MacArthur vows no compromise in Australia visit
General Douglas MacArthur told Australians he fights for liberty and that they must win or die. He praised unity with the United States, pledged full American support, and discussed operational plans with Prime Minister Curtin and the Australian war council. The visit marks the opening phase of his leadership as Allied forces anticipate renewed actions in Port Moresby and possible moves toward New Caledonia.
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Anberra
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
Parliament House
Australian War Council
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Curtin
War Council
MacArthur
Cabinet
Canberra
New Caledonia
Coral Sea
New Zealand
Pacific
United States
United Nations
Farflung
New Guinea
War agencies finance small firm war contracts
President Roosevelt authorized guaranteed loans to finance war contracts for small business. Under an executive order the war and navy departments and the maritime commission may guarantee or make loans through federal reserve banks RFC or other institutions to support war output. The order aims to speed production by small firms and sub contractors, with pending Senate legislation backing a smaller war plants corporation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
War and Navy Departments
Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
RFC
Senate
War Production Board
White House
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate Banking Committee
Jesse Jones
Churchill Warns Britons Of Allied Setbacks In War
Prime Minister Winston Churchill warned Britons that Allied setbacks have worsened, citing defeats in the Far East and Atlantic declines. He urged unity and sacrifices, speaking to the National Union of Conservative associations amid hints of waning Conservative support.
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International News Service
ONCON
United Nations
Winston Churchill
Britain
Far East
Atlantic
Churchill
National Union of Conservative Associations
Dale Hall Joins War Bond Staff in Canton
Dale C. Hall a certified accountant and partner in Hall Kistler Co has been appointed chairman for Canton Stark county to lead the Defense Savings Staff in coordinating war bond drives with towns including Massillon Alliance Minerva Canal Fulton Beach City Brewster East Sparta and others Area chairmen from Stark and nearby counties will meet April 4 with Cleveland Defense Savings Staff executives to plan payroll allotment Bond A Month clubs and group agent plans Hall previously managed Ernst & Ernst Canton office and is a Meigs county native residing at 350 21st St NW Canton.
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Mr. Hall
Massillon
Alliance
Minerva
Canal Fulton
Beach City
Brewster
East Sparta
Greentown
Hartville
Magnolia
Navarre
Uniontown
Waynesburg
Wilmot
Stark County
Walter Witham
Canton
Cleveland
Defense Savings Staff
Roy Moore
Harold Bredlow
Charles Wiley
Theodore Wagner
Hall
Ernst & Ernst
Erie
Hall, Kistler & Co
C. R. Kistler
First National Bank
Meigs County
21St St
Japanese Take Isles in Move Towards India
Japan captured the Andaman islands boosting Allied mobilization figures as Burma battle intensifies. Chinese columns reportedly pushed into Thai territory to ease pressure on central Burma while Tokyo stresses Andaman as a strategic naval air base for sea lanes to India. Sir Stafford Cripps pushes Indian leaders toward unity and self rule talks amid Khilafat. Maulana Azad calls Congress executive to review British plan as Gandhi supports the broader effort.
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Associated Press
Japan
Andaman Islands
India
Burma
Thailand
Tokyo
Andaman
Britain
Calcutta
Madras
Ceylon
Bay of Bengal
Sir Stafford Cripps
Sir Stafford
Maulana
Abdul Kalan Azad
Congress Party
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Green Murray Unite In Appeal
William Green and Philip Murray urged Congress against labor policy changes they said would trigger an undeclared war at home. They told the House Naval Committee that suspending the 40 hour week and wartime overtime pay would be driven by labor’s enemies and threaten national unity. They urged focus on Axis foes rather than internal division. Labor leaders described a campaign to sway Congress with mass mail and telegrams, noting CIO unions sent 50 telegrams in a single day. Senate action on outlawing the closed shop in war industries was pursued by Sen Reed, despite Labor opposition.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
Congress
House Naval Committee
Roosevelt
Workers of America
Mr. Green
Murray
Naval Committee
America
van Nuys
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Group
Sen. Reed
Kansas
Allied Offensives Grow Across Pacific Fronts
Allied strategists outline a four-pronged push from Hawaii, Australia, India and China to pressure Japan as troops and supplies rush to support Gen. MacArthur. Progress includes increased aid to MacArthur and preparations for India’s defense after the Burma Road loss, with Andaman Islands cited as lost to Japan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Japan
Pacific Asiatic
India
Australia
Hawaii
China
Burma Road
Britain
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
New Delhi
Calcutta
Enemys shell sinks coastguard cutter Acacia in Caribbean
The navy reports coastguard cutter Acacia shelled and sunk in the Caribbean likely by an enemy submarine with all hands rescued. Once a lighthouse service vessel, she joined the coastguard in 1939 and becomes the 22nd naval loss announced after the Reuben James incident, with 17 ships destroyed by enemy action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Coastguard
Acacia
Caribbean
Reuben James
Terrific blast at cement quarry devastates area
A massive explosion at a Lehigh Portland Cement Co quarry near Easton Pennsylvania leveled homes and killed an estimated 30 to 40 workers. About 28 people missing included several powder experts. The blast injured schoolchildren and shattered windows across eastern Pennsylvania, prompting FBI involvement and emergency hospital responses.
