Finns and Soviets Talk Peace Amid Evacuation Plans
Peace talks between Finland and the Soviet Union were reportedly underway. Col Gen Eduard Dietl urged Hitler to order evacuation of troops in northern Finland. German officers and air force commanders suggested troop movements and withdrawals to Norway, hinting at Finland's possible exit from the war.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Eduard Dietl
Hitler
Dietl
Hangs Juergen Stumpff
Oslo
Norway
Rovaniemi
Kemi
Henrik Ramsay
Ramsay
Juhu Kusti Passikivi
Sweden
Mime
Alexandra Kollontay
Madame Ko
U S Supports International Free Press
Secretary of State Hull defended a policy of international free press and called for free information exchange among friendly nations. The letter warned Axis propaganda could exploit cross ally criticism and noted long term benefits of open communication. Eden and Byron Price endorsed the views.
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Washington
UPI
Hull
Axis
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Byron Price
United States
Divorce Granted To Mrs Jean Marie Putnam Of Los Angeles
Mrs. Jean Marie Putnam testified that George Palmer Putnam subjected her to constant nagging berating and humiliations leading to a divorce yesterday. The longtime publisher and former husband of Amelia Earhart wed Consigny in 1939 after Earhart disappeared. They separated last October.
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Los Angeles
George Palmer Putnam
Amelie Earhart
Jean Marie Putnam
Putnam
Jean Marie Consigny
Boulder City
Nev
Mise Earhart
Austin W. Erwin Wins 44th District State Senate Seat
Republican Austin W. Erwin of Geneseo won the 44th district state senate seat in a special election to fill the Hanley vacancy. He defeated Democrat Hubert D. Elisa of Wellsville by about four to one, with unofficial returns from 118 of 155 districts showing 4 214 for Erwin and 1 159 for Elisa.
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Buffalo
Austin W. Erwin
Geneseo
Hubert D. Elisa
Wellsville
Erwin
Bliss
Joe R. Hanley
Blood Test Finds Chaplin Not Father of Berry Child
Charles Chaplin not the father of Miss Joan Berry’s four month old child after blood tests by Drs Hammack Andrews Evans. Attorneys Wright and Irwin announced tests completed yesterday and plan to dismiss Berry’s paternity suit with Chaplin having already agreed to pay $15,300 in costs. Chaplin faces Mann Act and civil rights conspiracy indictments from a separate federal case.
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Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin
Joan Berry
Loyd Wright
John Irwin
Miss Berry
Roy Hammack
W. L. Andrews
Chaplin
Newton Evans
New York
Beverly Hills
Wright
Andrews
Carol Ann
Irwin
Hammack
Fourth War Loan Drive Tops Goal
The Fourth War Loan reached 14 000 000 000 dollars and topped the goal by 191 000 000 dollars just before the deadline. Subscriptions logged last night will help reach the final total announced by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau on March 2, with individual purchases remaining short of their quota.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Morgenthau
Black Market Gas Robs Card Owners, Bowles Says
Washington D C Price Administrator Chester Bowles warned that gasoline black market operators steal about 2 5 million gallons daily from the nations supply. He said illegal sales could raise A card rationing by as much as 25 percent and reduce driving by about 45 miles per month for the average motorist.
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Washington (P
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
No Heat Complaints Hit New High in City
Health Department reports 2240 tenants complained of no heat yesterday. City Fuel Administrator Edwin A Salmon noted improved deliveries to city emergency coal depots except Richmond Staten Island where conditions remain serious.
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New York
Nazis Fire on Swedes Off Stockholm Coast
Two German warships escorting merchantmen fired on Swedish fighter planes patrolling off the west coast yesterday but did not score any hits. The Swedish communiqué announced the incident last night.
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Stockholm
Seventeen-year hiccup girl seeks army leave for doctor
Anna Mayer, 21, in New York appeals to President Roosevelt for military leave to summon Capt. Lester Samuels, Army Medical Corps, whose past care saved her. Her hiccups rattle at one per second, weight fallen from 115 to 81 pounds, after 43 days of distress. Captain Samuels, denied and then delayed, is requested by family to fly east for operation.
