Canton draft board denies Taft charges
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U.S. diplomats abroad await ‘exchange day’
Stockholm, Sweden (UP) –
A Berlin dispatch to the Social-Demokraten said yesterday that 140 American diplomats and journalists now at Bad Nauheim were expected to be exchanged late this month for the same number of Germans believed to be due in Lisbon from the United States before the end of March.
The dispatch said there were 16,000 U.S. nationals in Germany and Austria, some interned but mostly only under police supervision.
Heil-shouting mechanic yanked out of theater
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (UP) –
Gordon Harry Kidd, 39, made the mistake of loudly shouting “heil” in a newsreel theater last night.
Seated behind him was William Price, chief of police at the Naval Hospital, who escorted him out of the theater as irate moviegoers moved forward.
Kidd’s outburst came during a scene depicting Uncle Sam crushing the German Army. He shouted:
They’ll never do that.
Kidd, a mechanic, was charged with anti-Americanism, inciting a riot and disorderly conduct.
The Pittsburgh Press (March 8, 1942)
Defense attorney praises FBI –
Convicted spies lucky, face prison – not death
If they’d been caught in wartime, firing squad would have been maximum penalty; group will be sentenced next Friday – the 13th
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Hyde Park flying banned
Washington – (March 7)
President Roosevelt issued an executive order today prohibiting flights by civilian aircraft over the vicinity of his Hyde Park, New York, estate without special permission.
Soldiers die, scores hurt in train crash
At least six killed, toll may rise in head-on Missouri wreck
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Submarine report doubted at Canal
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Defense stamps as lure to trade opposed by U.S.
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Allies mapping drive on Japan
Raids on Germans by U.S. troops also proposed
By Edward W. Beattie, United Press staff writer
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Convoy ‘leak’ probed by U.S.
Briton ‘breaks’ story of fleet movement
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22 aliens arrested
Seattle, Washington –
In raids here and at Port Angeles, Washington, FBI agents today arrested two Germans and 20 Japanese.
Speed up ships, Nelson pleads
’Whole nation at stake;’ labor pledges aid
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President talks briefly on radio tomorrow night
Washington (UP) – (March 7)
President Roosevelt will make a five-minute radio speech Monday night in connection with observance of the 9th anniversary of the drafting of the New Deal farm program.
The President will speak at 9:55 p.m. on a program on which Vice President Henry A. Wallace and Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard will also talk.
Mr. Roosevelt’s speech will be on all Pittsburgh stations.
"Wake up, America!" editorial arouses wide approbation
Citizens in all walks of life mail, phone and telegraph approval of Scripps-Howard warning that we are in grave peril
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Plane trips limited
Washington, March 7 –
The Civil Aeronautics Board today adopted an emergency regulation prohibiting commercial airlines from operating charter trips or performing special services other than regular scheduled flights, unless approved by the military director of civil aviation. The regulation becomes effective next Thursday.
’Men are preferred’ seems to be motto
Washington, March 7 (UP) –
The Department of Labor contributed its bit to the battle of the sexes tonight with a report on government women, in which “discrimination” rears its ugly head.
Although the number of women workers has risen 112% since 1923, signs persist, the report disclosed, that Uncle Sam is still a trifle prejudiced against females as jobholders.
The report disclosed many facts about government women, including:
The “median” woman is 36.9 years old, earns $1,500 a year and is a stenographer, typist, clerk or nurse.
Salaries for government women, not including those in administrative jobs, range from $500 for minor meteorology observers to $6,500 for social science analysts.
Four soldiers die in fire
Corvallis, Ore., March 7 –
Four soldiers were burned to death and seven others were injured today when a fire swept through a two-story building occupied by troops temporarily quartered here.
Dutch fall back in what may be final retreat in Java
’Goodbye until better day,’ radio says
The Battle of Java
The map shows how the Japs have overrun Java in one week after invading at the three points indicated by numbers. The broken lines show the path of the invaders and the broad white arrows indicate the position of the Japs now. Madoera was taken by Jap paratroops.
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67-minute alarm sounded in Hawaii
Honolulu, March 7 (UP) –
A 67-minute air alarm sounded in the Hawaiian Islands today, three months from the day of the attack at Pearl Harbor.
The Army announced that the alarm was sounded when a defense unit detected the approach of:
…unidentified elements from the sea.
The alarm sounded at 10:20 a.m. (3:50 p.m. ET) and the all-clear signal was given at 11:27 a.m. (4:57 p.m. ET).
The alarm sounded during the usual Saturday morning shopping jam in downtown Honolulu.
It was the third air raid alarm sounded in Honolulu since Dec. 7.
Enemy broadcast –
Axis once more says 2 U.S. carriers sunk
Dispatches from enemy countries are based on broadcasts over controlled radio stations and frequently contain false information. Bear this in mind.
Berlin, March 7 (UP) – (German broadcast recorded at New York)
A German dispatch from Tokyo today said Jap Imperial Headquarters had reported the sinking of two United States aircraft carriers.
The dispatch said:
One is the carrier reported previously damaged by Jap naval airplanes northeast of New Guinea. This carrier is now reported sunk.
Another carrier was badly damaged Feb. 27 in the battle off Soerabaja, Java, and 30 planes on it were destroyed.