Plan to take 17 year olds off draft opposed in Congress
Washington reports show members of the House military committee rejecting lowering the draft age from 18 to 17. Chairman May urges better use of existing manpower and notes induction can reach 45, while Harness argues against age changes and calls for payroll reforms and better manpower handling.
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House Military Committee
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Inga
Harness
War Department
May
Anti Administration Democrats Consider Own Presidential Candidate
New York February 21. Herry H Woodring former Secretary of War and A DNC chairman says anti administration Democrats may nominate a candidate or endorse a major party candidate. He is in New York to meet leaders hostile to a fourth term for Roosevelt and notes a coalition with a major party could happen if Roosevelt is not a candidate.
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Herry H. Woodring
American Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Woodring
Grand jury discharged after governor referral in X case
Justice Creag addresses grand jurors explaining his decision to send charges about police neglect and enforcement of penal laws to Governor Charles Simone. He notes the grand jury’s importance and asserts the governor’s sole authority to order further investigation. The district attorney has no further matters before the court.
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Charles Simone
North Salina Street
E. J. Sullivan
New York City
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Francis
National Surety Company
Justice Creag
Dam
Robinson
Refugee Sees Belgium's Bright Postwar Future
Arthur Wauliers, Belgian Government Council member in London and labor leader, told a Denver audience that Nazi rule forced 500000 Belgians into slave labor in Germany and 70000 into camps. He said despite widespread destruction Belgium could recover as a democratic nation after the war.
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Denver
Arthur Wauliers
London
Hitler
Germany
Former Oklahoma Governor Faces Trial for Payoff Conspiracy
Former Oklahoma governor Leon C. Phillips charged with conspiracy to take a 500 payoff. Phillips 300-pound ex Democrat now Republican described the case as a political frameup. Testimony ties a clemency payoff to J W Eissminger and records show payments to Fitzgerald and Phillips.
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Oklahoma City
Leon C. Phillips
Oklahoma
Phillips
J. W. Eissminger
Robert R. Fitzgerald
George Miskovsky
Miskovsky
W. A. Strong
Kisminger
Fred Lowe
Lowe
Fitzgerald
Charlie Chaplin Awaits Baby and Faces Legal Turmoil
Reports state Charlie Chaplin and Oona Chaplin plan a child due mid August. The actor faces federal charges over the Miss Jean Barry case with Mann Act violations and a conspiracy count, while paternity tests refute him as father of Carol Ann. Co-defendants to be arraigned as defense seeks to demur.
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Chaplin
Mildred Harris
Tota
Charlie Jr
Sydney
Oona
Chapin
Santa Barbara County
Miss Barry
Charlie
Miss O'Neill
Carol Ann
New York City
California
Argentina Denies Axis War Rumors
Buenos Aires reports say the government rejected persistent claims it planned a war declaration against the Axis last week. President Pedro Ramirez issued a communique after a Campo de Mayo meeting denying the rumors and defending officials Gilbert and Gonzales. Montevideo dispatches had alleged a bloodless coup by army officers and hinted pro Axis elements spread the war rumor.
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Pedro Ramirez
Campo de Mayo
Alberto Gilbert
Enrique Gonzales
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Gonzales
Montevideo
Foreign Ministry
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