Elderly craftsmen back to forge making commando knives for war
By Neil J. Bulger, North American Newspaper Alliance
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Völkischer Beobachter (January 8, 1944)
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75 Jahre plutokratisch-bolschewistische „Aufsicht;“ Die deutschen Schulen unter jüdischer Überwachung
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U.S. State Department (January 8, 1944)
President Roosevelt to Prime Minister Churchill
Washington, 8 January 1944
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Personal and secret, Number 437. For the Former Naval Person from the President.
As I told you in my 422, Harriman requested information on the action we were taking to carry out our commitments to turn over Italian ships to the Soviet by 1 February so that he could discuss the matter with Molotov if he were queried. I told him it was my intention to allocate one-third of the captured Italian ships to the Soviet war effort beginning 1 February as rapidly as they could be made available.
Harriman then reminded me that Stalin’s request at Tehran was a reiteration of the Soviet request originally made at Moscow in October (namely for one battleship, one cruiser, eight destroyers and four submarines for North Russia and 40,000 tons displacement of merchant shipping for the Black Sea) and that no mention was made at Moscow or Tehran of the Russians’ getting additional ships up to one-third of those captured. Accordingly Harriman regarded my cable of December 21 as being for his information and he has not discussed the question of one-third with Molotov.
Harriman also emphasized the very great importance of fulfilling our pledge to yield these ships. For us to fail or to delay would in his opinion only arouse suspicion in Stalin and in his associates as to the firmness of other commitments made at Tehran.
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The Pittsburgh Press (January 8, 1944)
Allied fliers hit Nazis with 3-way attack
Yanks rip South Germany, Mosquitoes raid Ruhr, France attacked
By Phil Ault, United Press staff writer
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Yanks smash into village beyond fallen San Vittore
Americans blasting Germans from houses
By C. R. Cunningham, United Press staff writer
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Allied airmen hit Jap ships and airports
Superiority demonstrated in heavy attacks over wide Pacific area
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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Poll: Nearly 17 million have flu as epidemic sweeps nation
It may be worse than 1940 siege when 25% suffered; children under 10 are hit hardest
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
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Hoover’s wife dies suddenly
Ex-First Lady stricken in New York suite
Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, noted for her graciousness.
New York (UP) –
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, 68-year-old wife of the former President, died of a heart attack in their fashionable Waldorf Towers suite last night while dressing for dinner.
Mr. Hoover, 31st President of the United States, was with her at the time. They came here Dec. 13 from their home at Palo Alto, California, to spend the holidays.
Mrs. Hoover, noted for her graciousness, had attended a concert with friends in the afternoon and then went for an auto drive. When she returned, she was said to be “feeling fine.”
Shortly after 7:00 p.m. EST, while preparing to leave for dinner, Mrs. Hoover suffered an acute heart attack. The former President summoned their personal physicians and also the house doctor, but Mrs. Hoover died within 10 minutes.
Their two sons, Herbert Jr. (radio engineer) and Allan (a rancher), were notified in California and left immediately for New York.
Mrs. Hoover, the former Lou Henry, was born in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1874 and would have been 70 March 29.
Married in 1899
Although the tall, white-haired former First Lady was content to remain in the background, she had been a constant companion of Mr. Hoover ever since they met in 1898 on the campus of Stanford University, where both were studying geology.
They were married the next year and spent their honeymoon in China, where Mr. Hoover, as a young engineer, had been appointed an adviser on mining to the Chinese government.
By the time their first son was four years old, they had traveled around the world three times, sometimes living in tents and were in Tientsin, China, during the Boxer Rebellion.
Never in limelight
Outside of her activities with the Girl Scouts, of which she was National President in 1922. Mrs. Hoover was never in the limelight while she was the First Lady of the land.
Indicative of her retiring nature, Who’s Who gave only nine lines to her biography, describing her as a translator and “a member officer and honorary officer of many educational and philanthropic organization.”
Her principal role as translator was in aiding her husband to transcribe the medieval Latin Agricola’s De re metallica.
The death of Mrs. Hoover left five surviving wives of former Presidents. They are Mrs. Thomas J. Preston (the former Mrs. Grover Cleveland), Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge.
Funeral plans will be announced later.
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Roosevelt may be unable to deliver his message
Washington (UP) –
White House Secretary Stephen T. Early said today that President Roosevelt’s personal physician is still uncertain whether to let him deliver his State of the Union message to Congress next week in person.
Mr. Early said the President was working on the message, but that it would not be decided until Tuesday when it would go to Congress.
Mr. Roosevelt is covering from grippe.
Under new ruling –
Draft boards begin to set up pools of 1-As
Final exams now will be given at least 21 days before induction
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Unions search for the ‘boss’ in rail dispute
Can’t dicker without knowing with whom to talk, brotherhoods say
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Navy, WLB and union chief fail to halt ship strike
Cramp yards in Philadelphia still remain idle as men add to their grievance list
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