Love Letter Read In Court During Chaplin Trial
In Los Angeles on March 25 the courtroom heard Jo an Berry’s letters to Chaplin as the Mann Act case proceeded. The defense faced questions on admissibility of letters and relationships, with testimony describing a 1942 Tulsa message asking Chaplin to marry. The judge ruled portions admissible while others were struck from the page.
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Berry
Chaplin
Angeles
Joan Berry
J. F. Thiner
New York
Bridget
Joan
Nazi Agents Are Sentenced In Detroit
In Detroit five people plus others linked to a wartime espionage plot received prison terms. Grace Buchanan-Dineen led the group, with Theresa Behrens getting 20 years after fainting in court. Others included Emma Leonhardt, Carl Leonhardt, and Walter Abt with 5 to 10 year terms. The eight-strong conspiracy sought war info for Nazi Germany. Dr. Fred Thomas, tried separately, drew 16 years.
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Detroit
Grace Buchanan-Dineen
Emma Elise Leonhardt
Carl John W. Leonhardt
Walter Joseph Abt
Leonhardt
Abt
Fred William Thomas
RAF bombers hit Berlin in largest raid in 12 months
London reports 1 000 RAF bombers dropping 2 800 tons of bombs on Berlin in the final drive to obliterate the capital. Berlin claims 102 bombers shot down. 73 fish bombers fell to German night fighters. The raid stretched from Helgoland to Berlin with heavy losses on both sides.
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London
Berlin
Helgoland
North Sea
Germany
Weimer
Air Ministry
Rom
Reich
RAF
No. 1
Leipzig
Bomber Command
Hitler
Petain Laval Use Only for Official Business in Vichy
In Vichy the relation between Marshal Petain and Premier Laval is strained and strictly functional. Petain tolerates Laval to avoid German pressure and potential chaos, while Laval relies on Petain’s popularity to shield his collaborationist policies. Their clashes date back to Laval’s 1940 removal and his bid to be Petain’s successor.
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Taylor Henry
Associated Press
Germany
New York
France
Marshal Phillipe Petain
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Petain
Laval
Marshal Add
Black Peter
Marshal
14 Killed In West Virginia Mine Blast
A massive explosion at the reenopana Kse mine No 4 in West Virginia killed 14 workers and left 15 unaccounted for. Rescue efforts were halted to repair the ventilating system while officials confirmed the fatalities. a fire fighters’ list recorded 73 workers evacuated to the surface as the blaze damaged nearby automobiles.
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Reenopana Kse Ine No. 4
West Virginia Mines Department
Wee
Omtion
Churchill Broadcast Looms Over Britain Sunday
London observers expect Prime Minister Winston Churchill to use Sundays radio address to rally Britain and the United States for a final invasion push on Berlin. He will likely reference Balkans developments and the Atlantic Charter while urging maximum effort for victory.
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London
Churchill
Berlin
Germany
Balkans
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Finland
Eire
Thousands of Arrests After Chetnik Belgrade Attack
Cairo dispatch reports the Yugoslav royal government says Germany carried out thousands of arrests and deportations in Belgrade after Mihailovic Chetnik forces attacked the city. It notes 7,000 German troops were sent against Mihailovic south of Belgrade and ongoing clashes across Serbia and Montenegro between Mihailovic units and enemy detachments.
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Cairo
Belgrade
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Serbia
Montenegro
Governor Urges More Egg Consumption in North Carolina
Raleigh March 25 Governor J M Broughton urges eating more eggs saying they are healthy and inexpensive. He cites a state department of agriculture report that egg consumption has fallen off creating a surplus and calls for action to boost demand.
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Raleigh
J. M. Broughton
State Department of Agriculture
Germans Use Tunnels To Reinforce At Cassino
Allied dispatches report German paratroopers under Lt Gen Richard Heindrich clinging to Cassino amid heavy fighting. tanks, including three added at the Continental hotel, reportedly move through tunnels from Monastery hill toward Castle hill and the Colosseum as Indian and New Zealand troops fight for control. Allied raids target Rimini Leghorn and other rail facilities while Cassino endures continual shelling.
