Knox outlines U S Navy rearmament plans ahead of 1946
Secretary Knox announces a vast expansion of the U S Navy to 690 combatant vessels and 15,000 planes. He cites homeland defense from Newfoundland to Hawaii and a need for 33 500 officers and 461 000 enlisted men, with reserves to meet fluctuation in manpower.
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Newfoundland
Alantic
Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Hawaii
Gibraltar
Midway
Johnson Islands
Atlantic
Knox
Germans Reject Reported Japanese Mediation Offer
In Torio Yosuke Matsuoka faces German and domestic criticism after reports of a Japanese mediation proposal between Britain and Germany. German Ambassador Ott discussed the offer with officials while U S ambassador Grew met with Matsuoka amid tense Far East tensions. The Reich views Matsuoka's approach as ineffectual and poorly timed.
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TORIO
Yosuke Matsuoka
Great Britain
Germany
Matsuoka
Euger Ott
Foreign Office
United States
Joseph Clark Grew
Ott
Reid
Roosevelt relaxes at Hyde Park as vacation plans circulate
President Roosevelt sought brief relaxation at his Hyde Park library working on the New Deal documentary for the federal archives. White House aides suggested a late-week lease-lead bill vote and a possible March southern trip, with a Fortnight fishing holiday in the Gulf or Texas likely after defense legislation.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Federal Archives
White House
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Britain
Hopkins
Diana
Massachusetts
England
Administration
City Briefs Highlights Local Meetings and Honors
Town meetings span Monday through Friday with speakers Katharine Collins Des Moines and R T Ketchum Waterloo at interdenominational rally. Phi Beta Kappa honors J B McPherson Jr Gambier Ohio. Hanford Post to attend Legion conference in Des Moines. Arthur Deamer Cedar Rapids schools head resolutions for national association agenda.
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R. T. Ketchum
Walnut Street Baptist Church of
Waterloo
Second Evangelical Church
Hanford Post
The
American Legion
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Dan Kruidemer
Edward Kopp
Richard Jones
Chester Johnson
Ray Harbit
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
American Association of School Administrators
Deamer
Atlantic City
Navy Seaman Returns Home After 20 Months in Hawaii
Chief Petty Officer Orville Louvar son of Mr and Mrs Louis T Louvar returns to his parents home at 2112 FE avenue NE for a visit. He has served 20 months with the naval communications division in Hawaii and expects to reenlist after a brief stay here.
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Orville Louvar
Louis T Louvar
FE Avenue NE
Hawaiian Naval Station
Naval Communications Division
Louvar
Gary man called to active duty with air corps
John W. Linsley Jr. 22 of Gary Indiana son of John Linsley 1063 Fifth Avenue SE has been called to active duty in the army air corps. He will report at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland February 27 for six weeks then transfer to a ground crew at an air corps station in Texas.
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John W. Linsley, Jr
Gary
Ind
John Linsley
Fifth Avenue SE
Army Air Corps
Aberdeen
Air Corps
Texas
Red Cross First Aid Class Moves to Thursday Evenings
The Red Cross will hold public first aid instruction at 7 30 p m Thursday in the civil service examination room basement Federal Building. The class is open to men and women and will now meet on Thursdays. Call Red Cross headquarters in the Federal Building to estimate class size.
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Red Cross
Civil Service Examination
Federal Building
Minecks Improve After Tama Car Crash
The condition of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Mineck of 823 Third Avenue SW, injured last Sunday in a Tama area automobile accident, is reported improved by St. Luke's hospital. Visitors, however, are not yet permitted.
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Gus Mineck
Third Avenue
Tama
St. Luke's Hospital
Japanese imperial line claims 26 centuries of rule
A longstanding claim asserts the Japanese imperial dynasty has governed for 26 centuries without interruption. The assertion emphasizes the dynasty's enduring legitimacy and historic continuity praised in cultural and political contexts.
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Japan
Debate over war powers bill sparks fierce Senate clash
Central figures including Taft and McCarran battle over the administration’s covert war powers. Taft warns the bill could let the President value and discard the navy, while McCarran portrays it as a pathway to undeclared war threatening every young man in America. The exchange centers on defense financing, Argentine loans, and the president’s control of armed forces.
