Senate Opens War Profits Curb Debate
Washington April 6 The Senate opened debate on a rider to curb war profits from 2 to 10 percent with a graduated scale. Senator Charles McNary backs the measure and says many Republicans will vote for it. The plan links with demands to abandon the 40 hour week and freeze prices to curb living costs. The schedule sets profit caps by contract size and allows adjustments on small contracts with specific per cent figures for each band.
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Washington
Senate
Charles McNary
Roosevelt
George
D-Ga
Thomas
High Court Rules Mutiny Law Covers Strike Aboard Ship
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision by Justice Byrnes, holds the federal mutiny statute covers seamen strikes aboard ships within U S maritime jurisdiction and overturns a Labor Board reinstatement order for seamen who walked off the City of Fort Worth in Houston. The ruling upholds a separate bargaining directive with the National Maritime Union. Justice Reed dissents, joined by Black, Douglas, and Murphy.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Justice Byrnes
Labor Board
Southern Steamship Company of
Philadelphia
City of
Byrnes
National Maritime Union
Co. I. U
Reed
Black, Douglas and Murphy
Five Tanks Donated To MacArthur
Schenectady April 6 Five tanks aboard a train reach MacArthur as a gift from Schenectady County citizens. A drive raised more than 254000 dollars toward tanks for General MacArthur far exceeding the 50000 goal, reflecting strong local support from American Locomotive Company workers and residents. A separate note reports a Coast Guard search for Jack Miller a St Clair ferry operator missing after his drifting motorboat was found near the Canadian shore of the St Clair River.
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Schenectady
Douglas MacArthur
Schenectady County
MacArthur
American Locomotive Company
St.Clair
Mich
Coast
Jack Miller
St. Clair
Lakes Erie
Huron
St. Clair River
Fifth U Boat Sinks Allied Freighter After Five Attempts
Forty four survivors describe a March 20 sinking off the eastern coast as a medium sized American freighter failed on its fifth try against a submarine. Six crewmen including the captain were lost and one survivor remained hospitalized in Bermuda. The loss pushed the weekly UN total to 21 ships announced for March 29 to April 5 and lifted Pearl Harbor toll to 115.
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New York
Bermuda
United Nations
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Canadian
Caribbean
South American
Army Day observance honors citizen soldiers and MacArthur bust
Nation pays tribute to fighting men as 25 years ago the Army totaled 200000. Roosevelt urges support for victory and readiness. A MacArthur bust unveiling in Washington tops the evening program with Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Wallace among patrons. Parades and weapon demonstrations planned nationwide while Army operations remain shielded from civilian disruption.
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United States
Roosevelt
Washington
West Point
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Nison Tregor
New York
Russia
No Point
Howard Hoeffer
Arthur MacArthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
May Hower
Military Order of the World War
Brehon B. Somervell
Army Services of Supply
Sergt
Carl E. Plitt, Jr
228Th Field Artillery
Baltimore
Telephone Company
Fort George
G. Meade
War Department
Henry H. Arnold
Air Force
Army
Signal Corps
Medical Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Upstate Cities Mark 25th War Anniversary
Albany observes Army Day as part of a nationwide 25th anniversary program marking the United States entry into World War II. Ceremonies include a parade on the State Capitol steps with Governor Lehman possibly watching, and Pine Camp's Fourth Armored Division under Capt. C. L. Rickenbaugh leads activities in Rochester after Buffalo ceremonies.
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Albany
Upstate
New York
United States
State Capitol
Lehman
Pine Camp
C. L.rickenbaugh
Rochester
Buffalo
War Today Letter Explains American Fight For Survival
In a wartime column, Dewitt MacKenzie urges readers that the United States fights not only to defeat Axis tyranny but to preserve democracy and the freedom of thought and worship. He warns that invasion could reach American shores and emphasizes the high stakes of liberty and national existence.
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Europe
Orient
United States
John
Hitler
Yamamoto
Youth Who Found Slain Woman Faces Charge of Murder
Quincy police say John J. Grasselli will be arraigned in district court on a murder charge after he reported finding the nude body of Helen D. Cullen in a quarry lodge. His auxiliary police badge aided investigators, and a Norfolk County grand jury may indict him for first degree murder after arraignment.
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Quincy
Mass
John J. Grasselli
Helen D. Cullen
Boston
George W. Fallon
Fallon
Grasselli
Norfolk County Grand Jury
Falion
Noe Faces Trial Over $32 Thousand Income Tax Evasion
Former Gov James A Noe and the Win or Lose Corporation face trial in U S District Court New Orleans on four counts of income and excess profits tax evasion. The case cites $32 314 96 in taxes and 337 165 55 income for 1935 with 24 overt acts across the corporation.
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Noe
New Orleans
James A. Noe
United States District Court
Win Or Lose Corporation
Huey P. Long
Win Or Lose
British Girl Aids Navy Project En Route to West Indies
Alice Martindale an 18 year old from Bexhill on Sea Sussex becomes the first British girl to go overseas for naval duty in the current war. She travels to assist in establishing three naval canteens in the British West Indies. Her father Reuben Walter Martindale is a Royal Navy petty officer directing the canteens and two of her brothers serve in the Navy. A third brother was killed in action.
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Navy Project
New York
Alice Martindale
Bexhill-on- Sea
Sussex
British West Indies
Navy
Reuben Walter Martindale
Royal Navy
Truck Fire Closes Laurel Hill Tunnel Delays Turnpike
Traffic on the Pennsylvania Turnpike returned to normal after an Easter Sunday fire in the 4500 foot Laurel Hill Tunnel blocked the roadway for over five hours. Local and state responders contained the blaze and reopened the tunnel to traffic.
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Somerset
Laurel Hill
300 Planes Attack Nazi War Plants In Paris Area Raid
British raids over Paris and western Germany claim heavy bombing of industrial targets with three British planes shot down. Berlin reports some civilian losses and small damage. London notes 300 plus planes engaged and a low 12 to 13 percent loss. Gnome-Rhone works in France cited as engine maker with Rhone 14R models. Cologne's 1940 to 1941 raids highlighted rail yards, refineries, and munitions sites as key targets amid ongoing aerial warfare.
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Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Berlin
Germany
South
England
Air Ministry
Gnome-Rhone
Gnome- Rhone
France
Royal Air Force
Cologne
Franz Clouth Rubber Works
Soviet Drive Seizes 161 Villages In Major Offensive
Red Star reports a large Soviet advance crippling German Sixth and Seventeenth Army positions around Barvenkova near Kharkov. German reserves rush in as the 94th division is said shattered and supplies captured. Allied tank aid from Britain and the United States may bolster Soviet strength.
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Barvenkova
Kharkov
Ewald von Kleist
Red Star
Caucasian
Jugoslavia
France
Red Army
Sixth Army
von Kleist
Great Britain
United States
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