Churchill lauds Russian valor predicting Allied victory
In a 47 minute radio address Churchill praised Russian valor and generalship as tearing out the guts of the German army. He argued the Russian advance from Stalingrad to 900 miles in a year aided Hitler's undoing and predicted quicker Allied victory over Japan. He noted American air power in Britain surpassing the RAF and warned U boats as the remaining danger.
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Eight Quit In Protest Over Dewey
Eight members of the New York State Committee on Discrimination resigned overnight in protest of Governor Thomas E. Dewey’s repudiation of their efforts to relieve racial tension. The signatories warned that Dewey’s proposed commission to restudy racial problems delays action until 1945 and undermines the committee’s work. The letter urged immediate remedy and cited urgency and gravity of the issues.
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Dorothy Bellanca
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New York Herald Tribune
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Lester B. Granger
National Urban League
Myra Logan
Harlem
Dorothy Straus
Channing Tobias
Colored Work
Louis S. Weiss
Radium Tube Missing From Bison Casting Vault
Police continue search for a $15,000 radium sulphate capsule missing from the Bison Casting Company vault. The inch long pear shaped capsule used to detect metal flaws was lost between March 8 and Friday from a 85 1 pound lead container. Lieut. Paul G. Marohn warned the capsule could cause fatal burns within 25 minutes though effects may not appear for days and would be useless to an individual.
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U S Planes Meet Little Opposition
American air forces delivered massed bombardment along the invasion coast from Pas-de-Calais to Cherbourg with 1700 aircraft and Thunderbolt escorts. Marauders attacked Holland as fighters swept near Paris. Continued on page nine.
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British Near Jap Burma Road Base
British commandos and Gurkha and Kachin levies pushed toward Myitkyina and Sumprabum as the Burma road campaign intensified. In Manipur’s Imphal plain area fierce jungle fighting persisted with Japanese invasion columns and British forces exchanging heavy casualties amid ongoing operations.
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Rival Unions Plan End Of Disputes
An agreement creating a joint AFL and CIO committee to settle jurisdictional disputes in the building trades was signed yesterday by leaders of both unions. It covers about 750000 workers including shipyard employees and aims to prevent rivalry from hindering the nation's war effort.
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Japs Attack American Beachhead on Bougainville Island
Allied forces repelled a major Japanese assault at Toro Kino on Bougainville last Thursday. Japanese showed heavy use of artillery and night tactics before attacking wire defenses. American counterattack restored the perimeter by the following day with four American dead, 47 wounded, and one missing.
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Wallace Cites Contributions of Minorities
Vice President Wallace spoke at Boston Symphony Hall on Greek independence day praising minority groups and urging fair treatment. He warned against demagogues and affirmed America for all Americans of every race and creed, stressing the right to good surroundings, freedom, and a living without fear.
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Princess Elizabeth Prepares for People’s Queen Goodwill Tour
Princess Elizabeth, who turns 18 on April 21, is to tour several parts of the country within 12 months to connect with the people she will rule. She has visited troops with the King and Queen, is under the National Service Act but will not join women’s services, and the King has rejected a university plan for constitutional law, history, and music. Under the Regency Act she could act as state counselor at 18, and if she ascended before 21 she would be Queen Regent, not a minor.
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National Service
Nazis Move Tanks Into Cassino Battle
Allied and German forces clash around Cassino Naples with renewed tank sorties and heavy artillery. German tanks emerge from fortifications to smoke off streets but are driven back. Germans dig in at the Continental Hotel fortress as New Zealand troops press the southwest edge. Mortars lash the ducal palace area near the Coliseum as Fifth Army guns report an ammunition dump blast south of Cassino. Itter bearers evacuate wounded from Hangman's Hill under Red Cross protection as Indian troops on the hill remain isolated.
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Convicts Escape From Missouri Prison Sewer
Eleven convicts who lived underground in Missouri's state prison escaped through a sewer tunnel and emerged to the riverbank where guards awaited. A routine check revealed two prisoners missing, thwarting the attempt and prompting a surrender by the remaining eleven.
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Three Canoeists Drown in Schuylkill River
A girl and two young men were swept over the 13 foot Fairmount dam on the rain swollen Schuylkill River last evening. Only one body, Joseph Osowiecki aged 16 who was discharged from the Navy two weeks ago because of age, was recovered hours later. The other two remain missing. one in a sailor uniform and a dark haired girl in a black coat.
