Three Navy fliers survive 34 days adrift in South Seas
Harold Dixon Gene Aldrich and Anthony Pastula report 34 days aboard a rubber raft after their plane ran low on fuel. They battled sun heat hunger and storms traveling roughly 1000 miles to reach a Pacific island before rescue by a Navy craft. Dixon described sunburns near fatigue and tense moments at sea as they bailed water by hand and even fought a shark for survival.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
United States Navy
South Seas
Harold Dixon
la Mesa
Calif
Gene Aldrich
Sikeston
Anthony J. Pastula
Youngstown
Ohio
Aviathon Ordnanceman
Dixon
Aldrich
Aledrich
Federal Reserve to Care for Property of Ousted Aliens
The Federal Reserve Bank is designated as property custodian for evacuees from military areas on the Pacific Coast. Army and Civil authorities intensify removal plans with orders expected within a week. The Japanese American Citizens League plans to move its headquarters to Salt Lake City and coordinates with Army on evacuations of Japanese Americans.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Federal Reserve Bank
Actress Mary Boland barred by Actors Equity
Mary Boland has been barred from stage screen and radio by Actors Equity pending a March 31 hearing on a Theater Guild charge that she jumped The Rivals. Boland left the Chicago production March 3 claiming illness. The guild seeks four weeks’ salary totaling $4,000.
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Theater Guild
New York
Mary Boland
Actors Equity Association
Chicago
Miss Boland
Bobby Clark
Walter Hampden
Guild
Reform Foe Wins in Kansas City Election
In Kansas City March 11 the reform group that ousted the Pendergast machine won the first test since taking office. Mayor John B. Gage led with 67,269 votes over John M. Singer 42,445 and Bernard L. Glover 17,518, with council candidates largely ahead. Helen Templeton narrowly missed a runoff in the First District.
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Kansas City
Reform
Pendergast
John B. Gage
Tom Pendergast
Reform Council
Helen E. Templeton
Tmachine
Gage
John M. Singer
Pendergast Organization
Uner
James M. Pendergast
Tom
Joseph Shannon
Bernard L. Glover
James M. Aylward
Council
Glover
Singer
4th Army Chief Urges Immediate Offensive Against Japs
Lieutenant General J L Dewitt, commander of the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, called for an immediate attack on the enemy. He urged a concentrated forward offensive rather than defending every crossroad and installation. He argued protect essential sites only, leaving others to owners or states, while warning of possible sabotage and sporadic raids on the Pacific Coast.
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4Th Army
San Francisco
J. L. Dewitt
Western Defense Command
Fourth Army
Dewitt
Pacific
Hoboken Jailers Expel Three Harridans From City Hall
Three women aged 15 to 43 allegedly overran Hoboken City Hall causing smoke from a mattress fire and water from a cooler before police ousted them. Witnesses say the trio were the only females ever thrown out of the Hoboken jail.
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Hoboken
N. J
eeHoboken
City Hall
Noboken
Pracula
New York
North Carolina
Ae Thenal
Uvich Anon Laalimna
Girl and two men rounded up in slaying case
In New York a country girl Madeleine Webb age 27 and her lover Ee Showbrun age 32 were arrested in a Bronx hideout after the body of Mrs. Susan Reich was found in a hotel apartment. Accomplice John Cullen 45 was seized while fleeing for food. Webb claimed innocence as detectives tied her to the murder amid sensational details of the case.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
Big City
Broadway
Madeleine Webb
EE Showbrun
Bronx
Susan Flora
Reich
John D. Cullen
Cullen
Shonbrun
Miss Webb
Mrs. Reich
Sutton Place
Ted Leopold
Miami
Stillwater
Okla
Sandwich
Johanna Kordeck
Shonbran
Warning Is Voiced On Ceylon as Key To Allied Victory
Boston University professor William A. Beer argues the United Nations must value Ceylon as essential to World War II logistics. He notes Ceylon’s proximity to India and its strategic naval base at Trincomalee controls sea routes to India Russia and the China lifeline from Calcutta.
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Ceylon
Boston
Boston University
United Nations
India
William A. Beer
United States
Bay of Bengal
Trincona- Ice
Russia
China
Calcutta
Typhus Precaution Taken in San Francisco
City Health Officer J C Geiger ordered a delousing station to prevent typhus as hospital cases rise among poorer city quarters.
