Westbrook Pegler’s Washington Confession on Navigating the Capital
A diarized anecdote recounts a famous politician with presidential hopes admitting unfamiliarity with Washington streets and transit. The unnamed figure jokes about always ending at the Mayflower hotel and relies on taxi rides, exposing a heady mix of ambition and comic ineptitude.
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Washington
Maine
Ell
Massachusetts Avenue
Connecticut Avenue
Supreme Court
Capitol
Mayflower
Maylower
Allied Airmen Annihilate Japanese Fleet at Bismarck Sea
Allied communique reports a two day air strike destroyed 22 Japanese ships including 10 cruisers or destroyers and wiped out 15 000 troops bound for New Guinea. Only three Allied fighters and one bomber lost. 55 Japanese planes protecting the ships were shot down or damaged.
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Australia
Bismarck Sea
New Guinea
Southwest Pacific Command
Senate pushes draft talk for war work
Washington March 4 The Senate military committee heard Grenville Clark as one of nearly a dozen witnesses on national war service and draft plans. The inquiry blamed lack of top coordination for manpower problems and urged effective action to solve labor issues amid wartime needs.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Grenville Clark
New York City
Ausa
National War Service
Five bombing raids on Japs reported from Pacific theater
Washington reports five bombing raids on Japanese held positions in the Solomon Islands area. The March 3 operations included Liberator bombers hitting Kahili Buin Vila and Munda where a fire started. Dauntless dive bombers with Wildcat escorts attacked Munda and started a fire. All U S planes returned.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Munda
Navy
South Pacific
East Gitade
Kahili
Buin
Vila
United States
Dauntless
Douglas
Grumman
New Georgia Island
M Nutt Corrects Draft Status On Dependent Fathers
Washington March 4 War Manpower Chairman Paul V McNutt clarified that local draft boards are not restricted from drafting men with dependents unless ordered by national headquarters. He noted many fathers by condition were drafted, with rules focusing on dependency acquired after December 191 or imminent draft selection.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
National Selective Service Headquarters
McNutt
National Headquarters
Armed Services
Russians Push After Citadel Fall At Rzhev In Flooded Front
Moscow reports say Red Army pursued German forces driven from Rzhev while weather worsened. Soviet troops advanced west and northwest of Kursk toward Orel, with local breaches reported around the Orel front. Russian advances included the capture of Dmitriev-Lgovsky and 11 more towns, tightening pressure toward Bryansk and Kiev.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Red Army
Rzhev
Kursk
Orel
Berlin
Bryansk
Bryansk-Lgov
Konotop
Kiev
Sumy
Kvestin
Arxs
Izvestia
Velikie Luki
Volga
Caspian Sea
Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Demyansk
Zaluchye
Valdai Hills
Moscow Radio
Leov
Dmitriev
Donets
Kharkov
Stalino
Kuban Caucasus
Vyazma-Bryansk
Washington Celebrates Major Allied Victory Over Japanese Convoy
Washington reacts with elation to allied pilots sinking or disabling 22 ships and 15 000 troops in New Guinea bound Japanese convoy. Analysts note potential shift away from Australia risk, while probing ship types and broader strategic impact on Guadalcanal and the Pacific war effort. Continued on Tenth Page.
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Washington
New Guinea
Australia
Pacific
R A F Launches Heavy Attack on Hamburg and Nearby Targets
London reports the Royal Air Force carried out a heavy night raid on Hamburg as part of a round the clock offensive against German holds. British bombers also struck Rotterdam and Hamm with Allied dispatches noting low losses, while ten aircraft did not return.
