Food control by one man is proposed
Washington reports proposed food czar with powers like Hoover would coordinate multiple agencies including the War Production Board, the Office of Price Administration, Agriculture, Lend Lease and the Surplus Marketing Administration. Officials note support for a separate agency or a department-based hub, with ideas centered on whom to place in charge and how broad the powers should be.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Department of Agriculture
Office of Lend-Lease Administration
Surplus Marketing Administration
WPB
Agriculture Department
Donald A. Nelson
Milo Perkins
Board of Economic Warfare
Claude P. Wickard
OPA
Lend- Lease Administration
United Nations
Nelson
Arthur B. Newhall
B. F. Goodrich Company
New
Quiet Easter Ahead For Washington The Weather
Washington April 4 War time Easter expected to be quiet as tourist traffic dips and government workers flood the capital. Cherry blossoms along the tidal basin will not yet be pink, and new buildings line Constitution Avenue. The White House has cancelled Easter Monday activities. Vice President Wallace and Mrs. Wallace plan to attend an Easter sunrise service at Arlington Cemetery. The weather is described as a military secret.
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Washington
Potomac
Constitution Avenue
White House
Wallace
Arlington National Cemetery
Grattan Quits U.S. Post Challenges Nazi Link Charge
Washington April 4 C Hartley Grattan resigns as economic analyst for the Board of Economic Warfare and challenges Rep Voorhis to repeat charges accusing him of Nazi sympathy. Grattan says the charges ended his usefulness to the government and accuses Voorhis of hiding behind immunity. Voorhis had earlier claimed Grattan wrote a foreword to a 1940 WaCaesvenas UP.
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Washington
Voorhis
Grattan
Poland
Challenge Ignored Sentry Shoots Youth Near Teaneck NJ
Raymond Lufkin, 16, of Tenafly, in serious condition after an Army sentry fired a bullet at a car that allegedly did not halt on command. Dermot Holden, 62, driver of the vehicle, said he heard no stop order and that the road was not blocked. The bullet pierced the license plate and struck Lufkin in the back.
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Teaneck
N. J
INS
Raymond Lufkin
Tenafly
Dermot F. Holden
Pearl Harbor
Lcense
Young Lufkin
Syracuse Weather Forecast Tonight and Saturday Temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau forecast continues mild temperatures for Syracuse. Tonight remains mild with low temperatures around 44 degrees. Saturday outlook shows afternoon highs near 44 with similar conditions persisting through the day.
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Syracuse
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
Cripps Seeks Concessions in Indian Defense Talks with Congress
Cripps presses for real Indian defense control as talks with Azad Nehru and others resume tonight at Wavell's office. London War Cabinet responses awaited. Moslem League leaders urge autonomy while princes seek favorable terms amid friction with Nationalists.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Britain
Mme
Wavell
India
Burma
Cripps
Congress
Azad
Nehru
Chiang
London
War Cabinet
Allahabad
M. A. Jinnah
Jinnah
All-India Congress
Chamber of Princes
Tires From Sish Meaning Fish Glue Promoted
An INS item from Winnipeg discusses a wartime plan to blend glue from fish with 60 percent rubber to cure a rubber shortage. A tire maker reports one fish tire showing minimal wear after 30,000 miles, noting early experiments in 1932 suggested success but high costs halted further work.
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Winnipeg
Man
British Columbia
Kerosene Stores Threatened by Fire in San Francisco Plant
A two alarm fire hit the magnesium processing plant of National Metals Company in San Francisco during war work. Three mill room workers fled to safety as flames raged through the building. Army guards were posted. inflammables likely near the blaze were at risk though origin was undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Fransisco
INS
National Metals Company
San Francisco
Quisling angered by articles says ousted newsman
Stockholm April 4 Karl Axel Trunberger a Stockholm Da gens Nyheter correspondent was expelled from Norway after Maj. Vikkun Quisling objected to his articles on conditions there Trunberger said the situation in Norway was strained with growing opposition to Quisling and the Germans were not satisfied with his administration He warned how long the present setup could last Also described: British RAF gunners practice by firing on a moving model plane nicknamed the electric hare on a flatcar track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quisling
Stockholm
Karl Axel Trunberger
Dagens Nyheter
Norway
Maj
Vikkun Quisling
Tunberger
Sliding Scale of War Profit Gets Support
Washington reports Senator Chomins proposes a sliding scale to limit profits on war contracts. The plan, under Senate consideration with a new $18.3 billion wartime appropriation, would set profit caps from 10 percent for small contracts to 3 percent for contracts over $50 million, with 20 percent retained until profit agreements and renegotiations are filed.
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Washington
Senaator ‘Chomins
D-Okia
Senate Appropriations Committee
Aly
Thomas
Little Fellows
Appropriations Committee
House
Appropriations
O’mahoney
Overton
D-La
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
House Committee
Rome Aerial Smash Hits Alexandria Railway
Axis air attacks strike the Alexandria to Mersa Matruh rail line with a medium tanker bound for Malta torpedoed and sunk by Italian forces. Several dozen vehicles burned or damaged in a British motorized column clash in North Africa. Cirenaica front sees repulsed armored attacks with losses. Air battles with German and Italian units claim 17 British planes. One Italian plane did not return.
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Rome
Alexandria
Alexandria-Mersa Matruh
Malta
High Command
Africa
Cirenaica
Libya
City Light Plant Sponsor Returns To Political Wars
Huntington Indiana April 4 Clare W H Bangs former mayor whose fight for a city light plant led to jail terms is back in politics seeking the Republican nomination for mayor He pledges a non partisan administration and a new deal in city government In the G O P primary May 5 his 52d birthday he will oppose Mayor Foster E Catshall and Councilman James R Toy Bangs during 1935 1939 term faced an injunction suit from Northern Indiana Power Co and spent almost two years in jail for violating court orders before his December 1939 release.
