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February 7, 1944

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WILLKIE, STARTING AN 'ALL-OUT' DRIVE, TO FILE IN NEBRASKA; He Will Enter Preferential Primary in Further Move to Show Midwest Support NOT TO PICK FULL SLATE Will Avoid General Contest Against Delegate Groups of Stassen and Griswold WILLKIE STARTING AN 'ALL-OUT' DRIVE

By James A. Hagertyspecial To the New York Times

Willkie stops in Neb on way to West Coast; announces he will enter State primary; to avoid gen contest with delegates pledged to Stassen and Gov Griswold

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HERLANDS RESIGNS BUT DENIES CLASH; City Investigation Head Says Return to Law Is Not Linked to Drew Controversy COMMISSIONER OF INVESTIGATION RESIGNS HERLANDS RESIGNS AS COMMISSIONER

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LaGuardia announces Comr Herlands resignation; lauds work

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Curzon Line Issue Looms; RUSSIA TO SEEK PACT WITH POLES

By W.h. Lawrenceby Wireless To the New York Times

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ILLEGAL TAMPERING WITH SCHOOLS LAID TO MAYOR BY NEA; Sweeping Indictment by Panel of Educators Details Charges of 'City Hall Interference' FREER BOARD HELD NEEDED Legislation to Provide Fiscal Independence Urged -- La Guardia Scoffs at Report SCHOOL TAMPERING CHARGED TO MAYOR

By Benjamin Fine

Budget: NEA investigating bd scores city control; urges Educ Bd fiscal independence

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LUFTWAFFE'S BASES AGAIN U.S. TARGETS; Heavy Bombers Hammer Five Fields in France, Keep Up Pas-de-Calais Attacks LUFTWAFFE'S BASES AGAIN U.S. TARGETS

By James MacDonaldby Cable To the New York Times

US fliers bomb Ger airfields, France; rept on earlier raid damage; Pas-de-Calais targets bombed

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1944Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (born 1874)^[†]

Natalina "Lina" Cavalieri was an Italian operatic dramatic soprano, actress, and monologist.

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1944World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle.^[†]

Anzio is a town and comune on Lazio coast region of Italy, about 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Rome.

Headlines from February 7, 1944

WILLKIE, STARTING AN 'ALL-OUT' DRIVE, TO FILE IN NEBRASKA; He Will Enter Preferential Primary in Further Move to Show Midwest Support NOT TO PICK FULL SLATE Will Avoid General Contest Against Delegate Groups of Stassen and Griswold WILLKIE STARTING AN 'ALL-OUT' DRIVE

HERLANDS RESIGNS BUT DENIES CLASH; City Investigation Head Says Return to Law Is Not Linked to Drew Controversy COMMISSIONER OF INVESTIGATION RESIGNS HERLANDS RESIGNS AS COMMISSIONER

Curzon Line Issue Looms; RUSSIA TO SEEK PACT WITH POLES

ILLEGAL TAMPERING WITH SCHOOLS LAID TO MAYOR BY NEA; Sweeping Indictment by Panel of Educators Details Charges of 'City Hall Interference' FREER BOARD HELD NEEDED Legislation to Provide Fiscal Independence Urged -- La Guardia Scoffs at Report SCHOOL TAMPERING CHARGED TO MAYOR

LUFTWAFFE'S BASES AGAIN U.S. TARGETS; Heavy Bombers Hammer Five Fields in France, Keep Up Pas-de-Calais Attacks LUFTWAFFE'S BASES AGAIN U.S. TARGETS

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