Roosevelt Veto of Tax Bill Tests Overriding Bid
President Roosevelt vetoed the new tax bill amid a sharp clash with Congress. Democratic tax chairmen rush to push enactment despite the veto, while Republicans push for a two thirds override in both House and Senate. The House vote test starts tomorrow, with Roosevelt calling the measure a tax relief bill favoring the greedy and criticizing extraneous materials.
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President Believes Japs Badly Hurt In War at Sea
President Roosevelt stated that Japanese forces have been hurt more than surface figures show. He estimated at least 1,000 enemy barges sunk in the past year, noting each craft carried many naval officers and men. Secretary Knox warned of a repeat of the Russo Japanese war sea strategy.
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Pearl Harbor
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Dies committee probe criticized by Labor party leaders
Leaders of the American Labor party condemned the proposed Dies committee investigation of the CIO political action committee as a deliberate move to frighten labor into political inactivity. The item notes strong opposition amid a period of political tension.
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Parry Island Capture Nears, Truk Threatened by Atoll Takeover
UPI reports the conquest of Eniwetok Atoll in the western Marshalls nears completion. American forces push from Parry Island toward Engebi airfield, with Parry Island now in U S hands. Admiral Nimitz announced heavy air and naval attacks on Parry.
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German Air Plants Dealt Blows Again
London reports a coordinated assault by the Eighth Air Force from Britain and the 15th Air Force from Italy on German industry at Bernburg Regenburg Aschersleben and Halberstadt. Forty one British based bombers are missing after heavy battles with skilled German pilots. American escort fighters claim 58 enemy aircraft shot down with one American fighter destroyed and ten missing.
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Zagreb
Allies Brace for New Nazi Blows at Anzio Beachhead
Allied and German heavy guns pounded the Anzio front in renewed artillery duels as both sides regroup after days of fierce combat. Near Carroceto, fighting occurred Monday with no decisive result, while Nazis massed in the Aprilia area but were repelled by Allied fire. The two sides pressed readiness for a possible third assault as the beachhead neared two months of heavy fighting.
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Pope Fears For Rome Amid War Devastation Warnings
Vatican radio quoted Pope Pius XII saying Cairo and Athens were spared by belligerent agreement and Rome should be saved. The broadcast notes Athens and Cairo monuments were preserved, but Mount Cassino abbey has already been destroyed.
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Living Cost Drops .2 Percent in Mid Winter Report
Washington report shows the cost of living index dipping two tenths of a percent from mid December to mid January. Labor Secretary Perkins notes food costs slipped and clothing prices eased slightly while services kept rising. Household budgets in large cities remain 2.8 percent higher than a year ago and up 23.1 percent since January 1941, with cumulative increases since 1939 wartime expansion totaling 259 percent.
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Perkins
German Spy Ring in Chile Smashed
Santiago Chile WP The Chilean government announced the arrest of 14 people in a spy ring organized by the German embassy air attaché before his departure. Anibal Jara director general of the Chilean information department said the ring gathered and transmitted wireless information to Germany. Key figure Guillermo Kunsemuller a 37 year old Chilean confessed handling specifications of United States military equipment in Chile. The ring was directed by Ludwig von Bohlen the German air attaché repatriated to Germany. Detained included six Germans five Chileans two Paraguayans and one Pole connected with clandestine radio equipment which was confiscated.
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Ludwig von Bohlen
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United States
Educate 17 Year Olds Colleges Ask Army
A committee of college presidents urged the War Department to enroll 100,000 volunteer 17 year olds in a summer college program as part of an Army education initiative. The plan would extend education until age 18 before active duty, while the pre induction pool remains small.
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Women at War Beachhead Nurses Awarded Silver Stars
Three American Army nurses at the Anzio beachhead in Italy received Silver Stars for gallantry during a 30 minute shelling on February 16. Lieut. Mary L. Roberts, Dallas. Second Lieut. Rita Virginia Rourke, Chicago. and Second Lieut. Elaine Arletta Roe, Whitewater, Wis., were cited for bravery as hospital tents faced direct shellfire. Roberts described shielding a patient with a helmet and helping move litter cases amid flying debris.
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Speedy) Rourke
Chicago
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Washington D. C
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Mary Thompson Hospital
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Bombing Hits Stockholm Amphitheater Amid Baltic Air Raid
Stockholm reports a small number of foreign aircraft over the city with bombs dropped on the southern district amphitheater and nearby Strängnäs. One bomb on a small lake failed to explode. No casualties announced. Russia and Sweden involved in wartime reports from the same night.
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Restoration of Shrines by Fee Proposed
President Roosevelt at a press conference suggested after the war nations might be compelled to furnish labor and material to rebuild historic and ecclesiastical monuments damaged in the fighting. He noted suggestions to fund the Benedictine Monastery in Italy damaged when Germans used it as a strong point near Cassino. He warned many centers would be hit before the war ends and discussed a possible subscription fund to aid reconstruction.
