Trouble Ahead Rumania Resists Nazi Demands
An Ankara based report says Romania resists German demands for heavier troop losses on the Russian front and greater food contributions. Antonescu seeks Allied sympathy while fearing a Russian westward push. Balkan tensions rise with Hungary and Bulgaria, and Turkey is courted for support.
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Turkey
Germany
Rumania
Romania
Hitler
Baron Manfred von Killinger
Russia
Anis
Ion Antonescu
Antonescu
Red Army
Hungary
Transylvania
Berlin
Bulgaria
Balkan
Humphreys Ointment Offered With Free Rectal Pipe
An advertisement touts Humphreys Ointment for piles costing 50 cents with a free rectal pipe included for enhanced relief. It claims quick easing of burning itching and pain and encourages buying locally to improve comfort during bowel movements and speed healing.
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Navy to Name Escort Vessel for Troy Man Killed in Action
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox informed Mrs. Alice Herzog that a destroyer escort will be named the U S S Herzog in honor of her son Lieut William J Herzog Navy Reserve who was killed in action last November. The vessel is under construction and will be commissioned soon.
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Frank Knox
Alice A. Herzog
Pawling Avenue
New York
Navy Department
Like Ebbets Field Raid At Foggia On Rail Hubs Damaged
Air force said Flying Fortresses bombed Foggia and rail facilities, wrecking freight yards stations and warehouses. Two American planes were lost while four enemy planes were shot down, with reports of minimal opposition and claims of damaged defense.
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Half Million Coal Miners Idle Over Dispute
The United States faces a coal shortage as 500000 miners strike amid stalled negotiations. Ickes and Van Horn press for compromise while defense agencies prepare for rail and power cutbacks. The stoppage endangers war production as the 32 day strike extends beyond the April 1 contract expiry.
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Bombing Speeds Victory at West Point Graduation
Gen Henry H Arnold told West Point graduates that current bombing of Germany and Italy will end the war sooner and save hundreds of thousands of lives. He said Germans and Italians see the handwriting on the wall as US air forces target factories transportation U boat yards and critical industries. Morale is cracking and they cry for the bombing to stop.
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Supreme Court Rejects Stephan Plea for Direct Appeal
Washington (UP) The Supreme Court refused a third time to intervene in Max Stephan's conviction for harboring an escaped German prisoner and withdrew the stay. The court ruled two laws barred a direct appeal from the district court and vacated the stay, paving the way for a new execution date in Detroit unless clemency or another stay is secured.
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Murder Inc sentence upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court affirmed the murder convictions and death sentences of Brooklyn gangsters Louis Lepke Buchalter Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone for the Rosen murder. The men faced the electric chair barring further state actions after a sensational Kings County trial. Attorneys Wormser Rosenthal and Hays sought a new trial claiming the trio were framed.
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Supreme Court
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Murder, Inc
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Emanuel Weiss
Lews Capone
Joseph Rosen
Lekpke
Weiss
Capone
Kings County
New York
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Sydney Rosenthal
Arthur Garfield Hays
Davies Flies to Washington Today
Joseph Davies, Roosevelt's emissary to Stalin, arrived in Seattle en route to report to President Roosevelt in Washington. Major Frank Williamson announced Davies would stay in Seattle overnight and depart for Washington in the morning after a trip from Moscow through Siberia to Nome, Alaska.
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Joseph Stalin
Washington
Frank E Williamson
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Davies
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Siberia
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Food Conference Drafts Principles
A draft declaration of principles was completed and approved at a United Nations food conference in Hot Springs Virginia. It states the goal of freedom from want as a wartime and postwar aim, with nations responsible for feeding their people yet urged to cooperate to achieve global security from hunger and fear.
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Vap
United Nations Food Conference
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Political Unions and Communist Influence Split Sailors and Longshoremen
The piece attacks Curran and Bridges over rival unions on both coasts, alleging pro Communist ties in CIO outfits and anti-Communist opposition among rival groups. It claims proportional control of hiring halls and discusses racketeering, high initiation fees, and corrupt practices within East Coast longshoremen.
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Cleansing the grafted hiring halls and union influence
A reader critiques reform efforts against corrupt hiring practices and saloon influence in industry. The piece questions the reformer’s sincerity, notes his Catholic background and anti Communist stance, and cites Bridges and Curan pressuring his union while he campaigns from San Francisco toward the East Coast.
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Bridges
Curan
San Francisco
C.I. O
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War Era Shipping and Wildlife Metaphors in Rhetoric
The fragment discusses wartime efficiency praising C7 ran and Bridges steering East Coast shipping, notes alignment with Communist Party decisions in future political shifts, and oddly mentions paddlefish using paddies to stir mud while foraging for tiny organisms.
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