular With Prisoners of War
AP war correspondents Larry Allen and Godfrey H. P Anderson amid Stelvy captivity emerge as fan favorites among prisoners. Descriptions place Allen at a tough Italian camp near Chieti with 20 foot walls and barbed wire. British guards exchanged at Mersin, Turkish harbor, and 873 other prisoners arrived. locals recount Allen’s rescue and heroic capture.
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Larry Allen
Paul Kern Lee
Port Said
Godfrey H. P Anderson
Associated Press
Stelvy
Allen
Chieti
Italy
Mersin
Turkey
Mother-In-Law Witness In Mullins Murder Trial
Maxey Addison, mother in law of Marshall Mullins, testified as chief prosecution witness in a Callaway murder case. She described the night of the shooting of Archie Elswick, details of the household, and her presence during the incident, amid cross examination over sight of the crime.
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Marshall Mullins
Maxey Addison
Mullins
Archie Elswick
Callaway
Addison
James Alexander
Oak Hill
Coal City
Winding Gulf
Elswick
Mrs. Mullins
Edmundson
Raglan
Ground Cave In Splits Mining Town in Pittston
A major mine cave in hit PITTSTON PA last night sinking eight blocks of homes and damaging a new 400000 high school building. Crevices appeared in lawns and sidewalks as water and gas mains broke. Firemen reported holes 20 to 25 feet deep and the subsidence began at 7 30 p m over the shaft of No 9 mine of the Pagnotto enterprises.
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Pittston
Pennsylvania
Pagnott Enterprises
Weather update for West Virginia shows warming trend
Somewhat warmer this afternoon and tonight in West Virginia with light rain starting in the western portion tonight.
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West Virginia
West Portion
Nazi Attacks Grow Weaker Along Donets
Moscow reports show the Red Army pushing toward Smolensk with fresh gains on three fronts. Soviet forces broke through outer defenses near Dukhovshchina while counterattacks and heavy artillery backed their advances. German efforts to cross the upper Dnieper declined as fires and destruction marked their retreat, with fighting for additional bridgeheads ongoing north of Dorogobuzh.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Red Army
Smolensk
Donets
Dukhovschino
Dornegohuzh
Moscow-Vyazma-Smolensk
Red Star
Dénets River
Belgorod
Chuguev
Izvestia
Dnieper
Dorogobuzh
Allied Fleets Are Growing Larger
London. Prime Minister Churchill stated in the House of Commons that the United Nations afloat substantially larger fleets than at the worst U-boat war moment, noting the improvement is continuing. He spoke in response to a question about shipping losses and German claims of sinking more than 31 ships from a 200,000 ton Atlantic convoy.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Tufton Percy Beamish
Atlantic
Judge Spares This Juror’s Ration Points
Juror M F Noel of Judge Clay 8 Crouse asked for a deputy to call his wife and say he would not be home for dinner as Marshall Mullins murder trial commenced. The judge ordered no supper for the juror, directing the officer.
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M. F. Noel
Clay
Crouse
Marshall Mullins
Brown Opposes Bankhead and Pace Farm Bills
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown today condemned the pending Bankhead and Pace farm bills saying they would disrupt price and wage stabilization. He warned Congress to reject the measures. the Bankhead bill would remove government payments from parity pricing and the Pace bill would lift parity by counting farm labor costs, potentially raising retail food prices by 17 to 18 percent and boosting consumer food budgets.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prentiss Brown
Pace
Congressional
Brown
Congress
House
Senate
Beckley Mercantile Board Meets Tonight on Store Hours
The Beckley Mercantile board will hold an important meeting at 7:30 tonight in the Memorial building. President R A Shackleford urges all members to be present.
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Beckley Mercantile Board
Memorial Building
R. A. Shackleford
Flying artillery hits Jap positions near Mubo
Allied headquarters report U S flying artillery flew 44 bombing and strafing runs over Japanese lines at Mubo in New Guinea yesterday firing 30000 rounds from cannons and machine guns into positions guarding the Salamaula approaches. Other Allied planes attacked enemy bases scoring hits on shipping and airdromes while a bomber shot two Japanese fighters over Wewak. A Flying Fortress duel downed a Japanese trio with heavy damage to one plane and forced another into a dive. A 5900 ton merchant ship and two small coastal vessels were damaged near Dutch New Guinea and the Ka island area.
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Associated Press
Australia
MacArthur
Mubo
Japanese New Guinea
Salamaula
Ka’ Islands
United States Bombers Hit Vegesack Submarine Yard
United States Flying Fortresses Liberator raid on Vegesack submarine and shipyard yards last Thursday crippled the base for a considerable period, said Big Gen Newton Longfellow, chief of the Eighth bomber command. The March 3 raid on Rennes rail yards and U boat supply center was deemed probably the most devastating raid of its kind in this war by transportation experts.
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Associated Press
United States Bomber Command
England
Vegesack
Newton Longfellow
Eighth Bomber Command
Rennes
Longfellow
New Wartime Stamp Validity and April Changes
The April ration stamps are valid today but housewives may hold them for a week as OPA hints at value increases next month. Officials indicate possible point reductions for many processed fruits and vegetables effective April 1, with new tables to be released over the weekend. March stamps must be spent by next Wednesday. April stamps (blue D E F) begin, with red meat fat oil cheese stamps updated weekly.
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Washington
O.P.A
Mareth front artillery duel rages in North Africa
Allied reports confirm continued heavy bombardment along the Mareth line in southern Tunisia with American patrol gains at Maknassy and Gafsa sector operations. Air forces bomb and attack Axis positions from Ferryville to Gabes while Rommel counters in a bid to hold the line.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Mareth Line
Maknassy
Gafsa
Tunisia
Algiers
London
Reuters
First Army
Mareth
Gabes
Sousse
Sfax
Ferryville
Bizerte
Fl Guetar
Western Desert Air Force
el Hamma
Marshhal
Erwin Rommel
Ft Alamein
Eighth Army
Ronnie
President Faces New Problem
Washington reports the House accepted the Senate version of a bill nullifying President Roosevelt's October order and setting a salary ceiling while raising the national debt limit. The conference committee plan merged two measures offering the president a choice to accept the bill or veto amid urgent debt raise prospects.
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Senate
White House
R . Neir
Roosevelt
Ways and Means
Treasury
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