Fair Enough Fair Enough
Westbrook Pegler reports on Harold Franklin of Kansas City and his role in lucrative union insurance schemes. The piece links Franklin and family to Brotherhood of Boiler Makers finances, including a bank stake, and notes large union asset growth since wartime programs. The article questions true ownership and influence within the Brotherhood treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harold Franklin
Kans
Joe Franklin
Brotherhood of Boilermakers
U. S of L
Young Franklin
Brotherhood State Bank of
Brotherhood
Brotherhood State Bank
Franklin
William E. Walter
Union
Charles J. McGowan
Jeago
Jerome S. Koehler
Insuranceusiness
Heirarchy
Koeller
Harold
Walter
McGowan
Americans In Center Go Up In Battle
Allied headquarters report renewed fighting at the Anzio beachhead with heavy bombers striking Nazi concentrations. German counterattacks pushed American troops back around 1,400 yards but a strong doughboy counteroffensive regained 1,000 yards. More than 500 German prisoners were taken as fighting lingered near Cisterna and Carroceto with heavy artillery and tank clashes reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anzio
Carroceto
Cisterna
Associated Press
Edward Kennedy
United States Bombers Support Stuttgart Raid In German Heartland
In London March 2 United States Flying Fortresses and Liberators joined heavy RAF force to smash southwest Germany with 600 plus bombers targeting Stuttgart. Allied daylight raids followed toward northern France while German defenses claimed several four engine losses amid clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Germany
Stuttgart
R.A. F
Munich
France
Europe
Ninth Air Force
Britain
Italy
Daimler-Benz
Bosch
Hermann Geering
United States Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Ste
Regensburg
Augsburg
Geremany
Berlin
Lonergan Defense Strategy Revealed in Murder Trial
New York march 2 Wayne Lonergan’s murder trial adjourned amid protests over a prosecution bid to dismiss a special jury panel. Defense contends the confession was faked and a third person visited Lonergan’s wife’s apartment days before the heiress’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wayne Lonergan
John J. Freseht
Jacob Grumet
R. C. A. F. Aircraftman
Case Society
Lonergan
Edward W Broderick
Army
Democrats in House Face Declining Majority Threat
House Democrats risk losing an absolute majority as deaths and special elections trim seats. Current tally stands at 216 Democrats to 209 Republicans with five Democratic vacancies and four seats held by minor parties. The slump follows the February death of Representative Leonard W. Schuetz and a February election that altered party strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Leonard W. Schuetz
Illinois
James
Lawmaker presses revisions to wartime Price Control Act
Washington March 2 4 Representative Wolcott Republican Michigan launches a drive to extend the wartime price control act beyond June 30 proposing a new consumer food subsidy ban court recourse for injuries and a clearer framework to curb liberal interpretations. Democratic Leader McCormack says administration will fight any weakening amendments to preserve subsidies and price control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Congress
Wolcott
Republican
Michigan
McCormack
Massachusetts
Ghost fleet of Dutch subs harasses Japanese supply lines
Captain L G L van der Kun reports a reforming ghost fleet of Dutch submarines, remnants of a once strong navy, now sinking 55 000 tons of Japanese shipping and likely 25 000 more in Malacca straits and Andaman region, despite operating two subs at most. Japanese munitions and food to Burma remain affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Netherlands Indies
Burma
L. G. L. van der Kun
Netherlands
Pacific
Malacca Straits
Sumatra
Andaman Islands
Finnish press damps hope for peace terms
Finnish newspapers blasted Soviet armistice proposals as severe and unacceptable. Helsinki papers argued the terms restore the 1940 border and threaten Finnish rights, while war reports showed continued fighting on the Aunus isthmus and near Untua with counterattacks claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Helsinki
Uusi Suomi
Edwin Linkemies
Moscow
Mystery at Washington Cathedral Claims Woman
In Washington a librarian, Miss Catherine Cooper Reardon, 37, was found murdered in a basement library pit at Washington Cathedral. Police arrested two library workers for questioning after the brutal slaying, prompted by an anonymous tip call to reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Washington Cathedral
Catherine Cooper Reardon
Helen A. Young
John Bayless
Miss Reardon
Ira E. Keck
Local Business and Charity Listings From Early Ledger
The fragment lists donors and merchants including Red Cross contributors Br Straves and Bow, Ted Campbell and Miss Jo Amy Campbell, Adorastine Paleh, The Palace, Masur Brothers, Kellogg Lumber Co, Huckabay Jewelry, Durrett Furniture Co, Mahoney and Son, Embry Grocery, Cravene Wy Gritty, and Josephine Failetto Gro. It reads as a mixed ledger of donations, shop names, and couplet prices with scattered numbers and household references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. Straves
Ted Campbell
Jo Amy Campbell
the Palace
Masur Brothers
McGuffey
U.ysseas
Street McGuffey
Micone
Mary Muilis Cavegnass
Huckabay
Durrett Furniture Co
Isieas Oad Mahoney and Son
Josephine Failetto
L. M. McElroy
Coe Ae Embry Grovery
Johnson Glor. Co
Rue Melo
Lepke Buchalter Scandal Rumors Surface Before Death
