Navy budget cut by 111 million largest slas h to date by committee
Washington a house committee sliced 111 7 million from Roosevelt navy budget to 966 772 787 while urging ships superior to foreign ones The plan sustains 150 000 sailors and 25 000 marines and funds wartime aircraft and ordnance with a Guam harbor project capped at 3 million dollars The navy seeks 19 ships and 352 aircraft amid fears of a broader European war and turmoil in the Far East Admiral Stark warned of heightened global risk.
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Roosevelt
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Appropriations Committee
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Navy
Guam
Pacific Island
Japan
Congress
Navy High Command
Far East
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
House Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
New York GOP Chief Criticized for Dewey Tour Gesture
Thomas E. Dewey toured with New York Republican State Chairman William S. Murray drawing fire from Gannett supporters and some moderates who say Murray should remain neutral at this stage of the nominating contest. Frank Gannett offered no direct comment on the incident.
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New York
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
Portland
Ore
William S. Murray
Frank Gannett
Gannett
Murray
Dewey
Fleming Named To Be Wage Hour Boss
President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Col. Philip B. Fleming to be wage and hour administrator. The army engineer, previously head of the wage hour division, needed legislation to accept the post due to army status. authorization came in a recently signed appropriation bill.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Philip B. Fleming
Army
PWA
Labor Department
Fleming
A Letter On Faith From A Man Changed By Jesus
A reader recounts a personal transformation after reading the New Testament and the Gospels. He describes a shift from religious taboo to embracing Jesus road of love and fearlessness, urging others to read the story with an open heart. The note underscores a desire for genuine faith free of fear and hate.
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Jesus
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Expectant Fathers May Get Training For Their Job Now
In Memphis the maternal welfare league offers four weekly lessons starting Friday to teach expectant fathers about infant care. Lessons cover diapering, bathing and feeding "Junior" the rubber doll, dressing baby in fashionable outfits, and strategies to help the family sleep through the night.
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Memphis
Tenn
Maternal Welfare League of Woman's Clubs
Wakama Crew Rescued After Scuttling Off Brazil Coast
British Admiral Harwood announced the Wakama crew were picked up by a British cruiser after the German freighter was scuttled while attempting to run the Allied blockade off Cape Frio to Cape de San Thome. The Wakama had burned before abandoning ship. other German freighters were believed nearby.
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Cape de San Thome
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Montevideo
Exeter
Ajax
Achilles
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Ministry of Marine
Administration opposes Gillette Jap Resolution
The Roosevelt administration notified Congress the President opposes applying the neutrality act to Sino Japanese hostilities. Secretary Hull told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that such measures should not pass and urged Congress to defer action on embargo proposals.
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Gillette
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Cordell Hull
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Executive Department
Europe
Orient
Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Hull
Guy Gillette
Danaher
Conn
Finland
Russia
Japan
Closeup Of Hitler Given By Knickerbocker Says England Seeks To Save Self
H R Knickerbocker, chronicling European history, warned Americans that this war affects them. He argued England and France seek self preservation not imperial aims, traced Hitler’s violations from Locarno to the Rhineland, and noted Munich shifted foreign opinion. He did not urge U S entry.
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Artie Shaw and Lana Turner Wed in Las Vegas Elopement
Hollywood AP reports Artie Shaw the band leader married Lana Turner the 19 year old actress in a surprise Las Vegas elopement. Shaw 30 recently left his band after illness. Turner known for These Glamour Girls and Dancing Coed.
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Artie Shaw
Lana Turner
Las Vegas
Nev
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Miss Tuner
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Tammany District Leader Indicted in NYC Racketeering Case
William Solomon, Tammany Hall district leader, indicted on seven counts of extortion bribery and unlawful fees. The case stems from state printing contracts to Burland Printing and names Charles H. Mullens assistant NY state comptroller. Both men surrendered to District Attorney Dewey’s rackets bureau.
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NEW York
William Solomon
Tammany Hall
New York County Grand Jury
Thomas E. Dewey
Burland Printing Company
Charles H. Mullens
State of
Mullens
Clouds Slow Up Mercury Movement in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids weather stayed cloudy Tuesday with gradual temperature changes. Reading on the Chambers Inskeep recorder showed 14 at 9 am, 17 at 10 am, 29 at 1:30 pm, and a 2:30 pm sun break with 30 degrees recorded. The day’s peak 30 occurred from 3 to 5 pm, then 26 at 7 pm and 18 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Son Shouldn’t Tell Father Not To Run Says Baer
Arthur Bugs Baer argues presidents should not seek a third term and warns against family interference. He jokes about constitutional amendments to grant presidents and their families greater freedom and respect, noting his son has kept quiet.
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Bugs’ Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Council Seeks Voters’ Yes on Washington High Sale
City council unanimously asks the board of education to place a March 11 ballot item before independent school district voters. The proposition would deed the old Washington high school building and land to the city for $1 and valuable considerations.
