Berlin Bombings Report From Front Letters Describe March Firestorm
A Berlin dispatch quotes Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels on heavy raids from March 1 and 2. The letter details fires at a factory and a large car warehouse opposite the writers, six houses near Friedrichstrasse, and damage to Berlin's technical high school, noting strategic rail impacts and a May German victory over Louvain.
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Paul Joseph Goebbels
Berlin
London
Knie
Friedrichstrasse
Louvain
Cleveland Street Car and Bus Service Halted by Walkout
Cleveland street car and bus service were halted by a strike of the International Street Car Men's union. Last vehicles left the barns at midnight and service stopped at 2 am after wage negotiations collapsed. Taxicabs were pressed into service and workers doubled up in private autos to reach war plants.
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Cleveland
International Street Car Men's Union
AFL
Transit Board
George D. McGwinn
Cleveland War Transportation Committee
George Marowitz
Cains
Congress Must Put Good of the Nation First
Rep. Gore of Tennessee urged Congress to prioritize national good over sectional interests to curb an expanding federal bureaucracy. He called for streamlining the legislative process and warned against the fed eral government becoming both administrator and director, risking individual rights in post victory democracy.
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New York
Congress
Administra
Rep. Gore
Dtenn
Imbraska
Germany Fights Americanization Peril Ribbentrop
German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop warned of a fight to bar Bolshevik danger from the East and the danger of Americanization from the West. His remarks were issued in connection with the foreword of the forthcoming European Manual. He said a new Europe will replace the old, excluding foreign influences and ensuring each people’s rightful place.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Ribbentrop
Europe
Honor System Fails to Enforce East Ration Rules
OPA officials say the honor system for banning pleasure driving in the East failed, shifting emphasis to price panels and local rationing boards. Emerson outlined enforcement stats including 10,752 investigations and 25 convictions for meat and poultry violations, with poultry cases spanning Maryland to Texas.
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Washington
East
Office of Price Administration
Price
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Thomas I. Emerson
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Department of Justice
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Texas
Food Talks Won’t Accomplish Much at Hot Springs Parley
Senators Gillette and Aiken criticized the state department agenda for next month’s food conference at Hot Springs Virginia as lacking concrete aims. Ferguson urged a blunt, personal discussion between War Office figures Patterson and Jeffers to bridge rubber and aviation fuel disputes. Patterson and Jeffers are due to testify on war contract probes with potential contempt actions debated by the full committee.
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Washington
Hot Springs
Gillette
D-Ia
Aiken
R-Vt
State Department
Ferguson
R-Mich
Patterson
Jeffers
Senate War Investigating Committee
House
Prisoners protest jail food after candy rations cut
In Los Angeles, sixty six inmates at the county jail refused meals after their candy supplies were cut when the candy seller enlisted in the navy. The report notes the candy shortage led to a prolonged period with no treats for the prisoners.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Candy sales fail as jail crew unavailable
A prison report notes inmates refuse to stock candy due to staffing shortages. Guard Captain Charles Fitzgerald cites monthly cost of $115 for a candy cart, and inmates instead throw food as he attempts to explain the situation to them. The turnkey interjects that he has joined the boss.
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Charles Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
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