Sugar supply for 1945 to be slimmest since war
Lt. Col. R. Olmstead of the War Food Administration reports 1945 civilian sugar allotment at about 83 pounds per person in the United States, 7 percent below 1944 and 14 percent under the 1935-39 average. Britain may see 86 pounds per capita, Canada 15.3 pounds, with a similar downward trend. Olmstead testified before senators about continuing food shortages and quota changes.
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Washington
United States
Col. R. Olmstead
War Food Administration
Great Britain
Olmstead
WFA
United Kingdom
Canada
SUGSR
MacArthur Takes Over New Island
General MacArthur announced Masbate Island in the central Philippines was landed on by U S troops from the Fortieth Division as guerrilla forces aid the operation. The communique says the campaign has secured a large area and sunk enemy shipping while Tawitawi base blockade becomes fully integrated.
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Manila
Eighth Army
Fortieth
Masbate
Philippines
Samar
Diet Philippines
Luzon
Sulun Archipelago
Tawitawi
Macarthur
Dutch East Indies
Gloria Vanderbilt Quiet After Wedding Rumor Revealed
Gloria Vanderbilt Di Cicco went into seclusion after reports she would wed conductor Leopold Stokowski. She refused comment as divorce from Pat Di Cicco proceeds. Friends say she is emotionally upset by the publicity and canceled engagements.
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Reno
New G
Gloria
Vanderbilt di Cicco
Leopold Stokowski
New York
Stokowski
Mexico
Sef
Pat di Cicco
Hollywood
di Cicco
Stokowisz
Wickliffe Town Loses Phone Service As Lineman Enlists
Patterson, 3, lineman and owner of Wickliffe Telephone Co., was inducted into the United States Army yesterday. The exchange serving 19 subscribers closed as he left with other draftees for Touiaville, leaving the town phoneless.
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Wickliffe
Kr. Gpi
Roscoe Patterson
Wickliffe Telephone Co
United States Army
Winter storm pummels central states driving cold, crops at risk
The Associated Press reports heavy snow, bitter cold, and high winds across the mid continent. Snow totals reach 17 inches in Minnesota and 14 inches in Nebraska while Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Wisconsin, and Michigan record significant accumulations. Freezing weather extends to Texas and the Southeast with fruit crops warned to be especially vulnerable. Forecasters expect clearing but continued cold, with crop damage likely unless temperatures rise.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Colorado
Wyoming
Laramie
Wyo
Leadville
Cal Phere
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Pampa
Guymon
Okla
Chicago
Mid-West
E H. Hoppert
Nebraska Agricultural College Horiculturist
Massachusetts
State Agricultural Department
New Jersey
Warning Against Penicillin in Everyday Products
Dr Herman Goodman warned the Hair Fashion Council of America against including penicillin in toothpaste lozenges chewing gum shaving cream bandages and jellies. He cited British medical reports and said self administration is dangerous and penicillin must be refrigerated to stay potent.
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New York
Hair Fashion Council of America
Herman Goodman
Great Britain
Gootman
Spain Says Nazis Possess Secret World War II Weapon
A Spanish radio report cited by ECC claims Nazis have a horror weapon capable of decisive war impact. The broadcast asserts its existence is confirmed by many sources and testimonies and argues its use would be a last resort to save the nation.
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Associated Press
Vall
ECC
Germany
Reds Clear Hungary of Nazi Troops
Soviet forces across southeastern Europe reported dramatic gains with the Second and Third Ukrainian Army groups driving Nazis from Hungary and approaching Vienna. Tolbukhin's troops seized territory near Bratislava and Vienna while Bulgarian and Czechoslovak forces aided a multi-front push, signaling an imminent collapse of German positions in Slovakia and a path toward Austria.
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London
Brytislava
Hungary
Vienna
Yugoslavia
Mura
Little
Carpathian
Bratislava
Slovakia
Stalin
Bigvakia
Malinovaky
Moscow
Tolbukhin
Akmost
Vienne
Petrov
Malinovsky
Slotakia
Bratigrave
Austria
Film Studios Fire Strikers Amid Mass Dismissals
Hollywood studios fired 14 000 workers after a five day ultimatum to end the 25 day strike. Conference of Studio Unions leader Herbert Sorrell said picket lines remained, while producers said dismissals would bring in replacement workers to resume production.
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Hollywood
Herbert K. Sorrell
Conference of
Studio Unions
Alfl i
Nazi Admiral Reported Shot for Losing Ships
The Luxembourg radio cited a Moscow broadcast claiming Admiral Kurt Fricke, head of the German navy, was executed for failing to save ships in Danzig harbor. The German language broadcast noted Fricke was sent to Danzig by Admiral Doenitz to attempt a rescue, which reportedly failed.
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Associated Press
Luxembourg
Moscow
Kurt Fricke
Geran Naval Sag
Danzig
Fricks
Karl Doenitz
Pyidar
Polio Outbreak Strikes Fort McClellan Unit Reinforcements
Fort McClellan Alabama reports unchecked poliomyelitis spread among troops. One more soldier contracted the disease, with three additional cases, raising the death toll to three in infantry replacement training centers since the outbreak began March 22.
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Port McClellan
Ala
Fort McClellan
Infantry Replacement Training Center
Okinawa Battle Tightens Japanese Defense Line
Allied forces press toward Naha on Okinawa as Japanese outposts resist along coastal roads and hill lines. U S troops clear pockets inland while air and naval support pound targets near Machinato and Yonabaru airfields, with Lt Gen Buckner saying the landing phase is over and supplies flow ashore.
