Labor leaders split on 40 hour week war measures
Nelson argues overtime pay should remain but weekend extra pay could be suspended voluntarily to boost wartime production. He warns against 6 percent profit limits and warns mandatory bars may hinder small firms. Speaker Rayburn backs a 48 hour week with overtime, opposes double time. Washington debate continues amid voter pressure.
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Roosevelt warns labor to keep rights amid war effort
President Roosevelt writes to CIO leader Philip Murray pledging that wartime gains for workers must be defended or lost if the nation fails to win. He urges labor to meet new war demands with courage and energy, linking freedom to victory and warning about government controls if production falters.
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Japanese Extend Base Line Toward Australia
In the Solomons Japanese extend bases about 150 miles east of Rabaul. They hoisted naval ensign over Buka after landing at Carola harbor March 10. Tokyo said Allied facilities were destroyed in air attacks from the Solomons to the Bay of Bengal. Canberra reported raids on Port Moresby and Wyndham as the only Australian theater actions on Monday.
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European naval battles and Russian offensives reported in war update
European fronts hold tense as torpedoes hit a large destroyer and three merchant ships sunk while a cruiser and a destroyer were damaged. Soviet dispatches claim 2,500 German deaths, major fighting near Leningrad and Kharkov, and encirclement and road cuts as Soviet forces press. Nazi air strikes hit southeast England as three towns suffer casualties. British bombers remain grounded due to weather for the tenth night.
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Chinese forces press toward Toungoo in Burma battle
Chinese headquarters report vigorous fighting seven miles south of Toungoo as Allied line anchors hold. Chinese troops attack with bayonets against Japanese Thai and Burmese forces, claiming over 200 casualties in encirclement attempts and gains in air field raids on Thailand.
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Seniors to Stage Play The Campbells in Auditorium
Unauthoritative note: Unlikely.
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Notre Dame Fencers Win All Epee Matches Despite Blade Shortage
In South Bend Indiana Notre Dame fencers faced blade shortages this year but still won every epee match as practice moved away from the weapon.
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Notre Dame
Toledo Trust vault to serve as air raid bomb shelter
The Toledo Trust Co announced that its steel and concrete safety deposit vault will be used as a bomb shelter in case of an air raid.
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Toledo Trust Co
Diet Deficiencies Seen As Eventual Downfall Of Axis
Minneapolis report cites Dr. Seale Harris predicting Axis defeat within two years due to malnutrition. He notes reduced food supplies will erode morale in Japan and Europe, with blockade cutting protein sources and milk and butter production already down sharply across conquered areas.
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Minneapolis
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Japan
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University of Alabama Medical Staff
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Germany
Lamneck Enters Race For 12th District Nomination
Columbus reports that Arthur P. Lamneck former congressman from 12th district from 1931 to 1939 filed petitions today for the Democratic nomination to regain the office.
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