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Huntington
Ind
Clare W. H. Bangs
Huntington College
Bangs
Foster E. Catshall
James R. Toy
Church Sends Easter Greeting To MacArthur From Arkansas Faith
The Rev. W. P. Witzell of the Church of Christ in Little Rock Ark radioed General MacArthur at his Melbourne HQ sending Easter greetings and faith. MacArthur replied asking for divine guidance in the coming struggle. He is an Episcopalian.
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MacArthur Melbourne
W. P. Witzell
Church of Christ
Little Rock
Ark
General MacArthur
Melbourne
Church of
Church of Christ In
Sanctuary of God
Fortresses Pound Japs In Andamans
Allied bombers and fighters pounded Japanese positions in the Andaman region and throughout Burma as air power intensified the Indian theater. The British reported air and ground losses for Japan while U S representatives arrived in India to discuss coordination. Chinese and American units pushed back Japanese forces, retaking Kyungonairdrome near Toungoo as planners mapped a east–west line across the burmese front.
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Thailand
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Akyab
Calcutta
Burma
India
America
Louis A. Johnson
Roosevelt
United States
Earl L. Naiden
United States Air Forces
Johnson
Prome
Mandalay
Empire
Minbu
Pegu Yoma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kyungon
Toungoo
U. S. Transports To Carry Material From India to China
Chungking April 4 American built transport planes will soon carry essential war materials from India to China, likely handling a large share of tonnage formerly moving over the Burma Road. Construction of two overland supply routes is progressing and one may be ready within a month. The routes will be weatherproof despite the long rainy season.
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Chungking
India
China
Burma Road
Cloud V Seen as Omen of Victory Over Armies
On Good Friday observers in Herkimer saw a giant cloud shaped like a V with a cross. The formation lingered for about 20 minutes and sparked belief it signaled victory for Christian armies. No aircraft were aloft to write the sky.
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Herkimer
Toledo Rations Ice as Strikers Blamed
In Toledo Ohio on April 4 ice rationing began with bars instructed to use just one ice cube per drink. The disturbance stems from a strike by the American Federation of Labor Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union demanding higher wages, not wartime shortages.
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Toledo
A. F. of L. Teamsters’ and Chauffeurs’ Union
Losses at sea and brave acts amid war reports
A detailed account lists 700 men lost as Japanese forces sink multiple ships, while U.S. shipbuilding outpaces Japan with numerous battleships, carriers, and cruisers under construction. Heroic acts aboard Langley and Pecos are recounted, including crew persistence, officer sacrifice, and rescue efforts amid the sinking.
Piling Losses in Pacific Actions Include Langley and Pecos
The Langley and the Pecos suffered two thirds of their officers and crew lost after a Japanese attack. Survivors were picked up by a destroyer later as the Pecos sank four hours after the initial strike. The Peary faced multiple bombings and eventual sinking while crews stayed at anti aircraft guns. Destroyer Division 59 then engaged a Japanese convoy near Balikpapan, firing torpedoes through a crowded transport line, with several ships going down and only minor American casualties.
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Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
United States
Langley
America
Robert P. McConnell
Elmer P. Abernethy
Pecos
Java
San Francisco
John M. Bermingham
Peary
Paul Talbot
Indian Ocean
Australia
U. S
Saxton
Lwater
Lieut
L. J. McPeake
Manila
Destroyer Division
Balikpapan
Westhern
Macassar Strait
Division 59
Cripps Called Salvage Officer of British Imperialism
In Morcambe Lancashire April 4 John McGovern MP and ILP president urged ending the war quickly. He called Churchill arrogant and Cripps the salvage officer of British imperialism. He said German workers should revolt against Hitler when British capitalist imperialism ends. ILP has about 10 MPs.
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Cripps
Ene
Morcambe
Lancashire
John McGovern
Independent Labor Party
McGovern
Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Privy Seal
Hitler
House of Commons
Labor Chiefs push for longer war week
Washington reports indicate the Administration is pressing labor leaders for a voluntary 44 or 48 hour work week in war industries. VP Wallace and other Roosevelts aides seek a pact between workers and management to quell the 40 hour dispute and deter new congressional limits. Senators Barkley and an unnamed colleague note momentum to add a 48 hour cap with overtime only after that threshold and link it to wartime profits controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Connally
D.-Tex
Saltonstall Spurs Efforts to End Textile Strikes
Fall River Mass April 4 Mediation efforts led by Governor Leverett Saltonstall seek to resolve a jurisdictional dispute halting work in 18 cotton textile mills employing about 18 000 people. Mills largely under government production had run three shifts daily as state and federal labor officials and union representatives met in Fall River for negotiations.
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Fall River
Mass
Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall
Boston
Charles H. Cole
Massachusetts Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
American Federation of Textile Operatives
Textile Workers Union of America
C.I.0
United States and Australian Troops Unite To Sweep Foes
Melbourne reports Army Minister Francis M. Forde saying U S and Australian forces are being welded into one offensive army to sweep foes from Australian soil. He praises American troops as fine and those at all levels, promising successful dovetailing with Australia’s army and aligning with General MacArthur’s aims for democracy.
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U.S
Melbourne
United States
Francis M. Forde
Forde
Doy
MacArthy
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Mandalay-Darwin- Bataan
Bataan Peninsula
Navy
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West Coast
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Andamans
Warren
John Michael Bermingham
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