Shakeup of Vichy Army Is Rumored
United States officials said plans to send two ships to North Africa and a Red Cross vessel with milk and clothing for French children were canceled amid a Vichy government shakeup led by Pierre Laval. Welles noted ships had not sailed and would not depart until the new regime is clarified.
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France
French North Africa
Vichy
Sumner Welles
Welles
Pierre Laval
North Africa
Red Cross
William D Leahy
Laval
London
Berlin
Henri Dentz
Syria
Adolf Hitler
Petain
Washington
United States
William D. Leahy
Germany
Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
U. S
Brazzaville
West Africa
Brooks Given Nomination in Illinois Voting
Illinois Republicans renominate Sen. C Wayland Brooks in a wartime primary while Democrat Raymond S McKeough wins to challenge him. Returns show Brooks leading Wright and McKeough defeating Douglas as Chicago turnout remains light amid national mobilization.
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Chicago
Illinois
Wayland Brooks
Raymond S. McKeough
Roosevelt
House
Brooks
McKeough
Democratic Organization
Warren Wright
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Paul H. Douglas
Douglas
University of Chicago
Stephen A. Day
Denison B. Hull
Fight For Freedom Committee
Kelly-Nash
Benjamin S. Adamowski
Edmund K. Jarecki
Cook County
Downstate
United States
Wright
George A. Paddock
Ralph E. Church
Thomas S. Gordon
Leo Kocialkowski
Federal axe cuts Physical Fitness Unit and staff
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt scrapped the division of physical fitness, downsizing most staff, reducing the director to an assistant, and trimming the budget from about 300000 dollars to 9000 dollars per quarter. Mayris Chaney was among the former employees.
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Washington
INS
Paul V. McNutt
Division of Physical Fitness
Mayris Chaney
McNutt
John B
Jack” Kelly
Help Wanted Ad Draws 83 Answers in Gazette
Eastern Iowa firms use Gazette Help-Wanted Columns to hire quickly and cheaply. The Cedar Rapids factory job seeks men for food processing dalant with no prior experience required. Write age education employer references and request for interview. Box D-54 Gazette.
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Iowa
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Confusion Over MacArthur Supreme Command in Pacific
In Washington and Australia confusion persisted over General Douglas MacArthur’s role as supreme commander of United Nations forces in the southwest Pacific. Officials noted he had not received full instructions four weeks after arriving in Australia while Allied strategic issues delayed formal grand command.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations Force
Southwest Pacific
Netherlands
New Zealand
MacArthur
United States Army
Australia
Far East
John Curtin
Roosevelt
United Nations
Southwest
Pacific
White House
Volunteer Workers Begin War Bond Pledge Campaign
Cedar Rapids volunteers started a drive to solicit pledges for United States war savings bonds. The campaign lasts through next Wednesday with planned extensive home outreach and evening soliciting. Linn county chairman B. D. Silliman urged brief decisions on investments and noted payroll allotments need not be increased unless desired.
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Cedar Rapids
United States War Savings
B. D. Silliman
Linn County
Silliman
Stormy NRA leader Hugh S Johnson dies at 59
Hugh S Johnson once led the NRA and became a sharp New Deal critic. He died of pneumonia at Walter Reed after months of illness at age 59, with family at his bedside. His fiery career included organizing the NRA in 1933 and clashing with President Roosevelt over policy.
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Hugh Johnson
NRA
Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Walter Reed Hospital
Wardman Park
Johnson
Elizabeth Johnston
Kilbourne
Army
the Gazette
Roosevelt
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Edwin M. Watson
Supreme Court
New Deal
Rampant Mercury Rooms Unhindered By Strong Winds
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for unseasonably warm conditions this afternoon and Thursday forenoon with fresh to moderate winds. The downtown dust was stirred as the mercury rose to 76 degrees by 12 30 pm and 77 by 4 30 pm on Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Nazis Sentence 25 Frenchmen to Die
A German court martial in Paris sentenced 25 of 27 Frenchmen to death for terrorism linked to assassinations and sabotage against German forces. One defendant received 10 years in prison and another five years.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Submarine Buildup Gets House Naval Committee Approval
The House Naval Committee approved a 200000 ton, 900 million dollar submarine program after Vinson and naval experts testified. The panel raised the authorized tonnage from 170000 to 200000 tons, while Vinson did not disclose the exact number of submarines implied by the tonnage.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Navy Department
King Hosts Gen Marshall Hopkins at Buckingham Palace
Gen George C. Marshall chief of staff and Harry Hopkins, Roosevelt adviser, were luncheon guests of King George VI at Buckingham Palace in London.
