Postal Rates Rise At Midnight Across the United States
The new postal rates take effect at midnight with higher charges for most mail classes. Domestic air mail to Alaska and Canada changes. registered, insured, and COD fees rise. Civilian air mail to Alaska shifts to a higher rate, while military rates adjust for half ounce or more letters.
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C.O.D
Alaska
Canada
United States
United
Postel
APO
Minneapolis
Seattle
Tearea
Garmit
Draft deferments under 26 rule widen war labor review
The War Manpower Commission led by Paul V. McNutt outlines a system to defer men under 26 only for irreplaceable work. Agencies nominate candidates for deferment through state directors and a new inter-agency committee will set quotas and designate key activities. Farm workers face intensified review unless crops meet full-time essential worker criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Agency
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
WMC
Selective Service
Army, Navy and War Production Board
Armed Services
Court invalidates editor deathbed will signed with X
Probate Judge John F. OConnell ruled the later will signed with an X by Dr. Nicholas von Schill invalid, despite a prior will of May 23, 1941 leaving most of the estate for a free chiropodic clinic. The 1943 deathbed will left $250,000 to his secretary Miss Charlotte Dyck. the earlier will left $410,000 to the secretary. The judge admitted the 1941 will and indicated no appeal is planned.
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Chicago
John F. O'Connell
O'Connell
Nicholas von Schill
Charlotte Dyck
von Schill
Miss Dyck
Dyck
Veteran Aid Bill Advances to Lower House
The Veteran Aid Bill moves to the House after Senate passage by 49 to 0. It authorizes 500 million for hospital construction and carries veteran benefits including education up to four years, unemployment payments, home loans, a new veterans placement bureau, and VA supervision of relief and disability programs. The bonus issue awaits White House approval, with related bills noted as potentially costing tens of billions.
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House
Senate
George
D- Ga
Veterans’ Placement
Bu‘reau
Veterans Administration
White House
Johnson
D-Colo
Reynolds
D-N.c
Steel Union Denies Inflationary Rise Claim
The United Steelworkers urged a 1 cent hourly wage increase before a War Labor Board panel and argued it would not cause inflation. Union secretary David McDonald said profits in steel are high enough to absorb the raise without price hikes, and warned against inflationary fear as a wartime policy.
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Washington
Co. O. United Steelworkers
War Labor Board
David
MccDonald
McDonald
E Randolph Burgess
National City Bank
Dairymen Vote Could Nullify Milk Price Ceilings
The New York State Agriculture and Markets Department announced a referendum among 4000 Hudson Mohawk dairymen that may nullify OPA milk ceilings. Distributors would pay farmers 60 cents more per hundredweight for class one milk than allowed. Commissioner C Chester du Mond said New York and federal regs being in conflict is regrettable.
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New York
INS
New York State Department
of Agriculture and Markets
Hudson-Mohawk
New York States
Department
C. Chester du Mond
Port Jervis Fire Destroys Plant, $65,000 Loss
A fire in Port Jervis yesterday destroyed the main building and an annex of Vandyne Inc woodwork plant. Chief Lester Buchanan said loss is $65,000 and the blaze started in the paint department with undetermined cause. The city owns the buildings.
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Port Jervis
Lester Buchanan
Vandyne, Inc
Buchanan
Weather forecast brief for snow flurries and cold
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts snow flurries and windy, colder tonight with a low of 20 degrees. Partly cloudy and colder Sunday. Shippers forecast lists Northeast and Northwest 15 and Southeast and Southwest 24. Saturday temperatures uncertain due to garbled text.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Hoover urges U S aid to Finland amid difficulties
Former President Herbert Hoover called on the United States government to help Finland out of its present plight. He described Finland as a symbol of the struggle for liberty and argued aid could use food resources to secure an issue for Finland. He cautioned against peace that would deny national independence and democracy.
