Chaplin Acquitted on Mann Act Charges in Los Angeles Trial
Charlie Chaplin walks free as jurors find him not guilty on both Mann Act counts related to transporting Joan Berry for immoral purposes. Judge O Connor admonishes against further demonstrations while photographers flash. Chaplin thanks the jury and says he believes in American justice and a fair trial as Miss Berry remains unavailable for comment.
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Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
U. S
J. F. T. O'Connor
Jul Y UK
Cate
Joan Berry
New York City
Chaplin
Jerry Gresler
Judge O'Connor
Mies Berry
Jerry Giesler
United States
Charles H. Carr
Free French Admit Two Communists
The Free French Committee of National Liberation broadened its base by admitting two communists Fernand Grenier and Francois Billoux. It named General Charles de Gaulle as chief of French armed forces with expanded powers over wartime France and a general staff to unify army navy and air force.
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Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
Charles de Gaulle
France
Fernand Grenier
Francois Billoux
de Gaulle
Biddle Seeks Word Of Vote Discrimination
Attorney General Biddle seeks staff interpretation of the Supreme Court ruling extending Negroes the right to vote in Texas Democratic primaries and orders a report on complaints of discrimination in southern primaries. The move follows Negro leaders urging vigorous prosecution of denial of voting rights while no immediate action is planned.
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Washington
Biddle
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Older Men Next On Draft List
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey outlined a staged draft plan, moving from under 26 to 26-29, then higher ages, with less strict requirements as ages rise. He said the service will also push to use war-important workers who refuse to stay in war industries, and that local boards must interpret agricultural deferment to meet today’s needs.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Selective Service
Army
Navy
Lunder
Government Will Prop Egg Market Plan Outlined
Washington a War Food Administration official disclosed the agency will begin a nationwide egg buying program to assure producers a minimum return of 26 cents a dozen. Eggs purchased by WFA will be distributed to public institutions and school lunch projects and possibly resold to egg drying plants. Leader Lyndon Johnson described the plan as a new part of the government egg price support program.
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Washington (P
War Food Administration
Wiliam T. Ward
WFA
Ward
Rep
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Police Dig 150 Tons of Coal in Search for Miss Mathai
Police at Columbia University shifted 150 tons of coal last night while squads dragged grappling hooks into the Hudson near the Fort Lee ferry house in a search for Miss Velsa Mathai 22 of Bombay India a student missing since March 20 The daughter of John Mathai a prominent Indian industrialist and former director general of commercial intelligence and statistics for India circulars describing the girl were printed nationwide no理由 given for the intensified operation
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New York
Columbia University
Velsa Mathai
Bombay
India
Miss Mathai
John Mathai
Hudson River
Fort Lee Ferry House
President Signs Bill For Advanced Bases
President Roosevelt signed into law authorizing the Navy to spend more than a billion dollars on advance bases in the Pacific to push the war toward Japan. The bill also provides six hundred thousand dollars for shore facilities in the United States.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific
Japan
United States
Soviets Pin Nazis Near Odessa
The Red Army said it captured most of Tarnopol in former Poland and pushed within two miles of Odessa’s escape routes, pinning about 200,000 Germans and Romanians near the Black Sea. It overran fifty localities including Bakalovo near Razdelnaya, severing the Odessa Razdelnaya Kishinev line and forcing German retreat to limited routes via Ovidropol. Stormovik planes strafed columns as the Black Sea fleet threatened bombardment, with heavy losses reported in the Skala pocket northwest of Odessa. The Tarnopol garrison was described as defending Berlin’s frontiers with promises of Iron Cross decorations.
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London
Red Army
Tarnopol
Poland
Black Sea
Odessa
Bakalovo
Razdelnaya
Romania
Tiraspol
Hishihéy
Ponyatovka
Veselyi Kut
Kishinev
Ovidropol
Dniester
Akkerman
Bessarabia
Stormovik
Odessa-Akkerman
Dniester River
Skala
Moscow
Hitler
Germany
High Wages And Prices Urged By Farmers Group
Chicago. John Brandt, president of the National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, urged the Republican farm plank committee that postwar policies must assure high wages, prices and profits to prevent debt collapse. He warned an annual national income of at least 150 billion dollars is needed to retire the debt and sustain prosperity, stressing agriculture must maintain purchasing power within the program.
