War News and Policy Echoes in Pacific and Home Front
A war column reviews Allied air gains in the Southwest Pacific as morale boosters amid prior reverses. It notes Washington pressure to retain the 40 hour week, calls for clear war labor policy, and critiques Roosevelt’s use of ancient Roman strategy. It also covers price fixing by agencies, juke box crackdowns, and wartime sacrifices including food rhythms and home front behavior.
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Pacific
United Nations
Far East
Washington
War Administration
Roosevelt
B. C
Woods
Hitler calls generals to map spring push
AP reports Hitler abandons lone command and summons nearly all German officers including Field Marshal Walther von Brauchitsch to plan a spring offensive. Berlin sources say staff conferences trace strategy while heavy fighting continues on fronts from Crimea to Leningrad and Kharkov.
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Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Basel
Switzerland
National Zeitung
Hitler
Walther von Brauchitsch
Moscow
Fuehrer
Russia
High Command
Kerch
Crimea
Donets
Ukraine
Kharkov
Cedar Rapids Touted as Potential Army General Hospital Site
Senator Guy M. Gillette says Cedar Rapids area is under active consideration after Surgeon General Magee notes a St. Louis army engineers survey of Iowa sites for a proposed general hospital. Final location will come after a full facts review with equal consideration for all Iowa locations.
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Washington
Army General Hospital
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
D-Ia
James C. Magee
Army Engineer’s Office
St. Louis
Cedar Rapids
Gillette
Magee
General Hospital
Iowa City
Surgeon General
Australian Envoy To U. S. Is Given British Govt. Job
Richard G. Casey Australian minister to Washington is named minister of state to represent the war cabinet in the Middle East. Churchill made the historic appointment in Parliament as Britain centralizes Middle East war efforts. Some press voices fear Australia shifts trouble to Washington rather than London. Casey will coordinate nonmilitary Middle East war efforts.
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London
Britain
Richard G. Casey
Washington
Middle East
Dominion
Churchill
House of Commons
Australia
Casey
Weather improves as Cedar Rapids warms up today
Cloud cover blocks sun but temperatures stay above freezing in Cedar Rapids and vicinity. Warmer conditions are expected through early tonight with a milder March wind and a hopeful start to spring. Readings show 44 degrees at noon, 40 degrees earlier Wednesday, and 33 to 38 degrees overnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
MacArthur Aims to Organize Offensive for Philippines Relief
United Nations Headquarters reports Brig. Gen. Patrick Hurley says General MacArthur intends to rapidly form an offensive to defeat Japan and relieve the beleaguered Philippine garrison. Hurley notes MacArthur is en route to Australia and remains in command of the Philippines situation.
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United Nations
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Patrick Hurley
United States
New Zealand
Hurley
MacArthur
Banda, Flores
Arafura
Philippines
Philippine
Navy Crosses For Saving Flyers
Two sailors received Navy Crosses for extraordinary heroism in landing a seaplane in 15 foot waves to rescue two Marine Corps flyers adrift on a rubber liferaft off the southern California coast on January 10. Ensign J A Ekar of Chisholm Minnesota and Aviation Machinist's Mate Joseph T O Marquis of Rochester New Hampshire were cited by the 11th Naval District.
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San Diego
Calif
Marine Corps
11Th Naval District
J. A. Ekar
Chisholm
Minn
Joseph T. O. Marquis
Rochester
California
Britain Threatens To Suppress Paper
London reports an official spokesman said the Daily Mirror, known for critical editorials, has been warned it could be suppressed under defense regulations. Newspapers that publish material tending to oppose the war effort may be closed.
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London
Daily Mirror
Painter Louis Mark Dies at 75 in New York
Louis Mark a Hungarian portrait painter aged 75 died in New York on Wednesday His notable subjects included Commodore Robert Peary the North Pole explorer and President Woodrow Wilson His career spanned decades shaping early 20th century portraiture with prominent figures listed among his works.
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New York
Louis Mark
Commodore Robert Peary
North Pole
Woodrow Wilson
Labor Legislation Not Needed For War Production Gains
Nelson, head of the War Production Board, told a senate committee no new labor laws are needed to reach a 25 percent production rise. He urged trust in labor and management to avoid strikes. Other officials debated overtime pay in defense plants and Sunday double time, while concerns about war program dissatisfaction reached the President via Vice President Wallace.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Washington
Donald A. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee
Nelson
Howard Smith
D-Va
Smith
House
Naval and Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Marvin McIntyre
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Wallace
Iowa
Manila Bound Yankees First In Australia
Reporter describes the first U S convoy bringing troops to Australia during World War II. The ships arrival to Brisbane is met by cheering Australians as planes are unloaded from a commandeered liner. The force joins Gen Julian Barnes’ South Pacific task force and arrives amid a Christmas season welcome.
