U S May Seek Pacific Bases At London Talks
Discussion likely in London between British and American leaders on postwar Pacific bases as stepping stones to deter future Japanese aggression. Agenda items include postwar borders in Europe, Italy after Rome, Turkey’s return to Allied fold, and the status of satellite states, with Stettinius and Johns Hopkins’ Bowman set to attend.
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London
United States
Pacific
Edward K. Stettinius, Jr
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
European Advisory Commission
Stettinius
Isalan Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Roosevelt
Washington
Italy
Rome
Turkey
French Committee For National Liberation
Peter
Josip Broz
Tito
Axis
Bomb proof Vault To House Liberty Bell
Ground tests were begun around Independence Hall to install a bomb proof fireproof air raid vault for the Liberty Bell. Contractors and public works officials will excavate carefully to assess soil conditions without harming the shrine, moving all earth with care to preserve historical value.
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Philadelphia
Sol
Independence Hall
City Department of Public Works
Jap Workers Linked to Pearl Harbor Data Flow Claim
A House Sea Committee hearing suggested Japanese workers at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard may have fed the enemy fleet’s vital data for the December 7, 1941 attack. FCC Chairman Fly said direct radio intercepts were unlikely and that information likely traveled from the consulate to Tokyo via uncensored cable and wire channels. Representative Magnuson noted the many Japanese employed at the yard could have informed the consulate.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
House
Sea Committee
Federal Communications Commission
F.C
James L. Fly
Tokyo
Magnuson
de Wash
Miller
R-Mo
Fly
F.C C
White House Files Stay Confidential
Washington Senate agriculture subcommittee declined to press for White House files on Harry E Slattery REA ouster. The panel dropped contempt proceedings against Jonathan Daniels after he answered questions about urging Slattery to resign. Daniels said no effort to embarrass the President. committee chose not to subpoena files, deeming them irrelevant to the inquiry.
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Washington (P
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
White House
Harry E Slattery
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Roosevelt
Slattery
Carroll Reedy
Gillette
Iowa
REA
Cardinal O Connell Seeks Prayers for Rome and Pope
Boston Cardinal O Connell issued a pastoral letter last night asking the faithful to pray for Rome to be spared from desecration and ruin and for the welfare of the Holy Father Pope Pius XII. The appeal emphasizes the Vatican and Catholic leadership during a time of global tension.
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Boston
VPI
William Cardinal O'Connell
America
Rome
Peter
Pope Pius XII
Blue and Grey Symphony London and the Flugelhorn Fighter Ace
Captain Walker Ma hurin of Fort Wayne Indiana emerges as the leading American ace in the European theater after destroying three Nazi planes in a Berlin battle, raising his total to twenty, six shy of the wartime record held by Foss and Boyington. In Schenectady a memorial display at Union College juxtaposes portraits of Robert Toombs and William Seward, honoring past Civil War era tensions and their reconciliation through shared Union pride. Senator Walter F. George presents the Toombs portrait and remarks on healing old conflicts through principled standpoints.
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London
Walker Mahurin
Fort Wayne
Ind
Germany
Joseph J. Foss
Gregory Boyington
Southwest Pacific
Schenectady
Memorial
Union College
Walter F. George
Georgia
Robert Toombs
Union
Toombs
Wiliam H. Seward
Lincoln
George
Sona
Nazis Claim Allies Bombed Rome Again
The Rome radio propaganda outlet asserted Allied bombers hit Rome yesterday morning and later claimed Tuesday’s Rome area raid, though Allied reports suggested the targets were in nearby yards. The broadcast reflects ongoing German efforts to magnify Allied air activity over the city.
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London
Rome
Rai
Change Horses Now Advocates Congressman
In Washington a press row over changing presidents flared as Representative Mason argued it is time to switch leaders midwar despite Patman countering Roosevelt’s wartime leadership. Mason said America must change horses now to cross the stream, while Patman blamed Congress for noncooperation with the President.
