Supreme Court upholds price fixing and travel time pay ruling
The Supreme Court upheld price fixing and rent control regulations affecting many Americans. It also ruled iron ore miners may be paid for travel time from mine opening to work site, a decision with potential impact on coal miners and the United Mine Workers. The ruling comes amid congressional moves to limit the price administrator's authority.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
United Mine Worker
United Mine Workers
Crampton Harris
Birmingham
Ala
Congress
Stone
Boston
Benjamin Rottenberg
Albert Yakus
Lonergan Confession Admitted in Evidence
Judge James Garrett Wallace allowed Wayne Lonergan’s confession to be read to the all male jury despite defense objections that it was coerced. Prosecutors presented the statement detailing the murder of his heiress wife after an argument about her socializing, including threats to their child and a candlestick attack.
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New York UP
Wayne Lonergan
James Garrett Wallace
Po Avidon
Edward Broderick
Toronto
New York
Lonergan
Broderick
Edward Vaccaro
Malaria May Become Major Postwar Problem
In Jacksonville the American College of Surgeons heard Maj. Boardman M. Bosworth warn that after the war malaria could become a national medical issue as troops return from tropical theaters carrying the parasite. He cautioned the spread is unlikely nationwide due to mosquito vectors, though some areas may see local prevalence.
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Jacksonville
Fla
American College of Surgeons
Boardman M. Bosworth
Bronxville
N. Y
Army Medical Corps
Bosworth
United States
Hungarian Quislings Crack Down on Jews
Budapest radio announced a fast moving purge of Jews and anti-Nazis as Hungary’s Quisling cabinet planned decrees to radically change Hungary’s home and foreign policy. The measures were expected to include anti Jewish actions and liquidation of dangerous elements opposing the home front and alliances.
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London
Budapest
Hungary
Quisling Council of Ministers
Associated Press
Prisoners Who Pushed Got Off Easy
Two prisoners aided the city patrol wagon when it broke down and received suspended sentences from City Judge Clifford McLaughlin. Ralph Larsen, 60, and Warren R. Richardson, 15, were charged with disorderly conduct. John D. Howell, 35, was placed on probation for intoxication after refusing to help and complaining of walking to jail in the rain.
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Buffalo
Clifford McLaughlin
Ralph Larsen
Warren R. Richardson
McLaughlin
John D. Howell
Draft deferments under review may expand
A Selective Service spokesman said a new government committee reviewing deferments for men under 26 should, in time, handle all job deferments for men 37 and under. Col Francis V Keesling noted no plan to add ages 26 27 and 28 to the panel. He urged immediate action to solve labor turnover and replacement of drafted men without new legislation.
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Washington LP
Selective Service
Francis V. Keesling
Keesling
Men Examined Still Must Go
Harrisburg Pennsylvania 422 local boards were ordered to fill all preinduction quotas with under 26 registrants before drawing upon older men. The order becomes effective April 1 and applies only to preinduction calls, not to those already found physically fit and awaiting orders to report for military service.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Selective Service
Church Fire Destroys Rochester St. Ann’s Interior
Fire swept through St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church in Rochester yesterday afternoon causing an estimated $20,000 in damage. Rev. George J. Schmitt said the church interior was ruined by flames and smoke.
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Rochester
George J. Schmitt
St. Ann's
Allies Attack Nazi Airports In Major Allied Bombing Sweep
Allied air forces launched a large raid across France hitting nine Luftwaffe airfields including Tours and Chartres and targets in La Rochelle Dangely Bordeaux and Monte de Marsan while RAF bombed Essen. Bomber forces from the United States totaled up to 1000 aircraft with 21 casualties and 9 planes lost overall.
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Essen
Krupp Arm Works
RAF
Chartres
Paris
la Rochelle
St. Jean
Dangely
Pau
Biarritz
Cazaux
Bordeaux
Monte de Marsan
Bay of Biscay
Hannover
Courtrai
Belgium
Germany
Air Ministry
More Gas for B Cards but Not Here
The Office of Col Bryan Houston announces gasoline rationing for B card holders will rise to 720 miles per month in all areas except the 17 Eastern states and the District of Columbia. The move reflects improved supply and a reduced black market. No increase is planned for A card holders.
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Washington DP
Bryan Houston
OPA
Eastern Seaboard
District of Columbia
Houston
Seaboard States
German Bombers Strike Wales And England
German bombers attacked England and Wales in the night with West England hardest hit. London avoided a direct strike but faced a brief alert in one district as activity persisted over south and southwest England and South Wales. Berlin radio claimed many heavy bombers crossed the channel. three were shot down off the English coast and in South Wales.
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London
England
Wales
West England
South Wales
Berlin
Channel
English
South
Third Polish Division Oath to Fight Nazis in Russia
The Third Polish Division took an oath of allegiance to the Polish land enslaved by the Germans and joined the Red Army to combat the Nazis. Gen. Sigmund Berling led the ceremony in a Moscow ceremony attended by American Maj. Gen. William Krist and representatives from France Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. The oath affirmed loyalty to the Soviet ally and commitment to fight, live or die as a free Polish soldier.
