Britain Enforces Diplomatic Mail and Travel Censorship
Britain ordered neutral diplomats to stay earthbound and imposed strict censorship on diplomatic communications to and from the country. Telegrams must be plain language and censored. diplomatic pouches for Sweden and Brazil are halted. couriers and attaches may not depart. The move aims to prevent any leak of invasion plans, with U S and Russia consulted.
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London
Britain
Russia
British Commonwealth
United States
Eire
Sweden
Brazil
Paschal Carlog Magnus
Foreign Office
Solution Proposed To Yugoslav Tangle
A report from informed quarters says Premier Puric may resign as King Peter seeks a new government. Tito and Mihailovic clash over war ministry, with a possible pledge of allegiance to the Crown. The king could propose a postwar plebiscite to win broad support.
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London
Bozhidar Puric
Peter
Josip Broz
Tito
Puric
Marshal Tito
Draja Mihailovic
OPA Lowers Price On Frozen Fish
The Office of Price Administration announced lower retail prices for New England frozen fish and halibut imports from Canada and Alaska, cutting seven to eight cents per pound at retail for new prices effective Saturday. Processor prices drop about 20 percent, aligning East Coast frozen halibut with recent summer and ceiling reductions.
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Washington
New England
Canada
Alaska
Office of Price Administration
Tornado Ravages NE Georgia and SC Killing 38
Survivors labored under a blazing sun to clear wreckage from a Sunday tornado across a 100 mile arc in northeast Georgia and western South Carolina. The Red Cross reported 39 still in hospitals across both states. many injured were able to leave.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South Carolina
Red Cross
Franklin
Hart
Greenwood
Royston
Hart Counties
Alvin Dove
South Carolina Acts To Block Negro Vote
A special session of South Carolina’s general assembly passed hundreds of bills aimed at repealing primary laws to block Black voters in Democratic primaries. Gov. Glen B. Johnston convened the session after a U S Supreme Court ruling on Texas primaries. House approves pay for members at 25 dollars per day.
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Columbia
D. C
General Assembly
Glen B. Johnston
Supreme Court of the United States
Texas
South
Caroline
House
Chaplin Petitions Court to Dismiss Berry Suit
Charlie Chaplin asked the state supreme court to quash Joan Berry's civil suit accusing him of fathering her six month old daughter Carol Ann. He contends a stipulation with Berry and her mother as guardian would dismiss the case if blood tests showed he was not the father.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
State Supreme Court
Joan Berry
Carol Ann
Superior Court
District Court of Appeals
Miss Berry
Gertrude Berry
Five Mayors Proclaim Rally Day in Rensselaer County
Mayors of Troy Watervliet Green Island Cohoes and Waterford issued a joint proclamation naming Saturday Red Cross Dollar Tag Day. Citizens urged to support the War Fund drive for service members and morale and to assist volunteer canvassers in the one day effort.
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Rensselaer County
American Red Cross
Troy
Watervliet
Green Island
Cohoes
Waterford
Red Cross
Argentines Say They've Halted Axis Espionage
The Buenos Aires government said almost all German and Japanese espionage in Argentina has been stamped out and federal police are eliminating remaining spy activity. A communique details the break in relations with Germany and Japan last January and identifies Shozo Murai of the Japanese embassy as head of a ring that sent coded information to Tokyo.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Germany
Japan
Shozo Murai
Tokyo
British Drive Japanese From Kohima Area in Eastern India
Allied forces under British and Indian command attacked and pushed back Japanese troops along the Kohima–Dimapur axis. Tanks and infantry cleared road blocks north of Kohima, with Allied artillery superior five to one. Separate reports said a major Japanese counterattack near Bishenpur was stemmed, while fighting continued west of Kohima and near Imphal.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
Dimapur
India
New Delhi
Imphal
Bengal-Assam
Burma
Berlin
Bishenpur
Axi
Mandalay
Pungshigun Peak
Strike Ties Up Freight Shipments in New England
A near 100 truck drivers and helpers walked out in Springfield Mass delaying freight for four companies with branches in New Haven Hartford Bridgeport Waterbury Worcester Boston. The strike began Monday after midnight over a War Labor Board pay rise and paid vacations dispute, with 500000 pounds of freight stalled and an appeal filed by management.
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Springfield
Mass
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Waterbury
Conn
Worcester
Boston
Holmes Transportation
Adley Express
Dunkem Trucking
Crowe & Co
E. B. Clampitt
Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Union
War Labor Board
Giant Plane Sets Record In Cross Country Flight
The Lockheed Constellation crossed the continent from Burbank to Newark in six hours 58 minutes at about 355 mph. The four engine plane carried 17 people, with cabin space for 40 more, and could carry 100 troops. it joined Transcontinental & Western Air and was to be turned over to the Army.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lockheed Constellation
Burbank
Cal
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc
Army
Constellation
Howard R. Hughes
Hughes
Newark
N. J
Leland S. Andrews
H. B. Snead
Los Angeles
Jack Frye
Army Draft Defended By Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson defended the Army's draft and manpower estimates, arguing the calls and seven month lag keep error at about 2 percent. He noted a probable minimum of 750000 men needed this year to sustain strength as over 7 million serve, stressing the aim is to ensure enough physically capable volunteers to win.
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Washington (P
Stimson
Luce Likely Keynote at G O P Parley Signals Midwest Favor
Chicago supporters press GOP arrangements committee to back Rep Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut or Gov Dwight Griswold of Nebraska as keynote candidate. National chair Spangler says GOP faces strong November prospects and hints Joseph Martin may be chosen permanent chairman, note geography could influence keynote selection.
