Scholarly debate on Roosevelt income limit decree dispute
The discussion in the House Ways and Means Committee focuses on President Roosevelt’s executive order to cap incomes at 25 000, its legality, and the shift in legislative power. The piece notes Congress’ resistance to blanket authority and predicts further legislation clashing with the administration on labor policy.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Communist Party
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Europe
Ways and Means Committee
Morgenthau
Stalin awards Red Army as avengers on 25th war anniversary
Moscow reports Premier Joseph Stalin hailing the Red Army as an army of avengers on its 25th anniversary. He claimed 4,000,000 Nazis were killed in 20 months as he urged continued fight and warned of Germany’s ongoing cr losses and need to keep up pressure with no second front.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Europe
Red Army
Germany
Stalin
Rationing Won’t Hurt Says Baltimore Expert
Dr. B C McCollum of Johns Hopkins says rationing will not harm health or weight. He notes Americans have been pampered by abundance and warns of less variety and stability but urges acceptance of the measure.
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Baltimore
B.C. McCollum
Johns Hopkins University
American Bombers Hit at Japanese Bases in Pacific
U S bombers struck Japanese bases in the north and south Pacific, starting fires at Munda in the Solomon Islands. All allied planes returned safely. A separate Allied communique reports fifteen tons of bombs dropped on Malahanga home and nearby villages in Lae area, New Guinea, with strong coordinated attacks across New Guinea, New Britain, and the Admiralty Islands.
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Washington
North
South Pacific
Munda
Solomon Islands
Navy
United States
Aulia
Malahanga
Lae
New Guinea
New Britain
Lemons
Admiralty
Installa
Jongge
Buin-Faisi
Lorengau
Admiralty Islands
Reconnais
Rickenbacker Criticizes Labor and Roosevelt in Albany
Eddie Rickenbacker told New York lawmakers that wartime sacrifices must be shared and warned against an aristocracy of labor unionism seeking higher dues and power. Senator Dunnigan criticized the anti-labor stance as disappointing during Roosevelt’s state legislature joint session.
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Albany
N. Y
Eddie Rickenbacker
Roosevelt
Senate
John J. Dunnigan
New York City
New York
Rickenbacker
Russians push toward Black Sea through Krasnodar region
Russian troops advancing from Krasnodar toward the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk pushed through Kholmskaya into Akhtyrskaya, two miles from the coast, with further offensives west of Rostov and Kursk while a counterattack west of Kursk failed.
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London
Krasnodar
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Kholmskaya
Akhtyrskaya
Red Army
Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Krasnoarmeisk
Donets
Kursk
Moscow
Kiev
Dnieper
Yankee Clipper Sinks in Tagus River Disaster
Salvage crews comb the Tagus for the Yankee clipper after its crash from New York killing 4 aboard and leaving 20 missing. Of 39 aboard, 15 survived or were rescued, with Jane Froman among the injured. authorities withhold names pending Washington.
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Lisbon
Tagus River
New York
United States Legation
Tagus
Jane Froman
Yvet Silver
Jones to Speak on Wednesday in Ouachita Visit
Governor Sam Houston Jones arrives from Winnsboro as guest of honor in Monroe Ouachita parish. He will address state affairs and war roles at the courthouse, attend Kiwanis luncheon at Hotel Virginia, then inspect Ouachita agricultural facilities in West Monroe.
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Sam Houston Jones
Twin Cities
Winnsboro
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hotel Virginia
West Jomion
Meat restraints signed by Dawkins in Shreveport
Federal court in Shreveport signed restraining orders against meat slaughters named in seven complaints. The orders bar violations of OPA regulations pending hearings for permanent injunctions set for March 4. Complaints filed by Malcolm LaFargue on petitions by William B. Phelps and Fred C. Shelby for the Baton Rouge OPA office, in the name of Prentiss M. Brown.
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Shreveport
Ben C. Dawkins
OPA
Malcolm LaFargue
United States
William B. Phelps
Fred C. Shelby
Baton Rouge
Prentiss M. Brown
Registration drives in Ouachita parish for war ration books
Ouachita parish residents must register at local elementary schools Wednesday to obtain war ration book 2. Families provide copies of ration book No 1 and declare canned food supply. registration runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with teachers overseeing, and same initial letters assigned to specific days to speed processing.
