Senate and House Override Roosevelt On War Tax Bill
Congress overrode the President’s veto to enact a $2.315 billion wartime tax measure. Barkley resigned as Senate Democratic leader then was unanimously reelected, signaling renewed party unity amid the dispute. The tax would yield about $2.315 billion for the year, far short of Roosevelt’s request.
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Washington
Senate
House
Roosevelt
Barkley
White House
Capitol Hill
Kley
McKellar
D-Tenn
George
Congress
Treasury
Billy Sunday's Son Killed in Air Crash
Mrs William A Sunday reports her son Paul T Sunday age 36 died in an air crash yesterday. The Navy patrol bomber crashed into a mountainside near Palmdale California killing four aboard including Sunday the former test pilot.
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Waycross
William A. Sunday
Billy Sunday
Paul T. Sunday
Paul Sunday
Palmdale
Calif
Fugitive McDonald Surrenders in Dallas
Dallas police received a surrender from James Raymond Mc Donald, a fugitive from the Ohio State Penitentiary, as announced by Will Fritz, inspector of detectives.
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Dallas
Tex
Will Fritz
James Raymond McDonald
Ohio State Penitentiary
U S Casualties Total 157 865 With 36 005 Killed
Washington reports total American casualties in the war at 157 865 with 36 005 dead. From Dec 7 1941 to Feb 7 1944 Army casualties reach 118 128: 19 499 killed 45 545 wounded 26 339 missing 26 745 prisoners. Navy Marine Coast Guard totals 39 737 with 16 506 killed 9 322 wounded 9 491 missing 4 418 prisoners. Of 45 545 wounded, 24 289 returned to duty. Enemies reportedly died in camps 1 664. actual totals are likely higher.
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Patterson
Sea Services
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Zanesville lawyer files for Ohio attorney general nomination
Columbus reports Charles Leas ure of Zanesville filed nominating petitions yesterday to seek the Democratic nomination for attorney general.
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Columbus
Charles Leasure
Zanesville
Denver Woman Claims $5 Million U S Debt
Mrs Zella Blanche DeHaven Pope of Denver Colorado says she represents herself and 300 DeHaven descendants in Colorado Illinois Oklahoma Missouri and Kansas in a claim that Uncle Sam owes her about five million dollars plus interest. She is great great granddaughter of Jacob DeHaven who lent the U S 500000 during the Revolutionary era.
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Zella Blanche DeHaven Pope
Denver
Colo
Sam
Jacob DeHaven
U. S
Pope
DeHaven
Colorado
Illinois
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Jap Shipping Swept From Pacific Area
Allied naval units swept enemy shipping lanes north of the Solomons in a bold raid. American forces shelled Kavieng and Duke of York Island while operations targeted Truk and Palau. Bombers hit Rabaul and other strongholds as ground forces moved near Saidor New Guinea.
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Pacific
Solomons
South Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland
Duke of York Island
Rabaul
Bismarck
Douglas MacArthur
Admiralty
New Britain
Truk
Marianas
Marshalls Atoll
Japan
Kwajalein
Roi Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
U. S. Navy
Eniwetok
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Palau
Bougainville
New Guinea
Saidor
Madang
Burma
U.S
Akyab
Arakan
Mayu
Kaladan
Magwe
Upper Chindwin
Ngakyedauk
Oter
New Delhi
Ohio's Woman Solon Supports FC's Stand
Rep Frances P Bolton Ohio's first congresswoman and one of three Republicans who backed to sustain Roosevelt tax bill veto said no one felt the tax bill was good. The Cleveland native stressed we are at war and large sums must be paid now.
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Washington
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Roosevelt
Alben Barkley
Would-Be Assassin of Duce Named Purge Chief
Naples reports Tito Samboni a Socialist ex-prisoner of 18 years for an alleged Mussolini assassination attempt has been named high commissioner of national purging by Premier Badoglio to identify and remove pro Fascist Italians.