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Russia
Warsaw
Red Army
Sigmund Berling
Poland
United States
William Krist
Moscow
Andrel Witos
Union of Fefish
U. S
S. R
Upper Silesia
Pomerania
Baltic
Alois Dudek
Berling
Soviet Union
Defeat At Cassino Admitted By Allied Press
Allied publications in the United States and Canada acknowledge the 11 day Cassino assault failed to take the town. They pledge to learn from the experience and resume the drive to Rome with renewed methods and massed artillery targeting the ruins and central approaches.
Japs Uncover Fourth Burma Jungle Army
Allied forces led by Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell press the fourth Burma spearhead in the Mogaung valley using grenades and bayonet nets to wipe out isolated Japanese units. A separate threat moves toward Kohima near Imphal as tanks aid the invasion of India.
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New Delhi
Joseph W. Stillwell
Mogaung
Burma
India
Somra
Kohima
Imphal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Naga Hills
Bengal- Assam
Brahamaputra
Manipur
Tiddim
Bombs Smash Jap Buildings at Rabaul Base
Allied air offensive against Rabaul New Britain intensified with Mitchell medium bombers Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo planes hitting 145 structures over Friday and Saturday. Buildings struck included warehouses shops and barracks in supply areas around the base as announced by General MacArthur's headquarters.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Radar Takes Offensive as Churchill Reveals
Prime Minister Churchill spoke about radar in a Sunday radio address triggering concern among security officers. The word secret miracle weapon, crucial to Britain’s defense, is now active offensively with Allied air forces in day and night raids on Europe.
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Washington
Churchill
Army
Navy
Britain
Hurape
Victory Through Air Power Proved False At Cassino
An Allied air campaign failed to defeat German and Italian defenders in Cassino despite heavy bombing by 500 bombers on March 15. Ground troops from the New Zealand division eventually fought through rubble to hold the town, underscoring that air power alone cannot break determined infantry on the battlefield.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
Germany
Stalingrad
Storms Leave Five Dead Across Southern States
Dramatic spring storms with high winds hail and heavy rain killed a mother and four children in Lynville Tennessee, damaged a hotel roof in Columbia Tennessee, and caused property losses in multiple states with no injuries reported near Edwards Mississippi.
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Atlanta
Tennessee
Lynville
Columbia
Edwards
Miss
Political Battles Open New York and Oklahoma Primaries
In New York the American Labor Party fight shapes the primary as Democrats and Republicans pick delegates to national conventions with uninstructed slates seen as pro Roosevelt and pro Dewey. Oklahoma’s second district race, watched nationwide, pits Senator Barkley and Ed Moore against Tulsa businessman EO Clark in a high‑stakes national issue driven contest amid a tight political climate.
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American Labor Party
New York State
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
O. P
State Committee
A. L P
Wendell L Wallkie
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Barkley
Kentucky
Ok- Taulgee
Ed H Moore
Tulsa
Congress
Jack Nichols
W. G Stigler
EO Clark
Supreme Court Rules G. I. Life Begins on Taking Army Oath
The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 that a Selective Service registrant cannot be forced into the Army without consent but may be inducted once he reports for induction and is found acceptable. The ruling reverses a lower court decision in the case of Arthur Goodwyn Billings. Justice Roberts dissented.
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Supreme Court
G. I
Washington .M
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Arthur Goodwyn Billings
University of Texas
Justice Roberts
Douglas
Army
War Department
Justice Department
Soviet Drive Across Dniester Splits Axis Lines in Bold Push
Moscow reports the Red Army crossed the Dniester into Bucovina and pushed 23 miles south to seize Sajgura and threaten Czernowitz. Zhukov’s First Ukraine Army shattered German defenses east of the Carpathians, with Kamenets Podolsk falling in a three pronged assault. In Bessarabia, the Second Ukraine Army crossed the Prut near Byeltsi and Skulyany, while a tank unit wiped out 1,000 foe near a Bessarabian village. The Third Ukraine Army advanced toward Nikolaev, and rail town gains included Yarmolnitsky where 5,000 Germans and 100 tanks were reported destroyed.
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Red
Dniester
Bucovina
Sadagura
Prut River
Carnewitz
Moscow
Czernowitz
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Carpathian Mountains
Bucharest-Czernowitz-Lwow
Rumania
Kamenets-Podolsk
Bessarabia
Second Ukraine
Byeltsi
Skulyany
Prutigs
Iasi
Jaasy
Odessa
Black Sea
Danube
Ploesti
Bucharest
Third Ukraine
Rodion
Malnovsky
Nikolaev
Yarmohntsky
Peak of Hospitalization Not Due Until 1970
Washington GP Brig Gen Frank T Hines director of the Veterans Administration said hospitalization of war veterans will reach about 288 000 by 1970 The peak will come years after the war ends and not immediately after He noted the current rise is in psychiatric cases from World War I and is just now beginning.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Administration
Hines
Zeros Downed in Intercept Over Ponape Battle
Navy report says nine of fifteen Japanese Zero planes attempting to intercept Army bombers and Marine fighters attacking Ponape Sunday were shot down. Three more Zeros were probably hit in the action.
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Washington
Ponape
Navy
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