Gas-Rubber Fight Grows More Bitter in Washington
The Truman committee pits aviation gasoline against synthetic rubber in a bitter power struggle. Senators Ball and Connally press for clarity as Undersecretary Patterson and Ickes push to boost 100 octane output, while Rubber Director Jeffers defends plant claims. Chairman Truman and Nelson seek answers on whether aviation needs hinder North Africa air operations.
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Kaiser Shipyards to Build Nurseries for Workers Babies
The Kaiser Organization and the Maritime Commission plan a large nursery project for shipyard workers in Portland. Three facilities totaling more than one million dollars will open within 40 days, each covering four blocks and housing at least 500 children. Contractors start in about 15 days.
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Muslim League Warns British on Hindu Federation in India
New Delhi April 27 The Moslem League closed its 30th annual convention with a warning that strife and bloodshed will follow any move to force Moslems into federation with Hindus. Abdul Hamid Khan declared the league will stand on its own legs and called for a separate Moslem state. A working committee member said they do not believe in nonviolence like the Hindus and claimed, We wont go to prison alive. The convention also opposed Zionist propaganda in the United States pushing unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine and supported Arab independence in Palestine and Syria.
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India
Khaliq-Uz-Zaman
lhaliq-Uz-Zaman
Pakistan
United States
Palestine
Syria
Navy air crash near Monterey Bay claims three sailors
Three Navy airmen are believed dead after their Alameda Naval Air Station plane plunged into Monterey Bay during a routine flight. The crash occurred today and authorities are confirming the loss of the crew.
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Alameda Naval Air Station
Monterey Bay
Finland Allies with Nazis or Axis Ties Highlight War Debate
In a wartime analysis the text argues Finland aligns with Germany, citing Mannerheim, German honors, and Helsinki’s stance as part of a broader war collision with the Allies. It warns Finland must rapidly change attitude or face consequences at postwar talks. The piece notes Finnish support to the Axis and a push for U.S. to declare war on Finland.
Exiles Fear New Regime For Poland Reported
Exiles fear a new regime in Poland as Moscow asserts it is breaking with a government rather than a nation. The move signals a shift in authority and raises questions about Poland’s political future.
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Poland
Russian Paper Calls Inquiry Impossible
Izvestia says an impartial probe into alleged Polish officer killings near Smolensk is impossible while the German-occupied area remains. It accuses Germany of cover up and says the Polish demand for a Red Cross inquiry is a tool of Hitlerite propaganda. Moscow says Polish relations with exile government were suspended amid these claims.
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International Red Cross
Red Cross
Polish Cabinet Debates Procedure In Exile
London April 27 The Polish government in exile held a special session to discuss its procedures after Soviet Russia cut diplomatic ties yesterday. Officials indicated a concrete move to repair the breach might come, though specifics were not disclosed. A British Foreign Office spokesman said the Polish Russian split is being discussed with the United States. The Independent Labour Party in Bradford urged urgent attention to the risk the rift could lead to war between Britain and Soviet Russia. The party noted Germany seeks anti socialist leadership for its crusade against Bolshevism and pledged to mobilize resistance among workers. Acting Foreign Minister Count Edward Raszynski reportedly sent an official note to Russia on April 20 denying German claims of a massacre and seeking information about 15 000 Polish officers and men imprisoned in 1940. The note cited prior requests by Gen Sikorski and others. It also said the body of a high ranking general was identified and that Poles had received only assurances rather than facts about the German charges.
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United States
National Council of the Independent Labor Party
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Great Britain
Germany
Independent Labor Party
Edward Rasczynski
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Army general debunks munitions surplus myth in New York
Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell told the U S Chamber of Commerce that the Army faces shortages, not excess stores, with supply lagging for basic equipment until late 1944 for U S troops. He urged balancing war needs across theaters and warned against complacent talk of victory.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
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Southwest Pacific
Fumes Kill Two Men At Buffalo Chemical Plant
Two men, Ortenzio Ferrari aged 51 and Cesidi Saviola aged 58, died in Buffalo after inhaling hydrogen sulfide while working in a sewer at the National Aniline and Chemical Co. earlier in the day.
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Council decries manpower waste from accidents
The National Safety Council contrasts casualties in the armed forces since Pearl Harbor with 64 500 dead and 6 000 000 injured among American workers. Ned H. Dearborn calls the home front waste alarming and stresses that no war worker can afford an accident. The council cites total American accident toll since Pearl Harbor at about 128 000 killed and 13 000 000 injured.
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Council
Pearl Harbor
Caribbean Plane Patrols Decorated For Anti-sub Deeds
Eleven air crew members manning dive bombers were decorated with the American Theater ribbon for anti submarine patrol work in the Caribbean. Brig. Gen. Stephen H. Sherrill presented the honors at Drew Field. Staff Sgt. T. L. Tingwall of Salamatica New York reported 1000 hours on anti submarine patrol since December 1941 and said four submarines have been credited as sunk.
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Bill to Provide Civilian Defense Benefits Planned
Washington April 27. Legislation to grant benefits for civilian defense workers and air patrol members injured or killed in duty is to be pressed in the house after the Easter recess. Backers cite growing numbers of air raid wardens and volunteers. Two bills before the Judiciary Committee would establish civilian defense benefits. another measure seeks financial help for dependents of air patrol members slain on duty.
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House
Judiciary Committee
Interstate Committee
Returning Boats Bring War Cargoes Of Vital Supplies
The War Department said cork is a favored cargo on ships returning from North Africa to help torpedoed vessels stay afloat. Other items include steel scrap rebuildable plane engines and phosphates. The reverse supply movement forms part of broader logistics to replace material sent overseas with usable imports on the homeward voyage.
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Cork
North Africa
War Department
U. S
Liberator Bombers Hit Burma Oil Plant and Bases
Liberator heavy bombers of the 10th U.S. Air Force struck the Thilawa oil refinery south of Rangoon and hit installations around the distillation plant and storage tanks. One large tank exploded and sparked a smoke plume visible for miles as medium bombers targeted Heho air base and aircraft revetments. Allied raids on Maymyo and Ywataung continued with one plane missing. ground fighting on the Arakan Peninsula remained limited to patrols with a Japanese attack south of Rathedaung repelled with losses.
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Rangoon
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Plane wreckage found. ranger climbs Eagle Mountain
Albany April 27 UPI The State Conservation Department awaited word from a Fleischmanns forest ranger who climbed Eagle Mountain in the Catskills last night to inspect the wreckage of a plane found by two Boy Scouts.
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State Conservation Department
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Catskills
Fragmentary Police Ledger Entry Reveals Brief Court Note
An OCR fragment mentions a court case and a fine of 50 dollars. It references a man named Harr and a person named Andi, with scant details about the incident or location. The text is highly corrupted but implies a legal action or minor crime and a sentencing in a narrow time window.
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