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Taft
A. B. Chandler
Chief of Staff
Chief of Naval Operations
Sam
McCarran
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Minton
Agree On Terms For Allis Settlement
International UAW leaders ratified terms to end the Milwaukee Allis-Chalmers strike after a conference with federal conciliators in Kenosha Wisconsin. President R J Thomas and international representative Edward Hall approved the agreement setting the conditions for workers to return.
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Kenosha
Wis
CIO United Automobile Workers Union
Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
R. J. Thomas
International Uaw
Edward Hall
International
Police arrest two drivers in Saturday accidents
Police arrested Marvin Talbott on reckless driving after his frosted windshield vehicle collided with Mike Koury’s at Sixth Avenue and Eighth Street SE around 12 10 p m. Robert Gardner was booked for operating without a license after an accident involving Mike Weber. Talbott and Gardner are to appear in police court Monday.
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Marvin Talbott
Linn Boulevard SE
Mike Koury
Sixth Avenue SE
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street SE
Talbott
Koury
Robert Gardner
D Avenue NE
Mike Weber
Gardner
Churchill Suggests F D R Visit To United States
London edition of The London Sunday Dispatch carries a feature article by New York correspondent Iddon proposing that Prime Minister Winston Churchill make a flying visit to the United States to confer with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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London
INL
Winston Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
London Sunday Dispatch
New York
N Iddon
Kilbane Twins Duel For Waukegan Mayoral Seat
The Kilbane brothers Harry and Frank file for party nominations in Waukegan with opposite loyalties. Harry, a Republican, and Frank, a Democrat, have feuded politically since childhood, culminating in a planned public clash over the mayor's office.
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Waukegan, II
Kilbane
Kilbanes
Harry
Jong Pants
Frank
Waukegan
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
Smith
G.op
Hoover
Roosevelt
No Man's Land
H R Green Named To Industrial And Defense Commission
Governor Wilson announced H R Green as head of a new Industrial and Defense Commission. The legislature approved a 50000 dollar appropriation with 10000 dollars available before July 1 and 20000 dollars annually for 1941-43. The board, paid only expenses, will be supervised by a two-house legislative committee and meet soon.
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Lisher
Burlington Hawkeye Gazette
Robert D. O’brien
Council Bluffs
Carl W. Reed
Cresco
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Edward A. Kimball
Des Moines
Iowa Manufacturers Association
Commission
Wilson
Iowa
Hod Green Recognized Engineer Leader in Iowa
Howard R Hod Green an outstanding Iowa civil engineer and former Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce president 1934 35 heads his namesake firm and serves on the chamber industrial bureau since then In 1939 Governor Wilson appointed him to the state board of engineering examiners for a four year term He remains active in civic affairs and connected to Iowa industry through work across the state
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Howard R. “Hod” Green
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Citians Urged to Boycott Buses Amid Strike
Ralph Hess of the local AFL affiliate urged residents not to ride Iowa City Coach Co. buses during the wage dispute. He denied violence by strikers, noting peaceful picketing under Amalgamated guidelines. Two injuries occurred last week from bricks hitting a coach.
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Iowa City
Ralph Hess
A. F. of L
Iowa City Coach Company
Amalgamated Association
Hess
Iowa Citians
Free French Troops Reach Eritrea After 1500 Mile March
Free French forces with their own rifles, machine guns, mortars and supplies arrived in Eritrea after a 1500 mile Africa crossing to join the British drive on Korea. They were ferried to the Eritrean coast for landing, the first since the British advance began January 15.
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Khartoum
French Equatorial Africa
British advance in East African campaign reported
The Associated Press notes fresh British successes in East Africa. They report the capture of Jumbo, a key coastal position in Halian Somali land, plus bombings of Italian positions at Diredawa and Cinele in Ethiopia and attacks on Cheren in Eritrea. Reuters says British led native demolition squads in Gojjam Province push Italians toward retreat around Lake Tana.
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Associated Presse
Jumbo
Halian Somaliland
Diredawa
Cinele
Ethiopia
Cheren
Eritrea
Reuters
Gojjam
Lake Tana
Nye Charges U S Navy Planning To Hold Burma Road
Senator Gerald Nye accused the U S Navy of planning to seize and hold the Burma road and to run extensive operations in the Pacific and Atlantic He spoke at a Citizens Keep America Out of War meeting in Chicago claiming a peacetime conscription policy risks years of training and possible service for millions of American men while Canada imposes four months training with no guaranteed overseas service for most.
