OPA Boosts Margarine and Pork Point Values
The OPA ordered higher ration values for pork and pork products effective next Sunday and raised points for lard shortening salad oil margarine and most sausages. Butter remains unchanged and cheese points largely stay the same as Bowles cites tighter April supply and aims to improve distribution while preserving civilian rations.
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Washington P
OPA
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Margerine
Roosevelt Presses Labor Draft as McNutt Reports Employment Gains
President Roosevelt renewed calls for manpower control legislation with jail and line enforcement, urging Senate action. Manpower Commissioner McNutt announced positive betterment as December to February munitions plant employment held steady, while Senator O Mahoney predicted defeat and planned to send the bill back to conference amid Navy shipbuilding orders cancellation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
McNutt
Senate
Thomas
D-Uieh
House
Office of War Information
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Navy
British Officials aboard famed Libera tor plane missing on Atlantic flight
London officials report the famed Libera tor plane known as Commando is missing on a flight from England to Canada. Among the aboard were R A Brabner 33 British under secretary for air and Parliament member and at least four other government officials. Prime Minister Churchill said contact was lost early Tuesday morning and rescue teams searched at once though no trace of the ship has been found.
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London
R A. Brabner
Air and Parliament
Atlantic
England
Canada
Churchill
House of Commons
Girrta
Miners vote to authorize strike amid wartime stakes
The United Mine Workers won a decisive vote led by John L. Lewis, with 31,267 in favor and 3,043 against from a sample of about thirty areas surveying 400,000 miners. Officials say a strike could follow, though government seizure or bargaining moves remain possible as the wartime coal output looms.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations ' Board
Associated Press
Howard
Knuckles
Beckley
W. Va
Sill
John L. Lewin
Lewis
Opera Looks Gift Horse in Mouth at Met Stage
Ringling Brothers circus horse White Ghost paths to the Metropolitan Opera House stage on Saturday as soprano Helen Traubel leads a horse in a production scene. Met officials denounce the critics while Ringling notes the animal’s health and training.
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New York
White
Metropolitan Opera House
Robert Ringling
White Guost
Ringling
Harges
Helen Traubel
Chicago
Circus
Traubel
Reds Topple Four Forts In Hungary
Russian forces breach Danube defenses northwest of Budapest and seize Gyor and Hotmarom as Malinovsky and Tolbukhin push along the Danube valley. Tolbukhin’s troops cross the Baba River and take Csarna and Serres, while Zhukov advances toward Lebus near Frankfurt an der Oder. The drive forms southern flank of a larger operation threatening Bohemia Moravia and Austria.
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London
Gpr
Hungary
Faba
Viethea
Vienne
Stalin
Gaynia
Ukraine
Y. Malinovsky
Tolbukhin
Malinovsky
Danute
Danube
Budapest
Gyor
Hotmarom
Baba River
Csarna
Serres
Zhukov
Berlin
Lebus
Odar
Frankfurt
Reich
Moscow
Bohemia
Moravie
Czechoslovakia
Austria
MacArthur Troops Win Cebu City Invasion
MacArthur reports American forces captured Cebu City on Cebu Island after two days of fighting. The port area fell largely intact while the city suffered heavy bomb damage from Japanese demolition. Luzon resistance was weakening though pockets remained around Baguio and Garabalo mountains.
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Manila
Cebu
Cebu Island
William H. Arnond
Talisay
Douglas MacArthur
Cebu City
Macarthur
Luzon
Tae Baguio
Garabalo Mountains
Duke's Quitting May Reopen Marigny Case
Miami detective says the Duke of Windsor resignation as whom the Bahamas official may clear path for a new probe into the Sir Harry Oakes murder in Nassau. He met with Nassau figures who oppose the stalled inquiry and expect a prosecutor to reopen the case.
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Miami
Fla
Raymnend C. Schindler
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Harry Oakes
Massau
Naner de Marizny
Alrad
Schindler
Nassau
OPA Nabs New York Butchers Overpricing Poultry
Investigators from the OPA and City Markets Department issued summonses to retail butchers accused of sewing poultry at over-ceiling prices since Monday. Daniel P. Woolley, regional OPA chief, and Markets Commissioner Henry M. Brundage announced the action yesterday.
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New York
OPA
City Department of Markets
Eis
Daniel P. Woolley
Henry M. Brundage
Fleet Bags 17 Jap Ships At Ryukyus
United States forces reported heavy action around the Ryukyus. Admiral Nimitz said carrier raids damaged more than 17 enemy ships including three destroyers and downed planes while shelling targets on Okinawa and surrounding areas. The Kerama Islands landings were acknowledged with cautious wording.
