Hunger strike in India sparks worsening crisis and debate
Dewitt Mackenzie reports from an interview with Devadas Gandhi on Gandhi's hunger strike and its impact on India's independence struggle. he notes rising radical actions and a gathering of Delhi moderates led by Taj Bahadur Sapru as the crisis deepens.
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Gandhi death looming stirs India in Cripps era hopes
In a landscape of political maneuvering, Gandhi’s fate dominates talks of potential settlement. Devadas Gandhi suggests Gandhiji would oppose talks from jail, while Nehru’s stance would align with his father’s demand for explicit independence. Market notes follow with grain, livestock, and stock quotes from Chicago to New York.
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Plans Utopia For Maimed Soldiers
Johannesburg reports 48 year old Nesbitt a legless civilian who lost both legs and was told he would be crippled for life. He defied thirteen doctors, learned to swim ride dance and golf with artificial limbs. He once discarded limbs to break South African high dive records with a 78 foot jump into the sea. Now the only sign of disability is a slight limp.
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FDR Warns U S Still Faces Reverses In War
President Roosevelt warned Americans they still face reverses and misfortunes as US fights in World War II. Navy reports over 850 lives lost in two torpedoed passenger ships. An emergency price freeze on five fresh vegetables was imposed by the Office of Price Administration. Roosevelt praised Soviet victories and Stalin’s Red Army while urging unity and sacrifice at home.
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Thumbs Made by Plastic Surgery
New York report from the American Journal of Surgery describes a milliner who gained a full-size thumb via plastic surgery after losing about half of her left thumb to infection. The operation rebuilt bone and joint, letting her thread a needle again.
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Thumb regrowth and nail added via bone grafts highlighted
Medical report details Maxwell Maltz and RR Preston performing staged reconstruction on a woman with a thumb missing. Flesh moved from the abdomen to form a new thumb tip, bone graft from the leg united with the stump, and an artificial nail finished the reconstruction. The piece notes further context on interpreters of world leaders and ancient records.
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Zacchini sisters join annual cannon act amid war shortages
In a wartime twist the Zacchini circus will employ two daughters of Edmonde Zacchini to handle ammunition via a dangerous cannon act. Egle 21 and Dulna 17 will be blown from the gun into a net as the brothers tour, marking a first for the family in a period of material strain.
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Filing deadlines for 1942 income tax returns set
The notice states U S citizens and residents must file 1942 tax returns by March 15, 1943, with nonresident aliens due by June 15, 1943. Mailing must reach the collector by the due date. Extensions apply for military personnel abroad and those outside the Americas, plus 90 days after 90 days abroad.
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