Open Letter to a Boss on Pendergast and Morals
The Rev Thomas B McDonald recounts Tom Pendergast as a Kansas City political boss who prayed at 7 30 each morning for 30 years while presiding over corruption and ballot manipulation. Father D Lord argues a public life cannot be separated from private conduct and urges scrutiny of powerful politicians, including Pendergast, amid FBI concerns and reform efforts.
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Tom Pendergast
Rt.ev
Thomas B. McDonald
Pendergast
Kansas City
Dani Lord
S. J
Endergast
Fordden
Father Lord
Isey City
Chicago
Albany
St. Louis
Pentgast
Ensignor McDonald
Ndergast
Nder Pendergast
Honestus
Dergast
Rer Lord
Harryman
Truman
Comee
Convicted Felon Challenges Death Penalty Sounds Off
Fulton cites Poly Weber case in California arguing the death penalty is too severe and should be limited to civilian court standards. He says circumstances must be weighed though the aim is to deter and avoid forcing men into drastic acts.
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Oly Weber
Car Rob- Calif
Fulton
Penn
Font
Southern Manila Big Battlefield
Rumbling American tanks and artillery smashed at entrenched Japanese in mined Manila streets as Superfortresses blasted Iwo Jima. It was the third B 29 attack in three days with Nakajima factory damaged near Tokyo and Rangoon dumps blown up. Allied planes and PT boats added 30 plus barges. Marines and cavalry pushed Japanese units toward Manila Bay through Ermita.
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Associated Press
Manila
Iwo Jima
Nakajima
Tokyo
Rangoon
Burma
Manila Bay
Pasig
Neilson
Ermita
A F L Receives John L Lewis Reply On Mine Union Reaffiliation
Miami report states the A F L got John L Lewis’s reply on terms for reaffiliation of the United Mine Workers. Green and Lewis remained tight lipped on return conditions, while the executive council prepared to review terms. Observers note Lewis seeks tribunals within the A F L to arbitrate disputes amid District 50 factions including the Chemical Workers Union.
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Miami
Fla
A. F. of L
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Council
Chemical Workers Union
Stoie
Samuel Gompers
Nazi Women Draft Decree Extends War Service
London February 12. Every woman and girl in Germany becomes liable for auxiliary service with the Volkssturm under a decree broadcast by DNB, placing the nation under Himmler’s home army. The Berlin radio also cites marriage by telegram for absentia marriages to aid Atlantic strongpoints.
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London
Germany
Volkssturm
Peoples Army
DNB
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Home Army
Britain
Nazi Party
Berlin
Atlantic
Roosevelt urges World Bank and Fund approval at Congress
President Roosevelt urged prompt congressional action to authorize U S participation in the Bretton Woods mechanism. He cited a $9 1 billion World Bank with $3 175 billion US share and an $8 8 billion IMF with $2 75 billion US share, aiming to lead global economic cooperation and expand world trade.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bretton Woods
International Bank
International Monetary Fund
White House
United States
World Bank
Dumbarton Oaks
Drownings Reported After River Outing Here
Charles McDaniel and J E Mickesell of Steamboat Springs Colo drowned when their outboard capsized on the Ouachita River Sunday near Maple and McKinley streets. Barr, four miles west on Highway 80, was rescued by Captain Dupree with two soldiers aiding. McDaniel’s body recovered about 3 p m. Mickesell’s body not found by Monday noon as rescue efforts continued.
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Charles McDaniel
J. E. Mickesell
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Ouachita River
Monroe
William G. Barr
Highway 80
Dupree
Station 1
Maple
McKinley
Barr
Captain Dupree
McDaniel
Brown
C. W. Flacy
M. M. Smith
Mickesell
War Department lists 1908 U S soldiers killed in action
Washington report names 1,908 U S soldiers killed in action. Among the fallen are Brewster James W Enterkin Jewell L Fiacchino Samuel S Settles William E W and others from the area, with listed next of kin and home addresses in Louisiana towns such as Olla Jena and Clarks.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Brewster
James W
Ida J. Brewster
West Monroe
Enterkin
Jewell L
Bessie VU. Enterkin
Olla. Fiacchino
Elliott Roosevelt and Blaze the Military Debate
Washington reports Republican critics doubtful on Col. Elliott Roosevelt's brigadier promotion while a Senate debate centers on his dog Blaze and an army plane priority controversy. In Athens, Greek leaders sign a peace accord with the ELM to end fighting, outlining arms surrender and martial law terms, with a fuller statement to follow.
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Washington
Col
Elliott Roosevelt
Senate
Bushfield
South Dakota
Elliott
Military Affairs Subcommittee
H. L. George
Air Transport Command
Hollywood
Memphis
John Boettiger
Death reports of Nazi leaders raise doubts in London
Reports from London contend that Berlin's claims of Nazi deaths are increasingly dubious as Allied authorities anticipate synthetic notices. The case of Roland Freisler, praised for sending opponents to the gallows, prompts fear of a staged death and fake funeral to enable a new life abroad.
