The Pittsburgh Press (March 27, 1944)
2,800-TON RAID RIPS KRUPP PLANT
Yank bombers blast bases of Nazi Air Force
RAF loses 9 planes in night assault
By Phil Ault, United Press staff writer
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2,800-TON RAID RIPS KRUPP PLANT
Defeat at Cassino admitted
12-day Allied attack called ‘bloody failure’ by Army newspapers
By Reynolds Packard, United Press staff writer
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U.S. Ranger raid in Italy reported
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Japs gain in drive to sever Allied supply line in India
British Commandos hit enemy from rear
By Darrell Berrigan, United Press staff writer
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Supreme Court upholds mine portal wage
Exertion involved in travel, it says
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Rent and price control upheld
Stabilization plans backed by court
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Hull: Governor Dewey wrong
Washington (UP) –
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said today that Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York was “100% wrong in the accuracy of his statement” that the State Department had requested the British censors to suppress political news sent to the United States.
Mr. Dewey said last week while awarding prizes at the annual exhibit of the press photographers association of New York:
When we find the State Department requesting the British censor to suppress political news sent to American papers by American correspondents abroad, it begins to amount to deliberate and dangerous suppression of news at home.
Assembly to get soldier vote copy
Martin asks study before session
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (UP) –
Copies of proposed law changes to facilitate voting by Pennsylvania servicemen abroad will be sent to all members of the General Assembly for perusal before Governor Edward Martin convenes a special session of the Legislature.
An administration spokesman explained that while such a procedure might be condemned under normal circumstances:
We believe everyone will understand the Governor’s only motive is to guarantee our servicemen a reasonable chance to voter without incurring unnecessary expenses or causing too great a loss of manpower.
Disclosing that Attorney General James H. Duff is already preparing a draft of what Governor Martin hopes will be the “most liberal” soldier balloting law in the nation, the spokesman said the proposed statute would change the election calendar to give servicemen, Merchant Marines and members of other “war agencies” an extra 20 days, or 70 days in which to vote.
The measure would also eliminate party or non-partisan registration as a franchise prerequisite.
It was understood the Governor’s call, expected to be issued for May 1 convening of the Legislature, may include a measure to allow the State Defense Council to conduct a house-to-house canvass to obtain names and addresses of servicemen to facilitate mailing of absentee ballots.
The session will cost $360,000-$400,000 if completed in less than a month – but each member automatically will have $250 added to his base salary of $500 for an extraordinary session if the meeting goes as much as a day over a month. Governor Martin said all necessary action can be taken in two weeks and hinted he would object strenuously if the session is used as a springboard for the 1944 election campaign.
Vesuvius eruption believed dying
Naples, Italy (UP) –
The eruption of Vesuvius appeared to be dying down today.
No lava of any volume has flowed from the volcano in the last 60 hours and the spray of cinders and boulders ceased Saturday night.
A fine dust still showered out and the crater was emitting a gas smoke which in the past generally has been a sign of abatement.
The dust was up so thick in some places that traffic was blocked.
German execution of 500 in Rome reprisal reported
Frontier dispatch says 300 Italians were machine-gunned in colosseum
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Indian co-ed missing from Columbia University
New York (UP) –
Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Army intelligence agents have been searching since Tuesday for Valsa Matthai, 22, a Columbia University student from Bombay, India.
Miss Matthai was last seen at 4:50 a.m. Monday ET by an elevator operator at the International House, where she lived. She left the building and disappeared into a snowstorm.
Miss Matthai’s father, John Matthai, is head of the Tata Chemical Company of Bombay.