Dies committee warns of near coast Japanese bases
The Dies committee reported that Japan and Germany maintain air and supply bases near the American continent. Sources say outposts are near the west coast and Panama Canal, placed to strike the Americas or disrupt essential routes. The panel urged intensified action to remove enemy influence nationwide.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Dies Committee
West Coast
Panama Canal
Americas
California
Hawaii
Ca~nal
Dies
House Committee
Rep. Voorhis
D-Calif
Erysh
Lone Survivor Credits Swimming Skill From Home Mud Hole
Frank L. Terry, 23, the only survivor of 36 aboard the tanker W. D. Anderson torpedoed off the Florida coast, credits his life to a lifelong swimming habit learned in a muddy hole back home. He dove immediately after the first torpedo hit, aiding his two-hour battle to stay alive as flames engulfed the vessel. Survivors were brought to Florida ports within a week.
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Stuart
Fla
W. D. Anderson
Frank L. .Terry
Anderson
Florida
Terry
Tames
Reds batter troop planes near Staraya Russa in Feb report
Soviet dispatches say Red gun crews shot down large Nazi troop transport planes carrying reinforcements and supplies for the trapped 16th Army near Staraya Russa. Guerrilla activity around Leningrad reportedly killed 10,480 Germans in six months as the Red army tightens its ring and counters the German offensive.
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Moscow
Germany
Staraya Russa
Red Army
Leningrad
Eleanor Roosevelt vows to quit politics for good
New York February 28 Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt says she will not accept any future government positions while her husband is president She ruled out leading a proposed women's auxiliary air corps or any public office again The first lady spoke to reporters before boarding a plane to Seattle to visit her son in law and daughter Mrs Boettger.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps
Pope Pius XI Reported Slightly Indisposed
A Vichy broadcast from London says the Vatican reports Pope Pius XI is slightly indisposed with doctors advising him to avoid all strain. The note emphasizes there is no cause for anxiety.
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London
Vatican
Pius XI
Allied craft thwart drive toward Java
Allied warships repelled a major Japanese fleet trying to storm Soerabaja and land troops in Java. The invasion fleet regrouped in the Java Sea as air raids preceded by alarms were driven off. Dutch and UN sources report heavy but unspecified losses on both sides and a renewed enemy effort expected.
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Bandoeng
Java
United Nations
Soerabaja
Java Sea
Aneta, News
Three Missing Soldiers Sought By Army Office
Charleston February 28 The adjutant general's office seeks to determine the whereabouts of three West Virginia National Guard members recalled to active duty Staff Sergeant William E Hager last known at 131 Princeton Avenue Bluefield Sergeant Robert D Johnson Bikins and Private Harvey A Warrington Charleston Information concerning any of these men should be sent to the adjutant general's office.
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Charleston
Adjutant General's Office
West Virginia National Guard
William E. Hager
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
Robert D. Johnson
Bikins
Harvey A. Warrington
Adjutant General’s Office
Waste Wardens Sought For Retail Businesses
West Virginia civilian defense headquarters urged every retail and wholesale business to appoint a waste warden to aid salvage for victory. The office said it would mail guidance to 34,000 business houses asking cooperation and empowered wardens to lead employees in conserving vital defense materials.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Salvage For
40 Hour Week Recall Killed By House Vote
Congress defeated the 40 hour week recall amid a 226 to 62 vote. The House rejected Rep Smiths (D Va) amendment to suspend the 8 hour day and time and a half overtime rules. President Roosevelt opposed the labor amendment and would veto the war power bill if adopted.
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Washington
House
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Roosevelt
Administration
Martin
Massachusetts
Young Repre
Price ceilings placed on canned fruits and vegetables
Price Administrator Leon Henderson imposed a 60 day emergency ceiling on ten canned fruits and fifteen canned vegetables to curb profiteering and hysteria. The freeze covers highest prices from Feb twenty three to Feb twenty seven and may extend to retail prices if needed. Canned items include apples applesauce apricots cherries fruit cocktail fruit salad peaches pears pineapples plums and vegetables include asparagus beans beets carrots corn peas pumpkins sauerkraut spinach sweet potatoes tomatoes tomato ketchup and tomato juice.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Broadway Burlesque Ban Sparks Indecency Debate
New York February 28 Broadway again bans burlesque amid calls of indecency and dictatorship. Writers Russell Crouse and Howard Lindsay of Life With Father and Arsenic And Old Lace urge opposition to license restrictions, linking burlesque to broader peace anxieties.
