Admits Admiration of Hitler and Sedition Pleas
Isolationists Robert C. Noble and Ellis O. Jones were rearrested on federal sedition charges after Pearl Harbor as state libel cases were filed against them and seven others for distributing a Friends of Progress pamphlet attacking Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Noble praised Hitler and attacked Roosevelt, while a mock trial had witnessed impeachment of the president.
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MacArthur Kin Seeks Post Under General MacArthur
Pvt Ernest B MacArthur 26 of Frisco City Ala hopes to serve under his famed uncle Gen Douglas MacArthur. Drafted March 13 he was a sheet metal worker in Mobile shipyard and has tried to enlist in the Navy but was blocked by defective teeth. He now seeks assignment to air corps pilot training or related duties with his grandfather’s family tie noted.
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City Sanitarian Returns to Duty
City sanitarian RB Marvel resumes city duties after four months at a university program. Officials announced the return on Wednesday.
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Highlights From the Want Ads in Los Angeles
Readable want ad snippets list housing and goods for sale or rent across multiple categories. Entries mention addresses such as 1425 Bolano and 1647 Wighland Boulevard with rents and prices like 2250 and 875, plus shop and deluxe items. Authorities note classifications like 1-A and 32, and many items reference furniture, rooms, barber services, and farm stock.
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Pay Allotment May Be Forced
Lawmakers move to advance a compulsory pay allotment bill allowing deductions from a soldier's pay up to 15 dollars monthly for dependents. The measure pairs with Senate-approved raises boosting privates pay from 21 to 428 dollars monthly and further increases across ranks. Government matching funds would cover deducted amounts, potentially aiding multiple dependents.
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Refugees From Island Reach Australia After Perilous Voyage
Twenty three evacuees from an island north of Australia arrived in Sydney today after a dangerous journey. They subsisted on native foods and roots, hacked through forest, and paddled rivers in primitive canoes. The group included planters and European policemen sworn to secrecy to protect friends left behind, though some believe others may have escaped.
Synthetic Thread Made for Girdles
New York report notes the Dr Goddrich company produced the first synthetic rubber thread in the country. The item, used in brassieres and foundation garments, marks a milestone in textile manufacturing amid regulatory tensions and production constraints.
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Discharged Navy Squads Tied to Sedition Case Briefly
Years, the National Copperheads and Friends of Progress, were discharged by the Navy. He enlisted before World War I but was honorably discharged in 1918 after running away three times. The arrests followed months of FBI investigation. Noble and Jones, ages 44 and 63, face sedition penalties up to 20 years and fines up to $10,000. They were jailed in default of $10,000 bond each.
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Stilwell Leads Fiercest of All Burma Fights
On the Toungoo front now March 1, Gen Joseph Stilwell personally led American supported relief for a Chinese garrison hole up five days under air and ground assault. The defenders clung to machine gun pits and rifle emplacements as Japanese forces pressed, with the fight described as the fiercest of the Burma campaign. Chinese troops, cut off since Sunday, faced scarce supplies while relief drives pulled away Jap strength to cover withdrawal south of Prome and Sawve.
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Stalin Restores Siberian Army to Nearly One Million
A foreign source in London says Stalin has restored the Siberian Army to nearly one million men, mobilized and equipped, with Russians watching the Japs against the Germans. The source notes Japan suggested withdrawing Siberian troops to a demarcation line and abandoning certain airports, a plan Moscow may reject. It lists Japanese troop dispositions across Asia and the Pacific, including divisions in Manchukuo, China, Burma, Java, the Philippines, Formosa, and the Netherlands Indies.
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War 25 Years Ago Highlights Frontline Actions and Political Moves
A 1917 war digest notes British advances near St. Quentin and a Wilson war message pending Congress. It recalls Austrians breaking Russian lines near Kirillabs, Yugoslav tensions, Eritrean capital Asmara under British control, and U.S. rebuffing Axis protests. Stilwell fronts the Toungoo defense with Carl Arnold and Francis Asialfl aiding in a U.S. armored scout car. Crews smoke as Arnold, author of part of Stilwell’s marching song, returns with a Chinese escort nearby.
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