Details Of Cruelty To Fliers Revealed In Shanghai
The piece recounts captivity of eight American airmen in Bridge House Shanghai and Woosung prison during 1942. It describes food deprivation and confinement in wooden cages, the threat of execution, and rumors of public appearances by fliers. It notes officers from Wake Island and the Yangtze patrol facing ten year sentences.
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3BCG
FORD
San Francisco
INS
James H. Doolittle
Miers
Tokyo
Shanghai
Bridge House
International City Ward Road
Woosung
Com
Winfield Scott Cunningham
Wake Island
C. D. Smith
U. S
Wake
Teeters
Woolley
Japan
Roosevelt
Senator Pushes 50 Cent Oil Price Increase
Washington April 23. Senator Thomas Oklahoma proposes a Senate resolution to urge Prentiss Brown to raise crude oil prices by about 50 cents a barrel to halt production declines and prevent a petroleum famine. He cites rising costs and proposes aiding stripper wells while a committee weighs broader price reforms for fuel oil and gasoline supply.
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Washington
Thomas
D-Okla
Senate
Prentiss Brown
Oklahoma
Maloney
Dconn
Atlantic Coast
Office of the Petroleum Administrator For War
Japanese Air Bases Reported North of Australia in War Update
General MacArthur's headquarters in Australia reported Japanese bases for 2000 planes on islands north of Australia and 206,000 troops, with warnings of possible attacks. An 8000-ton freighter escort was sunk near Kavieng by a heavy bomber, while Allied ground patrols advanced toward Salamaua to wipe out a 20-man Japanese garrison.
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Australia
Forde
Sydney
Western Australia
Owen Dixon
United States
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Kavieng
Komiatum
Salamaua
New Guinea
Salamaua-Komiatum
Dime Described as Bound by Red Tape in Washington
In Ann Arbor Howard Peckham curator of the Clements Library at the University of Michigan sent a dime to Washington for a township map. The Geological Survey Treasury and Ickes discuss wartime maps and ledger entries. Peckham jokes he is appalled by the bureaucratic ride and a 20 cent cashing fee for the check.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Washington
Howard Peckham
Peckham
Clements Library
University of Michigan
Secretary of the Interior
Geological Survey
Ickes
Treasury Department
Department of Disbursement
Morgenthau
Russia Prepares for Record Easter Attendance
Moscow churches end Holy Week expect the largest Easter Day turnout since before the revolution as Great Friday crowds filled services. Palm Sunday had set a record, and shops show brisk buying of sugar flour and ingredients for Easter cakes as Moscow households stock up. US ham and cooking fats appear in today’s wares as Jend-Jease supplies continue.
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Russia
Moscow
United States
Women Strikers End Chicago Wilson Plant Walkout
Women workers at the Wilson Sporting Goods factory in Schenectady voted to return to work Monday after a shipout strike of 80 members of Textile Workers Union Local 574 C I O urged by John A Rooney of the Washington Conciliation Service Department to resume while the War Labor Relations Board reviews their case. The plant makes baseballs and other athletic gear for Army camps.
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Schenectady
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
John A. Rooney
Conciliation Service Department
Washington
War Labor Relations Board
Textile Workers Union of America
Muddy Marine Shoes Exhibit From Guadalcanal Hero
Private Ed Carr displays mud caked Marine shoes at his mother's home in Kansas City on hospital furlough. He says he wore them for 45 days and nights of near continuous combat, with socks worn thin and the shoes removed only for medical care at the hospital.
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Guadalcanal
Kansas City
Ed Carr
Cary
Aria
Soviet Cities Drill for Gas Defense in Bomb Threats
The Moscow Regional and City Party Committee issue an agitator’s notebook urging Soviet citizens to prepare for chemical attack. It details gas bomb types, alert signals, protective shelters, masks, and defense drills for civilians, with emphasis on food and water safety and rapid evacuation.
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David M.nictiol
Chicago Daily News, Inc
Moscow
Churchill
Hitler
Soviet Union
Kenney vows to repay Japan for airmen killings
General Kenney restated Allied resolve after learning Japan executed American airmen captured after Tokyo bombing. In Australia he told reporters the Air Force was horrified yet not surprised by the atrocity and pledged to strike back at any chance.
