Maj. de Seversky: Nazi mistakes
By Maj. Alexander P. de Seversky
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Hargrove: America still is land of plenty to one used to British austerity
Shortage of steaks is minor point; England has food enough but no more
By Rosette Hargrove, special to the Pittsburgh Press
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Monahan: Purple Heart an epic drama of heroes
‘Trial’ and torture of eight Yank fliers at Jap hands depicted
By Kaspar Monahan
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Simms: Nazis employ starvation as war weapon
They act to kill ‘future armies’
By William Philip Simms, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Churchill hints –
Fleet transfer plans shelved
Reds may not get ships until war ends
By Joseph W. Grigg, United Press staff writer
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Policymaking by oil company aides assailed
Government defends it’s ‘experts’
By Marshall McNeil, Scripps-Howard staff writer
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Völkischer Beobachter (March 10, 1944)
Angriffe auf Berlin militärisch sinnlos –
Die Schlagkraft der deutschen Luftabwehr wirkt sich aus
Terrorangriffe jetzt ‚ein Teil der zweiten Front‘
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Staatsschulden von 20 auf 200 Milliarden Dollar gestiegen –
‚Erfolge‘ der Rooseveltschen Finanzdiktatur
Eigener Bericht des „Völkischen Beobachters“
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U.S. Navy Department (March 10, 1944)
CINCPAC Press Release No. 302
For Immediate Release
March 10, 1944
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators attacked Ponape and Kusaie in the Caroline Islands on March 8 (West Longitude Date). Airdrome and dock facilities at Ponape were bombed, and ground installations were hit at Kusaie.
On the same day, four enemy bases in the Eastern Marshall Islands were attacked by Army and Marine aircraft including Mitchell bombers, Dauntless dive bombers and Warhawk fighters, and by Ventura bombers of Fleet Air Wing Two. Airfields and gun emplacements were principal targets.
There was no fighter interception on any of these raids, and damage from anti-aircraft was slight.
PROCLAMATION 2608
Copyright Extension: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Including Certain British Territories) and Palestine
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 10, 1944
WHEREAS by the act of Congress approved September 25, 1941 (c. 421, 55 Stat. 732), the President is authorized, on the conditions prescribed in that act, to grant an extension of time for the fulfilment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the copyright laws of the United States of America with respect to works first produced or published outside of the United States of America and subject to copyright or to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America, including works subject to ad interim copyright, by nationals of countries which accord substantially equal treatment to citizens of the United States of America; and
WHEREAS His Britannic Majesty has issued an Order in Council, effective from this day, by the terms of which treatment substantially equal to that authorized by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, is accorded, within the British dominions, colonies, protectorates, and mandated territories to which that order applies, to literary and artistic works first produced or published in the United States of America: and
WHEREAS the aforesaid Order in Council applies to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British India, British Burma, Southern Rhodesia, Aden Colony, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bechuanaland Protectorate, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Ceylon, Cyprus, Falkland Islands and Dependencies, Fiji, Gambia (Colony and Protectorate), Gibraltar, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, Gold Coast ((a) Colony, (b) Ashanti, (c) Northern Territories), Hong Kong, Jamaica (including Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands), Kenya (Colony and Protectorate), Leeward Islands (Antigua, Montserrat, St. Christopher and Nevis, Virgin Islands), Malta, Mauritius, Nigeria ((a) Colony, (b) Protectorate), Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland Protectorate, Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan), St. Helena and Ascension, Seychelles, Sierra Leone (Colony and Protectorate), Somaliland Protectorate, Straits Settlements, Swaziland, Trans-Jordan, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda Protectorate, and Windward Islands (Dominica, St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia); and
WHEREAS the aforesaid Order in Council is annexed to and is part of an agreement embodied in notes exchanged this day between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and
WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated April 9, 1910 (36 Stat. 2685), subjects of Great Britain and her possessions are, and since July 1, 1909, have been, entitled to the benefits of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1075) relating to copyright, other than the benefits of Section 1(e) of that act; and
WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated January 1, 1915 (38 Stat. 2044), the subjects of Great Britain and the British dominions, colonies, and possessions, with the exception of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Newfoundland, are, and since January 1, 1915, have been, entitled to all the benefits of Section 1(e) of the aforesaid act of March 4, 1909; and
WHEREAS by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated September 29, 1933 (48 Stat. 1713), citizens of Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan) are, and since October 1, 1933, have been, entitled to all the benefits of the aforesaid act of March 4, 1909:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, do declare and proclaim:
That with respect to (1) works subject to copyright under the laws of the United States of America, including works eligible to ad interim copyright, which were first produced or published outside of the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, by British nationals of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of the British territories to which the aforesaid Order in Council applies, or by citizens of Palestine (excluding Trans-Jordan); and (2) works of the same authors or copyright proprietors which were entitled to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, there existed and continues to exist such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America as to bring such works within the terms of the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941; and that accordingly the time within which compliance with such conditions and formalities may take place is hereby extended with respect to such works until the day on which the President of the United States of America shall, in accordance with that act, terminate or suspend the present declaration and proclamation.
It shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation, and that, as provided by the aforesaid act of September 25, 1941, no liability shall attach under the Copyright Act for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of this proclamation in connection with the above-described works, or in respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enterprise lawfully undertaken prior to such date involving expenditure or contractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, production, reproduction, circulation, or performance of any such work.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and sixty-eighth.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
CORDELL HULL
Secretary of State
The Pittsburgh Press (March 10, 1944)
RAF BLOWS UP FRENCH PLANE PLANT
British batter Nazi factory near Marseille
South German raid reported by Swiss
By Walter Cronkite, United Press staff writer
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Allies hammer Nazi supply lines in Italy
Fighting spurts on Anzio beachhead
By C. R. Cunningham, United Press staff writer
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Tanks aid advance –
Marines closing on Jap bastion
Yanks 2 miles from Talasea, New Britain
By Don Caswell, United Press staff writer
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8 soldiers held in Nazis’ escape
5 WACs accused of writing notes
Camp Hale, Colorado (UP) –
An investigation into the escape of two Nazi prisoners from the internment center here last month has resulted in the arrest of eight U.S. soldiers charged with aiding in the break and five members of the WACs accused of writing romantic notes to the enemy captives, Camp Hale officers revealed today.
Three of the soldiers have admitted the charges, Col. John Chase, commanding officer, reported, and three of the WACs have been court-martialed and sentenced to from four to six months’ confinement.
Soldiers named
Pvt. Theophil J. Leonhard of Stonewall, Texas; Pvt. Paul A. Kissman of Erie, Pennsylvania; Pvt. Eric B. Hotelling of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, and Pvt. Friedrich W. Siering of Chicago were named in the escape plot by Pvt. Dale Maple of San Diego, California, who faces a court-martial for treason for his part in the break, Col. Chase reported.
Names of the other four soldiers were not revealed. They were said to be less seriously involved than the others and were held in confinement.
Three confess
Col. Chase said that Leonhard, Kissman and Siering had admitted their part in the conspiracy, but Hotelling had denied the accusations.
Sgt. Guido Gundisch of Milwaukee was also placed in confinement on charges of trafficking commercially with the Germans, Col. Chase said. He will be tried by a court-martial but not in connection with the escape.
The WACs convicted of writing notes to the prisoners were listed as Pvt. Frances H. Bundorf of Birmingham, Alabama; Pvt. Florence C. Pechon of New Orleans, and Pvt. Marguerite L. Franklin of Oakland, California. All pleaded guilty. The remaining two WACs, who were not identified, will be tried soon.
Cases not linked
An investigation indicated that the indiscretion of the five in exchanging notes with the prisoners had no connection with the soldiers involved in the escape, officers said.
The report on the investigation at the camp was made public last night, two days after discovery of stills used for the manufacture of brandy in the prisoners’ quarters.
It was also recalled that most of the prisoners were moved here from an internment center at Trinidad, Colorado, where a few months ago, they were reportedly involved with Japanese girls working in nearby fields.
The investigation at the internment center high in the Colorado mountains was touched off by the escape of two former members of Rommel’s Afrika Korps.
The two prisoners and Maple were captured by Mexican authorities just south of the border and were turned over to U.S. officers.
Maple, a graduate of Harvard University, is held by the 7th Service Command pending his court-martial. He is the first American soldier to be charged with treason in this war.
Poll: U.S. for draft of single women ahead of fathers
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey’s recent statement that Selective Service is “scraping the bottom of the manpower barrel” in its search for more than a million persons by July 1 once again throws into sharp focus the question of drafting single women for non-combat military service.
When the voters of the country are asked to choose between the alternatives of calling up more fathers or resorting to a draft of single women for non-fighting jobs, the vast majority would prefer to see women drafted first. This view is held by women as well as men.
Sentiment on the issue was measured throughout the country as follows:
The Army can either draft 200,000 single women aged 21-35 for the WACs for non-fighting jobs, or it can draft the same number of married men with families for the same work. Which plan would you favor?
Here is the vote today and a comparison with a similar survey in December 1943:
| Today | December 1943 | |
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| Draft single women | 75% | 78% |
| Draft married men | 16% | 15% |
| No opinion | 9% | 7% |
There is little evidence that women would oppose a draft of single women.
The following table shows the role of women as compared to that of the men:
| Men | Women | |
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| Draft single women | 72% | 78% |
| Draft married men | 19% | 13% |
| No opinion | 9% | 9% |