Allies Regain Initiative at Anzio and Pskov Drive
Russians pressure Pskov from Lake Peipus and the Leningrad corridor as two armies push toward the city. Luga falls aided by guerillas. Pravda cites rail and highway damage and heavy German losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pskov
Latvia
Lithuania
Lake Peipus
Pskov Lake
Leningrad
Luga
Nicholas II
Lake Simen-Staraya Russa
Estonia
Germany
Valk
Riga
Pravda
Pskov-Luga
Keaflava Pustin
Red Army
Kha- 70V
Stroud the Bird Breeder Behind Prison Walls
The piece details Robert Stroud, a prisoner at Leavenworth later moved to another facility, who studied and bred canaries during solitary confinement. It describes his early life, the 1910s murders, and the later focus on birds while in prison, including experiments and drawings of canary breeds and their ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Lled Stroud
Robert Stroud
Leavenworth
Jesse Mercy
Salivy
Stroud
Seattle
Juneau
Alaska
Bartendes
McNeil Island
Woodrow Ison
Refunds To Thousands Reported By Treasury
Washington reports thousands of individuals and corporations received tax refunds after erroneous income tax withholdings. The Treasury estimates refunds this year at 386 million dollars and next year at 781 million, led by large overcharges in estate and gift taxes and other withholdings. The Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan, reportedly received the largest single refund at 3.9 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Individus
Congress
Treasury Department
Department
Treasury
House Committee On Exec
Toco
Ford For Company
Dearborn
Mich
Allied convoy passes Gibraltar into the Mediterranean
German controlled Vichy radio reports a large Allied convoy with troop transports 60 cargo ships four tankers and escorts moving through Gibraltar into the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vichy
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
London Raid By Nazi Planes Strikes Amid Smoke and Fire
London endured an incendiary attack claimed by Berlin as two hundred planes. United States Thunderbolt fighters pounded Gilze-Rijen in Holland, aiming to neutralize German air power, while London crowds observed fires lighting the city center and outskirts after the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States Thunderbolt
Gilze-Rijen
Holland
Berlin
Sanford speaks at production rally in Pascagoula
L. R. Sanford of New Orleans and Captain Roger C. Heimer led a production for victory rally at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula Mississippi. Sanford planned to present the Maritime Commission gold star award to Ingalls for extraordinary ship production. Heimer, who commanded the S S Samuel Chase at Africa Sicily and Salerno, shared tales of the 18 000 ton vessel nicknamed Luck Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pascagoula
Miss
L. R. Sanford
New Orleans
Maritime Commission
Roger C. Heimer
Ingalls
Monroe B. Lanier
Heimer
Coast Guard
S. S. Samuel Chase
Africa
Sicily
Selerno
Italy
Luck Chase
Dewey Seeks 1944 GOP Nomination Amid New Deal Critique
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey spoke at the National Republican club Lincoln Day dinner denouncing a feared autocracy under the New Deal. He signaled no firm stance on presidential nomination and urged Americans to avoid peacetime chaos, amid ongoing Republican rhetoric and speculation. Jimmie Davis and opponent Lewis L. Morgan campaigned in Louisiana with Cawthorn supporting Morgan and Earl Long. Morgan denied corruption charges and pledged integrity as governor.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
National Republican Club
Associated Press
Jimmie H. Davis
New Orleans
Lewis L. Morgan
Louisiana
Morgan
Joe T. Cawthorn
Atrommey
Cawthorn
Earl Long
Sam Jones
Eunice
Davis
Ascension Parish
Convent
Vacherie and Lutcher
St. James
Woodrow Wilson's Daughter Dies in India Retreat
Margaret Woodrow Wilson aged 57 and oldest daughter of the late president died in an Indian religious colony at Pondichery where she had gone four years earlier seeking refuge from a troubled world. Her sister Eleanor McAdoo said the cable reported uremia as the cause. Her past included performances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Red Cross tours in 1917. George Nakashima reported she would never return to the outside world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
New Deal Criticized by United Carpenters Union
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners in Lakeland Florida denounces the New Deal as fostering overall paternalism and threatening organized labor. International President William Hutchinson presented a six point platform demanding free enterprise less bureaucracy less paternalism postwar private jobs and protection of labor gains.
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Lakeland
Fla
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
International
William Hutchinson
New Deal
Finns Expect Peace Action In Helsinki Amid War Pressure
Reports from Helsinki say Finland seeks a path to end the war with Russia as Social Democrats press leaders for terms. The arrival of minister Leo Ehrenrooth, and figures like Juhu Paasikivi and Elias Erkko, fuel speculation on possible talks while concerns grow over German reprisals.