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Chicago
John Brandt
National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation
Republican Farm Plank Committee
Stavisky Gems Net Seven Million Francs
Paris report states Serge Stavisky jewels sold at auction for over 7 million francs to satisfy creditors. The Stavisky pawnshop collapse in Bayonne in 1933 triggered scandals, the death of Stavisky deemed suicide by police, and the fall of the Chautemps cabinet.
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Madrid
Serge Stavisky
Paris
Stavisky
Bayonne
Chautemps
Tanks Slingshot Japs from Trees on Bougainville
On Bougainville in the Solomon Islands tank crews report a tactic of engaging Japanese snipers from elevated tree positions. A tank strikes the tree to bend it, then reverses and powers away, sending the weaponized tree springing back and tossing the sniper several hundred feet.
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Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Dewey Leading in Wisconsin Primary
Dewey leads in Wisconsin’s presidential primary with incomplete returns from 1,196 of 3,076 precincts as Willkie trails in a four way race for delegates. MacArthur and Stassen supporters run strong for at large and district delegates, with early tallies showing Dewey and Willkie ballot lines dominating the field.
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Milwaukee
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Condr
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Douglas A. MacArthur
Dewey
Stassen
MacArthur
Fred R. Zimmerman
David F. Hilker
William J. Campbell
Stasse
Japanese Fire Jungle as Troops Fight for Imphal
British Indian forces withdraw to the Manipur plain after a week of heavy fighting on the Sangshak plateau thirty miles east of Imphal. Japanese losses exceed 3,600 killed and 6,400 wounded or captured in the monthlong invasion of India. Allied dispatches report no new progress by the enemy in the last day, while Stilwell’s forces push toward Myitkyina in northern Burma.
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New Delhi
Imphal
India
Manipur
Sangshak
India-Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung
Myitkyina
Willkie Unopposed In Oregon Primary
Roosevelt and Willkie will be unopposed in Oregon's May 19 primary. Roosevelt gains the state Democratic delegates and Willkie the Republican delegates to the national conventions. The two were the only presidential candidates filed by the 5 p.m. deadline. petitions for Dewey and Stassen failed to materialize.
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Salem
Ore
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Oregon
Willkie
Thomas BE. Dewey
New York
Ireland Bans Sale of Coal by Government De Valera
The government of Prime Minister Eamon De Valera announced a complete ban on coal sales in Eire, reflecting drying English export supplies and tighter budgeting. Coal rationing ends as permits to purchase are cancelled. Dublin pushes peat as fuel due to abundant supplies.
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London
Eamon de Valera
Eire
England
Dublin
Dewey Chosen by St Louis Republicans for President
In St Louis districts 11 and 138 delegates formally endorsed Thomas E Dewey as the Republican candidate for President. All resolutions called him the man of the hour and urged delegates to support him. Other districts elected uninstructed delegates, with Missouri to name four at large delegates at the April 12 state convention.
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St Louis
Thomas E Dewey
New York
Dewey
St. Loui
Monett
Missouri
Chicago
Negro Troops Move Up to Bougainville Frontline
Negro infantry troops, for the first time in the South Pacific campaign, have moved to frontline positions on Bougainville Island, according to a release from Lieutenant General Millard F. Harmon’s headquarters. The advancement marks a notable shift in the island campaign and reflects ongoing Allied efforts in the region.
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South Pacific
Bougainville Island
Millard F. Harmons
President Roosevelt Declared in Good Physical Condition
Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire reported a comprehensive physical exam shows President Roosevelt in satisfactory condition. The doctor noted residual bronchitis and a sinus issue are clearing rapidly and cited a vitamin boost and sun exposure as aids. Roosevelt’s weight has varied modestly and plans include regular swims to resume a routine.