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New York
Broadway
Munich
Russel Crouse
Howard Lindsay
Father
Powers
War Production Board Opens Intensive Push
The War Production Board announced an immediate campaign to raise military production and accelerate output as the war continues. President Roosevelt urged the drive in a letter to WPB Chairman Donald M. Nelson, calling the coming months critical and stressing victory hinges on spring and summer expansion.
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Washington
War Production Board
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Japanese Plan May Be Thrust West to Loot India
New York February 28 Japan’s broad strategy aims for a westward strike into the Indian Ocean to loot India and cut UN supply routes to the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. The Tokyo mouthpiece Japan Times and Advertiser said Singapore’s fall puts Japanese forces in position to prey on Allied shipping and seek a Middle East junction with Germany.
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India
New York
Japan
Indian Ocean
United Nations
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Germany
Middle
Tokyo Foreign Office
Japan Times and Advertiser
Singapore
U. S
Cape of Good Hope
Philippine fighting dwindles to patrol skirmishes
Washington dispatch reports that fighting on the Bataan peninsula has dropped off to patrol skirmishes. The War Department says General MacArthur's forces have kept the positions seized from the Japanese in this week’s surprise advance.
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Washington
Bataan Peninsula
War Department
MacArthur
U-Boat Sinks Two American Tankers in Atlantic
New York reports 41 sinkings in the Atlantic area as Axis subs prowl. Navy confirms two more American tankers torpedoed. Separately a large British merchantman was sunk in the North Atlantic with about 46 confirmed dead and 56 missing after the tanker Scottish Star was torpedoed 650 miles east of Barbados.
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New York
North Atlantic
Barbados
British Caribbean
Kingwood and Fairview banks pay five percent dividends
State Banking Commissioner H. D. Vaughan authorized five per cent dividends for depositors of the closed Bank of Kingwood and the Partners and Merchants Bank of Fairview. The Kingwood disbursement of $11,815.89 raises total claims settled to 80 percent or $189,053.16 since the July 1, 1981 failure, while Farmers and Merchants payments bring total to 50 percent or $168,582.47 since August 30, 1933.
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Charleston
H. D. Vaughan
Bank of Kingwood
Partners and Merchants Bank
Fairview
Marion County
Kingwood
Farmers and Merchants
Tests Cover Huge Areas Near Perfection Across Coasts
Baltimore tests covered 2 261 square miles along Chesapeake Bay shore with 99 and 9/10 percent perfection. A 1 000 square mile coastal area in New Jersey was termed 99 percent plus. Navigation and danger signals were discounted in the reports from Col. Barrett and Arthur Beadleton.
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Baltimore
Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
Pennsylvania
Washington
Henry H. Barrett
Maryland
New Jersey
Arthur N. Beadleton
Civil Defense
Martial Law Expanded in Northern Australia Proclaimed
Canberra announced martial law for the entire northern territory, extending existing measures centered on Darwin. In Melbourne, the war council pursued secret deliberations on new offensive strategy against possible Japanese invasion. Maj. Gen. Gordon Bennett, former commander in Malaya, arrived back in Australia as CBS relay the official statement by Forde.
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Canberra
Australia
Francis Forde
Darwin
Melbourne
Commonwealth War Council
Gordon Bennett
Malaya
Singapore
Pearl Harbor General to Face Trial and Kimmel Also Planned
Secretary of War Stimson announced a court martial for General Walter Short, commander of Army defenses in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor attack. Navy Secretary Knox said charges for Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, former Pacific fleet commander, are being prepared. Both face dereliction of duty findings from the Roberts inquiry. trials will await public interest and safety. Short is retired without condonation. Kimmel’s retirement is underway.
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Washington
Stimson
Walter C. Shortmander
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Knox
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Roberts’ Inquiry Commission
Short and
Kimmel Hayh Sere
Roosevelt
Kueere Renae Oo
Kimmel
War Department
Secretary of War
Walter C. Short
Pearl Harrow
Wallace Tries Peace Effort in Farm Price Fight
Vice President Wallace moved to mediate the Roosevelt and Senate Farm Bloc dispute over parity prices for major crops. The former Agriculture Secretary advised Farm Bloc leaders against attaching parity price provisions to the war appropriation bill as farm-state senators convened to plot strategy toward higher corn prices.
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Washington
Wallace
Roosevelt
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Thomas
Dokla
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