Myers Warns Against Forced Union With Britain
Princeton professor R William Staer Myers criticizes a proposed Anglo American union, arguing Britain does not want union and would dominate any political pairing. He contends the old League of Nations failed, warns against power politics fueling war, and asserts Americans are not subjecs but free citizens. The remarks appear amid coverage of Hollywood scandals and crime headlines.
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University of Southern Galifornia
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Hollywood
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Myers
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Royal Bed Chamber
Jathermore
England
United States
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America
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Firitatn
Anton
Wiignan
Anerley
Dione Inge
Tie
League of Nations
Teague At Nations
Santimeants
Jeague
General's Constant Aide At Fort Worth Depot Chief Clerk
A cryptic artifact from wartime records lists Tyler and Gilbert as chief clerks in a Fort Worth depot. The entry mentions a Work las alirled Grainsteet in a Luly corps supply function at Randolph, raf nm heath penlar ab Wiehit Dadlanna Tas. The legible fragments name a captain and a dated reference to April 1 but lack coherent context or complete sentences.
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Uaalth
Fort Worth
Tyler
Gilbert
Luly Corps
Mt Randolph
Raf
Nm Heath Penlar Ab
Steel Output Sets Records Amid War Growth
AW YORK reports steel production in the Pittsburgh district rose to 10 percent above prewar levels at midweek, marking the first time since the United States entered the war. A trade review notes overall nation output reached 94.5 percent, up half a point from last week, likening the rise to a wartime victory.
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AW York
Iron Age
Pittsburgh
Lnrgesh
United States
Hanvever
Loward
Free French Join MacArthur Forces
General Charles de Gaulle places Free French in the Pacific under General MacArthur. French officials announce partial U S recognition of Free French control of Pacific islands including New Caledonia and Pearl? at least in defense cooperation amid ongoing support signals.
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MacArthur
Lonlon
Charles de Gaulle
Puciflc
Teo
de Gaullist
United States
New Caledonia
Reir Defonse
Weather forecast for East Texas Wednesday night
Forecast notes small temperature change inland near Warner and along the coast with little shift in East Texas Thursday night. Data appears from Weather Bureau page 2 with oblique OCR errors in the source.
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Sauan
East Texas
Warner
Allied Aces Strike Jap Bases North of Luzon
Melbourne dispatch reports U S and Austrian air forces bombing two Japanese bases north of Luzon. Six enemy planes destroyed on the sound. several damaged. Australian bombers also hit Koepang and Salamaua, New Guinea, amid a broader air offensive that claimed dozens of enemy aircraft in three days. Allies claim no losses and note Japan’s defensive posture as strategic withdrawals unfold. High-level Australian military reshuffles accompany the operations.
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Melbourne
United States
Koepang
Thmnar
Salamaua
New Guinea
Australia
United Nations
Markham
Japan
Ransa
Sydney Sun
Port Moresby
Forde
MacArthur
Clive E. Bleet
Ti Wea
John Northcott
H.R. H. Robertson
Northcott
Zero Hour Near In Russia as Nazis Mass
The Associated Press reports Hitler moving large forces east as Germany readies a major spring offensive on the Eastern Front. Troop trains and massed German and Soviet forces signal a climactic battle near Moscow and in the Caucasus, with Red Army counterattacks and Sevastopol siege activity continuing.
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Associated Press
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Stockhelm
London
OzvAl
Vaganrog
Caucasus
Ukraine
Moscow
Leningrad
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Sevastopol
Tass
Black Sea
Germany
Tut
Donets Basin
Purel
Butentssen
Skepticism Rise In L A Gag Day
A garbled spoof from a 1930s Los Angeles gag day shows three draft registrants and readers reacting to fake notices at Selective Service HQ. The piece threads through misread stamps, hotel switchboards, and absurd miscommunications as workers joke about a supposed “gag” day.
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Pease Selective Service Headquarters
Gunter
Dea
Netherlands exile reports 1200 Jews die in forced labor
The Dutch government in exile announced via radio Orange that 1200 Dutch Jews sent by Germans to salt and sulphur mines at Mauthausen have died. It blamed deliberate exposure to poisonous vapors and said world protests were ineffective.
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Mauthauzen
Niederlands
Radio
Orange
Far East Sea Fight Reported Clash in Indian Ocean
The News Chronicle reported a second clash between United Nations naval and air forces and Japanese units in the Indian Ocean. The dateline reads With United Forces in the loudlyest Pacifics, but the report did not reveal the engagement’s outcome. The piece hints at a Rome announcement that British naval forces, including two battleships, recently rounded the Cape of Good Hope.
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Leer
United Nation
Thistle
Inddian Ocean
News Chronicle
Rome
Cape of
Goxi Hope
Hitler Bailed in Oil Show for Food Men
In Dallas April INS reports members of the State Restaurant Association of Texas opened their three-day convention with a breakfast. An effigy of Hitler and Mussolini was burned by protesters to the applause of several hundred restaurant men in attendance.
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Hitler
Dallas
INS
State Restaurant Association of
Texaa
Mussolini
Sikhs Vote No to Cripps Offer United Hindu-Muslim Reaction
A partly readable 1942 report notes Sikhs rejected Britain's postwar dominion plan as proposed by Sir Stafford Cripps, fearing Muslim dominance in Punjab. Congress and Mahasabha respond with indecisive timelines while leaders draft replies, Gandhi among them, amid joint Hindu and Muslim deliberations.
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NEW Verda
Sikhs All-Parties Committee
India
Britain
Thelin
Apealnl
Stafford Cripps
Punjab
Hilagu
Tremisia
Stafford
Congress Party
Sir Staford
Mahasabha
Jleague
Sir Tej Hahadur Sapre
Br. Mukund Ramrao Jayakar
Haneparty
Cripps
Answor
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Pandit
Dawabariil Behry
Congress Prealdtoraty
Bayonets Stop Japs In Bataan Amid Fierce Hand to Hand Combat
War department reports General Wainwright's troops repulsed waves of Japanese attacks at Bataan in a bayonet battle that halted the assault after hours of combat. Corregidor faced its 116th air raid with no major damage, while American-Pilipino forces sacrificed nine forward positions. The high command apologized for bombing of a base hospital at Bataan. Anti aircraft crews shot down eight inbound bombers, bringing total Japanese bombers destroyed in seven days to eleven.
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Philippines
War Department
Wainwright
Jan High Command
Fir Batsan
Hong
Waineright
Ble Dines
Mmortar Fie
Bacic
Correg
Alterey
British Flying Boat with Twenty Aboard Reported Lost
A Dutch-India based Aneta dispatch cites Australia informed reports that a British flying boat Circe carrying crew and 16 passengers escaped Java but was lost near Dutch East Indies after late February. No survivors confirmed.
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Circe
Sour
Gers
Java
Dutaly
East Indies
Aneta
Doway
Australia
Aneta Sala
Explosion blamed on water shortage in Portland boiler
Officials say a boiler water shortage caused a nickel plate locomotive explosion in Portland. The blast yesterday killed three crew members and injured others, prompting investigations by transit authorities.
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Portland, and
Victory Habit Promoted to Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
A wartime notice urges workers to save via the Pay Roll Saving Plan to purchase Defense Bonds and Stamps every payday. The campaign emphasizes an easy method to support the war effort through employer payroll deductions.
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