MacArthur and Churchill Reiterate Allied Resolve
General Douglas MacArthur pledged there can be no compromise in the war in the Pacific, vowing victory or death and pledging all U S resources and blood. Prime Minister John Curtin lauded MacArthur's leadership as Australia’s war plans grow more secret, with meetings held in Canberra amid a flurry of conferences.
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Associated Press
Canberra
Douglas MacArthur
Parliament House
United States
John Curtin
MacArthur
Curtin
Australia
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Commonwealth
Francis Ford
War Council
Cabi
Tabors Transfer Interest in Land
Transfers of land deeds recorded in Marsh For District include Bobby Warren Tabor Glendale Tabor to Frank Massey by guardian Arizona Tabor for 69 acres. Other transfers involve Beckley Building Co to Gillespie Piney View Farms Dry Creek Truck Farms Sunrise Addition Knob Hill Addition and Massey family properties including Masseyville and Clear Fork District parcels.
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Bobby Warren Tabor
Glendale Tabor
Marsh For
Frank Massey
Arizona Tabor
Beckley Building Company
M. E
Clara Gillespie
Piney View
Lacy
Nellie Trump
O. C
Winnie M. Daniel
Sidney Bone
Dry Creek
Marsh Fork
Mabel Sellers Landers
Harold Landers
McMillan Land and Finance Company
Sunrise
Crab Orchard
O. L. Hatfield
Lillie Hatfield
Knob Hill
Isabelle
M. S. Lilly
Leo
Clothilde
Herald Williams
Ora Williams
Clear Fork
Frank
Ocie Massey
Edward
Claudia Wood
Masseyville
John and
Sylvia Kelly
Cora Bel
John Wingo
W. J. Gardner
Bigwigs Not To Register FDR Draft
Washington officials said Franklin D Roosevelt would register for selective service though as commander in chief he was not obliged to join the 45 to 65 age class. The White House said a local draft board would register him at the White House and the board praised the move as a wartime morale boost.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
White House
Armed Forces
Standard Oil Gave Rubber Plan To Nazis, Arnold Says
Washington Thurm an Arnold, assistant attorney general, testified that Standard Oil of New Jersey developed a synthetic rubber cheaper and more plentiful than Germany had and turned it over to German interests before U S entry into the war. He said patents were withheld from American rubber companies until a consent decree yesterday.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thurman Arnold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
Arnold
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Standard
Hugh Fulton
Germany
Fulton
Three Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in County Clerk
The county clerk's office lists three couples applying for licenses. James Gara Fleshman 20 and Helen Marie Lawrence 19 of Beckley. Howard Wesley Kyle 25 and Edna Borrer 24 of Naoma. William Edmond Worrell 26 of Mount Hope and Hallie Ruby Williams 20 of Sand Branch.
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James Gara Fleshman
Helen Marie Lawrence
Beckley
Howard Wesley Kyle
Edna Borrer
Naoma
William Edmond Worrell
Mount Hope
Hallie Ruby Williams
Sand Branch
Churchill: Atlantic war turns for Allies with strong alliances
Prime Minister Churchill told the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations that the war cannot be won by force alone and warned of possible further blows. He stressed hard fighting in Burma and threats to Australia and India, noting the Atlantic battle has worsened after a period of advantage and praising new allied commitments.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
Central Council
National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations
Burma
Australia
India
Atlantic
British RAF Bombing Campaigns Resume Over Ruhr Valley
The air ministry reported heavy bombing of the Ruhr Valley last night after bad weather allowed bomber squadrons to resume attacks on the Reich. Eleven aircraft were missing. Night raids also targeted St Nazaire while mine laying flights sowed many mines. Italian communique said scouting planes over Milan and Turin but no bombs dropped. German reports cited raids on southern and western Germany and a heavy March 13 assault on Cologne before weather halted large formations.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Ruhr
R.A.F
Reich
Air Ministry
St. Nazaire
French
Milan
Turin
Italy
Cologne
Labor Leaders Oppose War Labor Bill Before Congress
William Green and Philip Murray urged Congress to block a bill suspending the closed shop and overtime pay for war plants. They warned the measure could ignite an undeclared war among labor groups and divide the nation while softening focus on Axis enemies. They said sponsors were anti-labor and urged correct information and unity.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
D.S0
Congress
House Naval Committee
Roosevelt
Workers of America
Green
Murray
Naval Committee
America
Premature Blast Kills 25 at Limestone Quarry
An explosion at the Lehigh Portland Cement Company limestone quarry in Easton, Pennsylvania, killed at least 25 workers with death toll possibly rising to 40. Fourteen local schoolchildren were taken to a hospital after the blast.
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Tie
Associated Press
Easton
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
Massive quarry blast rattles Allentown area
At about 9 45 a m central time a huge blast echoed for miles, doors jarred in Allentown eight teen miles away, and many buildings were damaged. G C C Bachman said 10 to 12 men were usually used for such a blast and all nearby workers were killed or injured. The plant north of Easton employs about 200. hundreds of pounds of dynamite were being placed. Drivers saw parked trucks tossed near the quarry as ambulances and doctors rushed from Easton and Phillipsburg across the Delaware River.
