Unidentified object over West Coast fired on by anti aircraft guns
Anti aircraft guns fired on an unidentified object moving slowly down the coast from Santa Monica toward Signal Hill. Officials differed on pursuit with no bombs dropped and an all clear issued at 7 19 am. Fragments fell near Mrs. Landis home as police detained three Japanese suspects at Venice.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Signal Hill
Associated Press
United States Army
United States
H. G. Landis
Venice
Mrs. Roosevelt Criticized Over Civilian Defense Roles
The article argues Mrs. Roosevelt was removed from civilian defense leadership under public pressure. It accuses her of abusing the position to advance political allies, notably Maynus Chaney, and claims the controversy exposed the service to ridicule and harmed national security. It asserts the debate centered on her audacity in staffing public payrolls with personal followers.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Congress
Maynus Chaney
Miss Chaney
Mrs. Roosevelt
Youth Admits Theater Death in Chicago Balcony Shooting
Coroner says 17 year old Clarence McDonald of Berwyn confessed to fatally shooting Dorothy Broz, 17, in the Palace theater balcony. Suspect identified after police questioned the victim's friend and uncle confirmed Dorothy's identity.
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Chicago
A. L. Brodie
Dorothy Broz
Palace Theater
Brodie
Clarence McDonald
Berwyn
Dorothy
McDonald
Two Die in Aberdeen Hotel Fire Covered in Flames
Aberdeen North Carolina February 23 two hotel guests died in a blaze that gutted the Sandhill Hotel. Firemen recovered the manager Jack Meador and an unidentified woman and seven others were missing as crews fought to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby buildings.
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Aberdeen
N. C
Sandhill
Jack Meador
Southern Pines
Pinehurst
Japs Appear To Be Halted By MacArthur On Bataan
On February 23, reports indicate a stalemate on the Bataan front as Japanese forces pause their efforts to break General Douglas MacArthur's line. The status of reinforcements or new offensives remains unclear while artillery duels continue near Manila Bay and on Corregidor.
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MacArthur
Bataan
Battle of
Douglas MacArthur
Corregidor
Manila Bay
War Bulletins From Across World War II Fronts
World war updates report Japanese fighter planes destroyed in Burma, Allied raiders sinking two large Japanese transports near Macassar and a third elsewhere, raids on Palembang airfield setting three enemy planes aflame, a Japanese admiral killed in action near Borneo, a Norwegian freighter torpedoed off the Atlantic coast, and Imperial headquarters claiming a mortal blow to Allied air forces in Java with substantial submarine activity in the region.
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Rangoon
Burma
Bandoeng
Macassar
Celebes
Netherlands Indies
Palembang
Sumatra
Work or Fight Proposed to End War Production Stoppages
Washington Feb 25 Drastic work or fight legislation may be sought to empower the war labor board to prevent production stoppages. The plan would draft striking workers into the armed services if deferments apply to essential war jobs and blacklist nonessential strikers on government contracts. President Roosevelt urged uninterrupted production in his address as Congress considers swift action. The measure aims to keep all industrial wheels turning for all out war effort.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Congress
Roosevelt
Senator Hill
Alabama
Norwegian Vessel Blink Survivors Tell 66 Hour Lifeboat Ordeal
Six men, only known survivors of the torpedoed Norwegian freighter Blink, recounted a 66 hour fight for life in a swamped lifeboat after two torpedoes sank the 2700 ton ship off the Atlantic coast. They described the engine room hit, deaths from thirst and exposure, and the crew’s eventual rescue in Baltimore aboard an unidentified vessel.
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Baltimore
Blink
Navy Department
Atlantic
Donkeyman
United States Marine Hospital
Biiger Lunde
Odd Dunne
Naker Thorbjorsen
Harry Friis
Godtfried Gullkisen
George Johnson Lunde
No. 2
Former Countess Arrested by FBI in Florida
Orange New Jersey reports the former Countess Erica von Haacke of Germany has been taken into custody as an enemy alien by FBI agents in Palm Beach Florida. Her mother in law says cameras gun literature and other items were seized from their Orange County home.
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Orange
N. J
Erica von Haacke
Germany
Palm Beach
Fla
Abraham G. H. Reimold
Woburn Degreasing Company
Kearny
Florida
A. G. Reimold
Europe
Reimold
Newark
Altwarthau
London
Indiana
Yale
Russia Foils Nazi Economy in Occupied Areas
Swiss report details Russia's scorched earth policy crippling Germany's war economy in occupied Russian lands. Mass departures disrupt labor, with 200,000 leaving Dnieperopetrovsk and over 100,000 individuals from Estonia. Germans cite compulsory medical service in the Baltic states as part of the pressures.
