A.A.A. Leader Warned Over Resignation Visit
James Mannix 28 year old president of the Wheat Quota Protest Association of Darke County said on counsel advice he would not visit Fell ers office. Earlier a group of farmers demanded his ouster by today and warned of action if he came to work. Other visits to AAA offices and Columbus headquarters reportedly destroyed records and spurred warnings to city officials.
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James Mannis
A of
Mannix
Darke County
AAA
Fellers
Triple A
Columbus
Abie
Russians Expect Fourth Term In Roosevelts Renomination
Moscow readers note Wendell Willkie’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate and believe Roosevelt is sure of renomination. With Willkie out, the campaign is seen as nearly over, and potential rivals like Governor Dewey and others are largely unknown to Russians, except perhaps General MacArthur.
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Moscow
Wendell Willkie
Internet Today
Kremlin
Roosevelt
Willkie
Dewey
Genral MacArthur
Roosevelt endorses continuing wage and price controls report
President Roosevelt released, with indirect endorsement, a report from top economic advisers urging continuation of current wartime wage and price controls. The stabilization program claims costs of living are lower than a year ago and wages are stabilized, warning against policy changes in the months ahead amid labor pressure to ease controls.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Red Cross Far Short of Goal
Washington April 8 The Red Cross war fund stands about twenty thousand dollars short of its two hundred thousand dollar minimum goal Leon Fraser national chairman said chapters that met or exceeded their goals should double efforts to finish. About 60 percent of chapters have reached or exceeded their goals.
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Washington
Red Cross War Fund
Leon Fraser
Fraser
Answers to the Daily Quiz from Deve with Administrative Aide
The text lists quiz answers including Papyrus Burma Guy Cordon Cel Crown and notes that the club admitted both male and female members. It identifies seaports for a question and Mohandas and Copra as other items.
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Deve
President Roosevelt
Papyrus
Burma
Guy Cordon
Mohandas
Copra
Ration Calendar Update on Stamp Validities and Dates
The Associated Press details ration stamp validity across categories. Red stamps in Book four and blue stamps in Book four show dates for continued use, with certain U.S. staples like coffee sugar and meat included. Indefinite validity is noted for several blue and red stamp series, with specific expiration or activation dates through 1945 and beyond.
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Associated Press
Geemcontl Foods
Jine
Elsere
Miners Back to Work in Britain After Strike Votes
London April 8 Belfast shipyard workers vote three to one to end walkout and return to work Tuesday affecting 20,000 miners. Collieries across Britain resume operation, with most pits expected to be active by Easter close. Yorkshire meets decide on return while Independent Labour council blames government and coal owners for strike handling.
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London
Belfast
Britain
Yorkshire
National Council
Independent Labor Party
House of Commons
Nazis Execute Polish Boys in War Saw Area
The Polish Telegraph Agency quoted escapees from a Norwegian camp claiming Germans execute 60 to 200 Poles daily in the War Saw region. The source said posters listed names of 14 year old youths among the victims.
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Stockholm
Warsaw
Another Witness Found Guilty in Draft Violations
In Richmond Virginia on April 8 John Norman Wilkes age 20 of Suffolk described himself as a pioneer of Jehovahs Witnesses was found guilty of selective service act violations in federal district court Judge Robert N Pollard presiding. He will be sentenced next Tuesday after probation officer investigation.
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Richmond
John Norman Wilkes
Suffolk
Jehovah's Witnesses
Wilkes
Federal District Court
Robert N. Pollard
Allied air raid stats on German lines and losses at beachhead
New Strong (Continue) units reappeared in the German line at the beachhead. The outfit began with 328 men, received 80 replacements, and now totals 200 due to casualties. Allied air forces hammered German rail communications in Italy yesterday with about 1,700 sorties, destroying 31 enemy planes while suffering three heavy bombers and seven other planes lost. Anti aircraft guns have destroyed 157 planes since the first landings.
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Italy
County and city schools eyed six week Apple pickling shutdown
W R Legge describes a Prince William plan to suspend school in both city and county to aid apple harvest labor. Harry Butler and others support detailing labor shortage to officials. Hunton backs southern recruiting while Amis F Lillard notes mountain families came to Frederick county previously. A steering committee for labor needs and a labor camp and placement groups are named to resume work with new members.
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W. R. Legge
Prince William County
Harry Butler
Band
Charles E. Staples
Hunton
Amis F. Lillard
Green County
Frederick County
Walker McC
Bond
PCE eSee
Tme
Regular Lutheran services at Our Saviour Church
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will hold regular services tomorrow with Holy Communion at 11 o clock. A vesper service is scheduled for 8 o clock in the evening. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
Heroes Of Bataan To Be Honored
Allied headquarters report a sunrise Easter Sunday service to honor Bataan heroes. The two year anniversary marks MacArthur and Quezon’s tribute to Filipino and American troops, airmen, sailors, Marines, and others who resisted the Japanese advance in the Pacific. MacArthur pledged, I came through and I shall return, as landings in the Admiralty Islands were announced February 29.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Bataan
Douglas MacArthur
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
MacArthur
United Nations
Pacific
Asia
Commonwealth
Australia
Admiralty Islands
Great Circle
Many Towns Seized In Eastern Front Push
German forces pressed to relieve surrounded garrisons while the Red Army widened its advance. Soviet reports say Tarnopol and Skala pockets held, thousands of German losses, Malinovsky units seized towns near the Dniester estuary and Kishinev approaches as Konev's Second Ukrainian Army moved to Orhei and forced a Prut river bridgehead.
