President Roosevelt Birthday Observed With War Bond Appeal
Washington notes the 62nd birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt marked by a midnight radio address urging stronger fourth war bond support and a thank you to donors aiding the fight against infantile paralysis. The White House hosted a Saturday night birthday ball for Roosevelt with Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha of Norway among guests.
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Roosevelt
America
Germany
Japan
Crown Prince
Olaf
Crown Princess
Martha
Norway
White House
Gang
Stephen T. Early
Kirke L. Simpson
Stanley Prenosil
James P. Sullivan
Boston
Charles H. McCarthy
Col
James Roosevelt
Marines
John Boettiger
Curtis
Eleanor Call Boettiger
War correspondent recalls London scarf incident and modest heroism
In a light war diary piece from Italy, Associated Press reporter Lynn Heinzerling recounts Major Blank fined for wearing a white parachute scarf in London and his own humbling, low‑key attitude toward danger. The write‑up notes Heinzerling’s refusal to highlight his arm injury and the purple heart honor he declined.
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London
Military Police Patrol of
Blank
Oxford and
Bond Streets
Lynn Heinzerling
Associated Press
Italy
Finland
Russia
Siberia
Lynn
Heinzerling
Indian Nominated To Be Rear Admiral
Navy announces Capt. Joseph J. Clark of Chelsea Oklahoma the first Indian named for Annapolis has been commended for his ship performance President Roosevelt nominates him for rear admiral noting his role as executive officer of a carrier in raids on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Clark crossed the Atlantic to help invade Sicily and commanded a carrier in the Pacific August 31 1943 when 75 percent destruction of Japanese installations on Marcus Island was reported. He plans to tell the Japs when and where we strike to wipe out their fleet and reach Tokyo.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Joseph J. Clark
Chelsea
Okla
Annapolis
Roosevelt
Gilbert and
Marshall Islands
Clark
Sicily
Marcus Island
Cark
Tokyo
Japan
Two Men Found Dead in Coal Gas Shack in Kenosha
The bodies of Charles Shuskis aged 49, a raven porter, and Charles Start aged 45, a war plant employee, were discovered in a one room shack in Kenosha County. Coroner James A. Crossin noted both appeared ill with no signs of violence. police ruled out foul play.
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Kenosha
Wis
James A. Crossin
Kenosha County
Charles Shuskis
Charles Start
Driver excused for stop sign by blood loss excuse
A motorist in Louisville appeared in police court for running a boulevard stop sign. The judge fined him only 2 dollars after he claimed he was too weak to press the brake because he had just donated blood for a transfusion.
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Louisville
Vandenberg Hull Clash on Pre Pearl Harbor Warnings
Senator Vandenburg charged Congress and the country were not warned about looming war before Pearl Harbor. Secretary Hull countered that warnings were issued and the public underestimated foreign threats. Both spoke on NBC program The State Department Speaks, urging better Congress State Department cooperation.
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Vandenburg
Mich
Pearl Harbor
Congress
Hull
NBC
State Department
House
Senate
Roosevelt Extends Sympathy on William Allen White Death
President Roosevelt telegraphed Mrs. William Allen White expressing deep sorrow over the death of the Emporia editor. He praised White as a leading journalist who elevated the Emporia Gazette. Funeral services are set for Monday afternoon at Memorial Chapel, College of Emporia, with burial at Maplewood Cemetery beside family members.
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Kas
Roosevelt
William Allen White
Bill
Emporia Gazette
College of Emporia
Stephen J. Williams
First Congregational Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Kansas
Missing pilot message finds son safe in Wisconsin
Lancaster parents learn their son Lieut. John Burns air transport command pilot is safe. He had been missing on an India China flight since January 18 and sent a radiogram Saturday stating he is all well.
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Lancaster
Wis
Lieut
John Burns
Air Transport Command
Michael Burns
Lieut. Burns
Bentonite Clay Absorbs Seven Times Its Water Volume
A plastic clay mineral Bentonite used in oil refineries can absorb seven times its volume in water. The finding highlights its high absorbency and potential applications in industrial processes.
Service Notes From Home Front: Ensign Hicks and More
Ensign Donald E. Hicks son of Mr and Mrs George E Hicks spends a two week leave at home after wings in Pensacola. Others listed include Pfc Kenneth A Winsum with a military police unit in the Pacific and Pvt Ralph Jerome Brown in the South Pacific after training at Camp Roberts and Ford Ord. John M Robinson attends torpedo school at Great Lakes naval station. Harold Maynard Bentzen and Fred F Muller Jr are at Great Lakes and a Kan army air field respectively. Richard L Campbell and his wife Jean Croll return to San Diego after visiting Norman Oklahoma. Bert S Roberts stationed on a jungle island in the South Pacific. Sgt Woody Loughan and Sgt Frank Loughan furloughing with family. Frank serves as chief radio operator and instructor at Sioux Falls. Edward Jerome Noe transfers to naval air training center Corpus Christi after primary at Glenview.
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Donald E. Hicks
George E. Hicks
Prospect Street
Pensacola
Fla
Kenneth A. Winsum
Pacific
Sheppard Field
Tex
Amarillo Field
John M. Robinson
Great Lakes
Ill
Harold Maynard Bentzen
South 6Th Street
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Fred F. Muller
Charles Street
Kan
Richard L. Campbell
Gene
Tomah
Raymond Gleason
Winfield
Army
Frank
Sioux Falls
S. D
Edward Jerome Noe
John Noe
Naval Air Training Center
Corpus Christi
Glenview
Danaher Proposes Federal Ballot Aid for Service Members
Senator Danaher outlines a compromise armed services voting plan to speed absentee ballots to uniformed personnel nationwide. The measure would use federal procedure to deliver ballots if states fail to act, while administration forces assert support for the administration bill.
