Memoir Excerpts Reveal Nazi Defeatism After Stalingrad
Louis P Lochner reports in Berlin on Goebbels diary notes from January 1942 detailing high level worries over defeatism in the German leadership after early reverses post Pearl Harbor. The account cites discussions with Martin and Hitler’s orders for a written report, plus reflections on courage and duty.
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Louis P. Lochner
AP Bureau
Berlin
Pearl Harbor
Goebbels
Hitler
Manequarbers
East Trungia
Fuehrer
Martin
Army Uison
Propaganda Ministry
OKW
Supreme Command
Jorges
OKEL
Army
Puehrer
Tie
Iucirer
Stalingrad
Gutterer
Sige Deed
Winter Weather Advisory Promises Snow and Wind
Strong winds and snow flurries are forecast to linger through today and tomorrow with 20 to 30 mph gusts and about two inches of snow. Lows near 18 degrees tonight rising to 25 by tomorrow. tomorrow night 12 to 15 degrees.
End of Democratic era warned by Marquis Childs in column
Editorial page predicts the Democratic party may be dissolving in the South and ending the era of the party as known in recent decades. Marquis Childs argues the split signals a crisis beyond a temporary break. The feature marks are part of today’s editorial package with pages 24 and 2.
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Democratic Party
Marquis Childs
Commodity Prices Fall Across Markets In New York
Prices slid sharply on major commodity markets led by wheat corn soybeans and cotton with cotton down up to four dollars a bale. Stocks on the New York Exchange drifted lower except for aircraft shares while Chicago hog prices declined about a dollar per hundredweight and cattle remained mostly steady.
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New York
New York Exchange
Chicago
Two Buildings Collapse in North Philadelphia
Two adjacent three story structures in North Philadelphia collapsed today. Debris and broken wires littered the area as a warning crack sounded. 14 people fled from one building an hour before the collapse. The second building was unoccupied and housed the Mother Bethlehem Baptist Church.
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Philadelpitia
Philadelphia
Mother Bethlehem Baptist Church
Helena Reports 2888th Quake Since 1935
Helena, Montana recorded its 2888th earthquake since 1935 at 3 40 AM today. Police reported no damage. The U S Weather Bureau noted the latest quake as moderate in intensity and lasting about three seconds.
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Helena
Mont
U. S. Weather Bureau
American Soldier Shot After Refusing Russian Orders in Vienna
In Vienna two American soldiers and three Russian girls walked near the Grand Hotel when a sentry ordered them into the gutter. The soldier refused, was knocked down, and a second shot struck him in the back. another wound shattered his elbow. He was transported to Bristol Hotel as Russians fired overhead and aid was not offered promptly.
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Vienna
Austria
International District
Grand Hotel
Bristol
Hirs
Senators to Open Training Hearings
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted unanimously to begin hearings immediately on universal military training. The military spokesman called such training both a necessity and mandatory.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Thp
Esther Williams Becomes Mayor in Palm Desert Resort
Esther Williams, the swimmer actress, is sworn in as mayor of Twenty Nine Palms California a desert resort town of about 3500. Her victory drew thousands from Hollywood to celebrate at the airport pool and a fashion show followed the induction.
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Twenty-Nine Palms
Calif
Esther Williams
Finland to Start Talks with Soviet Union on Cooperation Pact
Finland's cabinet approved beginning negotiations with the Soviet Union in Moscow on a treaty of cooperation. A cabinet member said the delegation's makeup and possible military pact were not disclosed, following Paasikivi's 90 minute meeting with the president and guidance from six parliamentary groups.
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Helsinke
Ifinland
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Stalin
Juho Paasikivi
Paasillvi
Popular Front
Soviet Union
Social Democrats
Agrarians
Conservatives
Liberals
Swedish People’s Party
Two Arabs killed by Haifa snipers
Jerusalem reports one Arab slain and an Arab woman found dead in Haifa from night long sniper fire. A Jew was killed in Tel Aviv as Arab mortar shells struck the all Jewish city on the border with Jaffa.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Tel Aviv
West Shivers Hit Los Angeles as Cold Continues
Southern California faced record chill with Los Angeles at 2:30 AM Pacific Time reporting 44 degrees and falling. The cold snap stretches across the region, with officials warning of further drops.
