Tourist Camp Owners Protest Gouge Charge
Tourists camp owners denounce high rental reports in the Citizen as unfair. A Tourism Court Association leader from the Chamber of Commerce defends firms against OPA ceiling violations and urges member action to curb gouging. A local priest suffers rent speculation while one owner charges 71.50 monthly under the ceiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tourist Court Owners Association
Chamber of Commerce
OPA
Tourist Court Association
Tucson
Sunshine
Tornado Strikes Hugo Town Causing Major Damage
A tornado hit the southeast Hugo area at about 8 30 p m injuring five people and damaging about 25 homes. It wrecked two buildings at the Goodland Indian school and caused estimated losses near 75000 dollars. Patrol Trooper L W Manley reported the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo
Okla
Goodland Indian School
Here
Sinan Stheeney Patrol
L. W. Manley
Seizure Of Rabaul By Yanks Expected
American seizure of Rabaul, a crucial Japanese base at the northern tip of New Britain, appears near after intense aerial assaults. Japan shifts to Kavieng as a new shipping hub while U S Navy circles expect the base to become an advance naval facility once captured.
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Washington
Mar
U.P
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Southwest Pacific
Kavieng
New Ireland Island
New Britain
Navy
Japan
New Ireland
FDR Assistant May Be Cited For Contempt
A Senate Agriculture subcommittee voted unanimously to recommend citing Jonathan W. Daniels, administrative assistant to President Roosevelt, for contempt of the senate for refusing to answer questions in an investigation of the Rural Electrification Administration. The full committee is expected to vote next week. Chairman Smith said the report would urge Daniels to appear before the bar of the senate to show cause why contempt should not be adjudged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Jonathan W. Daniels
Roosevelt
Senate
Rural Electrification Administration
Smith
D-Sc
Daniels
Finland's Answer to Peace Offer Ready
The Stockholm Tidningen quoted private sources that Juho K. prepared Finland's reply to Russia's peace terms. The document would be handed to Madame Alexandra Kollontay, Soviet ambassador to Sweden, seeking clarification on certain terms. The reply is said to request continued negotiations.
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Stockholm
Stockholm Tidningen
Juho K
Finland
Russia
Alexandra Kollontay
Sweden
Pepper warns of UN refuges for international brigands
Sen. Claude Pepper accuses the United Nations of preparing refuges in neutral areas for international brigands. He says the guilty have begun flight funds and villas abroad and planted accomplices in new havens, with a list to be supplied later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
United Nations
Pepper
Senate
Soldier Vows He Is Father Of Quadruplets
Staff Sgt. William Thompson Jr. declared in writing he is the father of the quadruplets born to unmarried Norah Carpenter in England. He said he and Norah hope to be married and will support the babies and their mother from this day onward.
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William Smith White
London
Mar
William Thompson, Jr
Pittsburgh
Norah Carpenter
Thompson
Norah
United States Army
Yanks Advance In Admiralty Island Attack
U S troops push forward on Los Negros in the Admiralty islands after repulsing Japanese counterattacks. Eight Japanese fighters shot down, and American planes bomb and strafed positions on Los Negros and Lorengau as ground forces gained ground in sharp fighting.
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Southwest Pacific
Mar
U.P
U. S
Los Negros
Admiralty Islands
Lorengau
Admiralty
Manus
Domei Agency
Island
Domei
United States
Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
Rabaul
Germans Burn Narva As Reds Lunge Nearer
Moscow announced Soviet forces breached toward Pskov from the east and reports said Germans set Narva ablaze while Red Army units edged near the Pskov area. Govorov’s troops widened a westward foothold near Narva and cut the railway toward Reval as Berlin acknowledged Russian gains.
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London
Pskov
Moscow
Narva
Govorov
Auvere
Reval
Berlin
Ger
Tombstone and Douglas Reach Southern Arizona Quarter Finals
Douglas overwhelms Willcox 41 13 as Pablo Cota tops with 14 points and 61 tournament points. Tombstone beats Benson 39 33 after early lead. Bertoglio ejected with 18 points. Consolation final sets Tucson versus Nogales for district crown. state qualification remains for both.