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United Press
Easton
Portland Cement Co
Here
Lehigh Portland Covent Co
Pennsylvania
Camden
N. J
Lower Mount Bethel
FBI
Cecil M. Wilhelm
Pennsylvania Motor Police
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Philadelphia
Dressed Burbot Catfish at Local Market Ad
An advertisement notes dressed burbot and catfish available at Wenger's De Luxe Market. Local market listings highlight ready-to-sell seafood items with price or promotion details implied by the ad copy.
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Wenger
Gandhi to See Cripps in Delhi for Dominion Status Talks
Mohandas K. Gandhi departed Wardha for New Delhi to confer with Sir Stafford Cripps, the British lord privy seal, as Cripps arrives in India to seek a settlement on India’s dominion status demands.
British Bombs Pound Nazi Industrial Area
British raid on the Ruhr involved hundreds of heavy bombers targeting key German war industries as part of a large night offensive. The operation followed daytime strikes on Le Trait shipyards, with two German fighters shot down and one British aircraft lost.
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United Press
London
Ruhr
le Trait
France
Apple House Ad Promotes Fresh Sweet Cider
Daily from 10 a m to 7 p m sweet cider offered at Apple House located on Fulton NW. Advertisement notices location and hours for a local fruit stand selling fresh product.
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Apple House
Fulton NW
Eight traffic deaths in city this year
Mrs. Laura S. Willis, 78, of 806 Walnut ave NE, is the citys eighth traffic fatality of 1942, struck at Cleveland ave NW and 10th st as she crossed. She died at Mercy hospital from head and body injuries. The driver, John H. Wynn of 4320 20th st NW, said he was traveling north at about 30 to 33 mph. Skid marks put speed at 27 mph. The victim wore dark clothing and was walking on the north crosswalk. County toll reaches 17 for the year.
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Laura S. Willis
Walnut Ave
Cleveland Ave NW
10Th St
Mercy Hospital
Willis
10Th St NW
James B. Quilligan
E. C. Reno
John H. Wynn
20Th St NW
Stop Signs and Signals Cause Run Against 17 Drivers
Seventeen motorists were cited Wednesday for stop sign and signal light violations in the city traffic bureau action. Eight stop sign tickets were issued at 12th Street and Lawrence Road NE and four at 15th Street and Gibbs Avenue NE. Names include Kenyon D. Love, Delbert Rinard, David J. Swegheimer, Martin Jennings, and others. Signal light tickets went to Walter E. Barwick, William E. Shaffer, and Roy C. Flaharty.
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Traffic Bureau
12Th St
Lawrence Rd
15Th St
Gibbs Ave
Kenyon D. Love
Cleveland Ave
Delbert Rinard
David J. Swegheimer
Louisville
Martin Jennings
Warren
V. S. Carper
Greenfield Ave
Emil R. Zacharias
Young Ave
Stratto Steff
Jack M. Beatty
North Industry
Benjamin C. Wells
Lake Ave
Massillon
Truman L. Reeder
Mahoning Rd
Arthur F. Teller
Donald E. Helsley
Akron
Paul L. Bruhn
16Th St
Charles T. Dougherty
17Th St
Walter E. Barwick
Exeter Ave
William E. Shaffer
Ivydale Ave
Roy C. Flaharty
Canton stores adopt Monday night hours for defense workers
Canton Retail Merchants board announces all affiliated stores will open Monday noon to 8:30 p m starting next week to aid workers in defense plants. Executive manager Charles M Isaac notes the program mirrors plans in Cincinnati Columbus and Dayton.
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Canton Retail Merchants Board
Charles M. Isaac
Cincinnati
Columbus
Dayton
German Efforts To Recruit Balkans May Be Boomerang
British diplomatic sources say Hitler may gain no manpower from the Balkans as planned. Instead he risks an expanded German garrison in southeast Europe to quell mounting distrust and old enmities. The Turks remain unimpressed by Nazi intimidation as British Turkish relations hold firm.
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Associated Press
London
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Hitler
Europe
Turkey
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