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Tarnopol
Fritz von Mannstein
Kiev
Skala
Red Army
Gregory K. Zhukov
Malinovsky
Stalingrad
Odessa
Novaya-Dafinovka
Chebanka
Novaya Emetovka
Karlstal
Kishinev
Bessarabia
Ivan
Konev
Orhei
Prut
Naval Officials Jubilant Over Palau Bombardment Losses
Admiral Chester Nimitz reported heavy Japanese losses at Palau with 93 to 122 Nipponese interceptors destroyed and 25 enemy ships sunk including two destroyers. Eighteen damaged vessels fled or were damaged. further raids struck Yap Ulithi and Woleai between March 30 and 31.
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Flaes
Cty Aes Hed
Adm
Chester
Nimitz
Yap
Ulithi
Woleai
Truk
Complete Coverage Of Local World Events Star
The Star promises extensive reporting on local and national events with worldwide coverage. Readers are urged to follow steady updates across briefs, columns, and dashboards for timely, balanced perspectives.
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the Star
Favors Drafting Of Roosevelt
Sidney Hillman, CIO Political Action Committee chair, urged a Draft Roosevelt movement in a speech to the American Labor party state committee in New York. He claimed unity in the Republican camp under reaction and wondered if Roosevelt might seek a fourth term, saying the President would answer duty if urged.
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New York
Sidney Hillman
CIO Political Action Committee
American Labor Party
Hillman
Willkie
Wisconsin
Hullman
Obstacles To Victory Warns Bricker In Chicago
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio warned at the Union League Club in Chicago that two major obstacles threaten a Republican victory in November. He cited federal government propaganda and a potential five million federal votes from federal employees as factors voters must overcome. He argued the party cannot rest on presumed gains and urged active campaigning while en route to the Pacific coast.
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Chicago
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Union League Club
Pacific Coast
Japs May Drive In South China
Japanese troop movements near Canton in southern China threaten a push to close the Canton Hankow railway gap. Dispatches report fear of Allied air attacks and a large civilian exodus as trains and ships are jammed.
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Chungke King
Canton
China
Canton-Hankow
Expects No New Form of Taxes
Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said in Atlanta that Congress will not enact new forms of taxation in 1944. He estimated current federal taxes cover about half the war cost and domestic government expenses, with a possibility of new revenue sources later.
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Atlanta
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
George
Vienna
Roosevelt silent on Willkie quitting GOP race
President Roosevelt was asked for comment on Wendell L. Willkie's decision to quit as a Republican presidential candidate. The President replied that he didn't think so.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Baltimore Market Quotations for Livestock and Produce
Baltimore market notes show produce steady with apples unchanged and eggs steady. Cattle receipts down, steers steady to strong at week’s end, heifers and cows mixed, fat beef cows 11.50-12.00, calves scarce, hogs active and nearly steady, sows softer, sheep light with fat lambs 16.50-17.50 and spring lambs around 20.00 at Monday close.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Hog and Cattle Action
In Chicago on April 8 salable hogs were short with nominal quotations and weak week-ago compares. Cattle and calves showed varied shifts with top steers at 16.90 and long yearlings near 16.75 to 16.25, beef cows up to 13.50, vealers steady at 16.00, and light weight bulls firm to higher. Salable sheep reached 2,000 with lambs 10-25 higher and sheep firm. flocks featured good to choice lambs and lighter pelts down.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Wwf. A
Stocks mixed as holiday week opens on quiet market
New York April 8. It was a sandwich stock market between Good Friday and Easter with mixed tendencies and uneven trends near the close. While buying supported favorites, lenders showed small losses. Transfers for two hours around 400000 shares. New 1944 highs appeared for Union Pacific Crane Co. Other gainers included Santa Fe Southern Railway Gulf Mobile & Ohio U S Rubber Goodyear General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck J C Penney Oliver Farm Standard Oil NJ Du Pont Westinghouse American Telephone International Telephone Western Union A Backward were U S Steel Bethlehem Anaconda Kennecott General Electric United Aircraft Deere Chesapeake & Ohio Occasional advances included Colts Patent Fire Arms Cessna American Gas Cuban Atlantic Sugar Pontepec Pennroad St Regis Paper.
