Indian Matter Taken Direct to the People Debate Delays Answer
Sir Stafford Cripps appealed directly to Indians Monday night outlining Britain's offer of immediate war cabinet inclusion and postwar self rule. Leaders’ debates in India delayed any immediate verdict, with Cripps stressing a definite plan for full self government and constitutional equality but noting no new constitution can be drafted amid current crises.
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New Delhi
India
Sir Stafford Cripps
Britain
Subcontinent
Sir Stafford
Great Britain
British Commonwealth of Nations
United Kingdom
Uggetti Remains in County Jail in Federal Hearing
Federal Judge James H. Baldwin ruled Uggetti a 52 year old Italian alien lacks federal jurisdiction for a habeas corpus hearing. A hearing was set for 5 PM Tuesday to decide if Uggetti is detained under a Presidential warrant and to confirm confinement under alien enemy provisions. Uggetti was arrested at his home on Yew Street in Butte and is held in the county jail.
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James H. Baldwin
Uggetti
United States
Congress
Inter-American Defense Board formed by twenty one republics
Military officials from 21 American republics established a permanent Inter-American Defense Board at the Pan American Union. U S and Latin American leaders pledged unity to defend democracy, with Lieut Gen S D Embick named permanent chairman and next meeting set for April 6 to outline a mutual defense plan and shipping protection.
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Washington
United States
Inter-American Defense Board
Pan American Union
Stimson
Knox
George C. Marshall
Espinosa
Chile
Latin America
Diogenes Escalante
Venezuela
Union
S. D. Embick
Brit destroyer arrives in Turkey for Turkish navy
New York dispatch reports a second destroyer built in Britain for the Turkish navy arrived in Turkey. The Ankara broadcast said the warship was turned over to the Turks at Alexandretta this morning after the March 30 announcement.
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New York
Ankara
Turkey
Britain
C. B
Alexandretta
Reynolds and Virginia Pine Wed in New York
Quentin Reynolds war correspondent and magazine writer married film actress Virginia Pine of Chicago on Monday in New York. Justice Ferdinand Pecora officiated at the ceremony.
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New York
Quentin Reynolds
Virginia Pine
Chicago
Ferdinand Pecora
O'Connor Attacks Screen Tests For Draftees
Congressman James F. O'Connor charges the Selective Service policy of screen tests harms draftees by making them travel long distances for exams. He says tests are cursory, reveal defects only after displacement, force job loss and family disruption, with Montana cases noted as having such final examinations.
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Washington
James F. O'Connor
D-Mont
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
O’connor
Montana
Senate Approves Pay Boosts for Enlisted Ranks
The Senate voted 73 to 0 to raise starting pay from 21 to 42 dollars a month for enlisted men and extend adjustments to Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service. The measure, first basic Army pay change since 1922, excludes commissioned officers except Army and Navy second lieutenants and ensigns. Longevity credits and National Guard service counting are included. A second bill would align Philippine commonwealth army pay with U.S. Army scales.
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Navy
Marine, Corps, Coast Guard, Geodetic Survey
Public Health Service
Johnson
D.-Colo
Coast Guard
National Guard
Senate
House
Philippine Commonwealth Army
Philippine Scouts
United States Army
Douglas Machrtnur
Chinese Forces Hold At Toungoo In Burma Battle
Fierce fighting as Chinese troops reported smashing Japanese efforts near Toungoo and Kyungon airfield while British forces countered toward Prome. Stilwell’s units claimed a Japanese battalion headquarters near Nangyun and pressed toward the Irrawaddy as armored formations struck Paungde. Pyinmana imposed strict security after reports of Burman mobs and refugee casualties.
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New Delhi
Toungoo
Toun- Zoo
Prome
Harold Alexander
Burma
Irrawaddy
Paungde
All India Radio
Pyinmana
Pyinama
Raid on St Nazaire marks bold commando action
By Kirke L. Simpson Allied counter invasion talk aside the Atlantic war continues with a bold St Nazaire raid described in London as tactical yet holding strategic weight. The assault targets docks shops tidal locks and positions key to German Atlantic logistics 300 miles from RAF bases.
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Kirke L. Simpson
Atlantic
St. Nazaire
London
Royal Air Forces
England
Dies Threatened With Court Action for Libel
Washington report on March congressional tensions over a letter by Representative Dies alleging that at least 35 high officials of the board were linked to Communist fronts. Vaughan said he may sue for libel if the statements are not privileged. Vice President Wallace denounced Dies for stirring discord among patriotic Americans during wartime. The exchange sparked House debate.