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Guam
Ryukyus Islands
Japan
Pisools
Heer
Adm
Chester W.nimitz
Okinawa
Kerama Islands
Domei
Heramas
Iend
Tough Old Birds Softened Up by Sissie Pills
Fihacaz Stieree reports a method by Dr. F B Hutt of Cornell to render roosters via diethylstilbestrol implants under the skin. The process allegedly gives metabolism of females, causes fat buildup in skin and muscles, and is claimed to be safe for meat.
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Sissie
Fihacaz
Stieree
F. B. Hutt
Cornell University
Universiy of
California
Hutt
Red Drive for Vienna Gap Seen Aimed at Ousting Nazis in Italy
War analysis notes a shift of Allied focus from Germany to Italy as General Mark Clark urges Italian patriots to disrupt retreating Nazi forces. A major Allied push appears imminent amid reports of a breakthrough along the Raba River south of Vienna and broader fighting in Hungary.
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Vienna
Italy
Kirkel- Sempson
Associated Press
Germany
Europe
Haly
Mark Clark
Raba
Mraidh
Raba River
Flying Forts Bomb Berlin In Fifth Major Daylight Raid
The RAF and US Army Air Forces bombed Berlin again with about 360 American and British aircraft targeting armament plants in Spandau and Felckensee while 360 other planes hit Hanover. Heavy clouds limited visibility and the raid lifted total bomb weight on Berlin to nearly 75 000 tons since the war began.
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London
Berlin
Reich
Hanover
Spandau District
Felkensee
Hannover
Germany
Federal men recruit war workers in jails
War Manpower Commission reports federal recruiters visit Lake City and Denver jails to hire prisoners for war jobs. Judges have cooperated by using inmates for work instead of serving sentences, leading Salt Lake officials to complain of inactivity.
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Washington
Ahe
Lake City
Denver
War Manpower Commission
WIC
Salt Lake
Argentina Interns Japs Buenos Aires War Decree
Argentina announced the internment of Japanese diplomatic and consular officials as Col. Jose Manuel de Olane was appointed to supervise Axis nationals’ commercial and industrial activity. A meeting of Latin American ambassadors with Assistant Secretary of State Neisén Rockefeller is set for Saturday to coordinate declarations of war and measures for Western hemisphere security.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Manuel de Olane
Germany
Japan
Neisén Rockefeller
Tais
Cooks Duel to Death Over Hamburger Dispute
Police said a van of hamburger sparked a deadly clash at Harrington Hotel. William R. Pressley age 40 and Amos Harris age 20 died in a double stabbing after a quarrel over slow service. Waitresses fled into the dining room as chaos interrupted luncheon service.
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Washington
Harrington Hotel
William R. Pressley
Amos Harris
Pressley
Herris
Frontline Breakthroughs Across Rhine and Ruhr Fronts
Allied forces press into the Ruhr and Rhine regions with rapid armored advances. Canadian troops reach Emmerich near the Dutch border as the Ninth Army drives deep into the Ruhr while Seventh and Third Armies push toward Mainz and Mannheim. Reports note strong cooperation between First and Third Armies and multiple bridgeheads established along the Rhine.
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Xerreqi
Sir Montgomery
Dirse Montgomery
Muenster
Berlin
Emmerich
Rhine
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Duisture
U. S
Seventh Army
Mannheim
Neckar
Third
Third Amy
Wiesbaden
Great River
Bonn
Aachen Mayor Slain by Nazi Parachutists
Allied authorities report the assassination of Aachen’s Allied-appointed mayor Franz Oppenhal by German parachutists in uniform. Three assailants, who arrived at his home seeking shelter, shot him through the temple and escaped. a patrolman fired at pursuing figures but they disappeared. The motive remains unconfirmed.
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U. SS. First Army
Franz Oppenhal
Aachen
Hitler
Miltary
Amy
Ayers
Oppenhot
Patton's Pride Cited for Extraordinary Tactical Achievements
The War Department cited the Fourth Armored Division of the U S Army for extraordinary tactical accomplishments from December 22 to March 27. The award notice, issued by Supreme Allied Headquarters, was reported by the Associated Press via OWI late last night.
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Associated Press
War Department
U. S Army
Supreme Allied Headquarters
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12Th Army Group
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