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Washington
Danaher
R-Conn
United States
Senate
Administration Ae
Major Sergei Borenko Honored as Hero of the Soviet Union
Major Sergei Borenko, renowned Russian newspaper correspondent and early Kerch peninsula participant, who fought with a tommy gun, has been named a Hero of the Soviet Union for his war service and dispatch work.
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Sergei Borenko
Kerch Peninsula
Soviet Union
Bermuda-bound Army sergeant returns home on furlough
Sgt. Russell P. Rothaupt, son of the late George Rothhaupt, arrives in La Crosse on an 18 day furlough after a 15 month tour in Bermuda with the army finance department. He trained at Ft. Benjamin Harrison and is a Central high school graduate formerly a Camp McCoy purchasing agent. He expresses gratitude for the welcome home and notes Bermuda’s closed tourist status during wartime.
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Russell P. Rothaupt
Bermuda
la Crosse
George Rothaupt
Army Finance Department
Mecca
Rothaupt
Edward Bissen
Brownsville
Minn
U. S. Navy
Army
Navy
Russell Thompson
la Crosse Lagers
Car
Ole Landis
Martha Raye
Kay Francis
Mitzi Mayfair
Dorothy Blossom
Army Finance School
Ft. Benjamin Harris
Indianapolis
Ind
Central High School
Morse Resigns WLB and Oregon Law Faculty to Run for Senate
Wayne L. Morse resigns as public member of the War Labor Board and from the University of Oregon law faculty to seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Oregon. He cites a February 2, 1944 resignation and plans to run in the Oregon May primary against Rufus Holman.
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Washington
Wayne L. Morse
War Labor Board
Oregon
WLB
Law School
University of Oregon
Morse
National War Labor Board
United States Senate
Rufus Holman
Incum
Winners In Holmen Oratorical Contest
Holmen Wisconsin Robert Price won first in the school oratorical contest at the high school with That About 1954 Rachel Van Loon tied for first in serious declamatory with Alverda Berg who spoke Penny Elvern Erickson won humorous declamatory with I Am The One Who Made The World Safe For Democracy Yes The winners advance to the coulee conference contest in La Crosse later this season.
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Holmen
Wis
Robert Price
Carl Price
Rachel van Loon
Alverda Berg
Elvern Erickson
la Crosse
United States Supplies Most Global Aviation Gasoline
Ninety five percent of all aviation gasoline used by the United Nations comes from the United States. The statistic underscores US dominance in worldwide aviation fuel supply and export capacity amid postwar energy demands.
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United Nations
United States
Blair Youth Earl Otterson Wounded in Italy Action
Blair Wisconsin Pvt. Earl Otterson 22 son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Otterson was seriously wounded in action in Italy with infantry after serving since 1942. He trained at Camp Wolters Texas and went overseas April 1, 1943. He wrote home on Christmas Day with three weeks on the battle line. He is a nephew of Mrs. Melvin Gunderson of Whitehall.
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Blair
Wis
Edwin Otterson
Washington
Pvt
Earl
Otterson
Italy
Camp Wolters
Tex
North
Africa
Melvin Gunderson
Whitehall Community Hospital
Farm Youth Health Study Refutes Rural Advantage
Ohio State University rural sociologist Dr. A R Mangus said farm youths are not healthier than city youths. He cited 18 and 19 year old rejections 62 percent above average with defects including vision mental balance heart disease hearing and hernia. Data drawn from Col Leonard G Rowntree's Journal of the American Medical Association article.
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Columbus
A. R. Mangus
Ohio State University
Mangus
Col
Leonard G. Rowntree
Journal of the American Medical Association
Author Carlson sued for libel over Salt Lake lecture
Jeremiah Stokes a Salt Lake City attorney sues Arthur Derounian alias John Roy Carlson for 100000 damages in district court. The libel suit claims Carlson falsely quoted Stokes in Under Cover during a public lecture on January 21 in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Arthur Derounian
John Roy Carlson
Jeremiah Stokes
Stokes
Radio Listings Reflect War Time Scheduling Changes
A dense schedule outlines multiple network programs on January 30 1944 across Blue NBC CBS and radio segments. It lists shows from Al Pearce NBC Symphony and Jack Benny to Crime Doctor and Take It or Leave It along with daily news and church service broadcasts.
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Associated Press
al Pearce
Blue Network
NBC Symphony
NBC
CBS
Jack Benny
Charley McCarthy
Fred Allen
WKBH
Congregational Church
Voice of the Dairy Farmer
Chicago Round Table
Westinghouse
John Charles Thomas
Upton Close
Tom Reddy
Chase and
Sanborn
Rob Crosby and Company
Thomas Peluso
Josh
Nelson Olmsted
Humbard
Farm Service
Hayshakers
Texas Rangers
EY News
Caney Longmire
Guiding Light
Colleges Return to Civilians Under War Department Plan
Washington reports the air forces will end civilian training at 70 colleges and 14 civilian contract schools. Trainees will complete current courses, but no new AAF admissions. The move aims to reduce railway strain and save travel and military hours, selecting sites by location and fit. Named schools include Mount Pleasant Iowa Wesleyan, Jefferson College St Louis, Hastings College, Beloit, Carroll Waukesha Oshkosh East Milwaukee Stevens Point and Superior in Wisconsin, plus Cape Girardeau East St Louis and McBride in Missouri and Illinois.
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Army Air Forces
War Department
AAF
H. A
Ment
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Jefferson College
St. Louis
Hasting College
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Carroll College
Waukesha
Oshkosh State Teachers College
State Teachers College
East State Teachers College
Milwaukee
Stevens Point
Superior Teachers College
Cape Girardeau
East Louis
Ill
McBride, Mo
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