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G. C C. Bachman
Easton
Bachman
Phillipsburg
N. J
Delaware River
London vows tighter censorship of press dispatches
An official spokesman announced stricter censorship on news sent from Great Britain, citing concern over allegedly irresponsible and exaggerated messages from London in recent weeks.
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Associated Press
NDON
Great Britain
London
Weather West Virginia Mild Temperatures and Showers
West Virginia today sees mild temperatures with showers in the west this afternoon and spreading to the east tonight as conditions change across the state.
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West Virginia
Miner Certification Deadline Moved To May First
Charleston WV Chief N P Rhinehart of the state mines department said the new miner certification law won’t be enforced until after May 1 to let workers get certified. About 85 000 certificates issued, expected 100 000 by April 1. prior exper certs were about 130 000. Affidavit applications end March 31. only exam certificates remain. Three examining boards tour the state to handle the heavy volume. Robert Dempsey to test Whitesville March 1 for certificate issuance.
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Charleston
N. P. Rhinehart
State Mines Department
Rhinehart
West
Virginia
Robert Dempsey
Whitesville
Rationing Board Tightens Used Car Tire Rules
A state rationing bulletin confirms that cars with retreaded tires cannot be sold unless buyers qualify and apply through the local board. Linen trucks serving institutions may get new tires if deliveries aren’t for personal use. Ambulances hearses and station wagons move to War Production Board regulation, no longer through the local board.
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R. L. Farley
Washington
Farley
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
Farleyan
Urge Parades On Army Day
State Defense Coordinator Carl G. Bachmann urged counties to sponsor Army Day parades on April 6 and cooperate with cities. He advised recruiting officers, veterans units, boy scouts and others to participate and suggested trucks with signs for salvage, victory garden and civilian defense programs. He emphasized defense officials offer services to municipalities and that armed forces units will be apportioned among counties.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Carl G. Bachmann
Bachmann
Four-Pronged Pincers Aimed At Japs
Washington discusses a coming Allied push toward Japan from four main fronts China India Australia and Hawaii as strategists weigh timing and supplies for a global offensive. Allied actions in the Pacific widen with naval operations west of Hawaii and activity in India and Australia as plans take shape.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
India
Australia
Hawaii
China
Coast Guard Cutter Acacia Sunk in Caribbean Action
The navy announced that the cutter Acacia was shelled and sunk in the Caribbean, presumably by an enemy submarine, with all aboard rescued. Built in 1919, she was a 1130 ton, 172 foot lighthouse tender in Coast Guard service since 1939 and the 22nd naval loss since the Reuben James torpedo sinking last fall.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
Acacia
Caribbean
Reuben James
Gandhi Cripps to Meet Tomorrow Over India Unity Plan
Japan seizes Andaman Islands and threatens India as Burma battles intensify. Sir Stafford Cripps presses Indian leaders to back a united Allied effort while Gandhi and Azad schedule talks. Tokyo promotes an axis backed move for Indian independence amid war news.
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Associated Press
Japan
Andaman Islands
India
Burema
Burma
Thailand
Tokyo
Andaman
Britain
Calcutta
Madras
Ceylon
Bay of Bengal
Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
Maulana Abdul Kalan Azad
Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Stafford
Inedia
Berlin
Indian Independence Party
Hongkong
Malaya
Shanghai
Philippines
War Department
Reds Nazis in air battle at Murmansk
The German air force struck Murmansk with 66 planes, losing 11, without damage, according to Arctic front dispatches. Soviet reports said more than 100 planes fought over the city, with 11 raiders shot down and two damaged. Other fronts reported fierce land fighting near Kalinin as Soviet troops recaptured prisoners.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Murmansk
Arctic
Arctic Front
Black Sea
Kalinin
Leningrad
Smolensk
Tass
Red Army
Roosevelt authorizes small business war contract financing
President Roosevelt issued an executive order to guarantee or make loans to small businesses for war production. The War Production Board, War and Navy Departments, and Maritime Commission may arrange contracts with federal reserve banks, the RFC, or other financing bodies and protect against principal or interest loss on loans and advances.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
R.F.C
War Production Board
Firemen Put Out Automobile Fire Near Sunrise Avenue
The city fire department was called out to an automobile fire off Sunrise Avenue late this morning. A 1937 Ford owned by Virgel Furrow sustained about 100 dollars in damage to body and engine, with insurance covering losses. Fire Chief W H WeidenSal said several grass-fire blazes have prompted tightening penalties.
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Sunrise Avenue
Ford
Virgel Furrow
W. H. Weidensal
Weidensal
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Standard Oil
Justice Department
I. G. Farben Industrie
Ruhr Valley
Allentown
Ration Board
John “Scarsdale
Jack” Newkirk
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Virgil Furrow Burns
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