League revival and Petrillo clash dominate overseas page
The teletype reports the Big Three plan to revive the League of Nations with force through Britain Russia and the United States. A Ohio divorce case reveals a soldier husband seeking freedom to marry overseas. James C Petrillo faces a new boycott against Interlochen Camp and fights Senate limits on his power in a clash over musicians wages and broadcasts.
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Crimea
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Germany
Japan
Wilson
Asia
Mussolini
Ethiopia
League
Britain
Russia
United States
Ohio
South Seas
James Thrasher
James Caesar Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Mr Petrillo
J. Caesar
Interlochen
Mich
AFM
Phere
Petrillo
Joseph E. Maddy
University of Michigan
United States Senate
Petrilo
Legislative Body Demands School Audit
A House committee investigating Education Department expenditures resumes hearings tomorrow night with Fred Smith testifying. The panel recommended funding a full audit after officials disclosed a $4,109 shortage tied to a veteran former employee. The loss, dating 1939–1943, was uncovered by Commissioner Ralph B. Jones and Assistant Commissioner T. M. Stinnett and partly covered by a repayment with a promissory note due May 1, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
House
Fred Smith
Ralph B. Jones
T. M. Stinnett
Comptroller’s Office
Jones
C. L. Haskew
Logan’ County
Jack Holt
Department of Education
Hot Springs
Arkansas Education Association
Senate Workmen's Compensation Committee
Harry F. Richardson
The
National Council On Compensation Insurance
Allies Cover Withdrawal in Italy
Rome reports the 92nd Infantry Division consolidating positions after yielding ground to German counterattacks in the Fifth Army west coast sector. Casualties and tank losses are described as relatively high. The Serchio valley sees continued enemy raids with artillery fire. South of Bologna smoke screens may shield mining parties. An Eighth Army raid forces an outpost withdrawal near the Senior river. Weather limits activity. tactical air force targets rail and road in northern Italy and along the Brenner route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
92Nd
Fifth Army
Serchio
Bologna
Eighth Army
Faenza-Bologna
Strategic
Tactical
Italy
Brenner
Britons Killed by Robot Bombs in January
London reports 585 Britons dead and 1629 injured from German V bombs in January. The Ministry of Home Security notes the toll nearly doubled from December and is the highest since August except for November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Mexico City hydroelectric plant funded by 1938 electricity tax
The new hydroelectric plant in Mexico City was financed from a special ten percent tax on electricity users starting in 1938. Alaska is described as a native Eskimo word meaning great country.
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Mexico City
Alaska
Laney to Champion State Fiscal Bill in Legislature
Gov. Laney will appear to back a major reform bill consolidating Arkansas' 100 funds into one account. The proposal targets accelerated debt retirement, tax cuts, and efficient state operations, aiming to release dormant funds and aid departments with surplus resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Laney
Little Rock
Arkansas Legisature
House
Senate
Joint
State Board of Fiscal Control
Arkansas
Roosevelt Confirmed as General After Senate Vote
Col Elliott Roosevelt won confirmation as brigadier general by a 53 to 11 Senate vote. Senator Bushfield opposed, calling it the silent protest of officers unable to speak for themselves. Chairman Thomas defended the move, noting Roosevelt’s status should not bar a man from service. The vote confirmed 78 officers promoted to one-star generals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elliott Roosevelt
Senate
Bushfield
R-Sd
Thomas
Dutah
Military Committee
Roosevelt
Sgt Remmel Young Receives Medical Discharge
Sgt Remmel Young arrives home from Hamilton Field San Francisco after a medical discharge by the Army on February 10. In 34 months of service he was with the Air Transport Command at Hamilton and previously managed the Hope Theaters before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remmel Young
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Army
Sgt. Young
Air Transport Command
Hamilton
Hope Theaters
War Department urged to import 100000 German POWs for farm labor
Arkansas lawmakers pressed the War Department to bring 100000 German prisoners of war from Europe to relieve farm labor shortages in the United States. Senator McClellan and Rep Gathings led the conference with Undersecretary Patterson and Maj. Gen. Lerch, noting 1944 imports had halted and Arkansas could receive about 65 percent of its requested total if allocations follow past practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Europe
Robert Patterson
Archer L. Lerch
Arkansas
McClellan
D-Ark
Arkansans
U. S
United States
Germany
Patterson
Arkansa
Senator Fulbright
Gathings
Mills
Harris
Japs Backed Up on Manila Waterfront
Three American divisions joined forces near Paco station and pushed Japanese troops into a shrinking pocket south of the Pasig River in Manila. American air power and naval bombardment pounded Corregidor and Bataan, while Luzon was cut by a Sixth Armored Division thrust to Dinangan bay.