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U.S Air Forces
Australia
INS
United States
Manila
MacArthur
Honolulu
Wake Island
Guam
A.E.F
Austalia
MacArthur Braved Foe In Tiny Boat
Chicago Sun dispatch details General Douglas MacArthur and his party fleeing Bataan in speedboats for a secret rendezvous at dawn and a flight to Australia. The report covers a hazardous seven day journey with wife and staff three days before their airlift to the southwest Pacific command.
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Chicago
Chicago Sun
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Australia
Melbourne
H.R. Knickerbocker
the Sun
MacArthur
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
Dispatch
Stilwell to lead Fifth and Sixth Chinese armies in Burma
The War Department announced Lieut. Gen. Joseph W Stilwell will command the Fifth and Sixth Chinese armies allied with British forces defending Burma against Japan. Chiang Kai-shek assigned Stilwell after he arrived in China, previously serving as Chiang’s chief of staff. British forces reportedly damaged Japanese airfields in southern Burma, with renewed clashes along the Irrawaddy corridor near Prome and Mandalay and movements around Rangoon.
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Washington
War Department
Joseph W Stilwell
United States Army
Burma
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Stilwell
Chiang
Reuters
Maymyo
Mandalay
Tharawaddy
Rangoon
Rangoon-Prome
Irrawaddy River
Prome
Kanyutkwin
Toungoo
Expectant Mothers' Husbands May Receive Draft Deferment
Washington AP reported the national draft board recommended deferment for men with pregnant wives. A case in which a married man moved from class 1-A to 3-A prompted a ruling that marriage to escape the draft was not the reason, but pending Congress provisions on dependency justify temporary deferment due to the expected additional dependent.
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Washington
National Draft Board of Review
Roosevelt
National Board of Review
Congress
Submarine Skipper Honored in Hawaii Ceremony
Lieutenant Commander Frank W. Fenno of Williamsport Pennsylvania received the Distinguished Service Cross from Lieutenant General Delos C. Emmons in Honolulu for extraordinary heroism while commanding his submarine in enemy waters during a hazardous wartime mission. Six other officers and 64 enlisted men on the submarine were awarded silver stars.
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Honolulu
Sns
United States
Frank W. Fenno
Williamsport
Delos Commons
Hawaii
War Department
Mrs William L Mellon Dies Aboard Yacht in Miami
The death of Mrs William L Mellon occurred Wednesday afternoon aboard the Mellon yacht moored in Miami City yacht basin. She is the wife of the Pittsburgh capitalist. The announcement was made Wednesday night.
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Miami, Fla
INS
William L. Mellon
Mellon
Miami City
Card System of Gasoline Rationing for East and Northwest
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced a rigid card rationing plan for the East and Pacific Northwest to start within six weeks, replacing a 20 percent cut in supplies and a 12 hour, six day work week for about 100000 stations. He expected Henderson from the price office to implement the card system soon, while nationwide rubber savings were also discussed. A price freeze on gasoline in 19 Atlantic coastal states and the Pacific Northwest takes effect March 23, with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine or one year’s imprisonment.
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Washington
Ickes
East
Pacific Northwest
Henderson
Office of Price Administration
District of Columbia
Atlantic Coast
John E. Hamm
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Apalachicola River
Oregon
German Missionaries Allegedly Guide Japanese Invasion Drive
Cable dispatches report Japanese forces aided by German missionaries moving west from Lae through the Markham valley toward air ports in New Guinea. Allied air attacks hit Japanese fleets near Rabaul and Koepang as Port Darwin and Port Moresby face raids, with fears of a new invasion.
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Australia
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Finschhafen
Alexishafen
Lae
Markham
Port Darwin
Cape York
Tulagi
Florida Island
Solomon Archipelago
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Lyons
France
Radio
Lyons Radio
Java
Timor Sea
Coral Sea
Commonwealth
United States
Indies
F. Jones
Christchurch
N. Z
Dominion
Canberra War Cabinet
Five Norse Executed in Oslo for Helping the Enemy
German dispatches from Oslo reported Thursday that five Norwegians were executed for aiding the enemy and violating German decrees by leaving a Norwegian port without a permit. The broadcasts were recorded by UP in Berlin and dated from New York.
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Berlin
New York
Oslo
Norveman
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