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Chicago
Gerald P. Nye
Washington
Burma Road
Pacific
Atlantic
Nye
Citizens Keep America
Canada
Great Britain
Army Census to Readjust Local Draft Quotas
Selective Service HQ conducts a census of all armed forces members to refine state and local draft quotas. Daily mailings of home address cards to local boards total about 75 000 weekly, enabling boards to lower or credit quotas as areas exceed or fall short of estimates.
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Washington
Land
Naval Forces
Undercover Probe Finds Slashed Land Fees for Arms Projects
Washington AP reports a Justice Department inquiry into land prices for defense sites led to reductions in land agent fees. Paul McCord agreed to cut from 64 1 2 to 31 2 percent for about 60 000 acres in Indiana. Willis Coval set a flat 50 dollar abstract fee for each of about 600 tracts.
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War Department
Justice Department
Army Ordnance Proving Grounds
Quartermaster General
Norman M. Littell
Paul M McCord
Indianapolis
Indiana
Willis N. Coval
Union Tile Company
Burlington
Iowa
Littell
Wheeler Assails Charge Anti-War Rally Un-American
In Washington Senator Wheeler branded as un-American a claim by Dr. Frank Kingdon and Herbert Swope that a New York rally of the America First committee and Keep America Out of War Congress was un-American The rally featured Wheeler and Senator Nye with Kingdon and Swope defending America by Defending America by Aiding the Allies and denouncing perceived pro Hitler Mussolini and Stalin references as propaganda.
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Wheeler
Mont
Frank Kingdon
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York
America First Committee
Congress
Nye
N. D
Kingdon
Swope
Committee
America
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Herbert Swope
British Nazi Flyers Spar Over Channel
British and German air forces clashed over the Dover Strait with more than 100 planes in the sky at times but officials said no decisive contact occurred. The British attacked Boulogne Dunkerque and Ostend while German ships used smokescreens off Cap Gris Nez. A German fighter was shot down off the southeast coast.
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London
Dover Strait
Channel
Cap Gris Nez
Boulogne
Dunkerque
Ostend
Wilhelmshaven
Emden
Brest
France
Ruhr
British planes destroyed on ground in German raid
German report says four British aircraft were destroyed on the ground at Manston airfield during a raid that set hangars and other structures ablaze. It also claims long range bombers sank a 17,000 ton enemy merchant ship off the Scottish coast and heavily damaged two 5,000 ton ships in an Atlantic convoy raid.
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Berlin
Ins
Manston
Atlantic
Weygand Reported At Port Of Dakar
Gen Maxime Weygand supreme commander of French forces in Africa was reported to have arrived at Dakar a strategic port on the west coast of Africa.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Africa
Dakar
Three Italian Divisions Suffer Heavy Losses in Albania
Athens reports a government spokesman quoting Albanian prisoners that three Italian divisions faced heavy casualties in Albania. The Postumia division lost one-third of its effectives, the Lupe division two-thirds, and the ici division was nearly wiped out.
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Athens
Albania
Halian
Postumia
Ici
British Attempt To Create Incident In Indian Ocean
German claims that a Canadian armed merchant cruiser flew the American flag to disguise itself are unverified. U S officials doubt Berlin would provoke US belligerency, noting past wars and careful steps to keep the US nonbelligerent. Canadian flag misuse would be handled directly with Ottawa, not by third powers.
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Indian Ocean
Germany
United States
Reich
State
Navy
Canada
Trappers Of Bayou Observe Christmas On Washington Day
In Houma Louisiana trappers on Bayou du Large celebrate Christmas on February 22 each year after the trapping season. Rev Dr Gardiner L Tucker began the belated observance to ensure no one misses Christmas. An Anglo Saxon trapping community of 17 years in a French parish marks the faith fest with a tree and gifts. A possible origin ties the settlers to pirate era Lafitte legends.
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Houma
Bayou du Large
Washington
Bayou Country
Gardiner L. Tucker
St. Matthew's Church
Bayou
Louisiana
Jean and Pierre Lafitte
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