Admiral Ernst J ng outlines plans to shift forces in 1944
In a Lotus Club dinner remarks, Admiral Ernst J ng asserts Germany could be defeated this year and that Allied force transfers to the Pacific are ready, signaling optimistic wartime outlook. He notes preparations to shift strength from Europe to the Pacific as victory against Germany nears.
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York
Germany
Ernst Jng
Navy
Lotus Club
Stanting
Pacific
Eisenhower Remembered By Idaho Classmate
Mrs Earl Filer recalls Dwight Eisenhower as a sandy haired retiring Abilene high school senior who showed little interest in girls. The class prophecy envisions him as a future professor rather than a historic leader.
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Filer
Idaho
Earl Ram
Dwight Eisenhower
Abilene
Kas
Eisenhower
Churchill says no bases review needed in western Hemisphere
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons there are no developments calling for a government review of Western Hemisphere bases leased to the United States. He assured that no move would cede bases outright without British consent, stating there is not the slightest question of any cessation of British territories. A Washington subcommittee had suggested studying the possibility of a new possession of sea bases.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
House Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
New Electric Iron Expected by August
Washington dispatch notes that civilians may obtain a new electric iron by August after a long delay. Officials project production near 5,000,000 units in 1941 despite earlier challenges and revised schedules.
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Washington
America
WPB
Holland Death Rate Rises From 1939 to 1942
Holland reports a rise in death rate from 8.6 per 1000 in 1939 to 9.5 per 1000 in 1942, indicating worsening mortality trends over the period.
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Holland
Invasion Lessons From Air and Ground Wars
The piece argues air power alone cannot win invasions and stresses combined arms. It cites Pacific and Italian campaigns showing fighters and ground units must cooperate, with bombers disrupting rear targets and fighters protecting troops. It notes high early losses and the need for moles beneath ground defenses, plus brutal enemy atrocities discussed by delegates.
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Washington
Ray Tucker
Tarawa
Cassino
Festung Europa
Pacific
Italy
General Staff
Navy Board
Kirk
Ial
Joint High Command
Tunisia
Ike Eisenhower
William S. Halsey
Clark Spaatz
Ira C. Baker
George C. Marshall
Alexander D. Surles
Indian natives resist Jap propaganda despite perilous war
A wartime report notes Indians in Manipur jungles and Burma resist enemy attempts to foment revolt. Subhas Bose is cited as an ineffective influence, while released prisoners recount brutalities of Japanese forces. A Sikh colonel who escaped from Singapore traveled long distances to spread truth.
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India
Manipur
Subhas Chandra Bose
International Labor Organization
New Delhi
Bose
Congress Party
Berlin
Japan
Burma
Singapore
Hitler escapes death in Stuttgart raid report
Reports from Ankara say Hitler's special train was blown up in a recent allied raid on Stuttgart shortly after he had left the train. All occupants of the car were said to be casualties in the blast with no confirmation of the Führer’s fate.
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Ankara
Adolf Hitler
Stuttgart
Hitler
Draft to Take Few Men Over 26-Year Mark
House Military Committee reviewed selective service data showing most future draft calls likely to recruit men under 26. Officials warned that in months needing larger totals, more older men could be drafted if younger inductees aren’t available. On April 1, 1.509 million fathers and 750,000 non-fathers were in class 1-A, with about a quarter under 26.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Costello
D-Calif
Selective Service
German War Hero Hans Hube Dies in Flying Accident
Col. Gen. Hans Hube, a one armed German commander in Russia and Sicily, was killed in a flying accident. Hitler and Goering to attend his state funeral. Berlin reported he received oak leaves swords and diamonds to the knights cross. Moscow said 26 000 Germans died in the Skala trap. Production of ice refrigerators for Q1 runs over five times pre war rate.
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London
Hans Hube
Russia
Sicily
Hitler
Hermann Goering
Berlin
Hube
Kramenets Podolsk
Ukraine
Moscow
Rumors Fly Around Greer Garson Stage Talk
Hollywood gossip notes Greer Garson interested in Samson Raphaelson stage work after Mrs Parkington. Raphaelson writes in Pleasant Valley, Pa, aims for London success, but summer delays and hot months complicate plans. Nearby, Ann Baxter Jennifer Jones and Otto Kruger mingle at Clover Club as a rumor about Otto’s wealth circulates.
