Death Clause In Sabotage Bill Sparks Senate Clash
Washington April 3 Opponents of a proposed death penalty for sabotage argued the bill could curb press freedom while proponents said proof of intent to aid an enemy nation is required. The House debated amendments as the Senate contemplated rewriting the measure before passage or defeat.
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Washington
Senate
Westerd
House
Senate Ducitors Committee
Justice Department
Ated Prepeesure Ganucent
Muyvle
Hoffman
Rmich
Sauthoff
Shafer
R-Mich
Sumners
D-Fexas
Judiciary Committee
Southern Comfort Flying Fortress Is Knocked Out Over England
The Flying Fortress Southern Comfort, returning from a Wilhelmshaven raid, was shot down by German fighters near an English field during Rotterdam attack. Pilot Lt Hugh Ashcraft guided the crew to bail out. all but one landed safely, with one gunner killed after removing his parachute too early. It was the 15th raid for the crew. prior damage from Wilhelmshaven fire was survived.
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U.S. Flying Fortress
Southern Comfort
U.S
England
Wilhelmshaven
Rotterdam
Hugh Ashcraft
Charlotte, N. C
William Lakey, Jr
Los Angeles
Army Major Pleads and Copper Workers Call Off Strike
Salt Lake City report says about 2000 copper processors voted to strike at Magna and Arthur mills of Utah Copper Company but rescinded after an Army plea and a warning from the War Department. Maj. M. J. Tierney urged workers to consider 800 service members and read Gen. Joyce's letter promising support for a quick settlement.
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Salt Lake City
Magna
Arthur Mills
Utah Copper Company
Maj
M. J. Tierney
Army
Ninth Service Command
Independent Association of Mill Workers
Kenyon A. Joyce
War Department
WLRB
NLRB
Army Denies Texas Woman Miners Being Held in Tulsa Slaying
Army officials denied Lil Lewis's accusation that military intelligence agents intimidated miners as a second front threat. Generals Aurand and Wallace stated no agents acted with such tactics. The note follows Lewis's claim after talks with coal operators. Tulsa case covers Mrs Ella B Howard held on manslaughter charges in the Mayo Hotel killing of Mrs T Kart Simmons.
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Army
Texas Woman
Tulsa
New York
GP —Army
John la. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Army Military Inteligence Service
Lewis
H. §. Aurand
Sixth Service Command
Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Fred C. Wallace
Fifth Service Command
Michigan
Appalachian
Okla
Common Pleas
Grady S. Cornett
Ella B. Howard
Fort Worth
T. Kart Simmons
Louis Howard, Jr
Dixie Gilmer
Simmons
Army Airmen Rout 7 to 1 Over Japanese Planes
U S Army fliers claimed 384 Japanese planes shot down while losing 54 in three months. War Department noted only known destroyed enemy planes counted and American losses included missing aircraft. unreported or probable destroyies and some causes not counted.
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Washington
VPL
War Department
Department
Lake Michigan Port Opens to Iron Ore Traffic After Ice Blockade
Escanaba Mich April 3 The northern Lake Michigan port ended its winter ice blockade and opened to Great Lakes iron ore carriers for the new shipping season. Navigation became possible after the tug John Roen from Sturgeon Bay cleared a channel through miles of two foot ice in Little Bay de Noquet.
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Escanaba
Mich
Lake Michigan
Great’ Lakes
John Roen
Sturgeon Bay
Little Bay de Noquet
Pay Rise Granted to Wall Paper Workers in Eight States
War Labor Board awards a 1 cent hourly increase retroactive to July 1, 1942 for 3,000 workers across 22 wallpaper firms in eight states. Average earnings rise to 81 cents. Referee Moses Shapiro found a 2 percent rise due, within steel formula limits, plus 5 to 10 cent boosts for specific job types. Equality clause sets equal pay for women matching men’s output. About 15 percent of the workforce are women.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Moses Shapiro
Little ‘Steel
Ickes Acts to Boost East's Oil Supplies
The Petroleum Administration for War announced a plan to reorganize Middle West oil supply and distribution to increase shipments to the East. Fifteen states are divided into 26 zones for motor fuel and distillates with 11 zones for residual fuel, aiming to minimize transport distances and shift movements northeast and east. Ickes also allocated 40 500 barrels of crude oil daily to small Midwestern refineries to protect them amid tight supplies, though not all may receive their desired crude.
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Washington
Petroleum Administration For War
Middle West
Middle Western States
Paw District 2
Sid Petroleum
Harold L. Ickes
Europe
Tthe
Middle Western
North and
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Towa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ickes
Ralph K. Davies
Minister Loses Espionage Appeal in Hartford Case
The Rev. Kurt E. B. Molzahn, a Philadelphia minister, lost his appeal from a conspiracy to violate espionage laws conviction. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling from a Hartford origin case, with Judge A N Hand authoring the opinion.
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New York
INS
Kurt E. B. Molzahn
Philadelphia
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
A. N. Hand
Hartford
Conn
Japanese Using U S Built Planes Aiding Batavia Field
The Japanese use American built planes to train aviators stationed at Batavia according to Ryan Aeronautical Company. A Dutch officer who escaped Java says the planes were captured there and flown to Batavia for both acrobatic and formation training.
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San Diego
Calif
Batavia
Ryan Aeronautical Company
H, F. C, Holtz
Royal Netherlands Military Flying School
Jackson
Miss
Ryan
Java
Holtz
Britons Face Further Food Ration Cuts
London reports that Britain must brace for deeper food ration cuts as plans for a future offensive unfold. Lord Woolton warns that current stringent rations will shrink, with bread possibly limited and priority given to children and armed forces.
