Ford Callison Governor for Protection Ford Callison Governor for Protection
Ford Motor company asked Michigan Governor Harry F. Kelly for state police protection after a gate blockade at the Rouge plant Dearborn halted about 75 percent of production. Plant officials blamed a group of union members for the action as Dearborn police were urged to ensure an uninterrupted war materiel flow.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Harry F. Kelly
Michigan
Rouge
Dearborn
Kelly
H.R. Rausch
Rausch
Lansing
Orville Hubbard
Hubbard
United Automobile Workers
Awacio
Ford Suspends 50 Workers Over Wildcat Strike
Ford Motor Co suspends 50 employees after wildcat action at Detroit plant. Interviews with workers occurred with union officers present as talks continued amid a broader crackdown on unauthorized strikes. More suspensions possible as interviews proceed.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Loda 600
International” of the
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Wildcat
Ford Company
Luxury Buying Brisk in Pittsburgh as Tax Looms
Pittsburgh merchants report a strong rush on luxury items as a higher excise tax set for April 1 looms. Mink coats diamond rings and other high priced goods move quickly while shelves stay nearly bare.
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Pittsburgh
Second Divorce for Elliott Roosevelt Declared Filed
Robert K. Hanger, spokesman for Mrs Ruth Googins Roosevelt, announced a divorce suit would be filed in district court in Fort Worth tomorrow against Col Elliot Roosevelt who is serving in the European war theater. The Roosevelts have three children Chandler 9 Tony 7 and David Boynton Roosevelt. The couple wed eleven years ago after a rodeo romance in Fort Worth and a Dallas party following a rodeo performance. Elliott began divorce proceedings against his former wife Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt and obtained a Nevada divorce July 18 1933.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Robert K. Hanger
Ruth Googins Roosevelt
Col
Elliot Roosevelt
Roosevelts
Chandler
Tony
David Boynton Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Dallas
Young Roosevelt
Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt
Minden
Nev
Loss of $1000 a Day on Pa Turnpike Warns of Wartime Strain
Washington March 15 Pennsylvania highways secretary John A. Shroyer told the House roads committee that wartime gasoline rationing and reduced traffic are driving about a thousand dollars daily loss on the $75 million Pennsylvania turnpike. He noted tolls from trucks keep some revenue while new fuel limits worsen finances for the 164 mile road linking Pittsburgh and Harrisburg. He urged using federal funds for current road improvement rather than new expressways and proposed removing federal gasoline taxes to let states manage their roads. He projected $500 million in postwar state highway improvements over five years.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
House Roads Committee
John A. Shroyer
Pennsylvanian
Office of Price Administration
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Shroyer
Philadelphia
Keystone
Motorcycle Crash Hospitalizes Two Men on Turnpike
Verdi Wise of Allentown and John B. Moore of McKeesport were injured in a motorcycle crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike beyond the Allegheny tunnel about fifteen miles west of Bedford. Both men suffered facial lacerations and other injuries and were taken to Community hospital by state police for treatment.
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Verdi Wise
Allentown
John B. Moore
McKeesport
Allegheny Tunnel
Bedford
Moore
Wise
Mangel Plans Return of Italian Girl to Family
Somerset petty officer Mangel says a little girl awaits him as he plans to bring the Italian child home to raise with his own. The report details his intentions and the anticipated family arrangement.
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Mangel
Somerset
Naples Child Awaits American Sailor to Live with His Family
A Somerset sailor Ma chinist 2 ec Harry Manges of Oak Ridge leaves Naples after a year away and recalls a little auburn haired girl who lost her parents in an air raid. She longed to come to America to live with his five children, and he hopes to return for her someday. He shares wartime memories from North Africa to Salerno and Anzio, including a rare hand found at Pompeii.
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Naples
Italy
Somerset
America
Ec Harry Manges
Oakridge
Manges
Boston
Tyke
Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius
North Africa
Sicily
Salerno
Anzio
Red Army pushes 62 mile Bug River front gains near Nikolaev
Moscow billed a midnight bulletin saying the red army crossed the Bug on a 62 mile front near Nikolaev, seizing rail yards and driving toward Rumania. German losses mounted with thousands killed and 4000 captured as forces split remnants in the Snigerevka pocket and Proskurov area.
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Tom Yargrough
London
Red Army
Bug River
Delle
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Second Ukraine Army
Rumania
Germany
Vinnitsa
Elisarevka
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Third Ukraine
Stalingrad
Buga
Snigerevka
Niko la
Proskurov
London Braces as Nazi Raid is Blunted by Ground Fire
London reports heavy anti air battery fire turning back German raiders over the capital within hours of a devastating air attack. Flares and incendiaries lit the night while civil defense forces mobilized. 13 planes were claimed shot down from a force of 150 to 200.
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James M. Long
Lowwon
London
Lonauiu
Ale'a
RAF
Britain
Confesses to Embezzlement of $149,550
William Fromm, a 71 year old real estate man, pleaded guilty in Pittsburgh to embezzling $149,550 over 38 years as secretary of Hilltop Building and Loan Association. He admitted using the money for family expenses while audits were accepted due to the trust placed in him. Fromm operated a real estate and insurance office and earned $113 every three months from the association.
