RAF raid on Paris suburbs raises death toll to 600
Unoccupied France March 4 reports say the death toll from an RAF raid on Paris industrial suburbs rose to about 600 as rescue workers pull bodies from ruins. Initial communiques cited at least 42 dead and 1,000 injured with 20 to 20 houses destroyed. Renault plant targeted. bombs hit Boulogne sur Seine and Billancourt factory districts.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Cexcue
Baste
Boulogne-sur-Seine
Billancourt
London
Renault Motor
RR. A. F
Boulogne-sur- Seine
War goods supply tightness seen in six months to two years
New York March 4 Wide World retailers say shortages in everyday goods will not hit shelves for six months to two years as war production accelerates. Inventories in wholesalers and department stores run above last year, while retail sales rise mainly from higher prices. Refrigerators are not a near term shortage, officials note.
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New York
Smany
Department of Commerce
Federal Reserve
New Jersey
Connecticut
Defense
Japanese Hold Vast Leases in California War Areas
District Attorney sources released a map showing Japanese held leases across key defense sites in Southern California. The lists include harbor facilities, water and power lines, rail and highway rights of way, refineries, airfields near Los Angeles, and a desert tract northwest of Lancaster that could become a flying field. Some leases have already been canceled under orders from Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, with aliens ousted from harbor, plants, and Long Beach airport.
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Los Angeles
John Dockesler
Owens Valley Aqueduct
Vultee
Douglas
Lockheed Aircraft
Signal Hide
Long Beach
Harbor
Lancaster
State Attorney General's Office
John L. Dewitt
Western Defense Command
Palos Verdes Estates Company
No Deferment Set for Newspapermen
Washington reports that selective service officials said no immediate draft deferments would be issued for newspapermen or radio employees. Draft Director Hershey has indicated newspapers and radio are essential to the civilian war effort. Officials note Hershey cannot grant group deferments and only Congress can provide such industry deferments.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
General Hershey
Hershey
Uch
Congress
Axis Tactics Spur Rash Actions In U-Boat Campaign
Washington reports naval experts credit the navy with keeping ocean supply lines intact while the Axis powers grow reckless to divert US fleet units home. They point to coastal raiding like Mona Island near Puerto Rico and warn Germany and Japan must break the flow of American munitions this spring and summer to avoid defeat.
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Washington
United States
Latin America
Mona Island
Puerto Rico
Europe
Africa
Asia
Red tape may hold up sugar rationing in New Orleans
New Orleans faces a delay in sugar rationing as 7000 pounds of printed matter purchase stamps and registration forms sit with what would be the county clerk. Louisiana uses parish administration and parish officials seek jurisdiction to process the rollout.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Van Staveren Named New Chief of Naval Forces
Netherlands government announces Acting Rear Admiral J J Van Staveren succeeds C F L Helfrich as commander of the Netherlands Indies naval forces. Lieutenant General Hein ter Poorten to command land forces after General Archibald Wavell departs. Governer General van der Starkenborgh Stachouwer retains civil authority. Aneta says officers ordered to continue guerrilla actions if cut off to impede invaders.
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London
C. F. L. Helfrich
Netherlands Indies
J. J. van Staveren
Netherlands
Hein Ter Poorten
Archibald Wavell
United Nations Southwest Pacific
A. W. L. Jorda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer
Als
East Indies
Aneta
van Staveren
Helfrich
Palmer Seeks Louisiana Supreme Court Seat
Shreveport March 4 Former Shreveport mayor and former circuit judge James G. Palmer formally announced his candidacy for associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. The post is for the second circuit covering 11 northwest parishes and the seat is to fill the unexpired term of Justice John R. Land ending December 31, 1942. Palmer seeks the new term.
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Shreveport
James G. Palmer
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Second Circuit
Louisiana
John R. Land
Circuit Court of Appeals of
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Palmer
Puerto Rico Capital Hits Brief Power Blackout
San Juan Puerto Rico suffered a brief outage from 3 05 a m to 3 40 am with no immediate explanation given for the power loss in the territorial capital.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States Troops Arrive in London From Northern Ireland
Several hundred U.S. troops landed in London with censorship holding up details of the movement. A fleet of transport ships arrived in a Northern Ireland port, and soldiers were dispersed across Ulster counties as authorities released the bulletin once ships had sailed. Most arrivals are Midwesterners who trained in the south.
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London
United States
Northern Ireland
U. S
Ulster
AE. F
Europe
Army
Navy
Survivors Recall Sinking of Destroyer Jacob Jones
Cape May New Jersey March 4 Survivors recount the torpedo and explosion damage to the destroyer Jacob Jones and the cold Atlantic ordeal Four hours at sea before rescue with 38 degree water and improvised warmth from three layers of underwear and hot coffee from soup ladies Survivors Tidwell Dors Merger Moody describe the chaos and survival steps amid the ship’s loss of power lights and life jackets
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Cape May
WN. J
Jacob Jones
Atlantic
United States
Joseph Paul Tidwell
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Richard Dors
Brockton
Mass
Naval Air Base
Dors
John Merger
Norfolk
Tidwell
Queen Aids New Orleans Man in Swiss Wedding Plan
Howard K. Smith CBS Bern correspondent and Benedicte Traberg Copenhagen journalist wed in Bern with Queen Alexandrine of Denmark credited for aiding the romance. Smith, from New Orleans, had sought German permission for Traberg to leave Denmark, and after a telegram reading Seeing queen she gained approval and travelled to Switzerland for the ceremony.
