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was reported to be planning to Ego
to the mat in testimony before
the Senate Truman Committee on
Monday on charges that his pro.
gram is blocking final war projects.
4 The blunt-spoken letters. it was
learned on reliable authority. has
been informed that an informal but
closely-knit Get letters Club" has
been organized among government
officials.
CLEVELAND-INS-Two Cleve-
land detectives who took a chance
! were credited today with the cap
: ture OF five fugitives from the Mis-
souri, State Prison. jefferson City,
Mo-, at Cleveland street intersec-
tion last night. The men who sub.
mitted without a struggle were
Owen Taylor, 21, Winford Meyers,
81; Robert Kruger. 1S; Bennett
Hessink, II; and Mason Skenes,
10. Kruger and Hessink once
lived in Cleveland.
CHICAGO -AP- Large quaint
ties OF meat continue TO be siphon-
ed from normal channels OF trade
by the operation of illegal markets
the American Meat Institute said
today. The institute-the Packers
3 Trade Organization-also said in
its statement that the Army has
urgently requested 1.-The largest
possible quantities Of beef from
current production
MOSCOW-AP- Premier Joseph
Stain hailed the British-American
. aerial blows at Europe today as
p foreshadowing a second front
when all the Allied armies will
break the backbone of the Fascist
beast" with joint smashes from
east and west. and called for the
utter routing and unconditional
surrender" of Hitler's Germany.
!. BELFAST - APP - Sir Basil
Brooke, deputy prime minister and
minister of commerce, was named
prime minister of northern Ire
land today to succeed John Miller
Andrews who resigned yesterday,
1t was announced officially today.
LANSING-AP- After months
- OF preparation, the distribution OF
lockjaw toxoid by the state health
department was started today.
LONDON-AP- The Berlin ra-
do broadcast DNB dispatch
from Stockholm today, asserting
that the Swedish railway ferry
boat Malmo struck a British mine
in Danish waters yesterday. The
shin was beached and the passen-
gers taken off safely, the broad
cast. recorded by the Associated
Press, said.
WASHINGTON-AP-- Approx
mately 123,500 new war housing
y units were completed and made
available for war workers during
the first three months of l943, and
147.0O0 units were placed under
construction, National Housing Ad-
ministrator John B. Blandford re
ported today.
WASHINGTON -AP-- Heavy
eand medium bombers of the 10th
u. S. Air Force have virtually put
Rangoon Harbor in Burma out OF
operation. Col. Emmett o'Donnell
reported today.
JOHNSTOWN, Pap A SO
wear old man, accused OF writing
IN men in the service for the past
Is months under the name OF
"Betty" was arrested yesterday at
The central delivery window OF
tbe post office. 1--WE just been
irving TO give the boys thrill"
Detective Frank NJ. Schranko quot
ed the suspect as saying. He was
charged with disorderly conduct.
/.
y NEW DELHI. India -AP- Raj |
bombers and fighter planes con-
tinued to harass Japanese ground |
positions in the Mayu Peninsula |
area of Burma yesterday, a Brit
ish communique said today.
ONDON-AH-hOydl AIT fOICe |
bombers made a heavy attack on
the Industrial Ruhr Valley of Ger
many. including Essen, the air |
ministry announced today.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, |
North Africa-UP-The battle of |
the Tunisian coffin corner enter
ed its 18th day today with Anglo
' American troops locked with Axis |
armies in the fiercest fighting |
since World War l. Allied author /
tiles acknowledged that the Zero
city OF German resistance. favor
ed by the hllly terrain, may delay |
the clearing Of Tunisia longer than |
was anticipated a few days ago. !
At the same time. however, they !
emphasized that the job would be
completed before long.
MOSCOW-UP- The Red Army. |
attacking under strong aerial 1
cover. has seized a number OF de |
Tense points in an assault on the |
Axis bridgehead In the northwest |
Caucasus. the Soviet high com. 4
mand announced today