Nazis Put On Bread and Water Diet at Fort Sheridan
At Fort Sheridan Illinois all German POWs were placed on a 14 day bread and water diet after a prisoner leader refused to work. A second incident saw a group ordered to report for work but they did not, triggering the diet as per Geneva provisions. Col Cushman called it the first serious problem since the camp opened last May. U S army recruits and civilians take over KP and related duties. The army also noted prisoner numbers are restricted for military reasons.
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Fort Sheridan
Te Geneve Conventton
Col. Cushman
U. S. Army
Army
Roosevelt and Stettinius Announce Assistant Secretaries
President Roosevelt names James C. Dunn Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes and others as assistant secretaries in a push to expand United Nations capacity and world trade. Stettinius calls the nominees a capable team chosen for their character and experience.
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James C. Dunn
Julius Holmes
Roosevelt
Stettinius
Grew
Mac-Rockefe
Tales From the Greek Front Reportedly Reveals Deception
A correspondent describes intense fighting near Athens and claims by British troops that Greek forces and Elas engaged in widespread deception. Hospitals and churches are said to be hit, Red Cross usage criticized, and nurses allegedly found with grenades. Prisoners and enemy forces including Italians cited amid shifting Soviet orders.
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Athens
Elas
Red Cross
Georgiades
Iediation Gaibetad
Britain to fight sea and air war in Pacific says Fraser
Melbourne reports Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser commander of the British Pacific fleet says Britain should focus on a navy and air power in the Pacific. He notes English policy favors sea and air operations with limited ground involvement and warns supply lines would be stretched by extended land campaigns.
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Britain
Pacific
Fraser
Melbourne
Australia
Bruce Fraser
England
Princeton
Philippine Sea
Navy
World War II naval dispatch outlines Pacific strategy
Sir Bruce argued that massing fleets in the Pacific could shorten the war by targeting Japan’s reliance on sea power. He planned to coordinate future actions after meeting Admiral Nimitz, while Admiral Fraser described a fleet composition with battleships, aircraft carriers, and landing-support gear.
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Pacific
Japan
Bruce
W. Nimitz
American Pacific
Fraser
Admissions To State Reformatory Drop
GREEN BAY Wisconsin admissions to the state reformatory for men declined 26 percent in the last two years from the prior period. Superintendent B P Kramer reported a reduced confined attendance with the closing of trade training and one cell wing, though the recreation program expanded with a full time director. Over two years 508 young men were admitted, many with prior legal experience. recent arrivals include about one fifth former members of the armed services.
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Green Bay
Wis
State Reformatory
B. P. Kramer
Kramer
Armed Diieead Ademe and
Mens
Grace Moore Hart Cancels Richmond Singing Engagement
Grace Moore Hart announced in Richmond that the singer’s throat muscles were affected causing hoarseness and forcing cancellation of a Wednesday engagement. The notice cites health issues as the reason for the abrupt change.
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Richmond
Grace
Five Die in Michigan Family Gas Fumes Tragedy
In Port Huron a family of six suffered five deaths after exposure to rain gas fumes from a kitchen range in a one room flat. Roy and Mrs Ski and two children were found Monday. Son Jackie, six, is in critical condition as investigators confirm four stove burners and the oven were open.
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Port Huron
Mich
Philip Ski
Roy Ski
Jackie
Fourth Generation Enrolled At U W
Lois Bolender of Rockford Illinois enrolled at the University of Wisconsin this semester tracing a family line to William Chadwick of Monroe the first class member and 1861 undergraduate. Daisy Chadwick earned a degree in 1893 and married Fred Bolender of 1899 class. Howard Bolender, Lois father, graduated in 1925. Registration shows no similar record.
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Madison
Wis
Lois Bolender
Rockford
University of Wisconsin
William Chadwick
Monroe
Lois
Daisy Chadwick
Fred Bolender
Bolender
Howard
Perkins Sees Postwar Labor Policy Shaped by Reform
Labor Secretary Perkins urges a strong postwar labor department to absorb functions now by the NLRB and War Labor Board. She favors ending wage and price controls and placing adult education and working conditions services under the department, while noting lingering rumors about her resignation.Surplus sales lag in Treasury report shows only 13 of 59 million dollars of surplus goods sold.