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Chicago
Luty News, Inc
London
Great Britain
Lord Woolton
Woolton
Akron Publisher Named Censorship Liaison Official
John S. Knight, publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal and other papers, is named liaison between U S censorship offices and British censorship organizations. Byron Price announced Knight will be stationed in London after reviewing American censorship offices. Knight is first vice president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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Akron
Washington
John S. Knight
United States
Byron Price
Tax Front Foggy Yet Hint at Pay As You Go Plan
In Washington on April 3, James Marlow and George Zielke describe the unclear tax outlook. Talks center on pressure from the Ruml-Carlson plan, possible pay as you go shifts, and the looming $16 billion funding need for the next fiscal year, with timing tied to presidential action and congressional votes.
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Roosevelt
Senator Claims Grocery Prices Jump Far Beyond Farmers' Pay
Senator Ellison Smith of South Carolina presses a Senate subcommittee to prove food price inflation. He plans to send clerks to buy basic items like cabbage and turnips to compare retail costs with farmer earnings, noting examples such as cabbage at 25 cents and striped bass at 1.50. The probe aims to show a nationwide trend beyond DC prices.
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Washington
Ellison D
Senate Agriculture
Smith
Lee County
District of Columbia
Canned Fish Supply for 1943 Likely Below 1942 Total
Civilian canned fish for 1943 may total about three quarters of 1942 usage. The Agriculture Department plans a larger civilian share but says a smaller carryover from 1942 reduces overall civilian availability. 1943 civilian pack projections include Salmon 130 million pounds Pilchards 81 million Atlantic herring 29 million Tuna bonito yellowtail 21 million Shrimp 6 million and other small lots. Orders set aside specific 1943 pack percentages for government needs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Uruguay Charges Argentine Censorship Affects Uruguayan Papers
Argentine censorship tightens, barring most Uruguayan newspapers from entry to Argentina. La Razon and Montevideo’s La Raza complain of systematic exclusion of democratic Uruguayan press, while El Pampero, a Nazi outlet, is banned in Uruguay.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
Montevideo
Argentina
la Razon
Chicago Daily News Foreign Service
la Raza
Uruguay
el Pais Eldia
Mundial
el Pampero
Paid War Training Rules Bar Unemployment Benefits
Albany April 3 paid students in war training courses are ineligible for jobless insurance benefits in New York. They cannot qualify as unemployed even if courses are run by government agencies or other organizations not covered by the unemployment insurance law. Reimbursement of incidental expenses up to five dollars a week is not considered pay. Training at fee charging schools may qualify only if study hours allow full time work or if the student can show readiness to abandon courses to take jobs.
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Albany
New York
Division of
Brig. Gen. Ramey and Crew Reported Missing in Bombing Mission
Brig. Gen. Howard Ramey, head of the Fifth Bomber Command, and his crew are missing after a recent mission failed to return. MacArthur announced Ramey, a veteran of aerial photography and Kenney's aide, was previously Hawaiian bomber commander. another Kenney aide, Gen. Kenneth Walker, was lost in January over Rabaul.
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United Nations
Australia
INS
Howard Ramey
Fifth Bomber Command
Fifth
United States Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Ramey
Bomber Command
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest
Pacific
Waynesboro
Miss
Kenney
Fourth United States Air Force
Kenneth Walker
Rabaul
Quisling Reduced to Tool of Nazi Authority in Norway
German occupation authorities tighten control over Quisling by elevating Reich and Wehrmacht supervision of Norwegian mayors. Quisling’s decree is now described as signed by the minister president. Stockholm reports tension in Oslo over possible sending of thousands of young Norwegians to Germany as Allied forces loom.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
Bern
Quisling
Germany
Reich
Joseph Terboven
Reichskommissariat
Stockholm
Basler National Zeitung
Oslo
Social
Demokraten
Hansen
Berlin
Norway
Denver Girl Held For Slaying Babies Refuses to Eat
Bernice Williams, charged with first degree murder for slaying her three illegitimate babies, read Elbert Hubbard’s philosophy in her cell and refused food. Authorities say she has eaten nothing since arrest. District Attorney Rosner discussed potential death penalty after stating she is sane. Williams allegedly confessed to giving birth in the last three years and drowning each infant in a bathtub before hiding the bodies in a linen chest.
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Denver
Bernice Williams
Elbert Hubbard
City
David Rosner
Rosner
Puerto Rico Independence Plan Draws Senate Caution
Washington April 3 congressional reaction to Senator Tydings proposal for Puerto Rico independence drew cautious notes from Wherry Capper and Chavez. The bill keeps U S bases during a transition with a US commissioner guiding interests. Independence would occur on July Fourth after required steps, amid calls for home rule and possible statehood.
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Washington
Tydings
Puerto Rico
Chavez
D.-N. ML
Senate
Philippines
United States of Naval
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Congress
Insular
One Fourth of Boys Unfit for Army Service
New York April 3 INS report shows over 25 percent of 18 and 19 year olds were rejected as unfit for duty. Eye sight, mental, muscular skeletal and cardiovascular problems cited. Rates among older men higher up to 85 percent in the 45 year old class. Colonel Rowntree notes overall rejections never below large percentage despite lower standards since Pearl Harbor. Major Banks calls fatigue and lack of endurance destroying many lives in the Army.
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New York
INS
Selective
Cal
Leonard G. Rowntree
War Physical Fitness Training Institute
Columbia University
Rown
Pearl Harbor
Theodore Banks
War Department
Dry Bean Stocks Exceed Earlier Government Estimate
The Agriculture Department announced civilian dry bean supplies for the current year will be about 14 percent higher than the initial forecast. That level equals about eight pounds per person, with Mexico and other bean producers boosting availability to meet military and Lend-Lease needs, as processors were instructed to reserve 55 percent of dry beans and 60 percent of dry peas for the Government.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Mexico
Department
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