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Naples
Tito Samboni
Benito Mussolini
Badoglio
Nation's Tax Bill Reaches Record High After Veto Override
Senate overrode the president to lift the wartime revenue act raising the annual tax bill to over 42 billion dollars. Higher postal rates take effect in 30 days, April 1 brings excise hikes and broader levies on liquor, luxury goods, jewelry, railroad and telephone charges. Social security payroll tax stays at one percent while unions and farm cooperatives must file annual Treasury financial statements.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Ramirez quits as president of Argentina
Montevideo reports Gen. Pedro Ramirez resigns and Gen. Edelmiro Farrell assumes the presidency of Argentina's nine month old military government after a palace coup amid cabinet opposition over breaking relations with the Axis. Farrell, an ally of Col. Juan Perón, is linked to the Gou group pressuring war stance.
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Montevideo
Edelmiro J. Farrell
Argentina
Pedro Ramirez
Buenos Aires
Ramirez
Farrell
Juan Domingo Peron
Labor and Welfare
Gou
Alberto Gilbert
Germany
Sparnon Rites Set At Carbon Hill Church
Reuben Sparnon 78 longtime Carbon Hill resident died in Cherrington Hospital following the death of his son Dar O. Sparnon last Saturday. Funeral services will be at Carbon Hill Methodist Church Sunday with burial at the family residence. He was born in Wales and lived in Pennsylvania and Wyoming before settling in Carbon Hill. He is survived by two sisters Mrs Edith Keegle in Washington and Mrs Abigail Powell in the West along with several grandchildren. He was active in Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows.
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Logan
Reuben Sparnon
Carbon Hill
Hocking County
Cherrington Hospital
Dar O. Sparnon
Darl Sparnon
Carbon Hill Methodist Church
Mr. Sparnon
Wales
United States
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Sparnon
Edith Keegle
Washington
Abigail Powell
West
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows Lodge
Vienna to evacuate capital starting March first
A Budapest dispatch reported Vienna authorities plan a evacuation of the former Austrian capital beginning March 1. The report appeared in Morgan Tidningen.
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Stockholm
Budapest
Morgan Tidningen
Vienna
RAF Bombers Pound Schweinfurt and Steyr Plants
The RAF and USAAF launched synchronized daylight raids on Schweinfurt and Steyr with 1,000 bombers from Britain and additional strikes from Italy. American air fleets claimed 156 enemy planes down, while RAF and allied losses totaled 41 bombers and 10 fighters.
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London
RAF
Britain
Schweinfurt
Italy
Steyr
U. S
Jin Hang
Austria
Eighth Airforce
15Th Airforce
Death Penalty Sought in McCoy Case
Prosecutor John B. Hill announced the death penalty would be sought as James W. Collett goes on trial for the Thanksgiving Eve slaying of the Mc Coy family. The defendant faces multiple counts including the murder of Elmer McCoy 54 his wife Forrest 60 and daughter Mildred 20.
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Washington
John B. Hill
James W. Collett
Elmer McCoy
Hill
Collett
Forrest
Mildred
President Roosevelt Resting Away From Washington
President Roosevelt, recovering from influenza, rests away from Washington and shields himself from press contact. He remains connected to the White House via special facilities and urged Senate Leader Barkley not to resign in protest of the veto. No official explanation of his absence is given.
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Roosevelt
Washington
White House
Senate
Barkley
Thcoraing
Rum Removed From Rationed Liquor List
In Columbus, rum was removed from the state liquor ration list and brandy restored as a bonus for the next ration period from March 1 to April 8. Liquor Director Don A. Fisher said rum supplies are adequate for unrestricted purchases, though some metropolitan stores report shortages.
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Columbus
Don A. Fisher
Truk Raid Reveals Weak Japanese Air Defenses
Eyewitness accounts describe the February strike on Truk by U S carriers. American battleships closed in to sink an enemy cruiser, while Japanese air opposition proved weaker than expected. About 201 Japanese planes were shot down, and a cruiser and several ships were sunk or damaged.
