Commandos Smash At U-Boat Base In France
Empire War Fleet Steams To Defense Of India. FRETESS EAST OHIO ASKS 11% INCREASE FOR GAS RATES. A proposal to raise local gas rates about 11 percent was presented to the city council. The plan asks a $1 base charge for the first 400 cubic feet and 58 cents per thousand for usage beyond that, with a 3 cent discount for 10-day pay. Current rates are 83 cents for 300 cubic feet and 53 cents per thousand thereafter with a 3 cent discount. Estimates show typical monthly bills rising modestly under the new plan. The four-year franchise includes a cancelation clause. Further meetings are planned before official action.
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France
India
East Ohio Gas Co
East Ohio
Public Utilities Committee
Council
Ohio
Weather Report and Victory Contest Notice
Weather report entry appears with page reference for Miss Victory Contest. Advertisement directs readers to page 3 for details. Reading notes indicate cross-page navigation in the issue. The item is a brief notice rather than a full article.
County braces for 1.5 percent rise in costs
Stark county will operate next year at about $2,738,467.87, a near 1.5 percent increase from 1941. Savings in bond retirement and other reductions offset higher living costs, with funds shifted among general, road, rural sewer, and aid accounts. Auditor Lash estimates $2,757,668.77 likely available for county purposes.
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Stark County
Harter
Lester S. Lash
Chinese Battle Echoes in Burma and Indian Ocean News
Reports from Rome flag a British naval force en route to the Indian Ocean within 24 hours as Japanese fleets move near Calcutta Rangoon and Anda man islands. Chinese counterattacks at Toungoo bolster Allied morale while Burma lines shift with Irrawaddy withdrawals and British commander Alexander praises defenders.
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Associated Press
India
Rome Radio
Indian Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Calcutta
Ceylon
Rangoon
Burma
Toungoo
Chiang Kai-shek
Irrawaddy River
New Delhi
Irrawaddy
Chungking
H. R. L. G. Alexander
Meat Markets Face Pork Price Ceiling
Washington March 28 Retail meat markets face ceilings on pork products unless prices stay near mid March levels. Dan A. West head of OPA consumer division warns retailers not to raise prices to avoid price controls and urges consumer protests if increases occur. Wholesale pork prices ceiling went into effect March 23. Meat suppliers say supplies are limited and relief awaits fall pig crop.
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International News Service
Washington
Dan A. West
OPA
Mr. West
Philippine raids surprise enemy on Bataan and Mindanao
International News Service reports Lieut. Gen. Wainwright's American and Filipino troops attacked Japanese forces on Bataan and Mindanao while Corregidor endured continuous air bombardment. Anti-aircraft batteries and searchlights kept enemy planes at bay. On Mindanao, Wainwright patrols reached within a mile of Zamboanga and raided a Japanese outpost with no casualties.
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International News Service
Washington
Wainwright
Bataan
Mindanao
Corregidor Island
Corregidor
War Department
Most Audacious Raid: British Strike On St Nazaire
British commandos invaded St Nazaire on the French Atlantic coast in a bold operation aimed at crippling the Nazi war port. German reports claim the raid failed to damage the submarine base, with losses and prisoners claimed by Berlin, while London says a combined service mission carried out the action.
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Associated Press
London
St. Nazaire
French
Brittany
Zeebrugge
High Command
Amer
Ican
France
Canton Man Killed in Fight in Akron
Canton worker George Raynolds a 43 year old father of six was stabbed to death near Akron's downtown district after a night club dispute. Four companions said an unknown man struck him in a scuffle at 3 30 am then fled. Raynolds lived in Canton and Murray City. Police hunted the assailant.
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George Raynolds
Republic Steel Corp
Akron
Raynolds
Murray City
Steubenville
Canton
Maryland Ave
Allies Fire Enemy Ship in Air Attack on Timor
Australian Prime Minister John Curtin said Allied air forces attacked Koepang in Timor, destroying a 7,000 ton Japanese vessel and lighting the harbor. The raid followed an earlier assault on the Koepang airfield, with Allied bombers and flying fortresses returning under heavy anti-aircraft fire. No Japanese aircraft intercepted the raids.
