Churchill predicts Axis collapse could come sooner than war ends
Prime Minister Churchill told the House that Japan rules the air and has strong sea, land, and air forces in the A B D A area. He warned Britain faces heavy shipping losses and a prolonged war possibly into 1943 or 1944, while outlining postwar reconstruction plans and the potential for Allied victory without a full retreat to Berlin. Chiang Kai-shek will join the Pacific War Council to coordinate strategy with Britain and allies.
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Japan
Britain
United Nations
Germany
Berlin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pacific War Council
Netherlands East Indies
New Zealand
Australia
War Labor Policy and Unions in a Crisis
Westbrook Pegler notes the need for drastic labor measures to support war production and transport. He fears shortages of workers with essential skills and argues unions may hinder efficiency with traditional rules, urging limited union influence while retaining key workers for war tasks.
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Chicago
Hitler
Anglo American lend-lease postwar framework agreed
The White House announced a broad postwar lend-lease framework between the United States and Britain. It aims to expand trade, reduce tariffs, end discriminatory commerce, and ensure return of U S assets after the war with mutual benefits and reciprocal aid considered.
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Washington
Great Britain
White House
United States
Sumner Welles
Viscount Halifax
Partics
Noe Promises Funds for Bomber to Chennault Mission
James A. Noe the Democratic national committeeman announced sufficient funds would be raised to send a bomber to General Claire L. Chennault leader of American volunteer fliers in Burma. At the Washington day dinner 449 attended and proceeds split between the party deficit fund and the bomber fund. Mrs Chennault thanked the tribute while Acting Mayor Earhart praised all service members behind the flag.
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New Orleans
James A. Noe
Claire L. Chennault
Burma
Noe
National Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Plan Campaign on Production
War production officials plan a promotion drive to raise arms output by valuing workers and ideas for production shortcuts over speedups. The program seeks Roosevelt approval with Nelson leading, recognizing merit, awarding plants with notable jobs, and sending foremen and workers to summer maneuvers to observe tanks guns and trucks.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
Navy
Germany Takes Vast Stores From France
Berlin estimates show Nazi removal of French industrial goods since June 1940 at about 800 million dollars. Foodstuffs value ranged from 620 to 920 million dollars. Calculations use 176 francs per pound sterling. Security transfers lack enough data for figures.
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London
France
Germany
Tax Experts Move Toward Large Corporate and Individual Tax Hikes
Washington sources say Treasury and congressional tax experts favor drastic increases in corporate and individual income taxes and excises to raise about 7 billion dollars more. They expect to retain current tax bases but boost rates on corporate war contracts and existing levies, with no immediate general sales or war profits tax. President Roosevelt pressed for 9 billions in added revenue in his budget outlook.
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Washington
Treasury
Congressional
Capitol
Roosevelt
Mississippi Senators Defend Pension Plan Against GOP Critics
Mississippi's U S senators Bilbo and Doxey blame GOP critics and a Democratic administration for the pension uproar. They call the effort a propaganda campaign aimed at supporting aging lawmakers with funds from their own resources. Bilbo endorses Doxey as a strong candidate as he runs to complete the late Har rison term.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
United States
Theo G. Bilbo
Wall Doxey
State House
Bilbo
Doxey
Russians expected to aid Leningrad soon
London reports a German radio attributed message claiming a major Russian offensive and imminent relief for Leningrad. British and Russian lines describe more Soviet advances toward Dorogobuzh and Panino near Rzhev as Nazi forces face renewed pressure on the Moscow front. Berlin notes scattered fighting with casualties, while Norway cites Hitler seeking 500000 pairs of skis for continued winter war.
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Rzhev
Adolf Hitler
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Crimea
Kharkov
Norway
Eight Enemy Aliens Arrested in Dallas Raids
Police Chief J. M. Welch announced eight enemy aliens were arrested in Dallas County during all night raids by police and FBI agents. A cache of contraband including radios cameras pistols and shotguns was seized. Raids targeted suburban areas such as Cockrell Hill near the North American Aviation plant after an investigation begun yesterday morning.
