President Begins Twelfth Year in Office
The article notes Franklin D. Roosevelt starting his twelfth year as U S president amid questions on a possible fourth term and shifts in policy from New Deal to a wartime slogan. It covers foreign relations with Argentina Bolivia Spain Turkey and France’s National Liberation Committee, and domestic issues including a service vote, congressional testimony, and limits on transferring federal funds to executive agencies.
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Frajeric A. Delano
John Boettiger
A Daugh
Margaret Su
Martha
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Nomvary
Ragnhild
Astrid
Price
Th Cab
Supreme Court
Armed Services
Xirs
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Argentina
Bolivia
Spain
Turkey
French Committee For National Liberation
Japan uses schools as war plants report says
Tass dispatch from Tokyo claims Japan mobilized school children and converted schools into war factories with flimsy buildings evacuated and government offices moved from crowded areas. It says the whole population is being mobilized to cultivate schools grounds parks and vacant lots.
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Moscow
Tass
Tokyo
Hart Gives California Home to City Park in Hollywood
Tro man William S. Hart offers his former Hollywood home and nine rooms with one acre to the city for park purposes. The property once carried a $125,000 asking price. Hart now keeps a ranch at Newhall, north of Los Angeles.
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William S. Hart
City Park
Los Angeles
California
Hollywood
Hart
Newhall
Here
France to be governed by Algiers plan after liberation
A proposed framework from the French delegation and Allied authorities envisions French officers leading liberated areas under Algiers supervision. Prefects would govern each commune as areas are freed, with elections advancing toward a provisional government and a constituent assembly after full liberation.
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Europe
Lavand
War Shipping Administration
France
Committee For National Liberation
Alciers
U.S
Charlies de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Algiers
Britain
United States
Paris
National Council of Resistance
Resistance Council Ds
Germany
Luce Proposes Non-Father Draft for Labor Needs
Representative Clare Boothe Luce proposes a 50 000 to 200 000 man nonfather draft for essential war work. Inductees aged 38 to 45 who are not fathers would join the Army through Selective Service, receive regular pay and uniforms, serving in harvesting mining logging tanning and other war related jobs. She urges action amid stalled similar bills.
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Army
Eire Tenses As Tipsy Soldier Fires Across Border
London reports a drunken Allied soldier fired across the border into Eire triggering invasion jitters. The Daily Express says Eire ordered a five day stand to, forts manned, bridges mined, defenses set, amid rumors of Allied demands. President de Valera warned against public unease though war could come at any moment.
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London
Northern Ireland
The
Daily Express
Dublin
Ramon de Valera
Cavan
Yanks Repair Eniwe Tok Atoll in Post War Build Up
HAL OFLAHERTY reports on Eniwe to k Atoll after fighting ends. Engineers and Seabees clear debris repair airstrip and roads while building a soldier village. New equipment from ships and planes arrives as living quarters and water distillation improve. Cleanup transforms Engebi from war site to functional base.
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Chicago Daily News
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Eniwetok Atoll
Engebi
Charleton C. Ferris
Montclair
N. J
Blake T. Newton
Richmond
Great Lakes
Oak Street Beach
Chicago
Engehi Island
Swope Gives Rutgers Gift for Student Loan Fund
Gerard Swope of New York City and his wife Mary Hill Swope donate 25000 to Rutgers University New Brunswick to create the Mary Elizabeth Hill memorial fund in memory of Mrs. Swope's mother.
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Rutgers
New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers University
Gerard Swope
New York City
General Electric Company
Mary Hill Swope
Robert C. Clothier
Mary Elizabeth Hill
Times Square Welcomes Its First Female Doorman
Mary McNamara became Times Square’s first female doorman at the Hotel Astor today. The 20 year old, five foot ten brunette previously worked as an elevator operator and left that job after deciding she was tired of riding up and down all day.
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New York
New York City
Times Square
Mary McNamara
Miss McNamara
Hotel Astor
Canada to spend greatly more on war than WWI figures
Canada’s defense minister Col. J L Ralston told the Canadian Club of Boston that by year end Canada will have spent more than five times the amount it spent in World War I for war purposes and demobilization. He said more than half of national income is devoted to the war, with over 55 percent taxed. He cited price ceilings and a 3 percent rise in living costs since policy began.
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Boston
Canada
J. L. Ralston
Canadian Club of
Defense
Dewey Denies Lepke Statement Amid Execution Stay Fight
Supreme Court refused a stay as Lepke Buchalter faced execution for the 1936 Brooklyn storekeeper killing. Gov. Dewey’s adviser said no testimony or statements by Lepke have been received or expected, and no communications with the governor’s office occurred. The appeal to the U S Supreme Court followed a habeas corpus challenge after Buchalter’s transfer from federal to state custody was ruled legal.
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Supreme Court
Sooneater
Louis iLepke Buchalter
Murder, Inc
Albany
Charles D. Breitel
Thomas E. Dewey
Louis
Lepke
Busholter
Breitel
Buchalter
Joseph Foren
Brooklyn
Louis Capone
Emanuel Weiss
Dewey
U. S. Supreme Court
New York Daily News
Frank S. Hogan
New York
Sing Sing
Roosevelt
Clarence G. Galston
New York City
Galston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Take the Bots Home Last Order of U S Ace Hit by Nazi Ack Ack
Maj Walter Carl Beckham 27 year old Thunderbolt ace from De Funiak Springs Florida was shot down by a German anti aircraft gunner and listed as missing in action. He had 18 confirmed victories and died after ordering his wingmen to return home during a diversionary strafing run over a German airfield. Beckham recently scored his 18th victory on February 8 bringing him close to Eddie Rickenbacker’s World War I record.