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Elmont Waite
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Truk
United States
Caroline Islands
North
Donald B. Ingerstew
Trenton
Wham
William G. Privette
Chapel Hill, N. C
Ingerslew and
Harrison
Privette
Ingersien
Reds Advance West After Capturing Vitebsk Base
Soviet forces report capturing Vitebsk in White Russia and pushing west from Rogachev and Dno through German defenses. Berlin radio confirms the base evacuation as British bombing targets Schweinfurt ball bearing plants. Russians claim heavy German losses and nearing Minsk with Rokossovsky’s army advancing from the Pripet marshes.
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White Russia
Vitebsk
Old Poland
East Prussia
Berlin
Rogachev
Dno
Schweinfurt
Germany
Allied Attack Forecast on Cassino Front in Italy
Stockholm dispatch reports a lull before a major Allied offensive on the Cassino front with reinforcements from British Indian and French Moroccan troops. The announcment claims 4 000 enemy killed many prisoners and substantial war materiel captured including 62 big guns. Red Army advances at Rogachev and Vitebsk signal a possible new push toward Minsk from the White Russian front.
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Stockholm
Cp— Aftenbladet
Berlin
Italy
Cassino
Rogachev
Vitebsk
Zhlobin
Gomel
Gomelyaminsk
Minsk
Allied push at Cassino and Anzio continues as German forces swell
Allied Fifth Army strengthens positions around Cassino and Anzio despite fresh German attempts to probe south of Carroceto. In the mountains, Monte Castellone is firming under snow as German divisions shift from the north. Air forces claim 13 enemy planes destroyed and a 5000-ton merchant ship sunk near the Yugoslav coast.
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Carroceto
Fifth Army
Monte Abate
Terelle
Cassino
Garigiliano
Monte Castellone
Cairo
Italy
Eighth Army
Brac
Split
Dziennik Polski
London
Curzon
Churchelill
Commons
Farm Leaders Attack Draft Rule In 1944 Production Probe
Four major farm groups issue a joint statement calling the selective service directive drastic and against national interest as the Senate Agriculture Committee opens an inquiry. Maj. Gen. Hershey testifies on a plan directing local boards to review 1,700,000 farm labor deferments.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Edward A. O'Neil
American Farm Bureau Federation
Ezra T. Benson
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Fred C. Brenckman
National Grange
Charles W. Holman
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Two Die in Springfield Auto Crash on State Route 69
Two people were killed and two injured in a collision on State Route 69 near Springfield yesterday. The deceased are Mrs. Henrietta Quichet 63 and Earl Jones 63 both of Lakeview. Injured are Fred Quichet 66 driver of the car and Raymond Marker 48 of Troy. The report mentions a separate line about Mrs. Elizabeth Kinsey Miller, former leading lady for Kinsey Comedy Company, dying in Fostoria.
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Springfield
Here
Henrietta Quichet
Earl Jones
Lakeview
Fred Quichet
Raymond Marker
Troy
Fostoria
Elizabeth Kinsey Miller
Old Kinsey Comedy Company
Ohio
Seemael
Death of farmer in grass fire linked to overexertion
Coroner W Lynd reports 77 year old B W Russell died on his farm near here while battling a grass fire. The cause was listed as overexertion and suffocation.
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Chesapeake
B. W. Russell
Here
W. ¥. Lynd
Franklin Woman Slain At Farm Near Lebanon
Warren County deputies hunted a suspect seen near a Franklin farm home after Myrtle Rogers 44 was found strangled and beaten to death. Her six year old nephew Leal Baron found the body when he returned from school with his mother Pauline Balon, who lived with the slain woman.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Franklin
Myrtle Rogers
Reject Proposal to Defer Lake Seamen
Washington reports that a proposal to defer Great Lakes seamen on the same basis as offshore seamen was rejected by selective service. The suggestion, backed by the War Shipping Administration's recruitment and manning division, aimed to ensure adequate personnel for ore and grain vessels on the Great Lakes.
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Washington
Great Lakes
War Shipping Administration
Yank Fighters Are Not Driven on by Hatred
Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner of Cleveland says American soldiers, including the wounded, do not hate the enemy. He spoke during a New York press conference after returning from a tour of war fronts. He called war a dirty messy business the country did not want, but argued the enemy must be defeated.
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New York
Barnett R. Brickner
Cleveland
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