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Hoover
U.S
Finland
New York
Herbert Hoover
United States
Friends of
Finand
Germany
Chaplin Jury Hears Barry Girl Letters This Week
In Los Angeles March 23 the Chaplin trial records Joan Barry letters to Charlie Chaplin. Judge J F T OConnor blocks probing into her romance with another man. Giesler notes limits on defense and possible recall of Barry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Joan Barry
Charlie ‘Chaplin
Alann
J. F.T. O'Connor
Jerry Giesler
Chachin
Giester
Nevamen
Miss Barrs
Joan
Hans Reusch
Thernvise
Oklahoma
Mexico
United States
Chaplin
Giesler
Tulsa
Okla
Charles
New York
Giisier
Bridget
Oklahoma City
Beverly Hills
Cheplin
Free Postage Urged For Weekly Papers To Armed Forces
Washington reports multiple bills introduced in Congress. Heidinger seeks free postage for weekly eight page or smaller newspapers sent to armed forces. Other measures cover pension retirement for aging district judges in territories, Coast Guard control of Marine inspection, limited commissions for women in the Army Air Forces, and Social Security protections for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Heidinger Crth
Walter
Dpa
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Bland
D-Va
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Coast Guard
Customs Bureau
Hill
D-Ala
Burton
R-Ohio
Army Air Forces
Wagner
D-N.y
George
D-Ga
Clark
D-Mo
Argentine Primate Pleads for Rome
Buenos Aires reports Luis Cardinal Capello primate of Argentina sent a message to Roosevelt and Churchill to spare Rome from destruction. The cardinal’s secretary said cables went to belligerent leaders asking Rome not be turned into a battlefield. whether Hitler received such a message was not specified. An acknowledgement from Roosevelt was received.
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Rome
Buenos Aires
Luis Cardinal Capello
Argentina
Roosevelt
Churchill
Adolf Hitler
War aims and fronts outlined by Roosevelt and Churchill
The piece surveys Allied aims as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill reiterate war goals. It notes Soviet progress, hints at possible German strategic withdrawals, and describes Axis reinforcement in the Balkans, Hungary and Italy while calling Hungary to resist occupation and stressing a world of freedom and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMD
Stockholm
Ahvenanmaa
Leningrad
Jin
Mosikow
Trumans
Hitler
Poland
Balkans
Fuehrer
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Austria
Italy
Hull Yvesternay
Roosevelt
Churchill
United Nations
Vesuvius Ash Flow Kills Three More
Naples reports a roof collapse from ash weighing four inches, raising Vesuvius deaths to five. Lava flows have ceased, while Allied authorities recruit Italian labor to clear roofs and streets and feed livestock in the stricken area.
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Naples
Terzizno
Vesuvius
U. S. Army
San Giuseppe Vesuviano
Ferzigne
Cercola
San Sebastiano
Massa di Sommia
Argentina Closes Cable Company's Office for 24 Hours
The Buenos Aires office of the All America Cable Company, a subsidiary of ITT, is closed 24 hours by the Argentine Post Office Department for delivering three uncensored cables to United Press before government facilities shut down. Fined 1000 pesos. The cables, sent from Lima on March 8, were deemed unauthorized and harmful to national tranquillity. A separate order fined Pan American Airways 1000 pesos for private message transmissions from its Buenos Aires airport radio station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
All- America Cable Company
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Argentine Post Office Department
United Press
Lima
Peru
Pan-American Airways
House to Recess March 30 for Easter
Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky says a tentative agreement reached between Senate and House would suspend business from March 30 to April 12 for an Easter recess. He notes members, especially reelection candidates, have already gone home as schedules are caught up.
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Washington
Barkleey
Senate
House
Barkley
Whoare
Hope Abandonment in West Virginia Mine Blast Traps 14
In Shinnston West Virginia a blast at Katherine No 4 coal mine trapped 14 workers beneath 3000 feet of underground workings as a fire halted rescue efforts. A 15th man identified as John Chaney or Genchina was unaccounted for and the mine’s ventilation was destroyed.
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Shinnston
W. Va
Hope
Katherine No. 4
Katherine Coal Company
Clarksburg
John Chaney
John Genchina
State
Jesse Redyard
Charleston
Redyard
John Hogue
Harold McCormick
John Cramer
Charles Miller
Dan Drummond
Gracen Schoolcraft
Noel Helms
C. M. Wagner
Oscar Felix
George Shawhan
Junior Stout
Glenn Ashcroft
Hartsel Cutp
Roy Varnett
Hogue
Harrison County
West Virginia
Mannington-Shinnston Highway
Soviet Surge Drives Nazi Forces Back Near Tarnopol
Soviet First and Second Ukrainian fronts push toward Tarnopol with advances to Zaleshchiki and the Upper Dniester, threatening Cernauti and severing key rail links. Voznesensk falls, isolating German positions along the Southern Bug and narrowing movement to Odessa.