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Finland
Helsinki
Social Democratic Party
Leo Ehrenrooth
Stockholm
Juhu Paasikivi
Elias Erkko
Ehrenrooth
Sweden
Italy
Vaino Tanner
Paasikivi
Tanner
Ouachita Parish Reaches War Bond Goal Despite Shortfall in Series E
Ouachita Parish surpasses its overall Fourth War Loan quota by selling 3,085,273 in war bonds against 3,077,800. Series E bonds lag 17 percent with one day left. S. J. Rogers, parish War Finance chairman, urges persistent effort from buyers and volunteers to meet all objectives.
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Quachita Parish
S. J. Rogers
Ouachita Parish
Rogers
Hopkins' Son Killed in Namur Battle
Stephen Hopkins, 18, youngest son of Harry L. Hopkins and Roosevelt adviser, died as a Marine private during the Namur Islet combat. He was shot in a crossfire while rushing a target. His brothers serve in the armed forces in Italy and on an aircraft carrier.
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Namur
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Stephen Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Stephen
Namur Islet
United States
David
Robert
Italy
Deferments Tightened as Farm Jobs Come Under Review
Chicago officials told a wartime conference that draft boards must cancel farm deferments unless registrants are irreplaceable and essential to farms. The War Food Administration outlined a mobile task force of 126,000 experienced workers to shift where needed to aid local labor forces.
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Chicago
War ‘Food Administration
Food Processors Conference
Francis V. Keesling
Selective Service
Pearl Harbor
Philip G. Bruton
War Food Administration
WFA
Five Bodies Recovered From Memphis Plane Crash
Salvage crews pressed to recover the remaining 19 victims from the American Airlines flight that went down in the Mississippi River near Memphis. Officials listed five identified bodies including Capt Edagr F Zarr and Lt Victor L Ramsey, with two women among the victims.
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Dale B. Francis
Fort Worth
Tex
American Airlines
Memphis
Little Rock
Mississippi River
A. P
United States Engineers
Edagr F. Zarr
Dallas
Wilmington
Del
Victor L. Ramsey
Youngstown
Charles S. Spring
Camp Young
Calif
E. C. Miller
Consolidated Steel Corporation, Ltd
Whittier
Hubert S. Sudmeir
20Th Ferrying Group
Nashville
Tenn
WAC
Elizabeth L. McGuire
Ark
Davie May Holy
Stilwell Promises Aggressive Land and Air Campaign
General Stilwell declared a bold land and air offensive from interior China to complement Admiral Nimitz’s Pacific drive. He pledged to build up air and cargo capacity to bridge production and fighting fronts while Allied bombers hit Hong Kong area targets and Raoul raids press Japanese positions in Burma and the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Free China
Pacific
Joseph W. Stilwell
United States
China
Burma
India
Southwest
Stilwell
Chungking
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Hong Kong
Southeast Asia
Rabaul
New Britain
William F. Halsey
Kavieng
New Ireland
Celebes
Foreign relief approval seen this week in Congress
The House and Senate are moving quickly on bills to fund the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration with up to 1.35 billion dollars and to renew the Commodity Credit Corporation’s life through June 30, 1945. Chairman Connally predicts swift House endorsement despite Roosevelt’s expected veto.
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Washington
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Connally
Texas
Commodity Credit Corporation
Senate
Roosevelt
Missing Orleans Flier Hunted After Lake Pontchartrain Jump
Flight Officer Roland F Louque aged 20 son of Mrs Marcel Cuadrada of New Orleans is missing after parachuting from a pursuit plane over Lake Pontchartrain during maneuvers. Search by air sea and land continues from Harding Field and New Orleans base with planes navy boats and ground parties scouring the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Roland F. Louque
Marcelle C. Cuadrada
Lake Pontchartrain
Hardingfield
Baton Rouge
Lake
Missilier
British Troops Seize Key Bridge Near Carroceto Aprilia
Allied headquarters reported British forces recaptured a railway bridge west of Carroceto Aprilia, ten miles north of Anzio, with tank support. German forces counterattacked in Cassino and at the Benedictine monastery, while air and ground combat continued around the Anzio perimeter and bombardments affected Rome and Castel Gandolfo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Ale Giers
Anzio
Carroceto
Aprilia
Benito Mussolini
Cassino
Castel Gandolfo
Mt. Cassino
Rome
Italy
France
Gererai
Eighth Army
Terelle
Four Children Die in Gloucester House Fire
Four children aged three, two, eighteen months, and four months died in a Gloucester blaze that started in a kitchen closet and spread to an oil stove. Their mother, visiting a neighbor, escaped with minor burns and led firefighters to the upstairs room where the others perished. The father, a newly enlisted Army man, was hospitalized at Camp Blanding. An arson inquiry was started.
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Gloucester
Mass
United States
Raymond Thompeson
Robert
Mary
Marjorie
Louis A. Francis
Koda L. Thompson
Addison Gilbert Hospital
Thompson
Cynthia
Camp Blanding
Fla
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Charles Griffin
Chaplin
Miss Berry
Thomas Dewey Morgan
Raps
Civil Service League
Woodrow Wilson
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