Albany March 2 A possible sixth reprieve for Louis Lepke Buchalter Murder Inc chief sentenced to die tonight was noted by Governor Dewey’s counsel who declined to confirm reports that Buchalter had signed a statement exposing political figures and alleged graft. The Daily News claimed he signed a death row confession naming three prominent persons and detailing political intrigue. Dewey’s counsel said court actions could trigger further governor steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
Inc
Dewey
Lepke
Charles D. Breitel
Brietel
Buchalters
Louis Cajone
Emanuel Weiss
Joseph Rosen
Brooklyn
New York Daily News
Buchalter
Sing Sing
Becker
Murder, Inc
America
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
British subs sink Japanese carrier in Malacca Strait
British submarines in far eastern waters torpedoed and probably sank a Japanese aircraft carrier of about 70,000 tons after firing salvoes at it near the Malacca strait. A cruiser was hit but full results were not observed. Additional torpedo hits sank a medium supply ship and a smaller one was destroyed by gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Malacca Strait
Red Cross Drives Mobilize Volunteers and Leaders
The Red Cross announces a major fundraising drive led by W. J. Riley as initial gifts chairman with a long slate of assistants and co workers across teams. The effort names many local supporters and organizers to coordinate fundraising and community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Riley
Initial Gifts
R. C. White
George Wright
R. L. Davis
C. M. Strauss
J. G. Hicks
Grover Holloway
Ida Kaplan
S. K. Henninger
John Gordon
E. 8
Girault
W. J. Sherrouse
Bobby Shafto
Dave Silverstein
Ed Seymour
Sig Masur
Bob Blanks
Joe Durrett
R. D. Kellogg
Jack Rogers
Underwood Fourmy
Leon Sugar
Charles Wilds
Ben Downing
Clyde Brown
M. J. Carbone
Gordon Cummings
E. W. Cruse
D. L. Davidson
C. D. Oakley
W Sikes
John Blackman
A. R. Wisenbaker
Joe Ammon
H. L. Rosenhein
General Gifts
Has
Helen Abell
Abe Arent
H. R. Arlig
Calvin Parker
J. K. Blue
Everett Burgoyne
Shelby Cage
Ira Cagle
P. A. Colvin
A. B. Clarkson
Bob Cohen
CC. Calvert
Charles Cook
John Coon
Norman Coon
J. C. Dollar
J. F. Davis
Ed Dawson
Stewart Doernhere
J. S. Drew
O. A. Easterling
Dick Troy
Percy Sandman
R. D
Farrell faces domestic worries after quelling revolt
Montevideo Uruguay March 2 Pi Acting President Edelmiro Farrell of Argentina concentrates on internal and international problems after yesterday's minor revolt was quelled. He must decide whether to restore constitutional government or bow to nationalist pressure while addressing press rules party bans and elections. He also will appoint a new foreign minister as Washington shows skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montevideo
Uruguay
Edelmiro Farrell
Argentina
Farrell
Juan Peron
Tomas Duco
Pedro Ramirez
Ramirez
Washington
Knox Advises Labor Draft For War Effort
Navy Secretary Knox testified before the Senate Military Affairs Committee endorsing the Austin-Wadsworth labor draft bill. He warned that the hardest fighting lies ahead and that a national service law would curb production slumps and reduce absenteeism as victory over Germany nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Knox
United States
Hitler
Italy
Senate Military Atrairs Committee
Austin - Wadsworth
Pacific
Germany
Louisiana Governor Nominee Davis Plans Rest and Fishing Trip
James H. Davis leads in the Louisiana primary with 238,507 votes to Lewis L. Morgan's 207,442 across 1,770 of 1,865 precincts. Davis, planning a rest and fishing trip, vowed humility and asked for public cooperation despite political divisions. Morgan congratulated Davis and praised an administration to be satisfactory to voters. Davis’ ticket appeared poised to secure nomination, according to campaign manager W. H. Talbot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
James H. Davis
Louisiana
Davis
Lewis L. Morgan
Shreveport Public Service
Plaquemines
St. Bernard Parishes
Morgan
Covington
W. H. Talbot
Bus drivers and agents strike threat at Baton Rouge depot
New Orleans March 2 14 H V Greenslit vice president of the Teche Greyhound lines said some drivers and ticket agents have not reported to work today at the Baton Rouge depot. He said a wage increase agreement between the union and company lacks War Labor Board approval and schedules may rupture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
H V. Greenslit
Teche Greyhound Lines
Baton Rouge
Greenslit
War Labor Board
Greensitt
Russians Close In On Three German Strongholds
Russian forces tighten grip on Narva Pskov and Vitebsk as Govorov and Bagramian push across bridges and cut rail links. Narva threat grows with a bridgehead south of the city. Pskov falls to heavy fighting and rail cuts near Russaki. Vitebsk siege tightens as 30 towns fall in the surrounding converging move. Front conditions worsen with frosty temps hindering movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red Army
Narva
Pskov
Vitebsk
Moscow
Estonia
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Narova
Reva
Baltic
Nevaditsy
Polotsk
Russaki
Ivan C. Bagramian
Selyuty
Skulovichi
Pekary
Bagramian
Ceiling price on berries protested in Louisiana
William Fletcher of Ponchatoula leads 10 400 southeast Louisiana strawberry growers in protests to the Price Administration. He argues ceilings would ruin thousands of growers and must cover crop risks and weather. He notes the season starts around March 25 and says all district growers oppose ceilings despite OPA signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louisiana
William Fletcher
Ponchatoula
OPA
Fletcher
Berry Growers’ Advisory Council
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Torpedo Jap Carrier
Allied
Southwest Pacific
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U.S
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Earl K. Long
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