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Tex
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Cockrell Hill
North American Aviation Plant
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U-boat fires on U S mainland near Goleta California
Submarine shells an oil field and refinery near Goleta five miles north of Santa Barbara causing structural damage to a pumping plant but no injuries. The attack marked the first enemy fire on the continental United States in this war, with blackout and radio silence in effect through the night.
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Army
Arthur Bushman
Pomona
Montecito
Greed and inefficiency blamed for wartime drag
Camden union leader John Green and Senator Harry S. Truman charged greed and carelessness as the nation’s top saboteurs. Green warned production could drop as much as 80 percent due to profit focus, while Truman said the defense program has been hindered by private interests though he believes Roosevelt’s vast war effort will still be achieved.
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Delaware River
Camden
N. J
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Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Senate Defense Committee
T H Harris is critically ill in Baton Rouge
T H Harris a long time Louisiana educator and former state superintendent of education is reported critically ill from influenza at Our Lady of the Lake sanitarium in Baton Rouge. He would turn 73 on March 26 and had a long career guiding public schools and state colleges since the early 1900s.
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Louisiana
Our Lady of the Lake
Harris
Roosevelt Pledge Of Offense Arouses Allied Hope In War
President Roosevelt vowed that the United Nations would take the offensive soon, boosting anti Axis nations as Java defenders brace for a climactic Japanese sea assault. The speech noted thousands of American troops in the Pacific and drew strong praise in London while Japanese outlets mocked the address as a pep talk amid war news from Burma and other fronts.
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A. E. F. Vanguard
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Far
Pacific
London
Daily Sketch
America
Domei
White House
Burma
Roosevelt Demands Uninterrupted War Production
President Roosevelt urged Americans to brace for more wartime reverses and continue uninterrupted production to build overwhelming war supplies for future offensives. He spoke as a submarine bombardment occurred on the U.S. coast, signaling a global war effort.
Tanker Republic torpedoed off Florida coast
The American owned 5287 ton tanker Republic of Houston was torpedoed off the southeast coast with five fatalities. Twenty eight survivors, two slightly injured, reached a Florida port as the navy reported. Another ship Pan-Massachusetts had 20 lives lost in an attack near Jacksonville last week.
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Fila
Republic
Houston
Tex
Navy
Florida
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Jacksonville
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Petroleum Navigation Company of
Nomination of York Archbishop to Canterbury Post
King George nominates Dr William Temple of York to succeed Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang as archbishop of Canterbury, the premier clerical role in the Church of England. Temple would replace Lang if approved, continuing church leadership in Britain.
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William Temple
King George of
Great Britain
Cosmo Gordon Lang
Canterbury
Church of England
Roosevelt reports Pearl Harbor losses lower than prior totals
Roosevelt's summary last night shows American losses at Pearl Harbor far below earlier official figures. The Navy list for ships and wounded numbers is revised, with Washington noting some vessels may still be restored to service while two ships were saved and returned home.
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Navy
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Utah
Cassin
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Shaw
Oglala
Army
Safe conduct for British wheat shipment to Greece announced
London reports Germany granted safe passage for a British ship carrying wheat to Greece while Italy’s response is pending. A government spokesman said further ships could sail if wheat distribution is controlled. He noted starving Greeks in axis-occupied areas as travelers report daily deaths.
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Germany
Greece
Turkey
Budapest
Southeast Economist
Athens
Destroyer and stores vessel break in gale off Newfoundland
A U S destroyer the Truxtun and naval stores ship Pollux were wrecked in a daylight gale off Lawrence harbor Newfoundland with at least 189 dead. Lieutenant Commander Ralph Hickox of Washington led the Truxtun. survivors were aided by Lawrence residents.
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UPI
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Navy
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Washington, D. C
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Atlantic
U. S. S. Trux
Lend Lease Aid Tripled by U S Since Pearl Harbor
Washington report shows lend-lease to United Nations rose from about 141 million monthly in 8 12 months after Pearl Harbor to 338 million in December and 462 million in January. Air ferry service across the Atlantic extended to Middle East to supply bombers and fighting forces. Marine Day Observed in Louisiana with parade and enlistment drive.
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United Nations
Pearl Harbor
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Lendlease
Senate Appropriations Committee
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