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Washington High
Board of Education
Independent School District
Old Washington High School
Washington High School
City To Buy Land For Extension Of Ellis Golf Course
City leaders move to negotiate purchase of 43 adjacent acres to extend Ellis park golf course to 18 holes. Delegation led by Paul Huston cites $12,500 price and WPA aid pledges, with plans for a two stage layout and a two year construction horizon.
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Don Hines
Ellis Park
Ellis Golfers
Paul Huston
WPA
Huston
Gilbert Martin
William Garrison
Leo Lefebvre
J. W. Stoddard
Torpedoing of Dutch Vessel Declared Legal
Berlin reports that German authorities said the submarine commander acted within legal rights by torpedoing the Netherlands steamer Burgerdijk. The ship was bound for the British contraband control at the Downs, making it a contraband carrier under German prize court law for neutral vessels headed to belligerent ports.
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Netherlands
Burgerdijk
Downs
Polshow Divorce Granted After Honeymoon Infidelity
Los Angeles Mrs Bessie Polshow told a judge Monday that her husband took along another woman on their honeymoon. She won a divorce.
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Los Angeles
Bessie Polshow
Hoover Warns Unemployment Endangers America as Lincoln Era Urges Reform
Former President Herbert Hoover warned Nebraska Women’s Republican clubs that the un employment problem must be cured to save the nation. He spoke on Lincoln Day stressing unemployment as the top domestic issue and outlined ten conclusions to revitalize jobs for about nine million unemployed Americans.
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Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
Nebraska
Republican Clubs
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Lincoln
Finland
Poland
Dewey Declines States With Favorite-Son Nominations
Portland AP report notes Thomas E. Dewey, New York district attorney and Republican presidential hopeful, says he will not campaign in states where a favorite son is seeking the nomination, a move signaling strategic opposition to local favorites.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Republicans Praise Lincoln and Attack New Deal on Lincoln Day
Republican leaders in multiple cities commemorated Lincoln Day with speeches praising the Civil War president and criticizing the New Deal. Notable speakers included Dewey Taft Bridges Wheeler Hamilton, stressing free enterprise and individual rights, while warning against potential totalitarian drift.
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New York
Taft
Ohio
Bridges
New Hampshire
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N. C
Oklahoma City
Lincoln
Wheeler
Montana
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N. J
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John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Dewey Attacks New Deal At Portland Lincoln Day Rally
Thomas E. Dewey charged the New Deal with stifling business initiative and described the productive plant as running down at the heel by more than a billion dollars annually. He likened today’s divisions to Civil War era strife and urged unity under a Republican administration, addressing 6000 inside Portland's civic auditorium and thousands outside. The remarks, broadcast nationwide, cited a $7 billion deterioration of productive capacity. Continued on page 2.
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Ore
INS
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Civic Auditorium
Multnomah County
Republican Central Committee
New Deal Enslaved Free Men MacNider Asserts
Han ford MacNider of Mason City Iowa former national commander of the American Legion told the Middle sex club that Franklin Roosevelt enslaved the free by creating dependence on federal largess. He cited Lincoln's philosophy and argued one eighth of the population is now supported by the government as a form of enslavement.
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MacNider
Boston
Abraham Litcoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
American Legion
Middlesex Club
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Finnish forces retake key Karelian isthmus positions
After 13 days of battle Finnish authorities say all strategically important positions on the Karelian isthmus have been won back by counter-attacks. They acknowledge withdrawals at Summa area but affirm the Mannerheim line remains intact with only distant Russian machine-gun posts left.
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Karelian Isthmus
Moscow
Mannerheim Line
Man Arrested In Hog Sale Cheating Case At Fairfax
Deputy Sheriff Harlan Snyder arrested Donald Palmer 30 of Cedar Rapids at the Fairfax post office noon Tuesday. Palmer admitted attempting to obtain hogs at Linn and Cedar county farm sales by false pretenses and signed a statement at the Linn county jail. He allegedly bid for eight brood sows at George Strong farm near Marion January 17 and planned to settle at Marion bank. Hogs were moved to a packing plant. sellers confronted him and he fled. He later claimed bidding for 12 brood sows at George DeForrest sale near Mechanicsville Monday using a forged Dale Graves signature and a $234 Cedar Rapids bank check.
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Fairfax Post
Harlan Snyder
Donald Palmer
Linn
Cedar Counties
Palmer
Snyder
Marion
Marion Bank
Wilson and Company
George DeForrest
Mechanicsville
Dale Graves
Fairfax
Anzacs Arrive in Palestine After World War Trail
In Jerusalem the second Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force contingent arrived, following a World War trail. Some troops include Palestinians who moved to Australia after the war and veterans who served under General Allenby in 1918. The first contingents reached Suez yesterday amid crowds and British officials.
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Palestine
Australia
Allenby
New Zealand
Suez
President Plans Southern Midwinter Cruise
President Roosevelt will depart this week for a midwinter vacation that is expected to become a cruise in southern waters. The White House declined comment as it plans to reveal details at a Tuesday press conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
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