War's Child Toll: 40 Million Europe Young Suffer Hunger
Central Press Dispatch reports 40 million European children under 16 harmed by war. Malnutrition, disease, and displacement marked years of occupation across France Belgium the Netherlands Norway Poland Greece and Yugoslavia with rising deaths and schooling disruption.
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Central Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C
Europe
Poland
Greece
Paris
International Labor Office
Belgium
France
Netherlands
Warsaw
ILO
Norway
Baltic States
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Labor Office
Athens
Piraeus
Belgrade
Serbia
Czech
Bohemia
Moravia
Eindhoven
Pilgrims From Mayflower Land in Plymouth by Mistake
A fragment notes the Mayflower voyage where the Pilgrims aiming for New York from Holland mislanded at Plymouth. The event reflects a navigational error during the early colonial era.
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New York
Holland
Plymouth
PILES Relief Ad at Eckerds Drug Store
An advertisement promotes SAN Ointment for piles with fast soothing relief. It claims a jar costs 35 cents and offers a money back guarantee for CURA if not satisfied, urging purchase at Eckerds Drug Store.
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Alweve
Mann Drug Company
Pennsylvania Braces for Flood Threat Across State
Pennsylvania faces a flood menace as ice jams and warming temps raise river flood risk from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. The health department ships typhoid vaccine, war veterans plan to set up 52 food stations, civilian defense units mobilize in Lancaster, and the coast guard readies rescue boats for stricken areas.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Health Department
Lancaster
Coast Guard
Delaware, Schuylkill
Susquehanna
Monoongahela
Allegheny
Georgia Asks States to End Trade Barriers
Georgia urges neighboring states to remove licenses and taxes on farm products. The House passed a bill seeking removal of trade barriers and warns of retaliatory measures if other states do not comply. The measure targets fees on agricultural imports into Georgia.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House
Senate
Lawmakers Seek Full Lend-Lease Picture For Postwar Aid
Republican members of the House Foreign Affairs committee pressed for the administration to disclose plans for postwar reconstruction and aid. They asked for reports on the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration and Bretton Woods related programs as part of a one year extension of lend-lease. Rep. Vorys said congress needs the full picture to decide future aid. He argued lend-lease should continue while fighting continues.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Congress
Europe
Rep
Vorys
R-Ohid
Lend Lease
Bretton Woods
Williams Up For Further Questioning On REA Nomination
Aubrey Williams faces more Senate questioning on leading the Rural Electrification Administration if confirmed. Senator McKellar, acting Appropriations chair, opposes due to past WPA spending. Deputy Vincent Nicholson testified REA may need a large postwar lending expansion. National Grange also opposes confirmation amid farm-group concerns. Uruguay and Malaya notes follow.
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Washington
Aubrey Williams
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Senator McKellar
Dtenn
Appropriations Committee
Williams
McKellar
WPA
National Youth Administration
Vincent D. Nicholson
REA
Nicholson
National Grange
Old Line Farm
Fred Brinckman
the Grange
Georgia Law Aims to Free Flow of Farm Goods
House Speaker Roy V. Harris sponsors a bill to remove artificial barriers hindering interstate movement of Georgia farm products. State leaders charge neighboring Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky with taxing Georgia agricultural goods entering their borders.
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Georgia
House
Roy V. Harris
Carolinas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Two Die in Columbia Morning Shooting
In Columbia South Carolina a 27 year old railroad fireman and his 24 year old estranged wife were killed in an early morning shooting in front of her apartment as she returned from a dance with her escort. Flight Officer Jack Lee Gum was hospitalized with gunshot wounds in good condition. Coroner Platt said the incident followed a complaint the woman had made to police about being followed. Robert F Munson, to be served with a separation decree next Monday, was also involved. Three shots were fired. Mrs Munson died, Gum was wounded, and Munson died later.
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Columbia
S. C
Estran
Jack Lee Gum
Columbia Army Air Base Hospital
W. A. Platt
Elizabeth Pritchard Munson
Gum
Gunn
Robert F. Munson
Philadelphia Athletes Largely Unaffected by Draft Rules
Philadelphia figures in 1945 sports see minimal impact from draft rules. Athletics manager Roy Mack notes 90 percent of A’s fall in 4-F or average classes and players often work in wartime plants. Phillies GM Herb Pennock says 15 of 38 Blue Jay players are 4-F or over-age. Colleges remain optimistic as many rosters include 17 year olds and V-12 trainees already in service or discharged.
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Philadelphia
INL
Roy Mack
The
Athletics
Herb Pennock
Phillies
Blue Jay
Penn
Villanova
Swarthmore
St. Joseph's
Temple
Soldier in Magazine Photo Is Local Son
Irene Wolfe of Steelton Pa identifies a National Magazine photo as her son Corporal Julius S Santo a medical corpsman with the First Army currently serving in Germany amid World War II era coverage.
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Greece
Steelton
INS
Irene Wolfe
Cpl
Julius S. Santo
First Army
Germany
Honorable Discharge Lapel Button Description
A WWII lapel button awarded to service members for honorable discharge from the Army features a gold plated plastic eagle within a circular frame and wings extending beyond the circle.
American-Born Man Admits He Would Have Aided The Nazis
New York February report details FBI testimony before a seven man military commission. American-born William Curtis Colepaugh and German-born Erich Gimpel are accused of espionage after landing on the Maine coast November 29, 1944. Colepaugh reportedly admitted to sabotaged radio training in Berlin and gathering information for transmission to Germany, with travel through Lisbon to Germany and back to the United States by submarine.
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New York
William Curtis Colepaugh
Germany
Colepaugh
Niantic
Conn
Erich Gimpel
FBI
Maine
William O. McCue
Richmond Hill
N. Y
Oe Colepaugh
Berlin
Reich
McCue
Colepagh
Green
Eee
William Caldwell
Edward Green
Caleepaugh
Calepaugh
Boston
Governors Island
Lisbon
Bangor
Portland
New York City
Gimpel
Forrest Polley
Ellsworth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Heitzman
Paulina Friedrich
Hempen
Airborne Army May Be Used Again Over Rhine
Reports from Washington on February 8 discuss possible reuse of Lt. Gen. Brereton’s Allied airborne army to seize Rhine crossings as Allied ground forces advance toward the river in the Cologne sector. Military observers foresee air drops to support infantry and armored forces once ground progress permits.
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Washington
Lewis . Brereton
Rhine
Cologne
Ratory
Germany
Siegfried Line
Arnhem
Holland
Doctor braves snow to reach patient for ruptured appendix
Windber doctor trekked through deep snow for an hour and a half to reach John Klimchock on his farm to treat a ruptured appendix. He later persuaded Windber fire department to clear a path to transport Klimchock to the hospital. More than 100,000 seamen have graduated from U. S. Maritime Service training stations.
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Windber, Pa
Windber
John Klimchock
Klimchock
U. S
Maritime Service
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Palaurg
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National Military Council
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