German Flyers Strike Hard At Britain's Ships
The Nazi Luftwaffe pounded British shipping with 10 ships totaling 45 000 tons attacked in the last 24 hours. Four ships were sunk and four more heavily damaged while U boats sank fewer ships as crews prepare for Hitlers spring offensive. Royal Air Force bombed northern France airfields overnight and a British plane hit Ijmuiden docks starting a large fire.
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Paris Faces Nazi Rationing for Clothes Distribution
Paris is now under a German imposed clothing rationing system with 35 Paris designers exempt to sell unlimited 1000 franc couture frocks. The 150 point annual ration card burdens low cost houses and stores, with woolen dresses consuming 50 points and leaving 100 for stockings underwear and other essentials.
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Berlin
Bellow from the Wilderness Calls for Self-Rift and Action
The speaker laments leaks in the system and mocks reliance on others. He recalls a midwestern farmer’s quip about future prediction and Bill Rogers’s capability, then urges bystanders to stop worrying about neighbors and begin independent thinking.
Thinking For Ourselves Says Baer On Guam Samoa Yap
Arthur Baer critiques U S foreign policy moves like interventions in Guam Samoa and Yap arguing policymakers use optimistic rhetoric while neglecting practical risks. He recalls prior debates in 1921 and 1936 about colonial reach and defense approaches and urges self guided judgment.
Pioneer Midwestern Hotel Man Is Dead
Rome Miller 85 a noted hotel man died in Los Angeles ten days after his wife’s death. A St. Louis native and Omaha pioneer he opened the first eating house on the old North Western railroad and later ran the Fontenelle and Rome hotels in Omaha. Doctors cited grief as the main cause of his illness.
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Australia pledges full war effort and defence resolve
Prime Minister Robert Menzies told Britain elements of danger remain in the Pacific but Australia will defend itself. He outlined Australia’s war push including 51 ships to be built, 26 000 pilots and gunners trained, and a four infantry divisions plus one armored division. He described the joint British empire enterprise and invited Wendell Willkie to visit.
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Wendell Willkie
Military policy shifts on Pacific bases and leases
The report outlines potential strategies related to Pacific base rights and lease arrangements, mentioning Australia and New Guinea in the context of strategic positioning. It notes U.S. consideration of facilities, defense access, and cooperative defense arrangements with allied nations.
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Pacific
New Guinea
United States
Pension Boost Bill Sent To Governor For Iowa Old Age Fund
The Iowa Senate approved a bill boosting the old age pension fund to 8.5 million dollars for two years. Passed 96 to 0, it goes to Governor George A. Wilson for signing. The federal government matches the state share of pensions. The increase totals 1.5 million over prior appropriations.
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Debate Over Rise Sparks Charge of Federal Pressure
AMES AP Mohr Keet a former Iowa State College student is interned in Paris after being captured by Germans on a Dutch vessel. His fiancee Joan Hospers of Sheldon Ta learned of his location, noting she had not known his whereabouts since last summer. Keet lives in South Africa and was traveling to that region when the Dutch ship was seized by German forces.
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