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Washington
March
Comic Warfare
Dies
D-Tex
David B. Vaughan
American League For Peace and Democracy
Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
House
Representative Cox
D-Ga
Repre
British Loss of Naiad Cruiser Reported
London reports the loss of the cruiser Naiad, a 5455-ton Dido-class ship completed in 1939. The admiralty noted the sinking and that next of kin have been informed, naming Captain G Grantham. The Naiad carried 10 5.25-inch guns, 16 smaller weapons, six torpedo tubes, and one aircraft with catapult.
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Naiad
Admiralty
Board of the Admiralty
H. M. &. Naiad
G. Grantham
Message From FDR to U S Army in Northern Ireland
President Roosevelt's wartime address to United States Expeditionary Forces arrives at headquarters for distribution. He promises full national support and frames their victory as the people’s victory, sending prayers and gratitude to soldiers and families.
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United States Army
Northern Ireland
Roosevelt
United States Army Expeditionary Force
White House
United States Expeditionary Forces
Franklin D. Roosevelt
British Campaign Against Nazi Ports Continues
British and Allied forces press the campaign against German ports and shipping routes. RAF reports sinking or damaging four German supply ships off Denmark and Norway. Germans claim two merchant ships sunk and a cruiser torpedoed near a Murmansk convoy. Evidence grows that the St Nazaire raid destroyed the harbor lock and trapped two tankers, with Baltic port Lübeck struck.
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Arctic
Russia
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Norway
New York
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Lubeck
Easter Sunrise Rites Planned by Butte Churches
Butte youth groups plan a joint Easter sunrise service at 7 a.m. Sunday at Shortridge Memorial Christian church. Joseph Slouber chairs the arrangements with Miss Florence Williams as secretary, and a committee from all Protestant churches assists. Ushers include Anita Harvey and Marian Wisnes, JoAnn Lake, Jean Garver, Raymond Young, and Robert Little.
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Butte
Shortridge Memorial Christian Church
Joseph Slouber
Florence Williams
Anita Harvey
Marian Wisnes
JoAnn Lake
Jean Garver
Raymond Young
Japs on Bataan Stay Away From Defenders
Japanese land and air forces in the Philippines avoided large assaults on Lieut. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright’s American Filipino defenders after heavy weekend losses in Bataan. Corregidor's anti aircraft fire curtailed raids as dive bombers pressed front lines and rear areas to harass supply routes from Corregidor to Bataan.
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Washington
U.P
Japan
Philippines
Jonathan M. Wainwright
War Department
Bataan Peninsula
Corregidor Fortress
Manila Bay
Hirohito
Bataan
Wainwright
Corregidor
Riom Trial to Be Suspended in April Amid Defeat Fallout
The Riom trial of defendants charged with responsibility for France's defeat is set to be suspended from April 2 through April 15. Unofficial chatter suggests the proceedings may not resume after the break.
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Vichy
France
Movie houses fill nation with over ten million seats
A survey shows the United States has 17,919 operating movie houses with 10,812,534 seats. The film daily yearbook report, published Monday, highlights theater capacity across the country.
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New York
Film Daily Yearbook
Australian Air Superiority Stages Office Against Invaders
Allied air forces built firm supremacy as Australian pilots return from Libya and a heavy Markham valley flood in New Guinea drove Japanese forces back toward Lae. Port Moresby reports say the drive to Port Moresby is halted by rising floodwaters, with Ichai losses noted and Nadzab abandoned. Drakeford notes the gains, while warning the northern front remains crucial.
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Australia
U.P
Markham
New Guinea
A. S. Drakeford
Japan
Port Moresby
Markham Valley
Lae
Owen Stanley
Nadzab
Drakeford
Actor Ayres Declines War Duty Heads to Oregon Camp
Lew Ayres star of All Quiet On the Western Front refuses to bear arms. He tells the selective service board he cannot conscientiously fight and is sent to a conscientious objectors camp on the Columbia River near Portland Oregon to perform Civilian Conservation Corps style labor.
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Hollywood
U.P
Lew Ayres
Cascade Locks
Oregon
Selective Service Board
Selective Service Board 246
Columbia River
Portland
Ayres
Civilian Conservation Corps
Plans for Cancer Control Campaign In Butte
Butte plans to join a nationwide cancer control drive during Cancer Control Month from April 1 to May 1. Miss Margaret Stowe of Billings spoke as state adjutant. Mrs Erna Rowe announced newspaper and radio publicity and a tag day to fund the effort led by the Women’s Field Army for the Control of Cancer.
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Butte
Women’s Field Army For the
James J. Patterson
Suzzon's Cottage
Margaret Stowe
Billings
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Erna Rowe
United States
Miss Stowe
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