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Bern
Switzerland
Russia
Germany
Reich
Dnieperopetrovsk
Baltic States
Estonia
Ukraine
Deutsche Ukraine Zeitung
Boggs to Lead River Bill Fight in House
Southern congressmen tapped Representative Boggs of Louisiana to steer the fight on the omnibus rivers and harbors bill on the House floor. Boggs said the defense effort and armament needs make such legislation unthinkable, citing his opposition to the St. Lawrence seaway project within the measure.
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Washington
Representative Boggs
Louisiana
Boggs
St. Lawrence Seaway Project
Smashing Victory Over Germans Reported By Allies
The Associated Press notes a new Allied victory over German forces as Hitler proclaims winter weather easing and a spring "final struggle." Moscow dispatches claim Red Army triumphs over Nazi troops, signaling ongoing offensives despite winter setbacks.
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Associated Press
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Moscow
Congressmen Vote Down Pension Law in House Vote
Washington February 25 Congress votes 389 to 7 to repeal congressional pensions via a Senate amendment. The move followed repeal pressure from taxpayers after the pension law was signed January 26. Analysts warn campaigns will hinge on the issue next summer as incumbents defend their repeal votes.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Flu Fatal for Louisiana Education Leader T. H. Harris
Baton Rouge, Feb 25. Death of 72-year-old T. H. Harris ends his 32 years as Louisiana state superintendent of education after a four-day influenza illness. He survived by a daughter, a brother, two sisters, and two grandchildren. Funeral set for 3 p.m. today. Harris had been defeated for a ninth term in 1940 by John E. Coxe after steering major school reforms.
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Baton Rouge
T. H. Harris
Louisiana
E. M. Baskin
Aussie Harris
Goldonna
Bettie Harris
Annie Ledbetter
Cheneyville
Thomas Harris Jackson
United States Navy
Betty Baskin
Harris
John E. Coxe
Failure to carry draft card lands man in jail in New York
New York February 25. Harry Rosenfeld 41 was jailed in $1000 bail after a port authority officer and a federal agent questioned him about his missing draft registration card. The charge carries up to five years in prison and a $10000 fine.
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New York
Harry Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld
Port Authority
Hore Belisha Calls For Three Big War Changes
In London Hore Belisha urged three demands during the wartime debate. He pressed army control of its own supporting aircraft, a generous early move to India, and drastic measures to maximize production while cutting civilian consumption. He blamed air support gaps and underestimating the enemy for past reverses.
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London
House of Commons
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Churchill
India
Hore-Belisha
Chamberlain
Dr James M Smith seeks pardon from Louisiana board
Dr James Monroe Smith former Louisiana State University president petitions the state board of pardons for commutation or release from Angola after an 8 to 24 year sentence for forgery and obtainment of money under false pretenses. He has served over two years and been a trusted inmate since Dec 1939. The petition notes a parallel 30 month federal sentence for mail fraud tied to the Bienville Hotel furnishings sale. The warden calls him exemplary and cooperative. The board meets March 9 to review 250 to 300 cases.
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New Orleans
James Monroe Smith
Louisiana State University
State Board of Pardons
Angola
Smith
Bienville Hotel
D. D. Bazer
State Penitentiary
Allies Strike Deep as Japanese Losses Mount in Pacific
Allied air forces claimed decisive blows against Japan in the Dutch East Indies and surrounding theaters. American P-40s, Australian bombers, and Rangoon dispatches reported sinking transports and destroying dozens of enemy planes as Tokyo acknowledged heavy losses and warned of heavier hits to come.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Japan
Dutch East Indies
Tokyo
Far Pacific
Itaru Toshiro
Naval Press Section
United Nations
United States War Department
Java
Royal Australian Air Force
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Tremor Island
Rangoon
Burma
Imperial Tokyo
Batavia
Soerabaja
Bandoeng
Federal agents seal off 46 California zones amid alien roundups
Federal agents moved into 46 forbidden areas in California with orders to arrest or investigate enemy aliens. The midnight deadline required evacuation of 8,000 people, leaving only the aged and bed-ridden. Curfews affect thousands. Tokyo farm labor drift could reach 20,000 Japanese workers for seasonal jobs.
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San Francisco
California
Richard M. Neustadt
Petticoat Ponzi Gets Prison Team
Newark New Jersey February 3 Mrs Amelia Everts Carr nicknamed Petticoat Ponzi received eight to 12 years in prison after pleading no defense to eight charges of obtaining money under false pretenses Prosecutor William A Watchenfeld estimated she took about 1 000 000 in coast to coast operations County Judge Daniel J Brennan imposed two to three year hard labor terms on four charges with parallel sentences on the others The 66th birthday defendant spoke through silence A church delegation from Roseville Methodist Church attended the sentencing
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N. J
Amelia Everts Carr
William A. Watchenfeld
Essex County
Carr
Daniel J. Brennan
Roseville
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Goleta
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Navy Ministry
Shusaku Shibuya
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Navy
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