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New York
WPI
Roosevelt
Anna Mayer
Lester Samuels
Army Medical Corps
Fort Leonard Wood
van Wyck Hospital
Jamaica
Samuels
Anna
William 37
Pvt
John Mayer
Minter Field
Cal
White House
Allies Trap 22 000 Japs in Solomon Islands Push
Allied and New Zealand troops seized the Green Islands Nissan in the Solomon chain completing the Solomon campaign Gen Douglas MacArthur announced the Japanese forces estimated at 22 000 were isolated from supply lines at Rabaul New Britain and faced starvation and disease under a naval air blockade The landings met light machinegun fire from Japanese forces protected by heavy warships and air cover commanders said The northern Solomons are now in Allied hands enabling pursuit of scattered garrisons on Choiseul Shortland Bougainville and Buka.
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Green Islands
Solomon Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
Rabaul
New Britain
MacArthur
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific Command
Buka Island
Solomons Archipelago
Nissan
Choiseul
Shortland
Bougainville
Buka
Jouth
Roosevelt cites military necessity in Benedictine abbey shelling
President Roosevelt defended shelling the Benedictine monastery in Italy as a military necessity after the Germans used it as a gun emplacement. He released Eisenhower’s December 29 order urging respect for monuments where feasible, though noting that wartime needs can justify destroying famous buildings. He also questioned the legitimacy of calling currency printed abroad as proof of planned invasions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Eisenhower
W. B. Smith
Hoosick Falls Soldier Comments on Monte Cassino Abbey Raid
Hoosick Falls resident Gunner Sgt. William F. Hauberg watched Flying Fortresses raid and wreck the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino. As German guns retaliated he said Jerry's mad, noting the abbey's destruction and the strategic loss of the position.
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Sergt. Wiliam F. Hauberg
Hoosick Falls
Monte Cassino
Hauberg
Associated Press
Jerry
Senate Raises Pension For Spanish War Vets
The Senate voted to raise monthly pensions from 60 to 75 dollars for disabled and aged veterans of the Spanish American War the Philippine insurrection and the China Relief expedition. The bill returns to the House with amendments before reaching the White House. Estimated first year cost 24 349 000 dollars. Average veteran age 69. Pension scale mirrors Union Army rates in the Civil War.
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Washington P
Senate
Spain
China
House
White House
Puerto Rico May Get Elective Governor
The Senate approved a bill to provide an elective governor for Puerto Rico and open changes toward greater self determination. The measure drafted by a commission with insular and federal members had Roosevelt’s approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Puerto Rico
Roosevelt
Draftees Eligible for Soldiers Benefits Bill Passed
Senate approved a bill extending pensions and benefits to draftees injured or contracting diseases while under draft orders for pre induction exams matching those of armed forces members. The measure moves to the House for action.
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Washington
Draft Board
Senate
House
Coup in Argentina Sparks Cabinet Resignations
A bloodless palace coup by reactionary army officers forced the resignation of Argentina’s foreign minister Alberto Gilbert under secretary Oscar Ibarri Garcia and presidential secretary Enrique Gonzalez. The move signals a nationalist victory and risks President Pedro Ramirez’s grip, with prospects raised that VP Edelmiro Farrell could assume power.
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Montevideo
Pedro Ramirez
Alberto Gilbert
Oscar Ibarri Garcia
Enrique Gonzalez
Ramirez
Axis
Edelmiro Farrel
Lodge
Foreign Ministry
Gilbert
Gonzalez
Garcia
Gustavo Martinez Zuviria
Justice
Luis Perlinger
Woman Leaps From Express Train Injuring Self
A female passenger named Floria Mintz of New York City is reported by the Madison County coroner to have leaped from the New York Central Forest City Express near Chittenango. She suffered a fractured skull, fractures to both legs and internal injuries and was taken to Canastota hospital. A card in her purse asked Irving Mintz of New York City be notified.