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Mason
R. Il
Patman
Tex
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
America
House
Hoosevelt
Terrs Fiamma
Congress
Nazis Halt Texas Church Painting
Lieut Lauie R. Dobbs, noted for 16 combat missions and shooting down three German planes, funded church painting with $10 per mission. His actions were halted by the Nazis. On Tuesday, his parents learned he had been missing in action over Germany since February 22.
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San Angelo
Tex
Lauie R. Dobbs
Katemney
Texas
Dobbs
Germany
Dr. Ross Returns To Poughkeepsie Headed Back To NY Hospital
Dr. John R. Ross, who left Hudson River State Mental Hospital at Poughkeepsie last August to lead the State Hospital for Mental Diseases at Howard, R. I., has resigned to return to the New York institution, it was announced yesterday.
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Providence
John R. Ross
Hudson River State Mental Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Howard
New York Institution
Bombs Batter Berlin Moscow Reports Fierce Battle
Moscow said a furious battle raged in Staro Konstantinov a vital enemy base in southwestern Ukraine as the Red Army pressed from Cherni Ostrov toward the Odessa Lwow rail line. The midnight bulletin claimed over 3 000 German dead two regiments routed and 100 communities captured by Zhukov scores of tanks guns and trucks abandoned in mud and flooded terrain. The front described growing German resistance and snowbound fields hindering movement while Soviet forces used sledges to move machine gunners across mud. Far north near Narva Germans attacked Estonia but were repelled with 900 dead and 34 planes destroyed.
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London
Moscow
Staro-Konstantinov
Ukraine
Red
Cherni-Ostrov
Odessa-Lwow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Red Star
Estonia
Narva
Berry Baby To Get Day In Court
Los Angeles five month old Carol Ann Berry wins a judge's ruling to proceed with a paternity case against Charlie Chaplin. Judge Stanley Mosk overruled a motion to dismiss noting a full trial serves justice. The court noted California lacks a compulsory blood test statute for paternity suits.
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Los Angeles
Carol Ann Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Berry
Stanley Mosk
Carol Ann
Miss Berry
Mosk
Joseph Scott
California
Finns Seek To Negotiate Peace Terms
Stockholm reports Finland replied to Russia's peace terms and may seek to negotiate German troop internment. The Finnish note was sent to Moscow after delays, aiming to preserve contact. Speculation centers on concessions linked to Viipuri, demobilization, and restoring the 1940 pact, with intermediaries discussed in Stockholm and Helsinki.
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Stockholm
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Helsinki
Viipuri
Stockholm Aftonbiladet
Rickard Laandstrom
Morgan Tidningen
Pariamentary Committee On Foreign Affairs
Henrik Ramsay
Tax Panic Hits Federal and State Offices
Federal and state tax offices faced chaotic conditions as April 15 deadlines loomed. State officials reported rising inquiries about the 25 per cent tax reduction, which they affirmed as continued. Federal collectors described bedlam, with James W. Johnson comparing mail flows to an army halted in battle.
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New York
Lonergan murder trial set for fresh start in March
Wayne Lonergan faces a new jury panel and a restart of his first degree murder trial for the death of heiress Patricia Lonergan. Judge James Garrett Wallace and Judge John Freschi preside as prior proceedings halt amid contempt actions and unsettled jury selection. In Charleston, Bull’s Island whales question shifts to disposal as Coast Guard weighs bury or cast-off options.
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New York
Wayne Lonergan
James Garrett Wallace
John J. Freschi
Patricia
Freschi
Talesmen
Edward V. Broderick
Charleston
Bull's Island
Vst
Coast Guard
Bull’s Island
Army Officer Charged With Slaying Three
Riverside calif coroner jury yesterday held Lieut Beaufort Swancutt responsible for the deaths of three people two 18 year old girls and a Riverside policeman in a dramatic shooting at the camp officers club. The case stemmed from last Sunday night when Lieut Elizabeth G Klein chief nurse at the camp hospital testified, naming the officers Lieut Swancutt and Lieut Harry J Light and the two girls Dorothy Douglas and Louraine Lavermore as present.