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London
George C. Marshall
United States Army
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
King George
Buckingham Palace
RAF Blitz on Continent Expands as Bombing Sharpens
British daylight sweep across the invasion coast follows nightly raids on Germany. RAF fighters repelled counter attacks while heavy incendiaries devastate Ruhr targets. US pilots Anderson and McPharlin credited with hits in a channel air battle as German defenses mass along the coast.
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London
Dover Strait
Germany
Vial
Ruhr
Boulogne
Dover
Paris
Calais
Luxembourg
Hilversum
Holland
RAF
Air Ministry
le Havre
Russia
Coventry
Plymouth
Daily Mail
France
Normandy
United States
Newton Anderson
Chicago
Michael George McPharlin
Channel
U S Moves to Bar Social Justice From Mails
The weekly Social Justice faced possible permanent mail revocation after Postmaster General Walker ordered its withholdment citing alleged espionage act violations. A hearing was set for April 29 to determine mailability, with Father Coughlin denying current ties and defending the publication.
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Charles E. Coughlin
The
Weekly
Atty
Francis Biddle
Washington
Biddle
Walker
Axis
Goebbels
Social Justice
US Bombers From Australia Strike Japanese Bases
Thirteen American bombers operating from Australia attacked Manila Cebu Davao and Batangas in the Philippines. The raid, the longest-range air offensive of the Pacific war, destroyed docks ships and hangars with only one plane lost. Brig Gen Royce Nichols received the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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MacArthur
Australia
Manila
Cebu
Davao
Batangas
Philippine Islands
Ralph Royce Nicholsfield
Nichols Field
Mindanao
Rush Lincoln
United Nations Air
George H. Brett
Royce
Roosevelt
D.F.C
John Hubert Davies
Piedmont
Calif
Frank P Bostrom Brett
Philippines
Unreasonable Orders Cited On Normandie Fire
House naval affairs committee cites issuance of unreasonable orders and carelessness for the Normandie disaster in New York harbor. It urges immediate transfer of the merchant marine to the navy and sends copies to President Roosevelt and Navy leaders. The report notes late Feb 14 sailing orders overruled expert recommendations despite Feb 6 advisories against sailing.
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Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
New York Harbor
Normandie
Roosevelt
Navy
Frank Knox
Vinson
D-Ga
Emory S Land
Maritime Commission
Merchant Marine
Women’s Reserve for Navy Approved
Washington lawmakers approve legislation to form a women’s auxiliary reserve for the navy matching the existing women’s army auxiliary corps approved by the house.
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Women’s Reserve
Navy
Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Women’s Auxiliary Reserve For the Navy
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
House
Allied raiding blows hit Japanese columns on Mindanao
The army reported an American Filipino raiding party ambushed a Japanese truck column on Mindanao with heavy casualties to the enemy and no loss to its own forces. Small raids in northern Luzon targeted lightly held positions in the mountains. A motor torpedo boat then sank a Japanese cruiser near Cebu and survived heavy fire. Corregidor battles continued with artillery exchanges. Cebu fighting news was unchanged. The War Department issued no communique on Wednesday.
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Washington
Mindanao
Luizon
Luzon
Philippine
Manila
Bataan
Cebu
Corregidor
War Department
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Cedar Rapids News
Gen. Johnson
King
Gen. Marshall
Hopkins
R.A.F. Blitz
Royal Oak
Father Coughlin
America
Coughlin
Thomas J
Amelia Coughlin Biddle
Chance
Dn. F. C
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