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Harrison Carroll
King Features Syndicate
Greer Garson
Samson Raphaelson
Pleasant Valley
Greer
Raphaelson
Paramount
Clover Club
Ann Baxter
Bill Eythe
Jennifer Jones
Watson Webb
Twentieth Century-Fox
Otto Kruger
Mr. Kruger
Kruger
Flynn Seeks Personal Mission in Objective Burma Film
Flynn explains the mission for the Warner picture Objective Burma calling it a personal quest. He asks to spare one man he has not captured, signaling a single handed pursuit despite war concessions and production pressures.
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Flynn
Burma
Warners
Mace
Ragnar Qvale remembers Ty Power flying for career
Ragnar Qvale, the skiing instructor turned movie hopeful discovered by the Zanucks, served as Tyrone Power’s instructor in Christi. He notes Power faced rotten luck with bad weather delaying training, but Power is finished with the course and headed to Cherry Point for transitional training as a capable flyer.
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Zanucks
Sun Valley
Navy Air Force
Tyrone Power
Christi
Cherry Point
Qvale
Hollywood Hi Jinks and Cast Buzz for Of Human Bondage Remake
Rumors place Eleanor Parker for the Bette Davis role in a Warners remake of Of Human Bondage with Paul Hartley as the lead. Marilyn Maxwell is linked to David Street on the Joan Davis show while Jane Withers and John Miles draw notice. Marilyn and Bing Crosbys waves plea, Dietrich reports Follow the Boys in rain, plus Dallas horticulturist seeks Dan Duryea for victory garden.
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Warners
Maugham
Eleanor Parker
Bette Davis
Paul Hareld
Marilyn Maxwell
David Street
Joan Davis
Jane Withers
John Miles
Bing Cros
Hollywood
Marlene Dietrich
Charles Feldman
Carmelita Geraghty
Colleen Moore
Marion Nixon
Mary Pickford
Helen Ferguson
Texas Horticultural
Dan Duryea
Dallas
Hal McIntyre
Budd Abbott
Valley Cafe
Andrea Leeds Freed From Samuel Goldwyn Contract
After years of suspension Samuel Goldwyn released Andrea Leeds from her contract. Leeds said she did not want to return to the screen but appears likely to work again, possibly in radio soon.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Andrea Leeds
Jennifer Holt to resume career after separation
Jennifer Holt reveals she is separating from her Marine flyer husband Major William M. Ritchey and will pursue freelancing. Ritchey is stationed at Washington in the Staff and Command school.
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William M. Ritchey
Jennifer Holt
Jennifer
Universal
Washington
Bob Hope Tracks Crosby in Goldwyn Pirate Comedy
The note references Bob Hope portraying Sylvester Crosby in a Goldwyn pirate comedy. A line lampoons a "broken-down, over stuffed crooner with laryngitis" claiming to crab act, signaling the film’s comic sniping and meta humor around radio celebrity personas.
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Bob Hope
Sylvester Crosby
Hope
Transport fleet growth on U S railroads 1943 increase
The report notes the volume of U S transportation ships delivered rose by 132 percent from 1939 to 1943. It highlights a 1.5 million ton surge in the fleet and indicates ship deliveries to the U S railroads expanded during the war period.
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U. S
Philosophy Is Essential To War Nuptials
Baltimore reports Dr. Raymond P. Howes of Goucher College saying war marriages fail about half the time. He argues philosophy and religion training helps couples cope, with military programs and British efforts cited as models for preparing soldiers for marriage under stress.
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Baltimore
Goucher College
Raymond P. Howes
Hawes
Great Britain
Dr. Hawes
Stapf Meeting At Boulevard Unit Of H Point Hospital
The Boulevard unit staff meet at 8:00 p.m. with Dr. J in charge. The session is led by Stapf and concerns unit operations and scheduling.
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Boulevard
H Point Hospital
Dr. J. Late
Saiaiant
Carter's Little Liver Pills Aid Digestion
Do you suffer indigestion headachy after meals or sour heaviness? Carter's Little Liver Pills claim to boost liver bile flow quickly and improve digestion. Taken as directed, they offer a simple path to feeling better for 25 cents.
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