Faith in Fortresses Falters as Truk Raid Shocks The War
The piece argues the belief in impregnable strongholds has faded after the Truk attack and compares it to Maginot Line and Singapore. It notes Allied air operations over Germany and the Anzio beachhead as evidence that fortress defenses fail against coordinated force and surprise, urging steady progress toward victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truk
Shangri-La
Gitta
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Maginot Line
Singapore
Germany
Japan
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Anzio
Paramount 100 contract list reflects brutal turnover in 1938
Jimmie Fidler notes only six Paramount players still paid regularly with Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray freelancing after current films. By spring, Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland will be the sole survivors. Of 94 dropped in six years only four moved to bigger roles, leaving 90 still influential in 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
Ray Milland
Betty Grable
Marlene Dietrich
John Payne
Marsha Hunt
John Barrymore
Carol Lombard
Lynne Overman
Jack Dunn
Nazi Ideology and Crime Spur International Debate
A Swiss report says Hitler’s physician urged individual initiative and conscience, while Swedish police report a German Nazi youth forming a burglary gang in Stockholm. The juxtaposition highlights enduring Nazi links and private enterprise in crime abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Hitler
Sweden
Germany
Stockholm
Coast Guard Dogs Live Fierce Lives on Daytona Beach
In Daytona Beach the coast guard dogs, once beloved pets, are trained to be vicious working animals. Ensign J L Jewel explains dogs bite or maul to protect sailors and beachgoers, and any waning aggression leads to a Virginia refresher course. The story mixes personal anecdote with station life and dog duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
Daytona Beach
Fla
Coast Guard
Coast
Coast Guard Station
Cindy
J. L. Jewel
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A mother’s struggle with a disobedient child is common yet growth comes through guided free will. Encourage choice between two safe options and let kids learn from consequences. Train bad habits away by teaching good ones, and provide experiences over criticism. A committee advises smokers on affordable cigars.
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Taey
Angelo Patri
Postoffice
Station 6
New York 19
N. Y
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Training Dogs Use Sleeve in Coast Guard Animation
Ensign Jewell describes coast guard dogs biting into the sleeve during attack drills and the patience required to unhook a Great Dane. The observer recalls leaving the kennel area as dogs yapped and a moving animal darted past, prompting a reflective question about what else could be done.
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Coast Guard
Jewell
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Radio schedule entries for eastern war time program lineup
Radio Eastern War Time schedule lists programs across channels with serials dramas news commentaries and variety shows. The lineup runs from 6:45 to 11:00 PM including Jack Armstrong Captain Midnight World News Serenade to America and dance music with multiple sponsors and blocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Jack Armstrong
the Sea Hound
the Lands
Chick Carter
Mbs
Farrer
Captain Midnight
Cbs
Mbs-Basic
Nbe
Btu
Quincy Howe
News
Cos
America
Lyn Murray
Tim Healy
Pblu
la Minutes
Mrs. North
Sammy Kaye
Monty Woolley
Cbs Broadcast of
Cecil Brown
Biu Fulton Oursler
Blu Joan Hersholt
Christian
Xavier Cogat
Eddie Cantor
Frank Sinatra
Chs
Joseph Dunninger
Gabriel Heatter
Bob Ripley
Nbc
Jack Carson
Dbs
Soldiers With
Wings
Biu
Kay Kyser
Raymond Gram Swing
Royal Arch
Breakfast Cabaret and Radio Schedule Fragments
A dense listing of radio programs from 5:04 to 1:05 featuring The Breakfast Cabaret, AP News, The Sunshine Bars, The Goldbergs, Neighbors Irene Beasley, and various musical acts. Includes Harmie Smith, Smokey, Pacific Martin’s Orchestra, and multiple showtimes across a full day.
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Harmie Smith
Dot & Smokey
Kwkh Farm
AP News
News of the World
The
Sunshine Boys
Your Farm
Sam Adams
Melody House
Pac Martin
Bright Hornen
Kate Smith
Helen Trent
Gal
Sunshine Bars
Hal Burns
Doctor Malone
Jtce Jordan
Irene Beasley
American School of Aw
Bill Costello
Trio
John
Jer
Sullavan
the World Today
Joseph Harsch
Chris Stovallois
Hatty & His Music
Variety
Dr. Christian
Bill Heary
the News
Frank Sinatra
Jack Carson
Marion Gould
Barney Rapp
Orch
KWKH
Gibson
Oneill & Petrila
Bernie Cummins
CBS
Farmerville Eyeing Pulp Mill Move to Louisiana
Local business leaders warn Arkansas legislation may drive Union Saw Mill’s planned pulp and paper mill from Huttig to north Louisiana. Lions Club names Ed Everett to lead talks with mill owners and offer Farmerville a site. City administration wins backing for railroad improvement plans in Monroe.