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Bern
Switzerland
Howard K. Smith
CBS
Benedicte Traberg
Copenhagen
Alexandrine
Denmark
Smith
New Orleans
Berlin
Miss Traberg
Tax plan drawn up by Morgenthau gets mixed reception
The House Ways and Means Committee welcomed Treasury Secretary Morgenthau's proposed tax increases for individuals and corporations but some members warned the rises may be too steep. They plan an independent analysis to gauge yields and effects while considering a possible sell of a general sales tax to meet a 7 billion dollar revenue goal.
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Washington
The
Treasury
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
Congress
Duncan
Missouri
Molester of Girls Flees Parish Camp Case
William Eckels, 29, of 407 Washington Street, escaped Tuesday night from the Ouachita parish road camp after a November arrest for molesting young school girls. Eckels had been sentenced in city court to five years eight months five days on the parish road gang after seven counts found by Judge W M Harper with $250 or 250 days per count. Sheriff Milton Coverdale reported the escape on Wednesday.
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William Eckels
Washington Street
Ouachita Parish
Milton Coverdale
Eckels
W. M. Harper
Parish Road Gang
MacArthur's Air Strikes Sink Japanese Vessels at Subic Bay
The War Department reports a surprise MacArthur air raid in Subic Bay north of Bataan destroying two Japanese ships of 10 000 and 8 000 tons and two 100 ton motor launches. Large fires erupted at Olongapo docks and Grande Island with heavy explosions among enemy stores. Ground action in Bataan was minimal.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Subic Bay
Bataan
War Department
Olongapo
United States Naval Station
Grande Island
MacArthur
Ace Lieutenant O'Hare Downed Six Japanese Planes
Lieutenant J G Edwards H O Hare of the U S Navy credited with six enemy bombers in a single afternoon west of the Gilbert islands. The St Louis native, aged 27, became a new ace as other Americans and anti aircraft fire shared in the defense of a US fleet task force. Two American fighters were lost but one rescuer brought the pilot to safety.
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Washington
J. G. Edwards H. O'Hare
United States Navy
Navy
Gilbert Islands
Equatorial Pacific
United States
St. Louisan
O'Hare
ST. Louis
Edward H. O'Hare
Western
Pacific
Eddie O'Hare
Stamp Program Meeting Planned by Local Merchants
The first group meeting of parish defense stamp program merchants will be at 7:30 tonight at Hotel Frances near service stations and bulk oil distributors. A. R. Wisenbaker, chairman, says over 100 people are expected and urges all service station and bulk oil workers to attend. P. E. Massey will co chair the committee. The event emphasizes merchant cooperation in national defense.
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Hotel Frances
A. R. Wisenbaker
Merchants Committee
P. E. Massey
Wisenbaker
16 Jap Bombers Shot Down by U S Force
Washington reports a U S Pacific fleet task force blasted 16 heavy Japanese bombers out of the sky west of the Gilbert Islands. Only two of 18 attacking bombers escaped, with two American planes lost. The strike signals deeper reach toward the Carolines and Japanese bases such as Ponape Truk Yap and Pelew as Admiral King vows more aggressive operations.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Philippines
United States Pacific Fleet
Japanese Mandate Islands
Caroline Islands
Ponape
Truk
Yap
Pelew
Navy
Pacific
Gilbert Islands
Carolines
Gilberts
Ernest J. King
United States Fleet
Cripps Urges All-Out Fight Against Nazism in UN Speech
Sir Stafford Cripps, British government leader, called on the United Nations to follow Russia’s all-out war effort against Nazism. He urged unity to defeat aggression and promised postwar justice and equality. Cripps warned that Allied setbacks would come but emphasized total mobilization of manpower and materials to determine victory.
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London
Sir Stafford Cripps
House of Commons
United Nations
Russia
United States
Sir Stafford
Moscow
Java Battle Deepens As Allied Forces Outnumbered
Allied troops in Java face worsening losses as Japanese forces advance toward Batavia and Bandoeng. Dutch reports state only about 50,000 allied fighters remain against 85,000 Japanese, with major scorched earth actions completed and Dutch naval leadership in Europe noting Helfrich’s resignation.
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Associated Press
Japan
Java
Tokyo
Soerabaja
Batavia
Bandoeng
United Nations
Indies
London
C. EB. L. Helfrich
New Army Contract Aims to Cut Construction Costs
Washington March 4 A civilian Army official M J Madigan announced a new architect engineer manager contract designed to slash costs in military building. He said the form reduces wasteful practices criticized last year and shifts emphasis to subcontracting under the current program.
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Washington
Naw Department
M. J. Madigan
Madigan
Navy pilot William Rexford Smith dies in Corpus Christi plane crash
New Orleans report says William Rexford Smith U.S.M.C. resident of Los Angeles died in a plane crash Monday during dive bombing practice at the Corpus Christi naval air station. He was attached to the Eighth district navy headquarters.
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New Orleans
Eighth District Navy
William Rexford Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Spectacular Fire At Hill Behan Yard Draws 15000
A spectacular fire at the Hill Behan lumber yard in St. Louis attracted about 15 000 onlookers and caused about 300 000 in damage. The blaze began in the company garage and machine shop, with the cause undetermined, and was visible ten miles away. Three quarters of the firm’s business was defense projects orders.
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ST. Louis
Hill- Behan
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