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Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
War Labor Board
Labor
Perkins
Department of Labor
National Conference On Labor
And
CIO
Treasury
Senate
Small Business Committee
Western Front advances reported as Allied forces push into Saar region
Supreme headquarters announced the U S 3rd army captured Sarreguemines and advanced to the Saar border while shelling Zwei Brücken and St Ingbert. The 7th Army seized Haguenau and neared Karlsruhe as German broadcasts claim a major Siegfried line offensive and high American losses near Saarlautern.
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Sarreguemines
Saarland
Zweibrucken
St. Ingbert
Germany
Fraulautern
Saarlautern
Ensdorf
Dillingen
Aachen
U. S. 7Th Army
Alsace
Haguenau
Karlsruhe
Rhine
German Palatinate
7Th Army
Woerth
Berlin
Palatinate
20 Million People to Swap Jobs in Two Years
Brig. Gen. Leonard P. Ayres foresees 20 million Americans changing jobs over 1945 and 1946 as the nation shifts from wartime to peacetime economy. He also predicts higher unemployment, rising factory wages, more labor strikes, and more business failures in 1945, with a two year transition period ahead.
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Cleveland
Leonard P. Ayres
Ayres
Cleveland Trust Co
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Gypsy Rose Lee Delivers Premature Baby
Gypsy Rose Lee, former burlesque star and author, gave birth to a five and a half pound son on Tuesday. The event occurred the same day her ex-husband Louis Hovick was to remarry New York debutante Phyllis Anne Adams. Lee, sister of June Havoc, rose to legitimate theater and film and wrote two detective stories that topped bestseller lists.
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New York
Gypsy Rose Lee
Miss Lee
Louis Hovick
Morris Rashbaum
Alexander Kirkland
Phyllis Anne Adams
June Havoc
Require Bond Purchase To Buy English Coats
Chicago store offers a limited stock of imported English overcoats on sale with a requirement that buyers also purchase a $100 war bond. The unusual policy ties apparel to a government bond purchase.
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Chicago
Honor Negro Airman In St. Louis Ceremony
In St Louis Capt Wendell C Pruitt was honored with ceremonies at city hall where a watch was presented. The 24 year old aviator served in Italy with an all Negro fighter squadron, flew 70 missions, downed three enemy planes, and earned the Distinguished Service Cross and Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. Mayor Kaufman praised his service and the display of patriotism by Black Americans.
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ST. Louis
Wendell Co. Pruitt
Italy
Pruitt
A. P. Kaufman
Chaplin Paternity Suit Goes To Trial In Los Angeles
Joan Berry claims Charlie Chaplin is the father of her 14 month old daughter Carol Ann and seeks child support. Chaplin denies paternity and has paid $11 700 to support the infant while a monthly sum remains undetermined.
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Los Angeles
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Joan
Chaplin
Carol Ann
Drivers Strike Paralyzes Reading Public Transit
A surprise walkout by 220 trolley and bus operators halted all public transportation in Reading Pennsylvania a war production center with a population around 111 000 on Tuesday inconveniencing thousands of war workers.
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Reading
China Cheered As Troops Move Southward Through Chungking
Chinese northward troops streamed south through Chungking as other forces advanced along the Kweichow Kwangsi railway pursuing Japanese retreating from Kweichow. The capital reported relief as Liuchai fell near the Kwangsi border and Nan tan neared, while trains of refugees fled.
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China
Chungking
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Kweichow
Liuchai
Kwangsi
Nantan
Fal
Credibility Trial Boosted by Brailiy Nagle Aid
In Springfield Mass a court accepted Brailiy Nagle's testimony aiding client in a pivotal trial as attorney John F blind lawyer read witnesses, establishing a key precedent in the case.
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Springfield
Mass
Atty
John F
Brailiy Nagle
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