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Chicago
California
Los Anggeles
Irish Leader De Valera Returns to Birth Nation
Eamon De Valera arrives at LaGuardia Airport in New York for a visit described as informal talks with reporters. The former prime minister of Ireland states the Irish people are not favorable to Communism and jokes about settling world affairs. He declines to forecast Dublin's stance on the Marshall Plan.
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Weld
Grover Whalen
New York
INS
Eamon de Valera
Evin
Ireland
Dev
New York City
Chrysler
Trish
Senate hears praise and critique of tax cut bill
In Washington the labor research staff critic called the $6.5 billion income tax cut a tax cut for the wealthy and a stab in the back for the poor while urging the Senate Finance Committee to discard the bill.
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Washington (P
Senate
House
Stanley TH. Ruttenberg
Labor Organization
Senate Finance Committee
Ruttenberg
Truman
Planes and boat hunt for three missing men in Florida
Coast Guard intensified its search for Albert Snider of Miami Donald Frazier from Toronto and C H Jobe Trotter Miami horse trainer after a five day effort near the Florida southeast coast with no results from a 16 foot pontoon craft.
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MIAME
Fla
Sriday
Coast Guard
Albert Snider
Miami
Donald Frazier
Toronto
Canada
C. H
Jobe) Trotter
Florida
Loan to Be Urged by State Department to Congress
The State Department announced it will urge Congress to authorize the Export-Import Bank to lend 500 million dollars to Latin American countries. This move aims to support loans and credit for development projects in the region.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Rescue Of 21 From Stricken Norfolk Off Beaufort Inlet
Twenty one seamen were saved today from the grounded motorship Norfolk after it struck a sand reef off Beaufort Inlet. Coast Guardsmen used a breeches buoy to ferry each man to safety amid pounding waves and a dreary night aboard the leaking vessel. One crewman had been rescued yesterday and all 21 are reported in good condition aboard the damaged 252 foot, 2453 ton ship.
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Norfolk
Beaufort Inlet
Lamarre testifies Meyers urged lying to Senate
Mrs Lamarre testified Maj. Gen Bennett Meyers urged her husband to tell Senate investigators a fake story about Meyers business affairs. Meyers, wartime deputy purchasing chief of the Air Forces, faces subornation of perjury charges. Lamarre had pleaded guilty to related perjury charges.
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Washington
Bleriot H. Lamarre
Bennett
E. Meyers
Senate
Geeral
Meyers
Air Forces
Blerjof Lamarre
Senate War Investigating Committee
Dayton, D
Lamarre
Senate Committee
Filipinos Die As Huks Banned in Weekend Violence
Manila reports the Hukbalahap and National Peasant Union banned. Fifty-one Filipinos were killed over the weekend including 42 Huks in a constabulary raid on an insurgent training camp 30 miles north of Manila. Nine other killings noted.
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Manila
National Peasant Union
Ultimatum to Russ Urged by McKellar
Senator Kenneth McKellar urged the United States to serve notice to Russia that another Soviet aggression in Europe means war. He spoke in the Senate during debate on the European Recovery Program and called for U.S. leadership to defend free European nations.
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Russ
McKellar
Washington
Kenneth McKellar
D-Tenn
United States
Russia
Europe
Meckellar
Senate
Congress Race Bias Issue Tests House Vote
Washington report on Truman administration efforts to calm Democrats over anti lynching anti poll tax and anti discrimination leglislation amid Republican civil rights push. Key figures Senate McGrath and Gael Sullivan discussed. Debate centers on a rider restricting federal funds to states with unequal educational or job opportunities for citizens of all races.
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Mr. Truman
Henry Wallacer
Truman
Som
Federal Security
Appropriations
Two American Women Killed Near Saigon
The AP reported two American women were shot and killed near Saigon while driving a jeep on the road to the airport. Jeanne Skewes, director of the US Information Service in Indo China, and Lydia Ruth James, secretary to the American consulate in Saigon, were identified as the victims.
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Paris
Saigon
Ae Press’Agency
Jeanne Skewes
United States Information Service
Indo-China
Lydia Ruth James
Glamor Girls Meet Duke of Windsor in Silly Encounter
Two glamour girls claimed to have met the Duke of Windsor one night. They said the dialogue included polite banter and a quip about not being in divorce court. The fragment ends with an ad for breath freshening candy.
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Duke _of Windsor
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