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San Francisco
Calif
J. C. Geiger
Editor Elliott Dies Remembered For Truthful Armistice Reporting
Palm Springs Calif March 11 Jackson S Elliott longtime Associated Press editor died at 66 He earned praise for resisting false armistice rumors on November 7 1918 verifying reports with Washington London and Paris officials His career with AP began in 1903 rising to chief of the news department and retiring in 1937 Born La Salle County Illinois he worked for Sioux City Journal and Washington Times before joining AP
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jackson S. Elliott
Associated Press
Elliott
Associated Press News Department
New York City
Washington
London
Paris
Hone
Ellett
Marshal Foch
State Department
la Salle County
Illinois
Sioux City
Envoys to Dutch Indies Conference Put On Hold
The Peoples Council of Dutch Guiana Surinam suspended the nomination of delegates to the Netherlands Imperial Conference. The delay follows developments in the Netherlands East Indies as a preliminary conference is planned after the war. About £25,000 raised for East Indies ambulances was redirected to Princess Juliana for broader Dutch support.
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Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
INS
Peoples Council of
Surinam
Netherlands East Indies
Netherlands East and West Indies
Holland
East Indies
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Farm Labor Camps Planned for Wayne and Niagara Counties
The Farm Security Administration announced mobile migratory farm labor camps for Wayne and Niagara Counties to ease a regional labor shortage. Three additional camps will serve Suffolk Nassau Orleans Genesee Chautauqua and Erie counties, with openings from June 18 and August dates through August 23, operating until October 15. Each camp will house 150 tents and up to 600 workers.
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Niagara
Albany
Mobile
New York
Farm Security Administration
Suffolk
Nassau
Orleans
Genesee
Chautauqua
Erie
FSA
Florida
Connecticut
Radio blackout lifts in Los Angeles area amid war alerts
A seven minute radio blackout in three southern California counties ended at 7 AM local time after a 6:03 AM silencing under a blue alert. San Diego received a yellow alert as air raid wardens were mobilized and radios silenced. The event followed a February 25 blackout linked to enemy air activity.
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Los Angeles
California
Orange
Ventura
San Diego
Stimson
Brazil Moves Toward War Powers Amid Shipping Threat
Rio de Janeiro March 11 Brazil appears poised to declare war on the Axis. President Getulio Vargas signed a constitutional amendment granting him power to declare war in defense of the state and to order ships to ports or escalate measures against submarine threats.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
United States
Axis
Argentina
Chile
Welles Lauds Brazil for Wise Measures During Axis Threats
Acting Secretary of State Welles praised Brazil's recall of ships to home ports and Vargas's emergency decree as wise and necessary in light of Axis submarine attacks in the Atlantic. He noted Rio de Janeiro's actions and suggested broad, required steps by Brazil amid growing war tensions.
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Washington
Welles
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Atlantic
Rio de Janeiro
Vargas
Roosevelt warns against recreation as a substitute for war effort
President Roosevelt urges Americans to pursue recreation within reason during wartime but warns against "recreation as usual." He says leisure activities should not replace focus on winning the war and cites sports, films, picnics as possible channels while stressing purpose beyond bodily and mental build up. He addressed reporters after receiving multiple public requests for a government stance on wartime amusements.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Schieffelin Pushes Nationwide Sales Tax Plan
W J Schieffelin Jr of the New York Chamber urged Congress to adopt a graduated sales tax from 2 percent on food to 10 percent on other goods, claiming states have succeeded with sales taxes. He projected $4 billion from the tax plus $1 billion from higher income and corporate levies, and suggested deferring parts of Roosevelt’s $7 billion request.
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Washington
W. J. Schieffelin, Jr
New York
Chamber
Roosevelt
Congress
Singapore
Java
Schietffelin
Morgenthau
Treasury
Doughton
Tax Day Briefs on Joint Returns and Federal Tax Exemption
The notice outlines March 25 and 26 as mandatory joint returns by husbands and wives with an estimated yield of 300 million dollars. It also notes March 27 and 28 for removing the exemption from Federal taxation of state and municipal securities, estimated to yield 200 million dollars.
Pepper Urges Abolition of Poll Taxes in War Aims
Senator Pepper calls Congress to outlaw all poll taxes as a sign of good faith in the war for democracy. He notes algunos states still require payment but trusts courts to uphold laws ending these levies.
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Pepper
Washington
Congress
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Britain raises max prison term for food profiteers
London officials announce the maximum imprisonment for black market operations has been raised to 14 years after a press and parliamentary campaign for tougher punishment of racketeers. The spokesman said the matter would be studied further to strengthen enforcement mechanisms.
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London
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