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Union Pacific and Crane Co
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
U. S. Rubber
Goodyear
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
J. C. Penney
Oliver Farm
Standard Oil (Nj
du Pont
Westinghouse
American Telephone
International Telephone
Western Union
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Anaconda
Kennecott
General Electric
United Aircraft
Deere
Pomona Grange To Hold Meeting In Middletown
The Frederick County Pomona Grange will meet at Middletown at 8 o clock Monday evening April 10 and all patrons are urged to be present announced today by Byron Brumback of Middletown.
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Frederick County
Pomona Grange
Middletown
Byron Brumback
Flanders Section Is Flooded
London reports a small part of Flanders flooded by German action as canal banks are destroyed. Major river and sea dikes remain intact for now, though authorities warn Germany is prepared to breach defenses to flood lands and disrupt pumping systems if needed.
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London
Flanders
Inbel
Belgium
Low Countries
Igian
Netherlands
Europe
Heavy Fighting With Partisans Near Ivanjica and Ibar
A broadcast from Marshal Tito's headquarters reports Germans rushing troops from across Serbia to halt Partisan advances in the Ivanjica area and Ibar river valley southeast of Sarajevo. Three days of heavy fighting push Partisans into the village of Petke ten miles south of Mrkonjicgrad as other units block the main German column from reaching the town.
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London
Tito
Josip Broz
Serbia
Ivanjica
Ibar River
Sarajevo
Petke
Mrkonjigrad
Bosnia
Mrkonjicgrad
Japanese Admit Island Raid Across Hainan Island
Tokyo radio reported 21 American planes raided northern Hainan Island off the South China coast on Thursday. The broadcast said 15 bombers and six fighters attacked, with some damage said to have affected Japanese ground installations.
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New York
Tokyo
Hainan Island
South China
North America
U. S
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Germans Report Raid on Kiev by German Bombers
London dispatch reports the German high command claiming raids by bomber formations on Kiev, a major Soviet rail and supply hub on the Dnieper in northern Ukraine, with heavy explosions and large fires. Kiev was recaptured by the Red Army last December.
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London
German High Command
Kiev
Dnieper
Ukraine
Red Army
Bomber and Crew Missing After Westover Field Flight
A heavy army bomber with 11 aboard has been missing since yesterday from Westover Field Massachusetts. Naval surface vessels aircraft and army planes search a wide area off the east coast. The last contact was around 9 30 p m yesterday about 25 miles south of Montauk Point Long Island. Next of kin of the crew have been notified.
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New York
Westover Field
Mass
Montauk Point
Long Island
Liquors Seized in Richmond Interstate Truck Case
An interstate truck carrying 51 cases of fine brandies and whiskey valued over $2,000 was seized by alcoholic beverage control agents in Richmond and ordered confiscated to the state by Police Justice Carleton E. Jewett.
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Richmond
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Carleton E. Jewett
Easter Services Unite Christians and Jews for Troops
Easter observances will blend Christian and Jewish rites with radio broadcasts to troops in the Mediterranean. Catholic masses for servicemen will be held in chapels near Italy and North Africa. Civilians in Britain keep to last year’s outfits due to rationing, while Londoners rush to cleaners, closing shops midweek for Easter.
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Mediterranean
Italy
North Africa
Britain
Piccadilly
One Man Blitz Is Returning Home From Fifth Army
Tech Sgt Charles E Kelly the first enlisted war hero to win the Medal of Honor is returning to the U.S. under the army’s repatriation policy. Kelly famed for a one man blitz against about 40 Germans between Salerno and the Rapido river, will leave immediately to visit his mother Irene Kelly in Pittsburgh, who is ill and asked Roosevelt to let him come home briefly. Kelly is one of seven sons in the service from a widowed mother.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Charles E
Kelly
Mark W. Clark
Salerno
Rapido River
Pittsburgh
Roosevelt
Charles
Irene Kelly
Heavy Bombers Seen On Way To Continental Europe
The article notes an alert at 12:65 p m signaling enemy aircraft approach and possible strong Allied heavy bombers in action after a rest. Allied air formations were observed crossing the Dover Strait with Thunderbolts believed en route toward the continent. Reconnaissance planes were reported over central Germany around midday as preparations for major attacks were implied.
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C Channel
Dover Straits
Channel
Germany
Reich
Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices for Wheat Rye
Chicago grain quotation reports a modest start with rye general weakness and oats softer while wheat holds. Opening May wheat at 1.73 3 8 and July at 1.71 3 4, rye May at 1.30 7 8 to 1.31, December 1.23. Continuous months listed for wheat rye oats with minor declines.
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Chicago
Plan Envolved To Lock Nazis In Invasion Time
London dispatches indicate day and hour have been set for the invasion. Military experts here believe the date is near, noting that weather conditions must cooperate to fix such an exact timing.
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London
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Stock Market Report
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Preston A. Christjohn
Fairmont Ave
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Woodstock
Boyce
E. Gerrard St
White Palace Restaurant
Cooper
American Cooperage Co
Kresson & Fayette
Whitie’s
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George Helsley
White Hall
F. A. Shryock Co
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Couch
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Magruder
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Nea
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Berryville Ave
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