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Washington Gpi
Ross T. McIntire
Roosevelt
White House
McIntire
Knox Reports Series of Pacific Sea Victories
Secretary Knox disclosed a continuing string of Pacific victories. The Navy said enemy ships at their anchorages were sunk or damaged during strikes on Woleai Yap and Palau. Submarines sunk at least fourteen more Japanese transports, totaling about 667 Nipponese ships sunk or damaged since Pearl Harbor. Japanese planes downed numbered 4,316 with American losses at 921. Strike coverage extended through April 1.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Palau
Woleai
Yap
Knox
Secretary of Navy
Caroline Island
Pearl Harbor
Elections Heal Rift In A L P United Labor Split
New York UP The American Labor Party state committee meets Saturday to elect officers and heal a split between the left Wing Sidney Hillman group and the Rose Alfange right wing. Hyman Blumberg says every Rose-Alfange slate member is welcome to participate in the party’s work and convention. The goal is to reunite to support Roosevelt’s reelection with full cooperation.
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New York
American Labor Party
Hyman Blumberg
Committee
United Labor Party
Sidney Hillman
Alex Rose-Dean
EePer Party
Roosevelt
Vitamins Discovered But Not Used for Them
Cleveland reports two new B complex vitamins described to the American Chemical Society. Found in liver and possibly leafy vegetables, they are shown to be necessary for chickens dogs monkeys and white rats. Their exact role in humans remains unknown.
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Cleveland
American Chemical Society
Enemy Base At Hollandia Destroyed in Major Air Raid
Allied air and ground forces under Lieut. Gen. George C Kenney struck Hollandia, the northwest New Guinea base, with more than 300 planes in a single raid. The attack, lasting about 90 minutes, left the Japanese installation a smoking wreck after dropping over 400 tons of bombs. Mitchells and Bostons navigated low while hundreds of machine gun rounds hit three airdromes and surrounding areas.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
George C Kenney
Hollandia
Is Fifth Airforce
New Guinea
England May Take Drastic Strike Stand
London reports say sweeping-government measures on industrial relations will follow the Yorkshire coal strike that cut war plants power. Labour Minister Ernest Bevin hinted drastic action, possibly mining nationalization or draft service for miners, as Yorkshire workers idle and unrest spreads to other fields.
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London
Yorkshire
Ernest Bevin
Hitler
Sheffield
Bevin
Civil Engineer Construction Conciliation Board
New York City Plans For Even Milk Supply
More than 100 milk producers dealers and consumer representatives met with the New York City health board in a closed session to discuss a plan to ensure 80 percent of all milk deliveries at receiving stations serving the city during October November and December. The resolution would require stations with shipments below 80 percent in the three months to cut an equal amount of purchases from farmers from March 1 to September 30 1945.
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New York
Health Board
New York City
Axis Capital Blasted Bucharest in Balkan Raids
Allied Headquarters in Naples reported American bombers struck Bucharest for the first time yesterday after flying 600 miles from southern Italy to support Soviet forces advancing into Romania. The raid followed heavy attacks on Budapest and underscored Bucharest as a critical rail hub amid the Balkans conflict.
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Naples
Liberators
Bucharest
Hitler
Balkan
Italy
Red Army
Romania
Budapest
Hungary
Balkans
Ploesti
Moscow
Finns Defer Action on Peace Offer
Stockholm estimates put Moscow reparations demand at up to 600 million dollars in materials to be paid over five years. Helsinki parliament reconvened after Easter for armistice talks, with a brief session and a spring recess until April 12. Swedish papers say Soviet terms could run into billions of kronas payable by 1950.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Finland
Helsinki
Berlin
U. S
Russia
Stockholm Svenska Dagbladet
Dagens Nyheter
Yanks Present Stained Window at British Church
Eight American servicemen in the British Midlands donated a stained glass Memorial window to a Northamptonshire church. The window portrays President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill aboard a battleship signing the Atlantic Charter. It will be dedicated March 6 with Bishop C M Blagden of Peterborough, and one American and one British soldier to unveil.
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London
British Midlands
Roosevelt
Churchill
C. M. Blagden
Peterborough
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