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Fairmount
Schuylkill River
Joseph Osowiecki
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Government Winds Up Chaplin Case
The federal government is expected to rest its case against Charlie Chaplin in the Mann Act trial over transporting Joan Berry across state lines for immoral purposes. Lawyer Jerry Giesler hinted Chaplin may testify, while a dismissal motion could follow if the government fails to prove its charges. The trial before Judge J. F. T. O'Connor recessed Friday and resumes tomorrow.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Jerry Giesler
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Charles H. Carr
J. F. T O'Connor
Freak Hailstorm Strikes Memphis Citywide Damage Reported
A freak hailstorm hit Memphis last night with hailstones up to 14 inches in circumference. Windows smashed, sills bashed, cars damaged, and a stone pierced the roof into a living room. The storm lasted twenty minutes with high winds, followed by heavy rain flooding streets.
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Tire stock limits tied to ration permits
The Office of Price Administration announced new rules setting tire and tube stock levels equal to ration certificates held by customers, effective next Saturday. Current policy restricted stock to either past sixty days’ sales or one-third of sales in the preceding 160 days, whichever was lower.
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Office F of Price Administration
Lehman Arrives in Cairo for UNRRA Bali kan Talks
Herbert Lehman, chairman of UNRRA, reached Cairo from Algiers for conferences on UNRRA Bali kan activities. His left knee remained in a plaster cast after a fall.
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Herbert Lehman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
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New York Primary In Spotlight On Gop Delegates
Tomorrow's New York primary selects 85 Republican district delegates to the Chicago convention with eight at large to be chosen later. Dewey backers aim to win most of the Empire State delegates amid cross party expectations, while nationwide totals push Democratic and Republican delegates toward their convention targets.
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New York
Oklahoma
Thomas E. Dewey
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Dewey
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New Mexico
Immnery
Wendell L. Willkie
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Veering Wind Spreads Ashes From Vesuvius
A veering wind spread volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius toward Torre del Greco as smoke continued from the erupting volcano for nine days. No new casualties were reported beyond 26 killed last week from roof collapses and ash damage. roads and fields were blanketed, and Allied authorities moved to feed villagers and livestock and clear blocked highways.
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Soviets Reach Prut River Front in Romania
Soviet forces pressed toward the Prut River frontier of Romania as Red Army artillery began firing on Romanian soil. Stalin declared the conquest of part of the front, with Konev’s Second Ukraine Army first across the Prut, threatening German escape routes while Romanians fled inland.
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Germany
Pravda
Old Poland
Tarnopal
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Hitler Fortifies Balkans
London dispatch reports Hitler rushing armored reinforcements through Hungary and Romania to shield the Ploesti oil fields amid a possible Balkan crisis. Analysts see a potential Allied bid to win Bulgaria, with Moscow and Sofia maintaining relations and Churchill signaling Balkan action through Tito’s Partisans.
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Nazis Bomb Hospital Ship Kills Over 250 At Salerno
London reports that more than 250 wounded soldiers died when German forces bombed an Allied hospital ship at Salerno Italy. Rev Colin R Montgomery brother of Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery spoke at Cheshire noting a bomb struck the operating theater and most of the medical staff were killed.
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Salerno
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Cheshire
China Seeks Postwar Hong Kong Settlement
Sao Tang Pao argues for postwar restoration of Hong Kong and Kowloon to China, opposing British control. The paper says China seeks true recognition of its culture and wartime sacrifice, and cites the obstacle as Britain’s holdings in China. Hong Kong and Kowloon are currently held by Japan.
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Dunkerque in Reverse Six Month Yacht Readiness
Britain calls on river and coastal yacht crews for up to four week tours of duty in a six month period as part of a series of rapid mobilization measures. Admiralty seeks yachtsmen and boat wise sailors to assist Royal Navy during possible invasion contingency. Authorities have already restricted travel around Britain Ireland and coast patrols amid operational concerns and suspended civil air mail with several European countries including Portugal.
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How the News Came to Moscow
A Moscow celebration lit the night with 324 guns and onlookers watching green white yellow red and purple rockets. The Moscow Radio announced Marshal Ivan Konev’s advance through northern Bessarabia toward the Romanian border as jubilant crowds filled streets and ships and camps echoed the victory. Stalin ordered the salute as citizens readied to mark the winter campaign.
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