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Riverside
Cal
Beaufort Swancutt
Elizabeth G Klein
Camp Hospital
Swancutt
Harry J. Light
Dorothy Douglas
Louraine Lavermore
Officers Club
Japs Try Los Negros Landing
Allied reports say United States forces repelled a Japanese barge assault on Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands. Fire from newly established positions of the First Cavalry Division stopped all barges. no shore landings occurred. Elsewhere American Marines held a beachhead at Widaumez Peninsula near Talasea on New Britain after a largely unopposed landing.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
United States
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
Bismarck Sea
Talasea
New Britain Island
Widaumez Peninsula
King Peter and Tito May Settle Slav Squabbles
London UP reports a Yugoslav cabinet quarrel between King Peter and Marshal Tito. Tito may propose a solution during London talks with ministers Ivo Chin and Marisogongo attending an urgent invitation. If Cairo backs Tito and sheds anti Tito elements, armed recognition could be at stake.
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London
Peter
Josip Broz
Tito
Ivo Chin
Fin- Ante
Marisogongo
Cairo
Land Urges Continuance Of Merchant Marine
Washington reports Rear Admiral Land told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States Merchant Marine is larger than all other United Nations fleets combined and should be preserved after the war even if some ships are laid up. He urged an extension of lend-lease for another year, noting the War Shipping Administration and the U S catro fleet bear the bulk of wartime shipping duties.
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Washington
Emon
Land
United States
United Nations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Butcher Fined for Overcharging Blind Customer
A Denver butcher was fined after being accused of overcharging a blind man five cents for a pound of hamburger. The incident, reported by AP, highlights the case as local authorities move against price gouging in the meat trade.
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Denver UP
Denver
Gunther Granted Divorce from Wise in Las Vegas
John J Gunther, journalist and foreign correspondent, was granted a divorce from Frances Gunther yesterday in Las Vegas. Judge George E Marshall awarded custody of their child John Jr 15 and $600 monthly alimony. Frances denied desertion but did not contest. A separate case awarded a customer $1 for damages and $75 court costs. Stockholm rumors and Sibelius notes appear in the same dispatch with unrelated Helsinki damages report.
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Las Vegas
Newus
John J Gunther
Frances Gunther
George E. Marshall
Gunther
John, Jr
Merket
Costa
Stockholm
Jean Sibelius
Torday
Finland
Sherley Stotta
W H. Ohler
Helsinki
OPA
Sibelius
Cef Kettering
U S Planes Lose In Day Raid On Berlin
U S Flying Fortresses and Liberators with a large escort attacked Berlin for the third time in five days. Reports say 38 bombers and 16 fighters were lost but aerial escort shot down 83 enemy aircraft. The raid targeted Erkner ball bearing works and other industrial sites with about 2,000 tons of bombs.
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Berlin
U. S
United States
London
Erkner
GAT
Eighth Air Force
Reich
Germany
British Press Association
Russo Polish Amity Hopes Fade Over Boundary Plan
London reports a breakdown in Polish Soviet talks as Moscow rejects a temporary boundary, pressing for the Curzon line while Warsaw insists on no permanent settlement until after the war. British channels conveyed Moscow’s stance to Warsaw. Poles cite fear of a Soviet backed rival government as Red Army advances, hoping U S views from Edward Stettinius may sway Britain.
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London
Moscow
Churchill
Edward Stettinius
Britain
Red Army
Poland
Welsh Miners Granted Pay Differential
London reports that Maj. Gwilym Lloyd George, fuel minister, accepted an agreement between Welsh coal miners and operators granting extra pay for workers facing excessive dust and water. He also said that allowances specific to South Wales would be reviewed after miners return to work. The government had tied extra pay to the new minimum wage of two dollars a week.
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London
Gwilym Lloyd George
Lloyd George
South Wales
Look the Eiffel Tower
A New York report recaps Governor Dewey’s soldier vote proposal opposed by the United Labor Party as a bid for Republican nomination. It cites a plan to mail ballots to armed forces, arguing Dewey clings to anti soldier politics for self interest.
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Thomas E Dewey
Committee For A
United Labor Party
Dewey
Labor Committee
American Labor
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