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March 10, 1942

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ESSEN IS BLASTED IN R.A.F. OFFENSIVE; 100 Bombers Set Big Fires in Ruhr, Others Raid France in Round-the-Clock Attacks ESSEN IS BLASTED IN R.A.F. OFFENSIVE

By the United Press

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MAYOR ASKS HOGAN TO OUST, INDICT HIM IF KERN IS CORRECT; Requests Punishment for His Accuser if Suppression of Flynn Case Is Disproved SEEKS GRAND JURY ACTION Former City Official Charges 'Intimidation' -- Democratic Chairman Enters Denial MAYOR ASKS HOGAN TO ACT IN KERN CASE

By Unknown Author

LaGuardia, in lr to Dist Atty Hogan, asks own indictment and ouster if Kern charges are correct; Flynn denies knowledge of matter, assails Kern; Herlands issues statement; Kern comments, says work was done through Bronx Bor Pres Lyons office, Lyons silent

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Two Tokyo Warships Sunk, Four Hit by Our Torpedoes; FIGURED IN SINKING OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS AT WAKE ISLAND 2 TOKYO WARSHIPS SUNK BY U.S. CRAFT

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

2 Jap ships reptd sunk and 4 hit by U S submarines

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ROOSEVELT WARNS OF INFLATION PERIL IN RISE OF PRICES; He Declares Restraint Vital to Clear Way for Victory and Bar 'Ruinous Deflation' FINDS FEW ASK TOO MUCH Rises in Income Are Balanced and Living Is Moderately Higher, Farmers Hear ROOSEVELT WARNS OF INFLATION PERIL

By W.h. Lawrencespecial To the New York Times

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U.S. STEEL TAKES BILLION INSURANCE; Coverage to Include Sabotage and Malicious Mischief by Agents of Enemy U.S. STEEL TAKES BILLION INSURANCE

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U S Steel Corp places largest policy in U S

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1942Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (born 1865)^[†]

Wilbur Lincoln Scoville was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the "Scoville Organoleptic Test", now standardized as the Scoville scale. He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure pungency, "spiciness" or "capsaicin concentration" of various chili peppers.

Headlines from March 10, 1942

ESSEN IS BLASTED IN R.A.F. OFFENSIVE; 100 Bombers Set Big Fires in Ruhr, Others Raid France in Round-the-Clock Attacks ESSEN IS BLASTED IN R.A.F. OFFENSIVE

MAYOR ASKS HOGAN TO OUST, INDICT HIM IF KERN IS CORRECT; Requests Punishment for His Accuser if Suppression of Flynn Case Is Disproved SEEKS GRAND JURY ACTION Former City Official Charges 'Intimidation' -- Democratic Chairman Enters Denial MAYOR ASKS HOGAN TO ACT IN KERN CASE

Two Tokyo Warships Sunk, Four Hit by Our Torpedoes; FIGURED IN SINKING OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS AT WAKE ISLAND 2 TOKYO WARSHIPS SUNK BY U.S. CRAFT

ROOSEVELT WARNS OF INFLATION PERIL IN RISE OF PRICES; He Declares Restraint Vital to Clear Way for Victory and Bar 'Ruinous Deflation' FINDS FEW ASK TOO MUCH Rises in Income Are Balanced and Living Is Moderately Higher, Farmers Hear ROOSEVELT WARNS OF INFLATION PERIL

U.S. STEEL TAKES BILLION INSURANCE; Coverage to Include Sabotage and Malicious Mischief by Agents of Enemy U.S. STEEL TAKES BILLION INSURANCE

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