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Pittsburgh
Hilltop Building and Loan Association
William Fromm
Fromm
State Bank Examiner
F. D. McCully
Association
A. Marshall Thompson
McCully
Air raids blitz New Guinea and Solomons fronts
Allied air forces saturate Wewak New Guinea with 174 tons of bombs, down eight interceptors, totaling over 600 tons and 70 planes since this four day campaign. Mosquito raids also hit Boram airfield and Brandi plantation as Australian forces close on Bogadjim. In Bougainville and Rabaul areas, Liberators and fighters pound targets including Empress Augusta Bay and Tobera airfield, with substantial building destruction and anti aircraft fire.
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Robert Eunson
Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Japan
Madang
Mintim
Bogadjim
Boram
Brandi Plantation
Mintjim
Daumonia
Ramu Valley
Bougainville
Solomons
Empress Augusta Bay
Torepedo
Empress Augusta
Rabaul
New Britain
Tobera
Riabaul
Jacquinot Bay
Oroluk Hit First Time By Planes
U S Pacific Fleet confirms raids on Oroluk atoll east of Truk in the Carolines marking first air attack there. Ponape and Kusaie were raided as part of coordinated strikes against eastern Carolines and Marshalls bases. No aircraft losses reported.
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Leif Erickson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Fears Harbor
Oroluk Atoll
Truk
Caroline Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape
Kusaie
Carolines
Nimitz
Marshall Islands
Navy
Orcluk
Seventh Army Air Force
Fleet Air Wing Two
Army
Marine
Marshalls
New Moves Toward Eire
Washington signals renewed diplomatic pressure on Eire to remove axis diplomats. The United States stresses concern over German and Japanese representatives in Ireland and links the issue to allied invasion plans and soldier lives.
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Washington
United States
Eire
Eamon de Valera
Taft Heads GOP Steering Committee Action Plan Set
A Republican senatorial steering committee chaired by Senator Taft of Ohio was chosen at a party conference and immediately directed toward advancing a general legislative program.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Allies Crush Cassino to Open Rome Drive
Allied bombers unleashed the largest aerial assault in history on Cassino, obliterating the fortress city and paving the way for an all-out push toward Rome. American 34th Division entered Cassino before the blast, while RAF forces hit positions around the Anzio beachhead as ground troops moved in behind a massive artillery barrage.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Cassino
Rome
Mediterranean Air Force
Italy
Mid-West
RAF Desert Air Force
Anzio
Carroceto
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
John K. Cannon
Tactical Air Force
Germany
Tunis
Bizerte
Tiusia
Salerno
Monté Cassino Benedictine
Italy Eyes Political Shakeup as Cassino Bombing Signals Change
Washington signals that King Victor Emmanuel III and the Badoglio government may bow out as allied forces push toward Rome. Cassino bombing is viewed as an omen of Italy’s political transition, with conditions at home including bread shortages and growing anti kingship sentiment.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Vittorio Emanuele
Badoglio
Italy
Rome
Cassino
Stalin
United Nations
Europe
House of Savoy
London
Finnish Parliament backs rejection of Moscow terms
The Finnish parliament unanimously approved the government’s decision to reject Moscow’s final proposals and resume the war. Premier Edwin Link Holm's position was accepted, and a reply to Russia was expected soon. In Helsinki shelters were built as air raids resumed and American warnings to quit the war were noted.
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Robert Sturdevant
Stockholm
Moscow
Wlididbiie
Lue Pissare Gidiisy
Paruaament
Edwin Linkholmies
Russia
Edwin Shanke
Associated Press
Helsinki
Finland
Washington
State Department
Smoke in Rainspout Triggers Hour-Long Dousing
Mrs. Rex S. Clements spotted smoke from a rainspout, prompting a fire call. Firemen searched for about an hour, finding a trash fire at the rainspout’s end. Fire Marshal Harvey Benson blamed the wind and the rainspout draft.
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Bryn Mawr
Rex S. Clements
Harvey Benson
American bombers strike Brunswick amid heavy cloud cover
Jimmy Stewart led a Liberator force on the 13th attack in 17 days against Brunswick, a major German aircraft center. Allied planes faced strong escort and weather limited German response, with three American bombers and five fighters lost. additional raids hit northern France and Belgium while RAF Mosquitos struck Duesseldorf.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Brunswick
Messerschmitt
Hannover
Berlin
Germany
France
Chievres
Belgium
Duesseldorf
James Stewart
Indiana
Two Irvington Boys Sell Stolen Grenades to Classmates
Police say two Irvington youths stole hang grenades from a war plant and sold them to schoolmates who used them to act out a Guadalcanal movie scene. Max Deutsch of the police special service bureau reported the details.
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Irvington
N.J
Guadalcanal
Max Deutsch
Police Special Service Bureau
No Hamburg On Phone From OPA Price Interpretation
New York retailers may not accept telephone orders for ground meat including hamburger which falls in a separate category. Grinding must occur only when the customer is present and able to observe. A trade source suggested television could aid compliance.
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Hamburg
New Yorks
OPA
Somerset Weather Report
David Grove U S Weather Observer reports 24 hour period ending 5 30 p m Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday with maximum 65 and minimum 29 degrees compared with last year’s figures.
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Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S
Weather Observer
Maryland and nearby states foresee warm Thursday
Maryland will be fair and warm on Thursday. Eastern Pennsylvania shows fair weather in the south with increasing clouds and scattered light showers in the north. Western Pennsylvania expects a temperature rise with some showers in the far north. West Virginia remains partly cloudy and warm.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
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