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Kenney
Australia
George G. C. Kenney
Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
Eny
T. A
Strand Theater opening eyed to boost Loew’s $25 million bond total
Oscar A. Doob, Loew’s advertising chief, predicts the Strand premiere next week may push bond sales for Loew’s circuit beyond 25 million. Renovations wrap up for the gala opening featuring Slightly Dangerous with Lana Turner and Robert Young as Syracuse attendance climbs nationwide.
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Loew
Strand Theater
Marietta Evans
Strand
Loew’s
Oscar A. Doob
New York City
Motion Picture Industry
War Activities Committee
The
Syracuse
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Lana Turner
Robert Young
Doob
Loew's
Vans Dancing Family
Shafer
All Girl Orchestra
Nazis Admit Mobilizing New Classes
United Press reports German propaganda broadcasts admit mobilizing youths 18 and veterans 40 plus for war service. They discuss Europe wide mobilization tied to Hitler's talks with Balkan allies and claims Rommel heads for Sicily to command Axis forces.
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United Press
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Radio Berlin
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Sicily
Mediterranean
New York
Germany
Hitler
Heinz Rose
Transocean
Rudolph Fischer
Fuehrer
Europe
Greek Famine Death Toll Reported by Argentine Consul
Argentine consul Jorge Blanco Villalta in Buenos Aires says 2000 Greeks die daily from hunger. Engineer Enrique Berger, returning from Berlin, cites eyewitnesses of the March 1 British air raid on Berlin and notes growing German demoralization despite Nazi resolve to fight on.
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Berlin
Buenos Aires
Jorge Blanco Villalta
Geneva
Monte Albertia
Greece
Blanco
Athens
Enrique Berger
Berger
Western
Germany
Russell Orders Briefs in 3 Suits On Redistricting
Three plaintiffs challenging New York State's reapportionment law have two weeks to file briefs with Supreme Court Justice Pierce H. Russell and the State has one extra week to respond before a decision. The case moves to the court of appeals after a reserved ruling following a five hour argument. Petitioners include Senator Stephen Wojtowicz of Buffalo Bay Side L I and A B Thompson of New York. Deputy Attorney General Wendell P. Brown argued against the law claiming it creates too many senatorial districts.
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Russell
Albany
New York State
Supreme Court
Pierce H. Russell
Court of Appeals
Stephen J. Wojtowiak I
Buffalo
David A. Fay
Cascara Strippers Now Earn 70 Dollars Weekly in Pacific Groves
Portland, April 24. Cascara bark peeling has shifted from survival work to a career with earnings up to 70 dollars a week for active young peelers. Bark, used by medical branches of the armed forces, pays 20 cents a pound, with a single day earning as high as 40 dollars for exceptional harvests. Ti G Russell, head of the Pacific Coast Cascara Bark Company, notes the bark's exclusive 1000 mile inland range from Canada to Northern California.
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Portland
Ore
Ti. G. Russell
Pacific Coast
Cascara Bark Company
Cascara Bark
Canada
California
Pacific
Diehm Faints Waiting for Sugar Ration Book Replacement
Mrs Minnie M Diehm, 73, fainted after two hours in line at rationing board offices in Kansas City while awaiting a replacement sugar ration book. She revived after outdoor removal and was sent home with two booklets in hand.
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Kansas City
Minnie M. Diehm
U S Forces Secure Funafuti Base in Pacific Defense Link
A United Press dispatch reports the United States has occupied Funafuti in the Ellice Islands, plugging a major gap in the Pacific supply line. Navy Secretary Frank Knox notes the occupation was accomplished without Japanese opposition and hints at unspecified further Ellice Islands decisions.
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Washington
United States
Funafuti
Ellice I Islands
South Pacific
United Press
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Ellice Group
Samoan Islands
Fijis
Phoenix Islands
Frank Knox
Navy
Knox
Ellice Islands
Easter Influx Drowns New York in Easter Rush
New York braced for a peak Easter as hotels filled, rail and bus terminals crowded, and planes loaded with visitors. Crowds clogged Grand Central as the city prepared for historic travel, with armed forces uniforms common and service clubs scrambling for lodging.