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Little Rock
Louisiana
Farmerville
Union Saw Mill Company
Huttig
Major Joyce Wounded in Africa While Biloxi Officers Plan Conference
Major John B. Joyce, Biloxi, serving in Africa, has been wounded by shrapnel, wife reports. He left Biloxi in 1941 with the local guard unit he commanded. A Chamber of Commerce committee will attend a conference with city officials and Illinois Central railroad engineers next week. The cityman report recommends moving the Illinois Central passenger station to Sixth Street and eliminating switching at Five Points and other crossings west of the bridge.
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Biloxi, Miss
John B. d Joyce
Biloxi
Africa
Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Cobb
Chamber
Ilinois Central Railroad
C. E. Smith and Company
St. Louis
Illinois Central
Sixth Street
Five Points
Washington Faces Used Car Price Curb In Wartime
Washington reports CPA weighs price ceilings or rationing to curb used car prices that have surged 75 to 80 percent above original values. Officials cite risks to war transport, dealer closures, and black market, with a need to keep 20 million cars moving for war work.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
CPA
First practical oil well drilled at Titusville 1859
The famous 69 foot Titusville well signaled the gasoline era. Parcel post began in 1913 with special stamps. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female US governor in Wyoming in 1925. Nellie Bly, a NY journalist, circled the globe in 72 days 6 hours 11 minutes, with Jules Verne among early congratulators.
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Titusville
United States
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Nelly Bly
New York
Globe
Jules Verne
Phineas Fogg
Russians Claim Various Front Actions Amid Fog and Artillery
Berlin broadcasts report Russian forces employing artificial fog and heavy artillery in multiple sectors including Vitebsk Nevel area south of the Pripet marshes and Kerch peninsula Crimea. The Russian communiqué gives no updates in these zones. Officers Wives club Selman Field schedules Ladies day and a constitution meeting on Friday March 3 with a 1 30 p.m. session before activities at 2 p.m.
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Berlin
Red Army
Vitebsk
Nevel
Pripet
Kerch
Crimea
Officers’ Wives’ Club of
Selman Field
Russians Await Finland Peace Offer Amid Baltic Ties
British officials said British Russian alliance bars a separate peace while Stockholm's Morgen Tidningen viewed the terms as a starting point for armistice talks. Moscow hinted at negotiations in Moscow if Finland accepts, with internment of German divisions as a key hurdle.
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Russia
Ado
Fish
Helsinki
Daily Mail
Stockholm
Morgen Tidningen
Social Democrat Party
Moscow
Finland
Soviet Union
Juho K. Paasiviki
Alexandra Kollantay
Sweden
London
Baltic
Italy
United States
Britain
Bern
Switzerland
Soviet Foreign Office Signals Limited Peace Progress
The Soviet foreign office issued a brief statement offering limited progress in peace talks with Finland. Allied diplomats in Moscow were surprised by the comparatively fair terms, expecting the Russians to demand harsher concessions, with further details anticipated in tonight’s briefing.
Record aerial warfare spree ends month with heavy losses
Allied air forces sustained a month of record strikes in February. The United States Eighth Air Force flew 19 missions destroying at least 632 enemy aircraft while losing 245 bombers and 61 fighters. The RAF suffered seven heavy assaults and set a Leipzig loss record with 79 planes. Berlin raids by the RAF and USAAF damaged Nazi targets but indicated continued German air capacity. Sir Archibald Sinclair warned Britain’s bomber campaign would continue as needed to break Nazi war production.
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Brunswick
Pas-De-Calais
Eighth Air Force
Leipzig
United States Strategic Air Force
Regensburg
Britain
Italy
Berlin
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Sinclair
Germany
Births Notice for Dawkins and Stout Families
Births to Mr and Mrs C F Dawkins 2634 DeSiard a boy born February 29 at St Francis sanitarium. Births to Mr and Mrs R W Stout Mile Haven Road a girl born February 20 at Craters on the Moon have walls two myas high.
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C. F. Dawkins
DeSiard
St. Francis Sanitarium
R. W. Stout
Mile Haven Road
Moon
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Lieves
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Bob Cobb
Garbo
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