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London
Berlin
Roland Freisler
People's Court
Freisler
Roosevelt to visit De Gaulle during European trip
Paris February 12 UP The itinerary for President Roosevelt on his Black Sea voyage includes visits to Italy and France and a conference with General de Gaulle. The trip aims to ease French disappointment over not attending the Black Sea meeting and to align the Big Three on current issues.
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Paris
Italy
France
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Black Sea
Three die in Pikeville family shooting in Kentucky
In Pikeville Kentucky on February 12 a man and two women were killed in a family dispute. Suspect Anderson Adkins 33 brother-in-law of the victims was captured on a mountain top about an hour after the shootings. A fourth woman Mrs Burton Bently 26 Regina was critically wounded and hospitalized. Adkins sought custody of his 10 year old son from his divorced wife now living in Osborne Ohio.
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Pikeville
D. T. Keel
Anderson Adkins
Adkins
Orbin K. Long
Millard
Tom Johnson
Clarence Blackburn
Regina
Burton Bently
Kee
Elmo Adkins
Osborne
Dayton
Ohio
Troops Cross Bober River Near Breslau Front
Marshal Ivan Konev's forces push across the Bober River reaching Bunzlau as they encircle Breslau. German reports say Zhukov's army moved toward Stettin and the Oder front south of Berlin, threatening Berlin's southern defenses.
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London
Ivan Koney
Breslau
Silesia
Bober
Dresden
Konev
Bunzlau
Sagan
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Fuerstenberg
Zhukov
Stettin
Baltic
Madue See
Pyritz
Stargard
Wallace Faces Moves to Restrict Power if Commerce Chief
House opponents of Henry Wallace push to remove RFC control and sever his ties with the Export-Import Bank. The rules committee is set to send the Senate passed George bill to the floor, with a test vote possible on the bank angle before March 1. Roosevelt backs the George bill as it passed the Senate.
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Washington
Henry Wallace
House
Secretary of Commerce
Commerce
Export-Import Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House Rules Committee
Senate
Roosevelt
Wallace
Congress
Coffee supplies are termed high in New York
Coffee stocks in New York were described as high despite rationing fears with shipments from Brazil continuing. Trade sources report about 4.3 million bags on hand and 2.8 million more bought and in transit, totaling 7.1 million bags earmarked for the United States, enough for nearly six months.
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New York
Brazil
United States
Half Of Pruem Is Cleared By Yanks
Allied forces push through the Siegfried line as Kleve falls to Canadian First Army, capturing key river routes and expanding control along the Reichswald. American Fourth Division clears half of Pruem while Roer floods stall advances. Wesel remains distant as units move toward the Rhine corridor.
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Paris
Kleve
First Army
Nijmegen
U. S. Third Army
Pruem
U. S
Reichs Forest
Low Rhine
Spey
Rhine
Wesel
Ruhr
United States
Ninth
Roer
Henry Crerar
Gennep
Niers
Reichswald
Kessel
Goch
Maas
Aachen-Venlo
Supreme Headquarters
Dueren
United States First Army
Easier labor measure seen in Senate debate
Washington February 12 The Office of War Mobilization urged national service legislation as a compromise manpower plan moves in the Senate. An OWM statement quoted by Jonathan Daniels denied a New York Herald Tribune report about the Voorhis bill as a substitute for the May bill. The agency backs mandatory service for eligible men not yet called and supports measuring workforce needs by government referrals. The compromise would let the War Manpower Commission set plant ceilings and place workers by agency referral, with Senate debate continuing amid whispers of broader support.
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Washington
Office of War Mobilization
Senate
Jonathan Daniels
Roosevelt
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
New York Herald Tribune
Voorhis
Thomas
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Manpower Commission
House
Mead
Democrat
New York
Mallette Posthumously Receives Air Medal in World War II
The United States awarded posthumously the Air Medal to Lt. (jg) Earl Clifford Mallette U S N R, son of Mrs Pansye G Mallette of 509 North Fifth Street West Monroe Louisiana. The citation notes his meritorious aerial combat duties as a carrier based dive bomber pilot in the Pacific from July 18 to September 24 1944 including strikes against enemy positions and ships in the Marianas Bonins Palau and the Philippines.
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New Orleans
United States
Earl Clifford Mallette
Mallette
Pansye G. Mallette
North Fifth Street
West Monroe
Navy
Pacific War
Jg) Mallette
Marianas
Bonins
Palau
Philippines
Hope Russians to Free Prisoners Near Sagan River
Moscow reports Allied military missions hopeful that Red Army operations free American British French and Canadian prisoners. Marshal Konyev reaches within three miles of Sagan on the Bober river, near the last Stalag Luft Three site, as heavy fighting continues in Silesia.
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Moscow
Red Army
Marshal Konevy
Silesia
Sagan
Bober River
Stalag Luft Three
Americans Lose Retail Spending in 1944 Record
Washington reports that 1944 retail sales reached 69.275 billion dollars, a new record and nine percent above 1943. December sales were 7.45 billion, the highest for any December on record, with durable goods rising as prices increased especially for furniture and home furnishings. The Commerce Department notes a moderate three percent rise in the overall retail price index from 1943.
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Washington
Commerce Department
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