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Douglas
Tombstone
Willcox
Pablo Cota
Benson
Bertoglio
D. G. Crawford
Tucson
Nogales
Allies Repulse Nazi Attacks On Beachhead
Allied forces beat back three new German assaults on the Anzio beachhead below Rome. American artillery halted the strongest push near Dead Woman's corner as tanks and infantry were repelled. British and Canadian forces also checked attacks south of Cisterna and near Aprilia.
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C. R. Cunningham
Naples
Mar
Anzio
Rome
Dead Women’s Corner
Cisterna-Conca Road
Dead Woman’s Corner
Cisterna
Fifth Army
Aprilia
Eighth Army
Crecchio
Orsogna
Fallascoso
Herman Goering
11Th Light Infantry
114Th Light Rifles
Littorio, Ostiense
Tiburtina
Monterno
San Benedeto
Viterbo
Canino
Fabrica di Roma
Might Of Allied Air Power Reflected In Raid On Berlin
DEWITT MACKENZIE reports that a U S fighter formation flew 1 100 miles to Berlin and back confirming increased heavy bomber protection and greater fighter strength against Hitler. The raid signals Allied air power and endurance, with London disseminating details of the operation and noting the era defining hit on Berlin.
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Berlin
Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Associated Press News Department
Uncle Sam
America
Hitler
London
Royal Air Force
Free Japan Movement Formed in North China
Chungking reports a Free Japan Movement in Japanese prisoners and dissenting intellectuals in North China. A January 15 meeting at Yenan established the Japanese People's Liberation league aimed at opposing Tojo regime, likened to Moscow’s Free German committee.
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Chungking
Free Japan
North China
Tojo
Tokyo
New China Daily News
Yenan
Shensi
Japanese People’s Liberation League
Free German Committee
Moscow
Turks Press for 500 Tanks and 300 Planes from Allies
Turkish sources say at the Cairo conference Turkey demanded 500 tanks and 300 planes as the price of joining the war, with failure to deliver cited as the sole reason for not yet fighting. Ankara insists any entry should be offensive and rejects unconditional RAF base concessions.
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Ankara
Mar
U.P
Turkey
Cairo
Ismet Inonu
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Britain
Royal Air Force
Allied bombers strike Germany and Berlin claims refute
Strong American four engined bombers led by long range fighters cross the channel in a massive daylight raid on Reich territory. Berlin radio reports heavy escort and defenses with several bombers shot down near Berlin. The action follows consecutive days of large scale Allied air offensives and signals open targets across northern France and beyond.
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Rome
Bern
Ostiense
Mediterranean Air Force
Regensburg
15Th Air Force
W. W. Hercher
London
Mar
Germany
U. S
Berlin
Eighth Airforce
William Deblasio
Pittsburgh
Firce
Reich
Strait of Dover
Hilversum
RAF
Dominion
France
Supreme Court declines to halt Lepke Buchalter case
The U S Supreme Court unanimously refused to intervene in Louis Lepke Buchalter's case and to stay his scheduled Sing Sing electric chair execution. The decision, announced hours after an 11th hour appeal, confirms lower court rulings and cites the 1927 ruling that the prisoner lacks a vested right to serve out a term.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Louis
Lepke) Buchalter
New York
Murder, Inc
Sing Sing
High Court
Lepke
Nelson Potter
Burton Turkus
Solomon Klein
Kings County
N. Y
Arizona Senate panel hears power bill amendments
At a three hour hearing the senate agricultural and irrigation committee met to consider amending a bill creating a state power authority to allow private interests to buy Colorado River power from non state sources and to bar the state from retailing power against existing firms. The Salt River Valley Water Users association and Central Arizona Light and Power backed changes while Sidney Kartus opposed.
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Phoenix
Mar
Colorado River
Senate Committee On Agriculture and Irrigation
Salt River Valley Water Users Association
Central Arizona Light and Power Company
Senate
Agriculture and Irigation Committee
Sidney Kartus
Fred Colter
Power Authority
Colorado River Power Association
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