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Chicago
Llp
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Harrison E. Spangler
Spangler
Joseph. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Yires Expanded for Small Essential Delivery Trucks
The Office of Price Administration extended tire eligibility to include small essential delivery trucks. Beginning Friday, commercial vehicle operators delivering foods laundry drugs medical supplies and dry-cleaning clothing may obtain eight-ply or smaller new truck tires and all sizes of new car tires, and will still qualify for used tires.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA Fines Violator After Long Comedown
Gaspar Roppolo, a meat dealer, faced the Office of Price Administration hearing after a ration account overdrawn incident. The hearing began on the Empire State Building’s fifth floor but staff moved to the fourth floor, and Roppolo walked up. Commissioner Ralph Masinter suspended him for six weeks.
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New York
Gaspar Roppolo
OPA
Empire State Building
Roppole
Ralph Masinter
Drive Opens to Enlist Merchant Vessel Crews
Washington War Shipping Administration launched a drive to recruit men aged 26 and older to serve aboard merchant vessels. The initiative aims to bolster crews for wartime transport and supply missions.
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Washington
War Shiping Administration
Badoglio Forms Wider War Cabinet In Italy
Premier Pietro Badoglio moved to resign his ministers and form an enlarged cabinet to include a representative from each of six National Liberation parties including the Communists. King Emmanuele asked for a government acceptable to all, while Badoglio awaited agreement on his role. leaders Benedetto Croce and Count Carlo Sforza were slated as ministers without portfolio.
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Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Benito Mussolini
National Liberation Junta
Fittorio Emaanuele
Badoglio
Benedico Croce
Croce
Carlo Sforza
Mussolini
Bombing Raids Reported Around Truk and Pacific Islands
Allied forces strike Truk atoll dropping 38 tons of bombs on Dublan Fefan and Moen Islands before dawn. Liberators hit Ponape, with additional attacks on atolls near Ponape Marshalls and a major raid on Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. MacArthur’s communique notes heavy explosions but pending final tonnage.
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Washington
Japan
Truk
Pacific Fleet
Dublan
Fefan
Moen
Ponape Island
Navy
Ponape
Marshalls
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Fifth Army Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
Industrial Alchemy Turns Wood into Steellike Hardwood
Du Pont Co announces a chemical treatment that trans mutates softwood into hardwood almost as hard as steel and more durable than natural wood. The process yields many colors and grains, resists rot, and prevents swelling or warping. an oxy acetylene torch burns twice as long through the treated wood as steel. Continues on Page Thirteen.
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New York
The
du Pont Co
Car Production Awaits Axis Defeat Says WPB Advisory Panel
Washington reports the War Production Board told 17 top motor makers that civilian car output must wait for the defeat of Germany or Japan. The panel unanimously agreed, but a WPB spokesman said civilian production could resume after a major axis defeat, likely on a limited basis to keep war goods output steady and ease Detroit unemployment. Some industry spokesmen forecast unemployment before year end regardless of the war’s outcome.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
Automobile Industry Advisory Committee
WPB
Detroit
Syracuse Area Initiates Practice Blackout Warning
The Second Service Command headquarters announced a drill blackout for Watertown Syracuse Utica Cortland Binghamton and Newark areas at 8 20 pm. The blue signal 95 marked the start of the planned air raid drill in warning districts across New York.
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New York
MacArthur for President Group Remains Undaunted
Republican supporters led by Rep A L Miller say MacArthur’s denial of seeking the presidency clarifies the atmosphere and keeps him available for drafting. Miller noted the General’s remarks do not attack the New Deal and that the letters were not meant for public release.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
A. L Miller
RaNeb
MacArthur
Miller
Reich to observe Adolf Hitler's birthday quietly
Stockholm reports Reich plans simple ceremonies on Hitler's birthday with families of fallen soldiers invited. Berlin dispatches note no indication whether Hitler will speak.
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Reich
Adolf
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Conspiracy Defendants Face Jury in Federal Trial
A federal court moved toward jury selection in a large conspiracy case charging 80 defendants with conspiring with German officials and Nazi leaders to undermine U S Armed Forces loyalty and morale. Elizabeth Dilling and Lois De Lafayette Washburn are named defendants. The case drew a protest from Washburn who staged a defiant gesture in court.
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Washington
District Court
Edward E. Bicner
Elizabeth Dilling
Chicago
Lois de Lafayette Washburn
Chicaen
U. S
Coort
Miss Washburn
Lafayette
National Capitol
Russian advance tightens siege of Sevastopol
Russian forces pushed within a mile of Sevastopol Bay as they seized two southeastern road junctions and closed a death trap around the Crimean fortress. Moscow said German and Romanian troops were deteriorating under relentless shelling and air attacks, with ships unable to evacuate in large numbers.
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London
Sevastopol’s
Cty
Crimean
Moscow
Dunkerque
Romania
Danube River
Galati
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Mekenziya
Sevastopol
Two Headless Bodies Found In Lake Camdenton Mo
Two unidentified headless women were found in the Lake of the Ozarks over the weekend. One is about 26 and the other 45. both were severely harmed with wounds to the chest and underarm. Sheriff Jack Stoller said a knife and hatchet were used. bodies remained partially missing heads and other parts.
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Camdenton
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
Aler
Jack Stoller
Invasion Expected Soon by Germans
German military circles quoted on Bern radio say the invasion will not be long delayed. Radio reports from Bern indicate German preparations and concentration of forces on the western front, with expectations of action within a few days.
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New York
Bern
CRB
Cniatar
Hannen
Tha Ans
Germain
Eoane
Snowstorm Delays Nebraska Planting Across Districts
Nebraska farmers faced a major delay as a heavy wet snowstorm dumped 19 inches across the region. The record snowfall halted spring fieldwork and disrupted planting plans for local corn and other crops. Weather crews forecast lingering icy roads and further cold conditions into the week.
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McCoon. Neb
Nebraska Farmers
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