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Chittenango UP
John Boyd
Madison County
Floria 5
Mintz
New York City
New York Central
Forest City
Canastota
Boyd
Irving Mintz
Train Wreck Blocks New York Central Tracks Near Schuyler
Four tracks of the main line were blocked when a deadhead passenger train struck a large railway crane and tore up 300 feet of track near Schuyler three miles east of here. The crane operator Frank Bumbulo of Utica was shaken but not seriously injured.
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New York Central Railroad
Schuyler
Here
Frank Bumbulo
Utica
Russians Hammer Nazis Near Pskov In Front Drive
Moscow reported Russian forces pressing the German retreat toward Pskov along two rail lines and a highway. Leningrad front troops captured villages and reached Kalbutitsy and Gorodets while destroying enemy formations and taking prisoners. The drive aimed to expel Nazis from Russia within weeks as Ukrainian and Narva sectors also advanced.
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London
Pskov
Moscow
Russia
Ukraine
Red Army
Leningrad
Luga
Serebyanka
Kalbutitsy
Gorodets
Narva- Pskov
Lake Perpus
Polna
British Bombs Hit Berlin In Major Night Raid
London reports a large RAF heavy bomber force struck Berlin in a major night operation, the first since January 30 and the fifteenth attack since November. Coastal observers noted heavy bomber waves over the Channel at dusk. Allied air forces also hit German fortifications in northern France with two medium bombers and four fighters lost.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Channel
France
Nazis Arrest Hundreds in Bordeaux Bridge Plot
German authorities arrested hundreds after discovering an underground plan to dynamite the great railway bridge at Bordeaux. Heavy explosive charges were found under the foundations at both ends, and a house to house roundup of French suspected of anti German activities began.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Bordeaux
France
Gripsholm Sails to Swap War Prisoners and Diplomats
The Gripsholm sailed from New York with hundreds of Axis diplomats German nationals and prisoners of war to exchange in Lisbon for Americans. The State Department said wounded and sick U S soldiers held in Germany will join the swap. Names of repatriates will be announced later.
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Washington
New York
Lisbon
State Department
Gripsholm
Germany
France
Sweden Reports Raids Break German Morale
Reports from Sweden cite widespread German suffering and disarray after mass air raids. It notes 760000 soup meals daily, many buildings ruined, 8 million homeless, and evacuation and food transport failures as signs of impending German collapse.
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Stockholm
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
al Naz
REICH
Rome Railyards Raid Over Cassino Mount Cassino Bombed
Allied air forces bombed Mount Cassino fortress and the Rome Cassino road and Tiburtina Osti yards in two operations aimed at quickening the Fifth Army advance. About 250 heavy bombers attacked the Cassino stronghold while 50 Invaders struck Rome yards. reports say Vatican cars were machine-gunned but confirmation is unclear.
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Naples
Mount Cassino
Tiburtina
Ostiense
Rome
Fifth Army
Vatican
Carlo Pacelli
Anzio
U. S
Twelfth Air Force
Rotheaiders
Rome- Cassino
Hide-and-Seek Romance Ends In Quiet Wedding
Newburyport Massachusetts reports that Army officer Capt. Philip W. Beatman and Miss Helen M. Olsen wed in a surprise Valentine’s ceremony after his disappearance delayed their January 22 plans. Beatman later reappeared in Army custody and has since been stationed abroad or in hospital care.
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Newburyport
Mass
Helen M. Olsen
Philip W. Beatman
New York
Marvin Forter
People’s Methodist Church
Boston
Jury to Try Ku Klux Wizard for Conspiracy
A Pittsburgh jury of six men and six women was chosen to try James A. Colescott of Atlanta imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and four Pennsylvania associates on conspiracy charges. They allegedly planned to incite hatred and strife against people of certain religious and racial classifications, masquerading as the Keystone Patriotic Society.
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Pittsburgh
James A. Colescott
Atlanta
Imperial Wizard
Ku Klux Klan
Pennsylvania
Keystone Patriotic Society
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