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Zaleshchiki
Carpatha-Ukraine
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Voznesensk
Bug
Nikolaev
Ukraine
Odessa
Bessarabia
Europe to Be Invaded When Crushed by Air
London reports Captain Harold H. Balfour explaining that Europe will be invaded from the west once Hitler’s war machine is sufficiently reduced. He likened the air campaign to a bullfight and outlined three war phases leading to a final strike.
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Europe
Balfour
London
Hitler
Harold H. Balfour
Ramsgate
Germany
Mataudor
Drowning Investigation Initiated in Glens Falls
Coroner Dr. Floyd Palmer planned to day an inquiry into the drowning of 17 year old Mrs. Josephine Duell. Her body was recovered from the Hudson River yesterday near the Glens Falls South Glens Falls bridge.
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Glens Falls
Floyd Palmer
Josephine Duell
Hudson River
South Glens Falls Bridge
1400 Jail Inmates in New York City Draft Eligible
A draft board on Rikers Island will classify 1400 inmates for military service eligibility. Only those convicted of misdemeanors qualify, per City Selective Service Director Arthur V. McDermott. Mayor LaGuardia calls it the first city jail in the nation to set up such a panel.
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New York
New York City
Rikers Island
City Selective Service
Arthur V. McDermott
F. H. LaGuardia
Dewey Signs Civil Service Amendments and Related Measures
Albany March 25. Governor Dewey signed 20 laws including an abandoned property fund of 750000 and four Civil Service amendments. The changes shift payroll certification rules, transfer approval within counties, and extend Civil Service regulations to cities under state jurisdiction. Also approved funds for Purple Heart meeting rooms and urged local reform while vetoing an Nassau County adoption order bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dewey
Tax Department
State Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Seymour Halpern
Senate Civil Service Committee
Military Order of the Purple Heart, Inc
State War Council
State Commission of
Dutchess County
Nassau County
RAF Loses 73 Bombers In Continental Air Battle
Reported air combat results in the latest conflict with German forces claim 73 RAF bombers and five fighters lost. German raids on London caused extensive fire damage to churches and homes, with a notable hit on the Royal Albert Hall vicinity. One raider crashed on a house, killing three. Casualties and missing persons were reported as rescuers searched rubble. A London vicar noted a church tower burned and a wedding planned later that day.
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London
Royal Albert Hall
Flying Fortress
Germany
Europe
Defense Fights Admission of Lonergan Confession in Murder Case
New York March 23 One of the crucial issues in Wayne Lonergan’s first degree murder case centers on an unsigned confession kept from the trial record. Defense attorney Edward V. Broderick contends the statement was obtained under duress and with promises of leniency amid lengthy questioning. The prosecution argued the confession, tied to Lonergan and his wife Patricia's death, remains relevant as Lonergan’s account of the events in the couple’s New York apartment was the basis of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wayne Lonergan
Edward V. Broderick
Cris
Patricia
Uneie
Lonergan
Broderick
Lonerfan
Jacopb Grumet
Grumet
Joan Leche
di Hogan
Loehr
Toronto
New York City
Horan
James Garrett Wallace
Wallace
Opposition to Postwar Road Construction Bill
Representatives of New York State and the American Automobile Association voiced opposition to a 3 billion postwar highway bill. They argued the funding formula fails to address urban traffic bottlenecks and is not compatible with state highway needs.
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Washington
New York State
American Automobile Association
Charles H. Sells
Albany
New York State Department of Public Works
De Gaulle Landing Party Frees 41 on Italian Island
Berlin radio reports Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s French forces landed on Pianosa near Elba on the night of March 18, freeing 41 prisoners. Six boatloads reached a remote area, liberated inmates, and evacuated them to Corsica. a separate March 23 landing attempt failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles de Gaulle
Pianoso
Elba
Berlin
Corsica
Ordnance District Officers Shifted in Rochester
Maj. Arthur O. Harris becomes officer in charge of the Buffalo regional office of the Rochester Ordnance District succeeding Lt. Col. Paul Tanner who transfers to Aberdeen Proving Ground. Col. Frank J. Atwood announced the changes. Harris, a Buffalo resident and World War I veteran, is a University of Michigan graduate.
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Ordnance District
Rochester
Arthur O. Harris
Paul Tanner
Buffalo
Rochester Ordnance District
Frank J. Atwood
Tanner
Aberdeen Proving Ground
MD. Harris
University of Michigan
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