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Francis McCarthy
Manila
Bataan
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Thunderbolt
Pasig
MacArthur
First Cavalry Division
37Th Infantry
Paco
11Th Airborne Division
Polo Club
Ayala Bridge
Stalingrad
Yank Finds Bow and Arrow Abandoned by Germans in Belgium
North African bow and arrow found in a German position by First Sgt. Elden J. Harm of the 104th Timber Wolf Division. Harm plans to use remaining arrows on retreating ferries. Also noted are jeep repair antics by T-5 Thomas Padgett and a new field dessert, fruit pudding, by Howard T. Kess. A Christmas coconut arrives from Hawaii as a mailed surprise for Pfc. Albert H. Beek.
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Hal Boyle
Belgium
Elden J. Harm
104Th Timber Wolf
Harm
Hassenphefer
G. I
Thomas Padgett
Bostic
N. C
Padgett
Albert H. Beek
Reef
Hawaii
Big Three plan new world order after war
The Big Three outline a Crimean agreement to crush Nazi Germany and form a Dumbarton Oaks security framework. They pledge rapid offensives, a San Francisco peace conference on April 25, and a postwar order with Poland’s government, France’s rise, and China’s role in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
Dumbarton Oaks
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Crimea
Stalin
Churchill
Europe
Poland
United States
Russia
Japan
Asia
France
China
Orient
Red Armies Near Junction Before Berlin
Russian forces breach the Bober river line and approach Sommerfeld within 17 miles of a junction with Zhukov near Berlin. Berlin reports Budapest evacuation as Soviets push toward Dresden and threaten German positions along the Oder.
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Richard Kaischke
London
Bober
Dresden
Sommerfeld
Gregory Zhukov
Berlin
Budapest
DNB
Ivan Konev
Sagan
Queis
Bunzlau
Konev
Silesia
Rhine
Bunlau
Danube
Zhukov
Pomerania
Stargard
Stettin
East Prussia
Frauenberg
Elbing
Koenigsberg
Oder
Giessmannsdorf
Moscow
Fallen Bunzlau
Naumburg
Nort
Frankfurt
Boder
Niesse
Naumberg
Gregory K. Zhukov
Naumbru
Crossen
Breslau
Tornadoes Kill 43 in Alabama and Mississippi
Rescue teams comb debris as Alabama and Mississippi tally 43 dead from a fast moving twister. Meridian Mississippi area reports seven deaths while Montgomery area sees heavy damage and 300 homes destroyed. Hospitals overflow with injured and blood supplies are rushed from Atlanta.
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Elton Dreamer
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Meridian
Miss
Red Cross
Livingston
York
Sumter County
St. Margaret’s
Atlanta
Patton Opens New Holes in Siegfried Line
Allied columns under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton punched two new gaps in the Siegfried pill box belt north of Echternach as Canadian First Army units repelled German counterattacks and pushed toward the Ruhr and Rhineland. British and American forces pressed along the Roer toward the Cologne plain while Patton’s Third Army expanded bridgeheads across the Our and Sure rivers completing the Luxembourg liberation.
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Paris
George S. Patton
Siegfried
Echternach
Rhineland
West Wall
H.D.G. Crerar
Ruhr
Patton
Pruem
Third Army
Ardennes Bulge
Vianden
Vith-Vianden
Pgh
Reichswald Forest
Rhine
Goch
Roer
Cologne
Aachen
U. S
Siegfried Line
Luxembourg
First Army
H. D. G. Crear
Kleve
Geppen
Reichs Forest
Spey Canal
Hau
Kessel
Gennep
Niers
Henkens
Niers River
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Baltic Sea
E Stolp
Kolberg
eBelgard
Gdynia
Danzigs
Agi Manenburg
Stetting
Prenzlaue
Rotzebuhr M. Friedland
Golinow
Pyrus
Zackerick
Kuestrin
Frankfurt dV
Juterbog
Feurstenberg
Zittany
Leitmeritz
eLeszno
Chojnice Grudziadz P
ePoznen
eBoutzen
Rogozno
Bydgoszcz
Landeshut
Grottkau
Waldenburg Travtenous
Czecho
Liegnitz
Oder River
NEA Telemap
Sgt
Yank
8Th Infantry Division
Pfe
Howard T. Kess
Dyer, Tenn
Golden Ar
Row
Doglie
Carnto
Dublin
S Szt
John J. Petlik
Pomona
N. Y
Petlik
Red
Junction
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