Eerie Night With Doughboys on Italian Line
Major Samuel H. Lyons in charge of all military police on the Fifth Army front keeps order at night in dangerous Italian terrain. George Tucker records dawnless patrols, ghost trails, mine fields, and the traffic guiding soldiers to foxholes while German shells light the skies.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Samuel H. “Hamp
Lyon
Alexander City
Ala
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Norman Halpin
Scranton
Fatal Demonstration Drowns Scout on Lake in Rochester
Robert Brearey a 15 year old Boy Scout drowned Sunday night during a safety demonstration at a lake in Rochester New York He fell from a raft while teaching the topic What not to do on a raft The incident occurred during a Scout event and authorities investigated the accident.
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Rochester
N. Y
Robert Brearey
Robert
Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled Devotion
Daily Lenten devotional by Dr. Gaius Glenn Atkins for the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America Reflects on John 14 1 4 and the cures of troubled hearts through faith in God’s love and care. The piece urges steady prayer and trust amid fear and misunderstanding in the world.
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Gaius Glenn Atkins
The
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ of America
Jesus
Earth
AFL CIO clash over NLRB fund rider
The CIO opposes AFL efforts to re enact 1943 style rider restricting NLRB powers in unfair labor practice cases. Nathan Cowan warns affiliates to mobilize against adding the rider to the 1944 45 appropriation as John Frey maneuvers to push re enactment in a House subcommittee memorandum.
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Washington
CIO
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Nathan Cowan
NLRB
Congress
Cowan
John Frey
AFL Metal Trades Department
Frey
House Appropriations
Russia seeks postwar lend-lease aid after Europe war
The Sunday Observer reports Russia asked the United States to extend lend-lease support for three years after Europe’s war ends. Washington’s reply reportedly pressed Moscow to pledge full cooperation with the western powers against Japan, a commitment Moscow was reluctant to make.
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London
The
Sunday Observer
Russia
United States
Europe
Washington
Japan
Moscow
Observer
Legionnaires Advocate Draft For Women In Armed Forces
The American Legion chapters in Los Angeles Santa Barbara and Ventura counties adopt a resolution urging selective service classification of all women 18 to 45 and induction of all eligible women into the armed services. The measure passed at a Sunday meeting of 219 posts.
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Hollywood
American Legion
Southern California
Armed Services
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Ventura County
Winchell files libel suit against Hoffman over statements
Walter Winchell announces a quarter-million dollar libel action against Rep. Clare Hoffman over a letter Hoffman wrote to the Marcellus News. The letter allegedly claimed Winchell, in the naval reserve, was stripped of uniform duties and pay. Winchell demanded proof from Rep. Dies regarding charges of a funded smear campaign.
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New York
INS
Walter Winchell
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Congress
Hoffman
Marcellus, Mich
Winchell
Destroyer O'Bannon Earns Presidential Unit Citation
The U S destroyer O Bannon is awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for outstanding combat service against Japan from October 7, 1942, to October 7, 1943.
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Washington
U. S
O’bannon
Wisconsin Primary Shapes GOP Quest For Nominating Hope
The Associated Press reports the GOP eyes Wisconsin for a potential delegate boost or a setback among four presidential contenders Willkie Dewey Stassen and MacArthur. Willkie rejects a political rumor as phony propaganda while urging convention restraint and broad party support.
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Wisconsin
Maine
California
G.O.P
Wendell L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Willkie
Ways to Hold Down the Cost of Living in Wartime
The piece argues wartime price control is possible if both government and citizens act. It outlines seven boxed points guiding individuals to curb rising costs and explains the twofold responsibility to fight inflation now and after the war.
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Life Insurance Companies of
America
East 42Nd St
New York
Edwin O. Stivers
Wilton
Conn
Stlvers
Edwin Stivers
Willkie Calls GOP Voters to War Effort
In Hastings Nebraska Wendell Willkie urged Republicans to mobilize all resources for a tough war and condemned New Deal policy for not demanding civilian sacrifice. He argued the country has its highest living standards amid the war effort.
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Hastings
Neb
INS
Wendell Willkie
Republican Party
New Deal Administration
Willkie
Willkie Calls for Republican Victory to Save Farm Land Rights
Wendell L. Willkie spoke to about 1,500 in David City Nebraska urging support for the GOP candidate in the April 11 1944 primary. He argued the farmer's right to own and operate land depends on electing a Republican president.
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David City
Neb
Wendell L. Willkie
Nebraska
Willkie
British Production Slashed by Coal Strike Threat
London AP reports drastic cuts in industrial electricity and gas as coal mine strikes push government orders to reduce power by 10 percent and gas by 25 percent. Factories face output losses on the eve of a Western European invasion, affecting both war and non war plants.
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London
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