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London
United States
Rotterdam
Hamm
Hamburg
Netherlands
Royal Air Force
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Cologne
St. Nazaire
German High Command
Associated Press
War Labor Board faces intra group rifts over wage hikes
The War Labor Board approved small raises for west coast aircraft workers after months of wage stabilization talks. The action included a 4.12 cent hourly rise for 30,900 Boeing Flying Fortress workers in Seattle and about 7.5 cent increases for roughly half of California airframe plant staff, despite union demands for larger pay raises.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Amons
Boeing Flying Fortress
Seattle
Wash
California
West Coast
British U boats destroy seven ships in the Mediterranean
The admiralty said British submarines in the Mediterranean destroyed seven enemy vessels and damaged nine others. One submarine surfaced near Genoa and hit two ships on the stocks at a shipyard, while another shelled a train on a nearby bridge.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Gulf of Genoa
Mine Workers Seek Pay Increase As Wage Policy Debated
In Scranton Pennsylvania March 4 the United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis urged wage hikes as the anthracite wage policy convention opened. He attacked government inflation policy and warned against fattening industry while starving labor, citing War Labor Board and economic stabilization officials as prejudging the miners' demands.
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Scranton
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William L. Davis
War Labor Board
James Byrnes
Lewis
Congress
Texas pact bars strikes during war duration
Governor Coke R. Stevenson and Texas labor leaders sign an agreement prohibiting strikes slow-downs lock-outs or work stoppages for the war's duration and pledging the governor will not interfere with industry or labor in any manner.
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Austin
Tex
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Mercury Rises After Cold Wave Hits Monroe
The cold front that swept Monroe dropped temperatures to 16 degrees Tuesday night. The weather office logged a 24 hour low of 24 degrees and a high of 26 by 7 am Thursday with a expected warming trend through Thursday.
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Monroe
Official
Weather Bureau
Price Control Districts Split for Louisiana OPA
Baton Rouge March 4 Indications show Louisiana will have two OPA price control districts. L E Frazar will head the southern district with headquarters in New Orleans, while J E Brumfield will run the northern district from Shreveport. The northern unit may open March 15.
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Baton Rouge
L. E. Frazar
New Orleans
OPA
U. S. Goodman
Shreveport
Frazar
J. E. Brumfield
Goodman
Louisiana
Dallas
Tex
Prentiss Brown
Sam Jones
Max McCullough
Cal
Roosevelt marks tenth anniversary with prayers at White House
President Roosevelt observed the tenth anniversary of his presidency with religious services in the East Room. Navy chaplain Lt. Frank R. Wilson led prayers for peace, social justice, and endurance against oppression, invoking the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Frank R. Wilson
Norfolk
Mr. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Wilson
Set Of Ration Coupons Will Cover Many Items
Government plans to ration meats butter margarine cheese lard and other fats under a single ration book No 2 with interchangeable points. Rationing could begin April 1 or be delayed to April 15 as officials weigh supply concerns and the need for faster distribution.
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Washington
Ground Yields to Mass Axis Pincers East of Mareth
Allied and axis forces clash along the Tunisia front as German and Italian troops strike at both ends of the Tunisian line. American patrols work near Faid pass while Rommel concentrates in the Mareth line. British Eighth Army repels infantry in Mareth area. air and ground offensives target Tunisian airfields and axis transport.
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North Africa
United States
Faid Pass
Rommel
Mareth Line
First Army
Sedje
Nane
Tunisia
Hunt's Gap
Beja
Sedjenane
Sidi Bouzil
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunis
Gabes
Sidi Bouzid
Kasserine Pass
Eighth Army
Gafsa
Army Camp Food Waste Denial By Army Official
Major William G Downs Jr denied reports of army camp food waste noting some waste exists due to inexperienced cooks but is being minimized as staff improve. He said leftovers would be used for meals and cited no turkey feast as described to the Rotary Club in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
William G. Downs
Gulf Area
Downs
Rotary Club
Major Downs
Ralph Nicholson
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Chester W. Nimitz
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Tokyo
Jere Cooper
Tennessee
House
Ways and Means
WLB
Mercury
Mae Olsen
Little Falls
Minn
Bowman Field
Louisville
Loes
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