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Guam
of & S
Atoose
Okinawa
Jay
Naha
Robbin Coons
Associated Press
24Th
Arse Corps
Sevtr
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Tenth
Army
Arar
Navy
Marine
U.S
Machinato
Yonabaru
Wehrmacht Claims Unbeaten as Nazi Radio Promotes Werewolf Attacks
German commentators say Allied advances risk overreach while Nazi broadcasts claim Werewolf forces killed Americans behind lines. Werewolf rhetoric cites an American staff HQ in Schweinhaim wiped out and attacks on U S personnel, though details are unclear and two Schweinheims exist.
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Max Kruil
Wehrmacht
Ruhr
Germany
San Francisco
Schweinhaim
Cologne
U. S
Yanks Free Austrian Interior Secretary in Germany Release
The Fourth Army in Germany liberated Dr. Michael Skubl Austrian secretary of interior under Schuschnigg and Vienna police chief at the 1933 Anschluss. He was found in Holzhausen eight miles south of Kassel and said he was moved from Vienna to Kassel in 1933 and held until October 14. He did not know Schuschnigg's fate.
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B. S. Min
Germany
Thiil
Michael Skubi
Chencsilér
Kurt Schuschaige
Vienna
Skubi
Holzhausen
Kassel
Skubl
Schuschnigg
Navy Draft Cuts Cut Calls for Older Men
Navy announces reduced Selective Service requests due to lower draftee needs. May expected around 16 000 registrants with June similar, July likely further cuts. Overall May and June drop about 12 percent, easing Army and Navy calls and reducing 36 to 33 age group pressures.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Cnd
Ward Maxpower Commission
Hitler vows major Nazi offensive on Eastern Front
Adolf Hitler was quoted by West German radio Tass promising a counter offensive against the Reds on the Eastern Front. The broadcaster said Hitler told troops the attack must wait until the army is ready. He spoke during a visit to the front and decorated a commander.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Tass
Brostesst
FCC
Hitler
Baruch Predicts Wide Jobs Boom for Returning Servicemen
Bernard Baruch told Stars and Stripes that American servicemen returning home will face ample work for five to seven years after the war. He warned of deindustrializing Germany and Japan and preventing subsidized slave labor from flooding markets, stressing strong peacetime measures.
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London
Bernard Baruch
Roosevelt
United States
Baruch
AL Victor Lasky
Stars and ‘Stripes
Starf
Germany
Japan
Feds
United Nations
Lasky
A Associated Press
Raruch
State Department Lifts Trade Ban Against Argentina
The United States moves to end the special economic restrictions on Argentina after Argentina signed the Chiapultepec Act. With the April 3 lifting date approaching, relief may come sooner as U S tanker shipments to Argentina resume.
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State Department
Argentina
Washington
Atube
Curacao
West Indies
U. S
Swiss tighten guard at Italian frontier
Pierre de Salis said additional precautions have been taken over the last two weeks to prevent crossings at the Swiss Italian frontier by force. The comments came amid heightened border security and vigilance against unauthorized entry.
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Rome
UPI
Swise
Charge d'Alfares
Pierre de Salis
Hard Coal Miners Seek Higher Pay
Washington hard coal miners demand a 23 percent wage increase and other benefits as 72 000 anthracite and 4 000 000 bituminous workers press for a new contract. John J Lewis president of the United Mine Workers outlines demands for royalty funds to support medical and economic protections.
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Washington
John. J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
New York
Nazi Prisoners Had Ham on Easter Sunday
The First Service Command confirmed a Boston Traveler report that German prisoners of war in the area were served ham for Easter dinner while civilians elsewhere could not. The traveler contrasted this with the diets of American prisoners held by the Germans and what was available to the public, noting few Americans shared in ham while others received oranges, lettuce, potatoes, bread, oleomargarine, fruit salad and coffee.
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Boston
Bain
Soston
Wxity
Allied Forces Press Deep Into Western Front Encircling Nazi Strongholds
Allied columns crush into German lines as Patton’s forces drive toward Bremen and Emden while French troops seize Karlsruhe. U.S. and British units push toward Linges and Offenheim as American and French advanced wings threaten Stuttgart and the Berlin Brenner route. Berlin area remains pivotal as Mostogmonty’s division raids Osnabrück and crossings at the Weser.
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Wet
Maces
Breth
Haseeh
Bresten
Emden
Linges
Holland
Karlsruhe
Heriseuhe
Baden
Upper Rhine
Field Marshal
Mostgoimety
11Th Armored
Osndbrnech
Weser
Berlin
Raanover
Breton
3000 Planes Hit Airfields and U Boat Pens
Allied air power struck Germany with about 3000 planes targeting Kiel Bambure Hadburs and airfields in the northwest The attack included Flying Fortresses Liberators and jet ME262s The action aimed at submarine yards and airfields while defenses claimed losses on both sides and several bombers and fighters were reported missing or shot down
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London
Germany
Kiel
Bambure
Reicn
Seagal
Sfatmoo
Sreies
Tewmer
Hadburs
Nig Felde
Besa
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Saba
Third Marine Amphi Corps
Roy S. Geiger
Yontanzan
Marin Gheshed
Vern Haugland
Mainz
Yanks
Interior
Montgomery
Tours
Rhine
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Hej
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Bremen
Minden
Hannover
William Fire
Third Army
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