Brazil Moves to Arm Freighters Amid Axis Threats
Rio de Janeiro reports government plans to arm all Brazil merchant ships and order skippers to defend against Axis submarines. Vessels will sail in convoys with night blackout as four ships already sunk and anti Axis actions intensify. A German and Italian diplomat convoys delayed beyond April 5.
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British truce attacked by Evening Standard editorial
Lord Beav erbrook's Evening Standard attacks the political truce allowing major parties to avoid by elections. Under the header Ersatz MPs the paper argues a virile Parliament is indispensable despite wartime press curbs and court powers. Nephritis cited as a leading US killer.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
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Australian first lady supports marriages with US troops
Mrs. Herbert Evatt, wife of Australia’s external affairs minister, says Australian girls should marry American service members. She notes shared values and aims to strengthen ties as the Evatts travel from Washington to Cairo, Canada, and London, linking government and the Women’s Australian National Service.
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Samuel Sheffer
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Roosevelt outlines inland waterway plan with wooden barges
President Roosevelt disclosed plans to expand use of the Atlantic inland waterway amid Axis submarine activity. He suggested converting old New England shipyards to build wooden barges and noted an 11 foot channel north of Jacksonville, six feet south, making full waterway use unlikely. He warned against a Florida canal controversy and favored cheaper wooden barges over concrete or steel options.
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Camera Is Aid In Cancer Work
A method using photography to measure radioactive bombardment of cancer explains how elements like calcium chlorine iodine strontium phosphorus can be tagged by sub atomic particle bombardment in a cyclotron. A vacuum tube detector tracks rays as tagged elements pass through the body highlighting thyroid iodine concentration while other areas show little activity.
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Alfred Gellhorn
Baltimore
Union Pledges To Give Up Gains
The Louisiana State Federation of Labor pledged to lay aside labor gains temporarily if President Roosevelt deems it necessary during the war emergency. In a telegram to the President the federation said it would vacate gains obtained after his induction into office when he judges it needed, and that repeal of the 40-hour workweek law is not required.
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Louisiana State Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
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California doctors advance radioactive cell studies for diagnosis
A California physician and colleagues including Ernest O Lawrence and his Nobel laureate brother John H Lawrence report progress in measuring radioactivity down to individual cells. They describe potential future diagnostic use while noting current simpler tests suffice for general use.
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Ernest O Lawrence
John H. Lawrence
West Indian Defense Urged Against Axis Threats
Two Dutch colonial governors warned of looming hostilities in the Western Hemisphere as United States and Netherlands forces bolster defenses for the West Indies. Aruba and Curacao refineries provide aviation fuel. Axis submarines shelled Aruba in February. Governors Kielstra and Wouters urged strong defenses and cited US forces under Admiral Olendorf.
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