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Ouachita Parish
Wheat marketing quotas suspended to assure wartime supplies
Secretary Wickard suspended AAA wheat marketing quotas for 1942 and 1943 crops to ensure adequate food and feed. Farmers may overplant 1943 wheat if they meet 90 percent of their war crop goals and still receive crop loans and benefit payments. Excess 1942 wheat may be sold or used without penalty.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
AAA
Treasury chief presses quick action on debt limit rise
Secretary Morgenthau urged Congress to raise the national debt limit to 210 billion dollars as a spring loan drive would push debt beyond the current 125 billion cap. He warned delaying during a booster effort would resemble halting ammunition in battle and expected congressional approval despite a rider on Roosevelt’s salary limit.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Morgenthau
Naval war update reports sinking of German and Japanese subs
The U S navy announced the sinking of a German submarine in the Atlantic and a Japanese submarine in the Pacific. Secretary Knox warned that U boats remain a grave menace while noting progress against merchant ships is limited. He urged continued buildup of destroyers and escort vessels and emphasized coordinated air and sea efforts.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Knox
United Nations
North Atlantic
Army
Navy
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
America
Two Ships Sunk In North Atlantic Loss Surges
Washington reports America's worst wartime sea disaster with more than 850 dead or missing after two private passenger ships were torpedoed in the North Atlantic over four days. Navy says ships carried military personnel and civilian workers. weather and rapid sinking hindered lifeboats. Names of the vessels not released.
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Washington
America
North Atlantic
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Finns Hoped To Withdraw From War With Russia
Sumner Welles stated the United States hopes Finland will disassociate from Germany and end military aid to Russia. He cited friendship and understanding between the Finnish and American people and stressed the goal of reducing support to the enemies of the United Nations.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
Finland
Russia
Germany
Welles
United States
United Nations
German thrust close to Thala in Tunisia clash
Allied forces halted Rommel four miles from Thala in central Tunisia as tanks and infantry repelled a major assault north of the Kasserine gap. US and British air power blasted supply routes, with Boston bombers and Lightning fighters targeting tanks trucks and guns. The battle near Thala and the Kasserine pass continued with heavy casualties on both sides.
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North Africa
Kasserine Gap
Erwin Rommel
Thala
Tunisia
Kasserine
Kremamsa Plateau
Thala Road
Kasserine Pass
Tebessa
Djebel Hamma
Rommel
Tedessa
United States
Twelfth Air Force
Boston
Governor Jones asks Goodman to keep post in war effort
Governor Sam Jones urged U S Goodman to withdraw his resignation as state OPA administrator. Jones said the job should not be politicized and advised Goodman to stand firm against political pressure while the war effort remains to be managed without partisan interference.
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Baton Rouge
Sam Jones
OPA
U. S. Goodman
Goodman
Louisiana
Jones
Prentiss Brown
America
Sword of George VI to be sent to Stalingrad
Russia will accept King George VI’s sword of honor for Stalingrad with gratitude. President Kalinin said the blade would be received as a symbol of comradeship in arms between Britain and the Soviet Union. The swords mirror a historic English craft, recalling Jellico Beatty and French.
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London
George VI
Stalingrad
Michael Kalinin
Russia
George
Monitor
Kalinin
Great Britain
Soviet Union
England
Jellico
Beatty
French
Army to use troops for Arizona cotton harvest
Washington reports the army authorized first use of military units as emergency farm labor in Arizona to harvest long staple cotton. White and Black soldiers from nearby posts will work in Pinal and Maricopa counties to relieve labor shortages. The action is effective immediately with troop numbers not disclosed.
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Washington
Arizona
War Department
Pinal
Maricopa
Capitol Hill
Joseph T. MacNarney
McNarney
Senate Agriculture
Roosevelt
War Stimson
Louisiana Delegation Slams Allred Nomin ation
The Louisiana House delegation issued a statement calling President Roosevelt's pick of former Texas Governor James V. Allred for the fifth circuit court of appeals a result of political chicanery. They question Hatch Act evasion and argue the vacancy belongs to Louisiana after Judge Rufus E. Foster's death.
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Washington
Louisiana House
Roosevelt
James V. Allred
Texas
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana
Rufus EB. Foster
Gandhi's health worsens amid fast for release
News from New Delhi reports Mohandas K. Gandhi entering the eleventh day of a 21 day hunger strike while detention by British authorities continues. Prayers and appeals for unconditional release spread across India as Gandhi's condition grows weaker.
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Mohandas K. Gandhi
Poona
Aga Khan
India
Karachi
Gandhi
Calcutta
London
News Chronicle
Churchill
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