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General MacArthur
Australia
Port Moresby
United States
Koepang
Dutch Timor
John Curtain
Curtain
Curtin
Senate widens Gartel probing into cartels
The Senate defense committee expands its probe beyond aluminum magnesium and rubber to include other international cartels suspected of hampering the war effort. Sen. Truman and Sen. Brewster urge registering all patent licenses with foreign nations as part of the critique of government inaction. The panel plans to hear Standard Oil of New Jersey officials amid criticism of a 1941 expert committee recommendation to finance synthetic rubber.
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My International News Service
Washington
Senate Defense Committee
United States
Sen. Truman
Missouri
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Thurman Arnold
Standard
I. G. Farbenindustrie
German Chemical Trust
William L. Batt
Sen. Brewster
Soviet Attack Halts Nazi Arctic Drive
British and American dispatches report a Russian surprise attack 220 miles north of the Arctic circle halted German preparations for a spring offensive against Murmansk. Soviet shock troops landed behind German lines in a combined land sea and air operation, fought along the Morozko Gulf near the Rybachi peninsula, and disrupted German transport and supply attempts while Moscow reported air raids and German losses.
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Murmansk
Ty United Press
London
Arctic Circle
Gulf of Motoroski
Rybachi
Russia
London News Chronicle
Stockholm
Barents Sea
Crete
Adolf Hitler
Schoerner
Arctic
Petsamo
Litsa
Lehman Eyes 12th State Title Bid In Semi Final Match
Lehman High School Polar Bears face Xenia Central in the 12th Canton state title bid at Kent State University. Coach Jim Snyder’s underdogs have upset favored teams and seek to end a tournament jinx as they showdown in the 3:15 pm semi final, with Akron North meeting Toledo Central Catholic earlier and the final set for 8:15 pm.
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Polar Bears
Lehman High School
Canton
Xenia Central
Kent State University
Akron North
Vikings
Toledo Central Catholic
Lehman
McKinley High School
Jim Snyder
Bears
Xenia
Powder blast kills two at Granitesville plant
A blast at the Unexcelled Manufacturing Co. plant in Granitesville SI rocked a one story brick building used for war production. At least two men were killed and several others were seriously injured as workers were evacuated from the scene.
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New York
Granitesville
S. I
WAINWRIGHT TAKES COMMAND IN PHILIPPINES
United Press report from March 26 describes Gen Jonathan M Wainwright as new commander in chief in the Philippines pledging to do his duty under all circumstances The dispatch is marked Delayed and directs readers to Page 7 for more coverage including a list of Today’s Index items such as Markets and Financial Sports and other features.
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Thomas Blamey
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Francis Forde
United Press
Wainwright
Philippines
Jonathan M. Wainwright
British Paratroopers Strike German Sub Base at St Nazaire
United Press reports that March 28 British forces including Canadian paratroops attacked port installations at the German held submarine base of St Nazaire. Some accounts say the raid achieved partial success while fighting continued at the mouth of the Loire river as stranded British forces, outnumbered and without reinforcements, faced likely doom.
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United Press
St. Nazaire
Loire River
Local Ration Boards Move to New Ohio Power Office
Canton and Stark county rationing boards will move from Civilian Defense HQ to the Ohio Power Co building at 301 Cleveland Ave SW around April 6. Space is donated by A M Plummer, with offices on the main floor lobby and entrance on Cleveland Ave. The move aims to reduce congestion and improve public service efficiency.
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Canton
Stark County
Ohio Power Co
Cleveland
H. E. Patrick
A. M. Plummer
Ohio Power Division
Patrick
Cleveland Ave
Defense Office
Plummer
Ohio Power Building
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