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U.S
London
Walter Carl Beckham
U. S
Beckham
de Funiak Springs
Fla
George Perpente
New Brunswick
N. J
Eddie Rickenbacker
Roosevelt era ages spark debate on Old Deal versus New
Washington observers compare age of President Roosevelt and top officials to early New Deal figures. They note changes in Supreme Court, cabinet, brain trust, and Senate chairmen with ages ranging from the 40s to the 80s, arguing whether governance remains vigorous or aging.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
Stone
Roberts
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Murphy
Jackson
Rutledge
Hull
Morgenthau
Stimson
Biddle
Walker
Knox
Ickes
Wiexard
Jones
Perkins
Mr. Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Samuel Roseman
Isidore Lubin
Harry Hopkins
Bernard Baruch
Brain Trust
Rexford G. Tugwell
Raymond Moley
Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Benjamin F. Cohen
Thomas G. Corcoran
Senate
Cabinet
E. D. Smith
S. C
Glass
Wagner
N. Y
Bailey GN
George
Connally
Texas
U S Soldier Admits Being Quadruplets Father
Staff Sgt. William Thompson Jr of Pittsburgh declared in writing he is the father of quadruplets born to Sarah Carpenter in England. He said he would support the children and mother and seek a divorce from his Pittsburgh wife Eleanor. The eldest daughter’s mother Mary Jenemann resisted actions while the three surviving babies Michael Maureen and Madeline progressed normally. The soldier appeared in London with Lt. Wilson H. Lee after learning the youngest twin Macdonald had died.
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London
William Thompson, Jr
Pittsburgh
Sarah Carpenter
Thompson
Norah
Ilare
United States
Eleanor
Mary Jenemann
Wiliam H. Thompson
Billy
Heanor
Derbyshire
Capital
Army
England
Wilson H. Lee
Pleasantville, S. Y
War Today Feature Highlights Air Supremacy Bid
The dispatch reports RAF bombery and 12 0 pounders against Hitlerites and predicts air supremacy as essential before any invasion. Churchill notes four-fifths of German fighters in the west and Allied air forces preparing for intensified attacks as weather improves.
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Sas
Caplonre
London
Royal Air Force
Bey
House of Commons
Sinclair
Europe
Churchill
Germany
English Channel
Britain
Stassen Push To Be Opened By Sen Ball
Senator Ball leads Wisconsin drive to back Harold Stassen in the April 4 primary. He and Gov. Theres defend Stassen’s bid with speeches planned March 13 in Madison and March 14 in Milwaukee. Ball says the campaign will expand to Nebraska and features Stassen against Willkie, Dewey, and MacArthur for delegates.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Madison
Milwaukee
Senator Ball
R-Minn
Edward J. Thre
Stassen
Ball
Nebraska
Stasssen
Shim
Wendell L. Willkie
Harrold
Willam F. Halsey
South Pacific
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Douglas MacArthur
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Russian Use Of Italians Fleet Is Test
London reports no official comment on President Roosevelt’s remark that part of the Italian navy may be used by Russia. The move follows Italy’s co belligerent status and earlier fleet transfers to Malta, with lingering questions about how this affects Italian personnel and the armistice terms.
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Chicago Daily News, Inc
London
Roosevelt
Russia
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Italy
Malta
British Bishop Presses Polish Redemption Hope
The Rt. Rev. Bernard Griffin Archbishop of Westminster told Polish worshippers at St Casimir’s feast Mass to lift their hearts. He urged courage and said with God’s help Poland’s redemption is at hand and will direct their destiny.
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Pole
London
Poland
Bernard Griffin
Westminster
Casimir
Russia May Not Get Italian Naval Ships Soon
Report from Washington and Natal experts suggests Italy may not deliver full warships to the Russian Navy soon. The belief is the Italian fleet could be diverted or limited by war needs, with some ships possibly limited to minesweepers or minelayers to aid the Soviet Arctic routes.
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Italy
Natal
RNY
Fed Navy
Sassible
Doe Tn Amd
Posible
Cereain
Uch
Arctic
Bombers Continue Berlin Raids Even Across Northern France
Daylight operations by American and British air forces struck four French airfields and other targets in Northern France with minimal losses. A Mosquito raid on Berlin involved about 20 aircraft. A record-breaking 15 mile penetration of Berlin by Lightnings showcased escort range improvements amid heavy Allied operations across Northwest Germany. The RAF introduced the 122,000 pound super bomb nicknamed Corporal Cookie.
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France
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Regensburg
Britain
U. S
British
Air Ministry
Lancaster
Cookie
R.A.F
Noxon murder trial resumes after juror illness
The murder trial of John F. Noxon Jr. in Pittsfield resumes Monday with the defendant charged with electrocuting his mentally challenged son Lawrence. Juror James E. Cullin fell ill yesterday, interrupting the proceedings.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John F. Noxon, Jr
Lawrence
James E. Cullin
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