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New York
ODT
New York Central Railroad
Meadhouse
Grand Central Terminal
Tobacco Chewing Episode Triggers 45 Minute Strike at Ford Rouge
A 45 minute work stoppage occurred at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant in Detroit when a United Office and Warehouse workers man reportedly showered tobacco juice on a foreman's polished shoes. The foreman reclaimed the worker's hat and wiped the shoes with it as 65 wagon men watched in disbelief. The incident was reported by the Empire.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Canadians Served With Russ Airmen
London April 24 Canadians in the Royal Canadian Air Force were among an RAF squadron that returned from Russia. The group wore Soviet red stars on their tunics with Air Ministry authorization after leaving behind all bombers to the Red Air Force. A Soviet official presented each officer and airman with a star decoration. Flight Sgt Ken McGregor praised Russian pilots and Yak aircraft while noting Russian fish meals and strong vodka.
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London
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.A.F
Russia
Red Star
Air Ministry
Empire Squadron
Red Air Force
England
Ken
Scotty) McGregor
Port Arthur
Ontario
R.C.A.F
Scotty
FHA Aids Property Owners to Install New Heating
The Federal Housing Administration announced a delayed payment plan for FHA financed loans to convert home heating plants from oil to other fuels this spring and summer. Initial payments between April 20 and Sept 1 may be deferred until November 1 if funds are used for heater conversion or insulation and weatherproofing. Loans up to 2500 dollars, repayable over up to 36 months.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration Today
FHA
Youngest Halifax Arrives in Washington for Indefinite Stay
Lt Richard Wood youngest son of Lord Halifax British ambassador to the United States arrived in Washington for an indefinite stay with his parents at the British embassy. He lost both legs in January while serving with the Eighth Army in Libya. He traveled with Capt P M Laign who also lost both legs. The ambassador's second son Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood was killed in Libya last October. Eldest son Maj Charles Wood is on duty with the Eighth Army in Africa.
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Washington
INS
Richard Wood
Lord Halifax
United States
Wood
Eighth Army
Libya
P. M. Laign
Franceis
Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood
Maj
Charles Wood
M. P
Africa
Deny Probability Gandhi May Be Freed Shortly
The India Office announced there is no likelihood Gandhi and other Indian readers detained under Defense Act Rule will be released. After New Delhi court review, the government said the defense rule will be revised and wartime powers allow detention of leaders.
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Ghandi
London
India Office
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
New Delhi
Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Lord Linlithgow
Ford Dispute Threatens Windsor Plant Operations
In Windsor Ontario a Ford Motor Company of Canada shutdown left about 15,000 workers idle as union officials clash with management over a proposed production speed up. Ford bodies supplier Godfredson Plant halted 800 workers, and nearby firms face layoffs if no restart. Local union leader Roy G. England cites lockout and government mediation as next steps. Ontario labor minister Peter Heenan says arbitration is possible.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Ford
Roy G. England
United Automobile Workers of America
Peter Heenan
Ontario
Toronto
Godfredson
Ford Company
Canadian Bridge Company
Wallace R. Campbell
England
Soviet Press Reports Japan Executed American Flyers
Soviet press and radio announced that Japanese forces executed several American pilots who attacked Tokyo and other targets last year. The disclosures followed President Roosevelt's statements and the State Department release carried by the newspapers.
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Moscow
Tokyo
Japan
Roosevelt
State Department
Davis Expects U S Meat Capacity Max In 1943
Food Administrator Chester Davis said the United States will hit maximum meat production capacity in 1943 with about 125 million hogs slaughtered, 20 million more than 1942, while feed output may not exceed 1942 levels and Gov ernment may ask farmers to level off production in 1944. An executive order from President Roosevelt clarified Davis and Secretary Wickard's powers to share duties in the food program.
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Davis
U.S
Washington
United States
Chester C. Davis
Roosevelt
Agriculture
Wickard
Jerusalem Throngs Welcome Bishop Spellman on Holy Saturday
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York travels through packed crowds along the Via Dolorosa on Holy Saturday en route to a pontifical blessing at the Holy Sepulchre basilica. The visit forms part of a tour of war zones.
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Jerusalem
Francis J. Spellman
New York City
Via Dolorosa
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre
Spellman
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