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Cassino
Banker Fleishhacker Falls Into Hippo Pool at Zoo
Herbert Fleishhacker, prominent West Coast banker and zoo founder, slipped into Fleishhacker Zoo hippo pool during an inspection. Careful rescue by director Carey Baldwin and attendants followed as Puddles, the 2,500-pound hippo, watched. Fleishhacker suffered minor bruises.
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Soviets Agree to Join Allied Gold Boycott
The Soviet Union announced on Moscow radio that it would join the United States and Britain in a global boycott of gold purchases, except where the metal originates from other United Nations sources. The statement outlined participation in the anti gold embargo with exceptions noted.
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General Clark Calmly Fights Salerno Fire In Deck Chair
P T boat chauffeur Lieut age Tullock recalls Lieut Gen Mark Clark remaining cool under enemy fire during the Salerno invasion as he sat in a deck chair sipping lemonade. The account comes as Clark arrives home after nine months of Mediterranean warfare.
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Wife of Gandhi Dies in Palace Internment
The wife of Mohandas K Gandhi, Mrs. Gandhi, died aged 61 in internment at Poona, India. Confined with Gandhi since the August arrest, she endured months of heart trouble. Once married at 13, she faced child marriage, travelled with Gandhi, and kept to her principles including vegetarianism despite pressures.
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All-India Congress
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England
London Air Raid Night Deepens City’s Wounds
German raiders hit London for the fourth time in five nights using incendiaries and high explosives. Fires lit the sky as churches and other property sustained heavy damage. Coastal batteries unleashed a fierce barrage, and multiple hotels in an east coast town reported hits with casualties.
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Allies Pick Tito To Lead Yugoslavia In War
Prime Minister Churchill named Marshal Josip Broz Tito as the Allies choice to lead Yugoslavia against the Axis. He praised Tito as a formidable champion of freedom, saying Tito's forces keep 14 German divisions occupied in the Balkans and resist efforts by Mihailovic to aid the enemy. Churchill cited Tito's magnif icent resistance and ongoing defiance as the main reason for backing him over Mihailovic.
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Churchill Warns Victory Still Distant in War Review
Prime Minister Churchill warned that victory in Europe remains distant and the end of the war in 1944 is not assured. He outlined a massive spring and summer expansion of Allied air attacks on Germany and occupied areas, while stressing continued Anglo American and Russian cooperation and Italy’s ongoing strategic importance.
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Quadruplets Born to Hillsboro Couple. One Twin Dies
Mrs Spencer Edmund Hutto of Hillsboro Ala gave birth to quadruplets at Decatur Hospital. Three girls and one boy survived but one boy died shortly after birth while the other three, Diane Yvonne Spencer Edmund Jr and Sherianne, remained in incubators in good condition. Father a Private with the 1st Parachute Training Regiment at Fort Benning noted in disbelief.
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Spencer Edmund Hutto
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States Rights Group Rejects Federal Ballot
The "States rights" advocates rejected a state controlled federal ballot for the armed forces and nearly defeated a long sought compromise on service vote legislation. House conferees will ask the Senate to abandon its federal ballot plan and limit service voting to state absentee ballots. The Senate conferees probably will refuse.
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Japanese Admit Morale Jolted By Truk Raid
The Japanese news agency Dome acknowledged that the U S attack on Truk impressed the public more than any prior wartime event. Tokyo reports said Prime Minister Tojo warned the war situation is grave but vowed firm determination to press the war to its end.
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Hideki Tojo
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Capital Crime Washington Attorney Charged With Slaying Psychiatrist
Robert Miller a 67 year old Washington criminal attorney was charged with homicide after a coroner's inquest found probable cause to convene a grand jury for the shooting of Dr John E Lind a noted local psychiatrist Eyewitnesses recounted Miller trailing his wife as she approached Lind's car and firing killing Lind The attorney was released on $1500 bond while his illness was noted by his lawyers A department store employee recalled the events in the busy capital shopping district
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Churchill Reveals British Backing of Soviet Poland Plan
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed that Britain supports Stalin's position on Poland's western frontier and agrees Poland should be compensated at Germany's expense. He said Britain has not guaranteed a fixed frontier and that postwar adjustments are likely, with Russian forces already in Polish regions and ongoing talks with the Polish government in London to establish a workable military arrangement.
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Curfew Enforced for Girls Under 16 in Times Square
Police announce a curfew in Times Square requiring girls under sixteen to leave the area by a set time and to be escorted by a parent guardian or approved escort. The term proper escort is not defined, prompting cautions from residents and officials.
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