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Naples
Richard Heindrich
Cassino
New Zealand
Continental Hotel
Monastery Hill
Castle Hill
Fifth Army
Anzio
Carroceta
Romé
Cisterna
Rimini
Angona
Leghorn
Orvieto
Sulmona
Fano
Hotel Des Roses
Anyman’s Hill
Colosseum
Allied i
Stiff Resistance Is Made Against Japanese Drive
New Delhi March 25 Japanese columns push along three invasion roads into India near Shadurup one mile northwest of the Myitkyina Mandalay railway. An announcement said heavy bombers two days ago carried out their first low level bombing and strafing along the Burma Siam railway and that Japan has built a rail link with their eastern front. The drive is alleged to be aimed at cutting the Myitkyina base while Lt. Gen. Stilwell’s forces strive to block the advance in Northern Burma as Mountbatten’s dispatches report.
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New Delhi
India
Shadurup
Myitkyina-Mandalay
Burma-Siam
Thailand
Siam
South China Sea
Burma
Singagh
U S Policy Debated As GOP Promotes Foreign Policy Issue
Washington reports show GOP leaders pushing a foreign policy theme ahead of the campaign. Governor Dewey urged public awareness of policy and commitments while Senator Vandenberg warned it would be a central issue. Secretary Hull met with 24 Republican House members to discuss steps toward an international peace organization and Moscow talks.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Vandenberg
R-Mich
GOP
Advis Committee On
International Peace Organization
Attacks On Japanese In Pacific War Theater Continue
Gen MacArthur reports a major air offensive in the Southwest Pacific with multiple tonnage strikes on Rabaul New Britain and the Hansa bay area. March totals exceed 773 tons in the sector with 160 ton strikes by the Fifth Air Force and 40 tons on Wewak targets. Emirau island saw no immediate Japanese response as Allied forces maintain sea control.
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Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
South
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
Fifth Airforce
Hansa Bay
Guinea
Madang
Wewak
Emirau Island
New Ireland
Adm
William F. Hailsey
Sealanes
Truk
Bismarck Archipelago
Salsey
Empress Augusta
Bougainville
Byrd Supporters Plan Four Southern Regional Meetings
John A. Barr of New Orleans president of the Draft-Byrd-For- President group says four regional meetings will be held in the South next month. A Greensboro North Carolina session on April 10 will unite Byrd supporters from North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and West Virginia.
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Atlanta
John A. Barr
New Orleans
South
Greensboro
N. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
FWA approves $126,000 add on to hospital nurses home
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that the Federal Works Agency authorized a $126,000 expansion to the nurses residence at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. The article notes the news as unofficial but authoritative.
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Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem Journal
Federal Works Agency
Baptist Hospital
Mass draft accelerates call for men under twenty six
The draft moves younger men into immediate pre induction physicals and postpones reconsideration of older cohorts to meet army needs. A central inter agency committee will guide deferments while data from 12 agencies shapes the new system. Local boards will rapid fire 18 to 25 year olds and reclassify as needed.
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Washington
Reds Breakthrough Promptly Rout Germans Near Czernowitz
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Army exploiting a Tarnopol breakthrough in southeastern Poland to push the German lines toward the Carpathians. They claim momentum from Coleckeva and Proskurev and aim to reach a mountain barrier beyond Romania.
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Moscow
Red Army
Tarnopol
Old Poland
Czernowitz
Carpathian
Sa Coleckeva
Proskurev
Rumania
Russians press Ukrain front as Zhukov drives toward Czernowitz
Soviet dispatches report Zhukov’s forces severing Tarnopol Lwow rail links and pushing toward Lwow Czernowitz while Proskurov Tarnopol streets see heavy combat. Konev’s army advances in Moldova and Prut foothills. Malinovsky pushes toward Nikolaev as German resistance stiffens on the Odessa Lwow line.
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Berlin
Or River
Red Army
Dan
Ivan S. Konev
Molodavian Republic
Prut
Zhukov
Proskurov
Tarnopol
Dniester
Kamanets Podolsk
Kurov
Czernowitz
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Nikolaev
Black Sea
Batc
Odessa
Lwow
Invasion Set For Time When Nazis Weakest
London dispatch reports Capt Harold H. Balfour says Europe will be invaded from the west when Hitler’s war machine is sufficiently reduced. He frames the campaign in three phases and predicts the fourth final phase when allied air and ground forces can close for the kill.
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Europe
Hitler
Harold H. Balfour
Ramsgate
Germany
Balfour
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